Festival Ljubljana - Competition Schedule

Competition Schedule

Competition Schedule of the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition 2026

PRELIMINARY ROUND – video selection

The applications was open from 5 January 2025 to 15 September 2025. The results are published on the Ljubljana Festival website no later than 30 September 2025.

INTRODUCTORY MEETING AND ORDER DRAFT

FRIDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2026

9.30–10.00: Registration in the lobby of the Slovenian Philharmonic
10.00: Introductory meeting of all competitors and a draft of the order
10.30–18.00: Piano testing for all 30 Competitors – the order of the testing determined by draft order!

ROUND 1 – Recital

21 - 24 February 2026
Slovenian Philharmonic

SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2026 10.00–10.50: NEJC KAMPLET 10.55–11.45: ULADZISLAU KHANDOHI Break 12.00–12.50: SEUNGHWAN SEVERINO KIM 12.55–13.45: TIAN LAN Break 15.15-16.05: DONG-YI LIN 16.10–17.00: JONATHAN MAK Break 17.15–18.05: MARKO MATAJIČ 18.10–19.00: HEESEONG NOH

SUNDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2026 10.00–10.50: HANGON RHYU 10.55–11.45: VIRGILE ROCHE Break 12.00–12.50: SEHYEOK SON 12.55–13.45: URBAN STANIČ Break 15.15-16.05: YOUL SUN 16.10–17.00: KAI RONG TOBY TAN Break 17.15–18.05: ZHIQUAN WANG 18.10–19.00: GOCE ZLATEV

MONDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2026 10.00–10.50: YUKI AMAKO 10.55–11.45: KIRYL BARTASHEVICH Break 12.00–12.50: MATTEO BORTOLAZZI 12.55–13.45: MATHIS CATHIGNOL Break 15.15-16.05: ELIA CECINO 16.10–17.00: HERMAN MED CERISHA Break 17.15–18.05: YI-CHEN FENG 18.10–19.00: ALBERTO FERRO

TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2026
10.00–10.50: CHRISTOS FOUNTOS
10.55–11.45: JOSHUA HAN
Break
12.00–12.50: ADRIAN HERPE
Break
14.30–15.20: DOMINIK-AUGUSTIN ILISZ
15.25–16.15: HYUNGYU JI

COMPETITION JURY VOTING
After the voting: Announcement of Results

ROUND 2 – Recital

25 February & 26 February 2026
Slovenian Philharmonic

WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026 10.00–11.00: ULADZISLAU KHANDOHI 11.05–12.05: JONATHAN MAK Break 12.20–13.20: HEESEONG NOH Break 15.00–16.00: SEHYEOK SON 16.05–17.05: YOUL SUN Break 17.20–18.20: KAI RONG TOBY TAN

THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2026 10.00–11.00: ZHIQUAN WANG 11.05–12.05: YUKI AMAKO Break 12.20–13.20: KIRYL BARTASHEVICH Break 15.00–16.00: MATTEO BORTOLAZZI 16.05–17.05: ELIA CECINO Break 17.20–18.20: ALBERTO FERRO COMPETITION JURY VOTING After the voting: Announcement of the Results

ROUND 3 – Finals with Orchestra

28 February & 1 March 2026
Cankarjev dom

SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2026 18.00: Final concert JONATHAN MAK HEESEONG NOH YOUL SUN

SUNDAY, 1 MARCH 2026
18.00: Final concert

ZHIQUAN WANG
ELIA CECINO
ALBERTO FERRO

COMPETITION JURY VOTING
After the voting: Awards Ceremony