81st Festival – programme

7.08.2026
Friday
8:00 PM
Price: 280 zł
Inaugural concert
Orchestra
Soloist:

Piotr ALEXEWICZ

winner of the 5th Prize at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw

Tianyao LYU

winner of the 4th Prize at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2025)
8.08.2026
Saturday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Yehuda PROKOPOWICZ
participant in the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw; winner of the Polish Radio Special Prize for the best performance of mazurkas; winner of the Polityka Passport Award 2025 in the Readers’ Passport category
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Alexander GAVRYLYUK
Gold Medal winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv (2005); Artist-in-Residence at Wigmore Hall in London in the 2023/24 season
9.08.2026
Sunday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Jakub KUSZLIK
winner of the 4th Prize and the Special Prize for the best performance of mazurkas at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2021)
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Shiori KUWAHARA
laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels (2025); winner of the 4th Prize at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
10.08.2026
Monday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Saehyun KIM
winner of the 1st Prize at the Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud International Competition in Paris (2025)
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Alexander KOBRIN
winner of the 3rd Prize at the 14th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2020)
11.08.2026
Tuesday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Hyo LEE
winner of the 3rd Prize at the 12th International Competition Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam, Bydgoszcz (2021)
Hyuk LEE
finalist of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2021)
9:00 PM
Price: 200 zł
NOKTURN
Host: Marcin MAJCHROWSKI
12.08.2026
Wednesday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Winner of the 1st Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv (2026)
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Eric LU
winner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2025)
13.08.2026
Thurday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
David KHRIKULI
winner of the 1st Prize at the International Piano Competition in Cantù (Italy, 2024); also winner and Audience Prize recipient at the International Piano Competition in Vigo (Spain, 2024)
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Kevin CHEN
winner of the 1st Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv; the Geneva International Music Competition (2022); and the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest (2021). Winner of the 2nd Prize at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2025)
14.08.2026
Friday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Nikola MEEUWESEN
winner of the 1st Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (2025)
8:00 PM
Price: 160 zł
Zitong WANG
winner of the 3rd Prize at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2025)
15.08.2025
Saturday
4:00 PM
Price: 120 zł
Hyunjin ROH
winner of the 1st Prize at the 13th International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2025)
8:00 PM
Price: 280 zł
Final concert
Yulianna AVDEEVA
winner of the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010)

Jubilee 25th National Piano Masterclass in Duszniki-Zdrój
7, 9, 10, 11 August 2026 – Prof. Alexander GAVRYLYUK
12–15 August 2026 – Prof. Alexander KOBRIN

Festival pass reservations for the entire festival will be available from 1 February to 15 March 2026 via email at: chopin@festival.pl

In your order, please specify the number of passes you wish to purchase.
Price of a full festival pass: 1,980 PLN

During the 81st edition of the International Chopin Festival this year, it will also be possible to purchase half-festival passes for the first and second halves of the Festival.

  • The first half includes concerts from 8:00 PM on Friday, 7 August 2026, to the 4:00 PM concert on Tuesday, 11 August 2026 (8 concerts).
  • The second half includes concerts from 4:00 PM on Wednesday, 12 August 2026, to the 8:00 PM concert on Saturday, 15 August 2026 (8 concerts).

Half-festival passes do not include the NOKTURN concert.

Price of one half-festival pass: 990 PLN

The sale of individual tickets for selected concerts is also conducted via email contact at: chopin@festival.pl. It will begin on March 16, 2026, at 00:00 (from Sunday 15.03.2026 to Monday 16.03.2026)

Orders for individual tickets submitted before March 16, 2026, at 00:00 will not be considered.

In the order, please specify the date and time of the concert and the number of tickets requested for that concert.