Chopin competition - Past winners

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @benana_3
    @benana_3 3 года назад +648

    0:00 Intro music - Chopin Polonaise Op 53 (Heroic)
    0:08 Lev Oborin - Tchaikovsky The Seasons: October “Autumn Song”
    0:29 Alexandre Uninsky - Chopin Etude Op 10 No 11 (Arpeggio)
    0:48 Yakov Zak - Prokofiev Toccata
    1:18 Bella Davidovich - Chopin Grande Valse Brillante Op 18
    1:46 Halina Czerny-Stefanska - Chopin Mazurka Op 68 no 2
    2:00 Adam Harasiewicz - Chopin Nocturne Op 15 no 2
    2:37 Mauricio Pollini - Chopin Prelude Op 28 no 24
    3:13 Martha Argerich - Chopin Scherzo 3
    3:50 Garrick Ohlsson - Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1 (Waterfall)
    4:22 Krystian Zimerman - Chopin Ballade 1
    5:06 Dang Thai Son - Chopin Scherzo 2
    5:57 Stanislav Bunin - Chopin Etude Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary)
    6:41 Kevin Kenner - Chopin Nocturne Op 27 No 2
    7:08 Alexei Sultanov - Chopin Grande Valse Brillante Op 18
    7:34 Philippe Giusiano - Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 1
    7:58 Yundi Li- Chopin Grande Polonaise Brillante
    8:35 Rafal Blechacz - Chopin Prelude Op 28 no 8
    9:09 Yulianna Avdeeva - Chopin Ballade 4
    9:49 Seong-Jin Cho - Chopin Nocturne Op 48 no 1
    10:29 Outro music - Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 Movement 2

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 3 года назад +25

      Umm how can you play Prokofiev’s toccata in the Chopin competition is beyond me

    • @benana_3
      @benana_3 3 года назад +39

      @@pianosbloxworld4460 I don’t think the Prokofiev recording was from the Chopin competition. I’d imagine the uploader chose this clip specifically since they didn’t have any Chopin competition footage (it happened quite a while ago after all.)

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 3 года назад +1

      @@benana_3 I guess.

    • @kimnorberg9783
      @kimnorberg9783 3 года назад +18

      @@benana_3 Or they didn't have footage of that specific person playing Chopin, many clips with Chopin's work in this video are not from Chopin competition.

    • @juliezhang2703
      @juliezhang2703 3 года назад

      wow thanks dude

  • @brotendo
    @brotendo 3 года назад +208

    I think to myself, "Damn, all of these people are insanely talented." Then I remember that all of these pieces were written buy one guy who didn't even live to be 40.

    •  3 года назад +10

      He wasn't distracted by internet, (a)social networks and other garbage. He had plenty time to write and fully focus on music.

    • @brotendo
      @brotendo 3 года назад +20

      @ Oh, so you mean that in the last 100 years there hasn't been another Chopin because of social media? Got it. Big brain thinking.

    •  3 года назад +3

      @@brotendo No. I did not mean that, mr. Big brainer..

    • @brotendo
      @brotendo 3 года назад +21

      @ Your brain is so small you actually think that there weren't any serious life distractions during Chopin's time.

    • @juice1837
      @juice1837 3 года назад +4

      To be fair, there's "good" distractions when it comes to creativity in the arts. And by good, I mean tragedies, heartbreak and pain. Terrible for happiness, but great for artistic expression.

  • @mcig98
    @mcig98 3 года назад +289

    Whether competitions are good for music in general or not, you gotta admit a lot of legends came out of this

    • @eugenelevin9809
      @eugenelevin9809 3 года назад +3

      Why wouldn’t they be good?

    • @cmonclair27
      @cmonclair27 3 года назад +25

      Some 2nd prize winners like Uchida and Ashkenazy are living greats. Some who didn't compete are Chopin specialists: Pires, Perahia etc...

    • @kimthevirtuoso
      @kimthevirtuoso 3 года назад +1

      so true

    • @Ausrine336
      @Ausrine336 3 года назад +28

      @@eugenelevin9809 maybe because turning art into a competition kinda ruins the concept

    • @Verydumbledore
      @Verydumbledore 3 года назад +5

      @@Ausrine336 but you do agree that competitions can create talented people? And the harsher the competition, the brighter the talent?

