List of jurors of the International Chopin Piano Competition
This is a list of people who have taken part in the jury of the International Chopin Piano Competition since its foundation in 1927.
The name of the chairperson is written in bold.
I (1927)[edit]
II (1932)[edit]
Franciszek Brzeziński (substitute)- Marian Dąbrowski (substitute)
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Arthur De Greef
Alfred Hoehn- Roman Jasiński (substitute)
- Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski
Marguerite Long
Joseph Marx- Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa (secretary)
- Stanisław Niewiadomski (vice-chairman)
- Zofia Rabcewicz
- Maurice Ravel (guest of honor)
- Richard Rössler
- Karol Szymanowski
- Józef Śmidowicz
- Józef Turczyński
- Paul Weingarten
- Adam Wieniawski (chairman)
Carlo Zecchi- Jerzy Żurawlew
III (1937)[edit]
- Guido Agosti
Wilhelm Backhaus (vice-chairman)- Attilo Brugnoli
- Zofia Buckiewiczowa
- Marian Dąbrowski
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Emil Frey- Alfred Hoehn
Imre Keeri-Szano- Lazare Lévy
Loris Margaritis- Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa
Heinrich Neuhaus- Marie Panthès
- Isidor Philipp (vice-chairman)
- Zofia Rabcewicz
- Lucyna Robowska
- Richard Rössler
- Emil von Sauer (vice-chairman)
Paul Schubert- Imre Stefaniai
Andrei Stojanow- Stefan Śledziński
- Józef Śmidowicz
Magda Tagliaferro- Józef Turczyński
- Adam Wieniawski (chairman)
- Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
- Jerzy Żurawlew
IV (1949)[edit]
Godfrid Boon- Emile Bosquet
- Lucette Descaves (substitute)
Sem Dresden- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- Jan Ekier
Blas Galindo Dimas- Lélia Gousseau (substitute)
Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
Hernádi Lajos- Franz Josef Hirt
- Jan Hoffman
- Roman Jasiński
- Marcelina Kimonti-Jacynowa (substitute)
- Lazare Lévy
- Marguerite Long (vice-chairwoman, after 1 October)
- Joseph Marx
Frantisek Maxian (vice-chairman)
Alfred Mendelssohn- Dimitar Nenov
- Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) (
I) - Pavel Serebryakov
- Stanisław Szpinalski (
I) - Henryk Sztompka
- Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairwoman)
- Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
- Bolesław Woytowicz
Carlo Zecchi- Jerzy Żurawlew
V (1955)[edit]
- Guido Agosti
- Stefan Askenase
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Émile Bosquet
Harold Craxton (vice-chairman)- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- Jacques Février
Flora Guerra
Emil Hájek- Jan Hoffman
- Louis Kentner
- Lazare Lévy
- Witold Lutosławski
- Joseph Marx
- František Maxián
- Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) ( I)
- Lyubomir Pipkov
- Bruno Seidlhofer
Hugo Steurer
Ma Sicong- Stanisław Szpinalski (secretary) ( I)
- Henryk Sztompka
- Józef Śmidowicz (substitute)
- Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairman)
Erik Then-Bergh- Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
- Imré Ungár
- Maria Wiłkomirska (substitute)
- Yakov Zak ( III)
- Carlo Zecchi
- Jerzy Żurawlew
VI (1960)[edit]
- 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 (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)
VII (1965)[edit]
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
- Jan Ekier
Yakov Flier (vice-chairman)- Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
- Jan Hoffman
Pal Kadosa
Eugene List- Ivo Maček
- Nikita Magaloff
Timo Mikkilä- Vlado Perlemuter
- Frantisek Rauch
- Renzo Silvestri
- Veselin Stoyanov
Magda Tagliaferro
Sigismund Toduță- Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
- Amadeus Webersinke
- Maria Wiłkomirska
- Bolesław Woytowicz
- Jerzy Żurawlew
VIII (1970)[edit]
Raif J. Abillama- Guido Agosti (vice-chairman)
- István Antal
- Jan Ekier
- Monique Haas
Gheorghe Halmos- Jan Hoffman
- Witold Małcużyński
Susumu Nagai- Tatiana Nikolayeva (vice-chairman)
- Stepanka Pelischek
- Éliane Richepin
Maria Teresa Rodriguez- Annerose Schmidt
- Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
- Regina Smendzianka
- Pavel Štěpán
- Zbigniew Szymonowicz (secretary)
- Bolesław Woytowicz
IX (1975)[edit]
- István Antal
- Olga Iliwicka-Dąbrowska
Anton Dikov- Jan Ekier
- Orazio Frugoni
- Gheorghe Halmos
- Ludwig Hoffmann
- Akiko Iguchi
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Alexander Jenner
- Louis Kentner
- Eugene List (vice-chairman)
- Yevgeny Malinin (vice-chairman)
- Witold Małcużyński
- André-François Marescotti
Federico Mompou- Frantisek Rauch
- Bernard Ringeissen
- Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
- Zbigniew Szymonowicz
- Zbigniew Śliwiński
- Amadeus Webersinke
- Tadeusz Żmudziński
X (1980)[edit]
Martha Argerich ( VII)- Paul Badura-Skoda
- Rodolfo Caporali
Josep Colom
Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)- Sergei Dorensky
- Jan Ekier
- Liuba Enczewa
- Rudolf Fischer
- Lidia Grychtołówna
Iving Heller
