Chopin competition - Past winners

From 1927 to 2015, all 17 past winners from previous editions, waiting for the XVIII edition in 2020.

[@benana_3]

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]

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

[@benana_3]

@@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]

@@benana_3 I guess.

[@kimnorberg9783]

@@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]

wow thanks dude

[@brotendo]

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.

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

[@brotendo]

@ 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.

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

[@brotendo]

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

[@juice1837]

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.

[@MaxiHartlieb]

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

[@libertypastor1307]

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

[@배스지킴이]

조성진짱

[@fluorite1971]

Bozhanov is a great pianist.

[@鈴木義光-o3z]

流石ショパニストと言えるのが過去をさかのぼる事で言え、ダン・タイ・ソンやブーニンのショパンの感性の解放に尽力する姿がかっこよくアルゲリッチの音色豊かな演奏も魅力的で あり最近のコンクールになると緻密さは窺えるが伸びやかで艶やかな演奏が感じ取れず重たい空気感で重厚とは違う熱演と錯覚する様な2021年のショパンコンクールだったね！？

[@serendipity478]

Seong-Jin Cho!!!👍

[@bikeguyhk]

00:59 typing homework 1 hour before deadline.

[@adamnabil6931]

Loolllllll, too relatable

[@mcig98]

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

[@eugenelevin9809]

Why wouldn’t they be good?

[@cmonclair27]

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

[@kimthevirtuoso]

so true

[@Ausrine336]

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

[@papermachevolcano1480]

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

[@mastermati773]

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

[@filipkogut8533]

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

[@juice1837]

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]

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

[@junheecho9800]

@@20891 yes and they eliminate based on their judgments

[@Aoichanpiano]

@@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.

[@evifnoskcaj]

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

[@toddtrimble2555]

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

[@fikradas]

Dang Thai Son's fingers creep me out wow

[@heby8936]

IS ALIVEEEE

[@CatLover69420]

Just pianist stuffs

[@lovjoyxce]

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

[@ajessm]

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

[@miltonmoore2527]

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

[@revoltingfatbitch7504]

2020 winner: Covid-19

[@danielepps4206]

flippant but funny!

[@mave2789]

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

[@mave2789]

A masterclass in society criticism

[@nichenzhe8518]

🤣🤣🤣

[@adamcolbertmusic]

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

[@Steven-zf9lf]

@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]

LMAO

[@mahakala]

2020's winner is Sars-CoV

[@LkFia_]

I love your name

[@mahakala]

@@LkFia_ danke bro

[@martinnguyen4554]

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

[@kestrel3509]

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

[@jasonh8326]

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.

[@Zephyrus47]

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

[@bikeguyhk]

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

[@sergeirachmaninoff6397]

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]

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

[@ShadowShinobi108]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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

[@Vic9994546]

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

[@jeffreyd700]

What did the notes say

[@Vic9994546]

@@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]

@@Vic9994546 Upload them!

[@Nooby1357]

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

[@andrewd3416]

you should upload them somewhere

[@luisgustavocalatayudgarcia6802]

Argerich and Zimmerman are my favourites :)

[@luc3753]

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

[@KeithWhalen11]

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.

[@ianmoore5502]

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

[@FrostDirt]

I think that's because the competition is currently running

[@zestofpiano3509]

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

[@全王さん]

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

[@hellbooks3024]

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

[@全王さん]

I mean I can't practice at home

[@hellbooks3024]

@@全王さん oh boy

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

@@全王さん they were making a joke

[@全王さん]

Update: i have one now it arrived the other day

[@1212hjb]

Martha is legendary.

[@vripiatbuzoi9188]

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

[@elias7748]

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

[@alainspiteri502]

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

[@elias7748]

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

[@John-thinks]

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

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

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

[@polotrav3439]

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

[@EusebiusAT]

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]

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

[@EusebiusAT]

@@1922peter wow, very lucky you are

[@anitaklara7428]

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]

Alexei, irraggiungibile.

[@katarzynakowalska5768]

Krystian Zimmerman - the best pianist ever. Just perfection 💓

[@jdmonaco2493]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWnSqpVmm7eIl9U.

[@katarzynakowalska5768]

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

[@FrostDirt]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@alainspiteri502]

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 !

