What's Chopin Competition?

The International Chopin Piano Competition, often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a prestigious piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland to honour the name of Frederic Chopin.

It was initiated in 1927 and has been held every five years since 1955.

It is one of few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer.

The first competition was founded by the eminent Polish pianist and pedagogue Jerzy Zurawlew.

Subsequent editions were organised in 1932 and 1937; the post-war fourth and fifth editions were held in 1949 and 1955.

In 1957 the competition became one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva.

Traditional special awards include the Polish Radio prize for the best Mazurka performance (since 1927), the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw prize for the best Polonaise (since 1960), and the National

Philharmonic prize for the best performance of a Piano Concerto (since 1980).

• 1927Year
  
  1st：Lev Oborin
  2st：Stanislaw Szpinalski
  3st：Roza Etkin
  
• 1932Year
  
  1st：Alexandre Uninsky
  2st：Imre Ungar
  3st：Boleslaw Kon
  4st：Abram Lufer
  5st：Lajos Kentner
  6st：Leonid Sagalov
  
• 1937Year
  
  1st：Yakov Zak
  2st：Rosa Tamarkina
  3st：Witold Malcuzynski
  4st：Lance Dossor
  5st：Agi Jambor
  6st：Edith Axenfeld
  
• 1949Year
  
  1st：Bella Davidovich,Halina Czerny-Stefanska
  2st：Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
  3st：Waldemar Maciszewski
  4st：Georgy Muravlov
  5st：Wadyslaw Kedra
  6st：Ryszard Bakst
  
• 1927Year
  
  1st：Adam Harasiewicz
  2st：Vladimir Ashkenazy
  3st：Fou Tsong
  4st：Bernard Ringeissen
  5st：Naum Shtarkman
  6st：Dmitry Paperno
  
• 1960Year
  
  1st：Maurizio Pollini
  2st：Irina Zaritskaya
  3st：Tanya Achot-Harutunian
  4st：Li Min-Chan
  5st：Zinaida Ignatyeva
  6st：Valeri Kastelsky
  
• 1965Year
  
  1st：Martha Argerich
  2st：Arthur Moreira Lima
  3st：Marta Sosinska
  4st：Hiroko Nakamura
  5st：Edward Auer
  6st：Elzbieta Glabowna
  
• 1970Year
  
  1st：Garrick Ohlsson
  2st：Mitsuko Uchida
  3st：Piotr Paleczny
  4st：Eugene Indjic
  5st：Natalya Gavrilova
  6st：Janusz Olejniczak
  
• 1975Year
  
  1st：Krystian Zimerman
  2st：Dina Joffe
  3st：Tatyana Fedkina
  4st：Pavel Gililov
  5st：Dean Kramer
  6st：Diana Kacso
  
• 1980Year
  
  1st：Dang Thai Son
  2st：Tatyana Shebanova
  3st：Arutyun Papazyan
  4st：Not awarded
  5st：Akiko Ebi,Ewa Poblocka
  6st：Eric Berchot,Irina Pietrova
  
• 1985Year
  
  1st：Stanislav Bunin
  2st：Marc Laforet
  3st：Krzysztof Jab?on'ski
  4st：Michie Koyama
  5st：Jean-Marc Luisada
  6st：Tatyana Pikayzen
  
• 1990Year
  
  1st：Not awarded
  2st：Kevin Kenner
  3st：Yukio Yokoyama
  4st：Corrado Rollero,Margarita Shevchenko
  5st：Anna Malikova,Takako Takahashi
  6st：Caroline Sageman
  
• 1995Year
  
  1st：Not awarded
  2st：Philippe Giusiano,Alexei Sultanov
  3st：Gabriela Montero
  4st：Rem Urasin
  5st：Rika Miyatani
  6st：Magdalena Lisak
  
• 2000Year
  
  1st：Yundi Li
  2st：Ingrid Fliter
  3st：Alexander Kobrin
  4st：Sa Chen
  5st：Alberto Nose`
  6st：Mika Sato
  
• 2005Year
  
  1st：Rafal Blechacz
  2st：Not awarded
  3st：Dong-Hyek Lim,Dong-Min Lim
  4st：Shohei Sekimoto,Takashi Yamamoto
  5st：Not awarded
  6st：Ka Ling Colleen Lee