On June 3, 2025, Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the award ceremony for the winners of the 21st edition of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition, held at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo. Nikola Meeuwsen from the Netherlands won the 2025 Piano Competition and received the International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize — the Queen Mathilde Prize, amounting to €25,000 — as well as numerous concert engagements in Belgium and abroad.
At the 21st Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition, the other prize winners were: Wataru Hisasue, who received the Second Prize awarded by Belgian Science Policy; Valère Burnon, who received the Count de Launoit Third Prize; Arthur Hinnewinkel, who received the Fourth Prize awarded by the Government of the Flemish-speaking Community; Masaya Kamei, who received the Fifth Prize from the Brussels-Capital Region; and Sergey Tanin, who received the Sixth Prize from the City of Brussels.
One more cape. With all due respect for her and her diligency, she looks a bit like "Superwoman".
ReplyDeleteA few capes here and there are lovely but yes, the cape trend this year is a bit much for me too. I saw a woman today wearing tiny black hot panes and then basically cape trousers, totally see through, simply leg capes. I was bewildered.
DeleteThe cape outfit is a rewear. She wore it for the first time for the state visit of the G.D. Luxembourg to Belgium last year. The head band is older. Queen Mathilde will continue to wear these cape outfits as they are all more or less new. I think she likes to wear them.
DeleteShe is looking pretty, although she is looking older.
ReplyDeleteShe's pretty but her choice in clothing is aging most of the time.
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Agreed. I don't think this is a particularly flattering outfit, especially when Queen Mathilde is seated. I generally like the caped outfits but I think the cape here is too much.
DeleteIf she wants she can ask her dress maker to take the cape away and make sleeves of the fabric.
DeleteAlways busy. I like this outfit, nice color.
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Agree !!
DeleteI agree as well !
DeleteFiniranno prima o poi questi mantelli..?
ReplyDeleteI like the color of the jumpsuit and deafinitely the loser fit of the clothing, so I am not going to fuss about the cape. I would have left that headpiece at home. It just doesn't quite go with the jumpsuit.
ReplyDeleteSomething about this outfit just doesn't look right. I think it's the color? It looks dated and makes her look older.
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@ Cinci
DeleteIt cannot be the color because pink in all its variations is fashion this spring and summer.
It CAN be the colour, because even if a colour is in fashion, it doesn’t mean that it’s nice or suits various people. Fashion is a very weird thing really!
DeleteThe color of the outfit, I like. The headpiece, is a no, doesn't appeal at all. She looks quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteA mon humble avis, cette cape me semble superflue ou alors avec une coupe à hauteur des coudes ; j'aime bien sa coiffe surtout quand je regarde son côté droit !
ReplyDeleteReally love this color for Queen Mathilde. I think the outfit itself is quite pretty on her but the headband adds nothing. I think the whole look would be better without the headband. I also think a bit deeper lip color would have brightened things up--as it is, Mathilde looks a bit washed out in some of the photos.
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Une partie très moderne qui de dos fait chauve souris ou batmann au choix, couleur rose jambon, avec une coiffe genre rombière, dans l'art de se gâcher, peut mieux faire, surtout pour une si jolie personne... Marie
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