XII International Chopin Piano Competition

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The Twelfth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date	1–20 October 1990 (1990-10-01 – 1990-10-20)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by	Fryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
Winner	not awarded
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The XII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 1 to 20 October 1990 in Warsaw. For the first time in the history of the competition, the first prize was not awarded.^[1]

The competition consisted of three stages and a final. For the first time in the history of the competition, there was no winner. Musicologist Janusz Ekiert [pl] recalled: "The 12th Competition passed without any manifestations of great admiration and without any great controversy. Youngsters did not choose their idols, and the favourites failed to ignite people’s imagination. One was hard pressed to notice any of the feverishly sparkling eyes that one remembered from previous competitions. No one in the audience fainted from emotion; if anyone, only a pianist."^[1]

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

Prize	Winner
	not awarded
	Kevin Kenner	United States
	Yukio Yokoyama [jp]	Japan
4th	Corrado Rollero [it]	Italy
	Margarita Shevchenko [pl]	Soviet Union
5th	Anna Malikova	Soviet Union
	Takako Takahashi [jp]	Japan
6th	Caroline Sageman	France
HM	Hiroshi Arimori	Japan
	Philippe Giusiano	France
	Koji Oikawa	Japan
	Kyoko Tabe	Japan

Three special prizes were awarded:

Special prize	Winner
Best Performance of a Concerto	not awarded
Best Performance of Mazurkas	not awarded
Best Performance of a Polonaise	Kevin Kenner	United States
	Wojciech Świtała [pl]	Poland

The jury consisted of:^[1]

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• Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube