CALENDAR

REGISTRATION DATES: 15 January – 15 March 2026
Changes in the programa will not be allowed after the registration deadline.

Contestants in the different categories will perform in alphabetical order, following a draw that will determine the letter with which the Competition will begin. From that letter onward, the corresponding alphabetical order will be followed. This order may be modified due to force majeure or for professional reasons. The candidate must provide justification, and the Competition Management will take the reasons into account and make a final decision.

The result of the performance order draw, which will be conducted by the Competition Organizing Committee and broadcast at a later time, will be communicated to registered contestants from March 25, 2026 onward.

Participants in the Infantile A&B and Juvenile categories must arrive on April 15, 2026.
Participants in the Young Artist category must arrive from April 16, 2026 onward.

The exact schedules for the piano test and the first rounds of all categories will be published on the competition website from April 10, 2026, and will also be sent by email to all participants in all categories.

16 April 2026. Auditorium Joaquin Rodrigo of Las Rozas

1st ROUND of the Infantile A&B and Juvenile Categories.

OPENING CONCERT

• Opening concert of CIPCE Junior
• Publication of the finalist of the Infantil A&B and Juvenile Categories.

17 April 2026. Auditorium Joaquin Rodrigo of Las Rozas

1st ROUND of the Young Artist Category.

18 April 2026. Auditorium Joaquin Rodrigo of Las Rozas

FINAL ROUND of the Infantile A&B and Juvenile Categories.

Publication of the prize winners, who must be present at the Closing Ceremony, to be held on April 19, 2026, in order to collect their prizes.
Non-awarded contestants will also be informed in order to avoid unnecessary accommodation expenses.
(The exact prizes will NOT be announced until the Closing Ceremony).

19 April 2026. Auditorium Joaquin Rodrigo of Las Rozas