After the First World War, Chopin's music was misinterpreted as decadent by the secular world, and even professional conservatories were unwilling to use Chopin's works as teaching tracks. In this case, Polish pianists and music educators decided to hold the Chopin International Piano Competition to promote Chopin's musical spirit and discover outstanding Chopin music interpreters.
There are six grand prizes and special prizes in each competition. The characteristic of the competition is that the judges will award according to the actual performance of the players. If they think that no one is qualified to win an award, they will leave it in the air and will not let the latecomers make up for it.
The first Chopin International Piano Competition was held in Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall on1October 23-30, 1927. 1932 and 1937 competitions were also held there. According to the organizer's wishes, the competition will be held every five years, and the 1942 competition was not held because of World War II. And the game can't be played for several years after World War II. The first competition after the war, that is, the fourth competition, was held in 1949 in the "Rome" concert hall, which was the temporary location of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera House. That game became a great event to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Chopin's death. The next competition is in 1955, when the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall bombed in World War II was just rebuilt.
Before and after the war, the competitions of 1955, 1960 and 1965 were held in winter, which was very close to the date of Chopin's birth on February 22nd. Later, because the contestants and judges were prone to illness in February, the future competition was arranged in June 5438+10, which was the anniversary of the composer's death.
The pre-war competition was sponsored by Warsaw Music Association, which later established Chopin Higher Conservatory of Music. 1949 The fourth competition was sponsored by the Executive Committee of Chopin's Centennial Birthday, and their funds were provided by the Ministry of Finance. 1955 the fifth competition was organized by the executive Committee of the competition organized by the Ministry of culture. From 1960, Chopin Association became the organizer of the competition, and they maintained the organization and operation of the whole competition. Before 1995, the main source of funding for the competition was the Ministry of Finance. 1995, 13, 20% of the funding came from corporate sponsorship. After the 2000 14 competition, corporate sponsorship increased.
Since 1957, Chopin International Piano Competition belongs to the International Music Competition Union and is one of the founders of the Union.
The first competition of 1927 was attended by 26 players from 8 countries, and then the competition expanded rapidly, attracting more and more players. 1980 149 young pianists from 36 countries participated in the competition, which is the competition with the largest number of participants at present. A similar number of players also participated in 1 1 to 14.
During the audition of the competition, young pianists will play in alphabetical order, and the first letter will be decided by random drawing. According to the general rules, the age of the contestants is between 18-29 years old, but sometimes there will be appropriate changes. In previous competitions, the youngest player is only 16 years old, while the oldest player is 32 years old.