We now know the names of the 84 participants in the 17th Chopin Competition!

30.04.2015

We now know the names of the 84 pianists who will take part in the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in October of this year in Warsaw. For the first time in the history of the Competition, we were able to follow the Elimination Rounds online, as well as via mobile app, in every corner of the world.

The most numerous group of artists admitted to the Competition are representatives of China and Poland – 15 people each. Beyond this, 12 pianists from Japan, 9 from Korea, 7 from Russia, 5 from the United States, and 3 each from Canada, Great Britain and Italy will perform in the Competition.

The international jury, led by Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń and comprised of Ludmil Angelov, Akiko Ebi, Adam Harasiewicz, Yves Henry, Andrzej Jasiński, Ivan Klánský, Anna Malikova, Alberto Nosè, Piotr Paleczny, Ewa Pobłocka, Marta Sosińska, Wojciech Świtała and Dina Yoffe, heard 152 candidates from all over the world. According to Competition rules, the pianists presented a program approximately 30 minutes in length, comprised of a selection from among Chopin’s etudes, mazurkas, nocturnes, scherzi, ballades, fantasies and barcaroles.

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