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The 19th International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw 1-23 October 2025 - Results of the Preliminaries - Biographies and Photographs of the Competitors - Reviewer's Notebook for XVI, XVII, XVIII International Fryderyk Chopin Competitions from October 2010 - October 2021 - A few personal thoughts

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'There are the notes, there is what is behind the notes and there is what is between the notes'  Ignaz Friedman The preliminary rounds of the 19th Chopin Competition concluded on 4 May at the Warsaw Philharmonic after 12 days of daily auditions. The jury, chaired by Professor Piotr Paleczny, selected 66 pianists, who will return to Warsaw in less than five months for the 19th Chopin Competition.   Additionally, 19 performers have been admitted directly to Stage I of the Competition without going through the preliminaries. These are laureates of selected piano competitions such as competitions in Leeds, Tel Aviv, Miami, Bolzano, Hamamatsu, the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, as well as the Fryderyk Chopin National Piano Competition in Warsaw. In the first stage of the 19th Chopin Competition, we will hear 85 participants from 20 countries. The most represented countries are China, Japan, and Poland. The names of the participants qualified for the 1...
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Friends of Chopin Australia - Rafal Luszczewski in Recital Thurs, 01 May 2025 - 21st Anniversary of the miracle of Polish Accession to the EU as a sovereign nation - During the first half of 2025, Poland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union - State Holiday in Poland

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May 1st 2025 - 21st Anniversary of the miracle of Polish Accession to the EU as a sovereign nation During the first half of 2025, Poland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union May 1st, May Day, is a State Holiday in Poland also Polish Constitution Day State Holiday May 3rd If you are fortunate enough to be living in Australia, love the music of Fryderyk Chopin and wish to hear an outstandingly brilliant pianist and musician, make strenuous efforts to attend this remarkable recital   https://www.friendsofchopin.org.au/rafael-luszczewski-in-recital I have heard  Rafal Luszczewski   give many exceptional and well-received recitals in Warsaw, surely the informed critical home of many of today's greatest Chopin interpretations. The prodigious International Chopin Piano Competition will be launched once again later this year in Warsaw. The Preliminaries are already in progress. Luszczewski  is also to be commended on his many musical a...
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