Leeds International Piano Competition

The Leeds International Piano Competition and Leeds Piano Trail - celebrating the piano with passion since 1963! | 11-21 September 2024

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024 is...

JAEDEN IZIK-DZURKO! 🥇

🥈 Junyan Chen
🥉 Khanh Nhi Luong
4th Prize Kai-Min Chang
5th Prize Julian Trevelyan

#LeedsPiano24

[The Yehudi Menuhin School @MenuhinSchool]

Tonight! Hear @leedspiano and BBC Radio 3 #NewGenerationArtist Alim Beisembayev perform a showstopping solo piano programme of pieces by Chopin, Scarlatti, Ravel, Liszt & Eleanor Alberga... https://t.co/3BL6w7TJbD

#SHIMF2025 #AlimBeisembayev #MenuhinHall #BBCRadio3

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

🎹 The moment before the win.

Sofya Gulyak in the final bars of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 — Leeds 2009.

The first woman to ever take the title.

🔥 Watch the full performance now: link in bio
#SofyaGulyak #LeedsPiano #Brahms #ClassicalMusic #PianoConcerto

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

🎼 Schoenberg’s Op. 11 was one of the first truly atonal piano works.⁠
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And in 1972, a young Mitsuko Uchida brought it to life in the semi-finals of The Leeds.

📽️ This footage is incredibly rare. A glimpse of one of the world’s most revered pianists beginning their journey.

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🎹 POV: You hit Level 10 piano and Tchaikovsky unlocks the final boss.

Viktoria Postnikova speed-runs the 3rd movement like it’s nothing 🔥

1966 Leeds Piano Comp final. Sir Charles Groves + @liverpoolphil

#LeedsPiano #Tchaikovsky #FinalBossMusic #OctaveChallenge

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

🎉 Four of our incredible @LeedsPiano Prizewinners are heading to @wigmore_hall this Autumn/Winter!

🌟 Alim Beisembayev (2021 Gold)
🌟 Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (2024 Gold)
🌟 Junyan Chen (2024 Silver)
🌟 Khanh Nhi Luong (2024 Bronze)

🎫 Tickets on sale Wed 23 April, 10am!

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Cllr. Salma Arif to the Board of Trustees at The Leeds!⁠
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A true champion for culture and community in Leeds, Salma brings amazing energy and experience to the team.⁠
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👉 Tap the link in bio to read the full announcement!⁠

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

Khanh Nhi Luong is coming back to Yorkshire! 🎹

Relive her electrifying semi-final - a blazing finale to Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major.

Watch the full performance on our Media Hub - link in bio.

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

https://t.co/SbfZMlBir1

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🎹 A warm Yorkshire welcome (no, not for the sun) but for The Leeds Bronze Medalist Khanh Nhi Luong!

11 June, 7:30PM @ Kings Hall, Ilkley 💘

🎼 From Beethoven & Schubert to Brahms & vibrant Vietnamese folk by Dang Huu Phuc 🇻🇳

🎟️ Code LIPC2 = Leeds discount!
🎫 Tickets in bio

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

We can't wait to welcome Sir Stephen Hough back to Leeds this evening!

[Leeds International Concert Season @LeedsConcerts]

We've just released a few tickets to tonight's concert
@LeedsMusicDrama with @houghhough, they won't last long so don't miss out!🎵

Stephen performs music by Cécile Chaminade, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and his own Sonata Nostalgica.🎹

Book now >> https://t.co/GoUZ6Hq8JJ

[Leeds International Concert Season @LeedsConcerts]

We've just released a few tickets to tonight's concert
@LeedsMusicDrama with @houghhough, they won't last long so don't miss out!🎵

Stephen performs music by Cécile Chaminade, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and his own Sonata Nostalgica.🎹

Book now >> https://t.co/GoUZ6Hq8JJ

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

Beethoven 🥹 🎶

Here is Kai-Min Chang performing Beethoven Concerto No. 4 in G major at The Leeds 2024 finals.

Performed with @liverpoolphil and @DGarciaHindoyan

Watch the full Concerto: https://t.co/3MfN7VqRor

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Recital Programme:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Keyboard Sonata, H 186
Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No 3, BWV 814
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No 28, Op 101
Amy Beach Variations on Balkan Themes

Last few tickets: https://t.co/WXwSLx9t5X

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

We cannot wait to welcome Junyan Chen—Winner of the Second Prize, Marion Thorpe Silver Medal, Alexandra Dariescu Award, and Yaltah Menuhin Award—back to Leeds this evening! 🎹

As part of @LeedsConcerts, Junyan will perform a recital at the @LeedsMusicDrama at 7:30 PM.

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

Come hear our Silver Medal Winner @junysnchenpianist play on our Piano Trail in @victorialeeds_ at 11:00 on the 12th of February, the morning after her Leeds International Piano Series recital at Leeds Conservatoire! 🎹🎶🤩

#leedspianotrail #leedspiano

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

Relive Jaeden's wonderful recital at the Fondation Louis Vuitton for a recital blending Slavic Romanticism with the brilliant complexity of Rachmaninov's First Piano Sonata and Ravel’s Miroirs. 🎹

Broadcast on @medicitv 📺

https://t.co/uzxmwb0Qx6

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"It did feel like a family at the Leeds International Piano Competition." 🥰

Lovely interview in the @yorkshirepost with Junyan Chen!

https://t.co/I2jd1WtmvS

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

We're filling the city with music and colour on Monday 20 January! 🎶 @LeedsMind @LeedsBID

The Leeds Piano Trail pianos will be out all day and there are live performances in Leeds Bus Station 1 – 3pm.

Come and join us!

[Leeds International Piano Competition @leedspiano]

A lovely write-up from Kew Gardens about our beautiful piano planters! Made possible by their support via the Grow Wild Community Programme 🌱 🎹

https://t.co/dCaNUfNeC4

[Ruth Kelsey @ruthiehelen3]

Thank you @kathystott for such a wonderful and warm farewell to Leeds. Such rich and varied #musicalpostcards - I'm still reeling from that last piece!! An evening that'll live long in the memory.🎹🎶❤️ @leedspiano @LeedsMusicDrama @LeedsConcerts