{{Short description|Polish classical music piano award}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox award | name = International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | current_awards = XIX International Chopin Piano Competition | image = Chopin Intl Piano Competition 2005.jpg | caption = The National Philharmonic during the 2005 competition | year = {{Start date and age|1927}} | year2 = 2025 | venue = National Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland | presenter = Fryderyk Chopin Institute | website = {{URL|https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en}} }}
The '''International Chopin Piano Competition''' ({{langx|pl|Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina}}), often called the '''Chopin Competition''', is a piano competition in Warsaw, Poland, held first in 1927 and every five years since 1955. The competition is one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. It is also one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |title=The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition |website=Culture.pl |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926045642/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-music-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in this case, Frédéric Chopin. It is organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.<ref>[http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212032/http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en |date=3 April 2015 }} of the International Chopin Competition, accessed 7 August 2014.</ref>
Described as the "Olympics of the piano world" by ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barone |first=Joshua |date=2025-10-18 |title=How to Watch the Olympics of the Piano World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/arts/music/chopin-piano-competition-final.html |access-date=2025-10-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> the Chopin Competition is considered one of the most prestigious competitions in classical music, known for launching pianists' international careers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=2010-10-21 |title=Yulianna Avdeeva Wins Chopin International Piano Competition |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/yulianna-avdeeva-wins-chopin-international-piano-competition/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=The New York Times |language=en |quote=The event takes place every five years and is one of the most prestigious on the piano competition circuit.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scislowska |first=Monika |date=2021-10-21 |title=Canadian wins 18th Chopin international piano competition |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-europe-poland-italy-343cf69def14464dd902b9c0ad0a4a89 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=AP News |language=en |quote=a prestigious event that launches pianists’ world careers}}</ref> Past winners have included Maurizio Pollini (1960), Martha Argerich (1965), Krystian Zimerman (1975), Yundi Li (2000), Rafał Blechacz (2005), and Seong-Jin Cho (2015). The most recent winner is American pianist Eric Lu, who won the XIX competition in 2025. Chinese pianist Yundi Li is the youngest winner<ref>{{cite web |title=Winner of Chopin Competition 2000: Yundi Li - first time in California |url=https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |website=Polish Music Center |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613185733/https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the youngest juror in the competition's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Pianist Li Yundi to Join Jury Panel of International Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|website=yibada|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222203600/http://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
== History == [[File:1937chopin competition.jpg|thumb|250px|3rd Chopin Competition (1937). Among members of the jury (sitting on the left) Heinrich Neuhaus, Emil von Sauer, Guido Agosti, and Wilhelm Backhaus]]
The competition was initiated by Polish pianist and pedagogue Jerzy Żurawlew, who began seeking funds for a piano competition in 1925, influenced by Aleksander Michałowski. Żurawlew recalled later: "Young people at that time, not long after the end of the Great War, were taking a keen interest in sports. They were dyed-in-the-wool realists in their outlook on life. I would often hear that Chopin was excessively romantic, that he enervated the soul and weakened the psyche. Some went so far as to discourage the inclusion of Chopin as required repertoire in music schools. All that showed a fundamental lack of understanding, which I found very painful{{nbsp}}... As I watched young people's enthusiasm for sporting achievement, I finally hit upon a solution: a competition! Here was a format to bring tangible advantages to young performers of Chopin in the form of monetary prizes and an international performing career."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Michalski|first=Grzegorz|date=|title=How did it all start?|url=https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/media.chopin2020.pl/d0ef9ad84dd54b97bc33532741cad1ee.pdf|magazine=Chopin Courier|issue=2|page=6|location=Warsaw|publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005134119/https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/media.chopin2020.pl/d0ef9ad84dd54b97bc33532741cad1ee.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Gathering funds for the competition proved to be a difficult task. As Żurawlew remembered later: "I met with utter incomprehension, indifference and even aversion. The opinion among musicians was unanimous: Chopin is so great that he can defend himself. At the Ministry, it was announced that there were no funds for it [...] and that the whole idea was unfeasible". In this difficult situation, help arrived from Henryk Rewkiewicz—a businessman, music lover, and board member of The Warsaw Music Society, who personally guaranteed to cover the entire deficit expected to arise from the first Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Henryk Rewkiewicz|url=https://chopin.nifc.pl/en/chopin/osoba/7900_rewkiewicz_henryk|access-date=2021-10-07|website=chopin.nifc.pl}}</ref>
Many years later Jerzy Żurawlew wrote, "I was greatly helped by my friend Henryk Rewkiewicz, director of the Match Monopoly, who offered 15,000 złoty—a substantial sum at the time—for the Competition".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Żurawlew|first=Jerzy|title=Cel osiągnięty|journal=Stolica|volume=1970 nr. 42, translated by Elżbieta Sozańska|via=}}</ref> Ultimately, things picked up with the election of Polish president Ignacy Mościcki, who became the Chopin Competition's patron.<ref name="Institute">{{Cite web|title=I International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/11|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Fryderyk Chopin Institute}}</ref>
Subsequent editions were organized in 1932 and 1937; the postwar fourth and fifth editions were held in 1949 and 1955. In 1957 the competition became one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |title=The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition |website=culture.pl |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> The prewar editions of the competition as well as three editions after World War II (1955, 1960, 1965) were held in winter, close to Chopin's birthdate, 22 February. But because jurors and competitors often fell ill in this period, the organizers moved the competition to October, the month in which Chopin died.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/konkurs-chopinowski-historia-wydarzenia-najwieksze-skandale/57j5075 |language=pl |title=Konkurs Chopinowski w cieniu kontrowersji. Największe skandale |website=onet.pl |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
The 1980 edition was marked by controversy over the elimination of Ivo Pogorelić, who was seen as one of the favourites, in the third round. This prompted juror Martha Argerich to resign in protest, calling Pogorelić a "genius". Her action was supported by two other jurors, who called it "unthinkable that such an artist should not make it to the finals". Other judges spoke out about their disapproval of what they considered Pogorelić's eccentricities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/48|access-date=2023-10-11|website=Fryderyk Chopin Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-20-october-ivo-pogorelichh-was-born/ |title=On This Day 20 October: Ivo Pogorelichh Was Born |website=interlude.hk |author=Georg Predota |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2019/08/22/749395568/a-confrontation-with-music-ivo-pogorelichs-first-album-in-21-years#:~:text=Controversy%20has%20seemed%20to%20follow%20pianist%20Ivo%20Pogorelich,a%20%22genius%2C%22%20stormed%20off%20the%20jury%20in%20protest. |title=A Confrontation With Music: Ivo Pogorelich's First Album In 21 Years |website=npr.org |author=Tom Huizenga |date=22 August 2022 |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> After Stanislav Bunin won in 1985, the jury withheld first prize in both 1990 and 1995. First prize was not awarded again until Yundi Li won in 2000.<ref name="los">{{cite web |author1=Henry Chu |title=A Classical Overnight Success Story in China |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-ca-61204-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212170244/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-ca-61204-story.html |archive-date=12 December 2024 |date=5 December 2000}}</ref>
Traditionally, on 17 October—the day of Chopin's death—a solemn mass is celebrated at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, during which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''Requiem'' is performed in accordance with Chopin's wishes.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/688/Artykul/1888246,Requiem-Mozarta-dla-Chopina-w-Bazylice-Sw-Krzyza |language = pl |title=Requiem Mozarta dla Chopina w Bazylice Św. Krzyża | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tvp.info/56207174/konkurs-chopinowski-historyczne-zmagania-konkursowe-czlonkow-jury |language = pl |title=Konkurs Chopinowski. Historyczne zmagania konkursowe członków jury |date = 5 October 2021 | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref> In 2018, the Chopin Institute organized the inaugural I International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments. The XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition, originally scheduled for 2020, was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://chopin2020.pl/en/news/article/27/xviii-mi%C4%99dzynarodowy-konkurs-pianistyczny-im.-fryderyka-chopina-prze%C5%82o%C5%BCony-na-rok-2021 |title=The 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition postponed till 2021 | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref>
== Jury == {{Mainlist|List of jurors of the International Chopin Piano Competition}} The jury has been chaired by: *Witold Maliszewski (1927)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/9805743c-9c63-4ae3-b11e-cd47d5a9a09c/details |title=1st International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *{{ill|Adam Wieniawski|pl|Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski}} (1932 and 1937)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0b8ab5b9-9cb8-4cd8-ac56-e85124cfbcec/details |title=2nd International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1949, 1955, 1960, 1965)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/d87cbda4-06ae-475c-9f4e-671c104f97e4/details |title=4th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Kazimierz Sikorski (1970 and 1975)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0f481062-2fd6-4407-8f46-4eb94fe8c39c/details |title=8th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Kazimierz Kord (1980)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0e6035ff-5678-4d37-b78e-1442815257ce/details |title=10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Jan Ekier (1985, 1990, 1995)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/c61a4797-a6a5-40c5-b09b-7fa67c649c29/details |title=11th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Andrzej Jasiński (2000, 2005, 2010)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/2384/Artykul/1500769,Konkurs-Chopinowski-Nie-myj-rak-w-sniegu |title=Konkurs Chopinowski. Nie myj rąk w śniegu! |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (2015, 2021)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/jurors |title=Jurors |publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> *Garrick Ohlsson (2025)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=QWJ7jluWN78V8pir&v=Pa_eCbyJhIw&feature=youtu.be |title=Garrick Ohlsson about being Chairman of the Jury {{!}} XIX Chopin Piano Competition |date=2024-12-27 |last=Chopin Institute |access-date=2024-12-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
== Prize winners == {{Related category|Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition}} The laureates of the Chopin International Piano Competition:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.medici.tv/en/partners/international-fryderyck-chopin-piano-competition/international-fryderyck-chopin-piano-competition-past-prize-winners/ |title=Past Prize Winners |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/miedzynarodowy-konkurs-pianistyczny-im-fryderyka-chopina |title=Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ Top 3 prize-winners at each Edition |- ! Edition ! {{won|place=1st}} ! {{won|place=2nd}} ! {{won|place=3rd}} |- valign="top" ! I (1927) | {{flagmedalist|'''Lev Oborin'''|USSR|1924}} | {{flagmedalist|Stanisław Szpinalski|Poland|1919}} | {{flagmedalist|Róża Etkin|Poland|1919}} |- valign="top" ! II (1932) | {{flagmedalist|'''Alexander Uninsky''' (c)|USSR|1924}} | {{flagmedalist|Imre Ungár (c)|Hungary|1920}} | {{flagmedalist|Bolesław Kon|Poland|1928}} |- valign="top" ! III (1937) | {{flagmedalist|'''Yakov Zak'''|USSR|1936}} | {{flagmedalist|Rosa Tamarkina|USSR|1936}} | {{flagmedalist|Witold Małcużyński|Poland|1928}} |- valign="top" ! rowspan="2" | IV (1949) | {{flagmedalist|'''Bella