Vienna Classical Music Competition
international classical music competition for musicians
Results of the 3rd Paul Badura-Skoda International Piano Competition Vienna 2025
Award Ceremony and Concert on Oktober 19, 2025, at the Mozarthaus Vienna - Concert Hall in Vienna
Category A
Chi-Tou Lao
1st Prize
Jingquan Xie
2nd Prize
Minseung Kim
3rd Prize
Sylwia Orzechowska
Wiener Klassik Prize
YunJoung Park
Jury Special Prize
Xinyue Gu
Honorable Mentions Prize
Sicheng He
Honorable Mentions Prize
Yang Lingyi
Honorable Mentions Prize
Category B
Eva Emilia Rautner
1st Prize
Ariadni Masmanidou
2nd Prize
Ziyi Wang
3rd Prize
Miruna-Ioana Covreag
Honorable Mentions Prize
Košir Petra Thea
Honorable Mentions Prize
Category C
Not awarded
1st Prize
Not awarded
2nd Prize
Sofija Tashkoska
3rd Prize
Valentina Wu
Honorable Mentions Prize
Xiaoran Liu
Honorable Mentions Prize
Category D
Not awarded
1st Prize
Not awarded
2nd Prize
Michael Chen Lunzhe
3rd Prize
Chamber Music
Not awarded
1st Prize
Vista Duo
2nd Prize
Trio Rhenia
3rd Prize
Composition
Chamber Music Composition
First prize
Petite Suite - Athanasios Papadimitriou
Second prize
Trilogy for piano duo & string orchestra - Maris Lasmanis
Third prize
le quattro stagioni - Nicholas Jimenez
Honourable Mention
Ungewisse Zeiten - Orlando Soccavo
Dedicated to D. Shostakovich - Giorgi Arabidze
Solo Composition
First prize
Sonate No6 Pour Piano - Gorka Cuesta
Second prize
Crystal Water Etude - Nicholas Jimenez
The Road of Global Trade in Yiwu - Jiang Ziyun
Third prize
Dance of the Devil - Nicholas Jimenez
Jury Special prize
Variations on Stravinsky’s Les Cinq Doigts - Eric Heilner
Honourable Mentions
Colourful - Robyn Danielle Farah
Toccata Furiosa for piano solo - Sharad Goulam
Prelude No. 3 - Evans Koçja