IV International Chopin Piano Competition
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Piano competition (1949)
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Award
| The Fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 September – 15 October 1949 (1949年09月15日 – 1949年10月15日) |
| Venue | Roma Theatre, Warsaw |
| Hosted by | Polish Ministry of Culture and Art |
| Winner | |
The IV International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: IV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 15 September to 15 October 1949 in Warsaw. The first competition after World War II, it was held in connection with the centenary of Chopin's death. Polish pianist Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Soviet pianist Bella Davidovich shared first place. Due to the wartime destruction of the National Philharmonic, the auditions were held at the Roma Theatre on Nowogrodzka Street.
Awards
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Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1959) and Bella Davidovich (1966)
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with 18 pianists. For the first time, competitors performed a piano concerto in its entirety in the final, as opposed to just two movements.
The following prizes were awarded:[1]
| Prize | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1,000,000zł | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
| 1,000,000zł | Bella Davidovich | Soviet Union | |
| 2nd | 800,000zł | Barbara Hesse-Bukowska | Poland |
| 3rd | 600,000zł | Waldemar Maciszewski | Poland |
| 4th | 550,000zł | Georgy Muravlov [pl] | Soviet Union |
| 5th | 500,000zł | Władysław Kędra | Poland |
| 6th | 450,000zł | Ryszard Bakst | Poland |
| 7th | 400,000zł | Yevgeny Malinin | Soviet Union |
| 8th | 350,000zł | Zbigniew Szymonowicz [pl] | Poland |
| 9th | 300,000zł | Tamara Gusiewa | Soviet Union |
| 10th | 250,000zł | Victor Merzhanov | Soviet Union |
| 11th | 200,000zł | Regina Smendzianka | Poland |
| 12th | 150,000zł | Tadeusz Żmudziński | Poland |
| HM | 50,000zł | Tony Vine Adnet | Brazil |
| 50,000zł | Oriano de Almeida [pt] | Brazil | |
| 50,000zł | Carlos Rivero | Mexico | |
| 50,000zł | Ludmila Sosina | Soviet Union | |
| 50,000zł | Imre Szendrei | Hungary | |
One special prize was awarded:
| Special prize | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Best Performance of Mazurkas | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
Jury
[edit ]The jury consisted of:[1]
- Sweden Godfrid Boon
- Belgium Emile Bosquet [nl]
- France Lucette Descaves (substitute)
- Netherlands Sem Dresden
- Poland Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- Poland Jan Ekier
- Mexico Blas Galindo Dimas
- France Lélia Gousseau (substitute)
- England Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
- Hungary Hernádi Lajos [hu]
- Switzerland Franz Josef Hirt
- Poland Jan Hoffman
- Poland Roman Jasiński [pl]
- Poland Marcelina Kimonti-Jacynowa (substitute)
- France Lazare Lévy
- France Marguerite Long (vice-chairwoman, after 1 October)
- Austria Joseph Marx
- Czechoslovakia Frantisek Maxian (vice-chairman)
- Romania Alfred Mendelssohn
- Bulgaria Dimitar Nenov
- Soviet Union Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) (1st place, gold medalist(s) I)
- Soviet Union Pavel Serebryakov
- Poland Stanisław Szpinalski (2nd place, silver medalist(s) I)
- Poland Henryk Sztompka [pl]
- Brazil Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairwoman)
- Poland Margerita Trombini-Kazuro [pl]
- Poland Bolesław Woytowicz
- Italy Carlo Zecchi
- Poland Jerzy Żurawlew
During the first two rounds, blind auditions were held, with participants competing anonymously under numbers they had drawn, as the jury listened behind wooden shutters. This format was not repeated again in subsequent editions of the competition.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "The 4th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute . Retrieved 30 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.