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Ettlingen International Piano Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Biennial international piano competition for children and young pianists in two age categories, held in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe since 1988. Entry is by online application with audio recordings; it is an EMCY member competition.
- Organiser
- Town of Ettlingen
- Instruments
- Piano
- Category
- Solo piano
- Age limits
- Category A: up to about 15 (2026: born after 1 August 2010); Category B: up to about 22 (2026: born after 1 August 2003)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online via the competition portal with form, portrait photo and mp3 audio recordings; application fee EUR 50 plus participation fee EUR 160 for admitted candidates (2026).
Rounds & time limits
- Category A: one round, 20–25 min
- Category B Round 1: 15–20 min
- Category B Round 2: 30–40 min
Repertoire
Category A (one round): an etude (Czerny, Chopin or Liszt), a movement of a Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven sonata and free works. Category B: round 1 with a Haydn sonata first movement, a Bach prelude and fugue (WTC), an etude and a free piece; round 2 with a Classical sonata (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert), Romantic works and works from Impressionism to the present. All from memory.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Robert Benz (chair, Germany)
- Susumu Aoyagi (Japan)
- Reinhard Becker (Germany)
- Roland Krüger (Germany)
- Yong Kyu Lee (South Korea)
- Kristin Merscher (Germany)
- Eliane Reyes (Belgium)
- Catherine Vickers (Canada)
- Mikhail Voskresenskii (Russia/USA)
Prizes
- Category A: EUR 3,000 / 1,500 / 1,000 / 750 / 600
- Category B: EUR 6,000 / 3,000 / 1,500 / 1,250 / 1,000
- Encouragement prizes, Haydn Prize (B), EMCY special prize
Past editions
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source