Coimbra World Piano Meeting

Coimbra World Piano Competition

Coimbra World Piano Competition 2025

The festival will include one International Piano Competition, selecting 3 participants to perform with orchestra:

First Absolute Prize | Special Prize Young Talent | Special Prize Best Portuguese Participant

1) Repertoire

The competition will consist of two rounds:

IMPORTANT: The three categories (main and special prizes) will perform the same stages and repertoire requirements and will be ranked together, but it is OPTIONAL for the candidates to the Young Talent | Best Portuguese Special Prizes to learn one of the Mozart Concerti.

In case one pianist wins both the 1st absolute prize and a special prize (s), he/she will be invited to perform only one of the concerti (chosen by the jury) and the other concerto will be performed by the second best placed candidate in the main category.

Selection round:

Free choice repertoire, which must include:

-One virtuoso Etude of the participant´s own choice, among those of Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev or Ligeti

-A lyrical piece by Chopin or Debussy

The jury will finish the candidate’s audition at the end of the 15th minute, in case the repertoire exceeds this timing.

Final:

6 pianists may be admitted.

Free choice repertoire, which must include:

– One movement of a sonata or a set of Variations by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven.

The jury will finish the candidate’s audition at the end of the 20th minute, in case the repertoire exceeds this timing.

Works performed in the selection round may not be included

Prizewinner Concert:

The absolute winner of the competition must perform with orchestra one of the following concerti by W. A. Mozart:

Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503

The best participant who is 18 years old or younger on the 2nd February 2025 may be invited to perform Beethoven Concerto nr. 1 in C major, if the level is considered appropriate by the jury.

The best portuguese participant (portuguese citizenship included) may be invited to perform Salieri´s Concerto for piano and orchestra in C major, if the level is considered appropriate by the jury.

2) Prizes

1st prize: 600 €

3) Rules

1. Competitors who are not ready to perform when called upon to do so may be disqualified.
2. The Jury retains the right to stop a performance if the competitor exceeds the allotted time.
3. Competitors cannot appeal against the decisions of the Jury.
4. Works must be performed by memory.
5. The jury reserves the right to select less finalists/prizewinners if the level of the performances is below the standard considered appropriate by the jury to perform as soloist with orchestra.

Coimbra World Piano Meeting

Coimbra World Piano Competition