Polish Music Newsletter November 2000, Vol. 6, no. 11. ISSN 1098-9188. Published monthly. Los Angeles: P olish M usic C enter, University of Southern California Awards Anniversaries Calendar Chopin Competition ... Wilk Book Prize NEWS FLASH! WINNERS OF THE 14th CHOPIN COMPETITION - I Prize: Yundi Li (China)
- II Prize: Ingrid Fliter (Argentina)
- III Prize: Alexander Kobrin (Russia)
- IV Prize: Sa Chen (China)
- V Prize: Alberto Nose (Italy)
- VI Prize: Mika Satao (Japan)
For the first time in 15 years (the last three competitions) the Jury granted a First Prize. 18-year old Chinese pianist Yundi Li wins $25,000, a Gold Medal and a Laurel Wreath. He is the youngest of this year's finalists, being the same age as Maurizio Pollini and Krystian Zimerman were when they won the competitions in 1960 and 1975, respectively. While no awards were granted for the Best Performance of a Mazurka or Concerto, the Best Performance of a Polonaise was won ex-aequo by Sa Chen and Yundi Li. Of the thirty-eight pianists who qualified for the 2nd stage, 7 were from China, 6 from Japan, 4 from Russia and 4 from Poland (Piotr Machnik, Natalia Sawoscianik, Radoslaw Sobczak, Daniel Wnukowski). Participants who did not qualify for the finals, but received Honorable Mention Awards include Ning An (USA), Etsuko Hirose (France), Valentina Igoshina (Russia), Radoslaw Sobczak (Poland), Nicolas Stavy (France) and Mihaela Ursuleasa (Romania). Visit the website for further particulars at http://www.chopin.pl | |
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