organiser: Fryderyk Chopin Institute
From 2 to 23 October 2025, the Warsaw Philharmonic will host one of the world's most important piano competitions – the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, which in 2025 is held for the nineteenth time .
The three-stage competition auditions will begin on 3 October, and the day before, on 2 October, the official opening of the Competition will take place. The symphony concert will be conducted by Andrzej Boreyko, and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will accompany the outstanding pianists, winners of previous editions of the Competition. Bruce Liu, Yulianna Avdeeva, Garrick Ohlsson and Dang Thai Son will perform together as soloists in Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords (performed on four pianos) by Johann Sebastian Bach. The programme will also include Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos, Camille Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 5 and Fryderyk Chopin's Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 (in a orchestral version).
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrzej Boreyko will accompany the Competition Finalists on 18, 19 and 20 October and during the prize-winners' concerts on 21, 22 and 23 October.
All information about the auditions – the schedule and auditions – can be found here: chopincompetition.pl