1st Chopin Competitions Conference

The Friends of Chopin Australia were invited to attend the first annual Chopin Competitions Conference held in Radziejowice Palace in Warsaw in April 2015. Wanda Horky and Ben James attended the Conference on behalf of the Australian International Chopin Piano Competition. The conference invites representatives of Chopin piano competitions from around the world to share their experiences, and to collaborate on best practice. The conference was attended by over 20 Chopin national and international competitions, the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin, and the Alink-Argerich Foundation. Just before the conference, Ben and Wanda also had the good fortune of being able to meet with the Deputy Minister for Education and the Director of the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin.