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Alink – Argerich Foundation An Independent Worldwide Information and Service Centre for Musicians and Competitions Drs. Gustav A. Alink (Director / co-founder)

Martha Argerich (Patron / co-founder)

Recommendation Committee Mr. A.A.M. (Dries) van Agt Drs. R.F.M. (Ruud) Lubbers Dr. A.H.G. (Alexander) Rinnooy Kan Prof. Dr. Ir. J.J.C. (Joris) Voorhoeve et al.

International Advisory Board Agustin Anievas - Vladimir Ashkenazy Aldo Ciccolini† - Arnaldo Cohen Philippe Entremont - Nelson Freire Gary Graffman - Adam Harasiewicz Ton Koopman - Alexei Lubimov Eugene Moguilevsky - Süher Pek inel Pau l Pollei† - Pnina Salzman† Tamás Vásáry - Eliso V irsaladze

The Alink-Argerich Foundation was founded in November 1999. It grew from research Gustav Alink had done on Piano Competitions worldwide since the early 1980s, while Martha Argerich has always been keenly interested in assisting young musical talent.

AAF gathers and diffuses important facts, competition results, announcements and other news items as well as unique pictures through its web site:

www.alink-argerich.org Updated every week!

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Preface There is an awful lot of violence and aggression in certain regions of our world, introducing chaos and disrupting the lives of millions of innocent people, leaving them in despair and causing them to flee into a world of uncertainty.

What can be done to temper those hostile and destructive forces, that create such terror? I wish that people can reside in a stable environment and would also find some time to listen to classical music. Classical music is important. I strongly believe that it brings harmony to our lives and more peace to society.

Let’s hope that governments also support this.

This edition of the AAF catalogue offers again a lot of information on the international piano competitions worldwide. In 2015, important competitions took place. Apart from announcing the next events, the organisers present their winners with some nice photos in this catalogue.

Some competitions are having uncertainty about the future. A few were cancelled or had to be postponed. The competition in Cologne will not be open for piano any more, but several others are scheduled for 2016 and joined AAF or came back, such as the competitions in Sydney, Budapest and Cleveland. At the end of 2015, the total number of competitions and organisations affiliated with AAF had increased to 159.

In 2015, financial support was offered to ten competitions to organise a special reception for the contestants. More information and some impressions can be found on pages 64-66.

AAF took the initiative to offer a special AAF award at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Poland) and at the competition in Hamamatsu (Japan) (see pages 67-69). In 2016, we will continue to assist and support pianists and competition organisers and to encourage the enjoyment of classical music in general.

More and more organisers do not allow any more that students of jury members take part in the same competition, and several competitions publish all the votings by the jury.

Social media, internet, video uploads and (high quality) live webcasts play an increasingly important role. Special attention is given in this catalogue to these and other trends.

There is also an extra page with information about travel and accommodation assistance.

Aspiring pianists should definitely visit AAF’s website which is frequently updated, or take a look at AAF’s Facebook page which has many followers!

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Preface ................................................................................................................................ 1 Table of contents ............................................................................................................. 2-3 International Piano Competitions Worldwide ................................................................. 4-5 Reflection on 2015 ............................................................................................................. 6 Preview 2016 ...................................................................................................................... 7 Trends and new initiatives .................................................................................................. 8 List of AAF member competitions ................................................................................ 9-12 Addresses .................................................................................................................... 13-32 Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................ 33 Application deadlines 2016 ......................................................................................... 34-35 Calendars .......................................................................................................................... 35 2016 ........................................................................................................................... 36-38 2017 ........................................................................................................................... 38-40 2018 ........................................................................................................................... 40-42 Age limits ......................................................................................................................... 43 Confused ? ........................................................................................................................ 44 Competitions/categories for Junior pianists ................................................................ 45-47 Selection procedures ........................................................................................................ 48 Various rounds ................................................................................................................. 49 Performance times ....................................................................................................... 50-53 Performance times at Youth competitions .................................................................... 54 Chamber Music ........................................................................................................... 55-56 Concerto Repertoire ......................................................................................................... 57 Mozart Concertos ...................................................................................................... 58-59 Piano Concertos ........................................................................................................ 60-63 AAF Receptions .......................................................................................................... 64-66 AAF Award ................................................................................................................. 67-69 Travel and accommodation .............................................................................................. 70 Jury members .............................................................................................................. 71-77 Jury Rules & Recommendations ................................................................................. 78-80 Competition pages 81 Australia ................................................................................................................... 82-83 Austria ...................................................................................................................... 84-87 Belgium .................................................................................................................... 88-91 Brazil ............................................................................................................................. 92 Canada ...................................................................................................................... 93-95 China ........................................................................................................................ 96-98 Croatia .................................................................................................................... 99-100 Czech Rep. .................................................................................................................. 101 Denmark ...................................................................................................................... 102 England ................................................................................................................. 103-106 Finland ......................................................................................................................... 107 France ................................................................................................................... 108-115 2 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

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Many competitions ‌ From the graph on the opposite page, it can be seen that there was a strong increase of competitions until the year 2002. It looks like an exponential growth. People spoke of an explosion of competitions.

Peak The peak was reached in 2002: in that year not less than 334 international piano competitions (for solo pianists) took place*.

Interestingly, after 2002, the amount of competitions decreased. An explanation for this could be a certain level of saturation and, more recently, also the effect of the economical crisis. In 2008, there were still more than 300 international competitions pianists could enter, but since 2009, the number of competitions has clearly somewhat diminished.

Since not all competitions are annual, the total number of existing international piano competitions is much higher. Another count reveals that there are at the moment more than 750 international piano competitions worldwide.

Even more prize winners With some 300 competitions being held within a year, one might think that there are also 300 first prize winners every year. Actually, this number lies again higher. Although the first prize is not always awarded, there are also quite a few competitions that employ various age categories, especially in France and Italy. Each of these age groups can produce several winners. (There even exists an international piano competition employing 26 categories each year!)

Ample choice With so many competitions, the pianists have ample choice to enter the event which they consider the most attractive or the best suited, in terms of dates, location and repertoire. In 2009, there was a pianist who even managed to take part in 16 international competitions within that year. The total number of applications lies even higher.

It may pose certain problems for the organisers, when young pianists apply for several competitions and then decide at the last moment where to show up.

Many AAF member competitions are scheduled for 2016. This catalogue offers much information and can serve as a useful planning tool for aspiring musicians.

*: these numbers are based on the research Gustav Alink did all over the world, focusing on the international competitions. There might still be other competitions that have been overlooked, in which case the numbers would even be higher.

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2 0 15 Among the main musical events in 2015 were definitely the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competition. To start with Warsaw: more than 450 pianists had applied for the 17 th Chopin Competition. After two phases of preselection, 78 highly talented pianists took part in the main event during three weeks of October. Seong-Jin Cho won this competition, with Charles Richard-Hamelin as a close runner-up and Kate Liu as a great talent to watch out for in the future. In Moscow, Dmitry Masleev won, while French pianist Lucas Debargue amazed many. Lukas Geniušas impressed with Tchaikovsky’s 2nd piano concerto. He shared the 2nd prize with George Li, who received so many concert offers that he decided not to enter the Chopin Competition. Also Ji-Yeong (Chloe) Mun did not go to Warsaw any more after her victory in the Busoni Competition.

The jury at the 60th Busoni Competition consisted almost completely of former Busoni Prize winners, and also in Warsaw, not less than 13 of the 17 jury members had been prize winner of this famous Chopin Competition.

One month after the Chopin Competition, the Hamamatsu Competition took place, which had also attracted nearly 450 applicants. Both in Warsaw and in Hamamatsu, Martha Argerich served on the jury. It was not easy to reach a final decision at these competitions.

2015 seemed a year of compromises: in Hamamatsu three pianists tied for the third prize, and at the Gilels Competition in Odessa four pianists were declared first prize winners, three pianists shared the second prize and two received a third prize.

In the UK, female pianists were very successful: the Dublin Competition was won by Nathalia Milstein, while Varvara Tarasova won in Sussex and the victory in Leeds went to Anna Tcybuleva. For Dame Fanny Waterman (95), this was the last competition under her chairmanship, although this does not mean that she will slow down. One of her mottos: “You don’t stop working because you grow old. You grow old because you stop working.”

In September 2015, a new International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians was launched in Zhuhai (China). This proved a great success: 535 young pianists and violinists (up to 23 years of age) had applied for one of the three age categories. After careful screening, 137 were invited to compete in Zhuhai.

In Canada, the 8th Honens Competition was won by Luca Buratto, who thus received one of the highest monetary prizes in the world of piano competitions: CAD 100,000 plus a valuable artistic and career development program. Remarkable were also the eight prizes that Evgeny Starodubtsev won in 2015: seven in Italy and the 3rd prize in Tromsø.

At the Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, people could vote on the internet. The contestant receiving the highest number of votes would pass to the next round.

It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Anne Øland, who had been such an enthousiastic organiser of the competition in Århus (Denmark), Peter Szaunig who initiated the Carl Filtsch Competition, Warren Thomson (Artistic Director in Sydney) and the passing of the great pianists Vera Gornostaeva and Ivan Moravec, and of the much younger pianists Dmitry Teterin and Michel Wagemans.

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2016 The year 2016 will bring interesting competitions, such as the UNISA Competition in South Africa (Jan./Feb.), the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (May), Zwickau Schumann and Sendai (Japan) in June, Sydney and Cleveland (July/August), Budapest Liszt and Bergen (Norway) Grieg in September; Hong Kong in October; the Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz (Poland) in November. They are open for piano only once in three, four or five years. (In 2017, the Queen Elisabeth Competition will be dedicated for the first time to cello, so the next one for piano will be in 2020.)

The major competitions receive many applications and are preceded by a preselection.

Mostly, the applicants are required to send a DVD or to upload a video. A few competitions organise live auditions, such as the junior Bachauer Competition, the New York Concert Artists, and the Paderewski Competition. Also the Cliburn and Liszt Competition (Utrecht) arranges worldwide auditions, but these will take place in 2017 (application deadlines October 13 th and December 1st, 2016, respectively).

The competition for the Giuseppe Martucci Award has an unusual structure: after a preliminary round, judged by a professional jury, the final verdict is given by the audience who listen to the performances by the finalists. Also in Eppan: the audience decides.

Pianists who adore Bach can compete in March in Würzburg (Germany), where the repertoire consists exclusively of works by Bach. Chopin Competitions for young pianists are held in Szafarnia and Moscow. The competition in Orléans (France) is devoted entirely to repertoire of the 20th and 21st Century. In Pretoria (South Africa), the UNISA Competition has a section for classical pianists and for jazz pianists.

A focus on other composers is provided by the competitions in Salzburg “Mozart”, Pilsen “Smetana”, Zwickau “Schumann”, Bergen (Norway) “Grieg”, Budapest “Liszt” and Dortmund “Schubert”, while the Ricard Viñes Competition in Lleida (Spain) will pay special tribute to Enrique Granados, as 2016 is the centenary of his death.

Apart from the competition in Sydney, there is another international piano competition in Australasia: the one in Kerikeri (New Zealand).

Huge prize money is offered in Cleveland (US$ 75,000 first prize), while also other competitions come up with substantial awards (nearly AUD 190,000 total prize money in Sydney; 30,000 Euro first prize in Bergen and in Bydgoszcz …).

Young pianists up to 20 years of age will have plenty opportunities to perform at the competitions in Ettlingen, Enschede, Salt Lake City, San Jose, New York, Oberlin, Milwaukee, Zagreb, Moscow, Szafarnia, Milan and other places. New competitions for the youth will be launched in Brussels and in Glasgow.

The first Olga Kern Int’l Piano Competition will be held in Albuquerque (New Mexico, U.S.A.) in November 2016 and is open for pianists up to 32 years of age. Before the year is over, pianists can still travel to Brazil and compete in Rio de Janeiro, or to Novi Sad (Serbia) for the Isidor Bajic Competition.

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Trends and new initiatives Listening to the performances in competitions, one gets the impression that young pianists find it a challenge to play quicker and quicker. Even performances in Baroque music seem to be done at higher tempi, compared to the last century. Of course, when hearing old recordings of great masters, one may also astonish about the agility and speed in their performances, but they were also rich with musicality.

Internet & social media The role of internet and social media is undeniably increasing. The influence this has on music competitions can be observed in every stage of the event. Nowadays, each competition must have a website, where all main details are to be found. An application form can be downloaded and all necessary documents can be submitted electronically.

They need not be sent by “snail mail” any more. This also applies to the recordings that have to be supplied: more and more competitions ask the applicants to upload a video or to provide a link to their recorded performances.

Competition results are frequently posted on Facebook, rather than on the competition’s own official website. It is a pity when contestants do not come to the hall any more, but rather watch their tablets or smart phones to see if they have passed to the next round.

They thus miss the opportunity to meet and talk with people from the audience, which is also important.

Another application of the internet is the online voting. At the 2015 Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, a top online voting could even guarantee a pass to the next round.

Webcasts It is wonderful that more and more competitions provide a webcast of their events. In 2015, many have seen the magnificent live streaming from Warsaw, Moscow, Bolzano, Calgary, Hamamatsu and Bonn. This has attracted altogether literally millions of viewers and thus fulfills also an important function in the promotion of classical music. Many competitions keep these recordings on their websites as VOD (videos on demand), so that they can still be enjoyed. The Chopin Institute in Warsaw, the Queen Elisabeth, the Cliburn and other major competitions deserve special credit for having created an impressive archive of recordings from recent and past competitions on their websites. This serves not only as an important and invaluable documentation, but has also great meaning for the promotion of the competition. It can be a recommendation for other competitions to do this as well.

New initiatives Although it is always better to hear classical music live, the next step might be that jury members and concert organisers need not travel any more, and can watch high quality recordings of performances by aspiring young musicians, which gives them additional exposure. Several “online” competitions have already emerged, and the Vienna Virtuoso has also created a new platform for online guidance and evaluation.

