The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XVII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in

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on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts). Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015. Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition.SEONG-JIN CHO WON THE 17TH CHOPIN COMPETITION
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Awards

Seong-Jin Cho won the competition, playing the Piano Concerto in E minor, Opus 11 in the final. The prize money was €30,000. In addition, he also won the €3,000 prize for best

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, playing the Polonaise in A flat major, Opus 53 in the second stage.

Charles Richard-Hamelin Charles Richard-Hamelin (born 17 July 1989) is a Canadian concert pianist from Joliette, Quebec.Kate Liu Kate Liu (born May 23, 1994 in Singapore) is a Singaporean American classical pianist. On October 20, 2015 she won the third prize (bronze medal), the audience favorite award, and the Polish Radio Award for the best performance of a mazurka in the ...

of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth,

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of Canada came fifth, and

Dmitry Shishkin Dmitry Igorevich Shishkin (russian: Дмитрий Игоревич Шишкин), born 12 February 1992, is a Russian classical pianist. He is best known for winning the 2nd prize at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019. In 2 ...

of Russia was placed sixth. The following prizes were awarded: In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently:

Jury

The juries consisted of:

Preliminary Round jury

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Akiko Ebi is a Japanese-French pianist. Ebi was born in Osaka. She studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and won the piano prize of the 41st Music Competition of Japan. Her international career began with her winning second prize in the 1975 Marg ...

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Adam Harasiewicz Adam Harasiewicz (born 1 July 1932) is a Polish classical concert pianist. Harasiewicz was born in Chodziez, Poland. After studying violin for two months, at the age of 10 he began piano study, and at age 15 he obtained first prize in a contest ...

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Yves Henry Yves Henry (born 2 April 1959) is a French pianist who specializes in romantic music. He debuted at 13 performing Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. After graduating from the Conservatoire de Paris The Co ...

Andrzej Jasiński Andrzej Jasiński (born 23 October 1936 in Częstochowa) is a Polish pianist. 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 Cana ...

Ivan Klánský Ivan Klánský (born 1948) is a Czech pianist. He studied at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with František Rauch (1968-1973) and at the Prague Conservatory with Valentina Kameníková (1963-1968). He is laureate of some of the most prestig ...

Anna Malikova Anna Malikova (born 14 July 1965) is a Russian pianist. Life Malikova was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she received her first musical education with Tamara A. Popovich at Uspensky Music School. At the age of 14 years she entered Central Mu ...

Alberto Nosè Alberto Nosè (born 1979) is an Italian pianist. Biography Born in Villafranca di Verona, Italy, in 1979, Alberto Nosé studied at the Verona Conservatory F. E. Dall’Abaco. He continued his studies with Franco Scala, Boris Petrushansky and Leo ...

Piotr Paleczny Piotr Paleczny (born 10 May 1946 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the 3rd prize of the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970. In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International P ...

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Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (Bulgarian: Екатерина Попова) (born 30 April 1948 in Sofia) is a Polish pianist of Bulgarian descent. She studied at the Poznań Music Academy, then graduated with honours from the State High School of Musi ...

(chairwoman); (HM IX) * Marta Sosińska-Janczewska * *

Dina Joffe Dina Yoffe (born in Riga, Latvia on 18 December 1952) is a pianist, pedagogue and winner of many musical competitions. Biography Dina Yoffe was born in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). She got her first musical award Concerti ...

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Competition jury

Dmitri Alexeev Dmitri Alexeev (russian: Дмитрий Константинович Алексеев, ''Dmitrij Konstantinovič Alekseev'', born 10 August 1947 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory, and additionally under Dmitr ...

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Philippe Entremont Philippe Entremont (born 7 June 1934) is a French classical pianist and conductor. His recordings as a pianist include concertos by Tchaikovsky, Maurice Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns and others. Early life Philippe Entremont was born in ...

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Garrick Ohlsson Garrick Olof Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) is an American classical pianist. He is the only American to have won first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition, at the VIII competition in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Com ...

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Janusz Olejniczak Janusz Olejniczak (; born 2 October 1952 in Wrocław) is a Polish classical pianist and actor. Career Olejniczak began playing piano at the age of six. He studied under Luiza Walewska, Ryszard Bakst and Zbigniew Drzewiecki in Warsaw and Łód ...

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caused controversy when he gave Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of the competition, a score of just 1 in the final, the lowest possible score. This was a substantial deviation from the other jurors; 14 of the 17 jurors gave Cho 9 or more points, leading to speculation that Entremont had trouble with Cho's teacher Michel Béroff. A popular conjecture that Entremont may have been racially motivated could not be proven by statistical analysis.

Competitor results

Yes: percentage of jurors who voted to pass the participant to the next round (excluding recusals) Pts: average number of points (excluding recusals)

References

External links

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