23rd
València
Iturbi
International
Piano
Competition
From 4 to June 14, 2025
Informative news
Prize winners of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition
June 14
The Jury of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition, in session num. 5, of June 13, 2025 at the Palau de la Música de València, agrees to approve the following list of winners of the prizes of this edition:
First Prize: Nabeel Hayek
- €30,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València, a CD recording and a concert tour.
Second Prize: Uladzislau Khandohi
- €20,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València and a concert tour.
Third Prize: Ruggiero Fiorella
- €10,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València and a concert tour.
Finalist Prizes: Emin Kiourktchian, Eugenia Sánchez Durán and Yungyung Guo
- €5,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València for each of the three finalists not awarded first, second or third prize.
Best Finalist Prize: Eugenia Sánchez Durán
- €3,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València to the best finalist not awarded the first, second or third prize.
SPECIAL PRIZES:
Diputació de València Prize for the best performance of Spanish music: Emin Kiourktchian
- €2,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València.
Diputació de València Prize for the best performance of a Chopin piece: Ruggiero Fiorella
- €2,000 prize money awarded by the Diputació de València.
Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia Prize for the best performance of a Mozart sonata: Eugenia Sánchez Durán
- €2,000 prize money awarded by the Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia.
Kawai Prize for the best performance of a Beethoven concert: Uladzislau
Khandohi
- €2,000 prize money awarded by Kawai-España.
Clemente Pianos Audience Prize for the best contestant selected by the audience: Uladzislau Khandohi
- €2,000 prize money awarded by Clemente Pianos.
Grand Final
Competition schedule for Friday June 13
June 13
Afternoon:
19:00 – Ruggiero Fiorella
19:50 – Nabeel Hayek
20:50 – Uladzislau Khandohi
Participants who classify for the Grand Final of the Iturbi Competition
June 11
The Jury of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition, in session num. 4, of June 11, 2025 at the Palau de la Música de València, has agreed to approve the following list of participants who classify for the Grand Final of the contest.
In accordance with the rules of the competition, the order of performance resulting from the draw held in the presentation event will be respected in this next round, so the list of selected contestants is presented following this order of performance:
- Ruggiero Fiorella
- Nabeel Hayek
- Uladzislau Khandohi
Final. Day 2
Competition schedule for Wednesday June 11
June 11
Afternoon:
18:00 – Nabeel Hayek
19:00 – Yungyung Guo
20:00 – Uladzislau Khandohi
Final. Day 1
Competition schedule for Tuesday June 10
June 10
Afternoon:
18:00 – Emin Kiourktchian
19:00 – Eugenia Sánchez Durán
20:00 – Ruggiero Fiorella
Participants who classify for the Final of the Iturbi Competition
June 8
The Jury of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition, in session num. 3, of June 8, 2025 at the Palau de la Música de València, has agreed to approve the following list of participants who classify for the Final of the contest.
The list of selected contestants is presented following the order resulting from the draw held in the presentation event:
- Emin Kiourktchian
- Eugenia Sánchez Durán
- Ruggiero Fiorella
- Nabeel Hayek
- Yungyung Guo
- Uladzislau Khandohi
Second Round - Semi-final. Day 2
Competition schedule for Sunday June 8
June 8
Morning:
10:00 – Natalie Schwamova
11:00 – Break (20’)
11:20 – Arsen Dalibaltayan
12:20 – Break (20’)
12:40 – Nabeel Hayek
Afternoon:
17:00 – Yungyung Guo
18:00 – Break (20’)
18:20 – Uladzislau Khandohi
Second Round - Semi-final. Day 1
Competition schedule for Saturday June 7
June 7
Morning:
10:00 – Yifan Wu
11:00 – Break (20’)
11:20 – Emin Kiourktchian
12:20 – Break (20’)
12:40 – Danylo Saienko
Afternoon:
17:00 – Eugenia Sánchez Durán
18:00 – Break (20’)
18:20 – Ruggiero Fiorella
Participants who classify for the Second round of the Iturbi Competition (Semi-final)
June 6
The Jury of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition, in session no. 2, of June 6, 2025 at the Palau de la Música de València, has agreed to approve the following list of participants who classify for the Second round of the competition (Semi-final).
In accordance with the rules of the competition, the order of performance resulting from the draw held in the presentation event will be respected in this next round, so the list of selected contestants is presented following this order of performance:
- Yifan Wu
- Emin Kiourktchian
- Danylo Saienko
- Eugenia Sánchez Durán
- Ruggiero Fiorella
- Natalie Schwamova
- Arsen Dalibaltayan
- Nabeel Hayek
- Yungyung Guo
- Uladzislau Khandohi
First Round (Recital). Day 3
Competition schedule for friday june 6
June 6
Morning:
10:00 – Nabeel Hayek
10:50 – Davide Cava
11:40 – Yungyung Guo
12:30 – Tiantuo Li
13:20 – Rafael Kyrychenko
Afternoon:
16:30 – Robert Carlson
17:20 – Uladzislau Khandohi
First Round (Recital). Day 2
Competition schedule for thursday june 5
June 5
Morning:
10:00 – Danylo Saienko
10:50 – Eugenia Sánchez Durán
11:40 – Ruggiero Fiorella
12:30 – Antoni Kleczek
13:20 – Natalie Schwamova
Afternoon:
16:30 – Arsen Dalibaltayan
17:20 – Min Joo Yi
18:10 – Jiyoung Kim
First Round (Recital). Day 1
Competition schedule for wednesday june 4
June 4
Morning:
10:00 – Hyelee Kang
10:50 – Yifan Wu
11:40 – Fortunato Salvador García Piquer
12:30 – Emin Kiourktchian
13:20 – Juan Pedro García Oliva
Final list of participants and performance order
June 3
The final official list of participants of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition is comprised of the following contestants, having resorted to the orderly call of candidates on the reserve list as a result of the voluntary resignation of some of the contestants originally admitted.
On June 3, 2025, in the Plenary Hall of the Diputación de Valencia, and in accordance with the general rules of the competition, the order in which the contestants will act is established by means of a draw, with the following result:
| Order | Name | Surname |
| 1 | Hyelee | Kang |
| 2 | Yifan | Wu |
| 3 | Fortunato Salvador | García Piquer |
| 4 | Emin | Kiourktchian |
| 5 | Juan Pedro | García Oliva |
| 6 | Danylo | Saienko |
| 7 | Eugenia | Sánchez Durán |
| 8 | Ruggiero | Fiorella |
| 9 | Antoni | Kleczek |
| 10 | Natalie | Schwamova |
| 11 | Arsen | Dalibaltayan |
| 12 | Min Joo | Yi |
| 13 | Jiyoung | Kim |
| 14 | Nabeel | Hayek |
| 15 | Davide | Cava |
| 16 | Yungyung | Guo |
| 17 | Tiantuo | Li |
| 18 | Rafael | Kyrychenko |
| 19 | Robert | Carlson |
| 20 | Uladzislau | Khandohi |
List of participants admitted to the competition phase in Valencia and reserve list
January 15
The Technical Pre-selection Body of the 23rd Valencia Iturbi International Piano Competition, having examined the documentation and video recordings provided by the candidates, in compliance with the competition rules, has approved the following list of participants admitted to the competition phase that will take place between 4 and 14 June 2025, in the city of Valencia (in alphabetical order):
- Lucas Amory
- Robert Carlson
- Arsen Dalibaltayan
- Ruggiero Fiorella
- Juan Pedro García Oliva
- Yungyung Guo
- Hyelee Kang
- Uladzislau Khandohi
- Hyelim Kim
- Jiyoung Kim
- Maxim Kinasov
- Emin Kiourktchian
- Antoni Kleczek
- Stanislav Korchagin
- Rafael Kyrychenko
- Tiantuo Li
- Pedro López Salas
- Callum Mclachlan
- Geunpyo Park
- Eugenia Sánchez Durán
- Vitaly Starikov
- Zhonghua Wei
The Technical Pre-selection Body also approves the following reserve list, displayed by order of calling, to replace those admitted who, before the start of the competition phase, renounce participation:
- Zeyu Shen
- Yifan Wu
- Hyejin Park
- Davide Cava
- Zifan Ye
- Kuan-Wei Chen
- Danylo Saienko
- Fortunato Salvador García Piquer
- Elizaveta Kliuchereva
- Wanting Cheng
- Victor Maslov
- Ziyi Li
- Min Joo Yi
- Qiao Liu
- Jingzi (Linda) Ruan
- Natalie Schwamova
- Viviana Baudis
- Hin-Yat Tsang
- Joanna Goranko
- Aaron Kurz
- Nabeel Hayek
- Kohei Taruya
End of registration period
November 26
The registration period for the 23rd edition of the València Iturbi International Piano Competition is over. The application deadline was November 25th, 2024, at 23:59:59 CET (Spanish time).