  • @bikeguyhk
    @bikeguyhk 3 года назад +52

    00:59 typing homework 1 hour before deadline.

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj 2 года назад +33

    Martha just glides. She is so amazing, and is still out there playing amazingly well!

    • @toddtrimble2555
      @toddtrimble2555 2 года назад +3

      Quite right to pick her out of the bunch! Outstanding.

  • @mastermati773
    @mastermati773 3 года назад +80

    How to even judge those pianists? They all seem just perfect to me xd

    • @filipkogut8533
      @filipkogut8533 3 года назад +8

      Luckily we're not the judges, but we still can enjoy the performance

    • @juice1837
      @juice1837 3 года назад +12

      I'm guessing at this level they have equivalent technical ability, but it's more a matter of musicality and how they interpret the music that distinguishes the winners

    • @20891
      @20891 3 года назад +1

      @@juice1837 no they need to eliminate someone and they all are good in different ways. It’s unfortunate but true

    • @junheecho9800
      @junheecho9800 3 года назад

      @@20891 yes and they eliminate based on their judgments

    • @Aoichanpiano
      @Aoichanpiano 11 месяцев назад

      @@20891the eliminate based off who has the best interpretation skills, mishaps in notes are unacceptable in the later stages of the competition, so that will eliminate people too.

  • @fikradas
    @fikradas 3 года назад +178

    Dang Thai Son's fingers creep me out wow

    • @heby8936
      @heby8936 3 года назад +13

      IS ALIVEEEE

    • @CatLover69420
      @CatLover69420 3 года назад +2

      Just pianist stuffs

    • @lovjoyxce
      @lovjoyxce 3 года назад +1

      I went to look at his performance after reading your comment and LOLed

    • @ajessm
      @ajessm 3 года назад +5

      Me too. Looked like a huntsman spider waving it's legs 😳

    • @miltonmoore2527
      @miltonmoore2527 3 года назад +1

      It was his FACE that creeped me out. Sad because it didn't help
      sell tickets. Awesome talent though!

  • @jasonh8326
    @jasonh8326 3 года назад +28

    The Pollini clip speaks volumes. The black and white accompanied with the fast and emotional piece with the look on the crowds face is just so cool.

  • @serendipity478
    @serendipity478 3 года назад +56

    Seong-Jin Cho!!!👍

  • @KeithWhalen11
    @KeithWhalen11 3 года назад +18

    Sultanov is a legend. A naturally gifted musician with boundless chops, great tone, huge dynamic range, an ear for the hidden melodies, and gave instinctive interpretations. Out of this incredible field he would be the one I'd pay to see perform, RIP.

  • @mahakala
    @mahakala 3 года назад +48

    2020's winner is Sars-CoV

    • @LkFia_
      @LkFia_ 3 года назад

      I love your name

    • @mahakala
      @mahakala 3 года назад

      @@LkFia_ danke bro

  • @Vic9994546
    @Vic9994546 3 года назад +77

    My teacher passed down the very notes he took as a young pianist at the masterclass of Halina the niece of Chopin

    • @jeffreyd700
      @jeffreyd700 3 года назад +3

      What did the notes say

    • @Vic9994546
      @Vic9994546 3 года назад +11

      @@jeffreyd700 they were about the different types of mazurkas and there characteristics this is actually a lost fact it’s not even in the Harvard dictionary of music

    • @carloscastellanos7229
      @carloscastellanos7229 3 года назад

      @@Vic9994546 Upload them!

    • @Nooby1357
      @Nooby1357 3 года назад +11

      How is it possible your teacher was at masterclass of the niece of Chopin when Chopin was born in the 1800s

    • @andrewd3416
      @andrewd3416 3 года назад

      you should upload them somewhere

  • @adamcolbertmusic
    @adamcolbertmusic 3 года назад +51

    1:00 when I play piano with my hands like that, it does not come out the same

    • @Steven-zf9lf
      @Steven-zf9lf 3 года назад +5

      @Cain Ahmad um... ur the same account. Both joined on March 6 2021? What a coincidence. Anyways no ones gonna buy into ur dumb scam/service

    • @재순최-g8q
      @재순최-g8q 3 года назад +2

      LMAO

  • @martinnguyen4554
    @martinnguyen4554 3 года назад +37

    My favorites:
    8:35 Rafal Blechacz
    4:22 Krystian Zimerman
    9:49 Seong-Jin Cho
    5:06 Dang Thai Son

    • @kestrel3509
      @kestrel3509 3 года назад +7

      Blechacz was so fucking precise that he should have become a sniper LMFAOO

  • @sergeirachmaninoff6397
    @sergeirachmaninoff6397 3 года назад +42

    I've never heard of the 1980's winner Dang Thai Son, but I surely enjoyed the short passage of him playing here. So relaxed and emphasizing notes that I usuaaly dont hear in this scherzo. He seems really good

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +10

      Dang Thai Son is considered one of the best winners, check him out for sure!

