Santa Cecília International Competition
June 20 to 28, 2025 – main category
July 15 to 19, 2025 – junior categories
Porto, Portugal
With more than 50 years of history, the Santa Cecília International Piano Competition (CISC) is one of the largest and oldest piano competitions. Managed by the Curso de Música Silva Monteiro, since 2012 has been internationalized and brought together thousands of participants, including Portuguese and others candidates from a dozen different nationalities. CISC inscribes Porto as a meeting point and a musical talent lever of promising pianistic careers.
CISC also holds the Piano Marathon and, from the 2024 edition, the Piano Itinerant bringing together professional audiences with all interested listeners, making this competition a celebration of music in the city.
At the same time, and outside the competitive period, CISC develops a set of Masterclasses between the city and abroad and the Festival, who invites former candidates from previous editions of the competition to perform again, nourishing and prolonging the relationship between the musicians and audiences.
Itinerant Piano
The competition’s 12 semi-finalists perform in shared recitals, in free entry concerts around the city.
FINAL / CLOSING CONCERT
Only three candidates for the coveted prizes reach the final with orchestra, giving their best in interpreting major concerts from the repertoire.
The concert with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música will be conducted by guest British conductor Martin André.