Maisons Laffitte (near Paris)
from 13 to 20 June 2026

27th International
piano competition of Ile-de-France


Over 26 years I More than 3800 applicants I Over 70 nationalities |
Address Old Church of Maisons-Laffitte


The pianist Anne Queffélec © Caroline DOUTRE

Anne Queffélec

Honorary President
(…) This is more than just a “competitive” event. The Competition presents a rare educational and artistic opportunity of great value. Young musicians, participating across a breadth of levels rarely seen in competitions, from “Beginner” to “Concert Pianist”, have the opportunity to perform, to be artistically engaged.(…).
In our virtual world, with its glittering allure of effortless accessibility, mastery of an instrument like the piano lies in perseverance, reflection and the search for perfection and beauty, so vital to us all.

Members of the jury are expert pianists with an outstanding musical reputation

Member of the Jury are chosen by Anne QUEFFELEC.
Their reputation, competence and integrity contribute to maintaining the excellence of this competition.

Serguei Milstein

PRESIDENT OF THE JURY «CONCERT PIANIST» 2025
Roger MURARO

Roger MURARO

President of the Jury "Concert Pianist" 2024
Jean-Claude VANDEN EYDEN

Jean-Claude VANDEN EYDEN

President of the Jury "Concert Pianist" - 2023

The Winners of the 2025 Competition

First Prize
Concert Pianist

ZUKAL Matous
(Czech Republic))

VIDEO

Second Prize
Concert Pianist

BERNEL Noam
(France)

VIDEO

Third Prize
Concert Pianist

TAKEWA NANAMI
(Japan)

VIDEO

Special Prize
Les Spiriades

HOSOKAWA MOE
(Japan)

VIDEO

First Prize
Advanced

BENOLIEL GUILLAUME
France

VIDEO

First Prize
Excellence

KUO Meng-Jung
Taiwan

VIDEO

First Prize
Amateur Concert Pianist

HWANG Clara
France/Taiwan

VIDEO

In an exceptional environment
Maisons-Laffitte near Paris

Old Church of Maisons-Laffitte

Address: Ancienne Église, 23 rue de la Vieille Église - 78600 Maisons-Laffitte

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Competition News

Eglise Saint-Nicolas, La Frette sur Seine, Friday 11th July, 8.30 pm

Alexey Dimitriadis, winner of the Spiriades Prize at the International Piano Competition IDF

Piano recital
Winner of the Spiriades Prize at the Maisons-Laffitte International Piano Competition, Alexey Dimitriadis has come up with a programme that suits him like a glove:  "Éclats romantiques: Ombre, Feu & Reflets".
A daring talent!

Friday 11 July 8.30pm
Eglise Saint-Nicolas, 48 bis, quai de Seine
95530 La Frette-sur-Seine
Free Participation
Œuvres by Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Ravel

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Bergerie Auditorium Frédéric Chopin, Nohant-Vic, 11.00 am

Jan Jakub Zielinski, First Prize 2024 at the International Piano Competition IDF

Jan Jakub Zielinski has won numerous competitions as a soloist and chamber musician. He won First Prize at the International Piano Competition Ile-de-France (2024).

Programme: Johannes Brahms and Frédéric Chopin.

Sunday 8 June, 11.00 am
Bergerie Auditorium Frédéric Chopin
2 place Sainte Anne
Nohant-Vic, 36400 France

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Old Church, Maisons-Laffitte, 31 May 2025 at 8.30pm

Opening concert by Julian Trevelyan

The opening concert on 31 May at 8.30pm, in Old Church, will be given by British pianist Julian Trevelyan, winner of our competition in 2015.

That same year, after winning the Long-Thibaud Competition at the age of 16, becoming the youngest winner in the competition's history, he moved to France. Since then, he has won prizes at international piano competitions such as those in Leeds, Géza Anda, Horowitz and many others. Julian is studying at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" with Rena Shereshevskaya.

He is delighted to be returning to perform an ambitious programme for us, featuring Szymanowski and Chopin, Messiaen and Fauré, Granados and Byrd, much to our delight.

What you will be hearing:

  • Olivier Messiaen: Eight preludes, n°1 "La colombe"
  • Karol Szymanowski: Nine preludes, op.1, nos 1,2,6
  • Olivier Messiaen: Eight preludes, n°2 "Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste"
  • Karol Szymanowski: Prelude in C minor, op. 1 n° 7
  • Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne n°1 in E flat minor, op.33 n°1 and Nocturne n°13 in B minor, op. 119
  • Frédéric Chopin: Etude in B minor, op.25 n°10
  • William Byrd: La Volta in G major
  • Enrique Granados: Quejas o la Maja y el Ruisenor
  • Gabriel Fauré: Romance sans paroles in A flat major, op.17 n°3
  • Frédéric Chopin: Grande valse brillante, op. 18; Nocturne in B major, op.9 n°3; Ballade in A flat major, op. 47

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Paroisse Saint Merry, 2 March 2025, 4.00 pm

Daphne Gerrits, Concertist Level 2024 winner of International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France

Daphne Gerrits plays the piano since the age of 4 and a few years later also started playing the violin.

At the age of 11 she was admitted to the school for young talent at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague where she obtained her Bachelors degree in 1993. Daphne won prizes at several national youth competitions one of which was a solo performance in Mendelssohn’s first piano concerto accompanied by the “Residentie Orkest” in the Hague.

