Tapiola Youth Piano Competition
The Tapiola Youth Piano Competition was held 19–24 September 2023 during the international PianoEspoo Festival at Espoo Cultural Centre in Espoo, Finland.
Rules
Repertoire
Jury
Prizes
Results 2023
Groups I and II
Recognition awards
Selected competitors of both groups were awarded with gift cards for Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Tapiola Sinfonietta concerts, and F-musiikki and Ostinato stores.
Group I
Christopher Chen
Di Gao
Ella Gardini
Bach Hoang
Dora Hotta
Ao Jiao
Petra Leino
Yande Liang
Tianyu Liu
Yuchen Liu
Joel Malmberg
Shiyu Min
Anh Phuong Dang
Melisa Tekin
Bao Vu Hoang
Wenyi Zhang
Group III
Works by composers born before the year 1750 (200€):
Zuo Chang
Olli Oksava
Yifan Wang
Vasyl Zaviriukha
Works of contestants’ free choice
Sonata movement (200€):
Sauli Aaltonen
Andrew Guo
Antti Pimiä
Virtuoso work (200€):
You Chang
Olli Oksava
Antti Pimiä
Yifan Wang
Cantabile playing (100€):
Arwen Lu
Group II
Tuomas Alatalo
Leo Gao
Vilma Kivimäki
Paulus Niinikoski
Oona Paasonen
Kuisma Pylkkänen
Martta Pölönen
Akseli Pöyhönen
Adam Orre
Niilo Suontama
Sofia Suvilehto
ZhanYi Wang
Finnish works composed in 2000 or later (200€):
Hillevi Björkman
You Chang
Yifan Wang
Bösendorfer special prizes (500€):
You Chang
Olli Oksava
Yifan Wang
Piano concerto movement (200€):
Andrew Guo
Olli Oksava
Yifan Wang
Competition groups
Group I is open for contestants up to 11 years of age who are students at the music institutes of the Finnish Uusimaa region excluding students from the Sibelius Academy. Group I takes place between September 19–20, 2023.
Group II is open for contestants between 12–15 years of age who are students at the music institutes of the Finnish Uusimaa region excluding students from the Sibelius Academy. Group II takes place between September 20–21, 2023.
Group III is open for contestants between 10–15 years of age from everywhere in the world, regardless of nationality. However, the Competition Committee has decided to exclude Russian and Belarussian participants living permanently in Russia or Belarus from the competition. Groups III takes place between September 22–24, 2023.
Contestants’ considered age is their age on the starting day of the entire competition, September 19th, 2023.
