PIANO COMPETITION CALENDAR

2025

The AAF member competitions that are scheduled for this year are listed below.
If you have joined us as an AAF member, you can download a more complete calendar,
including also many competitions that are not affiliated with AAF.

(N.B.: when preceded by a tilde ('~'), it means that the information is uncertain.
It was taken from the last competition, and might have changed.)
Y: indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (aged not over 22).
+Y: indicates an additional category (categories) with even lower age limits.

Period Appl. date Place (country) 'Name' (Fed.) (AAF) Age limit First prize
2025
January [~26 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' (AAF) all ages ~ € 3844
January [~25 Nov] Singapore (sing) 'SIPC' (AAF) ~16-32 ~ € 654
6 - 12 January [ 4 Nov] Tempe (AZ) (usa) 'Bösendorfer' (AAF) 19-32 € 15123
6 - 12 January [ 4 Nov] Tempe (AZ) (usa) 'Yamaha' (AAF) 16-18 +Y € 5041
9 - 11 January [31 Aug] Utrecht (hol) 'Liszt / von Weber [1st stage]' (Fed.) (AAF) 19-29 € 25000
23 - 31 January [30 Nov] Thessaloniki (gr) 'Giorgos Thymis' (Fed.) (AAF) 0-30 € 5000
February [~24 Nov] Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' (AAF) ~16-25 ~ € 5000
February [~2 Jan] Hong Kong (hk) 'HK IMCA' (AAF) 18 and up +Y
8 - 15 February [24 Sep] Graz (a) 'Schubert - 20th Century' (Fed.) (AAF) [Piano Duo] 0-35 ~ € 13500
15 - 23 February [20 Dec] Grosseto (it) 'Scriabin' (AAF) ~0-36 ~ € 9000
18 - 22 February [20 Nov] Düsseldorf (frg) 'Schumann' (AAF) 18-20 +Y € 5000
26 Feb - 9 Mar [~1 Nov] Amsterdam (hol) 'YPF - Egorov' (AAF) 0-28 € 15000
March [~28 Feb] Lamporecchio (it) 'Schumann' (AAF) all ages ~ € 3000
March [~10 Mar] Lazise (it) 'Amadeus' (AAF) ~0-35 +Y ~ € 4000
March [~1 Feb] Hartford (CT) (usa) 'Chopin' (AAF) all ages ~ € 1765
March [~30 Dec] Hilversum (hol) 'GIPC' (AAF) ~18-21 +Y ~ € 850
7 - 15 March [15 Nov] Århus (dan) (AAF) 16-21 +Y € 15000
10 - 17 March [~30 Sep] Hilton Head (SC) (usa) (AAF) 18-30 ~ € 13269
21 - 23 March [11 Jan] Kronberg (frg) (AAF) 18-19 +Y € 1000
21 - 30 March [30 Nov] Epinal (f) (Fed.) (AAF) 16-30 € 10000
22 - 30 March [17 Nov] Dortmund (frg) 'Schubert' (Fed.) (AAF) 0-33 € 10000
22 Mar - 3 Apr [13 Dec] Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' (Fed.) (AAF) 17-29 ~ € 25000
27 - 30 March [31 Dec] Lugano (ch) 'Jeune Chopin' (AAF) 0-18 +Y ~ € 4378
April [~15 Feb] Viseu (prt) (AAF) ~0-31 ~ € 9000
April [~1 Mar] Brussels (b) 'Merci Maestro!' (AAF) ~21-25 +Y ~ € 500
April [~22 Mar] Mayenne (f) (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 4000
April [~16 Mar] Trapani (it) 'Domenico Scarlatti' (AAF) ~20-35 +Y ~ € 5000
11 - 21 April [15 Nov] Palm Springs (CA) (usa) 'PSIPC' (AAF) 13-18 Y € 10082
24 Apr - 3 May [~14 Feb] Jaén (esp) (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-32 ~ € 20000
April/May [~31 Mar] Orbetello (it) (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 4000
April/May [~10 Apr] Milano (it) 'C.V. Alkan' (AAF) ~0-30 ~ € 5000
May [~1 Mar] Tel Aviv (isr) 'Scherzo' (AAF) ~16-19 +Y ~ € 882
May [~8 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' (AAF) ~14-16 +Y ~ € 2500
May [~4 May] San Donà di Piave (it) (AAF) ~0-36 +Y ~ € 3000
May [~6 Mar] Sacile (it) 'FVG - 1st phase' (AAF) ~0-32 ~ € 10000
May [~6 Mar] Genthod (Genève) (ch) 'Genève Musicale' (AAF) ~0-18 +Y ~ € 4808
May [~28 Feb] Aci Bonaccorsi (it) 'Amigdala' (AAF) ~0-37 ~ € 2000
5 - 31 May [~4 Dec] Brussels (b) 'Queen Elisabeth' (Fed.) (AAF) ~19-31 ~ € 25000
8 - 11 May [~19 Apr] Sarajevo (bosn) 'Matusja Blum' (AAF) ~0-25 +Y ~ € 250
9 - 16 May [ 1 Nov] Dublin (irl) (Fed.) (AAF) 18-30 € 20000
16 - 24 May [15 Oct] Vienna (a) 'Beethoven' (Fed.) (AAF) 0-32 € 30000
21 May - 7 Jun [16 Oct] Fort Worth (TX) (usa) 'Van Cliburn' (Fed.) (AAF) 18-30 ~ € 94571
24 - 26 May [~28 Feb] Murcia (esp) 'Clamo' (AAF) ~0-36 ~ € 3000
May/June [~19 Apr] Maisons-Laffitte (f) 'Opus Yvelines' (AAF) ~0-32 +Y ~ € 3500
May/June [~20 Apr] Munich (frg) 'Piano Summer' (AAF) ~18-25 +Y
June [~1 Apr] San Jose (CA) (usa) (AAF) ~18-32 +Y ~ € 4728
June [~15 May] Massarosa (it) (AAF) ~0-30 ~ € 5000
June [~20 Apr] Milano (it) 'Piano Talents' (AAF) ~21-23 +Y ~ € 2000
June [~1 Jun] Honolulu (usa) 'Aloha' (AAF) ~18-25 +Y ~ € 882
4 - 14 June [~14 Jan] Valencia (esp) 'José Iturbi' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-36 ~ € 30000
14 - 29 June [23 Oct] Sendai (jpn) (Fed.) (AAF) 0-30 € 21183
24 - 28 June [~15 Apr] Lleida (esp) 'Ricard Viñes' (AAF) 18-32 ~ € 12000
June/July [~31 May] [Online] (serb) 'WPTA' (AAF) all ages
June/July [~15 Apr] Collioure (f) 'Alain Marinaro' (AAF) ~16-25 ~ € 4000
June/July [~30 Apr] Cagnes-sur-Mer (f) 'Samson François' (AAF) ~16-30 +Y ~ € 5000