[@constantin250]

Favorite winner is Zimerman

[@chazinko]

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]

Ashkenazy's recordings of Chopin are a delight.

[@pianoplaynight]

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.

[@monicacaramelo7085]

0:59 OMG!!

[@currentlyspeakingbmwmusic1793]

Wtf xD

[@Alberto_Salva]

Ahahah

[@tyler-qr5jn]

Hahahaha that's the prokofiev toccata for ya

[@nwalton125]

Pollini's Prelude blew me away.

[@anjerodayoooシ]

Same, so beautiful. I almost cried.

[@yaseminksz4050]

Where is kai ichinose?😚

[@juanferrequetglas4444]

xddd

[@Yoshi-gz7hg]

Xdd

[@Yoshi-gz7hg]

Shuhei amamiya

[@juanferrequetglas4444]

@@Yoshi-gz7hg nobody cares about that guy xddd

[@Yoshi-gz7hg]

@@juanferrequetglas4444 🤣

[@hannastaszak1684]

Brawo Rafał Blechacz. Genialny pianista i wielki mistrz.

[@umegghju]

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

[@peterelliott5720]

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

[@Lk_boca]

big awards for big people

[@wenshuoyan9990]

I feel sorry for Ashkenazy. he came second in 1955

[@sebastianperez3696]

5:07 The first asiatic pianist!!!

[@buli3472]

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

[@Andy54273]

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

[@philipstevenson5166]

these competitions make sense only as providing some publicity; unless you like political games, the idea of music competition is completely stupid

[@pistol625]

thank you!

[@aden1683]

Might as well get rid of auditions since that's a competition too.

[@asalj4014]

Of course, main purpose of taking part is to get recognition, not to compete with others

[@notepadpowersnail1860]

It’s not really stupid. Competitions are not important to music listeners directly, but they definitely play an important role in the building of careers for those musicians. Publicity, exposure, and recognition is how they get the gigs.

[@bobsteiner9209]

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]

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]

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.

[@hiranomasao7589]

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.

[@chazinko]

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

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

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

[@jameshandaja1536]

Honorable mention: Ivo Pogorelich

[@sundancer7381]

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

[@rad-guidance7]

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

[@AndreJorgeOliveira1]

Agree. Too harsh.

[@janicezany]

Same here.

[@henrigaziel2002]

Makes no difference.

[@4Topwood]

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

[@cantkeepitin]

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

[@genis_piano]

01:35 which piano is this? Sounds really good

[@bludika]

estonia piano

[@lflagr]

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

[@FrostDirt]

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

[@ganjamozart1435]

Bozhanov was phenomenal that year too.

[@Viktorvelat95]

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]

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

[@fredfeinberg3995]

@@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).

[@hannahblind]

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

[@carloscastellanos7229]

The standards are pretty savage

[@peter5.056]

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

[@frederikkok9284]

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

[@josephgonzagasantiago533]

4:22 Krystian Zimerman

[@zederick668]

God I’ve probably listened to his 4 ballades recording at least 100 times

[@someonethatyoumayknow9590]

@@zederick668 me too! his playing is just wonderful but it's a pity all of them got removed

[@FrostDirt]

@@someonethatyoumayknow9590 Ballade No. 2-4 is back

[@juliomatarios6280]

And then follows Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu

[@yuchengchang2346]

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

[@stanley0028]

Best pianist ever, seriously

[@adriennebeecker5000]

GENIUS PIANIST OF THE 20th CENTURY

[@fredericchopin9044]

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

[@kobow69]

XVlll - 2021 winner BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU

[@loicboucher-dubuc9752]

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

[@kyungho_seong]

Cho, the best pianist throughout a century!

[@fredfeinberg3995]

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

[@Aoichanpiano]

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

[@fredfeinberg3995]

@@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]

No, only no

[@utopianist1]

Bruce Liu won the 2020

[@loveispatient0808]

It was in 2021!

[@sheezez]

And 2021, Bruce Xiaoyu Liu

[@1247111]

1. zimmerman 2. cho 3. pollini

[@Alix777.]

"Cho" lol besides Lev Oborin, Yakov Zak, or any other legend, he's just another little Asian student

[@kevinparkcomposer]

@@Alix777. Can you please respect other's opinions? It's just different from people to people.

