XVI International Chopin Piano Competition

The XVI International Chopin Piano Competition was held in Warsaw, Poland from October 3–20, 2010. Prize winners' concerts were held October 21–23. First prize was given to Yulianna Avdeeva.

The jury panel for this competition includes Jan Ekier, Andrzej Jasiński, Piotr Paleczny, Martha Argerich, Bella Davidovich, Philippe Entremont, Nelson Freire, Adam Harasiewicz, Kevin Kenner, Michie Koyama, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Dang Thai Son, and Fou Ts'ong.

Throughout the competition, Ingolf Wunder was widely believed to be the best competitor as the audience favorite and leader in points. However, in the last stage of the competition, the judges scrapped the points system being used and evaluated the winner solely based on the final round. Although Wunder won the prize for Best Concerto (the final stage), he was not given the gold medal (awarded to Yulianna Avdeeva.) This created outrage among the Warsaw public, proclaiming the events a scandal similar to the Ivo Pogorelich case of the 1980 competition.

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