First Meeting of the Organizers of Chopin Piano Competitions

Warszawa/Radziejowice 21–23 April 2015

Plenary meeting
chair Artur Szklener, NIFC Director

• Official greeting by Artur Szklener,
  
• Official address of prof. Elżbieta Artysz by Ms Jadwiga Gewert
• Gustav Alink, Director of Alink-Argerich Foundation
  Piano competitions worldwide: their position and functioning. Attention for some critical moments for the organizers.
  

First working session: Chopin Competitions Worldwide. Self-presentations of competitions participating at the conference
chair Wojciech Marchwica, NIFC Deputy Director

• Australian International Chopin Piano Competition,
• Aguimucla Special Chopin Competition,
• Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists
  
• Canadian Chopin Competition,
• Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition,
• The International Chopin Piano Competition in the Podkarpackie Region for Children (Rzeszów, Poland),
• The International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia,
• International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest,
• The International Chopin Piano Competition in Mongolia Frederik Chopin and Mongolia in the 21^st Century, Ulaanbaatar
• International Competition of Young Pianists dedicated to the Work of Fryderyk Chopin, Narva,
• The International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Amateur Pianists (TiFC, Warsaw),
• International Klavierwettbewerb der Chopin Gesellschaft Hannover,
• International Polish Grand Piano Music Comp. – festival dedicated to F. Chopin (Vilniaus),
• National Chopin Piano Competition of the USA, Miami,
• The Siberian International Chopin Piano Competition, Tomsk, Russia.
• discussion

Second working session: Competition’s quality development
chair W. Marchwica, NIFC Deputy Director

• Stanislaw Zielinski (Alink-Argerich Foundation Board Member):
  The role of piano competitions in promotion of young, talented artists,
• Janet Lopinski (Canadian Chopin Competition):
  Education and mentoring opportunities within the Chopin Competitions,
• Dmitri Vergun (International Competition of Young Pianists..., Narva):
  Competition development & promotion,
• Jerzy Michniewicz (NIFC):
  Transparency of jury’s opinion – credit systems used worldwide,
• Ingrida Milasiute (International Polish Grand Piano Music Competition..., Vilnius):
  Promotion opportunities for the International Piano Competitions,
• Jerzy Ossowski (TiFC, Warsaw):
  Competition for amateurs – assumptions, objectives, relevant issues, questions,
• discussion

Third working session: International collaboration of competitions
chair Jerzy Michniewicz, Chief of the Organisation of the Piano Competitions, NIFC

• Joanna Sell (International Klavierwettbewerb der Chopin Gesellschaft Hanover):
  Possible way of collaboration of Hanover Chopin Competition with Chopin Competition in Warsaw,
• Jill Rabenau (Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition Darmstadt): Criteria for top-prize winners of other Chopin Competitions to gain automatic acceptance to Warsaw Competition,
• Przemysław Lechowski (The Siberian International Chopin Piano Competition Tomsk):
  International cooperation during organization of Chopin Competitions – lights and shadows,
• Akiko Tani (International Chopin Competition in Asia, Tokyo):
  Competitions’ collaboration,
• Adolphe Lorcin Maloh (Aguimucla Special Chopin Competition, Cameroon):
  Chopin Competition as product in Central Africa,
• discussion

 Wrap-up session
chair  W. Marchwica

• Artur Szklener Presentation of Polish program of long-term supporting the Chopin competitions worldwide – proposal.
• Minutes of the CCC,
• Discussion on possibilities of integration the Chopin competitions worldwide
  Presentation of web-site prepared by Alink-Argerich Foundation