Timetable
The order of performance in the competition will be decided upon via a draw held on 22 April 2025
The first round will be completed at the Tampere Conservatoire on 5–9 May 2025
The second round will be completed at the Tampere Conservatoire on 10–11 May 2025
The finals will be held at Tampere Hall on 14–15 May 2025
The award presentation will be held at Tampere Hall on 15 May 2025.
Finals I & II
The finals of the Tampere Piano Competition will take place on May 14–15 at 7 PM in Tampere Hall. In the finals, the pianists will perform a piano concerto of their choice accompanied by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jan Söderblom.
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Tickets
Tickets for all stages of the competition are available via Lippu.fi.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door one hour before the event.
First Round
Concert ticket: €12 / €8 (+ Lippu.fi service fee)
Day ticket: €20 / €15 (+ service fee)
Free admission to the preliminary round for:
- Teachers whose student is participating in the competition
- Students with a valid student ID
- Pupils of music institutes
Second Round
Concert ticket: €15 / €10 (+ service fee)
Day ticket: €25 / €17 (+ service fee)
Free admission to the semifinals for:
- Teachers whose student is participating in the semifinals
Competition Pass for Preliminary and Semifinal Rounds: €60
Finals
Concert ticket: €20 / €10 (+ service fee)
Discount Categories
(Please note that the final is part of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert program. Ticket pricing and discount categories for the final can be found on their website.)
Pensioners, unemployed persons, students, and conscripts/civil service personnel
Members of Tampere Piano Society
Members of the Finnish Piano Teachers’ Association (Pianopedagogit ry)
Tampere Piano Competition
The Tampere Piano Society organizes the national Tampere Piano Competition. The competition was held for the first time in April–May 2017, and again in September 2021. The next edition will take place in spring 2025.
Our goal is to make the Tampere Piano Competition the most significant and comprehensive platform in Finland for showcasing high-level piano education and emerging young pianistic talent. Tampere offers excellent conditions for such a competition — thanks to its strong classical music education, active concert audiences, outstanding venues, central location, and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, the only full-scale symphony orchestra in Finland located outside of Helsinki.
The 2021 competition welcomed 43 pianists. It was open to Finnish citizens and pianists aged 15–30 who had studied in Finland for at least three years. The first prize (€10,000) was awarded to David Munk-Nielsen, the second prize to Tatu Eskelinen, and the third prize to Juho Lepistö. The other finalists were Ezgi Göktürk, Mikael Loponen, and Aleksei Zaitsev. The jury consisted of Margit Rahkonen (Chair), Sveinung Bjelland, Eeva Havulehto, Risto Kyrö, and Péter Nagy.
The Tampere Piano Society’s key partners for the 2025 competition are the City of Tampere, the Pirkanmaa Cultural Foundation, the Sibelius Academy Support Foundation, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, the Tampere Conservatoire, the Society of Finnish Composers, and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, which will perform in the competition’s final concert.
