Chopin 2025: Final Chopin competition concert set for Thursday evening
The last concert featuring the laureates of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition will take place at Warsaw Philharmonic on Thursday night, with the next edition of the competition scheduled for 2030.
During the concert, held in the National Philharmonic's main hall, audiences will hear selected works by Fryderyk Chopin performed by the 2025 competition prizewinners, featuring pieces they presented during the event.
The evening will open with performances by Adam Kaldunski and Yehuda Prokopowicz, both from Poland. Kaldunski received the Bella Davidovich Prize for the best performance of a ballade, while Prokopowicz was awarded the Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of mazurkas.
They will be followed by William Yang of the United States, winner of the 6th prize, and Piotr Alexewicz of Poland, the winner of the 5th prize (ex aequo), then the second 5th-prize winner, Vincent Ong of Malaysia.
Next on stage will be the two 4th prize laureates: Shiori Kuwahara from Japan and Tianyao Lyu from China.
The concert will conclude with performances by Zitong Wang of China, the 3rd prize winner, and Kevin Chen of Canada, who took 2nd prize.
The competition winner, Eric Lu from the US, will play last and will perform Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, while being accompanied by the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrzej Boreyko.
The 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition concludes on Thursday. The Polish Press Agency is a media partner of the competition. (PAP)
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