Results of the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition - one of the most famous music competitions in the world - have just been announced. A record number of 257 young pianists from 35 countries participated in the preliminaries. The competition comprised 3 stages. The auditions held at the Warsaw Philharmonic were exciting indeed. Twelve pianists participated in the finals and the winner of the 1st prize at this year's Competition is Rafal Blechacz. LIDEX had the honour to attend this unique event. We provided teams of simultaneous interpreters, specialist translation equipment and technical support for the deliberations of the 21-strong jury.