Jeune Chopin Piano Competition & Music Festival - with Martha Argerich

The Frédéric Chopin Institute in Switzerland is organizing the fourth edition of the International Jeune Chopin Music Festival & Competition for Young Pianists, which will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), in the Auditorio Stelio Molo from 28th to 31st of March 2025.

Martha Argerich will preside over the fourth edition which will be dedicated to the memory of Janusz Olejniczak, Alexis Golovine and the late Maurizio Pollini.

The aim of International Piano Competition Jeune Chopin is to re-discover the music of Frédéric Chopin by young performers from all over the world and present themselves in a front of the greatest, globally-renowned Chopin interpreters, who have been and still are invited to judge at the great Frederic Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. Our competition aims to become a certain bridge leading young interpreters into the stunning yet extremely demanding polish competition.

For two intensive days, on 29th and 30th March, young interpreters will be presenting their virtuosic craftsmanship in front of eyes of the jury members. The aim of International Piano Competition Jeune Chopin is to re-discover the music of Frédéric Chopin by young performers from all over the world and present themselves in a front of the greatest, globally-renowned Chopin interpreters, who have been and still are invited to judge at the great Frederic Chopin International Competition in Warsaw.

Our competition aims to become a certain bridge leading young interpreters into the stunning yet extremely demanding polish competition.

Furthermore the opening concert with the jury members will take place on 28th March and the gala concert on the 31st March.

Chopin's music is a kind of bible for each and every pianist, no matter the proficiency level or development of professional career. By devoting a competition to young musicians who represent the future, we want to implement different approach to this repertoire, which has been mastered by virtuosos all over the world. In particular, we hope that this competition - as a unique event - will bring Chopin's music to a younger audience, one that is far too often oblivious to this repertoire but which can be stimulated by the presence of children and teenagers on stage.

Universal character of Chopin's music is evident today in the multitude of cultural horizons that have made his repertoire their own. His music is thus interpreted through a variety of sensibilities, each originating in different places all around the world.

This "Jeune Chopin" competition is cherishing the honorary patronage of the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Poland (www.nifc.pl), which is responsible, among other things, for organising the famous competition, held every five years in Warsaw. In addition, the venerated pianist Martha Argerich, one of the greatest musical personalities on the international scene and first prize-winner of the VII International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland (1965), has given us her patronage and support.

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