A wonderful opportunity to hear the best international piano students drawn from all the major UK conservatoires – and to cast your vote for the audience prize!
This notable competition, established by the Sheepdrove Trust, is open to candidates aged 26 and under from the eight major UK music colleges, and attracts young pianists of the highest standard from around the world. Today’s competition, which this year has an emphasis on Ravel, features four shortlisted finalists and takes place in the tranquil setting of Sheepdrove on the Lambourn Downs. The overall winner will perform a solo recital in the Corn Exchange on Monday 19 May as part of the Festival’s popular Young Artists Lunchtime Recital Series.
Find out more about the Sheepdrove Piano Competition here.
1st Prize: The Kindersley Prize of £3,000 plus a recital on Monday 19 May
2nd Prize: £1,500 donated by Greenham Trust
3rd Prize: £750 donated by the Friends of NSF
4th Prize: £500 donated by an anonymous donor
Audience Prize: £250 donated by an anonymous donor
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Prize: £750 to a runner up from either round
Sponsored by Sheepdrove Trust
Jury
Rupert Christiansen
Mark Eynon
Mikhail Kazakevich
Lucy Parham
Elena Vorotko
David Whelton
Tickets
£25 including tea and cake
(includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee)
Gettting there
The postcode is RG177UU but sat navs won’t bring you to Sheepdrove if you input that postcode as your destination, so you might need to do it the old-fashioned way and follow these directions!
Do not enter RG17 7UU into your sat nav or GPS system; please enter “Sheepdrove Road, Lambourn”. This will take you to the bottom of Sheepdrove Road. From there, follow the signposts to the Sheepdrove Organic Farm. If you do choose to use our postcode instead, your sat nav will direct you in error through private farm lanes leading to a detour of 18 miles!
What3Words
For What3Words users, please use lunching.sympathy.germinate
There’s more information on the Sheepdrove website
Booking Dates
Platinum Friends Priority booking – from 10.00am Tuesday 11 February 2025
Gold Friends booking – from 10.00am Wednesday 12 February 2025
Friends booking – from 10.00am Thursday 13 February 2025
Join the Friends of the Festival now to get access to the priority booking window.
Public booking – from 10.00am Tuesday 25 February 2025
