81st International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój 2026
There is no other festival like it in the world where, over the course of nine days, we could hear the winners of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th prizes of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (2025).
The opening concert with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Paweł Kapuła, featured Chopin concertos performed by Tianyao Lyu and Piotr Alexewicz. In the following days, we heard recitals by Yehuda Prokopowicz (who won the award for best performance of mazurkas), Shiori Kuwahara, Eric Lu, Kevin Chen, and Zitong Wang (winner of the 3rd prize and the K. Zimerman Award for best performance of a sonata).
David Khrikuli, one of the favorite pianists of the recent Chopin Competition, performed. A superb recital was performed by Hyunjin Roh, winner of the Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz. Jakub Kuszlik, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Saehyun Kim, Alexander Kobrin, Hyo, and Hyuk Lee were the next performers. The recitals by teenage Polish pianists Filip Kauch (a student of Professor Andrzej Tatarski) and Oliver Hak were memorable. The final concert was performed by Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the 2020 Chopin Competition First Prize.