Steinway Piano Competition Belgium

27/10/2024

Did you miss our laureates’ concert, last Sunday? Not to worry! You can cheer on our finalists again in spring 2025. Keep an eye on our website!
Credits to for the beautiful photo!

11/10/2024

The best way to spend a lovely Sunday morning with your loved ones? Attending our laureates’ concert! Don’t miss it!
Sunday 20 October - 11h00
- Paterskerk Oud-Rekem

03/03/2024

Time to announce the winners!

International Steinway & Sons Prize
Eliana Braude
She will represent Belgium at the Steinway Festival in Hamburg, on September 7th, 2025!

CAT. I
First Prize - Eliana Braude
Second Prize - Yui Harumashi
Third Prize - Iris Keijzer

CAT. II
First Prize - Mahault Ska
Second Prize - Raffaello Giannini
Third Prize - Akari Bastiaens

CAT. III
First Prize - Jonathan Ide
Second Prize - Jannat Huseinzoda
Third Prize - Yelin Wangzhang

Honorable mentions and a lot of congratulations to the other finalists as well: Ilias Crèvecoeur, Sverre D'hooghe, Alexandra Kong and Alexander Skrobovskiy!

Public Prize
Raffaello Giannini

See you in 2026!

03/03/2024

Our finalists are receiving lots of love from this wonderful audience!

03/02/2024

Phew! These kids are already relaxing.
We are already down to the last 15 contestants in CAT 2.
Tomorrow there are still 21 participants in CAT 3. They all play a programme of 15 minutes, including one piece by the one and only, godlike J. S. Bach.
Enjoy these marvelous programmes live at in Ruiselede.

03/02/2024

Did you know the preselections are open for the public? We have lots of cosy seats to enjoy all these mesmerising performances. Feel free to join us today (CAT 1/2) or tomorrow (CAT 3) at headquarter in Ruiselede!

03/02/2024

There are no less than 33 contestants in CAT 1. That's 33 young and ambitious musicians, aspiring to show their talents, eager to share their love for the black and white keys. Who is your favourite?

03/02/2024

And we're off! This is .dhooghe. He also participated in 2022 and made it to the final in . We wish all our contestants the best of luck and are very curious to know who we will be seeing in Brussels, next month!

03/02/2024

Ready for day 1! The jury: fully focused. The contestants: well rested and bursting with enthousiasm. What a beautiful weekend for piano music!

12/06/2022

The first laureate concert @ Piano's Maene België Ruiselede! Great concert! Next concert on 2/10 https://www.maene.be/nl_BE/laureatenconcert-steinway-pianocompetition-piano-s-maene-oud-rekem

17/03/2022

You can't get enough of these young talents? No problem!
The recordings of our finalists are now available on our Youtube Channel. 🎵🎶🎥

This short video recaps our first prizes winners of the first, second and third category. Go and check them out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGMCbw7wUFE

15/03/2022

We had two additional, special prizes to give this year.

The winner of the prize of the public: Raffaello Giannini!
The winner of the Steinway Prize with a ticket for the upcoming Steinway Festival at Hamburg, where he will represent Belgium: Jorge Rodriguez

Congratulations!

15/03/2022

We proudly announce the winners in each category:

Cat. I
First prize: Akari Bastiaens
Second prize: Raffaello Giannini
Third prize: Yui Harumashi

Cat. II
First prize: Jonathan Ide
Second prize: Yelin Wangzhang
Third prize: Ruben Vanderpijpen

Cat. III
First prize: Jorge Rodriguez
Second prize: Amaury Stekelinck
Third prize: Victoria De Roeck

And last but nog least a big shoutout to the runners up: Sverre D'hooghe, Mahault Ska & Jef Kolacny!

15/03/2022

The impressive Henry Le Boeuf Hall at Bozar in Brussels was once again our scene for the Finals of the Piano Steinway Competition Belgium 2022. We were very glad to notice that the our finalists had een large audience to play for.

The piano was tuned.
They all looked their sunday's best.
The lights went on.
They were ready to go.

03/03/2022

Sunday 13 March is the day!

On this day our finalists will give the best of themselves in one of the most beautiful concert halls, Salle Henry Le Boeuf in Bozar.

Are you interested in coming to admire these young talents? Then don't forget to order your tickets and join us on this beautiful Sunday.

De Steinway Pianowedstrijd voor de Jeugd brengt de beste en meest verrassende jonge pianisten uit België samen op het podium van Bozar. Tijdens de voorrondes worden er maximaal 15 kandidaten geselecteerd in drie leeftijdscategorieën (jonger dan 13, van 13 tot 16, en van 16 tot en met 18). De gesel...

07/02/2022

Finally, the finalists in category III.
Congratulations to you all!
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- Victoria De Roeck
- Jef Kolacny
- Jorge Rodriguez
- Amaury Stekelinck
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See you in Bozar on 13/03/2022!

07/02/2022

And here are the finalist in category II.
Congratulations! 👏
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- Jonathan Ide
- Ruben Vanderpijpen
- Yelin Wangzhang
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See you in Bozar on 13/03/2022!

07/02/2022

Here they are!
Congratulations to our finalists in category I !
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- Akari Bastiaens
- Sverre D'hooghe
- Raffaello Giannini
- Yui Harumashi
- Mahault Ska
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See you in Bozar on 13/03/2022!