The Final of the 2025 Dublin International Piano Competition took place last night (Friday) at Dublin’s National Concert Hall.  With an incredible atmosphere, the three Finalists were put through their paces, each performing a concerto accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Jonas Ålber, before this year’s prizes were presented by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Emma Blain.

We wish a huge congratulations to each of this year’s Finalists and Prize-Winners, and all those who travelled to Dublin to participate in the competition, as well as our sponsors, partners and those who attended the performances.  This year’s edition has been a huge success, and this wouldn’t have been possible without fabulous collaboration and – of course – the extraordinary talent of our competitors.

Congratulations to CARTER JOHNSON (28) from Canada, Winner of First Prize at the 2025 Dublin International Piano Competition.  Congratulations also to: YOUNG-HO SHIN – Winner of Second Prize; and ANSON YING SHUN WONG (24) from Hong Kong – Winner of Third Prize; JIHYUNG YOUN (26) from South Korea – Winner of the Founders’ Prize, for the best performance of a DIPC 2025 Commissioned Work; ANSON YING SHUN WONG – Winner of the Ita Stephens Prize, for the best Beethoven performance; CARTER JOHNSON – Winner of the Joe McCullough Prize, for the best performance of a piano quintet; and to our own DIDA CONDRIA (22) – Winner of the Brennan Prize and McCullough Bursary, for the highest placing Irish Competitor.

First Prize is kindly sponsored by KPMG; Second Prize by Tom Corran; Third Prize by Stewart and Avice Harrington; The Ita Stephens Prize, by the Stephens’ Family; The Joe McCullough Prize by the McCullough Family; the Brennan Prize by Joseph Brennan, and the McCullough Bursary by Dennis and Ellie McCullough.

We look forward to seeing what the future holds for our fabulous Competitors, who have brought so much joy to Dublin and to those streaming the Competition online over the past several months.

Pictured left to right: Young-Ho Shin, Carter Johnson, and Anson Ying Shun Wong.