The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XVII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts).[1] Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015.
Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition.[2]
Philippe Entremont caused controversy when he gave Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of the competition, a score of just 1 in the final, the lowest possible score. This was a substantial deviation from the other jurors; 14 of the 17 jurors gave Cho 9 or more points, leading to speculation that Entremont had trouble with Cho's teacher Michel Béroff.[6] A popular conjecture that Entremont may have been racially motivated could not be proven by statistical analysis.[7]
Competitor results
Yes: percentage of jurors who voted to pass the participant to the next round (excluding recusals)
Pts: average number of points (excluding recusals)
References
^Calendar for The International Chopin Piano Competition 2015
^"SEONG-JIN CHO WON THE 17TH CHOPIN COMPETITION". Archived from the original on 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
^"South Korean Seong-Jin Cho wins Chopin piano competition". BBC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^"South Korean Seong-Jin Cho Wins Chopin Piano Competition". ABC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition – Jurors
^"1 juror gives 1/10 to the winner of the Chopin piano competition". The Dong-a Ilbo. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^Jeon, Gyuhyeon; Park, Juyong (2016-08-08). "Jury-Contestant Bipartite Competition Network: Identifying Biased Scores and Their Impact on Network Structure Inference". arXiv:1608.02326 [physics.soc-ph].
^Admitted as winner of the 2nd prize at 2013 International Paderewski Piano Competition
^Admitted as ex-aequo winner of the 2nd Prize on the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
^Admitted as ex-aequo winner of the 2nd Prize on the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
^Admitted as 2nd Prize winner of the 2015 USA National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami
^Admitted as winner of the 2015 USA National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami
^Admitted as winner of the 2nd Prize at the 2012 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
^Admitted as winner of the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
Further reading
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.