VI International Chopin Piano Competition

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=pl|otherarticle=VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Sixth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

| image = Poster of the 6th Chopin Competition.jpg

| date = {{start and end dates|1960|02|22|1960|03|13|df=y}}

| venue = National Philharmonic, Warsaw

| host = {{ill|Towarzystwo im. Fryderyka Chopina|lt=Fryderyk Chopin Society|pl}}

| holder_label = Winner

| holder = Maurizio Pollini (Italy)

| previous = 5th

| main = Chopin Competition

| next = 7th

}}

The VI International Chopin Piano Competition ({{langx|pl|VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina|link=no|italic=no}}) was held from 22 February to 13 March 1960 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Maurizio Pollini of Italy, becoming the first winner not from Poland or the Soviet Union.

Awards

File:Maurizio Pollini 75.jpg in 1975]]

The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists. Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini won first prize, with Arthur Rubinstein, honorary chairman of the jury, declaring "that boy can play the piano better than any of us".{{cite news|title=Maurizio Pollini: ice-man of the ivories|date=14 September 2010|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/7324088/Maurizio-Pollini-ice-man-of-the-ivories.html|access-date=30 July 2021|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Ivan|last=Hewett}}

Audience favorite Michel Block failed to win a prize and only received an honorable mention. Outraged, Rubinstein created a special prize bearing his name on the spot, and awarded it to Block.{{Cite book|title=My Many Years|last=Rubinstein|first=Arthur|date=1980 |author-link=Arthur Rubinstein|publisher=Knopf|isbn=978-0-394-42253-4|edition=1st|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/mymanyyears0000rubi/page/558/mode/2up 559]|oclc=5673961|url=https://archive.org/details/mymanyyears0000rubi/page/n7/mode/2up|url-access=registration|via=Internet Archive}}

The following prizes were awarded:{{Cite web|title=The 6th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/o-konkursie/44|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Fryderyk Chopin Institute}}

class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" \|Prize ! colspan="2" \|Winner
1st \|{{Currency\|40,000\|PLN}} \|Maurizio Pollini \|Italy
2nd \|{{Currency\|30,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Irina Zaritskaya \|Soviet Union
3rd \|{{Currency\|25,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|{{ill\|Tania Achot-Haroutounian\|pl\|Tania Aszot-Harutunian}} \|Iran
4th \|{{Currency\|20,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Ming-Qiang Li \|China
5th \|{{Currency\|15,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Zinaida Ignatyeva \|Soviet Union
6th \|{{Currency\|10,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|{{ill\|Valeri Kastelsky\|ru\|Кастельский, Валерий Владимирович}} \|Soviet Union
rowspan="6" \|{{tooltip\|HM\|Honorable mentions}} \|style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Michel Block \|Mexico
style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|{{ill\|Jerzy Godziszewski\|pl}} \|Poland
style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|{{ill\|Hitoshi Kobayashi\|jp\|小林仁 (ピアニスト)}} \|Japan
style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Reiya Silvonen \|Finland
style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|Aleksander Słobodianik \|Soviet Union
style="text-align:right;"\|{{Currency\|5,000\|PLN\|linked=no}} \|{{ill\|Józef Stompel\|pl}} \|Poland

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Prize

! colspan="2" |Winner

1st

|{{Currency|40,000|PLN}}

|Maurizio Pollini

|Italy

2nd

|{{Currency|30,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|Irina Zaritskaya

|Soviet Union

3rd

|{{Currency|25,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|{{ill|Tania Achot-Haroutounian|pl|Tania Aszot-Harutunian}}

|Iran

4th

|{{Currency|20,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|Ming-Qiang Li

|China

5th

|{{Currency|15,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|Zinaida Ignatyeva

|Soviet Union

6th

|{{Currency|10,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|{{ill|Valeri Kastelsky|ru|Кастельский, Валерий Владимирович}}

|Soviet Union

rowspan="6" |{{tooltip|HM|Honorable mentions}}

|style="text-align:right;"|{{Currency|5,000|PLN|linked=no}}

|Michel Block

|Mexico