V International Chopin Piano Competition

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The Fifth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date	21 February – 20 March 1955 (1955-02-21 – 1955-03-20)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by	Polish Ministry of Culture and Art
Winner	Adam Harasiewicz
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The V International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: V Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 20 March 1955 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Adam Harasiewicz of Poland.

The competition was held in the rebuilt National Philharmonic, the date having been moved from October 1954 to February 1955, temporarily increasing the gap between two competitions to six years. Competitors were accommodated in the Hotel Polonia, where 70 practice pianos were installed.

Awards[edit]

The competition consisted of three elimination stages, with 74, 41 and 21 pianists respectively. Vladimir Ashkenazy was considered the favorite up until the final stage, where he performed less strongly, ultimately coming in second after Adam Harasiewicz.

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

Prize		Winner
1st	zł 30,000	Adam Harasiewicz	Poland
2nd	zł 25,000	Vladimir Ashkenazy	Soviet Union
3rd	zł 20,000	Fou Ts'ong	China
4th	zł 18,000	Bernard Ringeissen	France
5th	zł 16,000	Naum Shtarkman	Soviet Union
6th	zł 14,000	Dmitry Paperno	Soviet Union
7th	zł 12,000	Lidia Grychtołówna	Poland
8th	zł 10,000	André Tchaikowsky	Poland
9th	zł 9,000	Dmitry Sakharov	Soviet Union
10th	zł 8,000	Kiyoko Tanaka [jp]	Japan
HM	zł 5,000	Emi Béhar	Bulgaria
	zł 5,000	Monique Duphil [ru]	France
	zł 5,000	Peter Frankl	Hungary
	zł 5,000	Stanislav Knor [fr]	Czechoslovakia
	zł 5,000	Edwin Kowalik [pl]	Poland
	zł 5,000	Nina Lelczuk	Soviet Union
	zł 5,000	Miłosz Magin	Poland
	zł 5,000	Annerose Schmidt	East Germany
	zł 5,000	Irina Sijalova	Soviet Union
	zł 5,000	Tamás Vásáry	Hungary

One special prize was awarded:

Special prize		Winner
Best Performance of Mazurkas	zł 10,000	Fou Ts'ong	China

Jury[edit]

The jury consisted of:^[1]

For the first time, the jury did not sit on the stage, but on the balcony of the auditorium, where it has remained since.^[1]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Ekiert, Janusz (2010). The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1st ed.). Warsaw: Muza. ISBN 978-83-7495-812-7.
• Arendt, Ada; Bogucki, Marcin; Majewski, Paweł; Sobczak, Kornelia (2020). Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015 [The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015] (in Polish) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. ISBN 978-83-235-4127-1.
• Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2.

External links[edit]

• Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube