The consecutive editions of the Competition will be organised and heldīy THE NATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN INSTITUTE which is operating in its present form In the years 1960-2005 the Competition organiser was THE FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY /a social organisation/, which ran the Competition's standing Secretariat, co-operated with various national and foreign organisations, documented the event and kept all materials relevant to it. The fourth and fifth Competitions were held as part of the Chopin Year celebrations in 19 and were organised by Executive Committees appointed by the Minister of Culture and Art. The organisation of the first three pre-war Competitions was entrusted to the Warsaw Music Society which formed the Fryderyk Chopin Higher School of Music. From then on the Competition was to be held in October, the month of the composer's death. The considerable incidence of sickness which occurred during this period, both among the Jury members and the participants, led to a change in the date.
The pre-war Competitions and those in 1955, 19 took place in the winter, close to 22 February, the date accepted as the birthday of Fryderyk Chopin. Since 1955 the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition has been held in the National Philharmonic Hall every five years without a break. This change to the traditional five year-cycle was caused by the reconstruction of the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, which was promoted soon afterwards The next Competition was organised six years later, in 1955. The Competition became the culmination of the Chopin Year, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the death of this great composer. The first post-war and the fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Competition took place in 1949, in the "Roma" concert hall, which is still standing in Nowogrodzka Str., the temporary home of the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Opera. The 1942 Competition was not held owing to the Second World War,Īnd the Competition could not be continued until several The next Competitions in 19 were also held there, at a five year interval, in accordance with the rules of the organisers. The first Chopin Competition took place on 23-30 January 1927 in the concert hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic. Jerzy Zurawlew (1887-1980), an outstanding Polish pianist, teacher and composer. The initiator of the Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition was Prof. In the seventy years of its existence, the competition has evolved and transformed itself, altered and improved its form, and created its own extensive tradition. The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition is one of the oldest events of its type in the world, and enjoys great prestige and universal renown. The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
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