Nikola Meeuwsen wins the 2025 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 2025

INTERNATIONAL QUEEN ELISABETH GRAND PRIZE : €25.000

First Prize - Queen Mathilde Prize
Nikola Meeuwsen

BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE : €20.000

Second Prize, awarded by the Belgian Science Policy
Wataru Hisasue

COUNT DE LAUNOIT PRIZE : €17.000

Third Prize
Valère Burnon

PRIZE OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE BELGIAN COMMUNITIES : €12.500

Fourth Prize, this year awarded by the Government of the Flemish-speaking Community
Arthur Hinnewinkel

BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION PRIZE : €10.000

Fifth Prize
Masaya Kamei

CITY OF BRUSSELS PRIZE : €8.000

Sixth Prize
Sergey Tanin

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

each of the six unranked laureates receive €4.000 :
Rachel Breen
Mirabelle Kajenjeri
Shiori Kuwahara
Nathalia Milstein
Jiaxin Min
Yuki Yoshimi

Audience awards
Valère Burnon wins the Musiq3 Prize and the Canvas-Klara Prize, both worth € 2.500.

Laureates' concerts
You can continue to enjoy their performances on our website, but for those who want to hear them perform live, the laureates have many concerts and recitals in store in the coming weeks.

CD "Piano 2025"
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to immerse yourself in the unique live recordings of the 2025 Piano Competition. The CD box set contains the best memories of this year's piano session and will be available in all record stores as from Saturday 7 June. You can also pre-order it in our webshop. If you buy the box set before Sunday 1 June midnight in the webshop, you pay no shipping costs and you will receive an unedited bonus CD by a former laureate of the Piano Competition.

Discover more about the laureates Replay their performances Laureates' concerts calendar