Birmingham International Piano Festival
Festival ticket £35
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Join us for the 2026 Birmingham International Piano Festival at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, a five-day celebration of the piano which begins with a free-to-attend Community Piano Day.
A celebrity concert from world-renowned pianist Sir Stephen Hough (pictured) is an undoubted highlight and the Festival is packed with special guest recitals and public masterclasses by leading national and international tutors.
The long-established Birmingham International Piano Competition comprises twenty Young Artists’ Recitals across the five days, and former winner Domonkos Csabay returns to give a guest recital and receive an Honorary RBC Award.
Sunday 14 June - Community Piano Day
11am-7pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival gets underway with a full day of music. There are recitals by Klaus Sticken (Professor of Piano, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna) and Roman Kosyakov (RBC Piano Tutor and First Prize 2018 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition), and a masterclass by Daniel Browell (Associate Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, RBC). And the first four 50 minute Young Artists’ Recitals mark the start of the Birmingham International Piano Competition.
Events are free to attend but booking is required. A £30 Participant Ticket is also available if you’d like a 30 minute one-to-one lesson.
See Community Piano Day full details and tickets
Monday 15 June
10am-1pm – Recital Hall
Celebrity Public Piano Masterclass: Karl-Heinz Simon, Dean of Keyboard Studies, Dresden
2pm, 3pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm – Recital Hall
Young Artists’ Recitals
7pm – The Bradshaw Hall
Two Piano Gala
Music by Chopin, Bolcom and Skryabin performed by Florentine and Marie Lehnert, and Simon Nicholls and Da-Hee Kim
Tuesday 16 June
10am-12pm – Recital Hall
Celebrity Masterclass: Professor Klaus Sticken, Professor of Piano, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna
1pm, 2pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm – Recital Hall
Young Artists’ Recitals
7pm – The Bradshaw Hall
Celebrity Recital: Andreas Frölich, Professor of Piano Hochschule Cologne and Yehudi Menuhin School
Details and tickets
Wed 17 June
10am-1pm – Recital Hall
Celebrity Masterclass: Andreas Frölich, Professor of Piano Hochschule Cologne and Yehudi Menuhin School
2pm-4pm – Recital Hall
Celebrity Masterclass: Pascal Nemirovski, International Chair, RBC
4.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm – Recital Hall
Young Artists’ Recitals
Thursday 18 June
10.30am – Recital Hall
Domonkos Csabay – Recital
The First Prize winner of the 2016 Birmingham International Piano Competition plays Chopin Preludes
11.30am-1.30pm – Recital Hall
Public Celebrity Masterclass: Sir Stephen Hough (pictured above)
2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm – Recital Hall
Young Artists’ Recitals – Results announced
7pm – The Bradshaw Hall
Celebrity Recital: Sir Stephen Hough
The incomparable Sir Stephen Hough, arguably Britain’s finest living pianist, draws the Birmingham International Piano Festival to a close with a sparkling recital of Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann and more.
Photo © Sim Canetty-Clarke