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Period Appl. date Place (country) 'Name' (Fed.) (AAF) Age limit First prize
July [~3 Jan] Minneapolis (MN) (usa) 'e-piano junior' (AAF) ~0-17 +Y ~ € 5918
July [~15 Feb] Rzeszów (pol) 'Polish Music' (AAF) all ages ~ € 20000
July [~1 Jul] Sibiu (rum) 'Carl Filtsch' (AAF) ~16-31 +Y ~ € 3000
July [~10 Jun] Geilenkirchen (frg) 'Euregio' (AAF) ~18-32 +Y ~ € 6000
July [~8 Apr] Porto (prt) 'Santa Cecilia' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-32 +Y ~ € 30000
July [~1 Apr] Lyon (f) (AAF) ~16-35 ~ € 5000
July [~1 Jun] Granada (esp) 'María Herrero' (AAF) ~19-25 +Y ~ € 1800
July [~15 May] Brussels (b) 'FORTE' (AAF) ~21-25 +Y
July [~10 Jun] Busko-Zdrój (pol) 'Tkaczewski' (AAF) all ages ~ € 658
July/Aug. [~15 Jun] Fort Collins (Colorado) (usa) 'Odyssiad' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 4414
July/Aug. [~15 Jun] Fulda (frg) 'Pianale' (AAF) ~18-30 +Y ~ € 1200
July/Aug. [~15 Jan] Tokyo (jpn) 'Shigeru Kawai' (AAF) ~18-30 ~ € 7689
July/Aug. [~25 Apr] Oberlin (OH) (usa) 'Cooper' (AAF) ~13-18 Y ~ € 17659
July/Aug. [~1 May] New York (NY) [hybrid] (usa) 'GOCAA' (AAF) all ages
August [~30 Jun] Vienna (a) 'Rosario Marciano' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 2000
August [~27 May] Tokyo (jpn) 'PTNA' (AAF) all ages ~ € 10764
August [~9 Jun] Boston (MA) (usa) 'Fou Ts'ong' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 4414
August [~15 May] San Francisco (usa) 'SFIPC' (AAF) ~19-32 +Y ~ € 882
August [~1 Jun] Hong Kong (hk) 'Chopin Memorial' (AAF) ~0-32 +Y ~ € 3399
August [~1 Aug] Los Angeles (CA) [online] (usa) 'Pacific Stars' (AAF) ~19-32 +Y ~ € 2648
27 Aug - 7 Sep [15 May] Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' (Fed.) (AAF) 16-31 € 30000
Aug./Sep. [~14 Jul] Finale Ligure (it) 'Palma d'Oro' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 4500
September [~1 Sep] San Benedetto del Tronto (it) 'La Palma d'Oro' (AAF) ~18-36 ~ € 5000
September [~1 Aug] Marbella (Malaga) (esp) 'Marbella' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 6000
September [~15 Jun] Enna (it) 'F.P. Neglia' (AAF) ~16-36 ~ € 4000
September [~31 Jul] Aachen (frg) 'MozArte' (AAF) ~18-32 ~ € 3000
September [~31 Jul] Sanremo (it) 'Russian Music' (AAF) ~16-32 ~ € 8000
September [~30 Apr] Zhuhai (chn) 'Mozart' (Fed.) (AAF) ~17-23 +Y ~ € 26489
September [~10 Sep] Novara (it) 'Sergio Fiorentino' (AAF) ~0-33 +Y ~ € 2000
