XII International Chopin Piano Competition
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The Twelfth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | 1–20 October 1990 |
Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
Hosted by | Fryderyk Chopin Society |
Winner | not awarded |
The XII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 1 to 20 October 1990 in Warsaw. For the first time in the history of the competition, the first prize was not awarded.[1]
Awards
[edit]The competition consisted of three stages and a final. For the first time in the history of the competition, there was no winner. Musicologist Janusz Ekiert recalled: "The 12th Competition passed without any manifestations of great admiration and without any great controversy. Youngsters did not choose their idols, and the favourites failed to ignite people’s imagination. One was hard pressed to notice any of the feverishly sparkling eyes that one remembered from previous competitions. No one in the audience fainted from emotion; if anyone, only a pianist."[1]
The following prizes were awarded:[1]
Prize | Winner | |
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not awarded | |
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Kevin Kenner | ![]() |
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Yukio Yokoyama | ![]() |
4th | Corrado Rollero | ![]() |
Margarita Shevchenko | ![]() | |
5th | Anna Malikova | ![]() |
Takako Takahashi | ![]() | |
6th | Caroline Sageman | ![]() |
HM | Hiroshi Arimori | ![]() |
Philippe Giusiano | ![]() | |
Koji Oikawa | ![]() | |
Kyoko Tabe | ![]() |
Three special prizes were awarded:
Special prize | Winner | |
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Best Performance of a Concerto | not awarded | |
Best Performance of Mazurkas | not awarded | |
Best Performance of a Polonaise | Kevin Kenner | ![]() |
Wojciech Świtała | ![]() |
Jury
[edit]The jury consisted of:[1]
Vladimir Ashkenazy (
V)
Ryszard Bakst
Halina Czerny-Stefańska (
IV)
Anton Dikov
Sergei Dorensky
Jan Ekier (chairman)
Leon Fleisher
Lidia Grychtołówna
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska (
IV)
Andrzej Jasiński
Cyprien Katsaris
Ivan Klánský
Hiroko Nakamura
Gerhard Oppitz
Piotr Paleczny
Bernard Ringeissen
Maria Tipo
Eugène Traey (vice chairman)
Lev Vlassenko (vice chairman)
Kazuko Yasukawa
Tadeusz Żmudziński
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The 12th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
- 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.