XVII International Chopin Piano Competition

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.^[3]

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.^[4] The following prizes were awarded:

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Prize		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
	€4,000	Aimi Kobayashi	Japan
	€4,000	Szymon Nehring	Poland
	€4,000	Georgijs Osokins	Latvia

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In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently:

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Special prize	Winner
Best Performance of a Concerto	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

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The juries consisted of:^[5]

Yes: percentage of jurors who voted to pass the participant to the next round (excluding recusals)

Pts: average number of points (excluding recusals)

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Competitor	Prelim.	Stage I			Stage II			Stage III			Final
	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
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	—[8]	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	—[9]	60.0%	17.82		57.1%	19.13		0.0%	17.94
Krzysztof Książek	—[10]	80.0%	18.82		64.3%	18.69		46.7%	20.12
Rachel Naomi Kudo	—[11]	64.3%	18.75		35.7%	17.81
Chulmin Lee
EunAe Lee
Jae Yoon Lee
Yurim Lee
George Li		Withdrew
Ning Yuen Li		Withdrew
Yihao Li
Kate Liu		71.4%	18.88		92.9%	21.31		100%	23.44		7.50	3
Eric Lu	—[12]	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
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
Karolina Nadolska
Kotaro Nagano
Mayaka Nakagawa		93.3%	20.65		13.3%	17.06
Nozomi Nakagiri	—[13]	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
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	—[14]	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

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