Audition schedule for the Preliminaries to the 19th Chopin Competition

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We know now the order of the performances in the Preliminaries of the 19th Chopin Competition!

The preliminaries for the Chopin Competition will be held in the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic from 23rd April to 4th May 2025, in two sessions: a morning session from 10 a.m. and an afternoon session from 5 p.m.

The pianists will perform ca. 30-minute recitals, presenting selected works by Fryderyk Chopin. From more than 160 artists the Jury of Preliminaries will select around 80 of the best pianists to take part in the October competition.

The 19th edition brought another record in terms of the number of applications. A total of 642 pianists from 54 countries entered the qualifying stage. The most numerous countries represented at the Preliminaries are China (over 60 qualifiers), South Korea, Japan, Poland, Canada and Italy, but we will also hear representatives from countries as far afield as Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia and Uzbekistan.

Auditions for the Preliminaries of the 19th Chopin Competition will be streamed on the Competition website, as well as on Facebook and the Chopin Institute's official YouTube channel.

The audition schedule is available at this link.

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    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.'

    4/25/2025

    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. 

    4/27/2025

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