# XVII International Chopin Piano Competition

The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XVII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts). Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015.
Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition.

## Awards

Seong-Jin Cho won the competition, playing the Piano Concerto in E minor, Opus 11 in the final. The prize money was €30,000. In addition, he also won the €3,000 prize for best polonaise, playing the Polonaise in A flat major, Opus 53 in the second stage.
Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada came second, Kate Liu of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth, Tony Yike Yang of Canada came fifth, and Dmitry Shishkin of Russia was placed sixth. The following prizes were awarded:
| Prize | Prize | Winner | Winner |
| | €30,000 | Seong-Jin Cho | South Korea |
| | €25,000 | Charles Richard-Hamelin | Canada |
| | €20,000 | Kate Liu | United States |
| 4th | €15,000 | Eric Lu | United States |
| 5th | €10,000 | Tony Yike Yang | Canada |
| 6th | €7,000 | Dmitry Shishkin | Russia |
| F | €4,000 | Aljoša Jurinić | Croatia |
| F | €4,000 | Aimi Kobayashi | Japan |
| F | €4,000 | Szymon Nehring | Poland |
| F | €4,000 | Georgijs Osokins | Latvia |
In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently:
| Special prize | Winner | Winner |
| Best Performance of a Concerto | not awarded | not awarded |
| Best Performance of Mazurkas | Kate Liu | United States |
| Best Performance of a Polonaise | Seong-Jin Cho | South Korea |
| Best Performance of a Sonata | Charles Richard-Hamelin | Canada |

## Jury

The juries consisted of:

### Preliminary round jury

* Ludmil Angelov [bg]
* Akiko Ebi (5th X)
* Adam Harasiewicz ( V)
* Yves Henry
* Andrzej Jasiński
* Ivan Klánský
* Anna Malikova
* Alberto Nosè
* Piotr Paleczny (3rd VIII)
* Ewa Pobłocka [pl] (5th X)
* Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (chairwoman); (HM IX)
* Marta Sosińska-Janczewska
* Wojciech Świtała [pl]
* Dina Joffe ( IX)

### Competition jury

* 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)
Philippe Entremont caused controversy when he gave Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of the competition, a score of just 1 in the final, the lowest possible score. This was a substantial deviation from the other jurors; 14 of the 17 jurors gave Cho 9 or more points, leading to speculation that Entremont had trouble with Cho's teacher Michel Béroff. A popular conjecture that Entremont may have been racially motivated could not be proven by statistical analysis.

