Changes of Chopin's International piano competition in Warsaw

The aim of this thesis was the representation of history, development and present form of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Introduction of this work deals with the concept of Chopin tradition and areas that are affected by the composer's creation. The main part is focused on origin of this competition and its founder, companies that hold this event and development from the first year up to the present. Attention is paid to the dates of the individual years, the number of participants, countries from which they arrived, the jury composition and the prices which were awarded. For each year is also given programme of each round, which had to be presented by the competitors. Conclusion of this thesis deals with the Czech track in the competition and detailed results, which were achieved by the Czech pianists. The Annex contains the complete results of all years and the samples of promotional materials from the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw