Name Ingolf Wunder | ||
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Role Music performer · ingolfwunder.at Education University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna Albums Tchaikovsky & Chopin (Live From St. Petersburg’s White Nights / 2012), Chopin Recital, 300, Chopin & Liszt In Warsaw Similar People Evgeni Bozhanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniil Trifonov, Saint Petersburg Philharm, Adam Harasiewicz Profiles | ||
Ingolf Wunder - Recital July 2018
Ingolf Wunder (born 8 September 1985 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian classical pianist. Wunder was the second prize winner at the International Chopin Competition 2010 in Warsaw, Poland. He also won special prizes for Best Concerto, Best Polonaise-Fantasie performance and the public prize at the competition.
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- Ingolf Wunder Recital July 2018
- Ingolf Wunder F Chopin Nocturne Op 9 No 2
- 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition Scandal
- Awards
- References
Wunder had his first music lesson at the age of four, initially learning the violin. His talent for the piano was discovered at the age of 14. He studied in conservatories in Klagenfurt and Linz before joining the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. A participant in the earlier 2005 International Chopin Piano Competition, Wunder failed to make the last stage. From 2008 to 2010 he studied under Adam Harasiewicz, who was himself the winner of the Chopin Competition in 1955, in preparation for the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition.
He has performed around the world, both in solo recital and with orchestras.
Ingolf Wunder - F. Chopin: Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
2010 International Chopin Piano Competition Scandal
Throughout the competition, Wunder was the audience favorite and leader in points. However, in the last stage of the competition, the judges scrapped the points system being used and evaluated the winner solely based on the final round. Although Wunder won the prize for Best Concerto (the final stage contained only the concerto), he was not given the gold medal (awarded to Yulianna Avdeeva.) This created outrage among the Warsaw public, proclaiming the events a scandal similar to the Ivo Pogorelich case of the 1980 competition.
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