The XIV International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XIV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 4 to 22 October 2000 in Warsaw. Li Yundi of China won the First Prize, becoming the first Chinese pianist to do so.

Awards

The competition consisted of three stages and a final. After the previous two competitions had failed to produce a clear winner, the jury was once again inclined to not award first prize, though it did so in the end. The following prizes were awarded: In addition, three special prizes were awarded independently:

Jury

The jury consisted of: * Martha Argerich (joined during Stage II) ( VII) * Edward Auer * Paul Badura-Skoda * Arnaldo Cohen * Sequeira Costa * Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV) * * Kazimierz Gierzod * Lidia Grychtołówna * Adam Harasiewicz ( V) * Eugen Indjic * Andrzej Jasiński (chairman) * Ivan Klánský * Victor Merzhanov * Germaine Mounier * Hiroko Nakamura * Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman) * *

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(vice-chairman) * Annerose Schmidt *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:International Chopin Piano Competition 14 International Chopin Piano Competition 2000 in music 2000 in Poland 2000 in Polish music 2000s in Warsaw October 2000 events in Europe

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