VII International Chopin Piano Competition

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The Seventh International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Date	21 February – 16 March 1965 (1965-02-21 – 1965-03-16)
Venue	National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Hosted by	Fryderyk Chopin Society [pl]
Winner	Martha Argerich
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The VII International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: VII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 16 March 1965 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Martha Argerich of Argentina, becoming the first and so far only South American winner.

The competition consisted of three elimination stages and a final with six pianists.

The following prizes were awarded:^[1]

Prize		Winner
1st	40,000zł	Martha Argerich	Argentina
2nd	30,000zł	Arthur Moreira Lima	Brazil
3rd	25,000zł	Marta Sosińska	Poland
4th	20,000zł	Hiroko Nakamura	Japan
5th	15,000zł	Edward Auer	United States
6th	10,000zł	Elżbieta Głąbówna [pl]	Poland
HM	5,000zł	Marek Jabłoński [fr]	Canada
	5,000zł	Tamara Kołoss	Soviet Union
	5,000zł	Lois Carole Pachucki	United States
	5,000zł	Viktoria Postnikova	Soviet Union
	5,000zł	Blanka Uribe	Colombia
	5,000zł	Ewa Maria Żuk	Venezuela

Two special prizes were awarded:

Special prize	Winner
Best Performance of Mazurkas	Martha Argerich	Argentina
Best Performance of a Polonaise	Marta Sosińska	Poland

The jury consisted of:^[1]

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