The World of Piano Competitions – issue 1 2025

The World of Piano Competitions is a magazine initiated by PIANIST Magazine (Netherlands and Germany) and its Editor-in-Chief Eric Schoones. Here we get a rich insight into the world of international piano competitions through the eyes of its producers and participants.

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Contents

Spotlight Queen Elisabeth
Nikola Meeuwsen wins the Queen Elisabeth Competition
Showcase of remarkable Piano Talents
A Century of Glory and Grit: The Crucible of Keys
News
WFIMC Piano Competitions on five Continents
Competition Reports
17th Beethoven Competition, Vienna, 16 – 24 May 2025
Preliminary round of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition
5th International Robert Schumann Competition Düsseldorf for Young Pianists
Competition Profiles
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competitions
ARD International Music Competition
International Piano Competition for Young Pianists Kronberg
The Takamatsu International Piano Competition
Les Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes
The fifth Kölner Klavierzimmer
Interviews
Ilya Itin: The Art of Life
Amanda Smith & Jon Kimura Parker: The Complete Artist
Randall Faber: Music is an Adventure

Background

The piano enjoys a tremendous popularity worldwide and has the universal quality to be able to communicate through cultures, history and geographical borders. The value of piano competitions cannot be overestimated in terms of focus on the piano as an instrument and piano playing. The competition industry engages a multiplicity of concerns including hi-end piano manufacturing, media coverage and broadcast, repertoire spotlight and pedagogy, concert and lecture production and not least, career opportunity and exposure for laureates and non-laureates. All this contributes to a richer cultural life and can powerfully promote the aim we all share: to spread the joy and riches of the art of piano playing.

”Piano music, especially live, is incomparable and can be a great source of joy for players and listeners. We all should strive to allow as many people benefit from it as possible. For that, this edition of The World of Piano Competition is an excellent form of encouragement. I hope its message spreads widely! I wish everyone much joy reading it and, later on, attending a concert!”
— Guido Zimmermann, President Steinway & Sons Europe

THE WORLD OF PIANO COMPETITIONS
is published twice a year by PIANIST, as a part of the regular edition, and also worldwide as a separate magazine.

PIANIST (regular edition) is published four times a year in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and Belgium.
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