WORKS OF THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
11th – 25th February 2010
Conference room of the hotel Sofitel - Victoria

THE PRELIMINARIES AUDITIONS
12th – 24th April
Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic

Opening Concerts
1st October, 7.30 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic
Recital of Mitsuko Uchida on the occasion of the International Day of Music

2nd October, 8 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic
Concert with participation of Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire, opening the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

1st STAGE AUDITIONS
3rd – 7th October, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic

2nd STAGE AUDITIONS
9th – 13th October, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic

3rd STAGE AUDITIONS
14th – 16th October, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic

Ceremonies related to commemoration of 161st anniversary of death of Fryderyk Chopin
17th October, 8 p.m.
Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe – conductor
W. A. Mozart – Requiem

FINAL AUDITIONS
18th – 20th October, 6 p.m.
(rehearsals with orchestra 10 a.m.)

20th October, around 11 p.m. - announcement of the competition results, press conference

Prize winners' concert
21st October, 8 p.m.
The Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Auditorium

Ceremony of presenting extra-statutory prizes
22nd October, 12 o'clock
Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall

Repetition of the prize winners' concert
22nd October, 7.30 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall

Second repetition of the prize winners' concert
23rd October, 7.30 p.m.
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall