30/05/2021 Jonathan Fournel wins the 2021 Piano Competition! The International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize - Queen Mathilde Prize receives € 25,000 and numerous concerts in Belgium and abroad.
The prizewinners of Piano 2021
INTERNATIONAL QUEEN ELISABETH GRAND PRIZE : €25.000
First Prize - Queen Mathilde Prize
Jonathan Fournel, 27, France
BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE : €20.000
Second Prize, awarded by the Belgian Science Policy - Arthur De Greef Prize
Sergei Redkin, 29, Russia
COUNT DE LAUNOIT PRIZE : €17.000
Third Prize
Keigo Mukawa, 28, Japan
PRIZE OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE BELGIAN COMMUNITIES : €12.500
Fourth Prize, this year awarded by the Government of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
Tomoki Sakata, 27, Japan
BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION PRIZE : €10.000
Fifth Prize
Vitaly Starikov, 26, Russia
CITY OF BRUSSELS PRIZE : €8.000
Sixth Prize
Dmitry Sin, 26, Russia
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY AND SOME GENEROUS DONORS
each of the six semi-finalists not selected for the final receive €2.000.
Audience awardsJonathan Fournel wins both the Musiq3 Prize and the Canvas-Klara Prize, both worth € 2500.
Laureates' concertsYou can continue to enjoy their performances on our website, but for those who want to hear them perform live, the laureates have several concerts in store in the coming weeks. As from June 9th, a limited public is allowed in the Belgian concert halls.
4CD Piano 2021Don’t miss out on the opportunity to immerse yourself in the unique live recordings of the 2021 Piano Competition. The 4 CD box set contains the best memories of this year's exceptional piano session and will be available in all record stores as from Saturday June 5th.
You can also pre-order it in our brand new webshop.