VII International Chopin Piano Competition
The Seventh International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition | |
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Date | February 21 – March 16, 1965 |
Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
Hosted by | Fryderyk Chopin Society |
Winner | Martha Argerich |
The VII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: VII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 16 March 1965 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Martha Argerich of Argentina, becoming the first and so far only South American winner.
Awards
The competition consisted of three elimination stages and a final with six pianists.
The following prizes were awarded:
Prize | Winner | ||
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1st | 40,000zł | Martha Argerich | Argentina |
2nd | 30,000zł | Arthur Moreira Lima | Brazil |
3rd | 25,000zł | Marta Sosińska | Poland |
4th | 20,000zł | Hiroko Nakamura | Japan |
5th | 15,000zł | Edward Auer | United States |
6th | 10,000zł | Elżbieta Głąbówna | Poland |
HM | 5,000zł | Marek Jabłoński | Canada |
5,000zł | Tamara Kołoss | Soviet Union | |
5,000zł | Lois Carole Pachucki | United States | |
5,000zł | Viktoria Postnikova | Soviet Union | |
5,000zł | Blanka Uribe | Colombia | |
5,000zł | Ewa Maria Żuk | Venezuela |
Two special prizes were awarded:
Special prize | Winner | |
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Best Performance of Mazurkas | Martha Argerich | Argentina |
Best Performance of a Polonaise | Marta Sosińska | Poland |
Jury
The jury consisted of:
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- Jan Ekier
- Yakov Flier (vice-chairman)
- Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
- Jan Hoffman
- Pal Kadosa
- Eugene List
- Ivo Maček
- Nikita Magaloff
- Timo Mikkilä
- Vlado Perlemuter
- Frantisek Rauch
- Renzo Silvestri
- Veselin Stoyanov
- Magda Tagliaferro
- Sigismund Toduță
- Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
- Amadeus Webersinke
- Maria Wiłkomirska
- Bolesław Woytowicz
- Jerzy Żurawlew