International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition

The International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition is one of the oldest and the most prestigious piano competition in the world, organized in Warsaw since 1927 and held every 5 years since 1955.

Top prize winners

Winners of the top prize awarded in the given year (first prize, unless otherwise noted).

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• 1927: Lev Oborin
• 1932: Alexandre Uninsky
• 1937: Jakov Zak
• 1949: Bella Davidovich and Halina Czerny-Stefanska shared first prize.
• 1955: Adam Harasiewicz
• 1960: Maurizio Pollini
• 1965: Martha Argerich
• 1970: Garrick Ohlsson
• 1975: Krystian Zimerman
• 1980: Dang Thai Son
• 1985: Stanislav Bunin
• 1990: No first prize awarded. Kevin Kenner won second prize.
• 1995: No first prize awarded. Philippe Giusiano and Alexei Sultanov shared second prize.
• 2000: Yundi Li
• 2005: ongoing