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The VI International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 22 February to 13 March 1960 in Warsaw. The competition was won by
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists. Italian pianist
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Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez, ...
of Italy, becoming the first winner not from Poland or the Soviet Union.
Awards
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists. Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez, ...
won first prize, with Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist.
, honorary chairman of the jury, declaring "that boy can play the piano better than any of us".
Audience favorite Michel Block failed to win a prize and only received an honorable mention. Outraged, Rubinstein created a special prize bearing his name on the spot, and awarded it to Block.
The following prizes were awarded:
Two special prizes were awarded:
Jury
The jury consisted of:Guido Agosti Guido Agosti (11 August 19012 June 1989) was an Italian pianist and piano teacher.
Agosti was born in Forlì in 1901. He studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni, Bruno Mugellini and Filippo Ivaldi, earning his diploma at age 13. He studied counter ...
* Stefan Askenase
* Nadia Boulanger
Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist.
From a ...
(vice-chairman)
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* Sequeira Costa
* Harold Craxton
* Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
* Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
* Jan Ekier
Jan Stanisław Ekier (29 August 1913 – 15 August 2014) was a Polish pianist and composer known for his authoritative edition of Chopin's music for the Chopin National Edition.
Biography
Ekier was born in Kraków, Poland. As a youth, h ...
* Henri Gagnebin
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* Emil Hájek
* Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
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* Jan Hoffman
* Mieczysław Horszowski
Mieczysław Horszowski (June 23, 1892May 22, 1993) was a Polish- American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts.
Life
Early life
Horszowski was born in Lwów (Lemberg), Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine). ...
* Dmitry Kabalevsky
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent.
He helped set up the Union of Soviet Co ...
(vice-chairman)
* Witold Małcużyński
Witold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914July 17, 1977) was a distinguished Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin. His playing was marked by great passion and poetry.
Biography
Małcużyński was born in 1914. He was the ...
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* Florica Musicescu
* Heinrich Neuhaus
Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus ( pl, Henryk (Harry) Neuhaus, russian: Ге́нрих Густа́вович Нейга́уз, Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 10 October 1964) was a Russian-born pianist and teacher of German and Polish extraction. Part o ...
* František Rauch
František Rauch (4 February 1910 – 23 September 1996) was a Czechoslovak pianist and music teacher.
Life and career
Born in Plzeň, the son of a music instrument dealer, Rauch attended a business school in Plzeň before studying piano at the ...
* Reimar Riefling
* Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist.
(honorary chairman)
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* Bruno Seidlhofer
* Pavel Serebryakov
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* Magda Tagliaferro
Magdalena Maria Yvonne Tagliaferro (19 January 18939 September 1986) was a Brazilian-born pianist of French parentage.
Magdalena Tagliaferro was born in Petrópolis, Brazil. Her father, who had studied piano with Raoul Pugno in Paris, was a voi ...
* Ding Shande
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* Amadeus Webersinke
* Beveridge Webster
* Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
* Yakov Zak ( III)
* Jerzy Żurawlew
References
Further reading
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