Rules & Regulation

The 1st Globe The World International Piano Competition 2025 will take place in Jeju Island, South Korea from 02nd - 7th October 2025 at the Kim Jeong Kulturzentrum.

 

General Conditions & Rules

  1. The Competition is open to musicians with the age from 16 to 32 years of any nationality.
  2. The whole repertoire must be played by memory. Scores of contemporary repertoire (2 copies) should be given before each performance to the jury.
  3. Participants are not allowed to repeat any of the pieces that they already played in 1st round for the semi or final round.
  4. The jury can interrupt the performance if the max. time limit has reached.
  5. Regarding the repertoire of free choice: Participants are allowed to play single movements of pieces.
  6. The Jury can decide to not award or to share prizes. The decision of the jury is final and will not be subjected to reviews or appeals
  7. All necessary documents for participation must be received by the Competition Secretary by email  on August 20th 2025 at the latest.

  8.  The application fee cannot be returned after application deadline. The application Fee should be paid together with the application. 

  9. Contestants are kindly advised to make travel arrangements individually. Hotel recommendations will be announced soon. Each competitor is responsible for all costs that may be incurred by participation in the Competition. 
  10. A competitor may only alter his/her programme for any stage of the Competition by informing the Competition Secretary of the change by 1st September, 2025.
  11. For Participants under 16 years with an extraordinary quality and certificate of Winning in a well-known international competition can be determine an exception for taking part at the Globe The World International Piano Competition.
  12. For reasons of competition planning the competitors are required to report in time.
  13. All prize winners are obliged to take part in the Final Concert and to be present at the distribution of prizes. Should a prize winner not appear, he/she can lose the claim to prizes; on such matters the Management of the Competition shall decide.
  14. All organizational decisions concerning the Competition remain the responsibility of the Competition Management. The Management reserves the right to make all final decisions in the event of any misunderstanding.
  15. In some cases foreign competitors will need visas. Applicants should consult the nearest German Embassy or Consulate for advice. The participants will get in official invitation letter, which they can use to apply the visa.
  16. By sending the application form the participants declare that they approve the terms and conditions mentioned in the regulations.

 

No appeal shall be possible against decisions by the Jury or by the Competition Directors. The Konzertdirektion Koltun gUG & iMusic Union (Organizers of the Globe The World International Piano Competition) are sole holder of the rights to all video or audio recordings and Internet broadcasts in all stages of the Competition. Competitors cede to the Organizers, without remuneration, the rights to the following:

 

    a) performances of works during the the whole Competition

    b) performances of works during the concerts for participants and the final-concert

    c) photographic and recorded images taken during participation in the Competition and the concerts.

 

    These rights are unlimited in time and space for the following purposes:

    - recording

    - reproduction (all forms)

    - trading

    - placing on computer memory, internet or other networks

    - public play-back and performance

    - exhibiting

    - screening

    - renting

    - leasing

    - broadcasting by wired or wireless sound or vision by terrestrial or satellite stations

    - simultaneous and integral radio and television transmission and retransmission.

 

The exploitation of these rights in the ways set out above will be carried out by individuals, firms, radio and television stations and record labels authorised to do so by the Konzertdirektion Koltun gUG.