Chopin Competition 2025 | Blog 10: Old Hat versus New Possibilities

Chopin Competition 2025

Author's summary: Review of Stage 2, Day 4 performances.

Stage 2, Day 4: Sunday October 12, 2025

The 19-year-old Polish pianist Yehuda Prokopowicz initiated the final day of Stage 2 performances.

I enjoyed the songful repose he brought to the Second Ballade’s lyrical sections.

However, I wanted more contrast in the Op 17 Mazurkas than this pianist was willing to concede.

Eventually I lost interest in his similarly easy-going and uneventful selections from the Preludes, Op 28, and the Rondo à la Mazur, Op 5.

Past Performance

Back in the 2021 Warsaw Competition the 17-year-old Hao Rao’s freshness and enthusiasm held their own among his formidable colleagues in both the semi-final and final rounds.

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