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IV International Chopin Piano Competition

{{short description|Piano competition (1949)}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = The Fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

| image = Poster of the 4th Chopin Competition.jpg

| date = {{start and end dates|1949|09|15|1949|10|15|df=y}}

| venue = Roma Theatre, Warsaw

| host = Polish Ministry of Culture and Art

| holder_label = Winner

| holder = {{unbulleted list|{{flagicon|Poland|1928}} Halina Czerny-Stefańska|{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} Bella Davidovich}}

| previous = 3rd

| main = Chopin Competition

| next = 5th

}}

The IV International Chopin Piano Competition ({{langx|pl|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.

Awards

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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:{{Cite web|title=The 4th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/15|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Fryderyk Chopin Institute}}

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! colspan="2" |Prize

! colspan="2" |Winner

rowspan="2" |1st

|{{Currency|1,000,000|PLN}}

|Halina Czerny-Stefańska

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

{{Currency|1,000,000|PLN}}

|Bella Davidovich

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

2nd

|{{Currency|800,000|PLN}}

|Barbara Hesse-Bukowska

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

3rd

|{{Currency|600,000|PLN}}

|Waldemar Maciszewski

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

4th

|{{Currency|550,000|PLN}}

|{{ill|Georgy Muravlov|pl|Gieorgij Murawlow}}

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

5th

|{{Currency|500,000|PLN}}

|Władysław Kędra

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

6th

|{{Currency|450,000|PLN}}

|Ryszard Bakst

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

7th

|{{Currency|400,000|PLN}}

|Yevgeny Malinin

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

8th

|{{Currency|350,000|PLN}}

|{{ill|Zbigniew Szymonowicz|pl}}

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

9th

|{{Currency|300,000|PLN}}

|Tamara Gusiewa

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

10th

|{{Currency|250,000|PLN}}

|Victor Merzhanov

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

11th

|{{Currency|200,000|PLN}}

|Regina Smendzianka

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

12th

|{{Currency|150,000|PLN}}

|Tadeusz Żmudziński

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

rowspan="5" |{{tooltip|HM|Honorable mentions}}

|{{Currency|50,000|PLN}}

|Tony Vine Adnet

|{{flag|Brazil|1889}}

{{Currency|50,000|PLN}}

|{{ill|Oriano de Almeida|pt}}

|{{flag|Brazil|1889}}

{{Currency|50,000|PLN}}

|Carlos Rivero

|{{flag|Mexico|1934}}

{{Currency|50,000|PLN}}

|Ludmila Sosina

|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

{{Currency|50,000|PLN}}

|Imre Szendrei

|{{flag|Hungary|1949}}

One special prize was awarded:

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!Special prize

! colspan="2" |Winner

Best Performance of Mazurkas

|Halina Czerny-Stefańska

|{{flag|Poland|1928}}

Jury

The jury consisted of:

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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.

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite book|last=Ekiert|first=Janusz|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670048637|title=The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw|date=2010|publisher=Muza|isbn=978-83-7495-812-7|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=670048637 }}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Arendt|first1=Ada|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1153285192|title=Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015|last2=Bogucki|first2=Marcin|last3=Majewski|first3=Paweł|last4=Sobczak|first4=Kornelia|date=2020|publisher=Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego|isbn=978-83-235-4127-1|language=pl|edition=1st|location=Warsaw|oclc=1153285192 |trans-title=The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Ossowski|first1=Jerzy|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802743657|title=The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs|last2=Brodska|first2=Halina|date=2010|publisher=Fryderyk Chopin Institute|isbn=978-83-61142-36-2|location=Warsaw|oclc=802743657 }}

External links

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