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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Chopin week at Osaka expo

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi performs Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra during the Chopin week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Chopin week at Osaka expo

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi performs Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra during the Chopin week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Museum on life of Chopin reopens in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland - A piano used by Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin is displayed at a high-tech museum dedicated to the musician in Warsaw on March 1, 2010. Located in Warsaw's revamped 17th-Century Ostrogski Palace, the museum was reopened to the public the same day to mark the bicentenary of Chopin's birth.

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Japan's Shohei Sekimoto, 20, who won shared fourth prize with compatriot Takashi Yamamoto, 22.

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Takashi Yamamoto, 22, who shared fourth prize with compatriot Shohei Sekimoto, 20.

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Pioneer pianist Chieko Hara dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Chieko Hara, a pioneer Japanese pianist seen in this file photo taken in January 1977, died of old age at a suburban Tokyo hospital Dec. 9. She was 86. Hara was awarded a special prize at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in 1937 and performed throughout Europe.

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POLAND-WARSAW-OPEN-AIR CHOPIN CONCERTS

(220516) -- WARSAW, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People sit on the grass and enjoy the music of Frederic Chopin performed by a pianist during an open-air Chopin concert at the Royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw, Poland, May 15, 2022. The 63rd season of Chopin Concerts in the Royal Lazienki kicked off on Sunday. Recitals at the foot of the Chopin monument are held every Sunday from May 15 till Sept. 25. (Photo by Alexey Vitvitsky/Xinhua)

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Pianist Kyohei Sorita meets the press before his performance in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021. Sorita finished second at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Pianist Kyohei Sorita meets the press before his performance in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021. Sorita finished second at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Pianist Kyohei Sorita meets the press before his performance in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2021. Sorita finished second at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Kyohei Sorita (L), who won second prize in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition, and Nara Gov. Shogo Arai pose for a photo at the prefectural government headquarters in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2021, after the governor commended Sorita for his musical activities in the prefecture.

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Kyohei Sorita (L), who won second prize in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition, meets with Nara Gov. Shogo Arai at the prefectural government headquarters in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2021. The governor commended Sorita the same day for his musical activity in the prefecture.

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Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita

Kyohei Sorita (L), who won second prize in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition, meets with Nara Gov. Shogo Arai at the prefectural government headquarters in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2021. The governor commended Sorita the same day for his musical activity in the prefecture.

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Pianists Kyohei Sorita, Aimi Kobayashi

Pianists Kyohei Sorita (R) and Aimi Kobayashi perform at the Karuizawa Ohga Hall in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021. Sorita and Kobayashi finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Pianists Kyohei Sorita, Aimi Kobayashi

Pianists Kyohei Sorita (C) and Aimi Kobayashi (L) perform at the Karuizawa Ohga Hall in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021. Sorita and Kobayashi finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Pianists Kyohei Sorita, Aimi Kobayashi

Pianists Kyohei Sorita (C) and Aimi Kobayashi (L) perform at the Karuizawa Ohga Hall in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021. Sorita and Kobayashi finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Pianists Kyohei Sorita, Aimi Kobayashi

Pianists Kyohei Sorita (C) and Aimi Kobayashi (L) perform at the Karuizawa Ohga Hall in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021. Sorita and Kobayashi finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

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Pianists who finished 2nd, 4th at Chopin int'l competition

Kyohei Sorita (C) and Aimi Kobayashi (L), who finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition, talk with Japanese Ambassador to Poland Akio Miyajima at the ambassador's official residence in Warsaw on Oct. 23, 2021.

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Pianists who finished 2nd, 4th at Chopin int'l competition

Kyohei Sorita (L) and Aimi Kobayashi, who finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition, pose for a photo during their visit to the official residence of Japanese Ambassador to Poland Akio Miyajima in Warsaw on Oct. 23, 2021.

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Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi poses for a photo in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2021. She finished in fourth place in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition.

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Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi

Undated photo shows Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi. She finished in fourth place in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition, the organizers said on Oct. 21, 2021.

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Japanese pianists Kyohei Sorita and Aimi Kobayashi

Undated photo shows Japanese pianists Kyohei Sorita (L) and Aimi Kobayashi. Sorita finished in second place and Kobayashi fourth in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition, the organizers said on Oct. 21, 2021.

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Japan's Sorita 2nd in Chopin piano contest

Japan's Kyohei Sorita (L) and compatriot Aimi Kobayashi (R) celebrate in Warsaw on Oct. 21, 2021, following the announcement that they finished in second and fourth place, respectively, in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition.

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Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi poses for a photo in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2021. She finished in fourth place in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition.

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Japan's Sorita 2nd in Chopin piano contest

Japan's Kyohei Sorita (L) hugs compatriot Aimi Kobayashi in Warsaw on Oct. 21, 2021, following the announcement that they finished in second and fourth place, respectively, in the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin international piano competition.

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