FAQ

The competition office of the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna will review all applications to ensure that they are complete and meet the required technical standards. The competition office reserves the right to disqualify any applicant who does not meet the application requirements, or who has failed to pay the application fee.

A preliminary selection jury appointed by the competition office will view and evaluate the audition videos. This jury will then select up to 50 competitors that will be contacted by the competition office on December 1, 2025.

The members of the preliminary selection jury are:

• Jan Jiracek von Arnim
• Christopher Hinterhuber
• Heinz Medjimorec
• Jasminka Stancul
• Wolfgang Watzinger

The 50 chosen applicants will be invited to the Online Video Round.

Your complete application must be received by the official application deadline. We strongly encourage you to submit your application sooner rather than later so that we can actively assist you in ensuring that it is complete and meets the requirements.

Please be sure to pay the application fee or your application will not be valid.

No applications will be accepted after the deadline.

The application becomes valid only after payment of the application fee of 100 Euro.

Please make sure the full amount is paid to the competition’s account, free of charge for the recipient

Account: Universitaet fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Reference (VERY IMPORTANT!): WB04BW01

Bank: UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Schottengasse 6-8, 1010 Wien

IBAN: AT121200051428590201 | BIC: BKAUATWW

with the note “free of charge for the recipient”

The application fee is non-refundable.

The registration fee is non-refundable.

Two (2) audition videos* (one video per work):

• Any piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven (a single movement or a complete sonata, free of choice)
• One other composition by Ludwig van Beethoven (free of choice, the work must be performed in its entirety)

Please note: We cannot offer any guidance on which repertoire to choose: this is entirely up to you.

The recordings can be sent via YouTube-Link, Dropbox-Link, WeTransfer or any other comparable service to info@beethoven-comp.at. It is mandatory that you apply for the competition via our online application form and that you pay the application fee (100 Euro) before sending in your application video.

The audition videos for this pre-selection process must be of good quality with good audio. Videos must not be edited or modified in any way. Videos recorded at earlier concerts or other competitions are also accepted. Repertoire recorded for the audition videos may be included also in other rounds.

Please be advised that these application videos are for the pre-selection process only, and additional videos will have to be provided when you are invited to the official Online Video Round (see below).

Repeats in the performed repertoire are optional. Whether you do the repeats or not, will not affect the voting of the jury.

The registration fee is non-refundable.

Only those who are invited on December 1, 2024 can take part in the online video round. The videos for the video round must be submitted by February 15, 2025.

Specific guidelines regarding camera and microphone settings will be sent out together with the invitations to the Online Video Round.

Compositions recorded for the audition videos can also be played in other rounds. Detailed information on the repertoire and the repertoire groups can be found in the repertoire requirements.

You may change the repertoire of your videos until you send in the recordings, no later than February 15, 2025. Please observe the repertoire regulations:

• One work from Group 2 or 3
• One work from Group 4

Changes to your repertoire are permitted until March 31, 2025. Please observe the repertoire requirements for the live rounds as stated in our rules.

You will have to pay for your own travelling expenses and accommodation.

The mdw will provide several practice rooms for the 21 candidates during the live competition rounds. Additionally, the mdw will provide rooms with adequate pianos before your performance to warm up and get ready for your performance.

The names of the members of our international jury will be published shortly.