    • @ShadowShinobi108
      @ShadowShinobi108 3 года назад +15

      His rendition of Prelude 24 is, in my opinion, the best. He was the pioneer of the fist hitting on the final 3 low Ds in that prelude and taught it to his student, Eric Lu. Kate Liu and Eric Lu are his students who both took prizes in the 2015 competition.

    • @sergeirachmaninoff6397
      @sergeirachmaninoff6397 3 года назад

      @@FrostDirt i think that this unawareness was caused by the presence of Ivo pogorelich at the same year. I'm not technical enough to hear the "looseness" in Ivo's following of the score. That's what got him out of the competition apparently, since there was no complaints about his technique

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +1

      @@sergeirachmaninoff6397 Yes, Ivo indeed was causing a big controversy to the point that Argerich had to resign from the jury board. Pollini came second, by the way, you might know him.

    • @sergeirachmaninoff6397
      @sergeirachmaninoff6397 3 года назад

      @@FrostDirt pollini resignd too? Wow that's tough. Both of them, Argerich and Pollini are huge names in the classical world. I'm not classically trained, and not even a musician, but i would like to know how it is to hear the nunaces that they hear on the playing of someone like Ivo. For now I'm just focusing on understanding musical structure, such as sonata form and identifying themes and variations, for example. This gives me some sort of pleasure and I would really like to be able to follow an hour long symphony, grasping a little bit of the deapth that composers have to offer. I need to learn more though

  • @EusebiusAT
    @EusebiusAT 3 года назад +20

    Alexei Sultanov, even from the limited recordings we have of him, is one of my absolute favorite pianists! God I wish we could have seen him mature and developed. RIP

    • @1922peter
      @1922peter 3 года назад +7

      I was very fortunate to see him in Texas when he won the Van Cliburn competition. A wonderful talent taken too young.

    • @EusebiusAT
      @EusebiusAT 3 года назад +1

      @@1922peter wow, very lucky you are

    • @anitaklara7428
      @anitaklara7428 3 года назад +1

      I was very lucky to see him at Chopin competition when he unjustly got a second prize 🙄… Nobody played like Sultanov … he was and always will be one of a kind…. R.I.P Alexei ….

    • @simonettavaccari5559
      @simonettavaccari5559 3 года назад

      Alexei, irraggiungibile.

  • @ianmoore5502
    @ianmoore5502 3 года назад +30

    So glad this is getting picked up by the algorithm. Beautiful video, thank you for sharing.

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +3

      I think that's because the competition is currently running

    • @zestofpiano3509
      @zestofpiano3509  3 года назад +1

      @@FrostDirt Right ! 2k in one year, 86k in one month !

  • @peter5.056
    @peter5.056 2 года назад +14

    I love how Garrick Ohlsson misses notes on that etude, showing in stark detail just how MADDENINGLY difficult it is!

  • @chazinko
    @chazinko 8 месяцев назад +12

    Ashkenazy was probably disappointed in his 2nd prize in 1955. The videos from the 60s of him playing the first two Etudes from Op. 10 are as brilliant as anything by the winners though and his live Chopin Sonata No. 2 is also fantastic.

    • @iolandecadrinrossignol8005
      @iolandecadrinrossignol8005 8 месяцев назад

      Ashkenazy's recordings of Chopin are a delight.

    • @pianoplaynight
      @pianoplaynight 5 месяцев назад +1

      In fact Michelangeli was in the jury when Ashkenazy got 2nd place and refused to sifn me the pricze, stating "he should've been n. 1". History definitely shows who was right, between Michelangeli and the other judges.

