First round piano 2025
Monday 5 May 2025 - Saturday 10 May 2025 (15:00 & 20:00) Flagey, Brussels
All the candidates who have been successful in the video preselection round can take part in the first public round.
The candidates prepare the first movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, a work of choice and four études (one by Chopin, one by Liszt, one by Ligeti and an étude of choice, written by another composer than Chopin, Liszt or Ligeti). The jury chooses which works or parts of works each candidate has to perform. The jury's choice will be communicated to the candidate one hour before the performance.
The candidates prepare the first movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, a work of choice and four études (one by Chopin, one by Liszt, one by Ligeti and an étude of choice, written by another composer than Chopin, Liszt or Ligeti). The jury chooses which works or parts of works each candidate has to perform. The jury's choice will be communicated to the candidate one hour before the performance.
- All dates
- Monday 5 May 2025
- Tuesday 6 May 2025
- Wednesday 7 May 2025
- Thursday 8 May 2025
- Friday 9 May 2025
- Saturday 10 May 2025
Monday 5 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Dong Ju Kim
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro con spirito (Sonata n. 9 in D major KV 311)
Fryderyk Chopin Scherzo n. 3 in C sharp minor op. 39
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat minor op. 39/5
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in B minor op. 25/10
Robert Neumann
Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata in E minor BWV 914
Joseph Haydn Presto (Sonata in E minor Hob. XVI:34)
György Ligeti Etude n. 8 "Fém"
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in B minor op. 25/10
Tiantuo Li
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Méditation in D major op. 72/5
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in E flat major op. 10/11
György Ligeti Etude n. 7 "Galamb borong"
Béla Bartók Etude op. 18/1
Giorgio Lazzari
Ludwig van Beethoven Largo - Allegro (Sonata n. 17 in D minor op. 31/2)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in E flat major op. 10/11
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
Johannes Brahms Scherzo in E flat minor op. 4
Chaewon Kim
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 18 in D major KV 576)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 5 "Feux follets"
Unsuk Chin Etude n. 5 "Toccata"
Sergey Prokofiev Sonata n. 3 in A minor op. 28
Monday 5 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Davide Ranaldi
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:52)
György Ligeti Etude n. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 4 "Mazeppa"
Claude Debussy L'Isle joyeuse
Robert Bily
Ludwig van Beethoven Andante (Sonata n. 13 in E flat major op. 27/1)
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 144/3 "Un sospiro"
Marc-André Hamelin Étude n. 1 "Triple Étude, d'après Chopin" in A minor (12 Études dans tous les tons mineurs)
Pierre Boulez 12 Notations
Zhengyang Fan
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro con spirito (Sonata n. 9 in D major KV 311)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 7 "Eroica"
Claude Debussy Etude pour les accords
Enrique Granados Los requiebros (Goyescas)
Yuki Yoshimi
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50)
György Ligeti Etude n. 10 "Der Zauberlehrling"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 12 "Chasse-neige"
Dmitry Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D flat major op. 87/15
Yutong Sun
Joseph Haydn Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI:32
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in E minor op. 25/5
György Ligeti Etude n. 13 "L'escalier du diable"
Tuesday 6 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Shion Ota
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonate in G major Hob. XVI:6)
Maurice Ravel Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)
Franz Liszt Grande étude de Paganini n. 6
Sergey Prokofiev Etude in D minor op. 2/1
Junho Kim
Ludwig van Beethoven Andante (Sonata n. 13 in E flat major op. 27/1)
Maurice Ravel Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
György Ligeti Etude n. 6 "Automne à Varsovie"
Nathalia Milstein
Joseph Haydn Presto (Sonata in E minor Hob. XVI:34)
György Ligeti Etude n. 4 "Fanfares"
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in B minor op. 25/10
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Thème original et variations op. 19/6
Rachel Breen
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 1 "Prelude"
John Bull Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C major op. 10/1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro moderato (Sonata n. 10 in C major KV 330)
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in C minor op. 33/3
Jonathan Mak
Robert Schumann Vivacissimo (Sonata n. 2 in G minor op. 22)
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 18 in E flat major op. 31/3)
György Ligeti Etude n. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
Tuesday 6 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Suah Ye
Joseph Haydn Allegro moderato (Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI:32)
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 4 in F minor op. 52
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 144/2 "La leggierezza"
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat minor op. 33/6
Jiacheng Xiong
Claude Debussy Général Lavine-eccentric (Préludes II)
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro vivace (Sonata n. 2 in A major op. 2/2)
György Ligeti Etude n. 4 "Fanfares"
Claude Debussy Etude pour les accords
Uladzislau Khandohi
Joseph Haydn Presto (Sonata in E minor Hob. XVI:34)
