Piano Competition
We are waiting for you in beautiful Procida Island
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Awards over €20.000: cash scholarships, concerts, special prizes (bottom of the page) and the opportunity to debut in the Gala of the Mimas Music Festival from 18th to 21th August 2026
The evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
Winners announcement Junior Categories: from 9th June 2025
Winners announcement of Young and Virtuoso Categories: from 16th June 2024
Places are limited: There are only 7 places left!
The Competition is Member of the Alink Argerich Foundation
Your Program
Send us the performance where you feel comfortable
The program is free
You can send us separate links uploaded to one of these channels: Youtube, Tencent, Youku, Vimeo, Google drive
Don’t Forget
Registrations/Links made from 2023 are accepted
Entries are Limited!
Deadlines
Junior Categories: 24th May 2025
Young and Virtuoso: 31st May 2025
please read all other rules at the bottom of the page
Winner Piano Competition
Mimas Music Festival 2025
Junior A
Ages 7 and under
Program Maximum 10 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 500
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025’
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for OperaLab by Accademia Musicale Europea
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
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Official certificate of winners
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Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
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Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp’
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior B
Ages 8-10
Program Maximum 10 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 700
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025′
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channel
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winner
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior C
Ages 11-13
Program Maximum 12 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 1000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025’
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Junior D
Ages 14-16
Program Maximum 15 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 2000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025’
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Concert in Spain
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival in Procida 2024
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Young
Ages 17-19
Program Maximum 20 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 3000
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025’
- Concerto in Leon – Spain
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Scholarship for Musical Arts Madrid “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Virtuoso
Ages 20-35
Program Maximum 40 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 5000
- Scholarship of € 1000 offered By AMP Pisani srl to the memory of musicologist Allan Evans
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2025’
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Official certificate of winners
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2026
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Direct access top selections WPTA Spain
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 2025
- Official certificate of winners
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
- Scholarship for Mimas Festival Summer Camp 2025
- Scholarship for Piano High Course of Accademia Musicale Europea
- Scholarship for Leon Piano Meeting “Summer camp”
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Special Prizes
- KNS CLASSICAL PRIZE – Digital publishing and distribution
- Best performance of a work of Baroque Composer
- Best performance of a work of Classical Composer
- Best performance of a work of Romantic Composer
- Best performance of a work of Contemporary Composer
- Best performance of a work of L.v. Beethoven
- Best performance of Virtuoso Etude
- Best performance of Virtuoso Composition
- Best performance of a work of G. Devastato
- Best European Pianist
* The Mimas Special Prize for each category is awarded only if the jury unanimously votes the highest possible score for the first prize.
*The performances will be listened to by the links or downloaded in video format by the organization
*The winners will be entitled to the prizes by participating in the Mimas Festival concerts dedicated to them
Join the Competition
You will only submit your performance once, so as not to create travel costs, the evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
Registrations/Links made from 2023 are accepted
Meet the Jury
Giuseppe
Devastato
ITALY
President of the Jury and of WPTA Spain
Concert pianist and composer,
Professor at Faculty of Music Alfonso X el Sabio of Madrid – UAX, Academy and Accademia Musicale Europea, Artisti Director of International Piano Balkan Academy in Kosovo
Andreas
Frölich
GERMANY
Pianist and Professor
He concertises in the most famous venues in the world like Musikverein Wien, Mozarteum Salzburg , Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro municipal Rio de Janeiro etc
Concert Pianist and Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln -Aachen and guest professor at the Talent music Masters academy in Brescia, at the international SummerAcademy Mozarteum Salzburg.
He is an official Steinway Artist and he is often inivited as jury member in many international piano competitions
Nie
Jing
CHINA
Pianist and Pedagogue
He is an Associate Professor, Doctor of Piano Performance, and Director of the Chamber Music Department at Xinghai Conservatory of Music. As Executive Director of the National Collaborative Piano Competition, he has partnered with over 100 world-class soloists globally. He leads major provincial research projects on piano pedagogy and the integration of AI in musical co-creation.
A graduate of the Lübeck Conservatory under Manfred Fock and Bernd Goetzke, he has won top prizes at the Sulmona and Nice International Competitions. Awarded the 2024 World Classical Music “Best Teacher Award,” he has guided students into elite institutions like Juilliard, the Royal College of Music, and the Berlin University of the Arts with numerous international gold medals.
ILonka
Rus
ROMANIA
Concert Pianist and Professor
She has appeared on stages throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Mexico as a soloist and collaborative artist
Director of World Piano Teachers Association, Texas Chapter. Director of Keyboard Studies at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Guest artist at Euro Academy Festival in Szczecin, Poland and International Music Festival in Avilla, Spain
Carles
Lama
Spain
Director of KNS Classical
Steinway Artist and international concert pianist, co-founder and director of the label KNS Classica.
Artistic director of several cycles and festivals of music, he has also won a reputation for mentoring a wide number of young talents.
Luciano
Ruotolo
ITALY
Founder and Artistic Director
He is an international concert pianist, He won he won the prestigious ‘Carthage International Prize’. Founder of NOMEA – International Company, considered among the best Italian innovative startups. Luciano is Founder of Mimas Festival and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of: Neapolitan Masters Competition, Nomea Competition, WPTA Spain, Accademia Musicale Europea, MuSa art&science
Special thanks for their support of young pianists
Piero Pisani
ITALY
Neapolitan Masters Competition – Honorary President
He is an Italian entrepreneur with AMP Pisani and supports the young musicians of our organization