
Follow-up concerts
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 Augustinum senior citizens' residence in Bad Soden, Linda Yuan, Martin Zhu, Felix Ganz, 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
Three pianists from AG V to VII will perform in this concert.
Yuewen Yin (15, NL), Raffaello Giannini (14, BE) and Felix Wu (18, DE) play a captivating and varied program that meets the highest standards in front of invited guests.
Photos and participant testimonials will follow
"Art & Music - Encounters", Clinic Hohemark Oberursel, 24.10.2025
Another Art & Music concert will take place in the church hall of the Hohe Mark clinic in Oberursel with its beautiful acoustics. We are delighted that Dr. Dildei has once again invited our young talents to enrich his exhibition and concert series.
Yulianna Beziazychna (Ukraine, AG IV), Yad Barzinyi (Germany, AG V) and Tatia Abashishvili (Georgia, AG VII) will inspire the invited guests with their art!
Weilburg Castle Concerts
Weilburg Castle Concerts 2026, 07.06.2026, 11 a.m., Upper Orangery
Linda Yuan (Germany), Jonathan Ng (Switzerland), Xuyao (Alex) Bai (New Zealand) and Raffaello Giannini (Belgium) will perform a matinee full of musical stories and pianistic mastery in the extraordinary and exclusive ambience of the Weilburg Castle Concerts.
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 thank the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte, 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