French composer Michel Petrossian has won the 2012 Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prize for Composition. His concerto for piano and orchestra, In the Wake of Ea, will be performed at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts) by the 12 finalists of the 2013 piano competition and the National Orchestra of Belgium, dir. Marin Alsop, from 27 May to 1 June (world premiere on Monday 27 May). His prize of 10.000 euro is offered by the SABAM. The 12 performances will be broadcast live on radio, television and internet and the work will be released on CD. December 2012, this composition has been selected from the 141 scores that were entered in the Composition Competition. The international jury, chaired by Arie Van Lysebeth, consisted of Kris Defoort, Kimmo Hakola, Hosokawa Toshio, Michael Jarrell, Hanspeter Kyburz and Frederik van Rossum. Five finalists each win 1.500 euro, presented by the National Lottery : Hooshyar Khayam [Iran – Great-Britain] : Before the Dream is Over Yiğit Kolat [Turkey] : Concerto for piano and Orchestra Arthur Lavandier [France] : Concerto pour piano et orchestre Herrmann Torsten [Germany] : Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nils Van der Plancken [Belgium] : Garden of Sorrows

Around midnight on Saturday 18 May the chairman of the jury has announced the names of the 12 candidates who go through to the final of the 2013 piano competition. In alphabetical order they are : Mateusz Borowiak, Tatiana Chernichka, David Fung, Rémi Geniet, Boris Giltburg, Roope Gröndahl, Sean Kennard, Stanislav Khristenko, Sangyoung Kim, Yuntian Liu, Andrew Tyson, Zhang Zuo. Below you can download the schedule for the final. The finalists' programme is available in the calendar of the final. They will perform at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts from 27 May until 1st of June, with the National Orchestra of Belgium under the baton of Marin Alsop. Tickets are still available at +32 2 507 82 00 or via www.bozar.be (prizes and more booking information). Thanks to Belgacom, the final will be streamed live and on demand on our website. The performances will also be available as VOD, on our website and on Belgacom TV. Video and audio files of the semi-final performances are still available in our online archives. More information about the Competition’s broadcasts is available in the Piano 2013 menu.

Thanks to Belgacom and the RTBF, the semi-final (Monday 13 to Saturday 18 May) and the final (Monday 27 May to Saturday 1 June) of the 2013 piano competition can be followed live and on demand on this website. The final sessions start on Monday 27 May at 20:00. The videos of the performances of the semi-final can be found in the online archives. The videos of the finalists will also be added there, +/- 24h after each performance. These videos are also available on Belgacom TV.

Besides live at the Competition venues, you can also follow the candidates’ performances on the radio, on television and on the internet. More information about the different broadcasts on VRT and RTBF is available in the Piano 2013 menu. Thanks to Belgacom, the semi-final (from 13 to 18 May) and the final (from 27 May to June 1st) can be followed live and on demand on this website. They will also be available on VOD on Belgacom TV. On Saturday 11 May around midnight, the proclamation of the first round can be followed live on this website, thanks to Cobra.be.

The final will take place from 27 May to June 1st 2013 at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, as well as the laureates’ concert (13 June) and the closing concert (17 June). Tickets for the final and both concerts are on sale at the Centre for Fine Arts. Prizes and booking information Calendar of the 2013 piano competition

Following its historic box set devoted to the violin last year, the label MUSO has once more delved in the archives of the Ysaÿe Competition (which became the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1951) and come up with a de luxe book-disc of 5 CDs containing 12 great piano concertos, played by 12 outstanding laureates, including 9 First Laureates. 75 Years Ysaÿe & Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition also presents a booklet with a historical text by Michel Stockhem, the laureates' memories of the Competition and it is illustrated with photos from the Competition's archives. From Leon Fleisher - who won the very first piano session in 1952 - to Denis Kozhukhin, via Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cécile Ousset, Valery Afanassiev, Andrei Nikolsky, Frank Braley, Malcolm Frager, Jeffrey Swann, and Pierre-Alain Volondat, this box set takes you on a voyage of discovery through 60 years of wonderful musicians! Produced in the best possible technical conditions on the basis of archives spanning more than half a century, the box set plunges you into the electric atmosphere of the Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts (Centre for Fine Arts) on those unforgettable final evenings. Discover the programme of the 5 CDs and order your own copy now in the online shop. Special offer "Piano Duo" You can now order this 5 CD box set together with the 4 CD box set Queen Elisabeth Competition Piano 2013, to be published on Saturday 8 June 2013. By ordering the "Piano Duo" pack, you will benefit from a discount on both box sets, free shipping and you will receive an unpublished surprise CD ! (offer valid until Sunday 2 June 2013 midnight) More information and order online