List of jurors of the International Chopin Piano Competition

This is a list of people who have taken part in the jury of the International Chopin Piano Competition since its foundation in 1927.

The name of the chairperson is written in bold.

Zygmunt Butkiewicz [pl]
Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Alfred Hoehn (finals only)
Witold Maliszewski (chairman)
Piotr Maszyński
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
Aleksander Michałowski (first round only)
Zofia Rabcewiczowa [pl]
Adam Sołtys [pl]
Felicjan Szopski [pl]
Józef Śmidowicz [pl]
Józef Turczyński
Adam Wyleżyński
Jerzy Żurawlew

Franciszek Brzeziński [pl] (substitute)
Marian Dąbrowski (substitute)
Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Arthur De Greef
Alfred Hoehn
Roman Jasiński [pl] (substitute)
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski
Marguerite Long
Joseph Marx
Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa [pl] (secretary)
Stanisław Niewiadomski [pl] (vice-chairman)
Zofia Rabcewicz [pl]
Maurice Ravel (guest of honor)
Richard Rössler
Karol Szymanowski
Józef Śmidowicz [pl]
Józef Turczyński
Paul Weingarten
Adam Wieniawski [pl] (chairman)
Carlo Zecchi
Jerzy Żurawlew

Guido Agosti
Wilhelm Backhaus (vice-chairman)
Attilo Brugnoli [it]
Zofia Buckiewiczowa
Marian Dąbrowski
Zbigniew Drzewiecki
Emil Frey
Alfred Hoehn
Imre Keeri-Szano [hu]
Lazare Lévy
Loris Margaritis [el]
Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa [pl]
Heinrich Neuhaus
Marie Panthès
Isidor Philipp (vice-chairman)
Zofia Rabcewicz [pl]
Lucyna Robowska
Richard Rössler
Emil von Sauer (vice-chairman)
Paul Schubert [Wikidata]
Imre Stefaniai [hu]
Andrei Stojanow [bg]
Stefan Śledziński [pl]
Józef Śmidowicz [pl]
Magda Tagliaferro
Józef Turczyński
Adam Wieniawski [pl] (chairman)
Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
Jerzy Żurawlew

Godfrid Boon
Emile Bosquet [nl]
Lucette Descaves (substitute)
Sem Dresden
Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
Jan Ekier
Blas Galindo Dimas
Lélia Gousseau (substitute)
Arthur Hedley (vice-chairman)
Hernádi Lajos [hu]
Franz Josef Hirt
Jan Hoffman
Roman Jasiński [pl]
Marcelina Kimonti-Jacynowa (substitute)
Lazare Lévy
Marguerite Long (vice-chairwoman, after 1 October)
Joseph Marx
Frantisek Maxian (vice-chairman)
Alfred Mendelssohn
Dimitar Nenov
Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) ( I)
Pavel Serebryakov
Stanisław Szpinalski ( I)
Henryk Sztompka [pl]
Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairwoman)
Margerita Trombini-Kazuro [pl]
Bolesław Woytowicz
Carlo Zecchi
Jerzy Żurawlew

Guido Agosti
Stefan Askenase
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Émile Bosquet [nl]
Harold Craxton (vice-chairman)
Zbigniew Drzewiecki (chairman)
Jacques Février
Flora Guerra
Emil Hájek
Jan Hoffman
Louis Kentner
Lazare Lévy
Witold Lutosławski
Joseph Marx
František Maxián
Lev Oborin (vice-chairman) ( I)
Lyubomir Pipkov
Bruno Seidlhofer
Hugo Steurer
Ma Sicong
Stanisław Szpinalski (secretary) ( I)
Henryk Sztompka [pl]
Józef Śmidowicz [pl] (substitute)
Magda Tagliaferro (vice-chairman)
Erik Then-Bergh
Margerita Trombini-Kazuro [pl]
Imré Ungár
Maria Wiłkomirska (substitute)
Yakov Zak ( III)
Carlo Zecchi
Jerzy Żurawlew

Guido Agosti (Italy)
Stefan Askenase (Belgium)
Nadia Boulanger (vice-chairman) (France)
Sven Brandel [sv] (Sweden)
Sequeira Costa (Portugal)
Harold Craxton (Great Britain)
Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Poland, IV)
Zbigniew Drzewiecki (Poland, chairman)
Jan Ekier (Poland)
Henri Gagnebin (Switzerland)
Armand de Gontaut-Biron [Wikidata] (France)
Emil Hájek (Yugoslavia)
Arthur Hedley (Great Britain, vice-chairman)
Lajos Hernandi [hu] (Hungary)
Jan Hoffman (Poland)
Mieczysław Horszowski (USA)
Dmitry Kabalevsky (Soviet Union, vice-chairman)
Witold Małcużyński (Poland)
Timo Mikkilä [fi] (Finland)
Florica Musicescu (Romania)
Heinrich Neuhaus (Soviet Union)
František Rauch (Czechoslovakia)
Reimar Riefling (Norway)
Arthur Rubinstein (Poland, honorary chairman)
Heinz Schroeter [jp; ru] (West Germany)
Bruno Seidlhofer (Austria)
Pavel Serebryakov (Soviet Union)
Andrej Stojanow [bg] (Bulgaria)
Henryk Sztompka [pl] (Poland, vice-chairman)
Magda Tagliaferro (Brazil)
Ding Shande (China)
Margerita Trombini-Kazuro [pl] (Poland)
Amadeus Webersinke (East Germany)
Beveridge Webster (USA)
Bolesław Woytowicz (Poland, secretary)
Yakov Zak (Soviet Union, III)
Jerzy Żurawlew (Poland)

