Jury votes 2025
In the document link below you can see how the jury voted in 2025:
News
Final
This week has been an international celebration of piano music culminating today with a wonderful final concert that was broadcasted live on Danish Radio P2.
Four finalists from age category 16-21 performed with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and conductor Anna Skryleva and the three prizewinners from age cateory 11-15 perfomed a solo piece. We are happy to present the results of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025:
Age category 11-15:
1st Prize (10000 euros): Tianlang Xu, Canada
2nd Prize (5000 euros): Yangting Wang, China
3rd Prize (2500 euros): Yong-En Teng, Taiwan
Carl Nielsen Prize (3500 euros): Yong-En Teng, Taiwan
Age category 16-21:
1st Prize (15000 euros): Ziye Tao, China
2nd Prize (10000 euros): Takuma Onodera, Japan
3rd Prize (5000 euros): Shuailin Li, China
4th Prize (2500 euros): Leyu Xu, China
Carl Nielsen Prize (3500 euros): Ziye Tao, China
EMCY Prize: Takuma Onodera, Japan
Audience Prize (1500 euros): Nora Lubbadová, Czech Republic
Result, Age 11-15, Final
Here is the result of the Final in age category 11-15 of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.
Congratulations to the 3 pianists who are prize winners and will perform tomorrow at the final concert: https://pianocompetition.dk/programme/final-concert/
Here it will also be announced how the prizes are distributed.
The following pianists are prize winners of AIPC 2025:
Yong-En Teng, Taiwan
Yangting Wang, China
Tianlang Xu, Canada
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Result, Age 16-21, Semifinal
Here is the result of the Semifinal in age category 16-21 of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.
Congratulations to all the pianists who will continue to the Final and play together with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra on saturday March 15: https://pianocompetition.dk/programme/final-concert/
The following pianists will continue to Final:
Shuailin Li
Takuma Onodera
Ziye Tao
Leyu Xu
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Result, Age 11-15, 1st round
Here is the result of the First round in age category 11-15 of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.
Congratulations to all the wonderful pianists playing in First round and congratulations to the pianists who will continue to the final, friday March 14. See the programme here: https://pianocompetition.dk/programme/friday/
The following pianists will continue to the final:
Oliver Hak, Poland
Junye Huang, China
Shan Jiang, China
Nora Lubbadová, Czech Republic
Sunny Ritter, Canada
Yong-En Teng, Taiwan
Yangting Wang, China
Zimu Wei, China
Tianlang Xu, Canada
Linda Yuan, Germany
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Result, Age 16-21, 1st round
Here is the result of the First round in age category 16-21 of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.
Congratulations to all the wonderful pianists who will continue to the semifinal thursday March 13. See the programme here: https://pianocompetition.dk/programme/thursday/
The following pianists will continue to the semifinal:
Liia Kopylova, Israel / Russia
Songawn Kwon, South Korea
Shuailin Li, China
Caden Lin, USA
Takuma Onodera, Japan
Jacob Rockower, USA
Ildikó Rozsonits, Hungary
Ziye Tao, China
Marvin Maung Tint, Germany
Boyang Wu, China
Leyu Xu, China
Hanlang Zhang, China
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Participants 2025
We are happy to announce the names of the 42 pianists, who have been selected to take part in Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025 by the preselection jury.
We are looking forward to welcoming all 42 pianists to Aarhus and to give them an unforgettable experience as they make new friends with fellow pianists from around the globe, play concerts around Denmark, have photo shoots with a professional photographer, go to dinner parties, and compete for the attractive prizes.
The 42 pianists who will take part in Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025 are:
CATEGORY A (11-15 years)
Angela Chen, Italy
Yunen Gu, Canada
Oliver Hak, Poland
Junye Huang, China
Ryan Huang, Canada
Pei-Heng Jiang, China
Shan Jiang, China
Geonho Kim, South Korea
Tian Liang, Australia
Nora Lubbadová, Czech Republic
Sunny Ritter, USA
Bennet So, Australia
Sona Tamura, Japan
Yi-Wei Tao, China
Yong-En Teng, Taiwan
Yangting Wang, China
Zimu Wei, China
Tianlang Xu, China
Linda Yuan, Germany
Danita Zhang, Canada
CATEGORY B (16-21 years)
Eivind Lauvold Bertheussen, Norway
Yi Ting Liana Cheng, Hong Kong
Emil Dalgaard, Denmark
Sophus Elmark, Denmark
Yingzi Fan, China
Liia Kopylova, Israel
Songawn Kwon, South Korea
Shuailin Li, China
Brian Lin, USA
Caden Lin, USA
Takuma Onodera, Japan
Jacob Rockower, USA
Ildikó Rozsonits, Hungary
Lehan Shen, China
Lin Shen, China
Ziye Tao, China
Marvin Maung Tint, Germany
Boyang Wu, China
Emily Wu, Taiwan
Leyu Xu, China
Hanlang Zhang, China
Shuhang Zhao, China
252 young pianists applied for AIPC 2025
This year 252 young pianists from all around the globe applied for Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.
We are proud of this great number!
The members of our preselection jury are:
Emil Gryesten (Denmark)
Caroline Hong (USA)
Markus Schirmer (Austria)
Right now they are doing the big work to find the 42 pianists, who will be invited to come to Aarhus next year. We will know the results in December - stay tuned!
Application Form 2025 is open!
Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025 announced
We are pleased to announce the 7th Aarhus International Piano Competition For Young Pianists.
The competition will take place March 7 - March 15 2025 in Aarhus, Denmark.
