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. The jury, chaired by Professor Piotr Paleczny, selected 66 pianists, who will return to Warsaw in less than five months for the 19th Chopin Competition.  

Additionally, 19 performers have been admitted directly to Stage I of the Competition without going through the preliminaries. These are laureates of selected piano competitions such as competitions in Leeds, Tel Aviv, Miami, Bolzano, Hamamatsu, the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, as well as the Fryderyk Chopin National Piano Competition in Warsaw.
 
In the first stage of the 19th Chopin Competition, we will hear 85 participants from 20 countries. The most represented countries are China, Japan, and Poland.

The names of the participants qualified for the 19th Chopin Competition can be found here.

A record number of 642 pianists from around the world applied for the musical competition held at the turn of 2024 and 2025. Out of them, 171 were admitted to the Preliminary Round based on submitted recordings. Ultimately, 162 participants from 28 countries took part in the Preliminaries.

The official inauguration of the 19th Chopin Competition is scheduled for 2 October. The competition auditions will begin the following day and continue until 20 October. The competition will culminate in an awards gala and a concert by the laureates, which will take place on 21 October at the Great Theatre—National Opera. The winner of the Competition will receive a gold medal and a First Prize of 60,000 euros.

After the Chopin Competition concludes, a months-long concert tour will begin, during which the laureates will perform in prestigious concert halls across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The tour will be organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in collaboration with the Liu Kotow agency.