Follow-up concerts
Fees with a total value of € 10,000
For us, a piano competition is not the end, but the beginning of a musical journey. Through our follow-up concerts, masterclasses and scholarships, we create a platform that promotes young talent in the long term and offers them a stage far beyond the competition.
For young pianists, concerts are far more than just a performance. It is the moment when weeks of work pay off and the music comes to life - in direct interaction with the audience. Here they learn how to deal with stage fright, gain experience and benefit from the exchange with other concert participants. Playing in front of an audience motivates the young pianists and inspires their passion for music. All artists receive a fee and a pro rata reimbursement of their expenses.
Experience our prizewinners in seven unique concerts with press reports and personal insights!
Augustinum retirement home
Augustinum senior citizens' residence, Bad Soden, 06.04.2025, 5 p.m.
"Virtuoso - touching - extraordinary"
was the enthusiastic headline of the Bad Sodener Zeitung in its review from 09.04.2025.
In the beautiful theater hall of the senior citizens' residence Augustinum in Bad Soden, Linda Yuan, Martin Zhu, David Yifan Chen, Yulianna Beziazychna, Maximilian Hongcheng Zhu, Toni Gu and Ei Fujimori (AG II to V) delighted the large audience.
Participant comments
Ling Cheng, mother of Maximilian Zhu
Family Martin Zhu
The Fujimori family
The Chen family
Meng Li, mother of Toni Gu
The Beziazychna family
Augustinum senior citizens' residence, Bad Soden, Sunday, 16.11.2025 - 5 p.m.
The second concert in the Augustinum senior citizens' residence in Bad Soden will be performed by the winners of AG V to VII. It is exciting to experience the older age groups after the younger ones.
Jueon Lee, 14, from South Korea, Magdalena Pflüger, 16, from Germany, Tatia Abashishvili, 19, from Georgia and Sebastian Rauch, 18, from Germany offer a brilliant concert full of sound magic and virtuosity. We cordially invite you to attend!
The competition's artistic director, Ulrike Danne-Feldmann, will moderate the event.
The concert is open to the public, there is no interval.
Experience 75 minutes of magic, passion and unforgettable moments with free admission - donations are requested!
"Art & Music - Encounters"
The close and very cordial cooperation with the "Barbara and Dr. Hans-Werner Dildei Art & Culture Foundation" has led to three follow-up concerts in 2025.
Many thanks go to Dr. Dildei, who has set standards in connecting the arts and people with his exhibition and concert series "Art & Music - Encounters". His passionate commitment to promoting talent, among other things, is supported by the Taunussparkasse and the Hohemark Clinic in Oberursel, whom we would also like to thank!
"Art & Music - Encounters", Taunus Sparkasse Bad Homburg, 29.04.2025
Linda Yuan, Vadim Nikitin, Maximilian Hongcheng Zhu, Toni Gu, Raffaello Giannini, Ellie Jasmine Bauwens and Ei Fujimori (AG II to V) touched the astonished audience with their fantastic playing in this concert.
It was wonderful to experience how the cultural enjoyment of music, painting and fine art, together with the excellent catering provided by Taunus Sparkasse, left a lasting and unique impression.
The contact with artists of painting, fine arts and their works was also a source of inspiration for our young talents.
Participant comments
There are still lots of feelings and things to say, such as the food service, venue, audiences, and the whole package you organized, and so on. We don't take anything for granted. We are so thankful to the opportunity! We can write it down for many pages!
One personal news relating to Raffaello and Kronberg competition to share with you! Yesterday Raffaello's school told him that they will give him some freedom of lessons choices at school (because Raffaello has skipped one year and entered the Mathmatic Olympiad Final. He likes mathematics, so that's just for fun but the school takes it seriously). They asked Raffaello if he skips some lessons for other lessons, what lessons he wants to take? Raffaello told them: I want to learn German earlier and more, and of course also mathematics. They asked why do you wanna German so much? Raffaello said because last week I went to Germany for Laureate concert of Kronberg competition, and I wish myself speaking German to German.
Raffaello is inspired by every experience. Thank you!!!
