XVII_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition

XVII International Chopin Piano Competition

XVII International Chopin Piano Competition

Piano competition (2015)

The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XVII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts).[1] Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015.

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Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition.[2]

Awards

The finals

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 polonaise, playing the Polonaise in A flat major, Opus 53 in the second stage.[3]

Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada came second, Kate Liu of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth, Tony Yike Yang of Canada came fifth, and Dmitry Shishkin of Russia was placed sixth.[4] The following prizes were awarded:

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In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently:

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Jury

The juries consisted of:[5]

Preliminary round jury

Competition jury

Philippe Entremont 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.[6] A popular conjecture that Entremont may have been racially motivated could not be proven by statistical analysis.[7]

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)

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References

  1. [1]
    Calendar for The International Chopin Piano Competition 2015
  2. [2]
    SEONG-JIN CHO WON THE 17TH CHOPIN COMPETITION
  3. [3]
    "South Korean Seong-Jin Cho wins Chopin piano competition". BBC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. [4]
    "South Korean Seong-Jin Cho Wins Chopin Piano Competition". ABC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. [5]
    The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition – Jurors
  6. [6]
    "1 juror gives 1/10 to the winner of the Chopin piano competition". The Dong-a Ilbo. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  7. [7]
    Jeon, Gyuhyeon; Park, Juyong (2016-08-08). "Jury-Contestant Bipartite Competition Network: Identifying Biased Scores and Their Impact on Network Structure Inference". arXiv:1608.02326 [physics.soc-ph].
  8. [8]
    Admitted as winner of the 2nd prize at 2013 International Paderewski Piano Competition
  9. [9]
    Admitted as ex-aequo winner of the 2nd Prize on the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
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    Admitted as ex-aequo winner of the 2nd Prize on the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
  11. [11]
    Admitted as 2nd Prize winner of the 2015 USA National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami
  12. [12]
    Admitted as winner of the 2015 USA National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami
  13. [13]
    Admitted as winner of the 2nd Prize at the 2012 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
  14. [14]
    Admitted as winner of the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw

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