Timetable2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Despite the challenges, the Rubinstein Competition will launch and be held in a customized format!

Stages 1 & 2 (recitals), 28 April – 4 May 2026, will be held at the Kronberg Academy in Germany.

At the end of Stage 2, six finalists will be announced.

The final stage will take place in Israel on September 3–9, 2026.

*** Tickets purchased for the final stages in May will be valid for the events taking place in September.

27 April

28 April – 1 May

2 – 4 May

3 – 9 September

4 – 5 September

3, 5 September

7 – 8 September

9 September

Opening Gala
Kevin Chen & Yukine Kuroki

Stage I
All competitors, 35 – 40 minutes recitals

Stage II
16 competitors, 50 – 60 minutes recitals

Stage III

Chamber Music
Piano Trios with Saida Bar-Lev and Hillel Zori

Classical Concerto
With the Israeli Camerata Jerusalem, conductor Avner Biron

Grand Concerto
With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yoel Levi

Awards Ceremony & Winners Concert
With the Israeli Camerata Jerusalem, conductor Avner Biron

Program

Recitals

Finals

Casals Forum, Kronberg

Kronberg Academy, Kronberg

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Assia Auditorium

Charles R. Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv Yafo

Note: The Ballot, which determines the competitors’ order of appearance, will take place on 27 April.
So it is only then that we will know which pianists will perform in each session, and it will be published.

Kronberg Academy, Kronberg

*Hours listed are in German time

STAGE

Recitals

SATURDAY 2.5