About Competition

The Center for Education in Art and the Wojciech Kilar Music School Complex No. 2 in Rzeszow are the organizers of the competition. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute is supporting the competition.

  • A monographic competition – only Chopin’s pieces performed
  • Participants up to 21 years old
  • Four age categories
  • One round contest for each category
  • Attractive prizes
  • Competition held every three years
Common experiencing of Chopin’s music by young pianists from Poland and other countries is the chief idea of this competition. It is important to share knowledge and experience and to communicate across cultures due to Fryderyk Chopin’s music, which constitutes an universal language.