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Seong-Jin Cho wins Chopin contest

South Korean Seong-Jin Cho is the winner of the 17th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. The competition results were announced in Warsaw's Philharmonic Hall in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

21.10.2015 11:53 update: 27.09.2018 07:00
Warszawa, 18.10.2015. Seong-Jin Cho z Korei Południowej podczas koncertu w pierwszym dniu finałowego etapu XVII Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina, 18 bm. w Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie. Archive PAP/Radek Pietruszka
Archive PAP/Radek Pietruszka / Warszawa, 18.10.2015. Seong-Jin Cho z Korei Południowej podczas koncertu w pierwszym dniu finałowego etapu XVII Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina, 18 bm. w Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie. Archive PAP/Radek Pietruszka

The second prize went to Canadian Charles Richard-Hamelin, third and fourth were Kate Liu and Eric Lu from the US, fifth Canadian Ying (Tony) Yang, sixth Russian Dmitry Shishkin.

Distinctions went to Aljosa Jurinic (Croatia), Aimi Kobayashi (Japan), Georgijs Osokins (Latvia) and Szymon Nehring (Poland).

Initiated in 1927, the Chopin Competition is held once every five years and today belongs to the world's oldest and most prestigious piano competitions. (PAP)
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