XI International Chopin Piano Competition

Piano competition (1985)

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The Eleventh International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

Date| 30 September – 20 October 1985 (1985-09-30 – 1985-10-20)
Venue| National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by| Fryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
Winner|  Stanislav Bunin
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The XI International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 30 September to 20 October 1985 in Warsaw.[1]

For the first time, participants could choose to play on a Kawai or on a Yamaha piano, in addition to the Steinway and Bösendorfer that had been available before. Bechstein withdrew from the competition after its instrument was chosen just once during the 9th competition.[1]

## Awards[edit]

The competition consisted of three stages and a final.

The following prizes were awarded:[1]

Prize  | Winner

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| Stanislav Bunin |  Soviet Union
| Marc Laforet [fr] |  France
| Krzysztof Jabłoński [pl] |  Poland
4th  | Michie Koyama [jp] |  Japan
5th  | Jean-Marc Luisada |  France
6th  | Tatyana Pikayzen [pl] |  Soviet Union
HM | Ljudmił Angełow  |  Bulgaria
Ivari Ilja |  Soviet Union
Francois Killian  |  France
Kayo Miki  |  Japan

Three special prizes were awarded:

Special prize  | Winner

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Best Performance of a Concerto  | Stanislav Bunin |  Soviet Union
Best Performance of Mazurkas  | Marc Laforet [fr] |  France
Best Performance of a Polonaise  | Stanislav Bunin |  Soviet Union

## Jury[edit]

The jury consisted of:[1]

* Edward Auer
* Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
* Jan Ekier (chairman)
* Konstantin Ganew
* Valentin Gheorghiu
* Lidia Grychtołówna
* Barbara Hesse-Bukowska ( IV)
* Andrzej Jasiński
* Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
* Victor Merzhanov (vice-chairman)
* Piotr Paleczny
* Karl-Heinz Pick [de]
* Frantisek Rauch
* Bernard Ringeissen
* Takahiro Sonoda
* Eugène Traey [fr] (vice-chairman)
* Fou Ts'ong ( V)
* Charles H. Webb
* Lev Vlassenko
* Tadeusz Żmudziński

Guido Agosti and Arthur Moreira Lima resigned just before the competition.

Fou Ts'ong protested against the awarding of First Prize to Stanislav Bunin by not turning up for the jury's last session and refusing to sign the verdict.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "The 11th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 28 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.
* 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.
* Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2.

## External links[edit]

* Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube

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International Chopin Piano Competition

List of jurors

Editions|

* I (1927)
* II (1932)
* III (1937)
* IV (1949)
* V (1955)
* VI (1960)
* VII (1965)
* VIII (1970)
* IX (1975)
* X (1980)
* XI (1985)
* XII (1990)
* XIII (1995)
* XIV (2000)
* XV (2005)
* XVI (2010)
* XVII (2015)
* XVIII (2021)
* XIX (2025)

Winners|

* Lev Oborin (1927)
* Alexander Uninsky (1932)
* Yakov Zak (1937)
* Bella Davidovich / Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1949)
* Adam Harasiewicz (1955)
* Maurizio Pollini (1960)
* Martha Argerich (1965)
* Garrick Ohlsson (1970)
* Krystian Zimerman (1975)
* Dang Thai Son (1980)
* Stanislav Bunin (1985)
* not awarded (1990)
* not awarded (1995)
* Li Yundi (2000)
* Rafał Blechacz (2005)
* Yulianna Avdeeva (2010)
* Seong-Jin Cho (2015)
* Bruce Liu (2021)

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