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member since Australian Int'l Chopin Piano Competition Canberra 2015 Sydney Sydney Int'l Piano Competition of Australia 2015 Oberschützen Int'l Jenö Takács Competition for Young Pianists 2010 Salzburg International Mozart Competition 2009 Vienna Int'l Rosario Marciano Piano Competition 2009 Brussels ¹ Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 2004 Brussels ² Merci, Maestro! International Piano Competition 2015 Kraainem César Franck International Piano Competition 2013 Leuze-en-Hainaut Concours International André Dumortier 2009 Rio de Janeiro BNDES International Piano Competition 2009 2014 Shumen Pancho Vladigerov Competition Calgary Honens International Piano Competition 2010 Montreal Concours Musical International de Montréal 2010 Toronto Toronto International Piano Competition 2013 Shenzhen China Shenzhen Int’l Piano Concerto Competition 2006 Xiamen China International Piano Competition 2007 Zhuhai Int’l Mozart Competition for Young Musicians 2014 Karlovac Karlovac International Piano Competition 2015 Zagreb Int’l Competition Young Virtuoso 2010 Plzen Smetana International Piano Competition 2010 Århus Aarhus International Piano Competition 2009 Hastings Hastings Int’l Piano Concerto Competition 2011 Leeds The Leeds International Piano Competition 2011 Manchester RNCM James Mottram Int’l Piano Competition 2007 Newcastle Young Pianist of the North Int’l Competition 2009 Windsor Windsor International Piano Competition 2015 Worthing Sussex International Piano Competition 2009 Helsinki Helsinki Int’l Maj Lind Piano Competition 2005 Aix-en-Provence Concours International des Nuits Pianistiques 2010 Chatou Concours International de Piano Cécile Edel-Latos 2011 Lyon Concours International de Piano de Lyon 2012 Maisons-Laffitte Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France 2015 Orléans Concours International de Piano d’Orléans 2003 Paris ¹ Grand Prix Animato 2002 Paris ² International Piano Competition Francis Poulenc 2005 Pontoise Piano Campus – Journées Européennes de Piano 2004 Valence Concours International de Piano Teresa Llacuna 2012 Tbilisi Tbilisi International Piano Competition 2007 Aachen ¹ MozARTè Int’l Piano Competition Aachen 2006 Aachen ² ClaviCologne NRW Int’l Piano Competition 2014 Bonn Int'l Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2004 Alink - Argerich Foundation | 9

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Monza International Piano Competition Rina Sala Gallo Novara Giuseppe Martucci International Prize Competition Osimo Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition Rome Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Roma Sacile FVG International Piano Competition Salerno A. Napolitano Piano Prize / Amalfi Coast IPC San Donà di Piave International Piano Competition Sansepolcro International Piano Prize Maria Giubilei Seregno ¹ Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli Seregno ² Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Pozzolino Taranto Concorso Pianistico Int. Arcangelo Speranza Val Tidone Val Tidone International Music Competitions Premio Silvio Bengalli Varallo Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica Verona Verona International Piano Competition Hamamatsu Hamamatsu International Piano Competition

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Sendai International Music Competition Takamatsu International Piano Competition PTNA Piano Competition for Promising Pianists The Int’l Chopin Piano Competition in Asia Kazakhstan Int´l Piano Competition Astana Piano Passion Korea Gawon International Music Award Isang Yun Competition Latvia Int’l Competition for Young Pianists Music without Limits Int’l Music Competition Lithuania Stasys Vainiunas International Piano and Chamber Ensemble Competition various locations Malta International Music Festival-Competition Malta Mexico Monterrey Concurso Internacional de Piano Parnassós Morocco Rabat Concours Int'l de Piano Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Lalla Meryem Netherlands Enschede Int’l Piano Competition for Young Musicians Utrecht International Franz Liszt Piano Competition New Zealand Kerikeri Kerikeri International Piano Competition Norway Bergen Edvard Grieg International Piano Competition Tromsø Top of the World Int’l Piano Competition Panama Panama International Piano Competition Panama Poland Bydgoszcz Paderewski Int’l Piano Competition Gdansk International Baltic Piano Competition Kielce Moritz Moszkowski Int’l Piano Competition Poznan Int’l Piano Competition in memory of Halina Czerny-Stefanska Rzeszów Subcarpathian Chopin Int’l Piano Competition Szafarnia International F. Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth Warsaw ¹ F. Chopin International Piano Competition Warsaw ² International Cochran Piano Competition Porto Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition Portugal Bucharest International Competition George Enescu Roumania Sibiu Carl Filtsch International Competition-Festival for Pianists and Composers Russia Moscow Int'l Chopin Competition for Young Pianists Glasgow Scottish International Piano Competition Scotland Novi Sad ¹ Int'l Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial Competition Serbia Novi Sad ² WPTA International Piano Competition Slovak Rep. Bratislava J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition South Africa Pretoria UNISA International Music Competitions Spain Barcelona Concours International Maria Canals de Barcelone Campillos Campillos International Piano Competition Ferrol Concurso Internacional de Piano Granada International Piano Competition María Herrero Jaén Concurso International de Piano Premio Jaén

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Int’l Piano Competition Spanish Composers Antón García Abril Award Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition International Piano Competition Delia Steinberg Concurso Int’l de Piano de Valencia Premio Iturbi Concours de Genève Int’l Piano Competition-Istanbul-Orchestra’Sion Int'l Piano Competition in memory of Emil Gilels Olga Kern International Piano Competition Midwest International Piano Competition Cincinnati World Piano Competition Cleveland International Piano Competition Dallas International Piano Competition Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Cliburn Int’l Junior Piano Competition & Festival Hilton Head International Piano Competition PianoArts North Amer. Biennial Piano Comp. e-Piano Junior Competition New Orleans Int’l Piano Competition New York Int’l Piano Competition Manhattan International Music Competition New York Concert Artists (NYCA) Worldwide Debut Audition ○ Oberlin Thomas & Evon Cooper Int'l Competition Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer Int’l Artists Piano Competition San Jose San Jose International Piano Competition Tempe Bösendorfer & Yamaha USASU Int’l Piano Comp.

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Other organisations, academies and events, affiliated with AAF Austria Graz Kunst Universität Graz (KUG) Croatia Split Piano Loop Festival Denmark Århus Gradus International Piano Festival Germany Freiburg International Piano Academy Freiburg (IPAF) Eppan Piano Academy Eppan - A.B. Michelangeli Prize Italy Japan Tokyo Showa Piano Art Academy

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○ : the competition focuses on (very) young pianists - age limit not higher than 22. : apart from a main competition for the more adult pianists, the organisers also arrange contests or divisions for younger pianists, with lower age limits. (They may be held in the same time period, but may also occur separately or in alternating years, e.g.

Weimar, Hilton Head, Salt Lake City, Fort Worth.)

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ADDRESSES AUSTRALIA – Canberra Australian International Chopin Piano Competition T h e A u stralian N ational U n iversity School of M usic, Building 100, Piano Dept.

W illiam H erbert Place, Canberra A C T 0200 ~ A ustralia

www.aicpc.org.au Tel.: (+61) 2 - 61255700 e-mail: info@aicpc.org.au

AUSTRALIA – Sydney www.sydneypianocompetition.com.au Sydney Int’l Piano Competition of Australia Tel.: (+61) 2 - 92413291 P.O . B ox R 104 e-mail: info@sydneypianocompetition.com.au Royal Exchange ~ Australia NSW 1225 AUSTRIA – Graz http://schubert.kug.ac.at Int’l Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music Tel.: (+43) 316 - 3891900 Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz (+43) 316 - 3891901 Leonhardstr. 15 e-mail: franz.schubert@kug.ac.at A-8010 Graz ~ Austria AUSTRIA – Oberschützen www.takacscompetition.org International Jenö Takács Piano Competition for Young Pianists Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz Tel.: (+43) 3353 - 6693-3120 Institut Oberschützen Fax: (+43) 3353 - 6693-3121 H auptplatz 8 e-mail: office@takacscompetition.org A-7432 Oberschützen ~ Austria AUSTRIA – Salzburg www.uni-mozarteum.at/mozartwettbewerb Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Salzburg www.moz.ac.at/de/kunst/mowe/index.php Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Tel.: (+43) 662 - 6198-2201, 6198-2202 Mirabellplatz 1 Fax: (+43) 662 - 6198-2039 A-5020 Salzburg ~ Austria e-mail: mozartwettbewerb@moz.ac.at AUSTRIA – Vienna International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition Vienna International Pianists Rauchfangkehrergasse 11/1/5 A-1150 Vienna ~ Austria

www.pianists.at Tel.: (+43) 1 - 9294027 Fax: (+43) 1 - 9294027 e-mail: vipacademy@utanet.at

BELGIUM – Brussels (1) www.qeimc.be Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Tel.: (+32) 2 - 2134050 Rue aux Laines, 20 Fax: (+32) 2 - 5143297 B-1000 Brussels ~ Belgium e-mail: info@qeimc.be BELGIUM – Brussels (2) www.mercimaestro.be Merci, Maestro! International Competition for Young Pianists M m e. Nataliya Chepurenko (mobile:) (+32) 496-488780 A v enue G eorges H enri, 257 e-mail: info@mercimaestro.be B-1200 Brussels ~ Belgium Alink - Argerich Foundation | 13

BELGIUM – Kraainem www.cfipc.com César Franck International Piano Competition Tel. (mobile:) (+32) 486-357997 (+32) 465-408339, (+43) 699-17210063 GC De Lijsterbes Lijsterbessenbomenlaan 6 e-mail: office@cfipc.com B-1950 Kraainem ~ Belgium cfipc.info@gmail.com BELGIUM – Leuze-en-Hainaut Concours International André Dumortier Avenue de la Résistance, 1 B-7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut ~ Belgium

www.ciad.be Tel.: (+32) 69 - 669864 Fax: (+32) 69 - 665665 e-mail: info@ciad.be

BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro BNDES International Piano Competition Rua Marquesa de Santos 42 # 1702 22221-080 Rio de Janeiro - RJ ~ Brazil

www.concursopianorio.com Tel.: (+55) 21 - 2225-7492 e-mail: cip.rio@br.inter.net

BULGARIA – Shumen (*) www.fondvlad.com Pancho Vladigerov International Music Competition Tel.: (+359) 54 - 800388 Pancho Vladigerov Foundation (mobile:) (+359) 884-207894, 887-748284 152, Tsar Osvoboditel Str. e-mail: office@fondvlad.com BG-9700 Shumen ~ Bulgaria fondation.vladigerov@hotmail.com *: no separate page in this catalogue CANADA – Calgary www.honens.com Honens Piano Festival and Competition Tel.: (+1) 403 - 299-0130 888 Tenth Street SW (toll free within North America:) 1-800-249-7574 Calgary, Alberta ~ Canada T2P 2X1 (+44) 20 - 3411-9697, (+49) 451 - 3982963 Fax: (+1) 403 - 299-0137 e-mail: info@honens.com CANADA – Montreal Concours Musical Int'l de Montréal 305, Mount-Royal Avenue East Montréal (Québec) ~ Canada H2T 1P8

www.concoursmontreal.ca Tel.: (+1) 514 - 845-4108 (toll free from America:) 1-877-377-7951 Fax: (+1) 514 - 845-8241 e-mail: info@concoursmontreal.ca dbarghout@concoursmontreal.ca

CANADA – Toronto Toronto International Piano Competition Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto 5183 Sheppard A venue East Toronto (Ontario) ~ Canada M1B 5Z5 CHINA – Shenzhen China Shenzhen Int’l Piano Concerto Competition Shenzhen Arts School No. 3930, Nanshan Avenue, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518028 ~ P.R. China 14 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

www.cccpianocompetitions.org www.ipianotoronto.ca Tel.: (+1) 416 - 292-9293, ext. 229 e-mail: info@ipianotoronto.ca cccpianocompetition@gmail.com www.csipcc.com.cn Tel.: (+86) 755 - 82535441 Fax: (+86) 755 - 23824941 e-mail: info@csipcc.com.cn

CHINA – Xiamen www.cipc.fj.cn/cipc/index_en.html China International Piano Competition (Xiamen) Tel.: (+86) 592 - 2025125, 2020127 No. 95 Tiyu Road Fax: (+86) 592 - 2025200 X ia m e n 3 6 1 0 1 2 ~ P . R . C h i n a e-mail: whjhdb@xm.gov.cn CHINA – Zhuhai Zhuhai Int’l Mozart Competition for Young Musicians Hongshan Road No. 165 X ia n g z h o u D is t r i c t Zhuhai 519070, Guangdong ~ P.R. China

www.zhmozart.org Tel.: (+86) 756 - 8816577 Fax: (+86) 756 - 8816579 e-mail: info@zhmozart.org

Zhuhai Int’l Mozart Competition for Young Musicians Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Tel. (mobile): (+43) 676-88122427 e-mail: zhmozart@moz.ac.at M irabellplatz 1 A-5020 Salzburg ~ Austria CROATIA – Karlovac www.karlovacpianofestival.com/competition.html Karlovac International Piano Competition Tel.: (+1) 786 - 5970430 (+385) 47 - 615161 Karlovac Piano Festival (+385) 95 - 8491445 (only between July 5-20, 2016) 1701 NW 92nd Way Coral Springs, FL 33071 ~ U.S.A. e-mail: silvijevidovic@yahoo.com karlovacpianofestival@gmail.com CROATIA – Split Piano Loop Festival Udruga Piano Projekt Put Meja 4 H R -21000 Split ~ Croatia CROATIA – Zagreb International Competition Young Virtuoso Glazbena škola Pavla Markovca Trg žrtava fašizma 9 HR-10000 Zagreb ~ Croatia

www.pianoprojekt.hr Tel. (mobile): (+385) 91-5977164 e-mail: piano.projekt@gmail.com

www.mladivirtuozi.org www.glazbena-skola-pavla-markovca.hr Tel.: (+385) 1 - 4552590 Fax: (+385) 1 - 4552858 e-mail: mladivirtuozi@gmail.com pavla.markovca@zg.t-com.hr

CZECH Rep. – Plzenˇ www.piano-competition.com Smetana International Piano Competition Tel.: (+420) 603-526586 Fax: (+420) 377 - 223800 Konzervator Plzenˇ Kopeckého sady 10 e-mail: secretariat@piano-competition.com CZ-30100 Plzenˇ ~ Czech Rep. DENMARK – Århus Aarhus International Piano Competition Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus Skovgaardsgade 2 C DK-8000 Århus C ~ Denmark

www.pianocompetition.dk Tel.: (+45) 60438205 (+45) 26137695 (+45) 22482236 e-mail: info@pianocompetition.dk Alink - Argerich Foundation | 15

DENMARK – Århus Gradus International Piano Festival Klaverskolen Gradus Tilst Skolevej 28 DK-8381 Tilst ~ Denmark

www.klaverskolen-gradus.com Tel.: (+45) 26214488 e-mail: martinlysholm@hotmail.com

ENGLAND – Hastings www.hastingsconcertocompetition.co.uk Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Tel.: (+44) 1424 - 814152 Hastings Musical Festival e-mail: info@hastingsconcertocompetition.co.uk W h ite R o ck T h eatre, W h ite R o ck Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1JX ~ England ENGLAND – Leeds (*) Leeds International Piano Competition Piano Competition Office U n iversity of L eeds 169A Woodhouse Lane Leeds LS2 9JT ~ England *: no separate page in this catalogue

www.leedspiano.com Tel.: (+44) 113 - 2446586 e-mail: pianocompetition@leeds.ac.uk

E N G L A N D – M a n c h e ste r RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition Royal Northern College of M usic Matt Whitham - Festivals Coordinator 124 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9RD ~ England

www.rncm.ac.uk/jmipc Tel.: (+44) 161 - 9075339 Fax: (+44) 161 - 2737611 e-mail: jmipc@rncm.ac.uk

www.ypn-competition.org ENGLAND – Newcastle upon Tyne Young Pianist of the North International Competition Tel.: (+44) 191 - 2535597 3 Seatonville Crescent e-mail: info@ypn-competition.org Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear NE25 8TQ ~ England ENGLAND – Windsor www.windsorinternationalpianocompetition.com Windsor International Piano Competition Tel.: (+44) 1753 - 856501 203 Clarence Road (+44) 800 - 6226920 (free within UK) Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5AN ~ England windsorpianoschool@googlemail.com ENGLAND – Worthing (*) Sussex International Piano Competition T h e A d m in i s t r a t o r 30 Guildford Road W orthing, W est Sussex BN14 7LL ~ England *: no separate page in this catalogue

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www.sussexipc.co.uk Tel.: (+44) 7899074357 e-mail: tjc3sipc2015@gmail.com

FINLAND – Helsinki Helsinki Int’l Maj Lind Piano Competition Sibelius A cadem y P.O. Box 38 FI-00097 Uniarts ~ Finland

www.majlindcompetition.fi Tel.: (+358) 40 - 7104368 e-mail: terhi.luukkonen@uniarts.fi

FRANCE – Aix-en-Provence (*) www.musiquesechanges.com Concours International des Nuits Pianistiques Association Musiques Echanges e-mail: contact@musiquesechanges.com 680, chemin de la Tubasse F-13540 Puyricard ~ France *: no separate page in this catalogue FRANCE – Chatou www.concours-piano-chatou.com Concours Int'l de Piano de Chatou "Cécile Edel-Latos" Tel.: (+33) 1 - 30802912 Fax: (+33) 1 - 30802912 12, Vergers de la Ranchère e-mail: edel-latos@wanadoo.fr F-78860 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche ~ France FRANCE – Lyon Concours International de Piano de Lyon 29, rue Jules M assenet F-69320 Feyzin ~ France FRANCE – Maisons-Laffitte Concours International de Piano d'Ile de France Opus Yvelines BP 70003 F-78600 Maisons-Laffitte Cedex ~ France FRANCE – Orléans Concours International de Piano d’Orléans Orléans Concours International 46ter, rue Sainte-Catherine F-45000 Orléans ~ France FRANCE – Paris (1) Grand Prix Animato Prof. M arian Rybicki 65, Quai Branly F-75007 Paris ~ France FRANCE – Paris (2) Concours International de Piano "Francis Poulenc" 179, rue de Courcelles F-75017 Paris ~ France

www.gpipl.fr Tel.: (+33) 4 - 72091001 (mobile:) (+33) 6-33973470 e-mail: gpipl@gpipl.fr www.concoursdepiano.com e-mail: opusyvelines@gmail.com

www.oci-piano.com Tel.: (+33) 2 - 38628922 Fax: (+33) 2 - 38628922 e-mail: oci.piano@wanadoo.fr www.animato.org Tel.: (+33) 1 - 45559392 (mobile:) (+33) 6-03491228 Fax: (+33) 1 - 45559392 e-mail: m.rybicki@club-internet.fr www.concours-poulenc.org (mobile:) (+33) 6 - 07722832 (+33) 6 - 61168355 e-mail: l-guy@wanadoo.fr info@concours-poulenc.org Alink - Argerich Foundation | 17

