03/02/2026
THE 81st INTERNATIONAL
CHOPIN FESTIVAL
Duszniki-Zdrój, 7–15 August 2026
PROGRAMME
This year's 81st edition of the Festival will take place on the 200th anniversary of the stay and two concerts of 16-year-old Fryderyk Chopin in Duszniki !
Therefore, this time we will hear primarily a large group of young, wonderful, highly talented artists - only a few years older than Fryderyk when he visited Duszniki in August 1826!
And this was the main point taken into account when designing the programme for this year's Festival!
Below are the details...
I hope that this unique programme will be met with the interest it deserves from music lovers!
Over the course of several festival days, we will hear the winners representing the following following prestigious competitions:
* Chopin Competition - 2025
Laureates of subsequent Prizes
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
* Chopin Competition - 2021
Laureate of the 4th prize
Jakub KUSZLIK
* Chopin Competition - 2010
Laureate of the 1st prize
Yulianna AVDEEVA
* Queen Elisabeth Competition
Brussels - 2025
First Prize Winner
Nikola MEEUVESEN
* Marguerite Long Competition
Paris - 2025
First Prize Winner
Saehyun KIM
and
Third Prize Winner - Hyo LEE
* Marguerite Long Competition
Paris - 2022
First Prize Winner
Hyuk LEE
* Arthur Rubinstein Competition
Tel Aviv, May - 2026
First Prize Winner
- name to be announced on 15 May 2026
* I.J. Paderewski Competition Bydgoszcz - 2025
First Prize Winner
Hyunjin ROH
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* Chopin Competition – 2025
The Festival will also feature outstanding pianists who are favourites with audiences:
Competition finalist David KHRIKULI
and winner of the Polish Radio Award for the best performance of Mazurkas – Yehuda PROKOPOWICZ ———————————————————
* The eagerly awaited ‘NOKTURN’ concert will be hosted this time by
editor Marcin MAJCHROWSKI
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* The real icing on the festival cake will be recitals by Alexander Gavrylyuk and Alexander Kobrin, who will also host the 25th NATIONAL MASTER CLASS.
We are familiar with the profiles of these outstanding artists and wonderful teachers, but it is worth adding that in their youth, they also won top prizes at the most prestigious piano competitions – to name but a few...
🎹 Alexander GAVRYLYUK
* First Prize and Gold Medal at the Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition - 1999
* First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
- 2000
* First Prize and Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition - Tel Aviv 2005
🎹 Alexander KOBRIN
* Third Prize at the 14th International Chopin Competition - 2000
* First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
– 2003
* First Prize and Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – Fort Worth 2005
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Details of the Festival programme can be found here:
https://festival.pl/en/81st-festival-rogramme/
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WE WELCOME YOU
TO THE FESTIVAL IN DUSZNIKI !
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