Malmö Piano Competition and Festival supported by Yamaha 2026
October 27th – 31st, Hyllie Park, Malmö Sweden
Competition Results
Category Debut
1st Prize: Aimee Chen
2nd Prize: Constance Fåhraeus
2nd Prize: Evangeline Ulla Juul-Lou
3rd Prize: Olivia Andersen
3rd Prize: Tea Jagucanskyte
Category A
1st Prize: Xinyan Chen
2nd Prize: Caroline Foldager
2nd Prize: Andreas Foldager
2nd Prize: Yifan Song
3rd Prize: Ludvig Yao
3rd Prize: Jesper Buyan Li
3rd Prize: Rae Pei
3rd Prize: Rachel Ruochen Hua
3rd Prize: Alexandra Almer Boström
Category B
1st Prize: Ella Gardini
2nd Prize: Lumi-Tuuli Elomaa
2nd Prize: Eric Zonghan Xin
2nd Prize: Tongbo Qu
3rd Prize: Jason Linye Yang
3rd Prize: Aino Kärkkäinen
3rd Prize: Kaleb Lidé
Diploma: Aarushi Madavan, Alex Li, Aryan Chin, Chen Yong Hu, Darrin Lou, Iris Montnémery, Isabella Andersen, Jerry Xu, Jesenija Sitnikova, Liya Wang, Magnús Bjarki Rafnsson, Mak Vogel, Nils Hanell, Sara Giamminelli, Yuchen Lu
Category C
1st Prize: Matvii Levchenko
2nd Prize: Kevin Xie
3rd Prize: Jason Lee Reks Jacobsen
Diploma: Alex Rongsheng Zhang, Cecilia Heinonen, Elias Saarinen, Elizabeth Wei Lin Andersen, Felicia Tang, Ísabella Lin Hlynsdóttir, Linda Witt, Livia Hedman, Nils Fernandez Elfversson, Roberta Giamminelli
Category D
1st Prize: Emil Kaad Nabe-Nielsen
2nd Prize: Timur Garist
3rd Prize: Aleksi Berezin
Diploma: Ásgerður Sara Hálfdanardóttir, Carl Christian Fröhlich, Elviira Väyrynen
Category E
1st Prize: Giorgi Shiolashvili
2nd Prize: Francis Karpenskis
3rd Prize: Maiju Koskela
Special Prizes:
Best Performance of the Compulsory Swedish Work by R. Martinsson: Pirvulescu Denisa Irina, Kaisa Kaartinen
Scholarship for Participation and Residence at Klavierstadt Einbeck Festival: Francis Karpenskis
Scholarship for Participation and Residence at the Åhus Piano Festival “By the Sea”: Timur Garist, Giorgi Shiolashvili
Concert at Malmö Castle "Piano på Slottet": Emil Kaad Nabe-Nielsen