Rex Hobcroft- Ludwig Hoffmann
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Geneviève Joy
- Louis Kentner
- Kazimierz Kord (chairman)
- Eugene List
- Nikita Magaloff (vice-chairman)
- Frantisek Rauch (vice-chairman)
- Regina Smendzianka
- Péter Solymos
- Zbigniew Śliwiński
- Kazuko Yasukawa
- Tadeusz Żmudziński
XI (1985)[edit]
- Edward Auer
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
- Jan Ekier (chairman)
- Konstantin Ganew
- Valentin Gheorghiu
- Lidia Grychtołówna
- Barbara Hesse-Bukowska ( IV)
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
- Victor Merzhanov (vice-chairman)
- Piotr Paleczny
- Karl-Heinz Pick
- Frantisek Rauch
- Bernard Ringeissen
- Takahiro Sonoda
- Eugène Traey (vice-chairman)
- Fou Ts'ong (
V) - Charles H. Webb
- Lev Vlassenko
- Tadeusz Żmudziński
XII (1990)[edit]
Vladimir Ashkenazy ( V)- Ryszard Bakst
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
- Anton Dikov
- Sergei Dorensky
- Jan Ekier (chairman)
- Leon Fleisher
- Lidia Grychtołówna
- Barbara Hesse-Bukowska ( IV)
- Andrzej Jasiński
Cyprien Katsaris- Ivan Klánský
- Hiroko Nakamura
- Gerhard Oppitz
- Piotr Paleczny
- Bernard Ringeissen
- Maria Tipo
- Eugène Traey (vice chairman)
- Lev Vlassenko (vice chairman)
- Kazuko Yasukawa
- Tadeusz Żmudziński
XIII (1995)[edit]
- Paul Badura-Skoda (vice-chairman)
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
- Bella Davidovich ( IV)
- Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
- Jan Ekier (chairman)
- Lidia Grychtołówna
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Barbara Hesse-Bukowska ( IV)
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Ivan Klánský
- Hitoshi Kobayashi
- Lee Kum-Sing
- Dominique Merlet
- Victor Merzhanov
- Ming-Qiang Li
- Hiroko Nakamura
- Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
- Sergio Perticaroli
- Edith Picht-Axenfeld
- Bernard Ringeissen
- Harold C. Schonberg
- Regina Smendzianka
- Zbigniew Sliwinski
Arie Vardi
XIV (2000)[edit]
- Martha Argerich (joined during Stage II) ( VII)
- Edward Auer
- Paul Badura-Skoda
Arnaldo Cohen
Sequeira Costa- Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
Ikuko Endo- Kazimierz Gierzod
- Lidia Grychtołówna
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Eugen Indjic
- Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
- Ivan Klánský
- Victor Merzhanov
- Germaine Mounier
- Hiroko Nakamura
- Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
- Sergio Perticaroli
- Bernard Ringeissen (vice-chairman)
- Annerose Schmidt
- Regina Smendzianka
- Józef Stompel
- Arie Vardi
XV (2005)[edit]
- Vera Gornostayeva
- Lidia Grychtołówna
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Krzysztof Jabłoński
- Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
Choong-Mo Kang- Vladimir Krainev
- Hiroko Nakamura
John O'Conor- Janusz Olejniczak
- Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
- John Perry
- Sergio Perticaroli
- Ewa Pobłocka (5th X)
- Bernard Ringeissen
- Regina Smendzianka
- Józef Stompel
Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)- Arie Vardi
- Fanny Waterman
- Zhou Guangren
XVI (2010)[edit]
- Martha Argerich ( VII)
- Bella Davidovich ( IV)
- Jan Ekier (honorary chairman)
- Philippe Entremont
- Nelson Freire
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
- Kevin Kenner ( XII)
- Michie Koyama
- Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń
- Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
- Fou Ts'ong ( V)
XVII (2015)[edit]
- Dmitri Alexeev
- Martha Argerich ( VII)
- Akiko Ebi (5th X)
- Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
- Philippe Entremont
- Nelson Goerner
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Li Yundi ( XIV)
- Garrick Ohlsson( VIII)
- Janusz Olejniczak (6th VIII)
- Piotr Paleczny (3rd VIII)
- Ewa Pobłocka (5th X)
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (chairwoman); (HM IX)
- John Rink
- Wojciech Świtała
- Dina Joffe ( IX)
XVIII (2021)[edit]
- Dmitri Alexeev
- Sa Chen (4th XIV)
- Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
- Akiko Ebi (5th X)
- Philippe Giusiano ( XIII)
- Nelson Goerner (HM XIII)
- Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
- Krzysztof Jabłoński ( XI)
- Kevin Kenner ( XII)
- Arthur Moreira Lima ( VII)
- Janusz Olejniczak (6th VIII)
- Piotr Paleczny ( VIII)
- Ewa Pobłocka (5th X)
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (chairwoman; HM IX)
- John Rink
- Wojciech Świtała (HM XII)
- Dina Joffe ( IX)
Further reading[edit]
- Ekiert, Janusz (2010). The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1st ed.). Warsaw: Muza. ISBN 978-83-7495-812-7.
- Arendt, Ada; Bogucki, Marcin; Majewski, Paweł; Sobczak, Kornelia (2020). Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015 [The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015] (in Polish) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. ISBN 978-83-235-4127-1.
- Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2.