FRANCE – Pontoise Piano Campus – Journées Internationales de Piano www.piano-campus.com B.P. 30012 Pontoise Tel.: (+33) 1 - 34351853 F-95301 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex ~ France e-mail: infos@piano-campus.com www.concours-piano-llacuna.fr FRANCE – Valence Concours International de Piano "Teresa Llacuna" Tel.: (+33) 4 - 75550306 27, rue M arius V illard e-mail: ciptl.candidatures@hotmail.fr F-26000 Valence ~ France contact@concours-piano-llacuna.fr G E O R G IA – T b ilisi www.tbilisipiano.org.ge Tbilisi International Piano Competition Tel.: (+995) 32 - 2922446, 2922447 The V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire Great Hall Fax: (+995) 32 - 2922447 8, Griboedov St. e-mail: classica@classica.ge Tbilisi 0108 ~ G eorgia GERMANY – Aachen (1) MozARTè Int’l Piano Competition Aachen AmadèO e.V. / Künstlervermittlung Koltun Beethovenstrasse 16 D-52064 Aachen ~ Germany GERMANY – Aachen (2) Clavicologne NRW International Piano Competition ECCA GmbH R e inoldstr. 6 D-50676 Köln ~ Germany

www.mozarte-aachen.com (mobile:) (+49) 151-22970584 e-mail: info@mozarte-aachen.com

www.clavicologne-nrw.com/en Tel.: (+49) 221 - 39757671 (mobile:) (+49) 151-40781989 e-mail: culture@europcca.com

www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de GERMANY – Bonn International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn Tel.: (+49) 228 - 18111181 c/o Beethovenfest Bonn Fax: (+49) 228 - 18111182 Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 e-mail: info@telekom-beethoven-competition.de D-53113 Bonn ~ Germany GERMANY – Bremen Europäischer Klavierwettbewerb Bremen Aschwardener Str. 7 D-28790 Schwanewede ~ Germany

www.ekw-bremen.de Tel.: (+49) 4296 - 748608 Fax: (+49) 4296 - 748607 e-mail: info@ekw-bremen.de

GERMANY – Darmstadt www.chopin-gesellschaft.de Internationaler Chopin Klavierwettbewerb Tel.: (+49) 6155 - 7952606 Chopin-Gesellschaft in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. (+49) 6151 - 54988 John-F.-Kennedy-Haus e-mail: wettbewerb@chopin-gesellschaft.de Kasinostr. 3 jillrabenau@chopin-gesellschaft.de D-64293 Darmstadt ~ Germany

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GERMANY – Dortmund www.schubert-wettbewerb.de International Schubert Competition Dortmund Tel.: (+49) 231 - 103836 e-mail: info@schubert-wettbewerb.de P.O . Box 500209 birgit.goergner@schubert-wettbewerb.de D-44202 Dortmund ~ Germany GERMANY – Düsseldorf www.schumann-competition.com International Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf Tel.: (+49) 211 - 49180 Fischerstr. 110 e-mail: contact@schumann-competition.com D-40476 Düsseldorf ~ Germany GERMANY – Ettlingen Ettlingen Int'l Competition for Young Pianists M usikschule der Stadt Ettlin gen Pforzheim er Str. 25 D -7 6 2 7 5 E t t l i n g e n ~ G e r m a n y GERMANY – Frankfurt International German Piano Award International Piano Forum Frankfurt W ie s e n a u 1 D-60323 Frankfurt am Main ~ Germany

www.pianocompetition.org Tel.: (+49) 7243 - 101311, 101448 Fax: (+49) 7243 - 101436 e-mail: info@pianocompetition.org www.ipf-frankfurt.com Tel.: (+49) 69 - 97176-123, 97176-161 Fax: (+49) 69 - 97176-370 e-mail: m.maleki@ipf-frankfurt.com s.dettmar@ipf-frankfurt.com

GERMANY – Freiburg www.internationalpianoacademy.org International Piano Academy Freiburg Tel.: (+49) 7664 - 617418 IKAF Festival Büro Freiburg – Irmgard Preisinger Brandhof 6 e-mail: irmgard.preisinger@t-online.de D-79227 Schallstadt ~ Germany info@internationalpianoacademy.org GERMANY – Geilenkirchen Euregio Piano Award Künstlervermittlung Koltun Beethovenstrasse 16 D-52064 Aachen ~ Germany

www.euregiopianoaward.com mobile: (+49) 151-22970584 e-mail: info@euregiopianoaward.com

GERMANY – Königs Wusterhausen www.youngpianostars.org Young Piano Stars International Piano Competition Tel.: (+49) 511 - 6067686 e-mail: piano@albertmamriev.com A lb e r t M a m ri e v Buchholzer Str. 23 D-30629 Hannover ~ Germany GERMANY – Meiningen www.buelow-wettbewerb-meiningen.de Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb Hans von Bülow Tel.: (+49) 3672 - 477940 Internationale Hans von Bülow Gesellschaft e.V. (mobile:) (+49) 172-3534877 c/o Meininger Museen, PF 100 554 e-mail: info@buelow-wettbewerb-meiningen.de D-98605 M einingen ~ Germany

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GERMANY – Munich ARD International Music Competition Munich Bayerischer Rundfunk Rundfunkplatz 1 D-80335 M ünchen ~ Germany

www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de Tel.: (+49) 89 - 590042471 Fax.: (+49) 89 - 590023573 e-mail: ard.musikwettbewerb@br.de

GERMANY – Schlitz www.pianale.com PIANALE International Piano Academy & Competition www.pianale-junior.com PIANALE GmbH Tel.: (+49) 661 - 94250407 Am Eichwald 1 Fax: ( +49) 661 - 9426287 D -3 6 0 4 3 F u l d a ~ G e r m a n y e-mail: academy@pianale.com GERMANY – Troisdorf Internationaler Jugend Pianisten Wettbewerb Internationale freie Brahms Musikakademie UG H o fgartenstrasse 17 D-53840 Troisdorf ~ Germany

www.ifbmat.de Tel.: (+49) 2241 - 208980 (mobile:) (+49) 176-22735636 e-mail: info@ifbmat.de info@jiawangpiano.com

GERMANY – Weimar (& Bayreuth) www.hfm-weimar.de/liszt International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Tel.: (+49) 3643 - 555150 Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar Fax: (+49) 3643 - 555170 Postfach 2552 e-mail: liszt-wettbewerb@hfm-weimar.de D-99406 Weimar ~ Germany liszt-junior-wettbewerb@hfm-weimar.de GERMANY – Wernigerode Neue Sterne International Piano Competition A lb e r t M a m r i e v Buchholzer Str. 23 D-30629 Hannover ~ Germany

www.neuesterne.org Tel.: (+49) 511 - 6067686 e-mail: piano@albertmamriev.com

GERMANY – Würzburg International Piano Competition J.S. Bach Prof. Inge Rosar H öhenw eg 197 D-66133 Saarbrücken ~ Germany

www.bach-competition.de Tel.: (+49) 681 - 893186, 52764 Fax: (+49) 681 - 5897462 e-mail: info@bach-competition.de

GERMANY – Zwickau International Robert Schumann Competition Stadtverwaltung Zwickau - Kulturamt PF 200933 D-08009 Zwickau ~ Germany GREECE – Thessaloniki Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition 33 Platonos Str. GR-54631 Thessaloniki ~ Greece

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www.schumann-zwickau.de Tel.: (+49) 375 - 834130 Fax: (+49) 375 - 834141 e-mail: kulturbuero@zwickau.de kulturamt@zwickau.de www.thymiscompetition.gr Tel.: (+30) 2310 - 224722 e-mail: info@thymiscompetition.gr

HONG KONG Hong Kong Int’l Piano Competition The Chopin Society of Hong Kong Ltd. Room 206A, 2nd Floor, St. George's Building No. 2, Ice House Street, Central Hong Kong HUNGARY – Budapest International Music Competition Budapest Philharmonia Hungary Concert Agency Páva u. 10-12 H-1094 Budapest ~ Hungary IRELAND – Dublin Dublin International Piano Competition P.O. Box 71 A n Post Bray, Co. Wicklow ~ Ireland

www.chopinsocietyhk.org Tel.: (+852) 28683387, 28683325 (mobile:) (+852) 90271429 Fax: (+852) 28683325, 28681994 e-mail: afreris@netvigator.com info@chopinsocietyhk.org www.musiccompetitionbudapest.com Tel.: (+36) 1 - 3024961 Fax: (+36) 1 - 3024962, 2664962 e-mail: competition@filharmonia.hu maria.liszkay@filharmonia.hu www.dipc.ie Tel.: (+353) 1 - 2721523 Fax: (+353) 1 - 2721508 e-mail: info@dipc.ie

ISRAEL – Tel Aviv www.arims.org.il The Arthur Rubinstein Int’l Piano Master Competition Tel.: (+972) 3 - 6856684 12 Huberman St. Fax: (+972) 3 - 6854924 Tel Aviv, IL-64075-10 ~ Israel e-mail: competition@arims.org.il ITALY – Acquaviva delle Fonti www.gliamicidigiovanni.it Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Città di Acquaviva delle Fonti" Assoc. Cult. Mus. "Centro Studi Giovanni Colafemmina" Tel.: (+39) 080 - 758830 Via Don Cesaro Franco, n.6/v (+39) 349-4790262, 335-1406658, 349-4775799 I-70021 Acquaviva delle Fonti (Bari) ~ Italy e-mail: mauriziomatarrese@libero.it ITALY – Bolzano www.concorsobusoni.it International Piano Competition "Ferruccio Busoni" Tel.: (+39) 0471 - 976568 "Ferruccio Busoni" International Piano Competition Foundation Piazza Domenicani, 25 Fax: (+39) 0471 - 326127 I-39100 Bolzano ~ Italy e-mail: info@concorsobusoni.it ITALY – Cantù International Piano and Orchestra Competition "Citta di Cantù" Nuova Scuola di Musica di Cantù Via Pontida, 5 I-22063 Cantù (CO) ~ Italy

www.cantupianocompetition.com www.scuoladimusica.it Tel.: (+39) 031 - 706418 mobile: (+39) 335-7041043 Fax: (+39) 031 - 706418 e-mail: info@scuoladimusica.it

ITALY – Cento www.associazionealessio.com Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Roberta Gallinari" (mobile:) (+39) 347-3845447 A ssociazione A lessio e-mail: info@associazionealessio.com Via SS.ma Trinità, 4 I-40066 Pieve di Cento (BO) ~ Italy Alink - Argerich Foundation | 21

ITALY – Eppan www.pianoacademy-eppan.com Piano Academy Eppan - A.B. Michelangeli Prize Tel.: (+39) 0471 - 667566 Lanserhaus Fax: (+39) 0471 - 665739 Johann Georg Plazer Str. 24 e-mail: info@pianoacademy-eppan.com junior@pianoacademy-eppan.com I-39057 St. Michael EPPAN ~ Italy www.concorsopalmadoro.com ITALY – Finale Ligure Concorso Internazionale di Musica da Camera "Palma d'oro" Tel.: (+39) 019 - 680277 Via Brunenghi, 21 mobile: (+39) 349-5280441, 346-5151641 I-17024 Finale Ligure (SV) ~ Italy Fax: (+39) 019 - 680404, 693475 e-mail: palmadoro@gmail.com ITALY – Lovere Tadini International Music Competition Associazione Pianofriends V ia G io v a n n i R ic o r d i , 1 3 I-20131 Milano ~ Italy

www.pianofriends.eu mobile: (+39) 342-3565752 (+39) 339-6817900 e-mail: info@pianofriends.eu pianofriends@yahoo.it

www.associazionemusicalemassarosa.eu ITALY – Massarosa Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Massarosa" (mobile:) (+39) 347-6128959 A ssociazione M u sicale M assarosa e-mail: 858790@tiscali.it c/o Antonella Moscardini info@associazionemusicalemassarosa.eu Via Casavecchia, 388/C I-55054 Bozzano - Massarosa (LU) ~ Italy ITALY – Milano (1) International Competition "Piano Talents" A ssociazione Pianofriends Via Giovanni Ricordi, 13 I-20131 M ilano ~ Italy

www.pianofriends.eu Tel. (mobile): (+39) 342-3565752 e-mail: info@pianofriends.eu ptconcorso@pianofriends.eu

ITALY – Milano (2) www.pianoloversover40.com Concorso Internazionale per Pianisti non professionisti over 40 Piano Lovers Associazione Culturale Tel.: (+39) 045 - 2370043 (mobile): (+39) 342-0730803 SixDegrees V ia B i o n d e l l a , 1 a e-mail: info@pianoloversover40.com segreteria@pianoloversover40.com I-37131 Verona ~ Italy ITALY – Monza International Piano Competition Rina Sala Gallo Associazione M usicale M onza Via Frisi, 23 I-20900 M onza (M B) ~ Italy

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www.concorsosalagallo.it Tel.: (+39) 039 - 2313326 Fax: (+39) 039 - 2313326 e-mail: info@concorsosalagallo.it

ITALY – Novara www.amicimusicacocito.it Giuseppe Martucci International Prize Competition (mobile:) (+39) 340-5411618 Associazione Amici della Musica "Vittorio Cocito" e-mail: info@amicimusicacocito.it Via Fratelli Rosselli, 47 I-28100 Novara ~ Italy ITALY – Osimo www.nuovacoppapianisti.com Concorso Nuova Coppa Pianisti Tel.: (+39) 071 - 7249271 Associazione Musicale “Polo Music” Free phone number: (+39) 800-228800 Via M arco Polo, 42 Fax: (+39) 071 - 716888 I-60027 Osimo (AN) ~ Italy e-mail: info@polomusicmanagement.com pamela.pinto@libero.it, upr.nuovacoppapianisti@gmail.com ITALY – Rome Concorso Pianistico Internazionale 'Roma' Associazione Culturale "Fryderyk Chopin" V ia P i e r f r a n c o B o n e t t i , 8 8 / 9 0 I–00128 Roma ~ Italy

www.chopinroma.it Tel.: (+39) 06 - 5073889 Fax: (+39) 06 - 5073889 e-mail: info@chopinroma.it

ITALY – Sacile www.pianofvg.eu Piano | FVG International Piano Competition Tel.: (+39) 0434 - 651577 Istituto di Musica della Pedemontana (mobile:) (+39) 392-3293266 Viale S. Giorgio, 3 (+39) 338-4264505 e-mail: info@pianofvg.eu I-33081 A viano (PN ) ~ Italy competition@pianofvg.eu, office@pianofvg.eu www.ctavietri.it ITALY – Salerno International Piano Competition "Amalfi Coast" Tel.: (+39) 089 - 211285 "Antonio Napolitano" Piano Prize (mobile:) (+39) 329-4158640, 335-7508682 CTA di Vietri sul M are Fax: (+39) 089 - 211285 Piazza M atteotti, snc e-mail: info@ctavietri.it I-84019 Vietri sul Mare (SA) ~ Italy ctavietrisulmare@hotmail.it, ctavietri@libero.it ITALY – San Donà di Piave www.pianoconcorsosandona.jimdo.com Concorso Pianisticp Internazionale "Città di San Donà di Piave" Associazione Culturale "C. Debussy" (mobile:) (+39) 347-7983032 V ia P e r u g i a , 3 7 e-mail: concorsosandona@gmail.com I-30027 San Donà di Piave (Venezia) ~ Italy ITALY – Sansepolcro www.fidapaaltavalledeltevere.com/concorso-pianistico Concorso "Maria Giubilei" Tel.: (+39) 0575 - 741065, 734568 Amici della Musica di BorgoSansepolcro (mobile:) (+39) 333-6468843 Paola Baschetti Fax : (+39) 0575 - 742209 Via della Castellina, 19 e-mail: amicidellamusica1@gmail.com I-52037 Sansepolcro (AR) ~ Italy info@fidapaaltavalledeltevere.com paolabaschetti@gmail.com Alink - Argerich Foundation | 23

