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The competition's website can be accessed at chopincompetition2015.com. The competition is being live-streamed on the website, on the mobile apps (Android, iOS) and on YouTube.
Recitals will be held in three stages: 3–7 October – first stage (78 participants); 9–12 October – second stage (40 participants); 14–16 October – third stage (20 participants).
The grand finale will be held between 18–20 October among 10 finalists.
"The candidates for the title of best Chopinist come from 20 countries. The most numerous group this time are Poles – no less than 14 pianists; just behind them, Chinese – 13; Japanese – 12; and South Koreans – 8. Thanks to changes in the rules and regulations, as well as – for the first time in years – a shift in the lower age limit, we will be hearing 16-year-olds at the Competition. The novelties and changes also concern the program. For the first time, instead of one of Chopin’s three sonatas, it will be possible to perform the cycle of 24 Preludes op. 28. A total of 10 pianists intend to take advantage of this opportunity – obviously, if they are able to qualify for the 3rd round, which will be given only to the best 20.
Not without significance are the instruments made available to the participants. Just after arriving in Warsaw, the young artists had the opportunity to choose among pianos from four firms: Fazioli, Kawai, Yamaha and Steinway, on which they will play in the successive audition rounds. The best piano tuners and technicians will ensure that all of them sound and function flawlessly. The largest number – no less than 36 pianists – selected a Yamaha instrument; 30 decided on a Steinway piano. An instrument from the Japanese firm Kawai will be played by 11 participants; and a piano from the Italian firm Fazioli, only 1. On the other hand, the responsibility for ensuring the Competition reaches a broad audience will fall to hundreds of microphones and dozens of cameras, as well as – in front of and behind them – teams of journalists and operators from three continents.
It is not the numbers, however, that testify to the scale of these efforts. Statistics are only an ineffectual attempt at placing the next three weeks in some kind of framework. In the depths of our souls we are all counting, above all, on surprises, emotions and all kinds of things that there is no way to count."