Programme
Programme
First round: 19-21 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
A limited number of tickets is available at the venue door on competition days. If tickets remain, door sales begin one hour before the concert and end after the first intermission.
Please, note: Card payments only.
1st First round: May 19, 10 AM-2:40 PM
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
Intermission approximately from 12:10 to 12:40.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 40 minutes.
2nd First round: May 19, 5 PM-8:30 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
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
3rd First round: May 20, 10 AM-2:30 PM
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
Intermission approximately from 12 to 12:30.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 30 minutes.
4th First round: May 20, 5 PM-8 PM
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
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
5th First round: May 21, 10 AM-2:30 PM
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
Intermission approximately from 12 to 12:30.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 30 minutes.
6th First round: May 21, 5 PM-8 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
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
Second round: 23-25 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
A limited number of tickets is available at the venue door on competition days. If tickets remain, door sales begin one hour before the concert and end after the first intermission.
Please, note: Card payments only.
1st Second round: May 23, 10 AM-2:20PM
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
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
2nd Second round: May 23, 5 PM-9:20 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
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
3rd Second round: May 24, 10 AM-2:20PM
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
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
4th Second round: May 24, 5 PM-9:20 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
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
5th Second round: May 25, 10 AM-2:20PM
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
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
6th Second round: May 25, 5 PM-9:20 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
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
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
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
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.
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