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{{Short description|Polish classical music piano award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox award
| name                     = International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
| current_awards           = XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition
| image                    = Chopin Intl Piano Competition 2005.jpg
| caption                  = The National Philharmonic during the [[XV International Chopin Piano Competition|2005 competition]]
| year                     = {{Start date and age|1927}}
| year2                    = 2021
| venue                    = [[National Philharmonic in Warsaw|National Philharmonic]], Warsaw
| presenter                = [[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en}}
}}

The '''International Chopin Piano Competition''' ({{langx|pl|Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina}}), often referred to as the '''Chopin Competition''', is a piano [[Music competition|competition]] held in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held every five years since 1955. The competition is one of the founding members of the [[World Federation of International Music Competitions]]. It is also one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |title=The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition |website=Culture.pl |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926045642/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-music-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in this case, [[Frédéric Chopin]]. The competition is currently organized by the [[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]].<ref>[http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212032/http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en |date=3 April 2015 }} of the International Chopin Competition, accessed 7 August 2014.</ref>

The Chopin Competition is one of the most prestigious [[List of classical music competitions|competitions in classical music]], often launching the careers of its winners overnight through major concert dates and lucrative recording contracts. Past winners have included [[Maurizio Pollini]] ([[VI International Chopin Piano Competition|1960]]), [[Martha Argerich]] ([[VII International Chopin Piano Competition|1965]]), [[Krystian Zimerman]] ([[IX International Chopin Piano Competition|1975]]), [[Yundi Li]] ([[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition|2000]]), [[Rafał Blechacz]] ([[XV International Chopin Piano Competition|2005]]) and [[Seong-Jin Cho]] ([[XVII International Chopin Piano Competition|2015]]). The most recent winner has been [[Bruce Liu (pianist)|Bruce Liu]] of Canada [[XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition|in 2021]]. [[Yundi Li]] is the most well known for being the youngest first prize winner<ref>{{cite web |title=Winner of Chopin Competition 2000: Yundi Li - first time in California |url=https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |website=Polish Music Center |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613185733/https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the youngest juror in the competition's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Pianist Li Yundi to Join Jury Panel of International Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|website=yibada|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222203600/http://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
== History ==
[[File:1937chopin competition.jpg|thumb|250px|[[III International Chopin Piano Competition|3rd Chopin Competition]] (1937). Among members of the jury (sitting on the left) [[Heinrich Neuhaus]], [[Emil von Sauer]], [[Guido Agosti]], and [[Wilhelm Backhaus]]]]

The competition was initiated by Polish pianist and pedagogue [[Jerzy Żurawlew]], who began seeking funds for a piano competition in 1925, influenced by [[Aleksander Michałowski]]. Żurawlew recalled later: "Young people at that time, not long after the end of the [[World War I|Great War]], were taking a keen interest in sports. They were dyed-in-the-wool realists in their outlook on life. I would often hear that Chopin was excessively romantic, that he enervated the soul and weakened the psyche. Some went so far as to discourage the inclusion of Chopin as required repertoire in music schools. All that showed a fundamental lack of understanding, which I found very painful... As I watched young people’s enthusiasm for sporting achievement, I finally hit upon a solution: a competition! Here was a format to bring tangible advantages to young performers of Chopin in the form of monetary prizes and an international performing career."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Michalski|first=Grzegorz|date=|title=How did it all start?|url=https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/media.chopin2020.pl/d0ef9ad84dd54b97bc33532741cad1ee.pdf|magazine=Chopin Courier|issue=2|page=6|location=Warsaw|publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]]|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005134119/https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/media.chopin2020.pl/d0ef9ad84dd54b97bc33532741cad1ee.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Gathering funds for the competition proved to be a difficult task. As Żurawlew remembered in later years: "I met with utter incomprehension, indifference and even aversion. The opinion among musicians was unanimous: Chopin is so great that he can defend himself. At the Ministry, it was announced that there were no funds for it [...] and that the whole idea was unfeasible". In this difficult situation, help arrived from Henryk Rewkiewicz — a businessman, music lover and board member of The Warsaw Music Society, who offered his personal financial guarantees to cover the entire deficit expected to arise from the first Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Henryk Rewkiewicz|url=https://chopin.nifc.pl/en/chopin/osoba/7900_rewkiewicz_henryk|access-date=2021-10-07|website=chopin.nifc.pl}}</ref> 

