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The Historical Evolution of Chopin's International Piano Competition
The first Chopin International Piano Competition was held in 1927. The first prize was won by oberlin, a 20-year-old Soviet player. He won the championship with undisputed results. He didn't leave many recordings. The complete works of Beethoven's violin sonatas published by Philips Records, which he collaborated with David Austera, are his famous recordings.

The second game was held at 1932. The first place in this competition is also a former Soviet, named Alexander Uninsky. He also won the Mazzuca Special Prize. Vuningsky doesn't have many recordings. Philips once published Xiao Shuang, his performance of Chopin's Mazzuca, and his playing style also emphasized stability and neatness.

In the third competition held in 1937, the first prize was still won by the former Soviet Union. He is Yakov Zack, born in 19 13. He also won the Mazzuca Special Prize in this competition. DG's "Gallery Series" had a piano trio in its early years. Although the first three championships were won by the Soviets, they did not attract criticism. This is because Poland has not yet become a vassal of the Soviet Union and is still an independent country, but the most important thing is that judges can adhere to their own aesthetic concepts and have independent personalities. In fact, these winners will become a generation of masters in the future, which also proves that these judges do have a vision. Since then, the Second World War broke out and the war spread all over Europe. Therefore, the 4th Chopin International Piano Competition has been delayed until 12 years later.

The 4th Chopin International Piano Competition was held in 1949. Polish Ha Linna Cherny-Stefanska and former Soviet Davidovic tied for the first place. The former also won the Mazzuca Special Prize. Supraphon in the Czech Republic and Pearl in the UK have both released albums for her. When she was studying in Poland, Fu Cong studied with her. Davidovic moved to the United States when he was nearly 50 years old 1982, leaving a lot of records in DG and Philips before he made a splash again.

1955 The champion of the fifth competition is probably the most familiar to fans in previous competitions. First place: Harassi Witz; Second place: Vladimir Ashkenazy, third place: Fu Cong. Harasiewicz, the champion, is Polish, and his Serenade and Prelude and Polish Dance and Waltz have also been published in Philips' Little Double series. Askin Naz won the second place, took part in the Queen Elizabeth Piano Competition in Brussels the following year, and 1962 took part in the second Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, winning the first prize together with John Ogdon of Britain. Fu Cong not only won the third place in this competition, but also won the Mazzuca performance special prize. This is the first time for China to enter the top three in this competition, which also enables him to enter the Warsaw National Conservatory of Music for further study. 1960 The 6th Competition made the Italian maurizio pollini, who won the championship, a great pianist.

The 7th Chopin International Piano Competition was held in 1965, and the first prize was won by Martha Argerich, an Argentine female pianist who is well-known in the music world today. She studied piano since she was a child, and most of her students are famous: Gu Erda, Mrs. Lipatti, Margrove, German Knaz, Michelangeli, etc. Are all her teachers. As early as 1957, she also won the first prize in the international piano competitions in busoni and Geneva.

The eighth competition was held at 1970, and the first place was Garrick Ohlsson of the United States, which was the first time that an American had achieved such a good ranking in this competition. After winning the prize in this competition, he performed in Europe and America in cooperation with Ormandi and Seiji Ozawa. EMI has published two albums of Chopin's Nocturne and Prelude, Polish Dance and Fantasia.

The 9th Chopin International Piano Competition was held in 1975, and the winner was Polish pianist krystian zimerman. Twenty years after Harassi Witz, the Poles won the first place in this competition in Warsaw. He 18 years old is highly praised by "European Music Director" karajan.

The 10th Chopin International Piano Competition was held on 1980. The first place in this competition was won by a Vietnamese named Dang Thai Son. This is the first time that an Asian has won this title. In the 11th Chopin International Piano Competition held in 1985, the winner was Stanislavovich Bunin of the former Soviet Union, and he also won the special prizes of "Polish Dance" and "Concerto". Because the game was broadcast live to the whole world by satellite, his reputation had a far-reaching impact.

12 held in 1990, there were no dazzling new stars, but it set another precedent, that is, no one satisfied the judges and left the champion vacant. American Kevin Kenner won the second place. 1963 was born in Colorado, California, USA in the afternoon and now lives in Hanover, Germany. He also won the "Polish Dance Special Award" in this competition.

13 held in 1995 was also vacant due to the level of contestants. French Philippe Giusiano and Russian Alexei Sultanov tied for second place.

The vacancy of the first prize was finally broken in the14th competition in 2000. Di Yun, from China, ended the silence of 15 years in which the gold medal was vacant for two consecutive years, and won the championship in one fell swoop, becoming the first China person to win the first prize in the 73 years since the tournament started. He also won the Best Performance Award of Grand Polish Dance. Di Yun, born on 1982, 10/0/7 October, celebrated his 18 birthday during the competition. He is the youngest champion ever. Di Yun's performance is dignified and elegant, and his skills are superb. His perfect control of timbre levels and the integrity of his works have been fully demonstrated with the superb cooperation of the orchestra. When the echo of the last note was drowned in a flood of applause, the audience stood up and cheered for Di Yun, and the judges seldom applauded. The Polish, who is famous for his music, was conquered by this China boy, and a jury composed of 23 music authorities from all over the world was conquered by his talent.

The 5th10 competition was held in June 5438+ 10, 2005, and rafal blechacz of Poland won the championship by an overwhelming margin, which was the first time that the Poles had won this honor since June 5438 +0975 in zimmermann. Brehachi was born in 1985 and studied at Bydgosher Conservatory of Music in Poland. In the competition, he also won three special prizes: Best Mazzuca, Best Polish Dance and Best Concerto. Iuliana Aftieva (юлианаавдееваааааае), the gold medal winner of the16th session, is a Russian pianist./kl She also won the artur rubinstein International Youth Piano Memorial Competition in 2002.