Talk:International Chopin Piano Competition

Spelling
There was never a 'k' in Chopin's given name. Does the official name of this competition include a 'k', or is this a mistake on the part of the creator of this Wiki page? Cheers JackofOz 23:11, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's written like that on the official site of the competition... it is also spelled this way in the Chopin article -> External links -> Biographies, in the Music of Poland and March Of The Black Queen article. --Missmarple 09:03, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * The competition's official website (English version) actually uses the Polish spelling "Fryderyk". However, I moved the article to the spelling most commonly used in English, that is, the French "Frédéric". — Kpalion(talk) 14:11, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

1955 winner
I don't think the one entry that says Adam Harasiewicz won in 1955 is correct. I've seen numerous websites and heard from other people that the person who won this competition in 1955 was Chinese Pianist Fou Ts'ong. There is also no article on Fou Ts'ong on Wikipedia vilmosgelb 14:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

The competition's official website mentions Harasiewicz as the winner. --Missmarple 16:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah I see now, Fou Ts'ong placed in third. I misheard from before, my mistake.vilmosgelb 22:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Yundi Li
This is not an article about the chinese pianist Yundi Li. The info about his victory in 2000 is not relevant in the introduction of the article, which should reflect the principal characteristics of the competition. I think this info should be moved somewhere else in the article (or to Yundi Li's article) or deleted. Cheers! --Karljoos (talk) 22:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

List of winners on a new article
I think the article should focus in the history of the competition, the importance it had discovering new talents etc. The list of the winners should be in a different article linked from this article. What do you think? --Karljoos (talk) 22:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree that it could have more info on its history, influence etc. But the list of winners, while accounting for the majority of the space at present, is not so large that it needs to be in a separate article. If we included a large amount of text about the stuff you suggest, that might make the article too large and in that case the winners' list might be separated out.  But let's cross that bridge when we come to it.  --  JackofOz (talk) 23:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Good. If have I some time I will try to work a bit on the history of the competition. The article, as it is now, is basically just the winner's list! Let's cross the bridge, mate! ;) --Karljoos (talk) 23:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Template
Should this be a template that can be used at the bottom of the page of each of the winning pianists? This competition seems important enough to merit one. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make one myself.Squandermania (talk) 22:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Agreement appears to be on red-link title, "International Chopin Piano Competition", which you can move to without me. — kwami (talk) 09:39, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition → International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition — This is the official spelling of the title of the Chopin Competition according to the organizers (cf. the official site http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en ). I couldn't move it myself because the page of that name already exists. Relisted for further input. Jafeluv (talk) 06:54, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Gregory of nyssa (talk) 16:55, 19 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose. The contest is of course named after Frédéric Chopin, and that's what it tends to be called in English. Even if there's an official English name that's partly in Polish (see Fryderyk Chopin), that's irrelevant under our policy. Andrewa (talk) 04:19, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Googling would seem to reveal that it's more commonly called Fryderyk than Frederic. But even better would be simply International Chopin Piano Competition.--Kotniski (talk) 08:48, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Andrewa. The title simply mirrors Frédéric Chopin. The debate as to whether it should be Frédéric or Fryderyk should eb resolved at the primary article not this one.--Labattblueboy (talk) 13:02, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. English usage seems to be all over the map, I've seen "Fryderyk", "Frédéric", "Frederik", and probably several other variants.  Interestingly, the most common usage seems to be simply "International Chopin Piano Competition".  However, I cannot countenance the current title.  Whether it meshes with our current article title for the pianist himself or not is irrelevant.  We must go with the most common name for the competition, which may be very different from the most common name for the pianist!  Powers T 13:31, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course. And my superficial google test showed the most common name for the competition to be International Chopin Piano Competition. Does anyone get anything different? Does anyone object to making that the title of the article?--Kotniski (talk) 13:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I see no issue with International Chopin Piano Competition. It entirely removes the issue the Fryderyk vs Frédéric spelling. Support International Chopin Piano Competition.--Labattblueboy (talk) 02:31, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
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Edith Axenfeld
The flag shouldn't be the current flag of Germany. It's not a fortunate choice, but Nazi Germany was the legitimate government at that time. --Explosivo (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Ivo Pogorelić case
I have moved this section here; it was unreferenced and seems undue weight in the article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:30, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

In 1980 (the tenth edition) a controversy arose among members of the jury about a 22-year-old contestant, the Yugoslav pianist Ivo Pogorelić and his openly provocative style of interpretation and behavior on the stage. The jury divided into two groups: those who found his playing unacceptable, and those who were enthusiastic or at least approving of his performance, most notably Martha Argerich, Paul Badura-Skoda and Nikita Magaloff. Finally, when Pogorelić did not reach the final fourth stage, Martha Argerich left the jury, announcing that she felt ashamed for having taken part in the judging process. This followed the resignation of another member of the jury (Louis Kentner) who resigned because of his disapproval of the assessment. While Kentner never returned to Warsaw, Martha Argerich has been a juror in subsequent editions of the Chopin Competition up to 2015.

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