AAF-2026

Notes ○ the competition focuses on (very) young pianists - age limit not higher than 22.  apart from a main competition for the more adult pianists, the organisers also arrange contests or divisions for younger pianists, with lower age limits. (They may be held in the same time period, but may also occur separately or in alternating years, e.g. Bachauer, Cliburn, Cleveland, Hilton Head, Weimar.) □ this competition has no actual page (yet) in the current edition of the AAF catalogue. this is an online competition. Disclaimer . Worldwide, more than 1000 international piano competitions exist. AAF monitors most of them and has extensive documentation about them. This catalogue focuses on the 200 AAF member competitions and organisations and contains an enormous amount of details. While utmost care has been taken to present accurate information in this catalogue, AAF cannot assume responsibility for any inconvenience caused by ill-reading, mistake, unfortunate formulation or omission. Neither can AAF be held responsible for the content of the individual competition pages. As this is a digital publication, updates and corrections can be made relatively easily. Below is a link to a complete list of updates that have been made since this year’s catalogue came out. While we try to keep this catalogue as up-to-date as possible, the reader may also check AAF’s website for latest news and announcements: www.alink-argerich.org (updated every week). AAF’s website also informs about other piano competitions, not necessarily affiliated with AAF. For additional information, assistance or complaints, feel free to contact AAF at any time (mail@alink-argerich.org or aafout@yahoo.com).

Latest update: 2 August 2026

Alink-Argerich Foundation 2026