The XI International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 30 September to 20 October 1985 in Warsaw.
For the first time, participants could choose to play on a
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piano, in addition to the
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that had been available before.
Bechstein withdrew from the competition after its instrument was chosen just once during the
9th competition.
Awards
The competition consisted of three stages and a final.
The following prizes were awarded:
Three special prizes were awarded:
Jury
The jury consisted of:
Edward Auer
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* Halina Czerny-Stefańska
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Life
She studied piano under her father, Stanisław Szwarcenberg-Czerny, as well as with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de ...
( IV)
* Jan Ekier
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(chairman)
* Konstantin Ganew
* Valentin Gheorghiu
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* Lidia Grychtołówna
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In 1955 she was awarded the V International Chopin Piano Competition's 7th prize, and one year later she shared the 3rd prize of the inaugural edition of the Robert Schumann Compet ...
* Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
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( IV)
* Andrzej Jasiński
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In 1959 he graduated with honors from the University of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Władysława Markiewiczówna. The following year he won the Maria Ca ...
* Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
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* Victor Merzhanov
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Merzhanov was born in Tambov and studied at Tam ...
(vice-chairman)
* Piotr Paleczny
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In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International P ...
*
* Frantisek Rauch
* Bernard Ringeissen
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* Takahiro Sonoda
, September 17, 1928 – October 7, 2004) was a Japanese classical pianist.
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* (vice-chairman)
* Fou Ts'ong
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( V)
* Charles H. Webb
* Lev Vlassenko
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* Tadeusz Żmudziński
Tadeusz Żmudziński (9 July 1924, in Chorzów – 17 October 1992, in Katowice) was a Polish pianist and educator.
In 1946, Żmudziński graduated with highest honours from the University of Music in Katowice, where he studied under Prof. Wład ...
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 counterp ...
and
Arthur Moreira Lima resigned just before the competition.
Fou Ts'ong protested against the awarding of First Prize to Stanislav Bunin by not turning up for the jury's last session and refusing to sign the verdict.
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