5 - 14 September [~31 Mar] Munich (frg) 'ARD' (Fed.) (AAF) ~17-31 ~ € 18000
25 - 28 September [~30 May] Madrid (esp) (AAF) ~16-28 +Y ~ € 5000
29 Sep - 16 Oct [~31 Mar] Hong Kong (hk) 'Hong Kong IPC' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-30 ~ € 22074
Sep./Oct. [~30 Apr] Seregno (it) 'Ettore Pozzoli' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-32 ~ € 15000
October [~10 May] Albuquerque, New Mexico (usa) 'Olga Kern' (Fed.) (AAF) ~18-32 ~ € 13244
October [~7 Jul] Verona (it) (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 10000
October [~1 Oct] Milano (it) 'Piano Lovers' (AAF) [Non professionals] 40 and up ~ € 150
October [~15 Jul] Riga (lat) (AAF) ~19-23 +Y ~ € 1000
October [~10 Sep] Acquaviva delle Fonti (it) 'Giovanni Colafemmina' (AAF) ~0-35 +Y ~ € 5000
October [~6 Sep] Minerbio (it) (AAF) ~0-26 +Y ~ € 1000
1 - 11 October [~1 May] Tbilisi (geor) (Fed.) (AAF) ~16-33 ~ € 17659
2 - 23 October [15 Dec] Warsaw (pol) 'Chopin' (Fed.) (AAF) 16-30 € 60000
16 - 24 October [30 Oct] Calgary (can) 'Honens' (Fed.) (AAF) ~21-31 € 75871
Oct./Nov. [~30 Jun] Eppan (it) (AAF) ~0-28 ~ € 5000
Oct./Nov. [~16 Oct] Kronberg (Frankfurt) (frg) 'Int'l German Piano Award' (AAF) all ages ~ € 20000
November [~15 Jun] Roubaix (f) 'Etoiles du Piano' (AAF) ~18-30 ~ € 20000
November [~9 Oct] Roma (it) 'Chopin' (AAF) ~0-35 +Y ~ € 7000
November [~31 Oct] Budapest (hun) 'Danubia Talents' (AAF) 18 and up +Y ~ € 1000
November [~12 Sep] Valladolid (esp) 'Frechilla-Zuloaga' (AAF) ~0-35 ~ € 12000
November [~1 Oct] Las Rozas (esp) 'Spanish Composers' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-36 ~ € 12000
9 - 23 November [20 Apr] Bydgoszcz (pol) 'Paderewski' (Fed.) (AAF) 16-32 ~ € 30000
24 - 29 November [~25 Sep] Manchester (gb) 'James Mottram' (Fed.) (AAF) ~0-30 ~ € 11973
Nov./Dec. [~1 Nov] Paris (f) 'Animato - Chopin' (AAF) ~16-27 ~ € 5000
December [~22 Nov] Varallo (it) 'Valsesia - Musica' (AAF) ~0-37 ~ € 8000
December [~30 Oct] Lomianki (pol) 'Juliusz Zarebski' (AAF) ~16-27 +Y
December [~16 Nov] Osimo (it) 'Nuova Coppa Pianisti' (AAF) ~16-32 ~ € 2000
December [~15 Nov] Kraainem (b) 'César Franck' (AAF) ~17-21 +Y ~ € 1000
December [~15 Oct] Campillos (esp) (AAF) all ages ~ € 4000
4 - 13 December [~19 May] Bonn (frg) 'Telekom-Beethoven' (Fed.) (AAF) ~18-32 ~ € 50000
6 - 12 December [ 1 Oct] Novi Sad (serb) 'Isidor Bajic' (AAF) 0-35 +Y ~ € 4000

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