XX Competition
2022
Calendar
REGISTRATION
July 5th – October 18th, 2021, through the competition’s website.
PRESELECTION
París, Colegio de España. Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. March 21-26, 2022.
Nueva York. Yamaha Artists Services. March 29- April 1, 2022.
Madrid. Auditorio Sony- Albeniz Foundation. April 18-22, 2022.
Due to the current sanitary situation, the auditions will not be open to the public.
OPENING CONCERT, COMMEMORATING THE COMPETITION’S 50th ANNIVERSARY
Josep Colom, recital.
The Santander International Competition celebrates its 50th anniversary with this recital by Josep Colom, an exceptional international pianist who won the First Prize of the Competition twice: in the opening edition in 1972 and in 1978. Along with Chopin’s Etudes op. 25 and Franck’s Prélude, Choral and Fugue, Colom will perform 12 of the Etudes by Hélène de Montgeroult, the professor who inaugurated the Piano Chair at the Paris Conservatoire.
Tickets on sale through the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, from 1 July.
https://palaciofestivales.com/entradas/
FIRST STAGE
20 participants. Recital.
July 25, 26 and 27, 2022
Pereda Hall.
Free admission, limited seating.
SEMI-FINAL
12 participants. Recital and chamber music with Cuarteto Casals.
July 29 to August 1, 2022.
Pereda Hall. Free admission, limited seating.
FINAL
6 finalists.
Concert with Orquesta Sinfónica Radiotelevisión Española.
Conductor: Pablo González.
August 3 and 4, 2022.
Argenta Hall. Within the frame of the 71º Festival Internacional de Santander.
https://festivalinternacionaldesantander.sacatuentrada.es/es
CLOSING GALA AND AWARDS CEREMONY
August 5, 2022. Argenta Hall.
Free admission, limited seating.
All rounds of the competition will be taking place at the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander.
All the concerts of the Competition will be livestreamed on RTVE Play and the YouTube channel of the Competition. In addition, the Final will be broadcast on La 2 (TVE) and on Radio Clásica (RNE) and the Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on La 2.