The International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna is Austria’s oldest international piano competition and ranks among the most renowned music competitions today. Founded more than 60 years ago, it is hosted by the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is among the world’s largest and most renowned universities specialised in the performing arts of music, theatre and film.
The jury has awarded the following prizes
Derek Hartman – 1st prize
Jonas Stark – 2nd prize (ex aequo)
Martin Nöbauer – 2nd prize (ex aequo)
The Klemens Kramert Award was given to Martin Nöbauer.
The Dichler Award was given to Tianyou Li.
More than 300 applications from 32 countries were received for the 17th edition of The Beethoven Vienna. After a pre-selection process and an online video round, 21 promising young talents were selected by our jury to perform in Vienna starting 16 May 2025.
You can stream all performances of the 17th competition here!
The next edition of our competition is planned for 2029 – stay tuned!
Since 1958, the International Beethoven Piano Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
Artistic Director of this project since 2011: Jan Jiracek von Arnim.
