The 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments that took place in Warsaw, Poland, on September 2-14, 2018. The competition was organised by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, and pianists from 9 countries participated in it. All participants were performing Chopin's music on period instruments. They were able to choose the piano themselves. The organisers offered them three restored original pianos - 1837 Érard, the 1842 Pleyel, the 1847-1848 Broadwood and 2 replicas - the 1826 Buchholtz (Paul McNulty) and the 1819 Graf (McNulty).
The winner was a young pianist from Poland Tomasz Ritter.