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IX International Chopin Piano Competition

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The Ninth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date6–29 October 1975 (1975-10-06 – 1975-10-29)
VenueNational Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted byFryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
WinnerPoland Krystian Zimerman
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The IX International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: IX Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 6 to 29 October 1975 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Krystian Zimerman of Poland, the youngest winner to that date at the age of 18.

Awards

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The competition consisted of three elimination stages and a final with seven pianists.

For the first time, the first three places were presented with gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively, designed by Józef Markiewicz [pl] and produced by the Polish Mint.

The following prizes were awarded:[1]

Prize Winner
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krystian Zimerman  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dina Joffe  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Fedkina [pl]  Soviet Union
4th Pavel Gililov  Soviet Union
5th Dean Kramer  United States
6th Diana Kacso [pl]  Brazil
HM Dan Atanasiu  Romania
John Hendrickson  Canada
Neal Larrabee  United States
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń  Poland
Elżbieta Tarnawska  Poland
Alexander Urwałow  Soviet Union
Wiktor Wasiliew  Soviet Union
William Wolfram [ru]  United States

Two special prizes were awarded:

Special prize Winner
Best Performance of Mazurkas Krystian Zimerman  Poland
Best Performance of a Polonaise Krystian Zimerman  Poland

Jury

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The jury consisted of:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The 9th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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