The Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Robert Schumann Hochschule organises after two successful competitions in 2017 and 2019, a third international competition for young pianists – Robert Schumann Competition. The competition will take place on 19th and  20th of December 2020 (1st Round) online and 26th and 27th of February (2nd Round) online; the final concert (3rd Round)  on 2nd of October 2021 at the Robert Schumann Saal, Kunstpalast.

The first and the second round of the competition will be held online. The participants who will be admitted to the competition will record their program per Video; the recordings of all competitors will be assembled by the directorship and will be presented online for the jury evaluation. The audience worldwide will be able to follow the online presentation as well. The final round will take place on 2nd of Oktober live at the Robert Schumann Saal and it will be a chamber music performance, unlike the previous edition when the competitors performed a Concerto movement with an orchestra.