The preliminary audition of the 13th Competition 2025

PADEREWSKI COMPETITION

THE PRELIMINARY AUDITION of the 13th International Paderewski Piano Competition 2025

The Competition is open to pianists of all nationalities, born between 1993 and 2007.

The following pianists are barred from the Competition:

pianists who over the last three years (since October 1^st, 2022) were regular students of a Juror in any school or academy of music,
pianists who over the last three years (since October 1^st, 2022) took additional private classes with a Juror,
pianists who are Juror ‘s relatives.

The above restrictions shall not apply to pianists who attended sporadically masterclasses held by a Juror, also online.

The Competition is organized to commemorate Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a remarkable pianist, virtuoso, composer, politician and statesman.

RULES of the 13th COMPETITION

THE PRELIMINARY AUDITION of the 13th International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz shall take place in May – June 2025 in the following cities:

a) WARSAW – May 21st-23rd, 2025
KAWAI Poland Showroom Warsaw
Stock Exchaneg S.A building (entrance C with KAWAI’s logo)
Książęca Street No. 4, 00-498 Warsaw, Poland
b) SACILE – May 27th-29th, 2025
Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile
Fazioli Pianoforti S.p.A.
Via Ronche, 47, 33077 Sacile PN, Italy
c) SEUL – June 3rd-4th, 2025
Spielenhaus and Spielen Art Hall
301, Geumjeong Building, 304 Banpo-daero
Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
d) TOKIO – June 6th-7th, 2025
Yamaha Artist Service Tokyo
Yamaha Ginza Building Annex
Ginza 7-10-14, Chuo-ku, Tokyoo 104-0061, Japan
e) SHANGHAI – June 9th-10th, 2025
Yamaha Music & Electronics (China) Co., Ltd.
2F, Yunhedasha, 1818 Xinzha-lu, Jingan-qu, Shanghai, P.R China
上海市静安区新闸路1818号云和大厦1-3楼
f) NEW YORK – June 17th -18th, 2025
Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
689 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor, (entrance on 54th St.) New York, NY 10022, USA
g) VIENNA – JUNE 24th-26th, 2025
Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH
Schleiergasse 20, 1100 Vienna, Austria

* The order of performances will be arranged alphabetically. The organizer reserves the right to choose the date of the preselection.

REPERTOIRE FOR PRELIMINARY AUDITIONS (maximum – 30 minutes)

Each competitor of preliminary auditions shall perform:

a) 2 virtuoso etudes (one of them by F. Chopin);

b) the first or more movements of a classical sonata (yet always inclusively with the first movement);

c) one or two works of competitor’s choice, in different character, but not from the classical period.

ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES

A pianist who on some well substantiated grounds proves he/she is incapable of participating in the Preliminary Auditions shall receive the approval of the Competition Office to send the recording presenting the Preliminary Auditions repertoire by June 15th, 2025 at the e-mail of the Paderewski Music Association in Bydgoszcz – info@paderewskicompetition.pl.

NOTICE:

The recording shall present the performance of the pianist’s hands, his/her whole silhouette and right profile; it shall be taken with one camera, without any editing.

To improve sound quality the use of external microphones is advised. The recording shall be signed by the applicant and its authenticity must be confirmed by the pianist’s recent professor or other known musician. Said confirmation shall also contain a telephone number, facilitating – if need be – direct contact.