Queen Elisabeth Competition 2025: Piano

5 May 2025: First session of the First Round at Flagey.

12 May 2025: Semi finals at Flagey.

As usual Mathilde was accompanied by Count Yvan de Launoit, chairman of the competition, and the previous chairman, Jan Huyghebaert. 

16 May 2025: Semi finals at Flagey.

26 May 2025: Lunch for the members of the jury at the Royal Palace in Brussels.

26 May 2025: Finals at Bozar.

27 May 2025: Finals at Bozar.

Mathilde was accompanied by Crown Princess Elisabeth (23) who's just back from Harvard.
Extra guests were Mathilde's sister, Countess Hélène d'Udekem with her eldest daughter, Baroness Cordélia Janssen (13).

Elisabeth was wearing a new cocktail dress by Rebecca Vallance and Mathilde's Percossi Papi earrings.

Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth attend the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2025. Also present were the Queen's youngest sister Hélène and her daughter Cordelia.

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28 May 2025: Finals at Bozar.

Mathilde was in the company of Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg.

29 May 2025: Finals at Bozar.

Mathilde was accompanied by former chairman of the Competition, Jan Huyghebaert.

31 May 2025: Finals & Proclamation of the winner at Bozar.

Mathilde was accompanied by Princess Eléonore (17), who was wearing a new gown by El Corte Inglés for the occasion.

At the end of the evening the winner was announced: Nikola Meeuwsen. Belgian Valère Burnon was third.

3 June 2025: Award ceremony at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Argenteuil.

9 June 2025: Laureate Concert at Bozar.

11 June 2025: Closing concert at Bozar.