Congratulations to the Winners of the 2020 Kosciuszko Foundation
Chopin Competition For Young Pianists
Category 1
First Prize - Evelina Kleczek
Second Prize - Matthew Chang and Seokyoung Hong
Third Prize - Eunseo Olivia Cho
Honorable Mention - Connor Kim
Category 2
First Prize - Katherine Liu
Second Prize - Wanqin (Anita) Hao
Third Prize - Natalie Zhang
Honorable Mention - Malvyn Lai
Category 3
First Prize - Jessica Yuma
Second Prize - Mikołaj Seroka
Third Prize - Yevheniia Slipko
Honorable Mention - Alan Mao
Best Performance of a Work by Karol Szymanowski
Evelina Kleczek and Alan Mao
Audience Prize
Mikołaj Seroka
Watch The Competition
KFCC Closing Ceremony and Winners Concert
Competition Rounds
Opening Ceremony and Guest Artist Recital
with Krzysztof Jablonski
2020 Competition Digital Program
Competition Schedule
All times in Easter Daylight Time
Friday October 9
7:00 PM EDT Opening Recital with Krzysztof Jablonski and post-concert Q&A on Zoom
Saturday, October 10
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Category 2
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Category 1
5:00 PM-7:00 PM Category 3
Sunday, October 11
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Category 2
1:00 PM-2:30 PM Category 1
3:00 PM-5:00 PM Category 3
8:00 PM-10:00 PM Winners Concert
KFCC TEAM
BARBARA BERNHARDT
Kosciuszko Foundation Washington D.C. Director
MARTIN LABAZEVITCH
Artistic Director
JASON SOLOUNIAS
Competition Director
JOLANTA STEFANSKA
Advancement Director
RETHINK CLASSICAL LLC
Media Partner
Our goal is to encourage talented young pianists to explore Polish composers and promote public awareness of Polish culture. Please consider becoming a supporter of the 2020 Competition.
Sponsors
Thank you to all the sponsors of the competition! Without your support this event would not be possible
Erika Bainbridge
Alina Bennett
Julian Berengaut
Irena Blaszkiewicz
Krzysztof Bledowski
Brandon Comparelli
Beata Debek
Andrzej Drozd
Joseph Gore
Danuta Konefal
Susan M Lapinski
Edwarda Buda-Okreglak
William Raiford
Joanna Rich
Hanna Robinette
Elzbieta Vande Sande
Miroslaw Sloboda
Nikos Solounias
Special thanks to the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Polish Club For Sponsoring The Category 3 First Prize
KFCC PARTNERS