Many years later Jerzy Żurawlew wrote, “[…] I was greatly helped by my friend Henryk Rewkiewicz, director of the Match Monopoly, who offered 15,000 złoty - a substantial sum at the time - for the Competition”.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Żurawlew|first=Jerzy|title=Cel osiągnięty|journal=Stolica|volume=1970 nr. 42, translated by Elżbieta Sozańska|via=}}</ref> Ultimately, things picked up with the election of a new Polish president [[Ignacy Mościcki]], who became the patron of the Chopin Competition.<ref name="Institute">{{Cite web|title=I International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/11|access-date=2021-08-01|website=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]]}}</ref>

Subsequent editions were organized in [[II International Chopin Piano Competition|1932]] and [[III International Chopin Piano Competition|1937]]; the post-war fourth and fifth editions were held in [[IV International Chopin Piano Competition|1949]] and [[V International Chopin Piano Competition|1955]]. In 1957 the competition became one of the founding members of the [[World Federation of International Music Competitions]] in Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |title=The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition |website=culture.pl |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

The pre-war editions of the competition as well as three editions after [[World War II]] (1955, 1960, 1965) were held in winter, close to the date of Chopin's birth – 22 January. However, due to repeated cases of jurors and competitors falling sick in this period, the organizers decided that the competition be held in October, the month in which Chopin died.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/konkurs-chopinowski-historia-wydarzenia-najwieksze-skandale/57j5075 |language=pl |title=Konkurs Chopinowski w cieniu kontrowersji. Największe skandale |website=onet.pl  |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>

The [[X International Chopin Piano Competition|1980 edition]] of the Chopin Piano Competition was marked by controversy over the elimination of [[Ivo Pogorelić]], who was seen as one of the favourites, in the third round of the competition. This prompted juror [[Martha Argerich]] to resign from the jury in protest, calling Pogorelić a "genius". Her action was supported by two other jurors, who declared that it was "unthinkable that such an artist should not make it to the finals". Other judges spoke out about their disapproval of what they considered Pogorelić's eccentricities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/48|access-date=2023-10-11|website=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-20-october-ivo-pogorelichh-was-born/ |title=On This Day 20 October: Ivo Pogorelichh Was Born |website=interlude.hk |author=Georg Predota |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2019/08/22/749395568/a-confrontation-with-music-ivo-pogorelichs-first-album-in-21-years#:~:text=Controversy%20has%20seemed%20to%20follow%20pianist%20Ivo%20Pogorelich,a%20%22genius%2C%22%20stormed%20off%20the%20jury%20in%20protest. |title=A Confrontation With Music: Ivo Pogorelich's First Album In 21 Years |website=npr.org |author=Tom Huizenga |date=22 August 2022 |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

Traditionally, during the competition on 17 October – the day of Chopin's death – a solemn mass is celebrated in the [[Holy Cross Church, Warsaw|Holy Cross Church]] in Warsaw, during which [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s ''[[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]'' is performed in accordance with the wishes of the composer.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/688/Artykul/1888246,Requiem-Mozarta-dla-Chopina-w-Bazylice-Sw-Krzyza |language = pl |title=Requiem Mozarta dla Chopina w Bazylice Św. Krzyża | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tvp.info/56207174/konkurs-chopinowski-historyczne-zmagania-konkursowe-czlonkow-jury |language = pl |title=Konkurs Chopinowski. Historyczne zmagania konkursowe członków jury |date = 5 October 2021 | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref>

In 2018, the Chopin Institute organized the inaugural [[I International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments]].

The [[XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition]], originally scheduled for 2020, was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and took place in 2021 instead.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://chopin2020.pl/en/news/article/27/xviii-mi%C4%99dzynarodowy-konkurs-pianistyczny-im.-fryderyka-chopina-prze%C5%82o%C5%BCony-na-rok-2021 |title=The 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition postponed till 2021 | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref>

