On 12 September 2025, EUPLAYY held its first live final ever: the Piano Concerto Competition concluded Sontraud Speidel’s masterclass on the interpretation of piano concertos. Four finalists, chosen in a video pre-selection, performed complete concertos in front of the jury. The competition was held in cooperation with Ponte Ulm.
- Date
- 12 September 2025
- Venue
- Klostermühle Söflingen, Ulm
- Format
- Video pre-selection, live final
- In cooperation with
- Ponte Ulm
Prize winners
Eren Parmakerli
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Paul Gurti
Mozart, Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488
Ching-Yen Lin
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Johnny Li
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Jury
Prof. Sontraud Speidel
Pianist, professor at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe; led the masterclass on piano concertos
Prof. Mario de Secondi
Cellist, professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen
Janis Pfeifer
Pianist, artistic director of Ponte Ulm
Swen Fischer
Pianist, founder and director of EUPLAYY
Orchestral part on the second piano: Prof. Fedele Antonicelli
Repertoire
- Joseph Haydn: all piano concertos
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: piano concertos from K. 271
- Ludwig van Beethoven: concertos No. 1, 2 and 4
- Frédéric Chopin: concertos No. 1 and 2
The live final
Prize-winner concert on 26 September 2025
On 26 September 2025, the two first-prize winners Eren Parmakerli and Paul Gurti performed with a string quartet of festival musicians at the Stadthaus Ulm, as part of Ponte Ulm.
