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XIV International Chopin Piano Competition

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The Fourteenth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Official poster
Date4–22 October 2000 (2000-10-04 – 2000-10-22)
VenueNational Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted byFryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
WinnerChina Li Yundi
Websitehttp://www.konkurs.chopin.pl
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The XIV International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XIV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 4 to 22 October 2000 in Warsaw. Li Yundi of China won the First Prize, becoming the first Chinese pianist and youngest first-prize winner.[1] He was the first competitor to be awarded the First Prize (the gold medal) in 15 years since Stanislav Bunin won it in 1985.[2]

Awards

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Li Yundi won the competition

The competition consisted of three stages and a final. After the previous two competitions had failed to produce a clear winner, the jury was once again inclined to not award first prize, though it did so in the end.[1]

The following prizes were awarded:[1]

Prize Winner
1st place, gold medalist(s) US$25,000 Li Yundi  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) US$20,000 Ingrid Fliter  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) US$15,000 Alexander Kobrin  Russia
4th US$11,000 Sa Chen  China
5th US$8,000 Alberto Nosè  Italy
6th US$6,000 Mika Sato  Japan
HM US$2,000 Ning An  United States
US$2,000 Etsuko Hirose  France
US$2,000 Valentina Igoshina  Russia
US$2,000 Radosław Sobczak [pl]  Poland
US$2,000 Nicolas Stavy  France
US$2,000 Mihaela Ursuleasa  Romania

In addition, three special prizes were awarded independently:

Special prize Winner
Best Performance of a Concerto not awarded
Best Performance of Mazurkas not awarded
Best Performance of a Polonaise Li Yundi  China
Sa Chen  China

Jury

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The jury consisted of:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The 14th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Teen's Golden Note". CNN. AsianWeek. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011.

Further reading

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