== Jury ==
{{Mainlist|List of jurors of the International Chopin Piano Competition}}
The jury has been chaired by:
*[[Witold Maliszewski]] ([[I International Chopin Piano Competition|1927]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/9805743c-9c63-4ae3-b11e-cd47d5a9a09c/details |title=1st International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*{{ill|Adam Wieniawski|pl|Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski}} ([[II International Chopin Piano Competition|1932]] and [[III International Chopin Piano Competition|1937]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0b8ab5b9-9cb8-4cd8-ac56-e85124cfbcec/details |title=2nd International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Zbigniew Drzewiecki]] ([[IV International Chopin Piano Competition|1949]], [[V International Chopin Piano Competition|1955]], [[VI International Chopin Piano Competition|1960]], [[VII International Chopin Piano Competition|1965]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/d87cbda4-06ae-475c-9f4e-671c104f97e4/details |title=4th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Kazimierz Sikorski]] ([[VIII International Chopin Piano Competition|1970]] and [[IX International Chopin Piano Competition|1975]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0f481062-2fd6-4407-8f46-4eb94fe8c39c/details |title=8th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Kazimierz Kord]] ([[X International Chopin Piano Competition|1980]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/0e6035ff-5678-4d37-b78e-1442815257ce/details |title=10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Jan Ekier]] ([[XI International Chopin Piano Competition|1985]], [[XII International Chopin Piano Competition|1990]], [[XIII International Chopin Piano Competition|1995]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/previous-edition/c61a4797-a6a5-40c5-b09b-7fa67c649c29/details |title=11th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Andrzej Jasiński]] ([[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition|2000]], [[XV International Chopin Piano Competition|2005]], [[XVI International Chopin Piano Competition|2010]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/2384/Artykul/1500769,Konkurs-Chopinowski-Nie-myj-rak-w-sniegu |title=Konkurs Chopinowski. Nie myj rąk w śniegu! |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń]] ([[XVII International Chopin Piano Competition|2015]], [[XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition|2021]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chopincompetition2015.com/jurors |title=Jurors |publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

== Prize winners ==
{{Related category|Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition}}
The laureates of the Chopin International Piano Competition:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.medici.tv/en/partners/international-fryderyck-chopin-piano-competition/international-fryderyck-chopin-piano-competition-past-prize-winners/ |title=Past Prize Winners |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/miedzynarodowy-konkurs-pianistyczny-im-fryderyka-chopina |title=Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top 3 prize-winners at each Edition
|-
! Edition
! {{won|place=1st}}
! {{won|place=2nd}}
! {{won|place=3rd}}
|- valign="top"
! [[I International Chopin Piano Competition|I&nbsp;(1927)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Lev Oborin]]'''|USSR|1924}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Stanisław Szpinalski]]|Poland|1919}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Róża Etkin-Moszkowska|Róża Etkin]]|Poland|1919}}
|- valign="top"
! [[II International Chopin Piano Competition|II&nbsp;(1932)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Alexander Uninsky]]'''  ([[coin flipping|c]])|USSR|1924}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Imre Ungár]]  ([[coin flipping|c]])|Hungary|1920}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Bolesław Kon]]|Poland|1928}}
|- valign="top"
! [[III International Chopin Piano Competition|III&nbsp;(1937)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Yakov Zak]]'''|USSR|1936}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Rosa Tamarkina]]|USSR|1936}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Witold Małcużyński]]|Poland|1928}}
|- valign="top"
! rowspan="2" | [[IV International Chopin Piano Competition|IV&nbsp;(1949)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Bella Davidovich]]'''|USSR|1936}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|[[Barbara Hesse-Bukowska]]|Poland|1928}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|[[Waldemar Maciszewski]]|Poland|1928}}
|-
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Halina Czerny-Stefańska]]'''|Poland|1928}} ''(tie)''
