IX International Chopin Piano Competition

The Ninth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date	6–29 October 1975 (1975-10-06 – 1975-10-29)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by	Fryderyk Chopin Society
Winner	Krystian Zimerman

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

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 and produced by the Polish Mint.

The following prizes were awarded:

Prize	Winner
	Krystian Zimerman	Poland
	Dina Joffe	Soviet Union
	Tatyana Fedkina	Soviet Union
4th	Pavel Gililov	Soviet Union
5th	Dean Kramer	United States
6th	Diana Kacso	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	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

The jury consisted of:

• István Antal
• Olga Iliwicka-Dąbrowska
• Anton Dikov
• Jan Ekier
• Orazio Frugoni
• Gheorghe Halmos
• Ludwig Hoffmann
• Akiko Iguchi
• Andrzej Jasiński
• Alexander Jenner
• Louis Kentner
• Eugene List (vice-chairman)
• Yevgeny Malinin (vice-chairman)
• Witold Małcużyński
• André-François Marescotti
• Federico Mompou
• Frantisek Rauch
• Bernard Ringeissen
• Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
• Zbigniew Szymonowicz
• Zbigniew Śliwiński
• Amadeus Webersinke
• Tadeusz Żmudziński

Further reading

• 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

• Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube