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Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition and Young Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Biennial Australian piano competition with a senior (16-30) and a young (12-16) division, judged first from video then in live first rounds in Sydney, Auckland, Melbourne and Brisbane. Finals are held with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane.
- Organiser
- Lev Vlassenko Piano Academy
- Instruments
- Piano
- Category
- Solo piano
- Age limits
- LVPC ages 16-30; Young Lev Vlassenko (YLVPC) ages 12-16
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application with unedited audition video (2026 deadline 15 April).
Rounds & time limits
- Audition: video
- First round: live recital (Sydney, Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane)
- Semi-finals: Brisbane, 60-65 min (LVPC)
- Final: concerto with Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire
LVPC first round 50-55 min including a Bach or Shostakovich prelude and fugue, virtuoso study, Classical sonata and Romantic work; semi-final 60-65 min with a major work of 15+ min and an Australian work; concerto from a published list in the final. All from memory.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Sergio Tiempo (Chair)
- Gil Garburg
- Mira Yevtich
- Anna Goldsworthy
- Ayesha Gough
Prizes
- LVPC 1st: AUD 35,000
- LVPC 2nd: AUD 20,000
- LVPC 3rd: AUD 10,000
- YLVPC 1st: AUD 5,000
- YLVPC 2nd: AUD 3,000
- YLVPC 3rd: AUD 2,000
Past editions
To protect minors, we do not show the names of winners in categories open to under-18s, or of winners whose category the official source does not state (this competition also has under-18 categories). Category, age range and prize are always shown.
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source