  • @katarzynakowalska5768
    @katarzynakowalska5768 3 года назад +55

    Krystian Zimmerman - the best pianist ever. Just perfection 💓

    • @jdmonaco2493
      @jdmonaco2493 3 года назад

      Unfortunately he had a habit of editing his video recordings. For instance, you can see the bench get swapped out in the middle of the first ballade from that same set: ruclips.net/video/o8oyb0fRUas/видео.html.

    • @katarzynakowalska5768
      @katarzynakowalska5768 3 года назад

      @@jdmonaco2493 perfectionist, I think. It could be tiring ;)

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +3

      @@jdmonaco2493 not his fault (some think that this is the reason his Ballades were taken down). Actually, he is a perfectionist that dislikes studio releases, for instance he recorded Liszt's Sonata in B Minor 76 times before he found anything of his standard. And he literally handpicked his orchestra members to record the Chopin Concerto.

    • @vripiatbuzoi9188
      @vripiatbuzoi9188 3 года назад

      @@jdmonaco2493 So that wasn't one take? I never noticed that. Seat keeps changing back and forth several times. Did a good job splicing the takes and matching the sound but could he actually play it that perfect in one take? Probably not.

    • @Aoichanpiano
      @Aoichanpiano 11 месяцев назад

      @@vripiatbuzoi9188Of course he could, he won the most prestigious piano competition in the world.

  • @hiranomasao7589
    @hiranomasao7589 Год назад +11

    All good if you look at the professional careers after, Martha is outstanding in both artistic height and commercial success. She is a true genius.

  • @peterelliott5720
    @peterelliott5720 3 года назад +22

    It's incredible to think that Pollini, Argerich, Ohlsson, and Zimerman all won on consecutive competitions

    • @Lk_boca
      @Lk_boca 3 года назад

      big awards for big people

  • @hannastaszak1684
    @hannastaszak1684 3 года назад +11

    Brawo Rafał Blechacz. Genialny pianista i wielki mistrz.

  • @nwalton125
    @nwalton125 3 года назад +23

    Pollini's Prelude blew me away.

  • @全王さん
    @全王さん 3 года назад +40

    I always dreamed of me winning the Chopin competition someday but the thing is I don't have a piano

    • @hellbooks3024
      @hellbooks3024 3 года назад +10

      Don’t worry: they’ll let you use theirs.

    • @全王さん
      @全王さん 3 года назад +4

      I mean I can't practice at home

    • @hellbooks3024
      @hellbooks3024 3 года назад +8

      @@全王さん oh boy

    • @sebastian-benedictflore
      @sebastian-benedictflore 3 года назад +2

      @@全王さん they were making a joke

    • @全王さん
      @全王さん 3 года назад +8

      Update: i have one now it arrived the other day

  • @umegghju
    @umegghju 4 месяца назад +7

    Rafał Blechacz is quite young, he won everything in the contest of 2005 but somehow didn't want to be a RUclips star. RUclips people rarely mention him and many don't even know his name. Strange

  • @jameshandaja1536
    @jameshandaja1536 3 года назад +28

    Honorable mention: Ivo Pogorelich

  • @bikeguyhk
    @bikeguyhk 3 года назад +21

    Peter Parker, Spider-Man.
    Dang Thai Son, spider hands. 05:08

  • @chazinko
    @chazinko 3 года назад +17

    Halina Czerny-Stefanska had magic in some of those early Chopin recordings.

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 3 года назад

      Oh yeah, I heard her play the Op.68 no.2 mazurka,
      the one I used way too much rubato for

  • @revoltingfatbitch7504
    @revoltingfatbitch7504 3 года назад +139

    2020 winner: Covid-19

    • @danielepps4206
      @danielepps4206 3 года назад

      flippant but funny!

    • @mave2789
      @mave2789 2 года назад

      Yep, a wonderful interpretation simbolizing mass death, ignorance, and stupidity

    • @mave2789
      @mave2789 2 года назад

      A masterclass in society criticism

    • @nichenzhe8518
      @nichenzhe8518 2 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Zephyrus47
    @Zephyrus47 3 года назад +24

    Why do a lot of them dead ass look like Chopin????

  • @luc3753
    @luc3753 6 месяцев назад +9

    It would be fun to watch the runners-up. Moreira Lima, Ashkenazy, Małcużyński, Tamarkina...

