Dates 1 Oct 2015 – 23 Oct 2015 | ||
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Location Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland | ||
Seong jin cho polonaise in a flat major op 53 second stage
The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition was held in Warsaw, Poland on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts). Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015.
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Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition.
Competitor results
Seong-Jin Cho won the competition, playing the Piano Concerto in E minor, Opus 11 in the final. The prize money was €30,000. He also won the €3,000 prize for best polonaise, playing the Polonaise in A flat major, Opus 53 in the second stage.
Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada came second, Kate Liu of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth, Tony Yike Yang of Canada came fifth, and Dmitry Shishkin of Russia was placed sixth.
Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of Mazurkas (€5,000): Kate Liu
Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a Sonata (€10,000): Charles Richard-Hamelin