VI International Chopin Piano Competition

The VI International Chopin Piano Competition (VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 22 February to 13 March 1960 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Maurizio Pollini of Italy, becoming the first winner not from Poland or the Soviet Union.

Awards
The competition consisted of two elimination stages and a final with twelve pianists. Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini won first prize, with Arthur Rubinstein, honorary chairman of the jury, declaring "that boy can play the piano better than any of us".

Audience favorite Michel Block failed to win a prize and only received an honorable mention. Outraged, Rubinstein created a special prize bearing his name on the spot, and awarded it to Block.

The following prizes were awarded:

Two special prizes were awarded:

Jury
The jury consisted of:
 * Guido Agosti (Italy)
 * Stefan Askenase (Belgium)
 * Nadia Boulanger (vice-chairman) (France)
 * Sven Brandel (Sweden)
 * Sequeira Costa (Portugal)
 * Harold Craxton (Great Britain)
 * Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Poland, IV)
 * Zbigniew Drzewiecki (Poland, chairman)
 * Jan Ekier (Poland)
 * Henri Gagnebin (Switzerland)
 * Armand de Gontaut-Biron (pianist) (France)
 * Emil Hájek (Yugoslavia)
 * Arthur Hedley (Great Britain, vice-chairman)
 * Lajos Hernandi (Hungary)
 * Jan Hoffman (Poland)
 * Mieczysław Horszowski (USA)
 * Dmitry Kabalevsky (Soviet Union, vice-chairman)
 * Witold Małcużyński (Poland)
 * Timo Mikkilä (Finland)
 * Florica Musicescu (Romania)
 * Heinrich Neuhaus (Soviet Union)
 * František Rauch (Czechoslovakia)
 * Reimar Riefling (Norway)
 * Arthur Rubinstein (Poland, honorary chairman)
 * Heinz Schroeter (West Germany)
 * Bruno Seidlhofer (Austria)
 * Pavel Serebryakov (Soviet Union)
 * Andrej Stojanow (Bulgaria)
 * Henryk Sztompka (Poland, vice-chairman)
 * Magda Tagliaferro (Brazil)
 * Ding Shande (China)
 * Margerita Trombini-Kazuro (Poland)
 * Amadeus Webersinke (East Germany)
 * Beveridge Webster (USA)
 * Bolesław Woytowicz (Poland, secretary)
 * Yakov Zak (Soviet Union, III)
 * Jerzy Żurawlew (Poland)