  • @loicboucher-dubuc9752
    @loicboucher-dubuc9752 3 года назад +10

    it's crazy to see the progression of image capturing techonologies and camera
    s

  • @vripiatbuzoi9188
    @vripiatbuzoi9188 3 года назад +22

    From 1927 forward the video quality somehow got worse until 1955 when it started improving again.

    • @elias7748
      @elias7748 3 года назад

      That's because the 1927 video isn't from the 1920s. The quality and fashion says it all

    • @alainspiteri502
      @alainspiteri502 3 года назад

      @@elias7748 great are recordings since 1925 not pianists here !

    • @elias7748
      @elias7748 3 года назад

      @@alainspiteri502 It's a later recording of him. I don't know when for sure but I'm guessing around the 1960s

  • @luisgustavocalatayudgarcia6802
    @luisgustavocalatayudgarcia6802 3 года назад +23

    Argerich and Zimmerman are my favourites :)

  • @sundancer7381
    @sundancer7381 3 года назад +10

    You should do a followup video of where the winners are: university positions, etc. Of course we know the major names: Argerich, etc.

  • @MaxiHartlieb
    @MaxiHartlieb 3 года назад +18

    6:05 is wrong, its opus 10 no 12 not 2

  • @alainspiteri502
    @alainspiteri502 3 года назад +14

    many first winners of this Competions very far from great pianists of 20Th Century , a few had a real carreer of international solists , it's a indisputable fact !

  • @fredericchopin9044
    @fredericchopin9044 2 года назад +9

    For once in my life, I can't pick any mistakes in any if these pianists performances

  • @Andy54273
    @Andy54273 3 года назад +13

    The heroic polonaise part at the very front of the video is Vladimir Horowitz just so you guys know

  • @1212hjb
    @1212hjb 3 года назад +21

    Martha is legendary.

  • @rad-guidance7
    @rad-guidance7 3 года назад +16

    I recognise that Pollini has a technique, but this pianist has never moved me in the slightest.

    • @AndreJorgeOliveira1
      @AndreJorgeOliveira1 3 года назад +4

      Agree. Too harsh.

    • @janicezany
      @janicezany 3 года назад +2

      Same here.

    • @henrigaziel2002
      @henrigaziel2002 3 года назад

      Makes no difference.

    • @4Topwood
      @4Topwood 2 года назад +2

      Same here. I am in awe of Pollini's masterful technique yet his playing never moves me at all.

    • @cantkeepitin
      @cantkeepitin Год назад

      Pollini improved a lot over the year. I also don’t like his early Chopin, but his mid 1970ies records are great, like the Preludes

  • @frederikkok9284
    @frederikkok9284 3 года назад +9

    The only one missing is Henryk Sztompka for the best Mazurka's. ( also a nice fact: Szostakovich got an honorary mention in 1927)

  • @michaelp9061
    @michaelp9061 3 года назад +7

    Thanks a lot for this collection. They were fantastic.

  • @bobsteiner9209
    @bobsteiner9209 2 года назад +20

    How could Alexei Sultanov not win first prize? He won the Van Cliburn competition. Sadly, he died at age 35. Interesting that early winners were old guys. How things have changed!

    • @larissalora3647
      @larissalora3647 9 месяцев назад +3

      Alexey Sultanov won more then first prize. He won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people around the world!!!
      And every day there are more fans of the Brilliant Pianist Alexey Sultanov!

    • @sacrilegiousboi978
      @sacrilegiousboi978 9 месяцев назад +3

      Because judges nowadays tend to pick hot young prodigies with flashy techniques that are easily marketable, rather than fully developed and mature rounded musicians. Yunchan Lim is an exception because his playing (and his personality) has the depth and wisdom of an old soul.
      There's basically no point in even thinking about winning a competition if you're older than early 20's... though it is good for exposure and for bios. It also helps if you have connections with the judges. Judges can't give scores to those who they've taught or had connections with but there is nothing stopping them from marking OTHER candidates down.

  • @hannahblind
    @hannahblind 3 года назад +14

    I didnt knew that there werent awarded 1st prizes so often

  • @steveculbert4039
    @steveculbert4039 3 года назад +9

    These people are so utterly gifted!

  • @John-thinks
    @John-thinks 3 года назад +26

    at 6:05 it is incorrectly titled. He is playing Op. 10 No. 12. Not Op. 10 No. 2.