[@LetgoTeam06]

@@Alix777. ㅂㅅ

[@genekim5101]

@@Alix777. ㅂㅅ

[@user-kq1fu1vn8m]

@@Alix777. deaf

[@litbeatzzz]

Alexey Sultanov is GREAT

[@AlfateS]

that yakov zak prokofiev clip is very very cool

[@helloolleh4861]

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

[@ninjagrape2416]

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

[@bradonsafij8749]

@@ninjagrape2416 me too!!

[@italia8705]

what legends they are!

[@nescobaj18]

Krystian Zimmerman - best pianist of all time.

[@weihern9741]

And the copyright go to Martha lol

[@alexvvedenskiyvlogs]

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.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

Definitely not. The judges knew what they were doing

[@janinamaj2072]

@@sebastian-benedictflore I agree!

[@srothbardt]

There are, of course, many good pianists, and a few great ones. But how does a good one become great? Can that happen??? What is greatness? How can we define or describe or detect it? It’s either there or it isn’t. Period. In my opinion, contests are a waste of time.

[@Danaani]

100% Fact

[@steveculbert4039]

These people are so utterly gifted!

[@lppaqwewsr9055]

0:59 잘보다가 빵터졌넼ㅋㅋ

[@feifeskufus]

1975 PEAK

[@titob.yotokojr.9337]

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

[@michaelp9061]

Thanks a lot for this collection. They were fantastic.

[@RafaelToscano]

Martha Argerich

[@sopkd]

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

[@girlbad6907]

I disagree that he won.

[@samgwon4606]

@@girlbad6907 y

[@jaketang892]

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

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

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

[@lflagr]

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

[@FrostDirt]

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

[@lucasariel3740]

Came here for Martha

[@srothbardt]

Would Beethoven have won one of these competitions? He was considered a great pianist, but perhaps mostly as an improviser. I think he said (or Czerny said) he didn’t care that much about technique per se.

[@axelbrard3681]

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

[@ecommoy]

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

[@mememachine2586]

Martha Argerich is the greatest pianist I have ever heard.

[@arpeggiomikey]

@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]

I agree

[@kestrel3509]

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

[@camilloflaim8933]

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

[@MARTIN201199]

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

[@maulcs]

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

[@Thiago-px9ev]

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

[@Thiago-px9ev]

@@김콩순-y2e Bruce>Cho

[@TheDirtyLuke]

@@Thiago-px9ev Bruce is no where near Cho

[@Thiago-px9ev]

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

[@TheDirtyLuke]

@@Thiago-px9ev Then you got bad taste

[@KrzysieknPlOfficial]

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

[@창백한푸른점박이]

Dang Thaison's fingers are like spider's crawling

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

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]

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

[@Sagar-rg3ku]

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

[@evgeniyapanagushina4511]

Oborin and Sultanov are my favourite out of the enlisted.

[@italianpianist86]

MAURIZIO POLLINI, THE LEGEND ♥

[@Αννηχειμωνας1]

Perfect video 🙂🎵🇬🇷

[@zestofpiano3509]

Thanks !

[@magda601]

Why at the beginnig of Chopin competition the pianists are not so Young as now?

[@abishekb2920]

There used to be age limit restrictions but those recordings in their earlier age were not available I guess

[@kaziupir]

Because you couldn't buy piano from ebay and learn how to play on youtube.

[@jaicii]

@@kaziupir None of the guys that play in the chopin competition "learn how to play on KZbin" or buy their pianos on Ebay. If you want to play there you can't just learn on KZbin. Almost all of them are children of already famous musician and have been studying music properly since they are little kids.

[@Souls_p_]

@@kaziupir HAHA I hope this was a joke.

[@elias7748]

Because the recordings are from decades after the competion

[@roujeanhugues435]

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

[@jameszheng1412]

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

[@maximvasilleyvich6060]

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.

[@evifnoskcaj]

Pollini's runs are insane!

[@Gielon]

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

[@lexistenceestailleurs]

Thanks for this fantastic video!!!

[@muhammadizzat1301]

what piece did martha argerich played ?

[@Khloeevanspiano]

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

[@stormspinner9000]

She's Jewish we don't give a shit