VI International Chopin Piano Competition
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| Sixth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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| Date | 22 February – 13 March 1960 |
| Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
| Hosted by | Fryderyk Chopin Society |
| Winner | Maurizio Pollini (Italy) |
The VI International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 22 February to 13 March 1960 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Maurizio Pollini of Italy, becoming the first winner not from Poland or the Soviet Union.
Awards
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The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists. Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini won first prize, with Arthur Rubinstein, honorary chairman of the jury, declaring "that boy can play the piano better than any of us".[1]
Audience favorite Michel Block failed to win a prize and only received an honorable mention.[2] Outraged, Rubinstein created a special prize bearing his name on the spot, and awarded it to Block.[3]
The following prizes were awarded:[2]
| Prize | Winner | ||
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| 1st | 40,000zł | Maurizio Pollini |  Italy
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| 2nd | 30,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
| 3rd | 25,000zł | Tania Achot-Haroutounian | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
| 4th | 20,000zł | Ming-Qiang Li | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| 5th | 15,000zł | Zinaida Ignatyeva | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
| 6th | 10,000zł | Valeri Kastelsky | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
| HM | 5,000zł | Michel Block | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| 5,000zł | Jerzy Godziszewski | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | |
| 5,000zł | Hitoshi Kobayashi | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 5,000zł | Reiya Silvonen | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | |
| 5,000zł | Aleksander Słobodianik | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | |
| 5,000zł | Józef Stompel | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | |
Two special prizes were awarded:
| Special prize | Winner | ||
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| Best Performance of Mazurkas | 10,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
| Best Performance of a Polonaise | 10,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
Jury
[edit | edit source]The jury consisted of:[2]
- Guido Agosti (Italy)
- Stefan Askenase (Belgium)
- Nadia Boulanger (vice-chairman) (France)
- Sven Brandel (Sweden)
- Sequeira Costa (Portugal)
- Harold Craxton (Great Britain)
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Poland, 1st place, gold medalist(s) IV)
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (Poland, chairman)
- Jan Ekier (Poland)
- Henri Gagnebin (Switzerland)
- Armand de Gontaut-Biron (France)
- Emil Hájek (Yugoslavia)
- Arthur Hedley (Great Britain, vice-chairman)
- Lajos Hernandi (Hungary)
- Jan Hoffman (Poland)
- Mieczysław Horszowski (USA)
- Dmitry Kabalevsky (Soviet Union, vice-chairman)
- Witold Małcużyński (Poland)
- Timo Mikkilä (Finland)
- Florica Musicescu (Romania)
- Heinrich Neuhaus (Soviet Union)
- František Rauch (Czechoslovakia)
- Reimar Riefling (Norway)
- Arthur Rubinstein (Poland, honorary chairman)
- Heinz Schroeter (West Germany)
- Bruno Seidlhofer (Austria)
- Pavel Serebryakov (Soviet Union)
- Andrej Stojanow (Bulgaria)
- Henryk Sztompka (Poland, vice-chairman)
- Magda Tagliaferro (Brazil)
- Ding Shande (China)
- Margerita Trombini-Kazuro (Poland)
- Amadeus Webersinke (East Germany)
- Beveridge Webster (USA)
- Bolesław Woytowicz (Poland, secretary)
- Yakov Zak (Soviet Union, 1st place, gold medalist(s) III)
- Jerzy Żurawlew (Poland)
References
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Further reading
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External links
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