|- valign="top"
! [[V International Chopin Piano Competition|V&nbsp;(1955)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Adam Harasiewicz]]'''|Poland|1928}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Vladimir Ashkenazy]]|USSR|1955}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Fou Ts'ong]]|China}}
|- valign="top"
! [[VI International Chopin Piano Competition|VI&nbsp;(1960)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Maurizio Pollini]]'''|Italy}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Irina Zaritskaya]]|USSR|1955}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tania Achot-Haroutounian]]|Iran|1925}}
|- valign="top"
! [[VII International Chopin Piano Competition|VII&nbsp;(1965)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Martha Argerich]]'''|Argentina}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Arthur Moreira Lima]]|Brazil|1960}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marta Sosińska]]|Poland|1928}}
|- valign="top"
! [[VIII International Chopin Piano Competition|VIII&nbsp;(1970)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Garrick Ohlsson]]'''|USA}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mitsuko Uchida]]|Japan|1947}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Piotr Paleczny]]|Poland|1928}}
|- valign="top"
! [[IX International Chopin Piano Competition|IX&nbsp;(1975)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Krystian Zimerman]]'''|Poland|1928}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Dina Joffe]]|USSR|1955}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Fedkina]]|USSR|1955}}
|- valign="top"
! [[X International Chopin Piano Competition|X&nbsp;(1980)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Dang Thai Son]]'''|Vietnam}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tatiana Shebanova|Tatyana Shebanova]]|USSR}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Arutyun Papazyan]]|USSR}}
|- valign="top"
! [[XI International Chopin Piano Competition|XI&nbsp;(1985)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Stanislav Bunin]]'''|USSR}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marc Laforet]]|France}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Krzysztof Jabłoński (pianist)|Krzysztof Jabłoński]]|Poland}}
|- valign="top"
! [[XII International Chopin Piano Competition|XII&nbsp;(1990)]]
| ''Not awarded''
| {{flagmedalist|[[Kevin Kenner]]|USA}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Yukio Yokoyama]]|Japan|1947}}
|- valign="top"
! rowspan="2" | [[XIII International Chopin Piano Competition|XIII&nbsp;(1995)]]
| rowspan="2" | ''Not awarded''
| {{flagmedalist|[[Philippe Giusiano]]|France}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|[[Gabriela Montero]]|Venezuela}}
|-
| {{flagmedalist|[[Alexei Sultanov]]|Uzbekistan}} ''(tie)''
|- valign="top"
! [[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition|XIV&nbsp;(2000)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Li Yundi|Yundi Li]]'''|China}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ingrid Fliter]]|Argentina}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Alexander Kobrin]]|Russia}}
|- valign="top"
! rowspan="2" | [[XV International Chopin Piano Competition|XV&nbsp;(2005)]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''[[Rafał Blechacz]]'''|Poland}}
| rowspan="2" | ''Not awarded''
| {{flagmedalist|[[Dong-Hyek Lim]]|South Korea}}
|-
| {{flagmedalist|[[Dong-Min Lim]]|South Korea}} ''(tie)''
|- valign="top"
! rowspan="2" | [[XVI International Chopin Piano Competition|XVI&nbsp;(2010)]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''[[Yulianna Avdeeva]]'''|Russia}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Lukas Geniušas]]|Russia}} {{flag|Lithuania}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|[[Daniil Trifonov]]|Russia}}
|-
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ingolf Wunder]]|Austria}} ''(tie)''
|- valign="top"
! [[XVII International Chopin Piano Competition|XVII&nbsp;(2015)]]
| {{flagmedalist|'''[[Seong-Jin Cho]]'''|South Korea}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Charles Richard-Hamelin]]|Canada}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Kate Liu]]|USA}}
|-valign="top"
! rowspan="2" |[[XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition|XVIII&nbsp;(2021)]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|'''[[Bruce Liu (pianist)|Bruce Liu]]'''|Canada}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Kyohei Sorita]]|Japan}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagmedalist|[[Martín García García]]|Spain}}
|-
|{{flagmedalist|[[Alexander Gadjiev]]|Italy}} {{flag|Slovenia}} ''(tie)''
|-
![[XIX International Chopin Piano Competition|XIX&nbsp;(2025)]]
| colspan="3" |to be determined
|}