ITALY – Seregno International Piano Competition Ettore Pozzoli Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Il Pozzolino" Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 1 I-20831 Seregno (M B) ~ Italy

www.concorsopozzoli.com Tel.: (+39) 0362 - 222914 Fax: (+39) 0362 - 222914 e-mail: staff@concorsopozzoli.it

ITALY – Taranto www.amicidellamusicataranto.it/concorso Concorso Pianistico Internazionale 'Arcangelo Speranza' Tel.: (+39) 099 - 7303972 Associazione onlus Amici della Musica (mobile:) (+39) 338-8627146 Fax: (+39) 099 - 7303972 Via Toscana, 22A I-74121 Taranto ~ Italy e-mail: concsperanza@interfree.it info@amicidellamusicataranto.it ITALY – Val Tidone www.valtidone-competitions.com Val Tidone International Music Competitions Tel.: (+39) 0385 - 245798 “Premio Silvio Bengalli” (mobile:) (+39) 339-7778369 Associazione Culturale Tetracordo Fax: (+39) 0385 - 830217 Regione Casa Berni, 3 e-mail: info@valtidone-competitions.com I-27049 Stradella (PV) ~ Italy info@tetracordo.com, livio.bollani@gmail.com I T A L Y – V a r a llo Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica Associazione Culturale Valsesia Musica Corso Rom a, 35 - C.P. 40 I-13019 Varallo (VC) ~ Italy

www.valsesiamusica.com Tel.: (+39) 0163 - 560020 e-mail: info@valsesiamusica.com

ITALY – Verona www.concorsopianisticoverona.com Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Città di Verona" (mobile:) (+39) 346-2204542 Associazione Musicale Liszt 2011 e-mail: robertopegoraropf@gmail.com Via del Perlar, 4/a veronapianocompetition@gmail.com I-37024 Negrar (Verona) ~ Italy JAPAN – Hamamatsu Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 111-1 Itayamachi, Naka-ku Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-7790 ~ Japan

www.hipic.jp Tel.: (+81) 53 - 4511148 Fax: (+81) 53 - 4511123 e-mail: info@hipic.jp

JAPAN – Sendai Sendai International Music Competition 3-27-5, Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku Sendai City 981-0904 ~ Japan

www.simc.jp Tel.: (+81) 22 - 7271872 Fax: (+81) 22 - 7271873 e-mail: info@simc.jp

JAPAN – Takamatsu Takamatsu International Piano Competition 3F, 4-12 Kameicho Takam atsu, K agaw a 760 -0050 ~ Japan

www.tipc.jp Tel.: (+81) 87 - 8125583 Fax: (+81) 87 - 8125584 e-mail: info@tipc.jp

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JAPAN – Tokyo (1) PTNA Piano Competition for Promising Pianists Piano Teachers’ National Association of Japan 1-15-1 Sugam o , T o shim a-ku Tokyo 170-8458 ~ Japan

www.piano.or.jp/english Tel.: (+81) 3 - 39442481 Fax: (+81) 3 - 39442482 e-mail: oversea@piano.or.jp

JAPAN – Tokyo (2) International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia S u i t e # 4 0 6 , 1 - 2 6 - 1 3 M in a m i a o y a m a M inato-ku Tokyo 107-0062 ~ Japan

www.chopin-asia.com Tel.: (+81) 3 - 34019765 Fax: (+81) 3 - 34017674 e-mail: education@imc-music.net

KAZAKHSTAN – Astana (*) www.astana-app.kz Int´l Festival of Classical Music and Competition for Young Pianists "Astana Piano Passion" Tel.: (+7) 7172 - 403552 10/1 Orynbor Street (+7) 7172 - 279581 Yesil District (+7) 707-8564897 A stana 010000 ~ K azakhstan e-mail: info@astana-app.kz *: no separate page in this catalogue KOREA – Seoul Gawon International Piano Competition Sam bo H ills 102 Pyoungchang 12 G il, 8-21 Jongno-gu Seoul 03009 ~ South Korea KOREA – Tongyeong Isang Yun Competition Tongyeong Concert Hall 38 Keunbalgae 1-gil Tongyeong-si Gyeongsangnam-do 53079 ~ South Korea LATVIA – Riga Riga International Competition for Young Pianists P u l k v e z a B ri e z a 8 - 1 7 LV-1010 Riga ~ Latvia

www.gawonaward.com Tel.: (+82) 2 - 379-5698 Fax: (+82) 2 - 379-5699 e-mail: hanoksoo11@gmail.com

www.isangyuncompetition.org Tel.: (+82) 55 - 6500400 Fax: (+82) 55 - 6449368 e-mail: pianocompetition@timf.org

www.rigapiano.info Tel.: (mobile:) (+371) 29739858 e-mail: rigapiano@gmail.com

LITHUANIA – Druskininkai www.musicwithoutlimits.lt International Competition-Festival "Music without Limits" Grazina Beleckiene (mobile:) (+370) 68567621, 68214302 A . Sm etonos St. 23C -3 e-mail: info@musicwithoutlimits.lt LT-53189 Panevezys ~ Lithuania v.vitaite@yahoo.com

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L I T H U A N I A – V iln iu s International Piano Competition Stasys Vainiunas PI “Natu Knygynas” - Company code 125818312 Totorių 20 LT-01121 Vilnius ~ Lithuania

www.ipmc.lt Tel.: (+370) 5 - 2506118 (mobile:) (+370) 6-7707044 e-mail: info@ipmc.lt

MALTA Malta International Music Festival - Competition Mediterranean Cultural Foundation for Music Flat 7, Block A1, Triq id-Duluri Pieta ~ M alta

www.maltafest.eu Tel.: (+356) 77727222 e-mail: info@maltafest.eu

M E XICO – M onterrey Concurso Internacional de Piano "Parnassós" Am azonas 300 Pte. Col. del Valle San Pedro G . G arcía Nuevo León C.P. 66220 ~ M exico

www.parnassos.com.mx Tel.: (+52) 81 - 83569633 Fax: (+52) 81 - 83569633 e-mail: parnassos@intercable.net

MOROCCO – Rabat www.concours-lalla-meryem.ma Concours International de Piano Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Lalla Meryem Association "Les Amitiés Musicales" Tel.: (+212) 660 - 711030, 665-218332 Avenue M ohammed VI Fax: (+212) 537 - 752241 6, rue B eni B ouayache e-mail: amitiesmusicales@yahoo.fr 10170 Souissi Rabat ~ Morocco concours.lalla.meryem@gmail.com The NETHERLANDS – Enschede Int’l Piano Competition for Young Musicians Gronausestraat 142 NL-7533 BR Enschede ~ The Netherlands The NETHERLANDS – Utrecht International Franz Liszt Piano Competition P.O . B ox 494 NL-3500 AL Utrecht ~ The Netherlands N E W Z E A L A N D – K e r ik e r i Kerikeri International Piano Competition P.O. Box 269 Kaikohe 0440 ~ New Zealand NORWAY – Bergen International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition Edvard Grieg M useum, Troldhaugen Troldhaugveien 65 N-5232 Paradis (Bergen) ~ Norway

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www.pianocompetition.com Tel.: (+31) 53 - 4344540 Fax: (+31) 53 - 4344540 e-mail: info@pianocompetition.com www.liszt.nl Tel.: (+31) 30 - 6966144, 6966145 e-mail: info@liszt.nl www.kipc.org.nz e-mail: info@kipc.org.nz

www.griegcompetition.com Tel.: (+47) 55 - 922992 Fax: (+47) 55 - 922993 e-mail: info@griegcompetition.com

NORWAY – Tromsø Top of the World Int'l Piano Competition c/o Prof. Tori Stødle P.O. Box 1295, N-9263 Tromsø ~ Norway

www.topoftheworld.no (mobile:) (+47) 913-86278 e-mail: tori@topoftheworld.no

www.concursopanama.com PANAMA – Panama International Piano Competition Panama City Tel.: (+507) 66125206 Fundación Concursos Internacionales Panamá (+507) 66122696, 66127198 Edificio Costa del Mar, 9A – Marbella (Bella Vista) Fax: (+507) 2266552 Panamá ~ Rep. of Panamá e-mail: concursointer.panama@gmail.com POLAND – Bydgoszcz International Paderewski Piano Competition ul. Ks. Piotra Skargi 7 PL-85-018 Bydgoszcz ~ Poland

www.paderewskicompetition.pl Tel.: (+48) 52 - 3270291 Fax: (+48) 52 - 3270291 e-mail: info@paderewskicompetition.pl

´ POLAND – Gdansk International Baltic Piano Competition Akademia Muzyczna im. St. Moniuszki Piano D epartm ent ´ ~ Poland ul. Lakowa 1-2, PL-80-743 Gdansk

http://ibpc.amuz.gda.pl Tel.: (+48) 58 - 3009257 Fax: (+48) 58 - 3009210 e-mail: balticpiano@amuz.gda.pl

POLAND – Kielce www.muzyczna.kielce.pl Moritz Moszkowski International Piano Competition Tel.: (+48) 41 - 3426017 ˙ The Ludomir Rózycki State Music School Fax: (+48) 41 - 3426017 ul. W o jew ódzka 12 e-mail: sekretariat@muzyczna.kielce.pl PL-25-536 Kielce ~ Poland moszkowski.kielce@gmail.com POLAND – Poznan´ www.europianocomp.pl ´ International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefanska in memoriam Akademia Muzyczna im. I.J. Paderewskiego Tel.: (+48) 61 - 8568912 Biuro Konkursu Pianistycznego e-mail: alicja.kledzik@wp.pl ´ ul. Swiety Marcin 87 info@europianocomp.pl PL-61-808 Poznan´ ~ Poland POLAND – Rzeszów www.pianocompetition.rzeszow.pl International Subcarpathian Chopin Competition for Young Pianists Wojciech Kilar Music School Complex No 2 Tel.: (+48) 17 - 7482990 Sobieskiego str. 15 (mobile:) (+48) 508-269407 PL-35-002 Rzeszów ~ Poland Fax: (+48) 17 - 7482996 e-mail: sekretariat@zsm2.resman.pl globodzinski@poczta.onet.pl POLAND – Szafarnia www.szafarnia.art.pl Int'l Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth Chopin Centre in Szafarnia Tel.: (+48) 56 - 6827930, 668-494325 Os´rodek Chopinowski w Szafarni Fax: (+48) 56 - 6827930 Szafarnia 1, PL-87-404 Radomin ~ Poland e-mail: konkurs@szafarnia.art.pl Alink - Argerich Foundation | 27

POLAND – Warsaw (1) Int’l Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Fryderyk Chopin Institute ul. T am k a 43 PL-00-355 Warszawa ~ Poland

www.konkurs.chopin.pl Tel.: (+48) 22 - 4416100, 4416162, -164 Fax: (+48) 22 - 4416113 e-mail: nifc@nifc.pl konkurs@nifc.pl

POLAND – Warsaw (2) International Cochran Piano Competition InfiniteARTS Productions – Jakub Fiebig G rzybow ska 5/603 PL-00-132 Warszawa ~ Poland

www.cochranpianocompetition.com Tel. (mobile:) (+48) 607-297655 (+48) 791-992294 e-mail: competition@juliancochran.org

PORTUGAL – Porto Santa Cecilia International Competition Curso de Música Silva Monteiro (CMSM) Rua Guerra Junqueiro, 455 4150-389 Porto ~ Portugal

www.scecilia-competition.com Tel.: (+351) 22 - 6002150 e-mail: piano@scecilia-competition.com

ROUMANIA – Bucharest Int’l Competition George Enescu ARTEXIM Cal. Victoriei nr.155 bl. D1, sc. 8, et. 2, sector 1 010073 Bucharest ~ Roumania

www.festivalenescu.ro/en/contest Tel.: (+40) 21 - 3178081 Fax: (+40) 21 - 3110200 e-mail: artexim@rdslink.ro office@artexim.ro

ROUMANIA – Sibiu www.filarmonicasibiu.ro Carl Filtsch Int’l Competition- Festival for Pianists and Composers Secretariatul Concursului-Festival Carl Filtsch Tel.: (+40) 269 - 206508, 210264 Str. Cetătii 3-5 Fax: (+40) 269 - 210264 550160 Sibiu ~ Roumania e-mail: filarmo@filarmonicasibiu.ro RUSSIA – Moscow Moscow Int'l Frederick Chopin Competition for Young Pianists Bogolubov's library of the A rts Bld.14, Suschevskaya str.

Moscow 127030 ~ Russia

www.chopin-competition.ru www.chopin-competition.com Tel.: (+7) 926-2323697 e-mail: alexpiano@yandex.ru chopincompetition@yandex.ru

SCOTLAND – Glasgow www.scottishinternationalpianocompetition.com Scottish International Piano Competition Tel.: (+44) 141 - 2708322 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Ian Mills, Administrator Fax: (+44) 141 - 3328901 100 Renfrew Street e-mail: sipc@rcs.ac.uk Glasgow G2 3DB ~ Scotland SERBIA – Novi Sad (1) Int’l Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial Competition Njegoševa 9 21000 N ovi Sad ~ Serbia 28 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

www.pianomemorial.rs Tel.: (+381) 63 - 8382988 Fax: (+381) 21 - 524580 e-mail: office@pianomemorial.rs

SERBIA – Novi Sad (2) WPTA International Piano Competition 5a Belsize Square London N W 3 4H T ~ England

www.wpta.info/ipc.htm Tel.: (+44) 7956 - 396929 (+381) 63 - 8382988 e-mail: office@wpta.info

SLOVAK Rep. – Bratislava www.filharmonia.sk J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition Tel.: (+421) 2 - 20475266 Slovak Philharmonic - Attn. Mrs. Slávka Ferencová Fax: (+421) 2 - 20475256 M edená 3 e-mail: slavka.ferencova@filharmonia.sk 81601 Bratislava ~ Slovak Rep. SOUTH AFRICA – Pretoria UNISA International Music Competitions Unisa M usic Foundation U n iversity of South A frica P O Box 392, UNISA 0003 Pretoria ~ South Africa

www.unisa.ac.za/musicfoundation Tel.: (+27) 12 - 4293336 Fax: (+27) 12 - 4293644 e-mail: joubeae@unisa.ac.za

SPAIN – Barcelona www.mariacanals.org Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals de Barcelona Tel.: (+34) 93 - 2957251 C / P a l a u d e l a M ú s i c a , 4 -6 Fax: (+34) 93 - 2957209 E-08003 Barcelona ~ Spain e-mail: info@mariacanals.org SPAIN – Campillos (Málaga) www.concursointernacionalpiano.es Campillos International Piano Competition (mobile:) (+34) 625 - 580573 C/ Pintor Maella 30 A 27 e-mail: direccion@concursointernacionalpiano.es E-46023 Valencia ~ Spain secretaria@concursointernacionalpiano.es SPAIN – Ferrol www.pianoferrol.com Ferrol International Piano Competition Tel.: (+34) 981 - 944180, 630-393772 Ayuntamiento de Ferrol - Concellería de Cultura Fax: (+34) 981 - 945173 Praza de A rm a s, s/n e-mail: concursopiano@ferrol.es E-15402 Ferrol - Galicia ~ Spain SPAIN – Granada www.internationalpianocompetitionmariaherrero.es Concurso Internacional de Piano“María Herrero” Tel.: (+34) 91 - 6302129 Urb. M olino de la Hoz (mobile:) (+34) 609-030056 C /A u tillo, 12 e-mail: concursopianomh@gmail.com E-28232 Las Rozas - Madrid ~ Spain concursopianomh@concertsmariaherrero.com SPAIN – Jaén www.dipujaen.es/premiopiano Concurso Int’l de Piano Premio Jaén Tel.: (+34) 686 - 465832 Diputación Provincial de Jaén – Palacio Provincial (+34) 953 - 248000 Plaza de San Francisco 2 e-mail: premiopiano@dipujaen.es E-23071 Jaén ~ Spain premiopiano@promojaen.es

