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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.
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) |
Awards
editThe 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 |
2nd | 30,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | Soviet Union |
3rd | 25,000zł | Tania Achot-Haroutounian | Iran |
4th | 20,000zł | Ming-Qiang Li | China |
5th | 15,000zł | Zinaida Ignatyeva | Soviet Union |
6th | 10,000zł | Valeri Kastelsky | Soviet Union |
HM | 5,000zł | Michel Block | Mexico |
5,000zł | Jerzy Godziszewski | Poland | |
5,000zł | Hitoshi Kobayashi | Japan | |
5,000zł | Reiya Silvonen | Finland | |
5,000zł | Aleksander Słobodianik | Soviet Union | |
5,000zł | Józef Stompel | Poland |
Two special prizes were awarded:
Special prize | Winner | ||
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | 10,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | Soviet Union |
Best Performance of a Polonaise | 10,000zł | Irina Zaritskaya | Soviet Union |
Jury
editThe 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, 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, III)
- Jerzy Żurawlew (Poland)
References
edit- ^ Hewett, Ivan (14 September 2010). "Maurizio Pollini: ice-man of the ivories". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "The 6th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Rubinstein, Arthur (1980). My Many Years (1st ed.). New York: Knopf. p. 559. ISBN 978-0-394-42253-4. OCLC 5673961 – via Internet Archive.
Further reading
edit- 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. OCLC 1153285192.
- 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. OCLC 670048637.
- Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2. OCLC 802743657.