Watch the Chopin Competition 2025 with us!

With the 19th International Chopin Competition now in its Second Stage – featuring 40 pianists from 14 countries – Piano Street is pleased to unveil an updated version of our popular navigation tool, first launched in 2010, to help you explore this year’s exceptional performances. This year’s competition saw a record 642 applications from 28 countries, leading to 181 contestants who gathered for the Preliminaries at the Warsaw Philharmonic’s Chamber Hall earlier this spring.

With the competition now streamed on multiple platforms in professional 4K quality, its reach is truly global. The most viewed four-hour session from the First Stage has already approached half a million views. It’s clear that Chopin enthusiasts from all over the world are tuning in, eager to hear the composer’s works performed by some of today’s most outstanding young pianists – and to experience the excitement of guessing who might become the next champion of this prestigious event.

At Piano Street, we wanted to make following the competition even more enjoyable and engaging. If you’ve watched some of the Stage I performances, you may have noticed that certain pieces are especially popular among the participants. Leading the list after the Prelimnary round and Stage 1 are the Scherzo in C-sharp minor performed an impressive 89 times the second place is currently a tie between the E-major Scherzo and the “Winterwind” Etude, each performed 51 times. Also, take the chance to explore the contestants choices of instruments which this time include: Bechstein, Fazioli, Kawai, Steinway & Sons and Yamaha.

You find the NEW Chopin Competition tool here >>

On the page we will continually publish all performances, with links to the videos on the Chopin Institute’s Youtube page, as well as links to Chopin’s scores on Piano Street. The list can be sorted according to piece, opus number, performer, in what stage and even on what instrument it was performed. Using this tool, you can quickly find the pieces or pianists that interest you the most and just go on from there!