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PIANALE International Academy & Competition

Fulda, Germany

Next edition

No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.

Overview

Annual international piano academy and competition in the Fulda region in which the rounds are public 'original concerts' in castles and historic venues. Open to piano students aged 13 to 30 from Germany and abroad with concert-standard repertoire.

Organiser: PIANALE GmbH
Instruments: Piano
Category: Solo piano
Age limits: 13-30

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Application form via the PIANALE website.

Rounds & time limits

Concert round 1: 8-10 min
Concert round 2: 8-10 min
Semifinal: 10-15 min (8 semifinalists)
Final: 15-20 min

Repertoire

At least four important piano works of the candidate's choice; no repetition of pieces (movements of sonatas or cycles allowed).

Jury & prizes

Jury

Uta Weyand (president)
Benjamin Frith
Florian Hölscher
Elena Levit
Alberto Nosè
Matti Raekallio
Aleksandar Serdar
Yukiko Akagi (semifinal/final)

Prizes

Finalists: EUR 1,500 each plus concert engagements
Semifinalists not in final: EUR 500 each
EMCY Prize (best candidate under 25)
Audience Award: concerto with orchestra in Fulda
Special awards: Stadt Fulda recital, Soroptimist scholarship EUR 550, Gemeinde Eichenzell scholarship EUR 800, Steingraeber recital in Bayreuth

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.

2026 — Fulda (21 July - 5 August 2026) source
Category not stated by the source
- EMCY Prize and special award — name not shown (category not stated) — open to ages 13–30; the winner's age is not stated

Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source