21 October 2025
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In the early hours this morning, the finals of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition came to an end. The 17-member jury, chaired by Garrick Ohlsson, awarded the following prizes
Main prizes:
1st Prize – Eric Lu (USA, pictured above)
2nd Prize – Kevin Chen (Canada)
3rd Prize – Zitong Wang (China)
4th Prize – Tianyao Lyu (China); Shiori Kuwahara (Japan)
5th Prize – Piotr Alexewicz (Poland); Vincent Ong (Malaysia)
6th Prize – William Yang (USA)
Special prizes:
Polish Radio Award for the best performance of Mazurkas – Jehuda Prokopowicz (Poland)
Warsaw Philharmonic Award for the best performance of a Concerto – Tianyao Lyu (China, pictured above)
Krystian Zimerman Award for the best performance of a Sonata – Zitong Wang (China)
Fryderyk Chopin Society Award for the best performance of a Polonaise – Tianyou Li (China)
Bella Davidovich Award for the best performance of a Ballade – Adam Kałduński (Poland)
The other finalists of the 19th Chopin Competition received distinctions funded by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
Watch the awards ceremony tonight, 21 October
At 8pm, at the Polish National Opera, the award ceremony and the first of three concerts by the winners will take place. The concert will be broadcast on the Chopin Institute's YouTube channel.
An in-depth review of the finals of the Competition will appear inside the next issue of Pianist magazine, out on 28 November.
Winner Eric Lu appeared on the cover of Pianist issue No 106
Photos: © Final Stage/Chopin Institute