
Our Winners and Prizes
Results of the first round for all categories – the following participants go to the FINALS
Category A
1 | Lina-Sixiang | Barbier | France |
2 | Anna | Chmurova | Slovakia (Slovak Republic) |
3 | Léo | Hoang | France |
4 | Filip | Runjak | Slovenia |
5 | Hayk | Julhakyan | Armenia |
6 | Kesy | Zheng | Italy |
Category B
1 | Dastan | Humbert | France |
2 | Klára | Gibišová | Czech Republic |
3 | Markus | Kadaste | Estonia |
4 | Yasen | Kalaydzhiev | Bulgaria |
5 | Kaiyang | Hu | China |
6 | Luca | Newman | United Kingdom |
Category C
Viktoriia | Demkovska | Ukraine |
Sofiia | Dubii | Ukraine |
Zhongjin | Fang | China |
Yaroslav | Kruzhanivskyi | Ukraine |
Marcus | Zhai | China |
Ximan | Xu | China |
Xiaolin | Zhang | China |
The Gala Concert of the winners of “Merci, Maestro!” piano Competition 2022 will take place on
April 24th, 2022 at 12pm
at
Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles, Salle Gothique, Grand Place
The ticket price for the Gala Concert includes participation in the cocktail party after the concert, where you will have the opportunity to meet all Jury members. Translators will be present to ease the discussions.
Besides the winners of the competition – the best of the best, talented young musicians from all over the world – there will be guest young Ukrainian’s musicians who had to leave Ukraine because of the war, they will also participate in the solidarity concert.
All the funds raised will be used to help the Ukrainian army. Come to support young talents and peace in Ukraine! SLAVA UKRAINE!
You can buy your entry tickets:
- during the days of competition on April, 21-24th 2022 at the competition venue (Piano’s Maene Bruxelles: Rue de l’Argonne 37, 1060 Brussel);
- or order online (click HERE) before 22nd of April 2022.
Prices (including reception):
- Participants “Merci Maestro! 2022”: free
- Adult guests: € 40
- Children guests < 12 years: € 10
We are happy to announce the participants who have been selected for the main phase of the competition.
CATEGORY A
1 | Ceylin Ada | Arisan | Turkey |
2 | Lina-Sixiang | BARBIER | France |
3 | Anna | Chmurova | Slovakia (Slovak Republic) |
4 | Yui | Harumashi | Japan |
5 | Alejandro Maximiliano | Hernández Esparza | Mexico |
6 | Léo | HOANG | France |
7 | Hayk | Julhakyan | Armenia |
8 | Arwen | Lu | China |
9 | Prapti | Rajguru | India |
10 | Filip | Runjak | Slovenia |
11 | Joaquin | Wong | United States |
12 | Kesy | Zheng | Italy |
CATEGORY B
1 | Celeste | Bolmat | Germany |
2 | Riah | Chai | United States |
3 | HUMBERT | Dastan | France |
4 | Aylin | Gaziyeva | Germany |
5 | Klára | Gibišová | Czech Republic |
6 | Dana | Hamrouni Cases | Spain |
7 | Jinan | Hong | China |
8 | Kaiyang | Hu | United Arab Emirates |
9 | KONRAD ADAM | JEDRZEJCZYK | Poland |
10 | Markus | Kadaste | Estonia |
11 | Yasen | Kalaydzhiev | Bulgaria |
12 | Oliwia | Maciejewicz | Poland |
13 | Luca | Newman | United Kingdom |
14 | Sophie | Sukendro | Indonesia |
15 | Kevin | Tan | China |
16 | Rene | Voskan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
17 | Sara | Yoshida Livadas | Belgium |
CATEGORY C
1 | Kiryl | Bartashevich | Belarus |
2 | Daniel | Boura | Czech Republic |
3 | Advay | Chawla | India |
4 | Sofia | Chernishkova | Bulgaria |
5 | Giacomo Luigi | Corbetta | Italy |
6 | Viktoriia | Demkovska | Ukraine |
7 | Sofiia | Dubii | Ukraine |
8 | Daniel | Dumitrascu | Romania |
9 | Zhongjin | Fang | China |
10 | Maxim | Heijmerink | Netherlands |
11 | TEO | KAKABADZE | Georgia |
12 | Yaroslav | Kruzhanivskyi | Ukraine |
13 | Aleksandr | Luchkov | Ukraine |
14 | Mateus | Mateus Martins Meireles de Barros | Portugal |
15 | Ian | Smith | United States |
16 | Perren-Luc | Thiessen | United States |
17 | Anastasiya | Torop | Belarus |
18 | Ximan | Xu | China |
19 | Tianfeiyang | Yun | China |
20 | Marcus | Zhai | China |
21 | Xiaolin | Zhang | China |
22 | Dani | Zhogovska | Macedonia, Rep. of |
Planning of the Competition
WHEN? | ROUND | CATEGORY | WHERE? |
---|---|---|---|
2-4 March, 2022 | Pre-Selection | All categories | Online, based on received videos |
21 April, 2022 | 1st round | Category C | Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene” or online (pre-recorded videos) |
22 April, 2022 | 1st round | Category A, B | Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene“ or online (pre-recorded videos) |
23 April, 2022 | 2nd round (Final) | All categories | Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene“ or online (pre-recorded videos) |
24 April, 2022 | GALA concert of winners | All categories | Gothic Hall of the City Administration of Brussels |
The first and the final rounds are open to public for free, places have to be confirmed HERE (subject to COVID regulations)
Gala concert: you can buy tickets HERE (subject to COVID regulations)
Information related to COVID regulations and travel restrictions
The administration of the competition will do everything possible to ensure that the competition takes place in person in Brussels.
However, for those pianists who wish to take part in the competition but unable to travel to Brussels due to problems related to COVID or political reasons (closure of borders) the competition will be organized online.
This way some of the candidates will play in person in Brussels, and some will present their recorded videos. The jury will be located at the venue of the competition (in the concert hall Piano’s Maene in Brussels) and judge performances in real time. The performance rounds will be broadcasted live on our YouTube channel.
After the pre-selection round, all necessary information regarding the online part of the competition will be provided to participants.
The situation will be re-analyzed in April 20th, 2022. If the Belgian government measures do not allow the event to be held in person in the venue of the competition in Brussels, then the 2022 edition of “Merci, Maestro!” will be organized entirely online for all participants. Practical details will be announced at that time.

Hope to see you all in Brussels!
With best regards,
Nataliya Chepurenko
Artistic Director and Founder of the Competition