haha possibly da only notable cliburn winners: Lupu and Sultanov.
Da top comps:
Chop comp
Tch comp
Cliburn comp
Queen Elizabeth comp
Leeds is up there.
I want to keep this sheeyat alive for more.
"Well, I asked Lang Lang once what he did to develop his technique when he was younger.
He responded, “Czerny, Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin” etudes."
yes and we cant really say which one is the first which is the last as they all differ especially the chop comp where the whole repertory is about chopin … also the brothel competition is well important … and da busoni
resurrecting this thread for the new members to answer and anything that has been found out
its good stuff.
i just had a few of those
Play 5 or 6 different chopin and liszt etudes every day, practicing the entire set over the week
I heard Boris Berman warming up - he plays a mixture of scales and Chopin etudes all combined - lasts about 10 minutes.
i play with mahzelf fo about 30 minz 
dats pretty long old chap, good shape eh? Haha 