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S P A IN – L a s R o z a s (1 ) www.cipce.org Concurso Internacional de Piano “Compositores de España” Tel.: (+34) 91 - 6302129 Urb. M olino de la Hoz (mobile:) (+34) 609-030056 C /A u tillo, 12 e-mail: cipce@cipce.org E-28232 Las Rozas - M adrid ~ Spain SPAIN – Las Rozas (2) Antón García Abril Award Antón García Abril Foundation C / C a b o C a n d e la r ia 9 E-28290 Las Rozas - M adrid ~ Spain

www.fundacionantongarciaabril.com e-mail: info@fundacionantongarciaabril.com direccion@fundacionantongarciaabril.com

SPAIN – Lleida www.auditorienricgranados.cat/cricardvines/en Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition Tel.: (+34) 973 - 700639 Auditori Municipal Enric Granados Fax: (+34) 973 - 700684, 248823 Plaça Josep Prenafeta, s/n e-mail: cricardvines@paeria.es E-25004 Lleida ~ Spain SPAIN – Madrid www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org International Piano Competition “Delia Steinberg“ Tel.: (+34) 91 - 5228730 C/ Pizarro, 19-bajo derecha Fax: (+34) 91 - 5227642 E-28004 Madrid ~ Spain e-mail: info@concursopianodeliasteinberg.org SPAIN – Valencia www.pianoiturbi.com Concurso Internacional de Piano de Valencia Premio Iturbi Tel.: (+34) 96 - 3882774 Diputación Provincial de Valencia - Servicio de Cultura Fax: (+34) 96 - 3882775 e-mail: pianoiturbi@dival.es Plaza de M anises, 4 E-46003 Valencia ~ Spain SWITZERLAND – Geneva Concours de Genève Bd. de Saint-Georges 34 C P 268 CH-1211 Genève 8 ~ Switzerland

www.concoursgeneve.ch Tel.: (+41) 22 - 3286208 Fax: (+41) 22 - 3284366 e-mail: music@concoursgeneve.ch

TURKEY – Istanbul http://pianocompetitionos.nds.k12.tr Concours International de Piano - Istanbul - Orchestra'Sion www.nds.k12.tr Notre Dame de Sion Fransiz Lisesi Tel.: (+90) 212 - 2191697 Cumhuriyet Caddesi no. 127, Harbiye e-mail: pianocompetition.ios@nds.k12.tr 34373 Istanbul ~ Turkey UKRAINE – Odessa www.odma.edu.ua/eng/competition/comp/gilels6 Int'l Piano Competition in memory of Emil Gilels Tel.: (+380) 48 - 7267876 Odessa National A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy (+380) 48 - 7773796 63, Novoselskogo Str. (mobile:) (+380) 67-4802291, 93-0367067 65023 Odessa ~ Ukraine Fax: (+380) 48 - 7267876 e-mail: gilels.comp@odma.edu.ua muse@odma.edu.ua 30 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

U.S.A. – Albuquerque Olga Kern International Piano Competition P.O . Box 14314 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87191 ~ U.S.A.

w w w .o lg a k e r n c o m p e titio n .o r g Tel.: (+1) 505 - 8145355 e-mail: info@olgakerncompetition.org

U.S.A. – Cedar Falls w w w .m id w e s tp ia n o c o m p e titio n .c o m Midwest International Piano Competition and Festival Tel.: (+1) 319 - 2732449 University of Northern Iowa - School of Music (+1) 319 - 2732028 1227 W est 27th Street Fax: (+1) 319 - 2737320 Cedar Falls, IA 50614 ~ U.S.A. e-mail: pianocompetition@uni.edu U.S.A. – Cincinnati Cincinnati World Piano Competition 1241 Elm Street Cincinnati, OH 45202-7531 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – Cleveland Cleveland International Piano Competition 20600 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 1110 Shaker Heights, OH 44122 ~ U.S.A.

w w w .c in c in n a tiw p c .o r g Tel.: (+1) 513 - 744-3501 Fax: (+1) 513 - 744-3504 e-mail: wpc@cincinnatiwpc.org w w w .c le v e la n d p i a n o .o r g Tel.: (+1) 216 - 707-5397 Fax: (+1) 216 - 707-0224 e-mail: pvanderw@clevelandpiano.org

U.S.A. – Dallas Dallas International Piano Competition D allas Cham ber Sym phony P.O. Box 795548 Dallas, TX 75379-5548 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – Fort Worth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn Foundation 201 M ain Str., Suite 100 Fort Worth, TX 76102 ~ U.S.A.

w w w .D a lla s I P C .o r g Tel.: (+1) 214 - 449-1294 e-mail: contact@dallasipc.org

w w w .c lib u r n .o r g Tel.: (+1) 817 - 738-6536 Fax: (+1) 817 - 738-6534 e-mail: mwillmann@cliburn.org Junior competition: sdoan@cliburn.org

U.S.A. – Hilton Head w w w .h h ip c .o r g Hilton Head International Piano Competition (HHIPC) Tel.: (+1) 843 - 842-5880 2 Park Lane, Suite 300/301 Fax: (+1) 843 - 842-2032 Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 ~ U.S.A. e-mail: pianocomp@hhipc.org U.S.A. – Milwaukee PianoArts North American Biennial Piano Competition 2642 North Summit Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – Minneapolis e-Piano Junior Competition Dr. Stella Sick P.O . Box 1386 Maple Grove, MN 55311 ~ U.S.A.

www.PianoArts.org Tel.: (+1) 414 - 962-3055 e-mail: info@PianoArts.org

www.piano-e-competition.com www.ecompetition.org Tel.: (+1) 612 - 460-5640 e-mail: piano@ecompetition.org

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U.S.A. – New Orleans New Orleans International Piano Competition P.O . Box 750698 New Orleans, LA 70175-0698 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – New York (1) New York International Piano Competition The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation 119 West 57th Street, Suite 1401 New York, NY 10019 ~ U.S.A.

w w w .m a s n o .o r g Tel.: (+1) 504 - 899-4826 e-mail: director@masno.org w w w .s te c h e r a n d h o r o w itz .o r g Tel.: (+1) 212 - 581-8380 Fax: (+1) 212 - 581-4186 e-mail: info@stecherandhorowitz.org

U.S.A. – New York (2) w w w .n e w y o r k c o n c e r ta r tis ts .c o m Worldwide Debut Audition Tel.: (+1) 646 - 5491062 N e w Y o r k C o n c e r t A r tis ts & A s s o c ia te s ( N Y C A ) e-mail: info@newyorkconcertartists.com 365 West End Avenue, Suite 4G coordinator@newyorkconcertartists.com New York, NY 10024 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – New York (3) Manhattan International Music Competition Manhattan International Artists 244 Fifth Avenue, #2136 New York, NY 10001 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – Oberlin Thomas & Evon Cooper Competition Oberlin College Conservatory of Music 77 W est C o llege St. Oberlin, OH 44074 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition 138 W . Broadway, Suite 220 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 ~ U.S.A. U.S.A. – San Jose San Jose International Piano Competition 1 4 3 4 M o n t e g o D ri v e San Jose, CA 95120 ~ U.S.A.

w w w .m u s ic m a n h a tta n .c o m e-mail: info@musicmanhattan.com competition@musicmanhattan.com

w w w .o b e r lin .e d u /c o o p e r Tel.: (+1) 440 - 775-8044 Fax: (+1) 440 - 775-8942 e-mail: ahoffman@oberlin.edu cooper.competition@oberlin.edu w w w .b a c h a u e r .c o m Tel.: (+1) 801 - 297-4250 Fax: (+1) 801 - 521-9202 e-mail: info@bachauer.com w w w .s jip c .c o m Tel.: (+1) 408 - 753-0978 e-mail: info@sjipc.com

U.S.A. – Tempe www.herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/pianocompetition Bösendorfer & Yamaha USASU Int'l Piano Competitions Tel.: (+1) 480 - 965-6536 Arizona State University (+1) 480 - 965-3386 School of M usic - Box 0405 Fax: (+1) 480 - 965-2659 e-mail: pianocompetition@asu.edu Tempe, AZ 85287-0405 ~ U.S.A.

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AAF’s website also informs about other piano competitions, not necessarily affiliated with AAF. For additional information, assistance or complaints, feel free to contact AAF at any time (mail@alink-argerich.org or aafout@yahoo.com).

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Application deadlines in 2016

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mber Dallas (TX) (usa) 2016 mber~~Madona (lat) Janis Norvilis 2016

~ (it) Junior Acad. 2016 31 December~ Eppan 31 December Seoul (cor) Gawon 2016 ~

Competition organisers sometimes decide extend thedeadline application ~N.B. organisers ompetition sometimes decide to extend the to application withdeadline with one or two weeks, hoping for more pianists to apply.

This is then usually at the last wo weeks, hoping for more pianists to apply. This is then usually announced atannounced the N.B. Competition organisers sometimes decide to extend Naturally, the application deadline withcount one moment, so it is advisable to double-check the websites. one should never ment, so it is advisable to double-check the websites. Naturally, one should never or two weeks, hoping for more pianists to apply.

This is then usually announced at the last and always to apply on time. organisers appreciate n this on andthis always try to try apply well well on time.

The The organisers willwill appreciate it. it. moment, so it is advisable to double-check the websites. Naturally, one should never count e competitions, a second deadline is set (and even mentioned in thementioned rules). Pianists At this some second deadline set (and even in the on andcompetitions, always try toaapply well on time.is The organisers will appreciate it. rules). Pianists ply after the first deadline, but before the second deadline, are required to pay are an required to pay an who apply after the first deadline, but before the second deadline, al “late application fee” (or “late processing fee”) which cost $50 extra.

At some competitions, a second isprocessing set (andmay even mentioned the extra. rules).Different Pianists additional “late application fee” deadline (or “late fee”) which mayincost required to pay an who applymay afteralso theapply first deadline, butcategories before the(Rabat) secondordeadline, deadlines for different residenceare (Merci, Maestro!). additional “late application fee” (or “late processing fee”) which may cost extra. Different deadlines may also apply for different categories (Rabat) or residence (Merci, Maestro!).

Competition calendars

On the next pages, competition calendars are given for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Application deadlines and age limits for contestants have been added. The age limits refer On the main next pages, competition are given the cases, years 2016, and 2018. to the competition or the calendars highest category.

Infor a few there 2017 is a main division for next pages, competition calendars are given for contestants the years 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Application andand age limits for havecategories, been added. ageyounger, limits refer pianists ageddeadlines between 18 32, for example, and other in The which but tion deadlines and age limits forthe contestants have The agewritten limits to theolder main competition or highest category.

In aadded. few cases, there is a main for also pianists may take part.

In these cases,been “all ages” has been in thedivision calendar. the main competition or the18highest In a and few other cases,categories, there is a inmain pianists aged between and 32,category. for example, which younger, but for pianists aged between 18 and 32 (for example) and other categories, in which also older pianists may take part.

In these cases, “all ages” has been written thejuniors) calendar.

Y: indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see the special pagesinfor , but also older pianists may take part.

In these cases, “all ages” has been written +Y: indicates an additional category (categories) with even lower age limits. In these cases, Y: indicates a special on (very) young pianists lendar. the number of age focus categories has also been stated;(see the special pages for juniors) +Y: an additional (categories) lowerhave age limits.

In theseout cases, - indicates these competitions withcategory a special focus on with junioreven pianists been singled and the number of age categories has also been stated; grouped together on pages 45-47, where the age limits for all the different categories cates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see the special pages for juniors) these with a specialwith focus on lower juniorage pianists have been singled out and can becompetitions seencategory more clearly; cates -an additional (categories) even limits.

In these grouped together on pages 45-47, where the age limits for all the different categories when a competition is also open for other instruments, the dates and age limits mostly es, the number of age categories has also been stated; can be seen more clearly; section; refer to the piano e competitions with a special focus on junior pianists have been singled out and -- when competition is also the open for the dates limits mostly sometimes, the competition is age part ofother a festival.

If participation inand the age entire festival (or uped together onapages 44-46, where limits forinstruments, all the different categories section; refer to the piano master classes) is not mandatory, the dates of the competition are stated; be seen more clearly; -- sometimes, the competition is part of atheir festival.

If participation in thebeen entire festival (or dates.

Every a few iscompetitions change en a competition also open forsuddenly other instruments, the dates and age effort limits has mostly made to have master classes) isinnot mandatory, the dates ofas thepossible competition are stated; the information these calendars as correct at the time of printing; er to the piano section (or piano duo: Munich ARD, 2015); dates.

Every effort made to have -~: awhenever few competitions suddenly change a tilde (‘~’) appears, precisetheir dates or age limits werehas notbeen known at the time w competitions suddenly change dates.asEvery effort has beenatmade to have the information thesetheir calendars correct as the possible time of printing; of printing; thein information was derived from previousthe event. information in these acalendars as appears, correct asprecise possible at the timelimits of printing; ~: whenever tilde (‘~’) dates or age were not known at the time enever a tilde (‘~’) appears, precise dates orderived age limits were knownevent. at the time Alink - Argerich Foundation | 35 of printing; the information was from thenot previous printing; the information was taken from the previous event.

Calendar of events AAF Piano Competitions taking place in 2016 Y: indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see pages 45-47 for juniors) +Y means a special category/-ies with even lower age limits Period 8 - 15 January 25 Jan. - 6 Feb. 5 - 11 Feb. 10 - 14 Feb. 12 - 14 Feb. 18 - 28 Feb. 20 Feb. - 1 M ar 25 Feb. - 5 Mar 3 March 5 - 18 March 7 - 14 March 9 - 12 M arch 11 - 21 March 13 - 20 March 16 - 19 March 31 M ar - 8 Apr 10 - 17 April 12 - 14 April 16 - 17 April 22 - 24 April 26 - 29 April April/May 1 - 8 May 2 - 28 May 6 - 14 May 7 - 10 May 17 - 22 May 18 - 20 May 20 - 22 May 29 May - 4 Jun 30 May - 5 Jun 2 - 8 June 3 - 5 June 3 - 12 June 5 - 11 June 8 - 11 June 9 - 19 June 9 - 19 June 11 - 26 June

2016

[A ppl.]

A g e l.

[15 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] all ages [19 Sep] Pretoria (rsa) 'UNISA' up to 30 [15 Sep] Salzburg (a) 'Mozart' up to 32 [14 Jan] Zagreb (crt) 'Young Virtuoso' [6 age cat.] up to 24 [ 8 Dec] Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' 16-25 [10 Dec] Orléans (f) '20th & 21st Century' up to 42 [ 1 N ov] B rem en (frg) 16-30 [20 Nov] Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' 16-30 up to 35 [ 1 Dec] New York (NY, usa) 'NYCA' [semi+finals] 18-30 [20 Dec] Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' [30 Sep] Hilton Head (SC, usa) 18-30 [15 Dec] Dallas (TX, usa) up to 35 [15 Dec] Würzburg (frg) 'J.S. Bach' up to 36 [15 Dec] Plzeň (cz) 'Smetana' [3 age cat.] up to 30 [10 Feb] Aachen (frg) 'Clavicologne' [4 age cat.]

