The eleventh competition brought the Maj Lind up to the 1960s. This time it was expanded into a national event and not confined to students at the Sibelius Academy. A record 15 pianists entered for the 1966 competition. The competitors have had a chance to be the soloist with a symphony orchestra since 1968. In the early years, it was the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra.
Please read the blog Maj Lind! on the website of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
The Maj Lind International Piano Competition held in Helsinki on 14-27 October 2022 culminated in the second Orchestral Final on Thursday evening. The jury declared Piotr Pawlak the winner.
See how the competitors are getting ready.
In the Orchestral Finals the contestants will perform a piano concerto with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing.
In the chamber music final on 23 October, the finalists will play a quartet together with chamber music ensembles Kamus or Meta4.
The jury selected the finalists on Friday evening after the second round.
The commissioned work for the competition was composed by Outi Tarkiainen. Competitors may, in the second round, alternatively improvise on a theme. The theme is issued 20 minutes before performance.
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FI-00097 Uniarts,
FINLAND
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