Programme
Programme
First round: 19-21 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
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1st First round: May 19, 2025 at 10 AM
Monday, May 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
2nd First round: May 19, 2025 at 5 PM
Monday, May 19, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
3rd First round: May 20, 2025 at 10 AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
4th First round: May 20, 2025 at 5PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
5th First round: May 21, 2025 at 10 AM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
6th First round: May 21, 2025 at 5 PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Second round: 23-25 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
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1st Second round: May 23, 2025 at 10 AM
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen.
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
2nd Second round: May 23, 2025 at 5 PM
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
3rd Second round: May 24, 2025 at 10 AM
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
4th Second round: May 24, 2025 at 5 PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
5th Second round: May 25, 2025 at 10 AM
Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
6th Second round: May 25, 2025 at 5 PM
Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Finals and Awards Ceremony May 27–29, 2025
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki
May 27–29, 2025
Each evening 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
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1st Finals: May 27, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
2nd Finals: May 28, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
3rd Finals: May 29, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
After the concert: announcement of results and awards ceremony.
