Schedule
1-3 May 2026
Castello Ducale di Agliè · Turin, Italy
Day 1 · Section I
Friday 1 May 2026
Morning: Cat. A + B + C + D · Afternoon: Cat. F
Piano practice optional: Cat. A·B·C 08:30–09:15 · Cat. D 10:30–11:00 · Cat. F 14:00–14:30
Candidates must be punctual at their individual performance time
| Start | Performer / event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Piano practice (optional) — Cat. A · B · C |
| Category A · ages 6–7 | |
| 09:15 | Tommaso Carlucci |
| Giuseppe Cucinella | |
| Elisa Sitnic | |
| Category B · ages 7–9 | |
| 09:30 | Emilia Sitnic |
| Matilde Vannini | |
| Category C · ages 9–11 | |
| 09:45 | Mattia Bardoni |
| Carola Garberoglio | |
| Mattia Mestrone | |
| Camilla Talenti | |
| Julian Toth | |
| 10:30 | Jury coffee break · Cat. D piano practice in parallel |
| Category D · ages 11–13 | |
| 11:00 | Leonardo Carrara |
| Niccolò Costa | |
| Simone De Cristofaro | |
| Carlotta Fella | |
| Aurora Isabella Lacatusu | |
| Bianca Zambon | |
| 12:20 | Lunch · piano practice (optional) Cat. F |
| Category F · ages 16–20 | |
| 14:30 | Raffaella Fenu |
| Giulia Gerlotto | |
| Lisa Giallara | |
| Angelo Massimino | |
| Alberto Sabia | |
| 16:20 | Afternoon break (20 min) |
| 16:40 | Cristian Matteo Sarbu |
| Agata Sartori | |
| Asia Scaglia | |
| Lucia Tortorella | |
Day 2 · Section I
Saturday 2 May 2026
Full Cat. E · single final awards ceremony
Piano practice optional: Cat. E first half 08:30–09:15 · Cat. E second half 14:00–15:00
Candidates must be punctual at their individual performance time
| Start | Performer / event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Piano practice (optional) — Cat. E (first half) |
| Category E · ages 13–16 | |
| 09:15 | Emanuele Bernardi |
| Federico Ivan Bruno | |
| Serena Contu | |
| Serena Cucinella | |
| Giovanni De Medici | |
| 10:40 | Break (30 min) after 5th candidate |
| 11:10 | Angelo Yuncheng Degiorgis |
| Maximilien Douglas | |
| Nicole Gavetta | |
| Simone Salvatore Giallara | |
| Enrico Huan-Abrate | |
| 13:00 | Lunch · piano practice (optional) Cat. E (second half) |
| 15:00 | Pietro Lucisano |
| Chiara Notaristefano | |
| Angelica Nova | |
| David Renó | |
| Manuel Tardi | |
| 16:25 | Afternoon break (20 min) |
| 16:45 | Francesco Volpatto |
| Kesy Zheng | |
| Alessandro Zuccaro | |
| 17:30 | Jury deliberation + Cat. E final awards · competition closes |
Day 3 · Section II · Final Round
Sunday 3 May 2026
8 international finalists · 35 min each
Piano practice optional for finalists: 08:30–09:20
Opening 09:20 · performances begin 09:30
| Start | # | Finalist / event |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Piano practice (optional) — finalists | |
| 09:20 | Opening · welcome · jury introduction | |
| 09:30 | 1 | Omar Al Deek (Italy) Brahms Op. 119 · Debussy Images II · Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 |
| 2 | Matteo Buonanoce (Italy) Scarlatti, Sonata K. 56 · Prokofiev, Sonata No. 8 Op. 84 | |
| 3 | Lorenzo Dellapiana (Italy) Beethoven, Eroica Variations Op. 35 · Chopin, Heroic Polonaise Op. 53 | |
| 4 | Marc Ruben Herscu (Germany) Chopin, Ballades Op. 23, 38, 47 · Rachmaninoff Op. 23 No. 5 and Op. 16 No. 4 | |
| 12:05 | Lunch · piano try-out (optional) for afternoon finalists | |
| 13:35 | 5 | Sijie Huo (China) Chaminade, Concert Etude Op. 35 No. 2 · Debussy, Images oubliées · Beach, Ballade Op. 6 |
| 6 | Serafym Ivanov (Ukraine) J.S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in C minor · S. Ivanov, Sonata No. 1 · S. Ivanov, Etude | |
| 7 | Akira Oyauchi (Japan) Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch · Rachmaninoff Op. 16 (I, IV) · Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 | |
| 8 | Jiwon Park (South Korea) Beethoven, Sonata Op. 110 · Kapustin, Etude Op. 40 No. 6 · Ravel, Alborada del gracioso | |
| 18:00 | Award ceremony & concert |
Order and times indicative. Some finalist programmes are still to be confirmed.