Davidovich'''|USSR|1936}} | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|Barbara Hesse-Bukowska|Poland|1928}} | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|Waldemar Maciszewski|Poland|1928}} |- | {{flagmedalist|'''Halina Czerny-Stefańska'''|Poland|1928}} ''(tie)'' |- valign="top" ! V (1955) | {{flagmedalist|'''Adam Harasiewicz'''|Poland|1928}} | {{flagmedalist|Vladimir Ashkenazy|USSR|1955}} | {{flagmedalist|Fou Ts'ong|China}} |- valign="top" ! VI (1960) | {{flagmedalist|'''Maurizio Pollini'''|Italy}} | {{flagmedalist|Irina Zaritskaya|USSR|1955}} | {{flagmedalist|Tania Achot-Haroutounian|Iran|1925}} |- valign="top" ! VII (1965) | {{flagmedalist|'''Martha Argerich'''|Argentina}} | {{flagmedalist|Arthur Moreira Lima|Brazil|1960}} | {{flagmedalist|Marta Sosińska|Poland|1928}} |- valign="top" ! VIII (1970) | {{flagmedalist|'''Garrick Ohlsson'''|USA}} | {{flagmedalist|Mitsuko Uchida|Japan|1947}} | {{flagmedalist|Piotr Paleczny|Poland|1928}} |- valign="top" ! IX (1975) | {{flagmedalist|'''Krystian Zimerman'''|Poland|1928}} | {{flagmedalist|Dina Joffe|USSR|1955}} | {{flagmedalist|Tatyana Fedkina|USSR|1955}} |- valign="top" ! X (1980) | {{flagmedalist|'''Dang Thai Son'''|Vietnam}} | {{flagmedalist|Tatyana Shebanova|USSR}} | {{flagmedalist|Arutyun Papazyan|USSR}} |- valign="top" ! XI (1985) | {{flagmedalist|'''Stanislav Bunin'''|USSR}} | {{flagmedalist|Marc Laforet|France}} | {{flagmedalist|Krzysztof Jabłoński|Poland}} |- valign="top" ! XII (1990) | ''Not awarded'' | {{flagmedalist|Kevin Kenner|USA}} | {{flagmedalist|Yukio Yokoyama|Japan|1947}} |- valign="top" ! rowspan="2" | XIII (1995) | rowspan="2" | ''Not awarded'' | {{flagmedalist|Philippe Giusiano|France}} | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|Gabriela Montero|Venezuela}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Alexei Sultanov|Uzbekistan}} ''(tie)'' |- valign="top" ! XIV (2000) | {{flagmedalist|'''Yundi Li'''|China}} | {{flagmedalist|Ingrid Fliter|Argentina}} | {{flagmedalist|Alexander Kobrin|Russia}} |- valign="top" ! rowspan="2" | XV (2005) | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''Rafał Blechacz'''|Poland}} | rowspan="2" | ''Not awarded'' | {{flagmedalist|Dong-Hyek Lim|South Korea}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Dong-Min Lim|South Korea}} ''(tie)'' |- valign="top" ! rowspan="2" | XVI (2010) | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''Yulianna Avdeeva'''|Russia}} | {{flagmedalist|Lukas Geniušas|Russia}} {{flag|Lithuania}} | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|Daniil Trifonov|Russia}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Ingolf Wunder|Austria}} ''(tie)'' |- valign="top" ! XVII (2015) | {{flagmedalist|'''Seong-Jin Cho'''|South Korea}} | {{flagmedalist|Charles Richard-Hamelin|Canada}} | {{flagmedalist|Kate Liu|USA}} |-valign="top" ! rowspan="2" |XVIII (2021) | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''Bruce Liu'''|Canada}} | {{flagmedalist|Kyohei Sorita|Japan}} | rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|Martín García García|Spain}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Alexander Gadjiev|Italy}} {{flag|Slovenia}} ''(tie)'' |- ! XIX (2025) | {{flagmedalist|'''Eric Lu'''|USA}} | {{flagmedalist|Kevin Chen|Canada}} | {{flagmedalist|Zitong Wang|China}} |}
Traditional special awards at the competition include the Polish Radio prize for the best mazurka performance (since 1927), the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw prize for the best polonaise (since 1960), and the National Philharmonic prize for the best performance of a piano concerto (since 1980).
=== Medal table === {{Medals table | caption = Chopin Competition Medal Table | name_1 = {{flag|Soviet Union}} | gold_1 = 5| silver_1 = 5 | bronze_1 = 2 | | name_2 = {{flag|Poland}} | gold_2 = 4 | silver_2 = 2 | bronze_2 = 7 | | name_3 = {{flag|United States}} | gold_3 = 2 | silver_3 = 1 | bronze_3 = 1 | | name_4 = {{flag|Canada}} | gold_4 = 1 | silver_4 = 2 | bronze_4 = 0 | | name_5 = {{flag|Russia}} | gold_5 = 1 | silver_5 = 1 | bronze_5 = 2 | | name_6 = {{flag|Argentina}} | gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 1 | bronze_6 = 0 | | name_7 = {{flag|Italy}} | gold_7 = 1 | silver_7 = 1 | bronze_7 = 0 | | name_8 = {{flag|China}} | gold_8 = 1 | silver_8 = 0 | bronze_8 = 2 | | name_9 = {{flag|South Korea}} | gold_9 = 1 | silver_9 = 0 | bronze_9 = 2 | | name_10 = {{flag|Vietnam}} | gold_10 = 1 | silver_10 = 0 | bronze_10 = 0 | | name_11 = {{flag|Japan}} | gold_11 = 0 | silver_11 = 2 | bronze_11 = 1 | | name_12 = {{flag|France}} | gold_12 = 0 | silver_12 = 2 | bronze_12 = 0 | | name_13 = {{flag|Austria}} | gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 1 | bronze_13 = 0 | | name_14 = {{flag|Brazil}} | gold_14 = 0 | silver_14 = 1 | bronze_14 = 0 | | name_15 = {{flag|Hungary}} | gold_15 = 0 | silver_15 = 1 | bronze_15 = 0 | | name_16 = {{flag|Lithuania}} | gold_16 = 0 | silver_16 = 1 | bronze_16 = 0 | | name_17 = {{flag|Slovenia}} | gold_17 = 0 | silver_17 = 1 | bronze_17 = 0 | | name_18 = {{flag|Uzbekistan}} | gold_18 = 0 | silver_18 = 1 | bronze_18 = 0 | | name_19 = {{flag|Iran}} | gold_19 = 0 | silver_19 = 0 | bronze_19 = 1 | | name_20 = {{flag|Spain}} | gold_20 = 0 | silver_20 = 0 | bronze_20 = 1 | | name_21 = {{flag|Venezuela}} | gold_21 = 0 | silver_21 = 0 | bronze_21 = 1 | }} <small>Note: Medals were only awarded after 1975. In this table, winner of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize prior to 1975 are included as having won Gold, Silver, and Bronze respectively.</small>
== In popular culture == The Chopin Competition is a major plot device in the Japanese manga series ''Forest of Piano'', serialized from 1998 to 2015 and adapted as an anime from 2018 to 2019. It follows the story of Kai Ichinose, who ultimately wins the Chopin Competition.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Takahashi|first=Hara|date=Autumn 2019|title=The Quest for Selfhood in Manga and the Spirituality of Contemporary Japanese|url=https://rk-world.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DW2019_Autumn.pdf|journal=Dharma World|volume=46|pages=7–9}}</ref> Creator Makoto Isshiki was inspired to write the series when she watched a documentary showing Stanislav Bunin winning the XI International Chopin Piano Competition.<ref name="MediaFestival">{{cite web|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/manga/001070/|title=2008 Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Grand Prize PIANO NO MORI|publisher=Japan Media Arts Festival|access-date=January 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212131910/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/manga/001070/|archive-date=February 12, 2009}}</ref> The 2023 documentary film ''Pianoforte'', directed by Jakub Piątek, depicts the competition through exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/intimate-coming-of-age-documentary-revealing-harsh-realities-of-chopin-piano-competition-to-premiere-at-sundance-film-festival-35822 |title=Intimate coming-of-age documentary revealing harsh realities of Chopin Piano Competition to premiere at Sundance Film Festival |website=thefirstnews.com |author=Stuart Dowell |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Music}} * List of classical music competitions
== References == {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite book|last=Ekiert|first=Janusz|title=The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw|date=2010|publisher=Muza|isbn=978-83-7495-812-7|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=670048637 }} * {{Cite book|first1=Ada|last1=Arendt|first2=Marcin|last2=Bogucki|first3=Paweł|last3=Majewski|first4=Kornelia|last4=Sobczak|title=Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015|trans-title=The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015|date=2020|publisher=Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego|isbn=978-83-235-4127-1|language=pl|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=1153285192 }} * {{Cite book|first1=Jerzy|last1=Ossowski|first2=Halina|last2=Brodska|title=The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs|date=2010|publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute|isbn=978-83-61142-36-2|location=Warsaw|oclc=802743657 }}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{official|https://chopin2020.pl/en}} (XVIII edition) * {{official|https://www.chopincompetition.pl/en}} (XIX edition) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004083335/http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/im_km_pianistyczny_chopina History of the Competition in the Polish Culture Portal] * [http://www.konkurs.amator.chopin.pl/index.php Official International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition for Amateurs website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033723/http://www.konkurs.amator.chopin.pl/index.php |date=7 October 2011 }} * [http://www.bakitone.com Piano Competitions & Music Competitions at Bakitone International] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203131817/http://www.bakitone.com/ |date=3 December 2019 }} * [https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-international-fryderyk-chopin-piano-competitions/1gLy30LrMiGSKQ Google Arts & Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010100941/https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-international-fryderyk-chopin-piano-competitions/1gLy30LrMiGSKQ |date=10 October 2020 }}
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