György Ligeti Etude n. 13 "L'escalier du diable"
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in F sharp minor op. 39/3
Franz Liszt Danse macabre (after C. Saint-Saëns)
Valère Burnon
Gabriel Fauré Nocturne n. 6 in D flat major op. 63
Ludwig van Beethoven Presto (Sonata n. 7 in D major op. 10/3)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
Sergey Lyapunov Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 6 "Tempête"
Nikola Meeuwsen
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 6 in F major op. 10/2)
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat minor op. 39/5
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 3 in A flat major op. 47
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 145/2 "Gnomenreigen"
Wednesday 7 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Seho Young
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 18 in D major KV 576)
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 144/3 "Un sospiro"
György Ligeti Etude n. 10 "Der Zauberlehrling"
Fryderyk Chopin Scherzo n. 4 in E major op. 54
Fangzhou Ye
Franz Liszt St François de Paule marchant sur les flots
György Ligeti Etude n. 15 "White on white"
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in D minor op. 39/8
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 10 in G major op. 14/2)
Aidan Mikdad
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 6 in F major op. 10/2)
Aleksandr Skryabin Etude in A flat major op. 8/8
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
Vladimir Horowitz Danse macabre (after C. Saint-Saëns & F. Liszt)
Seongwoo Moon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 3 in B flat major KV 281)
Robert Schumann Novellette n. 8 in F sharp minor op. 21 (8 Novelletten op. 21)
György Ligeti Etude n. 10 "Der Zauberlehrling"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 7 "Eroica"
Nicolas Margarit
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in F major Hob. XVI:29)
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in G minor op. 33/8
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 145/2 "Gnomenreigen"
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonata n. 9 op. 68
Wednesday 7 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Daumants Liepins
Ludwig van Beethoven Grave (Sonata n. 8 in C minor op. 13)
Claude Debussy La soirée dans Grenade
György Ligeti Etude n. 4 "Fanfares"
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor op. 39/6
Yuanfan Yang
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro moderato (Sonata n. 10 in C major KV 330)
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat minor op. 39/5
György Ligeti Etude n. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"
Mikhail Glinka Valse-fantasie
Yi-Chen Feng
Nikolai Medtner Sonata tragica op. 39/5
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C major op. 10/1
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonate in G major Hob. XVI:6)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 4 "Mazeppa"
Sergey Tanin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro spirito (Sonata n. 7 in C major KV 309)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A minor op. 10/2
Fryderyk Chopin Scherzo n. 3 in C sharp minor op. 39
György Ligeti Etude n. 6 "Automne à Varsovie"
Bo Zhang
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 6 in F major op. 10/2)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A flat major op. 10/10
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 3 in A flat major op. 47
Sergey Prokofiev Etude in D minor op. 2/1
Thursday 8 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Miguel Iglesias Lista
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Molto allegro (Sonata n. 14 in C minor KV 457)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
Franz Liszt Grande étude de Paganini n. 6
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonata n. 4 in F sharp major op. 30
Kuan-Wei Chen
Joseph Haydn Allegro moderato (Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI:32)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A flat major op. 10/10
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonata n. 5 op. 53
Arthur Hinnewinkel
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 144/2 "La leggierezza"
György Ligeti Etude n. 8 "Fém"
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49)
Maurice Ravel Jeux d'eau
Alexander Kashpurin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 13 in B flat major KV 333)
György Ligeti Etude n. 3 "Touches bloquées"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 5 "Feux follets"
Nikolai Medtner Canzona serenata op. 38/6
Emin Kiourktchian
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro con spirito (Sonata n. 9 in D major KV 311)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat minor op. 39/5
Sergey Prokofiev Sonata n. 3 in A minor op. 28
Thursday 8 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Jacopo Giovannini
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in D major Hob. XVI:33)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 9 "Ricordanza"
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C sharp minor op. 10/4
Isaac Albeniz Triana
Song Hyeon Kim
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 15 in D major op. 28)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C sharp minor op. 10/4
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 12 "Chasse-neige"
Aleksandr Skryabin Fantaisie in B minor op. 28
Roeland Vermeulen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 15 in F major KV 533)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 2
György Ligeti Etude n. 2 "Cordes vides"
Fryderyk Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60
Tom Zalmanov
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 13 in B flat major KV 333)