Camille Giannini
Zhu family, Ling Cheng
Meng Li, mother of Toni Gu
A special highlight was the special prize: the invitation to the concert ART & MUSIC - Encounters, donated by the Barbara and Dr. Hans-Werner Dildei Art & Culture Foundation. The combination of visual art and music, the warm atmosphere and sharing the stage with great young musicians - all this made the evening unforgettable.
A wonderful reminder of respect, encounters and a genuine love of music and art.
Vadim Nikitin
Yuliya Bauwens
It was a truly valuable experience for him.
The Fujimori family
The prizewinners' concert at Taunus Sparkasse was very well organized, both by you and by Taunus Sparkasse, and the piano concert was very successful. All the pianists gave their best, and it was also impressive to hear and experience how the piano music affected us in the visual art space. The experience will remain in our memories for a long time.
Thank you very much for your efforts and support for the Kronberg Piano Competition project.
Linda Yuan and family
"Art & Music - Encounters", Taunus Sparkasse Bad Homburg, 09.09.2025
Another unforgettable and inspiring concert evening! Yuewen Yin (15) from the Netherlands, Raffaello Giannini (14) from Belgium and Felix Wu (18) from Germany captivated the spellbound audience at Art & Music in the Taunus Sparkasse Bad Homburg with their extraordinary playing.
Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy at the very highest level in combination with the very impressive and moving pictures and sculptures by Andrew Friedrich and Oliver Czarnetta, crowned by the ambience of the Taunus Sparkasse campus and excellent catering - a unique experience! This concert was also presented by artistic director Ulrike Danne-Feldmann.
Our special and heartfelt thanks once again go to the "Barbara und Dr. Hans-Werner Dildei Kunst und Kulturstiftung" and the Taunus Sparkasse!
Participant comments
The Yuewen Yin family
This time, we were also happy to meet the artist from other fields, Mr. Andrew Friedrich. It is always beneficial to put young musicians in such occasions together with other artists."
The Raffaello Giannini family
"Art & Music - Encounters", Clinic Hohemark Oberursel, 24.10.2025
For the first time during our collaboration with Art & Music, the event took place in the church hall of the Hohe Mark clinic in Oberursel with its beautiful acoustics.
Yulianna Beziazychna (11, Ukraine), Yad Barzinjy (14, Germany) and Tatia Abashishvili (19, Georgia) played a fantastic program. The audience was completely thrilled! The subsequent cozy get-together with finger food and drinks offered plenty of space for interesting conversations - a perfect conclusion. Many thanks to the Hohe Mark Clinic, Dr. Dildei and Andrew Friedrich, who once again captivated everyone present with his art!
Participant comments
The competition in Kronberg is an amazingly warm and perfectly organized event. Everything is thoughtfully arranged - from rehearsal and accommodation to direct contact with the organizers. The additional entertainment program was a wonderful surprise - we haven't seen anything like it elsewhere!
At many competitions, you just come, perform, and leave without really connecting. But here, taking part in two concerts after the competition brought new impressions, experience, contacts, and valuable stage time. We have never seen another competition organized with such care and attention to every participant. Yulianna is already planning to come back!
Weilburg Castle Concerts
Weilburg Castle Concerts 2026, 07.06.2026, 11 a.m., Upper Orangery
In the extraordinary and exclusive ambience of the Weilburg Castle Concerts Linda Yuan (Germany), Stefan Szypura (Switzerland) and Raffaello Giannini (Belgium) perform a matinee full of musical stories and pianistic mastery.
As winners of the AG V prize, they were personally invited to the concert by the new artistic director Clemens Mohr. The Weilburger Schlosskonzerte attaches great importance to promoting talent and we would like to thank Clemens Mohr and the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte very much for the fantastic collaboration!
We would also like to sincerely thank Hansen & Heinrich AG, a bank-independent asset manager that is passionately committed to art and culture and is sponsoring this concert!
Program, photos and participant feedback to follow
Tidal concerts 2026
"Year after year, the youthful fire, the superb skill and the unspent freshness inspire the tidal audience anew."
The Gipfelstürmer concerts to promote the next generation are one of many facets of this renowned festival in East Frisia. We are very grateful to Artistic Director Matthias Kirschnereit for the opportunity to offer Sebastian Rauch (18, AG VII) from Germany this wonderful stage!
Program, photos and participant feedback to follow