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The Third International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | 21 February – 13 March 1937 |
Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
Hosted by | Warsaw Music Society |
Winner | Yakov Zak |
The III International Chopin Piano Competition ( Polish: III Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 13 March 1937 in Warsaw. It was the last competition before the outbreak of World War II, and the competition would not be held again until 1949.
80 pianists from 22 countries took part in the competition, including two participants from Japan. Contestants could choose between pianos manufactured by Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Pleyel and Steinway. Soviet pianist Yakov Zak was awarded the first prize.
Out of 80 pianists in the elimination stage, 21 were admitted to the final, where they performed two consecutive movements of one of Chopin's two piano concertos with the Warsaw Philharmonic. [1]
The two female Japanese pianists Miwa Kai and Chieko Hara received great acclaim among critics and the public. When news broke that Hara, who reached the final, was not among the prize-winners and was merely awarded an honorable mention, a commotion broke out. Fearing that the frenzied crowd would cause damage to the Philharmonic, industrialist Stanisław Meyer sponsored a special award for Hara. [2]
The following prizes were awarded: [1]
Prize | Winner | ||
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1st | 5,000 zł | Yakov Zak | Soviet Union |
2nd | 2,500 zł | Rosa Tamarkina | Soviet Union |
3rd | 2,500 zł | Witold Małcużyński | Poland |
4th | 2,000 zł | Lance Dossor | United Kingdom |
5th | 2,000 zł | Agi Jambor | Hungary |
6th | 1,000 zł | Edith Axenfeld | Germany |
7th | 1,000 zł | Monique de La Bruchollerie | France |
8th | 500 zł | Jan Ekier | Poland |
9th | 500 zł | Tatiana Goldfarb | Soviet Union |
10th | 500 zł | Olga Iliwicka | Poland |
11th | 500 zł | Pierre Maillard-Verger | France |
12th | 250 zł | Lélia Gousseau | France |
13th | 200 zł | Halina Kalmanowicz | Poland |
HM | Jan Bereżyński | Poland | |
Maria Bilińska-Riegerowa | Poland | ||
Márta Blaha | Hungary | ||
György Faragó | Hungary | ||
Colette Gaveau | France | ||
Zbigniew Grzybowski | Poland | ||
Chieko Hara | Japan | ||
Natalia Hornowska-Pęzińska | Poland | ||
Nina Jemelianowa | Soviet Union | ||
Helena Landau | Poland | ||
Fryderyk Portnoj | Poland | ||
Paulina Szmukler | Poland | ||
Viktorie Švihlíková | Czechoslovakia | ||
Marie Aimée Warrot | France | ||
Jozsef Weingarten | Hungary |
Two special prizes were awarded:
Special prize | Winner | ||
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | 250 zł | Yakov Zak | Soviet Union |
Best Performances of a Sonata | 500 zł | Lance Dossor | United Kingdom |
The jury consisted of: [1]