The II International Chopin Piano Competition () was held from 6 to 23 March 1932 in Warsaw. Popular with the public, it attracted correspondents from all over the world, not least because of the high-profile composition of the competition jury. Soviet pianist Alexander Uninsky was awarded the first prize, after winning a coin toss against Imre Ungár, who was awarded second place.
Guest of honor was Maurice Ravel, who performed his Piano Concerto in G major and La valse during a concert on 11 March.
Awards
Out of 67 pianists in the elimination stage, 14 were admitted to the final, where they performed two consecutive movements of one of Chopin's two piano concertos with the Warsaw Philharmonic. Alexander Uninsky was originally awarded joint first prize with blind pianist Imre Ungár, though lots were drawn after the latter refused to accept a joint prize.
The following prizes were awarded: PrizeWinner1stAlexander Uninsky (c)2ndImre Ungár (c)3rdBolesław Kon (c)4thAbram Lufer (c)5thLajos Kentner6thLeonid Sagalov7thLeon Boruński8thTeodor Gutman9thGyula Károlyi10th11thEmanuel Grossman12thJosef Wagner13thMaryla Jonasówna14thLily Herz15thAbram DjakowMaria DońskaAleksandr JochelesAleksander KaganMaria NovikWiera RazumowskajaAleksander SienkiewiczPawieł SieriebriakowCarlo Vidusso
One special prize was awarded: Special prizeWinnerBest Performance of MazurkasAlexander Uninsky
Jury The jury consisted of: Franciszek Brzeziński (substitute) Marian Dąbrowski (substitute) Zbigniew Drzewiecki Arthur De Greef Alfred Hoehn (substitute) Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski Marguerite Long Joseph Marx (secretary) (vice-chairman) Zofia Rabcewicz Maurice Ravel (guest of honor) Richard Rössler Karol Szymanowski
Józef Turczyński Paul Weingarten (chairman) Carlo Zecchi Jerzy Żurawlew
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