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When was the last time a Pole won this competition?

WARSAW : Pole Rafal Blechacz, 20, won the first prize in the high-prestige Frederick Chopin international piano competition in the Polish capital, the jury announced on Saturday.

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Nancy,

thanks for the update. I saw it in Polish TV also and was going to write something about it.

Only three times before Poles win - that means at least that the judges try to be fair - the last time it was in 70-es when Christian Zimmerman won.

But I heard that there was a scandal during the competition because one of the potential winners was... not allowed to go to the finals.

Here is more about it:

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