    • @Daniel-qx6bg
      @Daniel-qx6bg 3 года назад

      That's correct. 10 - 2 is Chopin's version of the Bumblebee. You know it when you hear it.

    • @polotrav3439
      @polotrav3439 3 года назад +1

      @@Daniel-qx6bg it was written well before Bumblebee was written though

  • @roujeanhugues435
    @roujeanhugues435 3 года назад +14

    Yundi li's performance on the grande polonaise brillante op 22 is just astonishing.

    • @jameszheng1412
      @jameszheng1412 3 года назад +6

      Shame he's profession level doesn't develop in recent times

    • @maximvasilleyvich6060
      @maximvasilleyvich6060 3 года назад +3

      He's still my favorite winner so far of the Chopin competition, maybe besides Kristian Zimmerman. His playing was phenomenal. He's not as good as he once was, unfortunately.

  • @constantin250
    @constantin250 Год назад +19

    Favorite winner is Zimerman

  • @AlfateS
    @AlfateS 3 года назад +10

    that yakov zak prokofiev clip is very very cool

  • @titob.yotokojr.9337
    @titob.yotokojr.9337 Год назад +14

    Xiaoyu (Bruce) Liu is the latest winner... A young and outstanding pianist.

  • @kobow69
    @kobow69 3 года назад +10

    XVlll - 2021 winner BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU

  • @utopianist1
    @utopianist1 3 года назад +17

    Bruce Liu won the 2020

  • @juliomatarios6280
    @juliomatarios6280 9 месяцев назад +7

    And then follows Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj 2 года назад +19

    Pollini's runs are insane!

    • @Gielon
      @Gielon 2 года назад +2

      In my opinion Chopin can be fully understood by a Polish soul.

  • @kyungho_seong
    @kyungho_seong 3 года назад +49

    Cho, the best pianist throughout a century!

    • @fredfeinberg3995
      @fredfeinberg3995 3 года назад +1

      Er... no. Maybe check out this guy, Richter? For starters.

    • @Aoichanpiano
      @Aoichanpiano 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@fredfeinberg3995Cho is definitely one of the greatest, there is no highest position.

    • @fredfeinberg3995
      @fredfeinberg3995 11 месяцев назад

      @@AoichanpianoCho is excellent, no question. I was reacting to @kyungho_seong, who said Cho is "the best pianist throughout a century", a statement I very strongly view as false. When you say "there is no highest position," I see you agree with me.

    • @pedror.8014
      @pedror.8014 Месяц назад

      No, only no

  • @sheezez
    @sheezez Год назад +10

    And 2021, Bruce Xiaoyu Liu

  • @Sagar-rg3ku
    @Sagar-rg3ku 3 года назад +5

    So good to see many maestro's in one video... Awesome

  • @lflagr
    @lflagr 3 года назад +36

    Yulianna Avdeeva (2010) is a lovely player, but Daniil Trifonov should have been here as the winner from that year.

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +24

      I disagree, Trifonov wasn't at his best in the competition (he got better though!). I thought Ingolf Wunder should've won.

    • @ganjamozart1435
      @ganjamozart1435 3 года назад +8

      Bozhanov was phenomenal that year too.

    • @Viktorvelat95
      @Viktorvelat95 3 года назад +7

      2010 was the year where it got overcrowded with geniuses, for me personally Bozhanov was the most breathtaking pianist, but I also admired Trifonov at that time (I’m not a fan of current Trifonov tho) and obviously Avdeeva and Wunder are both amazing too

    • @ganjamozart1435
      @ganjamozart1435 3 года назад +3

      @@Viktorvelat95 Yes! Bozhanov had a tonal palette that exceeded everybody else!

    • @fredfeinberg3995
      @fredfeinberg3995 3 года назад +1

      @@ganjamozart1435 Bozhanov is a musical genius, IMHO, and completely dominated the others, but self-destructed in the concerto. Except for Martha, Pogo, and perhaps Pollini, he's the pianist from the competition I'd most like to hear play Live (and I've heard both the others many times).

  • @yaseminksz4050
    @yaseminksz4050 3 года назад +30

    Where is kai ichinose?😚

  • @sebastianperez3696
    @sebastianperez3696 2 года назад +14

    5:07 The first asiatic pianist!!!

