The Old New Thing

Maintaining high standards at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition

June 10, 2005 Jun 10, 2005 06/10/05

Raymond Chen

The quintennial International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition will be held later this year, and I was reminded that the awards for "Best performance of a mazurka" and "Best performance of a concerto" have not been awarded since 1985. Simply put: Nobody since 1985 has been good enough to deserve it. The year 1995 was a particularly bad ...