## Competitor results

Yes: percentage of jurors who voted to pass the participant to the next round (excluding recusals)
Pts: average number of points (excluding recusals)
| Competitor | Prelim. | Stage I | Stage I | Stage I | Stage II | Stage II | Stage II | Stage III | Stage III | Stage III | Final | Final |
| Competitor | R | Yes | Pts | R | Yes | Pts | R | Yes | Pts | R | Pts | R |
| Mihyun Ahn | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jong Do An | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yu An | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Soo Jung Ann | | 78.6% | 19.00 | | 33.3% | 17.76 | | | | | | |
| Miyako Arishima | | 69.2% | 18.47 | | 7.1% | 15.75 | | | | | | |
| Bat-Erdene Batbileg | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Otis William Beasley | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tymoteusz Bies | | 53.3% | 17.76 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rafał Błaszczyk | | 14.3% | 16.38 | | | | | | | | | |
| Łukasz Piotr Byrdy | | 73.3% | 18.53 | | 35.7% | 17.50 | | | | | | |
| Michelle Candotti | | 80.0% | 19.41 | | 7.1% | 16.75 | | | | | | |
| Luigi Carroccia | | 93.3% | 20.24 | | 78.6% | 20.06 | | 13.3% | 18.18 | | | |
| Hsin-Jo Chan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Haoguo Chen | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Xuehong Chen | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Galina Chistiakova | | 86.7% | 19.35 | | 78.6% | 20.69 | | 40.0% | 19.00 | | | |
| Irina Chistiakova | | 26.7% | 17.00 | | | | | | | | | |
| Seong-Jin Cho | | 100% | 23.24 | | 92.9% | 22.50 | | 93.3% | 23.29 | | 8.41 | 1 |
| Shaun Yung Sheng Choo | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valentin Cotton | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aleksandra Hortensja Dąbek | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chisaki Doi | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fei-Fei Dong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michał Dziewior | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thibaud Epp | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Martina Frezzotti | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ashley Fripp | | 33.3% | 16.71 | | | | | | | | | |
| Madoka Fukami | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yasuko Furumi | | 13.3% | 16.71 | | | | | | | | | |
| Anton Gerzenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saskia Giorgini | | 0.0% | 15.35 | | | | | | | | | |
| Katarzyna Gołofit | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Eriko Gomita | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Adam Mikołaj Goździewski | | 53.3% | 17.65 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ivett Gyöngyösi | | 80.0% | 19.65 | | 28.6% | 17.38 | | | | | | |
| Anna Han | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chi Ho Han | | 86.7% | 20.71 | | 57.1% | 19.31 | | 26.7% | 19.29 | | | |
| Olof Hansen | | 73.3% | 19.00 | | 21.4% | 16.88 | | | | | | |
| Minsoo Hong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruoyu Huang | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhi Chao Julian Jia | | 93.3% | 21.12 | | 21.4% | 17.13 | | | | | | |
| Wenbin Jin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aljoša Jurinić | | 80.0% | 20.24 | | 50.0% | 18.81 | | 50.0% | 20.31 | | 2.94 | |
| Joo Yeon Ka | | 0.0% | 15.47 | | | | | | | | | |
| Takuya Kambara | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Airi Katada | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruslan Kazakov | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Daye Kim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Honggi Kim | | 33.3% | 17.00 | | | | | | | | | |
| Su Yeon Kim | | 66.7% | 18.35 | | 50.0% | 19.31 | | 7.1% | 17.44 | | | |
| Sung-Jae Kim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sunhwa Kim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yedam Kim | | 53.3% | 17.71 | | | | | | | | | |
| Yoon-Jee Kim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yoonji Kim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yurika Kimura | | 33.3% | 17.53 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinara Klinton | — | 100% | 22.00 | | 57.1% | 19.44 | | 42.9% | 19.81 | | | |
| Carmen Knoll | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aimi Kobayashi | | 93.3% | 21.29 | | 85.7% | 19.75 | | 50.0% | 19.13 | | 4.35 | |
| Kaito Kobayashi | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Julia Kociuban | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aika Kondo | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Qi Kong | | 66.7% | 19.18 | | 28.6% | 17.94 | | | | | | |
| Marek Kozák | | 80.0% | 18.94 | | 64.3% | 19.25 | | 0.0% | 18.41 | | | |
| Mischa Kozłowski | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Łukasz Krupiński | — | 60.0% | 17.82 | | 57.1% | 19.13 | | 0.0% | 17.94 | | | |
| Krzysztof Książek | — | 80.0% | 18.82 | | 64.3% | 18.69 | | 46.7% | 20.12 | | | |
| Rachel Naomi Kudo | — | 64.3% | 18.75 | | 35.7% | 17.81 | | | | | | |
| Chulmin Lee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EunAe Lee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jae Yoon Lee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yurim Lee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Li | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Ning Yuen Li | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Yihao Li | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kate Liu | | 71.4% | 18.88 | | 92.9% | 21.31 | | 100% | 23.44 | | 7.50 | 3 |
| Eric Lu | — | 100% | 21.81 | | 85.7% | 21.13 | | 92.9% | 22.13 | | 6.44 | 4th |
| Tian Lu | | 26.7% | 16.82 | | | | | | | | | |
| Xin Luo | | 50.0% | 17.63 | | | | | | | | | |
