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For children and youth under 17 years of age

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New: All participants of the Competition will receive

concert performance opportunities until the end of 2021

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Total Prize Fund CHF 4'000 

Additional special prices:
"The best teacher"
"The price of virtuosity"
"Best Performer of a Swiss Composer" 
"Best performer of a work from the classical period" 
"Best Young Artist"
Scholarships for master classes 
Concert opportunities

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With the biennial Swiss Steinway Piano Competition since 2016

we have been offering children and youth a platform to enjoy an international reputation

and to open doors for young pianists.

 

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Additional to the Competition

STEINWAY MASTERCLASSES

no age limit, all nationalities, also for non-competitors

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New: Extended registration deadline Friday, 31st January 2020

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:

 

 

Live- Preliminary Round in Zurich: Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th March 2020

Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich
 

or (new digital)

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Preliminary Round with Video and Spirio | r Highend sound recording:

Lausanne: Sunday, March 1, 2020 Hug Musique Lausanne

Bern: Sunday, March 8, 2020 Steinway Piano Gallery Bern

 

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Postpone of the digital Preliminary Round 

of Sunday, 22 March 2020 at Musik Hug Zurich

to Sunday, 28 June 2020

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We offer you a new professional Video and Spirio | r Highend sound recording on a Steinway Spirio | r grand piano.

 

 

It is guaranteed an equivalent evaluation by Jury members like the Live-Preliminary Round.

 

 

The jury will then evaluate which participants have been selected as finalists

for the Competition Concert (Final) of Steinway Piano Competition 

 

 

 

COMPETITION CONCERT (FINAL):

 

 

Postpone of the Competition Concert (Final) 

of Saturday, 6th June 2020, at 17:00 O'clock

 to Saturday, 31st October 2020

Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich, Switzerland

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Credo of the association "Unite Classics":

«A competition is a stage that allows you to gain experience, develop yourself further

and consolidate yourself musically, keeping in mind Pierre de Coubertin's wonderful motto:

«The essential is not to win, but to participate».