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Honens International Piano Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Piano-only competition in Calgary, Canada, with a multi-stage process that includes applications, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals with orchestra and quintet. Applications are judged on programming, experience relative to age and reference letters.
- Organiser
- Honens (Canadian registered charity No. 13023 8975 RR0001)
- Instruments
- Piano
- Category
- Solo piano
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Quarterfinals: 40-minute recital and 10-minute interview
- Semifinals I: 60-minute recital
- Semifinals II: 65-minute solo/collaborative recital
- Finals I: piano quintet, followed by a 30-minute interview
- Finals II: concerto with orchestra (no time limit stated)
Repertoire
Quarterfinals: self-programmed. Semifinals I: self-programmed recital including at least one work by an under-represented composer. Semifinals II: includes a commissioned eight-minute work by Iman Habibi and two cello-and-piano works from a prescribed list. Finals I: piano quintet from a prescribed list with the Isidore String Quartet. Finals II: any piano concerto composed after 1791, with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Gold Laureate: CAD 100,000; Silver: CAD 40,000; Bronze: CAD 20,000; Audience Choice Award: CAD 5,000; Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: CAD 5,000; seven semifinalists: CAD 2,500 each (page asterisk unexplained).
Past editions
- 2025 — Calgary, Alberta (semifinal and final rounds, October 16 to 24, 2025; quarterfinals in Berlin and New York) source
Gold Laureate: Elisabeth Pion; Silver Laureate: Carter Johnson; Bronze Laureate: Anastasia Vorotnaya
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source