BIPF: Community Piano Day

BIPF: Community Piano Day
Birmingham International Piano Festival 2026
Date and time
14 Jun 2026 11am - 7pm
Location

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Map and Directions

Price

Free
£30 participation ticket

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to a complimentary companion seat.

You can book a free companion ticket by selecting the seat next to yours on the seating plan.

Or, for unreserved seating plans, add a second ticket to your basket.
If you wish to discuss your accessibility needs with a member of our team, please call 0121 331 5909.

Assistance dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring an assistance dog, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

Jan Loeffler

Birmingham International Piano Festival - Community Piano Day

11am - The Bradshaw Hall

Klaus Sticken, Professor of Piano, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.

Viennese Programme:
Beethoven Eroica Variations
Berg Piano Sonata
Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie

12.30pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4pm  - Recital Hall

Four 50 minute solo piano programmes from some of the finest young artists in the world. Beginning today, and then running over five days, 20 Young Artists give Public Recitals as part of the Birmingham International Piano Competition.

Jury: Professor Shuhua Chen (China), Professor Klaus Sticken (Austria), Pascal Nemirovski (France), John Thwaites (UK).
Prizes announced on 18 June.

5pm - The Bradshaw Hall

Daniel Browell, Associate Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, RBC. Masterclass.

6pm  - The Bradshaw Hall

Roman Kosyakov (RBC Piano Tutor, First Prize 2018 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition)

Schumann Abegg Variations
Brahms Variations on a theme by Handel

All events on Sunday 14 April are Free, but audience members should register for their free ticket.

Jan Loeffler (pictured) (Head of Piano in Junior RBC and a Senior RBC Piano Tutor) is running this Community Piano Day. Events are all free, but you may also purchase a £30 Participant Ticket which entitles you to a 30 minute One-to-One Lesson (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult). Tutors will include Junior and Senior RBC staff and Karl-Heinz Simon. In addition to puchasing your Participant Ticket please email Jan.Loeffler@bcu.ac.uk

Birmingham International Piano Festival 2026

Events include:

Birmingham International Piano Festival

Sun 14 Jun 2026 - 11am
Birmingham International Piano Festival 2026