| Weiwen Ma | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aleksandr Maltsev | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roman Martynov | | 20.0% | 16.18 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nagino Maruyama | | 53.3% | 18.18 | | | | | | | | | |
| Guillaume Masson | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Viktor Yuandong Mattsson | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vladimir Matusevich | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Alessandro Mazzamuto | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nao Mieno | | 20.0% | 16.88 | | | | | | | | | |
| Łukasz Mikołajczyk | | 86.7% | 19.35 | | 20.0% | 17.65 | | | | | | |
| Nathalia Milstein | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paweł Motyczyński | | 40.0% | 17.24 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alexia Mouza | | 86.7% | 20.76 | | 40.0% | 16.35 | | | | | | |
| Jiyeong Mun | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Karolina Nadolska | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kotaro Nagano | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mayaka Nakagawa | | 93.3% | 20.65 | | 13.3% | 17.06 | | | | | | |
| Nozomi Nakagiri | — | 57.1% | 17.69 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fuyuko Nakamura | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yui Nakamura | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Szymon Nehring | | 86.7% | 20.59 | | 73.3% | 19.53 | | 53.3% | 19.47 | | 3.41 | |
| Anastasiia Nesterova | | 26.7% | 16.88 | | | | | | | | | |
| Grzegorz Niemczuk | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ronald Noerjadi | | 46.7% | 18.25 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mariko Nogami | | 46.7% | 17.56 | | | | | | | | | |
| Piotr Nowak | | 85.7% | 20.19 | | 50.0% | 18.25 | | | | | | |
| Arisa Onoda | | 53.3% | 18.76 | | 6.7% | 16.24 | | | | | | |
| Georgijs Osokins | | 93.3% | 21.35 | | 93.3% | 21.53 | | 80.0% | 20.88 | | 3.59 | |
| Misora Ozaki | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Linzi Pan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jinhyung Park | | 64.3% | 18.81 | | 33.3% | 17.94 | | | | | | |
| Piotr Ryszard Pawlak | | 64.3% | 18.00 | | | | | | | | | |
| Zuzanna Pietrzak | | 21.4% | 16.13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Adam Piórkowski | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| François-Xavier Poizat | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tiffany Poon | | 28.6% | 17.25 | | | | | | | | | |
| Markiyan Popil | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kausikan Rajeshkumar | | 14.3% | 15.25 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kiana Reid | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Richard-Hamelin | | 100% | 22.38 | | 100% | 22.65 | | 100% | 23.53 | | 8.12 | 2 |
| Joanna Różewska-Kulasińska | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arisa Sakai | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tamila Salimdjanova | | 30.8% | 17.00 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cristian Ioan Sandrin | | 7.1% | 15.63 | | | | | | | | | |
| Motohiro Sato | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Natalie Schwamová | | 35.7% | 18.06 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aristo Sham | | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
| Boyang Shi | | 0.0% | 16.00 | | | | | | | | | |
| HyoJin Shin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dmitry Shishkin | | 64.3% | 18.94 | | 93.3% | 20.76 | | 60.0% | 20.24 | | 4.41 | 6th |
| Alexandra Sikorskaya | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jeung Beum Sohn | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Szuyu Su | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rina Sudo | | 71.4% | 18.44 | | 20.0% | 17.41 | | | | | | |
| Yekwon Sunwoo | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michał Szymanowski | | 100% | 20.54 | | 46.2% | 18.43 | | | | | | |
| Julia Maria Śliwa | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rikono Takeda | | 23.1% | 17.07 | | | | | | | | | |
| Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev | | 92.9% | 20.13 | | 20.0% | 16.24 | | | | | | |
| Alexei Tartakovsky | | 71.4% | 18.56 | | 66.7% | 20.06 | | 40.0% | 19.65 | | | |
| Hin-Yat Tsang | | 46.2% | 18.27 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanade Tsurusawa | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anna Ulaieva | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alexander Ullman | | 69.2% | 18.67 | | 42.9% | 17.63 | | | | | | |
| Chao Wang | | 71.4% | 19.25 | | 46.7% | 18.35 | | | | | | |
| Chelsea Wang | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhu Wang | | 38.5% | 18.20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Marcin Wieczorek | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrzej Wierciński | — | 92.3% | 19.93 | | 42.9% | 18.50 | | | | | | |
| Evan Wong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Victoria Wong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Joshua Wright | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuchong Wu | | 21.4% | 17.38 | | | | | | | | | |
| Qi Xu | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zi Xu | | 84.6% | 20.13 | | 57.1% | 18.63 | | 21.4% | 18.56 | | | |
| Tony Yike Yang | | 100% | 21.40 | | 85.7% | 21.19 | | 100% | 21.88 | | 4.56 | 5th |
| Yuliya Yermalayeva | | 28.6% | 17.56 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tianpeng Yu | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Olga Zado (Zadorozhniuk) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cheng Zhang | | 85.7% | 21.44 | | 40.0% | 17.59 | | | | | | |
| Chuhan Zhang | | 42.9% | 18.06 | | | | | | | | | |
| Annie Zhou | | 100% | 20.67 | | 21.4% | 17.19 | | | | | | |
| Ning Zhou | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anastasia Zorina | | | | | | | | | | | | |