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In 1982, the Professor Delia Steinberg Guzmán founded the Piano Competition that currently bears her

15/06/2026

42nd INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION DELIA STEINBERG Oeiras-Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 October Register for the competition: https://shorturl.at/dGNye www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org WhatsApp: +351…

15/06/2026

42nd INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION DELIA STEINBERG
Oeiras-Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 October

Register for the competition: https://shorturl.at/dGNye

www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org
WhatsApp: +351 961 836 813
Email: [email protected]

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The Delia Steinberg International Piano Competition is held in honor of the pianist and pedagogue Delia Steinberg. The competition aims to promote and encourage young pianists from around the world, offering a platform where they can showcase their talent and further develop their musical skills.
Established in 1982, the competition accommodates various age categories and experience levels, allowing participants to perform a diverse repertoire that includes both classical and contemporary works. In addition to the performances, the event often features masterclasses, workshops, and other music-related activities designed to enrich the participants’ professional experience.
For the first time, the competition will be held outside of Madrid, presenting a unique opportunity to host this prestigious event in Oeiras-Lisbon, Portugal, in 2026.

29/04/2026

ELENA CHRISTIANOU – Jury Member

Elena Christianou (Greece) is Professor of Piano at the Thessaloniki Municipal Conservatory, where she shaped generations of pianists over several decades. Many of her students have graduated with the highest distinctions, reflecting her longstanding commitment to artistic excellence and pedagogical depth.
She graduated with honours from the Thessaloniki State Conservatory under Nora Loukidou, before continuing her advanced studies at the London College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, where she worked with Frank Wibaut and Christopher Elton.
A decisive influence on her artistic development was her close mentorship with the eminent pianist and composer Giorgos Thymis, with whom she maintained a particularly significant musical relationship, performing also a number of his works. This collaboration marked an important chapter in her career. Further inspiration came through masterclasses and encounters with legendary musicians such as Sviatoslav Richter, Vitaly Margulis, and Lev Vlassenko.
As a performer, Elena Christianou has appeared in major international venues including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, and St. David’s Hall, and has participated in numerous festivals throughout Europe. She is especially noted for her refined interpretations of the Romantic repertoire and is widely respected as a chamber musician.
Alongside her concert and teaching career, she is frequently invited to serve on juries of international piano competitions. She has been a jury member since its foundation at the Marbella International Piano Competition, among others, contributing her expertise to the evaluation and support of emerging pianists.

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42nd INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION DELIA STEINBERG
Oeiras-Cascais, Portugal, 2-5 October

Register for the competition: https://shorturl.at/dGNye

www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org
WhatsApp: +351 961 836 813
Email: [email protected]

28/04/2026

JÁNOS BALÁZS – Jury Member

János Balázs is an awardee of nearly all professional and state accolades: the prestigious Kossuth Prize, Young Steinway Artist title, accolade of the State of Poland, ECHO Rising Star "Artist of the Season" Award. Since 2021 he has been corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In 2022, his album ImrovisArt won the first prize and the audience prize of the Music International Grand Prix in New York.
He is a returning artist of the Concertgebouw, the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Liszt Academy, MüPa in Budapest, performing also on the stages of the Cité de la Musique, Palau de la Música, Barbican Centre, Wiener Konzerthaus and the Royal Conservatory. He collaborated with orchestras and conductors such as Peter Eötvös, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Iván Fischer, the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, to name a few.
Chamber music also plays a central role in his art, as he performed with artists such as Mischa Maisky, Vadim Repin, Jose Cura, or Boris Berezovsky. He is also keen to demonstrate his improvisation skills in various areas beyond the classical stage, such as jazz, world music, or folk music, which is always imbued with classical music's values and the 20th-century tradition of improvisation.
As a graduate of the Budapest-based Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, János Balázs finds it crucial to pass on Liszt's tradition to future musicians. In this sense, he has been invited by the Canadian McGill University, the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, to give masterclasses. He was also appointed associate professor of the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
In 2016, János Balázs founded the György Cziffra Festival, which he dedicated to the conservation and care of the intellectual and musical legacy of his role model, György Cziffra. The festival has risen to one of the most high-ranking classical music festivals in Hungary; with its diversity of genres and the kind participation of international guest artists, it is an unmatched colour on the palette of the Hungarian culture scene.

27/04/2026

MICHAEL DAVIDOV
Artistic Director of the International Piano Competition Delia Steinberg

Michael Davidov was born in a family of professional musicians and showed a very particular understanding of the musical ideas since the earliest childhood.
He finished his studies at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona under Prof. Ramón Coll, obtaining a total amount of nine honors and was given the University Director’s personal recommendation. Further studies followed at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

Michael Davidov performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, the Symphony Orchestra of Rostov, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Granada, the Duna Symphonic Orchestra of Budapest, under the conductors Enrique García Asensio, Paul Mann, Salvador Mas, Valery Khlebnikov, Dariusz Mikulski, Rastislav Stur, Nicola Samale, Haris Iliadis, Toshihiro Kaneshige, to name a few.

M. Davidov is a prizewinner of international piano competitions in Madrid (Delia Steinberg), Volgodonsk (A. Skavronsky–Inspiration), Gorizia (G. Pecar), Rome (F. Chopin), Thessaloniki (G. Thymis), Barletta (M.P. Monopoli), Massarosa, Bratislava (J. N. Hummel), Ferrol, Jaén, and Barcelona (M. Canals).

Besides his concert career, Davidov is also a pedagogue and a composer. In 2010, Michael Davidov became Germany’s youngest piano dozent, after winning an Associate Professor position at the Hochschule für Musik F. Liszt in Weimar. During the academic year 2011-2012 M. Davidov headed the piano class at the University of Augsburg in Germany.

In 2013 Michael Davidov has founded the Marbella International Music Festival and became its Artistic Director. The MIMF organizes yearly the Marbella International Music Competition, the Marbella Classical Concerts Cycle and the Piano Masterclass Series with world top piano professors.

Nowadays, M. Davidov is professor of Piano, Chamber Music and Lied at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu in Barcelona, and professor of Piano at the Escuela Superior de Música Forum Musikae in Madrid. He regularly serves as a juror at international piano competitions and leads piano masterclasses in different countries. In 2024 he became a Dr.phil. Researcher at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. Since 2026 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Delia Steinberg International Piano Competition.

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42nd INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION DELIA STEINBERG
Oeiras-Cascais, Portugal, 2-5 October

Register for the competition: https://shorturl.at/dGNye

www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org
WhatsApp: +351 961 836 813
Email: [email protected]

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