18-35 [23 Feb] Jaén (esp) up to 32 [ 1 Mar] Wernigerode (frg) 'Neue Sterne' None [31 Dec] Eppan (it) Junior Academy up to 18 15-19 [15 Mar] Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [3 age cat.] [ 1 Mar] Valence (f) 'Teresa Llacuna’ 18-30 [ 1 Mar] Madrid (esp) 'Delia Steinberg' 18-28 [31 Mar] Novara (it) 'Giuseppe Martucci' 18-29 [20 Apr] Cantù (it) 'Pianoforte e Orchestra' [2 cat.] up to 35 [10 Jan] Brussels (b) 'Queen Elisabeth' 18-30 [ 8 Mar] Sacile (it) 'FVG' up to 32 [10 Apr] Malta [3 age cat.] up to 35 [ 6 May] San Donà di Piave (it) [7 age cat.] up to 35 [30 Apr] Taranto (it) 'Arcangelo Speranza' up to 35 up to 16 [15 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] [ 4 Apr] Maisons-Laffitte (f) 'Ile de France' [6 cat.] all ages [16 May] Salerno (it) 'Antonio Napolitano' [Amalfi: 6 cat.] None [ 6 Feb] Milwaukee (usa) 'PianoArts' 16-20 [~23 May] Sansepolcro (it) 'Maria Giubilei' up to 30 [ 1 Mar] San Jose (usa) [4 age cat.]

18-32 [15 Mar] Cedar Falls (usa) 'Midwest' [2 age cat.] up to 32 [15 M a y] M assarosa (it) up to 30 [31 May] Milano (it) 'Piano Talents' [8 age cat.]

19-29 up to 30 [15 Feb] Zwickau (frg) 'Schumann' [16 Nov] Sendai (jpn) up to 28

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+Y +Y

+Y +Y Y +Y

+Y +Y +Y +Y +Y Y +Y +Y +Y

13 - 18 June [ 1 Oct] Salt Lake City (usa) 'Junior Bachauer' 11-14 15 - 18 June [30 Apr] Val Tidone (it) 'Silvio Bengalli' [+ 5 age cat.] up to 37 19 - 24 June [ 7 Dec] New York (usa) 'NYIPC' 16-21 21 - 28 June [ 1 Oct] Salt Lake City (usa) 'Bachauer Young Artists' 15-18 25 - 30 June [21 Apr] Lleida (esp) 'Ricardo Viñes' up to 28 27 June - 3 July [30 Apr] Novi Sad (serb) 'WPTA' [laureates] None 30 June - 3 July [11 M ar] Kerikeri (nzl) up to 28 2 - 5 July [ 4 May] Lyon (f) 16-33 4 - 10 July [15 June] Sibiu (rum) 'Carl Filtsch' [3 age cat.]

16-31 18-32 6 - 23 July [ 1 Dec] Sydney (aus) 'SIPCA' 8 July [15 Apr] New York (NY, usa) 'Manhattan' [laureates] up to 35 12 - 17 July [ 1 May] Windsor (gb) [3 age cat.] all ages 14 - 23 July [15 Apr] Oberlin (OH) (usa) 'Thomas & Evon Cooper' 13-18 15 - 16 July [15 M ay] K arlovac (crt) 17-38 19-32 17 - 23 July [10 June] Porto (prt) 'Santa Cecilia' [6 age cat.]

18 - 22 July [ 8 June] Granada (esp) 'María Herrero' [4 age cat.]

19-35 24 - 31 July [15 Mar] New Orleans (usa) None 24 Jul - 7 Aug [ 1 Dec] Cleveland (OH, usa) 18-30 all ages 28 - 31 July [10 June] Geilenkirchen (frg) 'Euregio' [4 age cat.]

18-30 28 Jul - 15 Aug [31 May] Schlitz (frg) 'PIANALE' [2 age cat.]

3 - 6 August [10 July] Lovere (it) 'Tadini' [5 age cat.]

19-29 4 - 7 August [26 June] Troisdorf (frg) [3 age cat.] up to 35 6 - 14 August [30 Apr] Ettlingen (frg) [2 age cat.] up to 20 14 - 23 August [ 1 June] Druskininkai (lit) 'Music without Limits' [7 cat.] all ages 15 - 21 August [30 June] Vienna (a) 'Rosario Marciano' [3 age cat.] up to 30 18 - 21 August [ 6 June] Tokyo (jpn) 'PTNA' [semifinals + finals] None 26 - 31 August [ 1 Aug] Varallo (VC) (it) 'Valsesia Musica' up to 37 16-30 26 Aug - 2 Sep [ 1 May] Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' [1st phase] 30 Aug - 3 Sep [21 Aug] Finale Ligure (it) 'Palma d’oro' up to 35 September [~31 July] Osimo (it) 'Nuova Coppa Pianisti' ~16-36 2 - 10 Sept. [ 2 May] Bergen (n) 'Grieg' 17-33 2 - 11 Sept. [ 2 May] Budapest (hun) 'Liszt' up to 32 5 - 6 Sept.

[31 Dec] Seoul (cor) 'Gawon' [winner’s concert] 17-30 8 - 18 Sept. [ 9 July] Moscow (rus) 'Chopin' [2 age cat.] up to 22 9 - 12 Sept.

[31 July] Acquaviva delle Fonti (it) up to 35 up to 30 10 - 16 Sept.

[22 July] Aachen (frg) 'MozARTe' 10 - 17 Sept. [ 5 June] Leuze-en-Hainaut (b) 'André Dumortier' up to 26 16 - 25 Sept. [ 1 June] Bucharest (rum) 'George Enescu' up to 33 17 - 25 Sept.

[31 May] Dortmund (frg) 'Schubert’ up to 32 15-30 25 Sep. - 2 Oct. [10 Apr] Monza (it) 'Rina Sala Gallo' 27 Sep. - 13 Oct. [ 1 June] Hong Kong (hk) up to 30 28 Sep. - 3 Oct. [~15 June] Gdańsk (pol) 'Baltic' ~17-33 O ctober [31 July] V erona (it) ~up to 36 October [30 Sep] Rome (it) 'Roma 2016' [3 age cat.] up to 35 4 - 11 October [~30 July] Monterrey (mex) 'Parnassós' ~17-32 10 - 18 October [15 M ay] Panamá (pan) 18-30

Y +Y Y Y

+Y +Y Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y

+Y

+Y

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12 - 15 October [20 May] 22 - 28 October [ 1 July] 25 - 28 October [30 Sep] 29 Oct. - 6 Nov. [12 Aug] Oct./Nov. [~31 July] November [~13 Nov] 5 - 12 Nov. [ 3 Oct] 6 - 20 Nov. [20 Apr] 9 - 13 Nov. [20 Sep] 13 - 20 Nov. [ 1 June] 18 - 24 Nov. [ 1 Sep] 23 - 26 Nov. [ 3 Oct] 24 - 27 Nov. [31 Oct] 26 - 29 Nov. [20 Oct] 28 Nov - 3 Dec [ 3 Oct] 30 Nov - 10 Dec [ 2 June] Nov./Dec. [ 1 Oct] 3 - 9 Dec. [ 1 Oct] 8 - 11 D ec.

[15 O c t] 16 - 18 Dec. [20 Nov]

Period [A ppl.]

January [15 Oct] 1 - 8 January [ 7 Nov] 12 - 20 January [15 Dec] February [~1 Dec] Feb./March [~20 Nov] March [~10 Feb] M arch [15 D ec] 1 - 5 March [15 Dec] 3 - 5 March [15 Dec] 6 - 11 March [30 Sep] 9 - 11 March [15 Jan] 10 - 18 March [15 Nov] 25 Mar - 6 Apr [20 Dec] April [~31 Dec] April [~15 Mar] April [~11 Mar] 3 - 5 April [ 1 Dec] 20 - 28 April [~15 M ar] 22 - 30 April [~1 Mar] 25 Apr - 11 May [ 1 Oct] [~1 Mar] April/May April/May [~1 Mar] May [~10 Apr]

Eppan (it) 'A.B. Michelangeli Prize' Enschede (hol) [2 age cat.]

Riga (lat) [8 age cat.]

Tongyeong (cor) 'Isang Yun' Chatou (f) 'Cécile Edel-Latos' Ferrol (esp) Las Rozas (esp) 'Spanish Composers' Bydgoszcz (pol) 'Paderewski' Oberschützen (a) 'Jenö Takács' [3 age cat.]

Albuquerque (usa) 'Olga Kern' Rabat (mrc) 'Princess Lalla Meryem' [7 cat.]

Newcastle (gb) 'Y. Pianist of the North' [4 cat.]

Seregno (it) 'Pozzolino' [4 age cat.]

Paris (f) 'Prix Animato' Manchester (gb) 'RNCM James Mottram' Rio de Janeiro (brs) 'BNDES' Paris (f) 'Poulenc' Novi Sad (serb) 'Isidor Bajic' [3 age cat.]

C am p illos (esp) Kraainem (b) 'César Franck' [4 age cat.]

None 16-19 19-21 15-30 18-35 ~16-35 up to 36 16-32 16-18 18-32 10-30 up to 19 15-17 16-28 up to 30 17-30 up to 35 up to 35 up to 30 17-21

+Y +Y +Y +Y

+Y +Y

2017

A g e l.

Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] all ages Tempe (AZ) (usa) Bösendorfer/Yamaha USASU 19-32 up to 32 Thessaloniki (gr) ’Giorgos Thymis’ New York (NY, usa) 'NYCA Auditions' ~up to 35 Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' ~16-30 Aachen (frg) 'Clavicologne' [4 age cat.] ~18-35 D allas (T X , usa) ~up to 35 Düsseldorf (frg) 'Schumann' [3 age cat.]

17-20 Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' 16-25 Hilton Head (SC, usa) 13-17 Rzeszów (pol) 'Chopin' [4 age cat.] up to 21 Århus (dan) [2 age cat.]

16-21 Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' 18-30 Eppan (it) Junior Academy up to 18 Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [3 age cat.] ~15-19 Orléans (f) 'Brin d’herbe' [3 age cat.] ~12-18 Frankfurt (frg) 'Int’l German Piano Award’ None Jaén (esp) ~up to 32 Astana (kzk) 'Astana Piano Passion' [3 cat.] ~15-18 Tel Aviv (isr) 'Arthur Rubinstein' 18-32 Madrid (esp) 'Delia Steinberg' ~18-28 Valence (f) 'Teresa Llacuna’ ~18-30 Malta [3 age cat.] ~up to 35

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+Y +Y

+Y +Y

+Y +Y Y +Y +Y Y +Y +Y +Y

+Y

May May May May 2 - 12 M ay 19 - 26 May 25 May - 10 Jun May/June May/June May/June June June June June 9 - 18 June 11 - 23 June 17 - 24 June 27 June - 3 July June/July July July July July July July July July 4 - 11 July July/August July/August August August August August 18 - 31 August 22 Aug - 1 Sep August/Sept.

August/Sept.

September September September September September September September 1 - 10 Sept.

[~15 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] ~up to 16 [~20 Apr] Cantù (it) 'Pianoforte e Orchestra' [2 cat.] ~up to 35 [~6 May] San Donà di Piave (it) [7 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~30 Apr] Taranto (it) 'Arcangelo Speranza' ~up to 35 [15 Dec] M ontreal (can) up to 30 [~20 Apr] Kielce (pol) 'Moritz Moszkowski' [3 cat.] ~12-18 [13 Oct] Fort Worth (TX, usa) 'Van Cliburn' 18-30 [~4 Apr] Maisons-Laffitte (f) 'Ile de France' [6 cat.] ~all ages [~23 May] Sansepolcro (it) 'Maria Giubilei' ~up to 30 [~16 May] Salerno (it) 'Antonio Napolitano' [Amalfi: 6 cat.] None [~15 May] Massarosa (it) ~up to 30 [~31 May] Milano (it) 'Piano Talents' [8 age cat.] ~19-29 [~30 Apr] Val Tidone (it) 'Silvio Bengalli' [+ 5 age cat.] ~up to 37 [~15 Mar] Cincinnati (usa) [3 age cat.] ~up to 22 [~1 Mar] San Jose (usa) [4 age cat.] ~18-32 [ 1 Nov] Shenzhen (chn) 'Concerto' up to 31 [15 Feb] Tromsø (n) 'Top of the World' 17-35 [30 Apr] Novi Sad (serb) 'WPTA' [laureates] None [~21 Apr] Lleida (esp) 'Ricardo Viñes' ~up to 28 [~10 June] Porto (prt) 'Santa Cecilia' [6 age cat.] ~19-32 [~1 May] Windsor (gb) [3 age cat.] ~all ages [~10 June] Geilenkirchen (frg) 'Euregio' [4 age cat.] ~all ages [~15 M ay] Karlovac (crt) ~17-38 [~15 June] Sibiu (rum) 'Carl Filtsch' [3 age cat.] ~16-31 [~4 May] Lyon (f) ~16-33 [~8 June] Granada (esp) 'María Herrero' [4 age cat.] ~19-35 [~15 May] Königs Wusterhausen (frg) 'Young Piano Stars' ~18-28 [ 1 Nov] Minneapolis (MN, usa) 'e-Piano Junior' up to 17 [~10 July] Lovere (it) 'Tadini' [5 age cat.] ~19-29 [~26 June] Troisdorf (frg) [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~6 June] Tokyo (jpn) 'PTNA' [semifinals + finals] None [~30 June] Vienna (a) 'Rosario Marciano' [3 age cat.] ~up to 30 [~1 June] Druskininkai (lit) 'Music without Limits' [7 cat.] all ages ~18-30 [~31 May] Schlitz (frg) 'PIANALE' [2 age cat.] [~1 May] Helsinki (fin) 'Maj Lind' up to 30 [ 1 Aug] Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' [2nd phase] 17-31 [~28 Feb] Warsaw (pol) 'Julian Cochran' ~None [~21 Aug] Finale Ligure (it) 'Palma d’oro' ~up to 35 [~31 Mar] Munich (frg) 'ARD' ~17-29 [~15 June] Valencia (esp) 'Iturbi' ~up to 31 [~30 June] Canberra (aus) 'Chopin' ~16-28 [~31 July] Poznań (pol) 'Halina Czerny-Stefańska' ~up to 30 [~31 July] Osimo (it) 'Nuova Coppa Pianisti' ~16-36 [~20 Apr] Zhuhai (chn) 'Mozart' [3 age cat.] ~18-23 [~22 July] Aachen (frg) 'MozARTe' ~up to 30 [~31 Mar] Glasgow (sct) ~17-28

+Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y

+Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y Y +Y +Y +Y +Y +Y

+Y

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18 - 24 Sept.

27 Sep - 3 Oct Sept./Oct. October October October 1 - 11 October 6 - 16 October 8 - 21 October Oct./Nov. Oct./Nov. November November November November November Nov./Dec. D ecem ber December December 7 - 15 Dec.

[30 June] Bratislava (slvk) 'Hummel' up to 32 [~31 Mar] Seregno (it) 'Ettore Pozzoli' up to 32 [~31 July] Verona (it) ~up to 36 [~20 May] Eppan (it) 'A.B. Michelangeli Prize' None [~30 Sep] Riga (lat) [8 age cat.] ~19-21 +Y [~30 Sep] Rome (it) 'Roma 2017' [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 +Y [ 1 May] Tbilisi (geor) 16-33 up to 30 [~1 June] Darmstadt (frg) 'Chopin' [ 1 Dec] Utrecht (hol) 'Liszt' 19-29 [~20 July] Weimar (frg) 'Liszt’ [2 age cat.]

14-17 +Y [~15 Sep] Aix-en-Provence (f) 'Nuits Pianistiques' ~up to 35 ~up to 40 [~17 Apr] Istanbul (tur) 'Orchestra Sion' [~13 Nov] Ferrol (esp) ~16-35 [~3 Oct] Las Rozas (esp) 'Spanish Composers' ~up to 36 [~20 Sep] Milano (it) 'Piano Lovers' [non prof.] [4 cat.] 40 and up [~1 July] Xiamen (chn) ~17-32 [~3 Oct] Newcastle (gb) 'Y. Pianist of the North' [4 cat.] ~up to 19 +Y [~15 Oct] Cam pillos (esp) ~up to 30 [~9 Nov] Cento (it) 'Roberta Gallinari' ~up to 35 ~17-21 +Y [~20 Nov] Kraainem (b) 'César Franck' [4 age cat.]