2 March 2025 at 4 pm
Paroisse Saint Merry

76 rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris

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American Church Paris - February 16, 2025 - 5.30 pm

Olivier Hak, winner of the 25th International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France

Born in Shanghai to parents of Chinese and Polish descent, 14-year-old Oliver Hak has emerged as a multi-award winning young pianist with his recent competition successes including first prize in the 2023 Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition by the Beethoven.

Program:
Chopin : étude Opus 25 N° 12
Beethoven : sonate N° 7 (1st mvt)
Ligeti : étude N° 13 "l'Escalier du Diable"

16 February 2025 at 5:30 pm
American Church in Paris
65 quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris

Free entry with a free will offering
No registration necessary.

 

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Saint Germain en Laye - January 31, 2025

Aleksandr Kliuchko, one of the most brilliant pianists of his generation.

Aleksandr, who was the first prize in our 2018 competition, will perform on January 31 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

The Russian pianist will present a program inspired by tales, with the first part of the ballets Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky transcribed by Mikhail Pletnev and inspired by the tales of Grimm and Hoffmann. In the second part, Aleksander will perform Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Paintings of an Exhibition, two works inspired by Slavic folklore.

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At l’Odéon de Tremblay en France - December 7th, 2024 at 7 pm

Jan Jakub Zielinski, Classical Music

2024 winner of the Concours International de Piano d’Île de France

Jan Jakub Zielinski was born in 2001 in Warsaw. He came to France when still a small child and began learning the piano at the age of 6 at the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art of Antibes – Juan les Pins, then at the Jacques Melzer school in Fréjus, under the tuition of Noël Bianchini.

In 2016, he won the gold medal from the Antibes Conservatory. He pursued his musical training at the CRR d'Aix en Provence in the class of Michel Bourdoncle and obtained the Diploma of Musical Studies with the highest honors in 2018. Between 2019 and 2022, he was a student of Janusz Olejniczak at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In October 2022, he started his master's degree in the class of Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron, at the Felix Nowowiejski Academy of Music, in Bydgoszcz.

Jan Jakub developed his musical skills during lessons and masterclasses led by exceptional artists and has already won numerous awards including first prize at the Concours international de Piano d’Ile de France in the Diplôme de Concert section in June 2024. He takes part in festivals and has given recitals in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy and Spain.

Entrance: free (it is advised to book your seat)

 

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La Frette-sur-Seine, France - June 30, 2024

Takehira Kamogawa, Piano Recital

Takehira KAMOGAWA won the special prize «Spiriades» of the International Competition of Île-de-France 2023.  He arrives especially from Japan with his beautiful sensitivity to kick off the 11th edition of the Spiriades. Takehira occurred in the church Saint-Nicolas de la Frette sur Seine. 

Progam:

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic fantasy and fugue in D minor, BWV 903
  • Claude Debussy: Images, second booklet:
    - Bells through the leaves
    - And the moon descends on the temple that was
    - Goldfish
  • Alban Berg: Piano Sonata in B minor Op.1
  • Alexandre Scriabine: Sonata for piano n°4 in F sharp major Op.30
  • Johannes Brahms: Variations on an original theme in D major Op 21-1
  • Franz Liszt: Reminiscences of "Don Juan" S.418 R.228

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MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France - June 8, 2024

Opus Yvelines receives the Medal of the City of Maisons-Laffitte

The association Opus Yvelines, in the person of its president, is particularly honoured to receive from Jacques Myard the medal of the city of Maisons-Laffite, in recognition of its activity to promote culture and music for more than 25 years. The event took place on June 8, 2024 during the Concert Diploma Category awards ceremony, in the presence of a large audience of personalities, sponsors, spectators and musicians. 

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Saint-Merry Church, 76 rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris

Sunday March 3rd 2024, 4 p.m - Sho YAMASAKI, piano

Sho Yamasaki, lauréat du 24ème Concours de piano d'Ile de France, dans la catégorie Pianiste Concert Amateur

PROGRAMME :

  • Alexandre Scriabine : Deux Poèmes, Op. 32 - Poème n°1 : Andante cantabile
  • Gabriel Fauré : Nocturne n°6, op. 63
  • Frédéric Chopin : Fantaisie, Op. 49
  • Félix Mendelssohn : Fantaisie, Op. 28 : « Sonate écossaise »
  • Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonate pour piano n° 28, op. 101

 

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In partnership with the Association F.Chopin in Lyon

Saturday 20th January 2024 at 8:00 pm in the Temple Lanterne, Lyon

Danylo Saienko , Winner 2022

Program :

  • Scarlatti : sonatas K9 et K 175

  • Haydn : sonata in C minor Hob XVI : 48

  • Beethoven : sonata n° 30 opus 110

  • Chopin : Barcarolle opus 60 and Polonaise-fantaisie opus 61

  • Kosenko : sonata n°2 opus 14

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UKRAINE

SOLIDARITY

Along with the Alink-Argerich Foundation of which it is a member, the International Piano Competition of Ile de France condemns the war against the Ukrainian people.
For 22 years, the competition has welcomed, every year, more than 200 candidates from all over the world, without any discrimination regarding nationality, gender or religion, but with the firm belief that music is a universal language and a vehicle for peace.
The Competition Committee expresses its warmest and most supportive thoughts to the Ukrainian musicians who are enduring this tragedy. As a sign of solidarity, candidates of Ukrainian nationality will be exempted from the registration fee for the June 2023 session.
May music connect people in a universal community centred on beauty.

Opus Yvelines Volunteers

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An international competition organized by passionate volunteers of the Opus Yvelines association.
Opus Yvelines was created as a 1901 French law association at the instigation of René Girard and his daughter Christine and Anne Queffélec is its Honorary President.