III International Chopin Piano Competition
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Piano competition (1937)
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Award
| The Third International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 February – 13 March 1937 (1937年02月21日 – 1937年03月13日) |
| Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
| Hosted by | Warsaw Music Society [pl] |
| Winner | Soviet Union Yakov Zak |
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 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 Miwa Kai [jp] and Chieko Hara [jp] 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 Philharmonic, industrialist Stanisław Meyer sponsored a special award for Hara.[2]
The following prizes were awarded:[1]
| Prize | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5,000zł | Yakov Zak | Soviet Union |
| 2nd | 2,500zł | Rosa Tamarkina | Soviet Union |
| 3rd | 2,500zł | Witold Małcużyński | Poland |
| 4th | 2,000zł | Lance Dossor | United Kingdom |
| 5th | 2,000zł | Agi Jambor | Hungary |
| 6th | 1,000zł | Edith Axenfeld | Germany |
| 7th | 1,000zł | Monique de La Bruchollerie | France |
| 8th | 500zł | Jan Ekier | Poland |
| 9th | 500zł | Tatiana Goldfarb [ru] | Soviet Union |
| 10th | 500zł | Olga Iliwicka [pl] | Poland |
| 11th | 500zł | Pierre Maillard-Verger | France |
| 12th | 250zł | Lélia Gousseau | France |
| 13th | 200zł | Halina Kalmanowicz [pl] | Poland |
| HM | Jan Bereżyński | Poland | |
| Maria Bilińska-Riegerowa [pl] | Poland | ||
| Márta Blaha | Hungary | ||
| György Faragó [ru] | Hungary | ||
| Colette Gaveau | France | ||
| Zbigniew Grzybowski | Poland | ||
| Chieko Hara [jp] | Japan | ||
| Natalia Hornowska-Pęzińska | Poland | ||
| Nina Jemelianowa | Soviet Union | ||
| Helena Landau | Poland | ||
| Fryderyk Portnoj | Poland | ||
| Paulina Szmukler | Poland | ||
| Viktorie Švihlíková [cs] | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Marie Aimée Warrot [Wikidata] | France | ||
| Jozsef Weingarten | Hungary | ||
Two special prizes were awarded:
| Special prize | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Performance of Mazurkas | 250zł | Yakov Zak | Soviet Union |
| Best Performances of a Sonata | 500zł | Lance Dossor | United Kingdom |
Jury
[edit ]The jury consisted of:[1]
- Italy Guido Agosti
- Germany Wilhelm Backhaus (vice-chairman)
- Italy Attilo Brugnoli [it]
- Poland Zofia Buckiewiczowa
- Poland Marian Dąbrowski
- Poland Zbigniew Drzewiecki
- Switzerland Emil Frey
- Germany Alfred Hoehn
- Hungary Imre Keeri-Szano [hu]
- France Lazare Lévy
- Greece Loris Margaritis [el]
- Poland Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa [pl]
- Soviet Union Heinrich Neuhaus
- Switzerland Marie Panthès
- France Isidor Philipp (vice-chairman)
- Poland Zofia Rabcewicz [pl]
- Poland Lucyna Robowska
- Germany Richard Rössler
- Austria Emil von Sauer (vice-chairman)
- Latvia Paul Schubert [Wikidata]
- Hungary Imre Stefaniai [hu]
- Bulgaria Andrei Stojanow [bg]
- Poland Stefan Śledziński [pl]
- Poland Józef Śmidowicz [pl]
- Brazil Magda Tagliaferro
- Poland Józef Turczyński
- Poland Adam Wieniawski [pl] (chairman)
- Poland Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
- Poland Jerzy Żurawlew
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "III International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute . Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Marczyński, Jacek (21 October 2000). "Salon odrzuconych". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). No. 247 (5717) (wydanie specjalne) [special issue]. Warsaw. p. 4.
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.
External links
[edit ]- Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube
- Media related to 3rd International Chopin Piano Competition at Wikimedia Commons
