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The Fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | 15 September – 15 October 1949 |
Venue | Roma Theatre, Warsaw |
Hosted by | Polish Ministry of Culture and Art |
Winner | |
The IV International Chopin Piano Competition ( Polish: IV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 15 September to 15 October 1949 in Warsaw. The first competition after World War II, it was held in connection with the centenary of Chopin's death. Polish pianist Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Soviet pianist Bella Davidovich shared first place. Due to the wartime destruction of the National Philharmonic, the auditions were held at the Roma Theatre on Nowogrodzka Street.
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with 18 pianists. For the first time, competitors performed a piano concerto in its entirety in the final, as opposed to just two movements.
The following prizes were awarded: [1]
Prize | Winner | ||
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1st | 1,000,000 zł | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
1,000,000 zł | Bella Davidovich | Soviet Union | |
2nd | 800,000 zł | Barbara Hesse-Bukowska | Poland |
3rd | 600,000 zł | Waldemar Maciszewski | Poland |
4th | 550,000 zł | Georgy Muravlov | Soviet Union |
5th | 500,000 zł | Władysław Kędra | Poland |
6th | 450,000 zł | Ryszard Bakst | Poland |
7th | 400,000 zł | Yevgeny Malinin | Soviet Union |
8th | 350,000 zł | Zbigniew Szymonowicz | Poland |
9th | 300,000 zł | Tamara Gusiewa | Soviet Union |
10th | 250,000 zł | Victor Merzhanov | Soviet Union |
11th | 200,000 zł | Regina Smendzianka | Poland |
12th | 150,000 zł | Tadeusz Żmudziński | Poland |
HM | 50,000 zł | Tony Vine Adnet | Brazil |
50,000 zł | Oriano de Almeida | Brazil | |
50,000 zł | Carlos Rivero | Mexico | |
50,000 zł | Ludmila Sosina | Soviet Union | |
50,000 zł | Imre Szendrei | Hungary |
One special prize was awarded:
Special prize | Winner | |
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
The jury consisted of: [1]
During the first two rounds, blind auditions were held, with participants competing anonymously under numbers they had drawn, as the jury listened behind wooden shutters. This format was not repeated again in subsequent editions of the competition. [1]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Polish. (July 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
The Fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | 15 September – 15 October 1949 |
Venue | Roma Theatre, Warsaw |
Hosted by | Polish Ministry of Culture and Art |
Winner | |
The IV International Chopin Piano Competition ( Polish: IV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 15 September to 15 October 1949 in Warsaw. The first competition after World War II, it was held in connection with the centenary of Chopin's death. Polish pianist Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Soviet pianist Bella Davidovich shared first place. Due to the wartime destruction of the National Philharmonic, the auditions were held at the Roma Theatre on Nowogrodzka Street.
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with 18 pianists. For the first time, competitors performed a piano concerto in its entirety in the final, as opposed to just two movements.
The following prizes were awarded: [1]
Prize | Winner | ||
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1st | 1,000,000 zł | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
1,000,000 zł | Bella Davidovich | Soviet Union | |
2nd | 800,000 zł | Barbara Hesse-Bukowska | Poland |
3rd | 600,000 zł | Waldemar Maciszewski | Poland |
4th | 550,000 zł | Georgy Muravlov | Soviet Union |
5th | 500,000 zł | Władysław Kędra | Poland |
6th | 450,000 zł | Ryszard Bakst | Poland |
7th | 400,000 zł | Yevgeny Malinin | Soviet Union |
8th | 350,000 zł | Zbigniew Szymonowicz | Poland |
9th | 300,000 zł | Tamara Gusiewa | Soviet Union |
10th | 250,000 zł | Victor Merzhanov | Soviet Union |
11th | 200,000 zł | Regina Smendzianka | Poland |
12th | 150,000 zł | Tadeusz Żmudziński | Poland |
HM | 50,000 zł | Tony Vine Adnet | Brazil |
50,000 zł | Oriano de Almeida | Brazil | |
50,000 zł | Carlos Rivero | Mexico | |
50,000 zł | Ludmila Sosina | Soviet Union | |
50,000 zł | Imre Szendrei | Hungary |
One special prize was awarded:
Special prize | Winner | |
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | Halina Czerny-Stefańska | Poland |
The jury consisted of: [1]
During the first two rounds, blind auditions were held, with participants competing anonymously under numbers they had drawn, as the jury listened behind wooden shutters. This format was not repeated again in subsequent editions of the competition. [1]