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Here are the 85 names of the participants of the 19th Chopin Competition

The preliminary rounds of the 19th Chopin Competition concluded on 4 May at the Warsaw Philharmonic after 12 days of daily auditions.

5/6/2025 · NEW

12 days of Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition are behind us!

Today, at 8 PM in the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic, the last participant of the Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition performed. After their recital, the Jury, chaired by Professor Piotr Paleczny, began deliberations. In just two days (May 6, 2025), we will find out which pianists will return to Warsaw in less than five months to compete for the title of winner of the 19th Chopin Competition. 

5/4/2025 · NEW

On Fryderyk's childhood and youth in Warsaw. The Chopin Podcast

Warsaw is the city of Fryderyk's childhood and youth. Chopin's parents ran a boarding school for boys in the capital, so little Freddie had many opportunities to get to know its streets, backstreets and palaces.

5/3/2025 · NEW

On 6 May, the results of the Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition will be announced!

On 6 May, 2025 at 10:30 a.m., a press conference will be held at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw to announce the list of names of pianists qualified to participate in the 19th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in October.     

4/29/2025 · NEW

Chopin at the Museum

The time of the Preliminaries to the 19th Chopin Competition is a good time to visit museums dedicated to the composer. The Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw and the The Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin and Park in Żelazowa Wola are hosting temporary exhibitions, as well as piano recitals, lectures and classes for the youngest music lovers. 

4/28/2025 · NEW

The collection of accessories promoting the 19th Chopin Competition

The collection of accessories promoting the 19th Chopin Competition is available for sale online and at stationary locations - in museum stores in Warsaw and Żelazowa Wola, at Chopin Airport and at the Warsaw Philharmonic, during the Preliminaries.  

4/27/2025 · NEW

The Preliminary Round and the Chopin’s Method

'Chopin speaks little and seldom about his art; but when he does speak of it, he does so with remarkable clarity and confidence in his judgments, which could dispel any heresy, if only he chose to speak plainly. Yet he prefers the private realm, expressing himself truly only through his piano. Still, he promises to write a method that would reveal not only his craft, but also his artistic doctrine. Will he keep his word.'

4/26/2025 · NEW

Sponsors and partners of the Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition

Thanks to the involvement of Sponsors and Partners, we hope to meet the challenges that accompany the event. We are delighted that already during the Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition you have wished to be a part of it and support us in sharing your musical emotions. 

4/25/2025 · NEW

The Preliminaries to the 19th Chopin Competition have begun!

Today, at 10 a.m., in the Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic, a pianist from Japan began the Preliminaries for the 19th Chopin Competition with his recital. Until May 4, we will hear more than 160 pianists performing approximately 30-minute recitals, the program of which will include the etudes, nocturnes, scherzos and mazurkas of Fryderyk Chopin listed in the Rules of the event. 

4/23/2025

Preliminaries for the 19th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition begin tomorrow!

Auditions will take place from 23 April to 4 May at the Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic, daily in two sessions: a morning session from 10:00 a.m. and an afternoon session from 5:00 p.m. 

4/22/2025

Audition schedule for the Preliminaries to the 19th Chopin Competition

The audition schedule for the Preliminaries to the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition

3/7/2025

We know the names of 171 participants in the Preliminaries of the 19th Chopin Competition!

171 artists from 28 countries!

3/4/2025