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International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA
Next edition
- Edition
- 2027
- Dates
- Prescreening 1-22 Oct 2026; Professional Second Round 18 Jan 2027, Final 20 Jan 2027
- Location
- Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music, Kawasaki and other halls in Yokohama
- Registration deadline
- 22 Oct 2026 (noon JST)
- Fee
- JPY 15,000 prescreening; JPY 30,000 second round and JPY 50,000 final for Professional
Source: chopin-asia.com
Overview
Annual competition (28th edition for 2026-27) with a Professional category and numerous solo, concerto and amateur categories. All categories are open to all nationalities; video prescreening followed by hall or video auditions in Japan.
- Organiser
- Executive Committee of the International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA (IMC Music Publisher Ltd. Education Dept.)
- Instruments
- Piano, Piano concerto
- Category
- Solo piano
- Age limits
- Professional category: born 1996-2014; many further age-based solo and concerto categories from preschool to no age limit
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online form and YouTube URL by 22 Oct 2026; prescreening fee JPY 15,000 plus 4% system fee; passport page, biography and recommendation or student certificate by email.
Rounds & time limits
- Video prescreening
- Professional: Second Round (hall) and Final (hall, concerto with string quartet)
- Other categories: prescreening then Final in hall or by video
Repertoire
Professional: etude plus two works for prescreening; full mazurka set and a specified sonata in round 2; Chopin concerto Op. 11 or Op. 21 with string quartet in the final. Age-based lists in other categories; from memory.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Piotr Paleczny (Vice Chair)
- Wojciech Switala
- Philippe Giusiano
- Joanna Domanska
- Magdalena Lisak
- Piotr Banasik
- Szczepan Konczal
- Karolina Nadolska
- Piotr Kenpinski
- Mateusz Borowiak
Prizes
- Professional: Gold JPY 500,000
- Silver JPY 300,000
- Bronze JPY 100,000
- Possible NIFC award
Past editions
Not published on the official pages we could check.Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source