Piano Competition
We are waiting for you in beautiful Procida Island
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Awards over €20.000: cash scholarships, concerts, special prizes (bottom of the page) and the opportunity to debut in the Gala of the Mimas Music Festival from 20th to 23rd August 2024
The evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
We will announce the Winners of Junior Categories by 27th June 2024 and the Winners of Young and Virtuoso Categories by 5th July 2024
Places are limited!
The Competition is Member of the Alink Argerich Foundation
Your Program
Send us the performance where you feel comfortable
The program is free
You can send us separate links uploaded to one of these channels: Youtube, Tencent, Youku, Vimeo, Google drive
Don’t Forget
Registrations/Links made from 2023 are accepted
Entries are Limited!
Deadline: 8th June 2024
please read all other rules at the bottom of the page
Winner Piano Competition
Mimas Music Festival 2022
Junior A
Ages 7 and under
Program Maximum 10 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 500
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2024’
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for OperaLab by Accademia Musicale Europea
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
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Official certificate of winners
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Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
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Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2024
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp’
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior B
Ages 8-10
Program Maximum 10 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 700
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2024′
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channel
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winner
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior C
Ages 11-13
Program Maximum 12 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 1000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2024’
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior D
Ages 14-16
Program Maximum 15 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 2000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Concert in Spain
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2024
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Young
Ages 17-19
Program Maximum 20 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 3000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2023’
- Concerto in Leon – Spain
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
- Exclusive interview for the magazine “Mundo Musicos”
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Virtuoso
Ages 20-35
Program Maximum 40 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 5000
- Scholarship of € 1000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2023’
- Concert at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
- Exclusive interview for the magazine “Mundo Musicos”
Second Prize
Scholarship of € 500 offered By AMP Pisani srl
To the memory of musicologist Allan Evans
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2024
- Official certificate of winners
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Artist Branding Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Special Prizes
- KNS CLASSICAL PRIZE – Digital publishing and distribution
- Best performance of a work of Baroque Composer
- Best performance of a work of Classical Composer
- Best performance of a work of Romantic Composer
- Best performance of a work of Contemporary Composer
- Best performance of a work of L.v. Beethoven
- Best performance of Virtuoso Etude
- Best performance of Virtuoso Composition
- Best performance of a work of G. Devastato
- Best European Pianist
* The Mimas Special Prize for each category is awarded only if the jury unanimously votes the highest possible score for the first prize.
*The performances will be listened to by the links or downloaded in video format by the organization
*The winners will be entitled to the prizes by participating in the Mimas Festival concerts dedicated to them
Meet the Jury
Leslie
Howard
AUSTRALIA
Pianist
He played all over the world and is considered among the best pianists in the world. His repertoire encompasses the entire range of piano literature. He has been awarded multiple awards and has recorded among the greatest discographies among solo instrumentalists in history with great emphasis on Liszt’s piano works.
He was defined by the BBC (Music Magazine) as “the best living exponent of Liszt. He has a formidable intellectual understanding of music.”
Leslie Howard was awarded a Member in the Order of Australia, AM, in Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours in 1999, “for service to the arts as a musicologist, composer, piano soloist and mentor to young musicians”
He has been the President of The British Liszt Society for 20 years, and has also been awarded the American Liszt Society’s Medal Of Honour. He is also frequently invited to sit on the juries of international music competitions
*Leslie Howard will listen to and evaluate only the top 10 in the virtuoso category
Andreas
Frölich
GERMANY
Pianist and Professor
He concertises in the most famous venues in the world like Musikverein Wien, Mozarteum Salzburg , Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro municipal Rio de Janeiro etc
Concert Pianist and Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln -Aachen and guest professor at the Talent music Masters academy in Brescia, at the international SummerAcademy Mozarteum Salzburg.
He is an official Steinway Artist and he is often inivited as jury member in many international piano competitions
William
Fong
UK
Pianist and Professor
William’s international career was launched in 1984 when he won the first prize, gold medal and Rosa Sabater prize at the Concurso Internacional de Piano in Jaén, Spain. He subsequently added successes in the Busoni, Cleveland, Iturbi, and Scottish International Competitions.
Performances in New York, Moscow and St Petersburg (under the auspices of the Sviatoslav RichterFoundation), and in Europe have drawn critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences. Invited to China,supported by Arts Council England, William has performed and given master classes in Shanghai.
He is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music www.ram.ac.uk and Head of Keyboard at the Purcell School for Young Musicians
He is also Artistic Director of “Piano Star” – an educational project and festival for young pianists in Romania.
Yun
Sun
CHINA
Pianist and Professor
Since Ms. Sun’s Weil Recital Hall debut, she has concertized throughout the United States. Her European debut took place in Kleine Zaal at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Her sparkling artistry has been equally enthusiastically received in the rest of Europe, America, and Asia.
Ms. Sun is a winner of numerous piano competitions, including the Artist International Annual Young Artist Debut Series and the National Beethoven Foundation Fellowship Audition. She has also been the top-prize winner at the Stravinsky International Piano Competition, and the top-prize winner in the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati.
Giuseppe
Devastato
ITALY
President of the Jury and of WPTA Spain
Concert pianist and composer
KrausePiano Artist
Professor at Musical Arts Madrid Academy and Accademia Musicale Europea.
Carles
LAma
SPAIN
Director of KNS Classical
Steinway Artist and international concert pianist, co-founder and director of the label KNS Classica.
Artistic director of several cycles and festivals of music, he has also won a reputation for mentoring a wide number of young talents.
Luciano
Ruotolo
ITALY
Founder and Artistic Director
He is an international concert pianist, He won he won the prestigious ‘Carthage International Prize’. Founder of NOMEA – International Company, considered among the best Italian innovative startups. Luciano is Founder of Mimas Festival and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of: Neapolitan Masters Competition, Nomea Competition, WPTA Spain, Accademia Musicale Europea, MuSa art&science
Special thanks for their support of young pianists
Jimmy Wang
CHINA
Partner of Mimas Music Festival
Ernst Krause Berlin Piano represented by Krause Musical Instrument (Yantai)Co., Ltd. in China
Piero Pisani
ITALY
Neapolitan Masters Competition – Honorary President
He is an Italian entrepreneur with AMP Pisani and supports the young musicians of our organization
Join the Competition
You will only submit your performance once, so as not to create travel costs, the evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
Registrations/Links made from 2023 are accepted
