Mizuki Ono wins the 2026 International Piano Competition of Orléans
The Japanese pianist took first prize at the 17th edition of the French competition, ahead of Carter Muller and Shan-Chi Hsu.
Mizuki Ono of Japan has won first prize at the 17th International Piano Competition of Orléans in France. The ORCOM Foundation-Blanche Selva First Prize is worth 12,000 euros. Ono also received the Elliott Carter Prize and the Henri Dutilleux-Geneviève Joy Residency.
Carter Muller, listed as Netherlands/USA, took the Caisse des Dépôts Second Prize, along with the André Boucourechliev Prize and the Audience Prize. Shan-Chi Hsu of Taiwan took the André Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud Third Prize.
Linda Ruan of Canada received the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Composers’ Prize and the Ricardo Viñes Prize. Haruka Ugaji of Japan received the Edison Denisov Prize, Mattia Fusi of Italy the Isang Yun Prize, and Georgy Krizhnenko of Russia the Paul Zukofsky Prize. The André Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud Composition Prize was shared by Maria Vittoria Agresti and Arseniy Gusev, and Agresti also received the France Musique Commission.
Ono was born in 1996 in Aichi, Japan, and is based in Tokyo. The competition listed Adès’s Concerto conciso on the final programme of all three finalists. Its winners’ concert is set for Monday 2 November 2026 at 8pm at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris.
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