The IX International Chopin Piano Competition () was held from 6 to 29 October 1975 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Krystian Zimerman of Poland, the youngest winner to that date at the age of 18.
Awards The competition consisted of three elimination stages and a final with seven pianists.
For the first time, the first three places were presented with gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively, designed by and produced by the Polish Mint.
The following prizes were awarded: PrizeWinnerKrystian ZimermanDina Joffe4thPavel Gililov5thDean Kramer6thDan AtanasiuJohn HendricksonNeal LarrabeeKatarzyna Popowa-ZydrońElżbieta TarnawskaAlexander UrwałowWiktor Wasiliew
Two special prizes were awarded: Special prizeWinnerBest Performance of MazurkasKrystian ZimermanBest Performance of a PolonaiseKrystian Zimerman
Jury The jury consisted of:
Jan Ekier
Andrzej Jasiński
Louis Kentner Eugene List (vice-chairman) Yevgeny Malinin (vice-chairman) Witold Małcużyński
Federico Mompou Frantisek Rauch Bernard Ringeissen Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
Amadeus Webersinke Tadeusz Żmudziński
References
Further reading
External links