Traditional special awards at the competition include the [[Polish Radio]] prize for the best [[Mazurkas (Chopin)|mazurka]] performance (since 1927), the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw prize for the best [[Polonaise (dance)|polonaise]] (since 1960), and the [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra|National Philharmonic prize]] for the best performance of a [[piano concerto]] (since 1980). 

=== Medal table ===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = Chopin Competition Medal Table
 | name_1 = {{flag|Soviet Union}}	| gold_1  = 5| silver_1  = 6 | bronze_1  = 2 |
 | name_2 = {{flag|Poland}}			| gold_2  = 4 | silver_2  = 2 | bronze_2  = 7 |
 | name_3 = {{flag|United States}}	| gold_3  = 1 | silver_3  = 1 | bronze_3  = 2 |
 | name_4 = {{flag|Russia}}			| gold_4  = 1 | silver_4  = 1 | bronze_4  = 2 |
 | name_5 = {{flag|Argentina}}		| gold_5  = 1 | silver_5  = 1 | bronze_5  = 0 |
 | name_6 = {{flag|South Korea}}	| gold_6  = 1 | silver_6  = 0 | bronze_6  = 2 |
 | name_7 = {{flag|China}}			| gold_7  = 1 | silver_7  = 0 | bronze_7  = 1 |
 | name_8 = {{flag|Italy}}			| gold_8  = 1 | silver_8  = 1 | bronze_8  = 0 |
 | name_9 = {{flag|Vietnam}}		| gold_9  = 1 | silver_9  = 0 | bronze_9  = 0 |
 | name_10 = {{flag|France}}		| gold_10 = 0 | silver_10 = 2 | bronze_10 = 0 |
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 | name_12 = {{flag|Hungary}}		| gold_12 = 0 | silver_12 = 1 | bronze_12 = 0 |
 | name_13 = {{flag|Brazil}}		| gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 1 | bronze_13 = 0 |
 | name_14 = {{flag|Uzbekistan}}	| gold_14 = 0 | silver_14 = 1 | bronze_14 = 0 |
 | name_15 = {{flag|Lithuania}}		| gold_15 = 0 | silver_15 = 1 | bronze_15 = 0 |
 | name_16 = {{flag|Austria}}		| gold_16 = 0 | silver_16 = 1 | bronze_16 = 0 |
 | name_17 = {{flag|Canada}}		| gold_17 = 1 | silver_17 = 1 | bronze_17 = 0 |
 | name_18 = {{flag|Iran}}			| gold_18 = 0 | silver_18 = 0 | bronze_18 = 1 |
 | name_19 = {{flag|Slovenia}}		| gold_19 = 0 | silver_19 = 1 | bronze_19 = 0 |
 | name_20 = {{flag|Spain}}			| gold_20 = 0 | silver_20 = 0 | bronze_20 = 1 |
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<small>Note: Medals were only awarded after 1975. In this table, winner of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize prior to 1975 are included as having won Gold, Silver, and Bronze respectively.</small>

== In popular culture ==
The Chopin Competition is a major plot device in the Japanese manga series ''[[Forest of Piano]]'', serialized from 1998 to 2015 and adapted as an [[anime]] from 2018 to 2019. It follows the story of pianist Kai Ichinose, who ultimately wins the Chopin Competition.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Takahashi|first=Hara|date=Autumn 2019|title=The Quest for Selfhood in Manga and the Spirituality of Contemporary Japanese|url=https://rk-world.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DW2019_Autumn.pdf|journal=Dharma World|volume=46|pages=7–9}}</ref> Creator [[Makoto Isshiki]] was inspired to write the series when she watched a documentary showing [[Stanislav Bunin]] winning the [[XI International Chopin Piano Competition]].<ref name="MediaFestival">{{cite web|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/manga/001070/|title=2008 Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Grand Prize PIANO NO MORI|publisher=[[Japan Media Arts Festival]]|access-date=January 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212131910/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/manga/001070/|archive-date=February 12, 2009}}</ref> In 2023, a documentary film ''Pianoforte'' directed by Jakub Piątek shows the realities of the Chopin Piano Competition through exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and is set to premiere at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/intimate-coming-of-age-documentary-revealing-harsh-realities-of-chopin-piano-competition-to-premiere-at-sundance-film-festival-35822 |title=Intimate coming-of-age documentary revealing harsh realities of Chopin Piano Competition to premiere at Sundance Film Festival |website=thefirstnews.com |author=Stuart Dowell |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Music}}
* [[List of classical music competitions]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book|last=Ekiert|first=Janusz|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670048637|title=The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw|date=2010|publisher=Muza|isbn=978-83-7495-812-7|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=670048637 }}
* {{Cite book|first1=Ada|last1=Arendt|first2=Marcin|last2=Bogucki|first3=Paweł|last3=Majewski|first4=Kornelia|last4=Sobczak|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1153285192|title=Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015|trans-title=The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015|date=2020|publisher=Wydawnictwa [[University of Warsaw|Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego]]|isbn=978-83-235-4127-1|language=pl|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=1153285192 }}
* {{Cite book|first1=Jerzy|last1=Ossowski|first2=Halina|last2=Brodska|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802743657|title=The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs|date=2010|publisher=[[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]]|isbn=978-83-61142-36-2|location=Warsaw|oclc=802743657 }}

== External links ==
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* {{official|https://chopin2020.pl/en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004083335/http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/im_km_pianistyczny_chopina History of the Competition in the Polish Culture Portal]
* [http://www.konkurs.amator.chopin.pl/index.php Official International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition for Amateurs website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033723/http://www.konkurs.amator.chopin.pl/index.php |date=7 October 2011 }}
* [http://www.bakitone.com Piano Competitions & Music Competitions at Bakitone International] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203131817/http://www.bakitone.com/ |date=3 December 2019 }}
* [https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-international-fryderyk-chopin-piano-competitions/1gLy30LrMiGSKQ Google Arts & Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010100941/https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-international-fryderyk-chopin-piano-competitions/1gLy30LrMiGSKQ |date=10 October 2020 }}

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