15. Helmi Vesa piano competition

Programme

Thu 5 March 2026

14.00   

• Kārlis Gusts Zariņš
• Tong Zhao
• Eda Öncül

15.30 Tauko 30 min         

16.00   

• Carla Alasaarela
• Ahti Alavillamo
• Jesse Ansala

17.30 Break 10 min                                                         

17.40

• Gabrielė Agilė Bajoraitė

Fri 6 March 2026

10.00   

• Paul Florescu
• Timur Garist
• Lotta Heikkilä

11.30 Break 20 min                                                         

11.50    

• Mattias Heina
• Viljo Hyvönen

12.50 Break 1,5h

14.20

•  Hans Kari
• Anhelina Kulichkova
• Riikka Lumiaho

15.50 Break 20 min                                 

16.10   

• Linh Nguyen
• Ekaterine Nikoladze

17.10 Break 10 min

17.20                                

•  Otto Popescu
•  Edit Rautio

Sat 7 March 2026

10.00

• Vinha Rechardt
• Niilo Ruotsala
• Yoka Saito

11.30 Break 20min                                  

11.50    

• Perttu Savijärvi
• Ani Shinjikashvili

12.50 Break 1,5h

14.20

•  Elodie Sigrist
• Olena Tolokolnikova
• Cristina Tomescu

15.50 Break 20 min                               

16.10   

• Elviira Väyrynen
• Emma Ylitalo    

Sun 8 March 2026

11.00    

• Emilia Palo
• Mark Sulander

12.00 Break 20 min                                 

12.20   

• Ahti Ihonen
• Akira Kawai

Palkintojenjako pidetään noin klo 15.00 palkintojenjako Konserttisalissa

Competition jury 2026

• Vanessa Cunha
• Aleksandr Madžar
• Ronan O’Hora
• Roberto Plano

More information

Terhi Luukkonen
terhi.luukkonen@uniarts.fi