Winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition - 9th Competition Warsaw - 1975 – Krystian Zimerman 🇵🇱 A deeply soulful performance of Chopin’s Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1, from the 1975 Competition. Zimerman went on to win the competition, becoming the youngest ever competitor to take First Prize at the time. Today also marks the anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin’s death (17 October 1849) — a fitting day to remember his timeless legacy through one of his greatest interpreters. Stay tu

Winners of the Chopin Competition - 10th International Chopin Piano Competition - 1980 – Dang Thai Son 🇻🇳 In 1980, Dang Thai Son made history as the first pianist from Asia to win the Chopin Competition, impressing the jury with his refined tone, poetic phrasing, and total understanding of Chopin’s musical language. Here he is performing Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31 during the Competition. Stay tuned for more legendary moments from the Chopin Competition’s history in this series! #

ZITONG WANG -Chopin Piano 🎹 Competition 2025- - - - Zitong Wang, a pianist from China, born in 1999 in Inner Mongolia. Passion for Chopin Music Zitong Wang has demonstrated a strong connection to the music of Fryderyk Chopin through her competitive achievements and performances. Notably, she won the "Nelson Freire Prize" for the best performer of a piece by Frederick Chopin at the XXXIII Ferrol International Piano Competition in 2022. Her performances often feature major Chopin works, as eviden

As a child, he lived above a music school — surrounded by the sound of the piano every day. Today, on the Chopin Competition stage, he has become one of its revelations. In the F minor concerto — did he feel truly free? Did he convince the jury, not only with his technique, but with emotion? #DavidKhrikuli #ChopinCompetition #Georgia 🇬🇪 #Piano #FMinor #Chopin #MusicIsLife #Talent #YoungVirtuoso #Chopin2025 #ClassicalMusic #Pianist #Tbilisi #GeorgianTalent #GeorgianPianist #GeorgianMusic #თბილი

Davit Khrikuli was widely expected to place among the top 3 at the 2025 Chopin Piano Competition, but was left out of the top 8 by the jury. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Here are my favorite things about his playing with excerpts from the 2nd round. #chopincompetition #chopincompetition2025 #davidkhrikuli #classicalpiano #pianocompetition | Aljoša Jurinić