Raif J. Abillama
Guido Agosti (vice-chairman)
István Antal [hu]
Jan Ekier
Monique Haas
Gheorghe Halmos [hu]
Jan Hoffman
Witold Małcużyński
Susumu Nagai [ja]
Tatiana Nikolayeva (vice-chairman)
Stepanka Pelischek
Éliane Richepin
Maria Teresa Rodriguez [es]
Annerose Schmidt
Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
Regina Smendzianka
Pavel Štěpán
Zbigniew Szymonowicz [pl] (secretary)
Bolesław Woytowicz

István Antal [hu]
Olga Iliwicka-Dąbrowska [pl]
Anton Dikov [bg]
Jan Ekier
Orazio Frugoni [it]
Gheorghe Halmos [hu]
Ludwig Hoffmann [de]
Akiko Iguchi [jp]
Andrzej Jasiński
Alexander Jenner [de]
Louis Kentner
Eugene List (vice-chairman)
Yevgeny Malinin (vice-chairman)
Witold Małcużyński
André-François Marescotti [fr]
Federico Mompou
Frantisek Rauch
Bernard Ringeissen
Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman)
Zbigniew Szymonowicz [pl]
Zbigniew Śliwiński [de]
Amadeus Webersinke
Tadeusz Żmudziński

Martha Argerich ( VII)
Paul Badura-Skoda
Rodolfo Caporali [it]
Josep Colom
Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
Sergei Dorensky
Jan Ekier
Liuba Enczewa
Rudolf Fischer
Lidia Grychtołówna
Iving Heller
Rex Hobcroft
Ludwig Hoffmann [de]
Andrzej Jasiński
Geneviève Joy
Louis Kentner
Kazimierz Kord (chairman)
Eugene List
Nikita Magaloff (vice-chairman)
Frantisek Rauch (vice-chairman)
Regina Smendzianka
Péter Solymos [de]
Zbigniew Śliwiński [de]
Kazuko Yasukawa [jp]
Tadeusz Żmudziński

Martha Argerich (joined during Stage II) ( VII)
Edward Auer
Paul Badura-Skoda
Arnaldo Cohen
Sequeira Costa
Halina Czerny-Stefańska ( IV)
Ikuko Endo [jp]
Kazimierz Gierzod
Lidia Grychtołówna
Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
Eugen Indjic
Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
Ivan Klánský
Victor Merzhanov
Germaine Mounier
Hiroko Nakamura
Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
Sergio Perticaroli [it]
Bernard Ringeissen (vice-chairman)
Annerose Schmidt
Regina Smendzianka
Józef Stompel [pl]
Arie Vardi

Vera Gornostayeva
Lidia Grychtołówna
Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
Krzysztof Jabłoński
Andrzej Jasiński (chairman)
Choong-Mo Kang [ko]
Vladimir Krainev
Hiroko Nakamura
John O'Conor
Janusz Olejniczak
Piotr Paleczny (vice-chairman)
John Perry
Sergio Perticaroli [it]
Ewa Pobłocka [pl] (5th X)
Bernard Ringeissen
Regina Smendzianka
Józef Stompel [pl]
Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
Arie Vardi
Fanny Waterman
Zhou Guangren

Dmitri Alexeev
Martha Argerich ( VII)
Akiko Ebi (5th X)
Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
Philippe Entremont
Nelson Goerner
Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
Andrzej Jasiński
Li Yundi ( XIV)
Garrick Ohlsson( VIII)
Janusz Olejniczak (6th VIII)
Piotr Paleczny (3rd VIII)
Ewa Pobłocka [pl] (5th X)
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (chairwoman); (HM IX)
John Rink [fr]
Wojciech Świtała [pl]
Dina Joffe ( IX)

Dmitri Alexeev
Sa Chen (4th XIV)
Đặng Thái Sơn ( X)
Akiko Ebi (5th X)
Philippe Giusiano ( XIII)
Nelson Goerner (HM XIII)
Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
Krzysztof Jabłoński [pl] ( XI)
Kevin Kenner ( XII)
Arthur Moreira Lima ( VII)
Janusz Olejniczak (6th VIII)
Piotr Paleczny ( VIII)
Ewa Pobłocka [pl] (5th X)
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (chairwoman; HM IX)
John Rink [fr]
Wojciech Świtała [pl] (HM XII)
Dina Joffe ( IX)

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List of jurors of the International Chopin Piano Competition

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I (1927)

II (1932)

III (1937)

IV (1949)

V (1955)

VI (1960)

VII (1965)

VIII (1970)

IX (1975)

X (1980)

XI (1985)

XII (1990)

XIII (1995)

XIV (2000)

XV (2005)

XVI (2010)

XVII (2015)

XVIII (2021)

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