Prizes 2025

Cash prizes & concert engagements

Our prizewinners receive, in addition to cash prizes, prestigious national and international concert engagements.

1st prize: 50,000 €

  • Debut concert at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2027

  • Debut concert with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn at their New Year´s Concert 2026 (January 1, 2026)

  • Concert tour with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn in Germany with over 10 concerts, e.g. Berlin (Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt), Hamburg (Laeiszhalle), Munich (Herkulessaal), Bremen (Die Glocke), Hannover (Funkhaus) in october/november 2026

  • European Academy for Music recital, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

  • "Junge Stars der Klassik" recital, Kirchheimbolanden

  • Debut at Beethoven Easter Festival Warsaw and Sopot on March 27 & March 31 (Which prizewinner will be invited to Poland will be decided after the competition)


  • Concerts with Beethoven Trio Bonn


2nd prize: 25,000 €

  • Debut concert at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2026/2027

  • Chamber music hall recital at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn

  • European Academy for Music recital, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

  • "Junge Stars der Klassik" recital, Kirchheimbolanden


3rd prize: 10,000 €

  • Debut concert at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2026/2027

  • Chamber music hall recital at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn

  • "Junge Stars der Klassik" recital, Kirchheimbolanden


and much more



Special prizes

Best interpretation of a piano concerto in the final
2,000 €

Special prize for chamber music, donated by the Beethoven Trio Bonn
2,000 €

NEW: Special prize for the best interpretation of a piece by a female composer in the second round

1,000 €

Beethoven-Haus-Prize
The audience will vote for its favorite from among the six participants in the semifinal round.

The winner will perform at a piano recital at the chamber music hall of the Beethoven-Haus BonnOpens in a new tab, receive a money prize of 1,000 € as well as a Beethoven bronze bust by the artist Naoum Aronson, donated by Dr. Gudula Neidert-Buech.

Schumann Prize 
donated by Dr. phil. Anna Martini 
in memorandum to Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Uwe Henrik Peters
1,000 €

For the best interpretation of a piece by Robert or Clara Schumann.

Best interpretation of a contemporary piece in the Chamber music final
1,000 €

Facsimile edition of a piano piece by Ludwig van Beethoven, donated by the Beethoven-Haus-Bonn.

Sheet music prizes, donated by Bärenreiter PublishersOpens in a new tab
worth a total of 1,500 €


Steinway Concert Network

Selected Laureates will recieve International concerts as part of the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts Network with contact to most renowed and lagerst concert halls in europe like Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Tonhalle Düsseldorf and so on


Self-marketing coaching (in partnership with Villa Musica), exclusively for our top three prize winners.



We as Telekom Beethoven Competition invest a total of 10,000 € in special artistic projects of our first prizewinners.

Prizewinner concerts with established partners are envisioned