Fryderyk Chopin Nocturne n. 18 in E major op. 62/2
Aleksandr Skryabin Etude in E major op. 8/5
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
Jiaxin Min
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:52)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 5 "Feux follets"
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A minor op. 25/11
Dmitry Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D flat major op. 87/15
Friday 9 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Bogang Hwang
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in E major Hob. XVI:31)
Charles-Valentin Alkan Le festin d'Esope
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
György Ligeti Etude n. 4 "Fanfares"
Youl Sun
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (Sonata n. 6 in F major op. 10/2)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in G flat major op. 10/5
Claude Debussy Etude pour les accords
Charles-Valentin Alkan Le festin d'Esope
Elizaveta Ukrainskaia
Jean-Philippe Rameau La Poule - L'Égyptienne - Les Sauvages (Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro con spirito (Sonata n. 9 in D major KV 311)
Claude Debussy Etude pour les arpèges composés
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
Djordje Radevski
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 5 in G major KV 283)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 5 "Feux follets"
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor op. 39/6
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonata n. 7 op. 64
Sunah Kim
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in E major Hob. XVI:31)
Franz Liszt Grande étude de Paganini n. 2
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C sharp minor op. 10/4
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonate-fantaisie n. 2 in G sharp minor op. 19
Friday 9 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Shiori Kuwahara
Joseph Haydn Allegro moderato (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:28)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A minor op. 25/11
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini op. 35 II
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in C minor op. 39/1
Yumeka Nakagawa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 3 in B flat major KV 281)
Fryderyk Chopin Scherzo n. 3 in C sharp minor op. 39
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in F major op. 10/8
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
Ron Maxim Huang
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50)
Sergey Prokofiev 4 Etudes op. 2
György Ligeti Etude n. 8 "Fém"
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 8 "Wilde Jagd"
Mirabelle Kajenjeri
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in C minor op. 10/12
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 4 "Mazeppa"
Sergey Rachmaninov Liebesfreud (after F. Kreisler)
Jinwoo Bae
Ludwig van Beethoven Andante (Sonata n. 13 in E flat major op. 27/1)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in B minor op. 25/10
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
Mily Balakirev Islamey
Saturday 10 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 15:00
Denis Linnik
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in F major Hob. XVI:23)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in B minor op. 25/10
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 12 "Chasse-neige"
Franz Liszt Spanish Rhapsody
Hehuan Yu
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20)
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in E flat major op. 33/7
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A flat major op. 10/10
Aleksandr Skryabin Sonata n. 4 in F sharp major op. 30
Yiheng Wang
Sergey Prokofiev Etude in D minor op. 2/1
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro vivace (Sonata n. 16 in G major op. 31/1)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 5 "Feux follets"
Isaac Albeniz Lavapiès
Masaya Kamei
Ludwig van Beethoven Andante (Sonata n. 13 in E flat major op. 27/1)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A minor op. 25/11
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 12 "Chasse-neige"
Mily Balakirev Islamey
Yali Zaken
Joseph Haydn Allegro moderato (Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI:32)
Aleksandr Skryabin Etude in D sharp minor op. 8/12
Franz Liszt Etude de concert S 144/2 "La leggierezza"
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 4 in F minor op. 52
Saturday 10 May 2025 - Studio 4 (Flagey) - 20:00
Wataru Hisasue
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro molto e con brio (Sonata n. 5 in C minor op. 10/1)
György Ligeti Etude n. 7 "Galamb borong"
Claude Debussy Etude pour les tierces
Karol Szymanowski Sheherazade op. 34/1
Hao Tian
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:52)
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 4 "Mazeppa"
Aleksandr Skryabin Etude in D sharp minor op. 8/12
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 3 in A flat major op. 47
Jinhyung Park
Joseph Haydn Moderato (Sonata in E major Hob. XVI:31)
Fryderyk Chopin Etude in A flat major op. 10/10
Sergey Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor op. 39/6
Franz Liszt Mephisto-Waltz n. 1 S 514
Changyong Shin
Joseph Haydn Allegro (Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50)
Béla Bartók Etude op. 18/3
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 10
Ferruccio Busoni Fantaisie sur un thème de Carmen de Bizet
Jaeyoung Lee
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (Sonata n. 13 in B flat major KV 333)
György Ligeti Etude n. 10 "Der Zauberlehrling"
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade n. 1 in G minor op. 23
Franz Liszt Etude d'exécution transcendante n. 4 "Mazeppa"
