Prizes
MAIN CATEGORY
FIRST PRIZE
30.000 EUROS
25.000€ Prize Câmara Municipal do Porto [+]
Plus
5.000€ Prize Victor Macedo Pinto to support a CD recording with KNS Classical * [+]
Plus
Recital Ciclo de Piano, Sala Suggia Casa da Música (Porto) – Portugal [+]
Recital Casa de Portugal André Gouveia (Paris) – France [+]
Recital “Hammerklavier concert series KNS Classical* (Barcelona) – Spain [+]
* The CD must include a piece by the Portuguese composer Victor Macedo Pinto [+]
Semifinalists prize
1.500 EUROS
Prize awarded to the participants that didn’t pass to the final.
That prize will be delivered at the Final Concert on the 28th June, 2025, at Casa da Música.
ITINERANT PIANO RECITALS
Recital assigned to the participants of the 2nd round, that didn’t pass to the semifinal.
Shared recitals, around the city of Porto, with a reward of 500.00 euros.
SPECIAL PRIZES
International Agency Prize will be awarded to the laureates chosen by the artistic director of KNS Classical to integrate the KNS Agency Emerging Artists [+]
Audience Prize Carlos Miranda votation of the audience at the final concert at Sala Suggia – 200.00 euros
Sta Cecília Festival Prize to be awarded to any participant(s), chosen by SCIC Artistic Director
JUNIOR CATEGORIES
CATEGORY A
SPECIAL PRIZES
500€ Prize Victor Macedo Pinto to the best interpretation of XX/XXI century piece [+]
Recital Novos Talentos T. M. P. (Porto) – Portugal to be awarded to the best portuguese participant [+]
Masterclass Santa Cecília Scholarship (1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes) [+]
Recital Temporada dos CICLOS DE LUA NOVA, Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso (1st Prize) [+]
CATEGORY B
SPECIAL PRIZES
Prize Best Portuguese JUNIOR B – Recital Paços da Cultura (São João da Madeira) – Portugal [+]
CATEGORY C
NOTE
Attribution of the prize under the 2nd article 12.º of CIRS. Prizes don’t involve the temporary or definitive cedence of copyrights.
By participating in the contest, each contestant, in the event of being the winner of its main category, is obligated to sign a written agreement with CMSM, in which they undertake to record a CD album, within one year after winning the Contest, with the record label to be designated by CMSM, and it must include a piece by Victor Coelho de Macedo Pinto and mention the funding provided by FONDATION FAM, which is specifically provided for that end.
The failure to sign the abovementioned contract, within a maximum period of ten days after winning, results in the obligation to return the prize earned to CMSM.
The payment of the prize will be done 15 days after the reception of the original receipt fulfilled by the participant.
All the participants will receive a Diploma of Participation. The prizes may be awarded ex-aequo. In this case the total amount is divided by the number of winners.
The Awards Ceremony will take place during the FINAL CONCERT. All the laureates must be at the Awards Ceremony otherwise they will not receive the respective diploma and prize.