[15 May] Bonn (frg) 'Telekom Beethoven' 18-32

Period January February February February February February Feb./M arch Feb./March M arch March March March 10 - 22 March 14 - 25 M arch March/April April April April April April 5 - 13 April April/May

[A ppl.] [~15 Oct] [~1 Dec] [~14 Jan] [~15 Dec] [~10 Dec] [~5 Oct] [~1 Nov] [~20 Nov] [ 15 Dec] [~30 Sep] [~15 Dec] [~10 Feb] [20 Dec] [~20 Sep] [~22 Jan] [~31 Dec] [~12 Dec] [~1 Mar] [~15 Mar] [~1 Mar] [~1 M ar] [~1 Mar]

2018 Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.]

New York (NY, usa) 'NYCA Auditions' Zagreb (crt) 'Young Virtuoso' [6 age cat.]

Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' Orléans (f) '20th & 21st Century' Graz (a) 'Schubert' [Chamber Music] Bremen (frg) Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' Dallas (TX, usa) Hilton Head (SC, usa) Plzeň (cz) 'Smetana' [3 age cat.]

Aachen (frg) 'Clavicologne' [4 age cat.]

Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' Takamatsu (jpn) Vilnius (lit) 'Stasys Vainiunas' Eppan (it) Junior Academy Worthing (gb) 'Sussex' Wernigerode (frg) 'Neue Sterne' Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [3 age cat.]

Valence (f) 'Teresa Llacuna’ Jaén (esp) Madrid (esp) 'Delia Steinberg'

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A g e l. all ages ~up to 35 ~up to 24 ~16-25 ~up to 42 ~up to 35 ~16-30 ~16-30 ~up to 35 ~18-30 ~up to 30 ~18-35 18-30 up to 35 ~up to 30 up to 18 ~None ~None ~15-19 ~18-30 ~up to 32 ~18-28

+Y +Y

+Y +Y

Y +Y

May May May May M ay May May May May/June May/June May/June June June June June June June June June 27 June - 3 July June/July June/July June/July June/July July July July July July July July July July July/August July/August August August August August August August 30 Aug - 8 Sep August/Sept.

August/Sept.

August/Sept.

September

[~8 Mar] Sacile (it) 'FVG' ~up to 32 [~1 Dec] Cleveland (OH, usa) [2 age cat.] ~16-18 [~20 Apr] Cantù (it) 'Pianoforte e Orchestra' [2 cat.] ~up to 35 [~10 Apr] Malta [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~1 Nov] Dublin (irl) ~17-30 [~6 May] San Donà di Piave (it) [7 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~30 Apr] Taranto (it) 'Arcangelo Speranza' ~up to 35 [~15 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] ~up to 16 [~4 Apr] Maisons-Laffitte (f) 'Ile de France' [6 cat.] ~all ages [~23 May] Sansepolcro (it) 'Maria Giubilei' ~up to 30 [~16 May] Salerno (it) 'Antonio Napolitano' [Amalfi: 6 cat.] None [~6 Feb] Milwaukee (usa) 'PianoArts' ~16-20 [~1 Mar] San Jose (usa) [4 age cat.] ~18-32 ~up to 32 [~15 Mar] Cedar Falls (usa) 'Midwest' [2 age cat.] [~15 M ay] M assarosa (it) ~up to 30 [ 1 Oct] Salt Lake City (usa) 'Bachauer' 19-32 [~31 May] Milano (it) 'Piano Talents' [8 age cat.] ~19-29 [~30 Apr] Val Tidone (it) 'Silvio Bengalli' [+ 5 age cat.] ~up to 37 [~7 Dec] New York (usa) 'NYIPC' ~16-21 None [30 Apr] Novi Sad (serb) 'WPTA' [laureates] [~21 Apr] Lleida (esp) 'Ricardo Viñes' ~up to 28 [~11 M ar] Kerikeri (nzl) ~up to 28 [~30 Jan] Cincinnati (usa) ~18-32 [~2 Mar] Meiningen (frg) 'Hans von Bülow' [3 cat.] ~up to 32 [~8 June] Granada (esp) 'María Herrero' [4 age cat.] ~19-35 [~10 June] Geilenkirchen (frg) 'Euregio' [4 age cat.] ~all ages [~15 Apr] Oberlin (OH) (usa) 'Thomas & Evon Cooper' ~13-18 [~4 May] Lyon (f) ~16-33 [~15 June] Sibiu (rum) 'Carl Filtsch' [3 age cat.] ~16-31 [~1 May] Windsor (gb) [3 age cat.] ~all ages [~15 M ay] Karlovac (crt) ~17-38 [~10 June] Porto (prt) 'Santa Cecilia' [6 age cat.] ~19-32 [~15 Mar] New Orleans (usa) ~None [~10 July] Lovere (it) 'Tadini' [5 age cat.] ~19-29 [~26 June] Troisdorf (frg) [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~31 May] Schlitz (frg) 'PIANALE' [2 age cat.] ~18-30 [~30 Apr] Ettlingen (frg) [2 age cat.] ~up to 20 [~1 June] Druskininkai (lit) 'Music without Limits' [7 cat.] all ages ~16-30 [~1 May] Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' [1st phase] [~30 June] Vienna (a) 'Rosario Marciano' [3 age cat.] ~up to 30 [~6 June] Tokyo (jpn) 'PTNA' [semifinals + finals] None [30 Nov] Calgary (can) 'Honens' ~20-30 [~1 Aug] Varallo (VC) (it) 'Valsesia Musica' ~up to 37 [~1 Feb] Leeds (gb) ~up to 30 [~21 Aug] Finale Ligure (it) 'Palma d’oro' ~up to 35 [~22 July] Aachen (frg) 'MozARTe' ~up to 30

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September September September September September September September Sept./Oct. Sept./Oct. October October October October October October October 23 Oct - 1 Nov Oct./Nov. November November November November November November Nov./Dec. Nov./Dec. Nov./Dec. Nov./Dec. Nov./Dec. D ecem ber December December December

[~31 July] Acquaviva delle Fonti (it) ~up to 35 [~2 May] Bergen (n) 'Grieg' ~17-33 [~31 July] Osimo (it) 'Nuova Coppa Pianisti' ~16-36 [31 Dec] Seoul (cor) 'Gawon' [winner’s concert] ~17-30 [~9 July] Moscow (rus) 'Chopin' [2 age cat.] ~up to 22 [~5 June] Leuze-en-Hainaut (b) 'André Dumortier' ~up to 26 [~1 June] Bucharest (rum) 'George Enescu' ~up to 33 [~10 Apr] Monza (it) 'Rina Sala Gallo' ~15-30 [~31 July] Verona (it) ~up to 36 [~20 May] Eppan (it) 'A.B. Michelangeli Prize' None [~30 Sep] Rome (it) 'Roma 2018' [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 ~17-32 [~30 July] Monterrey (mex) 'Parnassós' [~15 M ay] Panamá (pan) ~18-30 [~20 July] Weimar (frg) 'Liszt’ ~up to 31 [~1 July] Enschede (hol) [2 age cat.] ~16-19 [~30 Sep] Riga (lat) [8 age cat.] ~19-21 [20 Aug] Odessa (ukr) 'Emil Gilels' [2 age cat.]

24-30 [~15 July] Toronto (can) 'CCC' ~up to 35 [~1 Sep] Rabat (mrc) 'Princess Lalla Meryem' [7 cat.] ~10-30 [~30 Apr] Genève (ch) ~up to 30 [~13 Nov] Ferrol (esp) ~16-35 [~3 Oct] Las Rozas (esp) 'Spanish Composers' ~up to 36 [~20 Sep] Oberschützen (a) 'Jenö Takács' [3 age cat.] ~16-18 [31 Oct] Seregno (it) 'Pozzolino' [4 age cat.] ~15-17 [~1 Oct] Paris (f) 'Poulenc' ~up to 35 [~3 Oct] Manchester (gb) 'RNCM James Mottram' ~up to 30 [~2 June] Rio de Janeiro (brs) 'BNDES' ~17-30 [~3 Oct] Newcastle (gb) 'Y. Pianist of the North' [4 cat.] ~up to 19 [~15 Apr] Hamamatsu (jpn) ~up to 30 [~15 Oct] Cam pillos (esp) ~up to 30 [~20 Nov] Kraainem (b) 'César Franck' [4 age cat.] ~17-21 [~1 Oct] Novi Sad (serb) 'Isidor Bajic' [3 age cat.] ~up to 35 [~20 Oct] Paris (f) 'Prix Animato' ~16-28

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Age limits (2016) Birth year → 2016 Pol - Szafarnia USA - Oberlin A - Takács USA - Bachauer -Y NL - Enschede Lat - Riga USA - New York B - Leuze F - Animato Sp - Steinberg Sp - Viñes It - Pi. Talents Kor - Isang Yun Hong Kong It - Tadini USA - Cleveland It - Bolzano USA - H. Head Hun - Liszt Cz - Smetana It - Giubilei Frg - Bremen Sp - Barcelona Rum - Filtsch Kor - Gawon It - FVG USA - Midwest Prt - S. Cecilia Pol - Paderewski Frg - Dortmund Aus - Sydney N - Grieg F - Poulenc Sp - Ferrol Malta Frg - Clavicologne It - San Donà Sp - Granada F - Chatou Sp - Las Rozas Frg - Würzburg It - Varallo F - Orléans

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B - C. Franck USA - PianoArts Rus - Moscow Chopin Crt - Virtuoso F - Pontoise NZL - Kerikeri Jpn - Sendai It - Martucci GB - Manchester Panama Mrc - Princess Frg - MozARTe It - Massarosa Brs - Rio de Jan. Frg - Zwickau A - Ros. Marciano Sp - Campillos Frg - PIANALE B - Brussel It - Monza F - Valence RSA - Pretoria USA - Olga Kern Sp - Jaén A - Salzburg USA - San Jose Mex - Parnassós Rum - Enescu F - Lyon Pol - Gdańsk It - Roma Frg - Troisdorf It - Taranto USA - Dallas It - Cantù USA - NYCA It - Finale Ligure Serb - Bajic It - Verona It - Osimo It - Val Tidone Crt - Karlovac

Pianist of all ages may apply for: Geilenkirchen Euregio (frg), Druskininkai Music without Limits (lit), Eppan (it), Warsaw Cochran (pol), WPTA (serb), New Orleans (usa), Chopin-Asia (jpn) or PTNA (jpn).

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Confused ?

All details in this catalogue were compiled with great care. Yet, it may happen that at some points confusion may arise. This is best explained with a few typical examples.

Competition dates (1) It can happen that the organisers decide to extend the application deadline or even change the actual dates of the competition. Under extreme circumstances, the organisers may even cancel the entire competition.

(2) The exact dates of some competitions are set very late. High-profile competitions are scheduled years ahead (as can be seen from the calendars), but others first have to await confirmation of sponsorship or the availability of the hall, orchestra and/or conductor. In such a case, the organisers might decide to announce just the month or only the year in which the competition is expected to take place.

(3) The competition is part of a festival, of which the entire period is announced, but from this announcement it is not clear that participants in the competition may arrive later.

Other competitions stretch out over a long period, while the actual performances of participants in the highest age category only take one or two days.

Every effort has been made to give consistent information in this catalogue, pertaining to the highest age group or the main competition.

Age limits (1) A 30-year old pianist is interested in a competition which is open to musicians "aged between 15 and 30". Even when the participation conditions seem to be clear by stating "under the age of 30 at the start of the competition", should we then write "up to 29" or "up to 30" ...? Whether this pianist may participate or not, can only be answered with certainty if the rules clearly state specific dates between which contestants must have been born. Not all competitions are so precise. (It has actually happened that the organisers had to double-check and solve an unclear situation even after the competition had started ...)

(2) When two successive age categories are announced as "up to 15" and "up to 18", the organiser may allow a 13-year old pianist to take part in the second category, while another organiser had implied "16-18" as the age limits for the second category.

Same person, different name ... same name, different person ‌ A totally different kind of confusion may occur when a pianist changes his name ... It has happened that a pianist appears as a prize winner of various competitions under different names. Keen competition followers who see photos of the prize winners, will then recognise this pianist as being one and the same person. And it also happens that there are two or three different pianists with the same name, even taking part in the same competition! This can be very confusing.

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Junior Pianists More and more organisers pay attention to musicians of (very) young age. Also several of the established competitions that have been major events for pianists aged up to 30 or 32 for many years, created separate competitions for the youth.

It is interesting to see the history and the developments:

Salt Lake City (usa) "Bachauer" Weimar (frg) "Liszt" Orléans (f) Minneapolis (usa) "e-Competition" New Orleans (usa) Eppan (it) Piano Academy Hilton Head (usa) Seregno (it) "Pozzoli" Cantù (it) (Y: Barlassina) Fort Worth (usa) "Cliburn" Cleveland (usa) Glasgow (sct)

Artists competition (ages up to 30 or 32) started in: 1976 1994 1994 2002 1989 2009 1996 1959 1991 1962 1975 1990

Junior competition (ages up to 18) since: 1987 2005 2005 2008 2009-2011* 2011 2011 2012 2013* 2015 2015 2016

* a few competitions stopped having a separate category for junior pianists: New Orleans (2011), Manchester "Mottram" (2012), Lleida "Viñes" (2012) and Barlassina (2015).

In 2015, the organisers of the famous Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth (Texas, USA) and the organisers of the Cleveland Int’l Piano Competition also launched an international competition for Junior Pianists. In 2016, there will also be a new youth competition in Glasgow.

Naturally, there are many competitions that have always specifically focused on offering the younger pianists an international platform, such as the competition in Ettlingen (frg) since 1988, the competition in New York since 2002, Oberlin (since 1995), Arhus (dan) since 2011, Enschede (hol) since 2001, Szafarnia (pol) since 1993, etc.

A new international Mozart competition for young musicians was held in September 2015 in Zhuhai (China), in collaboration with the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In April 2016, a new youth competition "Merci, Maestro!" will take place in Brussels.

It is a great pleasure to be at such events. One may truly hear magnificent performances and discover wonderful talented pianists at young age, such as Yuja Wang, Lang Lang, Yundi Li, Markus Groh, Boris Giltburg, to mention just a few, at the start of their careers.

On the next pages, it can be seen which competitions from among the ones affiliated with AAF, offer special age categories for young pianists. (NB: the age brackets are indications.

For more precise age limits, the rules of the competition should always be consulted.)

