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Henle Piano Competition

May 2024. We were able to see and hear the enthusiasm with which 200 young pianists from 27 different countries participated in the Henle Piano Competition. The young musicians played a piece by Frédéric Chopin.

We would like to thank all the girls and boys for their dedicated contributions that truly pleased us. The jury came together recently to watch, listen, discuss – and finally to make their decisions. Here are the winners:

The Winners
Age group 1, 6 to 7 years



Olivia Li, USA

1. Prize, 170 Euro

2. Prize, 120 Euro each

Miku Kikuchi, Japan

Hugo Selzer, Germany


3. Prize, 70 Euro each

Maksut Mukhitdin, Switzerland

Francis Skirtich, USA

Additional prizes (Henle Urtext editions)
without ranking were awarded to the following participants (in alphabetical order)

Brielle Cady, USA

Leah Feng, New Zealand

Aiden Gao, New Zealand

Elena Nien, USA

Elfie Tong, Singapore

The Winners
Age group 2, 8 to 9 years



Soho Park, United Kingdom
1. Prize, 200 Euro

2. Prize, 140 Euro

Akin Nilphairojana, Thailand


3. Prize, 80 Euro each

Ruri Koyama, Japan

Adrian Tai, United Kingdom

Additional prizes (Henle Urtext editions)
without ranking were awarded to the following participants (in alphabetical order)

Clara Chen, USA

Thaksaphan Phattanakietchai, Thailand

Chloe K. Wang, USA

Katherine Xia, USA

Alice Yang, Canada

Yudi Zheng, Germany

Tingxi Zhu, USA

The Winners
Age group 3, 10 to 11 years



Adalynn Viktoria Du-Buk, United Kingdom
1. Prize, 220 Euro

Angela Jiang, USA
1. Prize, 220 Euro

2. Prize, 150 Euro each

Elizabeth Levine, USA

Claire Li, USA


3. Prize, 90 Euro each

Yishi Huang, Germany

Ara Lee, South Korea

Additional prizes (Henle Urtext editions)
without ranking were awarded to the following participants (in alphabetical order)

Yulianna Beziazychna, Netherlands

Teeramet Boonkobkaew, Thailand

Venus Chau, Macao

Veronika Grishechkina, Germany

Hitono Keizaki, Japan

Clive Terrence WijayaIndonesia

Samuel Yuan, New Zealand

Maximilian Hongcheng Zhu, Germany

The members of the jury were


  • Melanie Spanswick, pianist, educational piano writer, and author, Windsor, United Kingdom
  • Prof. Frank Huang, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
  • Prof. Claudius Tanski, Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria


The contributions of all participants can be viewed on the Henle YouTube-Channel. They appear in the order of submission and by age group.

The 1.–3. prize winners receive money gifts and a Henle Urtext edition. All  other winners are awarded a Henle Urtext edition.

Congratulations to all winners! The 14. Henle Piano Competition will start in January 2025!