Schedule
22 December 2024
Deadline for sending the applications to the Competition
26 January 2025
Publication of a list of candidates who entered the competition
The preliminary jury has given its verdict!
“We received applications from all over the world and many participants represent a very high level of pianistic ability. You therefore already deserve our highest compliments for your work. Due to the level displayed by the candidates, the preliminary jury has taken the decision to allow one additional candidate per age category to participate in the competition this year.”
List of candidates who passed the preliminary stage:
First category (under 12 years):
Yuliana Beziazychna (Ukraine)
Katherine Hibbs (Switzerland // Singapore)
Keshav Krishnan (India // Netherlands)
Antonio Pavan (Italy)
Siyuan Peng (China)
Elizabeth Pinyan Guo (England)
Adam Tarko (Poland)
Khloe Wu (Canada)
Taylor Xing (Canada)
Aria Zhao (United States of America)
- Jacqueline Wang (Australia)
Second category (12-15 years):
Jacob Cai (Canada)
Ester Ferrario (Italy)
Benedykt Heszen (Poland)
Deni Kokhanovskii (Russia)
Luca Newman (England)
Gabriele Rizzo (Italy)
Dillon Sze-Pui Chan (Australia)
Adriana Vasilski (Germany)
Zuzanna Wojdak (Poland)
- Martina Meola (Italy)
Third category (15-18 years old):
Kenneth Chen (Canada)
Ivan Chepkin (Russia)
Franciszek Gąsieniec (Poland)
Victor Kruel (Brazil)
Yulia Nakashima (Japan // South Korea)
Marcin Saja (Poland)
Christina Sung (United States of America // South Korea)
Sunny Ritter (Canada // Austria)
Jarmin Weng (Canada)
Kongyan Xin (China)
- Deva Mira Sperandio (Spain // Switzerland)
28 March 2025 // Auditorio Stelio Molo // 7 PM
Arrival of participants ;
Organization and planning // 11:00 AM at the Hotel Continental
Inauguration concert given by the piano legend Martha Argerich, jury president of the Jeune Chopin Competition, Mischa Maisky, Martín García García, Cédric Pescia, Alberto Nosè and Magdalena Hirsz at Auditorio Stelio Molo.
The programme:
Martha Argerich
Frédéric Chopin : Préludes op.28
Magdalena Hirsz
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas op.67 et op.68
Martha Argerich et Magdalena Hirsz
Claude Debussy : Six Epigraphes Antiques, 4 hands
Alberto Nosè
Frédéric Chopin : Nocturne en do op.48 no 1, Ballade en fa mineur op. 52 no 4
Cédric Pescia
J. S. Bach : Suite Française en Sol majeur no 5 BWV 816
Martin Garcia Garcia
Frédéric Chopin : Impromptu Op. 51 No. 3 in G-flat major
Impromptu Op. 29 No. 1 in A-flat major
Impromptu Op. 36 No. 2 in F-sharp major
Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 in C-sharp minor
Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky
Frédéric Chopin : Introduction et polonaise brillante in C major, Op.3
Tickets can be bought online here
The concert will feature a recital given on the original, period 1848 Pleyel piano and Kawai-Shigeru concert piano.
29th of March 2025 // Auditions of the Category I.
13h00 Adam Tarko, Poland, 23.04.2013
13h20 Jacqueline Wang, Australie, 1.11.2014
13h40 Khloe Wu, Canada, 02.03.2015
14h00 Taylor Xing, Canada, 09.02.2014
14h20 Aria Zhao, United States of America, 31.10.2013
PAUSE – 10 minutes
14h50 Yuliana Beziazychna, Ukraine, 09.12.2013
15h10 Katherine Hibbs, Switzerland // Singapore, 19.04.2013
15h30 Keshav Krishnan, India // Kingdom of the Netherlands, 06.09.2013
15h50 Antonio Pavan, Italy, 10.09.2013
16h10 Siyuan Peng, China, 15.06.2012
16h30 Elizabeth Pinyan Guo, United Kingdom, 21.04.2013
INTERMISSION (15 min )
AUDITIONS OF THE CATEGORY III :
17h00 Marcin Saja, Poland, 17.01.2007
17h15 Deva Mira Sperandio, Spain // Switzerland, 14.08.2007
17h30 Christina Sung, United States of America // South Korea, 28.05.2010
17h45 Jarmin Weng, Canada, 18.06.2007
18h00 Kongyan Xin, China, 26.11.2008
18h15 Kenneth Chen, Canada, 03.12.2008
18h30 Ivan Chepkin, Russia, 05.01.2008
18h45 Franciszek Gąsieniec, Poland, 28.03.2008
19h00 Victor Kruel, Brasil, 28.04.2008
19h15 Yulia Nakashima, Japan // South Korea, 18.12.2009
19h30 the end of auditions
20h00 – the announcement of the results for the Category III
30th of March 2025 // Auditions of the Category II.
13h00 Gabriele Rizzo, Italy, 27.09.2009
13h20 Adriana Vasilski, Germany, 08.02.2012
13h40 Zuzanna Wojdak, Poland, 07.07.2011
14h00 Jacob Cai, Canada, 18.06.2011
14h20 Dillon Sze-Pui Chan, Australia, 21.10.2012
PAUSE – 10 minutes
14h50 Ester Ferrario, Italy, 15.05.2010
15h10 Benedykt Heszen, Poland, 09.04.2009
15h30 Deni Kokhanovskii, Russia, 26.05.2010
15h50 Luca Newman, England, 07.01.2010
16h10 Martina Meola, Italy, 28.11.2012
INTERMISSION
18h30 – 20h30 : Five candidates of the Category III
All the auditions will be held at the Auditorio Stelio Molo.
31 March 2025 // Auditorio Stelio Molo // 7 PM
Concert & Closing Gala of the IIIrd International Piano Competition Jeune Chopin // AWARDS
The jury of the international piano competition, Jeune Chopin, led by the virtuoso piano note Martha Argerich, will open the closing ceremony of the competition. The results will be revealed, prizes will be awarded and after a short interval a sumptuous banquet of classical music will begin. That night will belong to virtuosity, piano art and the most creative interpretations of Frédéric Chopin’s music.
Institut Frédéric Chopin en Suisse have co-organized with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw special prizes for the laureates of the competition, among them a concert tour in Poland and special recitals in the house, where Chopin was born (Żelazowa Wola).
Prize winners will be invited to take part in the annually-organized renowned masterclasses in the Radziejowice palace in Poland and to perform at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Concert hall in Lausanne.