V International Chopin Piano Competition
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| The Fifth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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| File:Poster of the 5th Chopin Competition.jpg | |
| Date | 21 February – 20 March 1955 |
| Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
| Hosted by | Polish Ministry of Culture and Art |
| Winner | Poland Adam Harasiewicz |
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The V International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: V Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 20 March 1955 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Adam Harasiewicz of Poland. The competition was held in the rebuilt National Philharmonic, the date having been moved from October 1954 to February 1955, temporarily increasing the gap between two competitions to six years. Competitors were accommodated in the Hotel Polonia, where 70 practice pianos were installed.
Awards
The competition consisted of three elimination stages, with 74, 41 and 21 pianists respectively. Vladimir Ashkenazy was considered the favorite up until the final stage, where he performed less strongly, ultimately coming in second after Adam Harasiewicz. The following prizes were awarded:[1]
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One special prize was awarded:
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| Best Performance of Mazurkas | 10,000zł | Fou Ts'ong | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
Jury
The jury consisted of:[1]
- Italy Guido Agosti
- Belgium Stefan Askenase
- Italy Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Belgium Émile Bosquet
- United Kingdom Harold Craxton (vice-chairman)
- Poland Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- France Jacques Février
- Chile Flora Guerra
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Emil Hájek
- Poland Jan Hoffman
- United Kingdom Louis Kentner
- France Lazare Lévy
- Poland Witold Lutosławski
- Austria Joseph Marx
- Czechoslovakia František Maxián
- Soviet Union Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) (1st place, gold medalist(s) I)
- Bulgaria Lyubomir Pipkov
- Austria Bruno Seidlhofer
- East Germany Hugo Steurer
- China Ma Sicong
- Poland Stanisław Szpinalski (secretary) (2nd place, silver medalist(s) I)
- Poland Henryk Sztompka
- Poland Józef Śmidowicz (substitute)
- Brazil Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairman)
- West Germany Erik Then-Bergh
- Poland Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
- Hungary Imré Ungár
- Poland Maria Wiłkomirska (substitute)
- Soviet Union Yakov Zak (1st place, gold medalist(s) III)
- Italy Carlo Zecchi
- Poland Jerzy Żurawlew
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For the first time, the jury did not sit on the stage, but on the balcony of the auditorium, where it has remained since.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The 5th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
Further reading
- Ekiert, Janusz (2010). The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1st ed.). Warsaw: Muza. ISBN 978-83-7495-812-7. OCLC 670048637.
- Arendt, Ada; Bogucki, Marcin; Majewski, Paweł; Sobczak, Kornelia (2020). Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015 [The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015] (in polski) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. ISBN 978-83-235-4127-1. OCLC 1153285192.
- Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2. OCLC 802743657.