, winner of the first prize, during the competition ,
Rosa Tamarkina,
Witold Małcużyński and
Lance Dossor Out of 80 pianists in the elimination stage, 21 were admitted to the final, where they performed two consecutive movements of one of Chopin's two piano concertos with the
Warsaw Philharmonic. The two female Japanese pianists and
Chieko Hara received great acclaim among critics and the public. When news broke that Hara, who reached the final, was not among the prize-winners and was merely awarded an honorable mention, a commotion broke out. Fearing that the frenzied crowd would cause damage to the
Philharmonic, industrialist Stanisław Meyer sponsored a special award for Hara. The following prizes were awarded: Two special prizes were awarded: == Jury ==