XI International Chopin Piano Competition

Piano competition (1985)

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Award

The Eleventh International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

Date

30 September – 20 October 1985 (1985-09-30 – 1985-10-20)

Venue

National Philharmonic, Warsaw

Hosted by

Fryderyk Chopin Society [pl]

Winner

Stanislav Bunin

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The XI International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 30 September to 20 October 1985 in Warsaw.^[1]

For the first time, participants could choose to play on a Kawai or on a Yamaha piano, in addition to the Steinway and Bösendorfer that had been available before. Bechstein withdrew from the competition after its instrument was chosen just once during the 9th competition.^[1]

Awards

The competition consisted of three stages and a final.

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

Prize	Winner
	Stanislav Bunin	Soviet Union
	Marc Laforet [fr]	France
	Krzysztof Jabłoński [pl]	Poland
4th	Michie Koyama [jp]	Japan
5th	Jean-Marc Luisada	France
6th	Tatyana Pikayzen [pl]	Soviet Union
HM	Ljudmił Angełow	Bulgaria
	Ivari Ilja	Soviet Union
	Francois Killian	France
	Kayo Miki	Japan

Three special prizes were awarded:

Special prize	Winner
Best Performance of a Concerto	Stanislav Bunin	Soviet Union
Best Performance of Mazurkas	Marc Laforet [fr]	France
Best Performance of a Polonaise	Stanislav Bunin	Soviet Union

Jury

The jury consisted of:^[1]

Guido Agosti and Arthur Moreira Lima resigned just before the competition.

Fou Ts'ong protested against the awarding of First Prize to Stanislav Bunin by not turning up for the jury's last session and refusing to sign the verdict.^[1]