Piano Cleveland: Free Concert Series

In partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Piano Cleveland will present a series of nine free community concerts from July 21 through August 1.

This free concert series features pianists from the Cleveland International Piano Competition and the Institute for Young Artists. All concerts will be held in the Museum’s Visitor Hall, a free community space where guests can gather, explore, and connect with science.

The Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists Semi-Finalists will perform in the Museum’s Visitor Hall in the week leading up to the competition on the following days:

• Tuesday, July 21 | Noon
• Wednesday, July 22 | Noon
• Thursday, July 23 | Noon

Once the competition is underway, students of the Cleveland International Piano Institute will take over the series with free concerts on the following days:

• Friday, July 24 | Noon
• Tuesday, July 28 | Noon
• Wednesday, July 29 | Noon
• Thursday, July 30 | Noon
• Friday, July 31 | Noon

The competition concludes on Friday evening with the Final Concerto Round with the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Cleveland audiences will then have the unique opportunity to see the newly minted winners of the 2026 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists in one last free concert, also held in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Visitor Hall on Saturday, August 1 at noon.

Contestant biographical information, repertoire, and a full timeline of the Semi-Final and Final Rounds, as well as the free concerts taking place from July 24 to August 1, in Cleveland, Ohio, are available at pianocleveland.org.