Rosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina was a Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1937).
Rosa Tamarkina with Jakov Zak, Witold Małcużyński and Lance Dossor. Warsaw, February 1937
III International Chopin Piano Competition
The III International Chopin Piano Competition was held from 21 February to 13 March 1937 in Warsaw. It was the last competition before the outbreak of World War II, and the competition would not be held again until 1949.
III International Chopin Piano Competition
Władysław Korsak, Deputy Minister of the Interior, giving the inaugural speech in the Warsaw Philharmonic
Yakov Zak, winner of the first prize, during the competition
Laureates of the competition: Yakov Zak, Rosa Tamarkina, Witold Małcużyński and Lance Dossor