XIV International Chopin Piano Competition

Piano competition (2000)

Award

The XIV International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XIV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 4 to 22 October 2000 in Warsaw. Li Yundi of China won the First Prize, becoming the first Chinese pianist and youngest first-prize winner.^[1] He was the first competitor to be awarded the First Prize (the gold medal) in 15 years since Stanislav Bunin won it in 1985.^[2]

Awards

Li Yundi won the competition

The competition consisted of three stages and a final. After the previous two competitions had failed to produce a clear winner, the jury was once again inclined to not award first prize, though it did so in the end.^[1]

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

In addition, three special prizes were awarded independently:

Jury

The jury consisted of:^[1]

• Martha Argerich (joined during Stage II) ( VII)
• Edward Auer
• Paul Badura-Skoda
• Arnaldo Cohen
• Sequeira Costa
• Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
• Ikuko Endo [jp]
• Kazimierz Gierzod
• Lidia Grychtołówna
• Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
• Eugen Indjic
• Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
• Ivan Klánský
• Victor Merzhanov
• Germaine Mounier
• Hiroko Nakamura
• Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
• Sergio Perticaroli [it]
• Bernard Ringeissen (vice-chairman)
• Annerose Schmidt
• Regina Smendzianka
• Józef Stompel [pl]
• Arie Vardi

References

1. "The 14th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. "Teen's Golden Note". CNN. AsianWeek. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011.

Further reading

• 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

• Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube