Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts).

[2] Seong-Jin Cho won the competition, playing the Piano Concerto in E minor, Opus 11 in the final.

[3] Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada came second, Kate Liu of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth, Tony Yike Yang of Canada came fifth, and Dmitry Shishkin of Russia was placed sixth.

[4] The following prizes were awarded: In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently: The juries consisted of:[5] Philippe Entremont caused controversy when he gave Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of the competition, a score of just 1 in the final, the lowest possible score.

[6] A popular conjecture that Entremont may have been racially motivated could not be proven by statistical analysis.