  • @wenshuoyan9990
    @wenshuoyan9990 5 месяцев назад +8

    I feel sorry for Ashkenazy. he came second in 1955

  • @kenbrohere
    @kenbrohere 2 года назад +15

    Those older pianos had an old west saloon quality sound.

    • @RoemDaug
      @RoemDaug 2 года назад +2

      that's due in no small part to the recording quality

  • @buli3472
    @buli3472 3 года назад +12

    I would like to note only during the Second World War and by covid the competition was postponed.

  • @camilloflaim8933
    @camilloflaim8933 3 года назад +6

    For me Garrik Ohlsson have played op.10 n° 1 so so so so special ,how never i have listened.

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 3 года назад

      I didn't know John Lennon was such a talented pianist

  • @genis_piano
    @genis_piano 11 месяцев назад +14

    01:35 which piano is this? Sounds really good

    • @bludika
      @bludika 11 месяцев назад +3

      estonia piano

  • @monicacaramelo7085
    @monicacaramelo7085 3 года назад +36

    0:59 OMG!!

  • @helloolleh4861
    @helloolleh4861 3 года назад +12

    5:06 someone tell me the name of the piece being played please, it sounds so beautiful

    • @ninjagrape2416
      @ninjagrape2416 3 года назад

      Scherzo no2, my favourite one of the four scherzos :)

    • @bradonsafij8749
      @bradonsafij8749 3 года назад

      @@ninjagrape2416 me too!!

  • @lexistenceestailleurs
    @lexistenceestailleurs 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for this fantastic video!!!

  • @alexvvedenskiyvlogs
    @alexvvedenskiyvlogs 3 года назад +19

    Sultanov was the best winner by far , maybe Grand Prize of All , Jury had made a
    a fat mistake by giving him second when first was not awarded.

  • @evgeniyapanagushina4511
    @evgeniyapanagushina4511 3 года назад +5

    Oborin and Sultanov are my favourite out of the enlisted.

  • @spinomics1025
    @spinomics1025 3 года назад +11

    The facial expressions of past champions will not be as exaggerated as they are now.

  • @libertypastor1307
    @libertypastor1307 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for posting this. I was curious about who won when, so I did a search and found this!
    :)

  • @Pianodude1997
    @Pianodude1997 3 года назад +5

    And now, we wait.....

  • @KrzysieknPlOfficial
    @KrzysieknPlOfficial 3 года назад +15

    1:50 - Halina Czerny-Stefańska!!! Not „Stekanska”.

  • @italia8705
    @italia8705 3 года назад +11

    what legends they are!

  • @Daniel-qx6bg
    @Daniel-qx6bg 3 года назад +8

    All fantastic performers. Question - why wasn't 1st prize awarded a couple of times recently?

    • @lflagr
      @lflagr 3 года назад +10

      Some years they just decided there wasn't anyone they wanted to award a First Prize.

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 3 года назад +18

      They thought no one deserved it. Similar case with why there was no second prize in 2005, no one was close to Blechacz.

  • @yuchengchang2346
    @yuchengchang2346 3 года назад +14

    0:00 Vladimir Horowitz- Chopin Polonaise Op 53 (Heroic)

  • @배스지킴이
    @배스지킴이 3 года назад +16

    조성진짱

  • @sopkd
    @sopkd 2 года назад +8

    I'm here when the competition is already finish 4 months ago? I guess
    And the winner is Bruce liu!!!

    • @girlbad6907
      @girlbad6907 2 года назад

      I disagree that he won.

    • @samgwon4606
      @samgwon4606 2 года назад

      @@girlbad6907 y

    • @jaketang892
      @jaketang892 Год назад

      @@girlbad6907 he’s the best of the best, jus sit down buddy

  • @thibomeurkens2296
    @thibomeurkens2296 3 года назад +18

    0:55 this took my breath away..

    • @pavlenikacevic4976
      @pavlenikacevic4976 3 года назад

      One of the rare pieces on this list that's not Chopin

    • @thibomeurkens2296
      @thibomeurkens2296 3 года назад

      @@pavlenikacevic4976 yeah it’s kinda weird for a Chopin competition lol

  • @liltick102
    @liltick102 6 месяцев назад

    This is wonderful to watch and introduces me to so many players I hadn’t known about - fantastic upload, ty

  • @hannastaszak1684
    @hannastaszak1684 3 года назад +1

    CHOPIN NAJPIEKNIEJSZA SPUŚCIZNA DLA LUDZKOŚCI. DZIĘKUJĘ.

  • @ArgentAlapin
    @ArgentAlapin Год назад +15

    I've personally preferred Zimerman, Dang Thai Son, Liu, and Blechacz in particular among the winners thus far.

  • @litbeatzzz
    @litbeatzzz 3 года назад +9

    Alexey Sultanov is GREAT

  • @weihern9741
    @weihern9741 3 года назад +10

    And the copyright go to Martha lol

  • @nescobaj18
    @nescobaj18 3 года назад +51

    Krystian Zimmerman - best pianist of all time.

  • @JoeLinux2000
    @JoeLinux2000 3 года назад +10

    With every year that goes the competitors just seem to get better and better. Each draws a bit more out of Chopin's original compositions.

  • @axelbrard3681
    @axelbrard3681 3 года назад +8

    Croyez moi, dans quelques années je ferais parti de ces finalistes 🎹🙏🏻

    • @ecommoy
      @ecommoy 3 года назад

      Quant à moi j apprends a jouer au clair de la lune et je compte y être des l an prochain. Mon nom? Toto le heros

  • @hannastaszak1684
    @hannastaszak1684 3 года назад +5

    CHOPIN NAJPIEKNIEJSZA SPUŚCIZNA DLA LUDZKOŚCI. DZIĘKUJĘ !!!

  • @maulcs
    @maulcs 3 года назад +47

    Cho is definitely the best in the past 20 or so years

    • @Thiago-px9ev
      @Thiago-px9ev 3 года назад +1

      No way he's better than Blechacz, I also like Bruce way better.

    • @Thiago-px9ev
      @Thiago-px9ev 3 года назад +1

      @@김콩순-y2e Bruce>Cho

    • @TheDirtyLuke
      @TheDirtyLuke 3 года назад +20

      @@Thiago-px9ev Bruce is no where near Cho

    • @Thiago-px9ev
      @Thiago-px9ev 3 года назад +1

      @@TheDirtyLuke You're right, he's far above

    • @TheDirtyLuke
      @TheDirtyLuke 3 года назад +11

      @@Thiago-px9ev Then you got bad taste

  • @italianpianist86
    @italianpianist86 3 года назад +7

    MAURIZIO POLLINI, THE LEGEND ♥

  • @lucasariel3740
    @lucasariel3740 3 года назад +9

    Came here for Martha

  • @Triantafilitsa1
    @Triantafilitsa1 3 года назад +8

    Perfect video 🙂🎵🇬🇷

  • @mememachine2586
    @mememachine2586 3 года назад +28

    Martha Argerich is the greatest pianist I have ever heard.

    • @arpeggiomikey
      @arpeggiomikey 3 года назад

      @Thomas Myles
      Of course you're referring to Volodya's LISZT b minor sonata -- too bad he never recorded
      *Chopin's* Op. 58....

    • @금-y1p
      @금-y1p 3 года назад +1

      I agree

    • @kestrel3509
      @kestrel3509 3 года назад

      Arthr Rubinstein for me, the fact that he have his own fucking world class competition named after him tells everything.

  • @muhammadizzat1301
    @muhammadizzat1301 3 года назад +8

    what piece did martha argerich played ?

    • @Khloeevanspiano
      @Khloeevanspiano 3 года назад

      @Muhammad Izzat Martha Argerich played Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3

    • @stormspinner9000
      @stormspinner9000 3 года назад

      She's Jewish we don't give a shit

  • @javieralbertomojicarosado125
    @javieralbertomojicarosado125 3 года назад +3

    I'm hearing the 1980 winner and I have my reservations

    • @lefinlay
      @lefinlay 3 года назад +4

      #justice4ivo

  • @fluorite1971
    @fluorite1971 3 года назад +4

    Bozhanov is a great pianist.

  • @창백한푸른점박이
    @창백한푸른점박이 2 года назад +27

    Dang Thaison's fingers are like spider's crawling

    • @lawrencetaylor4101
      @lawrencetaylor4101 2 года назад

      I rewound to look to see if it was real.
      I'd like to listen to his version on the radio and not on TV or YT.

    • @dzejrid
      @dzejrid Год назад

      I thought the same. It was, at the same time, amazing and creepy.