Laureate
Ensio Backholm
Finland
Ensio Backholm (b. 2016) is a young pianist from Turku, Finland, studying piano with Teacher Pasi Helin at the Turku Conservatory. In 2025, he was awarded the Absolute First Prize and the Outstanding Musicality Special Award in the 8–10 age group at the Bach International Music Competition, and received the Gold Medal in the 8–9 age group at the Northern Lights Piano Festival & Competition. In addition to piano, Ensio began cello studies in 2026 and has been actively playing ice hockey since the age of five.
Latest Recognition
- III Category - Absolute Winner
Piano
Piano Competition Online — 1/2026
Awards & Recognitions
A timeline of recognition
Piano Competition Online — 1/2026
Piano · III-Category---Born-2016-and-2015
Frédéric Chopin:
Mazurka in C major, Op. 67, No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545,
I. Allegro
Franz Liszt: Étude en douze exercices,
S.136 / R.1, No. 4 in D minor – Allegro grazioso
- III Category - Absolute Winner
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