Viseu International Piano Competition
This year, the Competition has a specific category for Young Pianists (born after 6 April 2007). The Young Pianists Competition will award €3,000 in prizes. The Main Competition (for pianists born after 6 April 1994) will award €17,000 in prize money. Entries are now open.
The International Piano Competition of Viseu happens every two years, intercalating with the International Guitar Competition of Viseu. Both seek to bring to the region the new world talents in their respective instruments and reward those who among them stand out the most.
Main Competition Awards (6th edition)
1st prize – 9,000.00€
The first prize will also include the following concert tour:
– A concert at the 19th Viseu Spring Music Festival (2026);
– A concert in Paris, at Salle Cortot, for Animato Society (2025);
– Other concerts to be announced.
2nd prize – 5,000.00€
3rd prize – 2,000.00€
Audience Award – 500.00€
Prize for the Best Portuguese Contestant – 500.00€
Awards for the Young Pianists Competition
1st prize– 1,500.00€
2nd prize – 1,000.00€
3rd prize – 500.00€
Previous editions: Winners
1st Viseu International Piano Competition (2015)
1st Prize – Aristo Sham (Hong Kong)
2nd Prize – Jiacheng Xiong (China)
3rd Prize – DongJun Miao (China)
Audience Award – Jiacheng Xiong (China)
Best Portuguese Pianist – Vasco Dantas Rocha (Portugal)
2nd Viseu International Piano Competition (2017)
1st Prize – DongJun Miao (China)
2nd Prize – Adi Neuhaus (Israel)
3rd Prize – Yutong Gao (China)
Audience Award – Adi Neuhaus (Israel)
3rd Viseu International Piano Competition (2019)
1st Prize Ex Aequo – Qianyi Xu (China)
1st Prize Ex Aequo – Xiaoyu Liu (Canada)
3rd Prize – Grigoris Ioannou (Greece)
Audience Award – Qianyi Xu (China)
Best Portuguese Pianist – Rafael Kyrychenko (Portugal)
4th Viseu International Piano Competition (2021)
1st Prize – Illia Ovcharenko (Ukraine)
2nd Prize – Qing Li (China)
3rd Prize – Nikolai Kuznetsov (Russia)
Best Portuguese Pianist – Alexander Stretile (Portugal)
5.º Concurso Int. de Piano de Viseu (2023)
1st Prize – Haozhou Wang (China)
2nd Prize – Youl Sun (Coreia)
3rd Prize – Anaïs Cassiers (França/Bélgica)
Audience Award – Youl Sun (Coreia)
Best Portuguese Pianist – Máximo Klyetsun (Portugal)
