Franz Liszt International Piano Competition

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15. - 20. Sep 2026

Franz Liszt International Piano Competition

Pécs

Competitors

Calvin Abdiel

Calvin Abdiel is an Indonesian pianist currently pursuing the Konzertexamen program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. He previously studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, building an international artistic profile across Europe, Asia, and Australia. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed extensively worldwide with leading orchestras and in major concert halls.

Cai Huiping

Cai Huiping is a Hong Kong–born pianist currently pursuing advanced graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in the United States. She has established an active international career as a soloist and collaborative pianist, performing across North America, Asia, and Europe while maintaining a strong academic and professional presence in leading conservatories.

Deng Houjiyuan

Deng Houjiyuan was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, in 2009. He began studying piano with his father at the age of four, continued his training with Professor Petrov from the age of eight, and since the age of eleven has studied under Professor Zhou Yunqing of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Yu'ang Fan

Yuang Fan began learning the piano at the age of six. In 2020, he enrolled in the Affiliated High School of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied under Professor Ying Wu. In 2023, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent grades and is currently studying under Professor Jianing Kong.

Feng Yi-Chen

Feng Yi-Chen is a Taiwanese pianist currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, while also undertaking Doctor of Musical Arts studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. As a soloist, he has appeared in major concert halls across North America, Europe, and Asia, and has collaborated with leading orchestras worldwide, with his artistry recognized through numerous international competition awards.

Julian Gast

Julian Gast is among the most successful young German pianists of his generation.

Ron Maxim Huang

Ron Maxim Huang was born in Berlin. He gained his first musical experience as a member of the Berlin State Cathedral Choir (Staats- und Domchor Berlin) and the children’s choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he also performed as a boy soloist.

Mikhail Kan

Mikhail Kan began his musical education at the age of seven, entering music school. He then continued his studies at the Rostov Art College, where he studied for four years under Tatyana Evtodieva (a graduate of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, class of Professor S.E. Fainberg).

Ruben Kozin

Ruben Kozin is an Armenian pianist who began studying the piano at the age of five. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Central Music School of the P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied with Natalia Trull, Professor at the Moscow State Conservatory. He graduated from the P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 2020.

Lakatos András

András Lakatos is one of the most promising young Hungarian pianists of his generation, having achieved remarkable success at numerous prestigious international competitions across Europe. His studies have taken him to Graz, Stuttgart, and Paris, while his concert career has brought him to important concert halls and musical institutions throughout Europe.

Vilhelm Moqvist

Vilhelm Moqvist is one of the most promising young Swedish pianists of his generation, having already earned major competition victories and prestigious scholarships at an early stage of his career. As a soloist, he has performed in renowned concert halls such as the Tonhalle Zurich, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, and Stockholm Concert Hall, and has appeared with leading orchestras in Sweden and abroad.

Pellet Sebestyén

Sébastien Pellet is one of the most outstanding talents of the young pianist generation. He studied at the Budapest Liszt Academy of Music between 2018 and 2021 under the guidance of Attila Némethy and András Kemenes, then continued at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel in Zoltán Fejérvári's class. In 2025, he earned his master's degree with distinction from the Liszt Academy as a student of Dénes Várjon. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies.

Rozsonits Ildikó

Ildikó Rozsonits was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 2006. She began playing the piano at the age of five and was admitted at the age of ten to the School for Exceptional Young Talents at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She is currently in her second year of BA studies at the university. Her professors are Gábor Farkas, Attila Némethy, and Philippe Raskin.

Szaniszló Attila

Attila Szaniszló spent his childhood in Cristuru Secuiesc where his exceptional musical talent became evident at an early age: at five, he was already exploring melodies on a toy piano.

Barbare Tataradze

Barbare Tataradze, born in 2003 in Tbilisi, Georgia, began playing the piano at the age of five. From an early age, she demonstrated remarkable musical talent, quickly establishing herself as one of the most promising young pianists of her generation.

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