5th London Youth International Piano Competition Online
Extended edition 2025 with flute and chamber ensembles
Live concert for the winners
Join us. Share your passion for music.
Applications open – 15th March 2025
Applications close – 15th June 2025
Winners’ concert live in London – October 2025
Videos go live on our YouTube channel on the 31st of July 2025.
Welcome to our website. We hope that the details here will inspire you to enter the 2024 online competition.
A love for music and specifically for the piano has inspired our founder, Dr Sally Wave, to create this international piano competition in Wimbledon.
She says: “I love to organise events and all the love I am giving returns to me as positive energy.
“All of us find that the pandemic is often dragging down our spirits. That’s why after last year’s planned competition could not go ahead, this year it was decided to press on and appear anew as an online event.
“Music is an art that needs to be valued always. As in all the ages back and in times to come, music will lift the heart. Music is teaching us not to dive deep down with depression. Stand by your art whatever happens around you: this should be our motto in life. Especially in these challenging days, people need to be energised by music.
“Why online – because musicians needs to encourage each other not to give up, not to stop playing. We will succeed in going through the darkness if we hold fast to the flame of music like a torch to show us a better way and soothe our hearts with the beauty of sound.”
After co-founding Wimbledon International Piano Competition, Sally has expanded the concept as Lypco, with new formats and categories.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions.
Why enter the LYPCO? A love for music and specifically for the piano has inspired our founder, Dr Sally Wave, who is based in Wimbledon, to create this international piano competition. This year, like many events, the competition will be online. We are offering both younger and more experienced pianists the opportunity to display their talents in front of a global audience, thanks to the medium of technology.
Prizes Each participant will receive a certificate. The judges will award platinum, gold, silver and bronze prizes in each category. Adjudicators may award additional prizes at their discretion. The platinum winners will be awarded cash prizes as follows: PIANO: FLUTE: CHAMBER WITH FLUTE: ADDITIONAL:
Dates Important dates for entries in 2025: Winners’ concert live in London – October 2025
Applications open – 15th March 2025
Applications close – 15th June 2025
