The Ninth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date6–29 October 1975 (1975-10-06 1975-10-29)
VenueNational Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted byFryderyk Chopin Society
WinnerPoland 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:[1]

Prize Winner
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krystian Zimerman  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dina Joffe  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The 9th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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