III International Chopin Piano Competition
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The Third International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | February 21 – March 13, 1937 |
Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
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The III International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: III Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 13 March 1937 in Warsaw. It was the last competition before the outbreak of World War II, and the competition would not be held again until 1949.
80 pianists from 22 countries took part in the competition, including two participants from faraway Japan. Contestants could choose between pianos manufactured by Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Pleyel and Steinway. Soviet pianist Yakov Zak was awarded the first prize.
Awards[]
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Out of 80 pianists in the elimination stage, 21 were admitted to the final, where they performed two consecutive movements of one of Chopin's two piano concertos with the Warsaw Philharmonic.[1]
The two female Japanese pianists Philharmonic, industrialist Stanisław Meyer sponsored a special award for Hara.[2]
and received great acclaim among critics and the public. When news broke that Hara, who reached the final, was not among the prize-winners and was merely awarded an honorable mention, a commotion broke out. Fearing that the frenzied crowd would cause damage to the![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Wachter3thPianoChopinCompetitionPIC_1-M-612-6.jpg/220px-Wachter3thPianoChopinCompetitionPIC_1-M-612-6.jpg)
The following prizes were awarded:[1]
Prize | Winner | ||
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1st | 5,000zł | Yakov Zak | ![]() |
2nd | 2,500zł | Rosa Tamarkina | ![]() |
3rd | 2,500zł | Witold Małcużyński | ![]() |
4th | 2,000zł | Lance Dossor | ![]() |
5th | 2,000zł | Agi Jambor | ![]() |
6th | 1,000zł | Edith Axenfeld | ![]() |
7th | 1,000zł | Monique de La Bruchollerie | ![]() |
8th | 500zł | Jan Ekier | ![]() |
9th | 500zł | ![]() | |
10th | 500zł | ![]() | |
11th | 500zł | Pierre Maillard-Verger | ![]() |
12th | 250zł | Lélia Gousseau | ![]() |
13th | 200zł | ![]() | |
HM | Jan Bereżyński | ![]() | |
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Márta Blaha | ![]() | ||
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Colette Gaveau | ![]() | ||
Zbigniew Grzybowski | ![]() | ||
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Natalia Hornowska-Pęzińska | ![]() | ||
Nina Jemelianowa | ![]() | ||
Helena Landau | ![]() | ||
Fryderyk Portnoj | ![]() | ||
Paulina Szmukler | ![]() | ||
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Jozsef Weingarten | ![]() |
Two special prizes were awarded:
Special prize | Winner | ||
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | 250zł | Yakov Zak | ![]() |
Best Performances of a Sonata | 500zł | Lance Dossor | ![]() |
Jury[]
The jury consisted of:[1]
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Guido Agosti
Wilhelm Backhaus (vice-chairman)
Zofia Buckiewiczowa
Marian Dąbrowski
Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Emil Frey
Alfred Hoehn
Lazare Lévy
Heinrich Neuhaus
Marie Panthès
Isidor Philipp (vice-chairman)
Lucyna Robowska
Richard Rössler
Emil von Sauer (vice-chairman)
Magda Tagliaferro
Józef Turczyński
(chairman)
Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
Jerzy Żurawlew
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "III International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Marczyński, Jacek (21 October 2000). "Salon odrzuconych". 247 (5717) (in Polish). No. "Rzeczpospolita" (special issue). Warsaw. p. 4. Cite magazine requires
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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
Media related to 3rd International Chopin Piano Competition at Wikimedia Commons
- International Chopin Piano Competition
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- 1937 in Poland
- 1930s in Warsaw