The Endless Search for Chopin

The History of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. The Endless Search for Chopin is a chronicle of the great rivalry of more than a thousand Chopinists, a tale of the victors? joy and the losers? sorrow. This chronology of the battle for the Grand Prix is interwoven with thoughts on the jury?s decisions and portraits of the pianists who began their world careers at the Chopin Competition, as well as of the famous musicians who judged them. The history of Warsaw?s Chopin Competition is set against the background and atmosphere of the era, artistic, social and political. It is an endless search for the truth, a search for the pianist capable of fathoming the nature of the great composer?s romanticism to its very depths.

• author: Janusz Ekiert