31.10.2024 Events, Music

10th International WroClavile Piano Competition for Amateur Pianists

Amateur pianists are invited to apply for the preliminary stage. Deadline 31st October.

Deadline to apply: 31st October 2024

The International WroClavile Piano Competition is a unique cultural event on the national and European scale. There is no other place in Poland, where amateur pianists – all those who are not students or graduates from professional schools of music in the piano courses and music universities, could confront their skills at the national and international level.

The participants of the WroClavile Competition are amateurs in the strict sense of the term: they are people who have not completed long-term, formalized piano studies, and have never worked as professional pianists. The only reason for them to play the piano is passion for the instrument and classical music in general. These pianists, despite not having studied at musical conservatories, achieve a high level of mastery, far beyond the repertoire of typical primary or secondary music centers.

The WroClavile Competition does not introduce any age restrictions – the participants can be teenagers, as well as non-musician adults.

Preliminaries 2024

Preliminary Auditions Schedule: 

31/10/2024     – registration deadline  

04/11/2024     – payments (registration fee) deadline

10/11/2024     – submission recordings deadline

04/12/2024     – semifinalists announcement 

Semifinals 2025

January – February 2025

Chamber music halls in Europe

(Poland, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic, Hungary and others)

Programme:

Two preludes by William L. Gillock

A piece by Johann Sebastian Bach

Free choice piece

Finals 2025

22nd-24th May 2025

Regional Center of Slavic Culture in Sobótka, Poland

Programme:

Nocturne in romantic style

A piece by a composer from your country

Free choice piece

Find out more about the competition and how to apply:

WroClavile » HOME-en

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