The Thirteenth International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Official poster
Date	October 1–22, 1995 (1995-10-01 – 1995-10-22)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Winner	not awarded

The XIII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: XIII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) took place in Warsaw from October 1–22, 1995. As in the previous competition five years earlier, the first prize was not awarded.^[1]

Awards

The competition consisted of three stages and a final. The first prize was not awarded. Instead, Philippe Giusiano and Alexei Sultanov shared second prize. Sultanov, considered the favourite by the public, refused his award by boycotting the prize-winners' concert.^[1]

The following prizes were awarded:

Prize		Winner
	not awarded
	US$20,000	Philippe Giusiano	France
	US$20,000	Alexei Sultanov (refusal)	Uzbekistan
	US$15,000	Gabriela Montero	Venezuela  United States
4th	US$10,000	Rem Urasin	Russia
5th	US$6,000	Rika Miyatani	Japan
6th	US$4,000	Magdalena Lisak	Poland
HM	US$3,500	Nami Ejiri	Poland
	US$3,500	Nelson Goerner	Argentina
	US$3,500	Andrey Ponochevny	Belarus
	US$3,500	Katia Skanavi	Russia

For the first and only time in the history of the competition, none of the special prizes were awarded:

Jury

Competition Results (by rounds)

References

• International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition Frédéric Chopin Society 1995 FCIC webpage.

Further reading

• Ekiert, Janusz (2010). The Endless Search for Chopin: The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1st ed.). Warsaw: Muza. ISBN 978-83-7495-812-7.
• Arendt, Ada; Bogucki, Marcin; Majewski, Paweł; Sobczak, Kornelia (2020). Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927–2015 [The Chopin Games. The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 1927–2015] (in Polish) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. ISBN 978-83-235-4127-1.
• Ossowski, Jerzy; Brodska, Halina (2010). The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in photographs. Warsaw: Fryderyk Chopin Institute. ISBN 978-83-61142-36-2.

External links

• Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube