Competition
As part of the Mirfield Piano Walk, we’re launching a vibrant competition for participating amateur pianists and Conservatory or university-level music graduates. Once they confirm their participation, we will record video performances of each pianist. These recordings will be submitted to renowned Dutch pianist Wibi Soerjadi, who will select one winner from each category.
The selected winners will be invited to attend a fully funded three-day summer course and masterclass with Wibi Soerjadi, held from 4–6 August 2026 at his private estate, Villa Peckedam, in Diepenheim, Netherlands.
The summer course will be 3 days of unforgettable piano mania at Wibi Soerjadi’s estate. The masterclasses consist of intensive lessons designed to get the very best out of everyone in the group.
Mr Soerjadi’s innovative and highly effective Floating Hand Technique will be taught and there will be a concert day for the participants.
Wibi Soerjadi
Wibi Soerjadi was born in Leiden in the Netherlands in 1970. At the age of eleven he gave his first public performance. He studied with the conductor and distinguished piano teacher Bob Brouwer and Professor Jan Wijn. As the youngest graduate (he was 20 years old), he obtained his master’s in music performance from the Amsterdam Conservatory. He completed his studies ahead of schedule, earning the highest possible marks and graduating with genius recognition.
Wibi Soerjadi received lots of prizes during his career; including the first prize at the Princess Christina Concourse in The Hague, the first prize at the National Eurovision Competition for young musicians, the third prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Utrecht, the Elisabeth Evert Prize for exceptionally talented musicians, Echo Klassik Award of the Deutsche Phono Academy, and he was the inaugural winner of the Edison Classical Music Audience Award in the Netherlands.
He gave many concerts in prestigious venues in the Netherlands and abroad, notably the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus and Musik Verein in Vienna, Musikhalle Hamburg, Valencia, Verona, Berlin, Beijing, Guan Zhou and Carnegie Hall in New York.
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