• Spartito

    The "Associazione Culturale Annarosa Taddei" organizes every year an International Competition to award three Prizes to young musicians.
    The 14th edition 2026 of the "Premio Annarosa Taddei" is open to Pianists, String Quartet, Duo Piano and Violin and Duo Piano and Cello and the final round will be held in Rome on November 4 and 5, 2026, at the Teatro di Villa Torlonia.

    The 2026 edition of the "Premio Annarosa Taddei" International Competition is open to pianists, string quartets, piano and violin duos, and piano and cello duos.
    The final round will take place in Rome on November 4 and 5, 2026, at the Teatro di Villa Torlonia.

    GO TO COMPETITION 2026

  • Pianoforte

    The Association “Annarosa Taddei“ was started by a group of musicians who were amongst Annarosa’s dearest friends.
    Their objective was to continue what Annarosa dedicated her entire life to,
    which was providing encouragement and support for young musicians throughout their artistic development and formation.

    The Association “Annarosa Taddei“ was started by a group of musicians who were amongst Annarosa’s dearest friends.
    Their objective was to continue what Annarosa dedicated her entire life to,
    which was providing encouragement and support for young musicians throughout their artistic development and formation.

  • Centenario

    For the centenary of Annarosa Taddei birth
    a CD is available with recordings of the first Italian performance of the John Ireland Concert
    with Annarosa soloist and Alfredo Casella director.

    For the centenary of Annarosa Taddei birth
    a CD is available with recordings of the first Italian performance of the John Ireland Concert
    with Annarosa soloist and Alfredo Casella director.

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The Competition


  • 2026 EDITION

    The "Associazione Culturale Annarosa Taddei" organizes every year an International Competition to award three Prizes to young musicians.
    The 14th edition 2026 of the "Premio Annarosa Taddei" is open to Pianists, String Quartet, Duo Piano and Violin and Duo Piano and Cello

    The competition consists of two rounds: an online preliminary round and a final round, which will be held in Rome on November 4 and 5, 2026, at the Teatro di Villa Torlonia (Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 1a).

    GO TO COMPETITION 2026

  • 2025 EDITION

    On October 7 and 8, the Final Round of the thirteenth edition of the International Competition for Young Musicians “Annarosa Taddei Prize” took place.
    The performances for the Chamber Music and Piano sections were held at the Teatro di Villa Torlonia in Rome and yielded the following results:

    • First Prize: Haruka Ogawa (JPN), piano
    • Second Prize: Duo Kang (Seungyeon Kang, piano – Seunghee Kang, violin) (KOR)
    • Third Prize: Gabriele Laura, piano (ITA)

    The Composition section of the Competition was held in July with the following results:

    • Sharad Goulam (FRA) – First Prize (Amedeo Napoleone Prize) for the piano composition Arabesque
    • Joel De Jesus Diaz (CUB) and Shuzhe Wang (CHN) – Joint Second Prize for their respective compositions The Green City for piano and Fading Polaroids for violin and piano
    • Andrea Montalbano (ITA) – Third Prize for the composition The Mysterious Lullaby for piano and cello

    The jury of the Final Round for the Chamber Music and Piano section was composed of:
    Eugenio De Rosa, Diego Roncalli, Misia Iannoni Sebastianini, Leonie Trips, Marco Vincenzi, Maya Kadish, Gabriele Vianello

    GO TO THE COMPETITION

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  • 2024 EDITION

    The XII edition of the “Premio Annarosa Taddei” International Competition for young musicians has recently come to an end.
    The results are as follows:

    CHAMBER MUSIC:

    • First Prize: Kairi Quartet
    • Second Prize: Arola Quartet
    • Third Prize: Duet Ruggiero/Dalpiaz (cello & piano)

    In the COMPOSITION section the winner is Evans Kocja with his piece “Aphorismen des Meeres” for cello and piano.

  • PURPOSE

    The main goals of our work focus around supporting young musicians in their professional formation, providing them an opportunity to benchmark their talents with fellow young musicians as well as encouraging them to express their best qualities. The Association organizes an annual International Competition with many talented young musicians who no doubt will be part of out future music scene.

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