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Who follows in the footsteps of our laureates including a.o. Nino Gvetadze, Ramon van Engelenhoven and Yang Yang Cai? Just a few more days to subscribe as a participant of the YPF European Piano Competition 2022! Application deadline: November, 1st, 2021. This is your CHANCE to play before our renowned jury Severin von Eckardstein (Germany) Jean-Claude […]

Youri Egorov’s grand piano was put to the test during the fourth concert of the YPF Young Virtuosi series. With his playing full of passion and Spanish temperament, Carlos Marín Rayo, student of Frank van de Laar (Amsterdam Conservatory), played works by Mozart, Respighi, Albéniz, Prokofiev and Schumann. An afternoon not soon to be forgotten. […]

The NRC: ‘Haitink – the conductor who let music speak for itself’. The Young Pianist Foundation is grateful for the important role Bernard Haitink has played in the world of classical music and for his association with the YPF as a member of the Music Council. Photo: FA2010, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Haitink with […]

The work composed by the Dutch composer Reza Namavar (1980) especially for the final of the YPF European Piano Competition – Grand Prix Youri Egorov 2022 has been published! The work named Ti’afa’a can be viewed and downloaded here and will have its world premiere during the final of the competition on Sunday February 20th, […]

On Sunday October 24th, 2021, the Spanish pianist Carlos Marín Rayo, winner of the second prize and the audience prize of the YPF Piano Competition 2019, will take place behind the grand piano of Youri Egorov in De Duif. Tickets for the concert that starts at 4 p.m. can be ordered here. Program: Wolfgang Amadeus […]

The third concert of the YPF Young Virtuosi series: a great pleasure to attend. The audience enjoyed the performance of the teenagers Alexander Jansen, Jure Jurakic and Philip Karmanov. So beautiful to see how these young talents have further developed into young adult musicians in the period after the final of the YPF Junior Competition […]