Read more about Schedule, Age Categories, Prizes and more in the menu Information 2025
Jury votes 2023
In the document link below you can see how the jury voted in 2023:
Prize Winners 2023
Category A:
1st prize: Kai Rong Toby Tan, Singapore
2nd prize: Yuhe Jin, China
3rd prize: Yuri Yasui, Japan
Carl Nielsen Prize: Kai Rong Toby Tan, Singapore
Category B:
1st prize: Simon Haje, Germany
2nd prize: Valdemar Wenzel Most, Denmark
3rd prize: Emir Ilgen, Turkey
4th prize: Elias Ackerley, United Kingdom
Carl Nielsen Prize: Valdemar Wenzel Most, Denmark
Other prizes:
Audience Prize: Rune Leicht Lund, Denmark
EMCY Prize: Simon Haje, Germany
Result, category A, 2nd round
Here is the result of the final round in category A of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. A huge congratulations to the three prizewinners who will perform at the final concert tomorrow. At the final concert the prizes will be announced. We are looking forward to hearing you again.
Buy tickets here: https://www.aarhussymfoni.dk/koncert/aipc-2023/
The prizewinners are:
Yuhe Jin, China
Kai Rong Toby Tan, Singapore
Yuri Yasui, Japan
Result, category B, 2nd round
Here is the result of the second round in category B of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. A huge congratulations to the four pianists who will perform in the final round. We are looking forward to hearing you again with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Buy tickets here: https://www.aarhussymfoni.dk/koncert/aipc-2023/
The finalists are:
Elias Ackerley, United Kingdom
Simon Haje, Germany
Emir Ilgen, Turkey
Valdemar Wenzel Most, Denmark
Result, category A, 1st round
Here is the result of the first round in category A of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. A huge congratulations to all the pianists who continue to the second round. We are looking forward to hearing you again.
The following pianists will play in the second round:
Yuhe Jin, China
Megan Lo, Canada
Zichen Ma, China
Sehyeok Son, South Korea
Kai Rong Toby Tan, Singapore
Ivaylo Vassilev, Bulgaria
Ryan Wang, Canada
Jiayou Xu, China
Yuri Yasui, Japan
Yiran Zhou, China
Result, category B, 1st round
Here is the result of the first round in category B of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. A huge congratulations to all the pianists who continue to the second round. We are looking forward to hearing you again.
The following pianists will play in the second round:
Elias Ackerley, United Kingdom
Simon Haje, Germany
Emir Ilgen, Turkey
Jonas Emtkjær Jensen, Denmark
Yu Wei Lee, Taiwan
Sherri Hoi-Ching Lun, Hong Kong
Rune Leicht Lund, Denmark
Valdemar Wenzel Most, Denmark
Leah Nicholson, United Kingdom
Yoka Saito, Japan
Reuben Tsang, Australia
Ruogu Wen, China
Ballot
AIPC 2023 is ready for takeoff! Yesterday all 42 participants arrived and the ballot established the order of playing. It was a wonderful day. Welcome to everyone!
Tonight: Opening concert.
Tomorrow: Competition start. If you are not in Aarhus, you can watch our live stream on our website.
Participants 2023
We are happy to publish the names of the 42 young and talented pianists, who will take part in Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. In November we recieved an overwhelming 214 applications, and the preselection jury chose the 42 pianists listed below based on anonymized audio recordings only. We look forward to welcome all participants to Aarhus and to experience their fantastic piano playing.
Pianists in age category A
Kenneth Chen, Canada
Alejandro Gonzalez Gerwig, Germany
Seokyoung Hong, South Korea
Yuhe Jin, China
Julia Kaufmann, Germany
Dayou Kim, South Korea
Yu Tung Liang, Taiwan
Megan Lo, Canada
Zichen Ma, China
Elisabeth Namchevadze, Germany
Can Sarac, Turkey
Sehyeok Son, South Korea
Kai Rong Toby Tan, Singapore
Ivaylo Vassilev, Bulgaria
Ryan Wang, Canada
Yinqi Wang, China
Jiayou Xu, China
Yuri Yasui, Japan
Yiran Zhou, China
Adam Znamirovsky, Czech Republic
Pianists in age category B
Elias Ackerley, United Kingdom
Jun Chen, China
Simon Haje, Germany
Nicolai Kanha Kehlet Hansen, Denmark
Emir Ilgen, Turkey
Jonas Hasager Emtkjær Jensen, Denmark
Yu Wei Lee, Taiwan
Seo Jun Lim, South Korea
Sherri Hoi-Ching Lun, Hong Kong
Rune Leicht Lund, Denmark
Valdemar Wenzel Most, Denmark
Leah Nicholson, United Kingdom
Ji Gang Park, South Korea
Keona Rose, USA
Kamila Sacharzewska, Poland
Yuanzhen Sun, China
Reuben Tsang, Australia
Yiguo Wang, China
Ruogu Wen, China
Hon Yu Wong, Australia/Hong Kong
Ruby Wu, China
Yuxuan Zhao, China
Preliminary round
214 young pianists from all over the world have applied to take part in Aarhus International Piano Competition 2023. We are overwhelmed and thankful that so many young pianists want to perform in Aarhus!
All files have now been carefully checked and completely anonymized; files renamed, tags removed, and so on.
Everything is now passed on to the preliminary jury who will select the 42 pianists who will be invited to come to Aarhus in March 2023.
We wish the best of luck to all the pianists and we hope to see you in Aarhus.
We are expecting to have a result from the preliminary jury in December and we will notice all applicants immediately after, and no later than December 15th 2022.