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Watch our pianists compete for the chance to join the legendary Leeds lineage of prize-winners – Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, Lars Vogt, Sunwook Kim, and more recently Anna Tsybuleva, Eric Lu and Alim Beisembayev. Applications for the 2024 Competition have now CLOSED!
65 pianists from 18 countries announced for the First Round of the 2024 Competition, selected after a record number of applications. New measures implemented to tackle the long-standing issue of male dominance in the piano world, including blind judging in the selection process and unconscious-bias training for jury members.
May 15, 2024 · 11-21 September 2024, Leeds and Bradford. The Leeds International Piano Competition today [15 May 2024] unveils the 24 pianists advancing to the Second Round of the 2024 Competition. Selected from a pool of outstanding 20-29-year-old talents from all over the world who took part
Since its inception in 1963, the Leeds International Piano Competition has been a trailblazer among international music competitions and has shaped the world of classical piano. With the BBC broadcasting the competition since 1966 on television and radio, its impact has reached far and wide.
Alim Beisembayev won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in September 2021, performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Manze.
The Leeds International Piano Competition is one of the world’s greatest music events, and is admired and respected by pianists and audiences around the globe.
The Leeds International Piano Competition - one of the foremost classical music competitions in the world – has begun. Sixteen cities around the world – including New York, Berlin and Seoul - will host the virtual first round, with 62 pianists from 28 countries competing.