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Junior Pianists Country City 'Name' [Month/Year(s)] Age categories (age limits) A Oberschützen 'Takács' [10/'16,'18] 10-12 13-15 16-18 A Vienna 'Rosario Marciano' [8/'16,'17,'18] 0-12 0-18 0-30 B Brussels 'Merci, Maestro!' [4/'16,'17,'18] 0-11 12-14 15-19 B Kraainem 'César Franck' [12/'16,'17,'18] 0-10 11-13 14-16 17-21 CHN Zhuhai 'Mozart' [9/'17] 0-14 15-17 18-23 CRT Zagreb 'Young Virtuoso' [2/'16,'18] 0- 8 0-10 -12, -15, -18, -24 CZ Plzeň 'Smetana' [3/'16,'18] 0-16 0-20 0-30 11-15 16-21 DAN Århus [3/'17] ESP Granada 'M. Herrero' [7/'16,'17,'18] 0-12 13-15 16-18 19-35 F Maisons-Laffitte [5/'16,'17,'18] various levels 0-32 all ages F Orléans 'Brin d’Herbe' [4/'17] 8-10 8-14 12-18 FRG Aachen 'Clavicologne' [3/'16,'17,'18] 0- 9 10-13 14-17 18-35 FRG Düsseldorf 'Schumann' [3/'17] 0-11 12-16 17-20 FRG Ettlingen [8/'16,'18] 0-15 0-20 FRG Geilenkirchen 'Euregio' [7/'16,'17,'18] 0-13 14-17 18-32 18 and up FRG K. Wusterhausen 'Y. Pi. Stars' [7/'16,'17,'18] 9-11 12-14 15-17 18-28 FRG Meiningen 'Hans von Bülow' [6/'18] 0-17 0-32 FRG Schlitz 'PIANALE' [8/'16,'17,'18] 14-17 18-30 FRG Troisdorf [8/'16,'17,'18] 0-13 0-17 0-35 FRG Weimar 'Junior Liszt' [10/'17] 0-13 14-17 GB Newcastle [11/'16,'17,'18] 0- 8 0-11 0-16 0-19 GB Windsor [7/'16,'17,'18] 0-12 0-16 all ages 0-18 IT Eppan Junior Academy [4/'16,'17,'18] IT Lovere 'Tadini' [7/'16,'17,'18] 5- 7 8-10 11-13 14-18 19-29 5-6,7-8,9-10,11-12,13-14,15-16,17-18,19-29 IT Milano 'Piano Talents' [6/'16,'17,'18] IT Rome 'Roma' [10/'16,'17,'18] 0-19 0-25 0-35 0-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-17, 17-20, 0-35 IT San Donà di Piave [5/'16,'17,'18] IT Seregno 'Pozzolino' [11/'16,'18] 6-8 9-11 12-14 15-17 IT Val Tidone 'Giov. Talenti' [6/'16,'17,'18] 0-9, 0-15, 0-17, 0-19, 0-29 0-11, 12-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29 IT Salerno 'V. Solimene' [5/'16,'17,'18] JPN Tokyo 'Chopin-Asia' [1/'16,'17,'18] various grades JPN Tokyo 'PTNA' [6-8/'16,'17,'18] various grades KZK Astana 'Piano Passion' [4/'17] 0-10 11-14 15-18 5-6,7-8,9-10,11-12,8-12,13-15,16-18,19-21 LAT Riga [10/'16,'17,'18] LIT Druskininkai [8/'16,'17,'18] 0-10,11-13,14-16,17-20,21-25,26 and up MLT Malta [5/'16,'17,'18] 0-13 0-17 0-35 MRC Rabat 'Princesse' [11/'16,'18] 10-13 10-18 10-25 10-30 NL Enschede [10/'16,'18] 10-15 16-19 POL Kielce 'Moszkowski' [5/'17] 12~13 14~15 16~17 POL Rzeszów 'Chopin' [3/'17] 0-12 0-14 0-17 0-21 0-10 0-13 0-16 POL Szafarnia 'Chopin' [5/'16,'17,'18] 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-18, 19-32 PRT Porto 'Santa Cecilia' [7/'16,'17,'18] RUM Sibiu 'Filtsch' [7/'16,'17,'18] 0-12 12-16 16-31 46 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Junior Pianists Country City 'Name' [Month/Year(s)] RUS Moscow 'Chopin' [9/'16,'18] SCT Glasgow [7/'16] SERB Novi Sad 'Isidor Bajic' [12/'16,'18] USA Cedar Falls 'Midwest' [6/'16,'18] USA Cincinnati [6/'17] USA Cleveland Young Artists [5/'18] USA Fort Worth 'Cliburn Junior' [6/'19] USA Hilton Head Young Artists [3/'17] USA Milwaukee 'PianoArts' [6/'16,'18] USA Minneapolis 'e-Piano Junior' [7/'17] USA New York 'NYIPC' [6/'16,'18] USA Oberlin [7/'16,'18] USA Salt Lake City 'Gina Bachauer' [6/'16] USA San Jose [6/'16,'17,'18] USA Tempe 'USASU – Yamaha' [1/'17]

Yuja Wang (Sendai, 2001)

Age categories (age limits) 0-17 17-22 to be announced 13-16 17-20 0-35 0-17 0-32 categories to be announced 12-15 16-18 13-17 13-17 16-20 0-17 16-21 13-18 11-13 14-18 7- 9 10-13 14-17 18-32 13-15 16-18

George Li (Paris, 2014)

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Selection procedures Competition organisers are not to be envied. Well before the competition starts, they worry not only about the financing, but also whether their event will attract enough participants. How many will apply? And indeed, even up to two weeks before the deadline, it may happen that only few applications have arrived. The organisers get nervous and consider to extend the deadline. But, most of the applications usually arrive at the last moment. Another worry is what to do when there are too many applications?

Preselections There are various ways to conduct a preselection. It has almost become a standard requirement for applicants to supply a recording. Not so long ago, an audio recording on CD would suffice, but now, it has become usual that a video recording must be provided.

Video links or a video upload are encouraged as an alternative to sending a DVD. Not many competitions organise Live auditions or a preliminary round that precede the main competition. In 2016, live auditions will be held by the Paderewski Competition (Bydgoszcz, Poland) in eight cities around the world. Auditions are also organised by the Gina Bachauer Competition, the New York Concert Artists and in 2017: the Cliburn and Liszt Competition in Utrecht. Pianists may also audition for the Hastings Concerto Competition, the WPTA and for the Prix Animato in Paris.

The first 50 are accepted ‌ Some competitions limit the number of participants by accepting only the first 50 (or 75) applicants. The clear advantage for the organisers is that they do not have to carry out an elaborate preselection procedure. But, there is also a disadvantage: pianists who already have some concert engagements may find it difficult to plan everything and will wait until the very last moment to apply. So, these pianists would then have to be refused and the competition might miss some interesting performers ‌ Online competitions no travelling Online competitions exist where pianists may send their recordings or provide an internet link, after which a committee announces the laureates and invites them: the WPTA Competition, the first Cochran Competition in Poland and the Gawon Award in Korea.

The advantage for the participants is that they do not need to travel to compete, and the organisers do not need to rent a hall for one or two weeks. However, the excitement and great experience of a live event and the special atmosphere with an audience is missing.

The true sound of the piano should really be heard in a concert hall, and to make a fair comparison, the conditions should be the same for all participants.

Recently, a new online competition was launched: the Manhattan International Music Competition. The winners are offered a concert at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall and more.

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Various rounds The table on pages 50-53 show that most competitions consist of two or three preliminary rounds followed by a final stage with orchestra.

No elimination There is not always an elimination after each round (Bachauer, Cliburn, Hilton Head, New Orleans and Pretoria, for example). If the contestants have to perform twice before someone is eliminated, this has been indicated by, for example, "25 + 30" in the column under "1st stage": all candidates have 25 minutes performance time in the first part and 30 minutes in the second part.

For the Prix Animato in Paris, all contestants perform three times. Everybody stays in the competition until the end. No elimination either at the New York International Piano Competition. At the 2017 Liszt Competition in Utrecht, all contestants will appear in three rounds before the jury decides who will be the finalists.

One round only A few other competitions consist of only one single round. For these competitions (and for those mentioned above where there is no elimination at all) "---" appears in the columns for the 2nd stage, the 3rd stage and the finals.

Many rounds The other extreme is provided by the Cooper Competition in Oberlin (USA), where the contestants have to survive four elimination rounds before arriving in the finals.

Many competitions are preceded by a preselection. More information about this is given on page 48.

Confusion may easily arise due to the usage of different terminology: after a preselection, organisers may call the first public round 'semi-finals', and sometimes all selected pianists who are invited to compete, are called finalists.

••• Piano Concertos ••• Most competitions require a piano concerto for the final stage. A few competitions require two concertos. In Budapest, three works by Liszt for piano and orchestra must be prepared (Totentanz and his two concertos), after which the jury chooses which one must be performed. From the tables on pages 50-54 it can be seen that sometimes only one movement (•) needs to be performed.

Which piano concertos may be played, is specified in the overviews on pages 58-62.

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Performance times The following tables indicates the amount of music that contestants have to prepare for each stage. The numbers indicate the duration (in minutes) of a solo performance. Additionally, there can be : chamber music, or •••: a concerto with orchestra.

(•: one movement; •: with ensemble; •: with 2nd piano) (2) •••: two concertos to be prepared, but one to be performed.

Live: live auditions as preselection phase well ahead of the actual competition.

A few additional notes are given at the end of the table (page 53).

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Notes: - a year is indicated in superscript ('17, '16, '15 ...), meaning that the information pertains to that year. For some competitions, more recent details were not yet certain at the time of printing. However, most of the organisers keep the same structure for their next events; - when a competition has several categories, the information in the table refers to the top category; - the Music without Limits Competition in Druskininkai (Lithuania) has one concerto category, but also six categories for piano solo; - the Int'l Chopin Piano Competition in Asia (Japan) has five concerto categories and various solo categories; - at the competition in Panama, the finalists will perform a concerto with 2nd piano accompaniment, but the winner will play the same concerto with orchestra; - at the Midwest Competition in Cedar Falls (Iowa, USA), the finalists must be prepared to give a solo encore (to be chosen from a list of five pieces) after their performance of the piano concerto. * For some competitions, the total amount of solo repertoire to be prepared does not necessarily equal the sum of the performance times. At a few other competitions contestants may repeat certain works which they already played earlier. At the Queen Elisabeth Competition two recital programs must be prepared for the 2nd round (semi-finals) and the jury will choose one. The rules must be read with care.

A few competitions appear again in the table on the next page, as they are in certain years especially organised for junior pianists. (In these cases, the letter "Y" has been added to indicate the event for the Youth.)

When a competition stages the events for senior (aged over 22) and junior pianists at almost the same time, it is then only listed in the table above.

N.B. There are also online competitions, for which the pianists do not need to travel and do not need to perform on stage to win an award. (See also page 48.)

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Youth competitions - Performance times In the table below, those competitions have been singled out that specifically focus on the youth: contestants not older than 22. (Mostly, even much lower age limits apply.) When a competition has several age categories, the information in the table below refers to the highest category only. The same notations are used as in the table on the previous pages.

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The New York International Piano Competition includes an Ensemble Round, in which the contestants are paired and are required to perform a work for piano duo.

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Chamber Music Quite a few international piano competitions include Chamber Music in one of the rounds: Song Accomp.

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A - Graz Schubert & Modern Aus - Sydney Can - Calgary Honens Fin - Helsinki Maj Lind FRG - Bonn Telekom Beethoven FRG - Darmstadt Chopin FRG - Frankfurt Int’l German Pi. Aw. HK - Hong Kong Isr - Tel Aviv Arthur Rubinstein It - Bolzano Busoni Jpn - Hamamatsu N - Bergen Grieg NL - Utrecht Liszt Slvk - Bratislava Hummel USA - Cleveland USA - Milwaukee PianoArts USA - Fort Worth Van Cliburn In February 2015, the Kunst Universität Graz (KUG) organised the 9 th international competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music”, which included a Chamber Music section for Piano Trios. On the repertoire, there were not only Schubert trios, but also a choice of works for piano trio by other composers, such as Copland, Fontyn, Henze, Rihm, Takemitsu, Isang Yun and others.

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Chamber Music More specifically, the following compositions may appear (and have appeared) in the repertoire requirements: (N.B. this list is not exhaustive.)

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Obradors Schubert

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Beethoven #1 Op. 12/1 D Beethoven #2 Op. 12/2 A Beethoven #3 Op. 12/3 Es Beethoven #4 Op. 23 a Beethoven #5 Op. 24 f Beethoven #6 Op. 30/1 A Beethoven #7 Op. 30/2 c Beethoven #8 Op. 30/3 G Beethoven #9 Op. 47 A

Beethoven #10 Op. 96 G Brahms #2 Op. 100 A Brahms #3 Op. 108 d Fauré #1 Op. 13 A Grieg #1 Op. 8 F Grieg #2 Op. 13 G Grieg #3 Op. 45 c Liszt

Mozart KV305 A Mozart KV454 Bes Prokofiev #1 Op. 80 f Schumann Op. 121 d

Duo w/cello

Beethoven Op. 69 A Beethoven WoO45 Beethoven WoO46 Brahms Op. 38 e

Britten Op. 65 C Chopin Op.65 g Grieg Op. 36 a Mendelssohn #2 Op. 58 D

Rachmaninov Op.19 g Schumann Op. 73 Shostakovich Op. 40 d

Trio

Arensky Op. 32 d Beethoven Op. 1/1 Es Beethoven Op. 70/1 D Beethoven Op. 97 Brahms Op. 8 H Brahms Op. 87 C Brahms Op. 101 c Dvorak Op. 90 e Glinka d

Hummel Op. 12 Es Hummel Op. 35 G Hummel Op. 65 G Mendelssohn #1 Op. 49 d Mendelssohn #2 Op. 66 c Mozart KV548 C Ravel a Rachmaninov #1 g Rachmaninov #2 Op. 9 d

Rubinstein Op. 15/1 Schubert 99 (D898) B Schubert 100 (D929) Es Schnittke (1992) Schumann Op. 63 d Shostakovich Op. 67 e Strauss Op. 13 c Tchaikovsky Op. 50 a various composers (Graz)

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Beethoven Op. 16 E Brahms #1 Op. 25 g Brahms #2 Op. 26 A Brahms Op. 60 c

Dvo ák Op. 87 Es Fauré #1 Op.15 c Mozart #1 KV478 g Mozart #2 KV493 Es

Mozart #2 KV493 Es Mozart KV498 Es Schumann Op.47 Es

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Arensky Op. 51 D Bartók (1904) Brahms Op. 34 f Dvo ák Op. 81 A

Elgar Op. 84 a Fauré #2 Op. 115 c Franck f Lenot

Saint-Saëns Op. 14 a Schumann Op. 44 E Shostakovich Op. 57 g Zar bski Op. 34 g

The chamber music selections usually change from year to year, introducing some variety.

For example, the 2013 Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn required Beethoven’s Sonata for Horn and Piano, but in 2015, one of Beethoven’s violin sonatas was compulsory.

In Calgary 2015, contestants could perform with a clarinetist, a singer and/or a viola player.

In Orléans (2014), the finalists played with a quintet (clarinet, flute, saxophone, viola and violoncello). Finalists of the 2017 Chopin Competition in Darmstadt will perform Chopin’s Sonata for Cello and Piano (and one of his piano concertos).

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Concerto Repertoire Concerto Repertoire

Concertos form an important part of the repertoire at major competitions. A great pianist Concertos an important of the interpretation repertoire at major competitions. greatanother pianist may win a form competition with apart splendid of "Beethoven #4", Awhile may win a competition with a splendid interpretation of "Beethoven #4", while another pianist is hailed by the audience after a dazzling performance of "Rach 3". pianist is hailed by the audience after a dazzling performance of "Rach 3".

Sometimes, a competition offers the opportunity to perform a less well-known work for Sometimes, a competition the opportunityCompetition to perform in a less well-known for piano and orchestra, like atoffers the Concerto’Sion Istanbul, where work Fauré’s piano and orchestra, like at the Concerto Competition for Young Pianists in Manchester, or Barber, the 2014Competition Bachauer Ballad for for piano pianoand andorchestra orchestra wasisononthethe list,list, or Barber, at theatBachauer Bachauer Competition.

The where Kabalevski was also on the orRozas Barber, at thefocuses 2014 Competition.

The competition inlist, Las (Spain) on Spanish composers.

At and in Sydney.

Sydney offers the nice "Variations on a Nursery tune"

by Dohnányi competition in Las Rozas (Spain) focuses on Spanish composers.

At the BNDES the BNDES in Rio de Janeiro 2014), finalists could choose to (coupled withCompetition Litolff), Tchaikovsky #2 and (Nov./Dec. Williamson.

The competition in Las Rozas Competition inonRio debyJaneiro (Nov./Dec. 2014), finalists may choose to perform perform Momoprecoce Villa Lobos.

Thosewho whoentered enter the International Piano (Spain) focuses Spanish composers.

Those the Sussex Sussex International Piano Momoprecoce byplay Villa Lobos. Those who concerto entered by thean Competition may MacDowell ororaapiano English composer as could play MacDowell piano concerto by anSussex EnglishInternational composer such Competition could play MacDowell or a piano concerto by an English composer such as Alwyn, Delius, Vaughn Williams or another.

(MacDowell is also listed in Cincinnati.)

In Williams or another. (MacDowell was also listed in Cincinnati.)

Alwyn, Delius, Vaughn Williams or another. was alsoorlisted in Cincinnati 2014, Yellow River Concerto could be played.

Shenzhen In Shenzhen, thethe Yellow River Concerto may be(MacDowell played, Paderewski Szymanowski in 2013, and Dublin, In Shenzhen 2014,Scriabin the Yellow Concerto be played.For Bydgoszcz.

At the 2012.)

Olga Kern Competition, or River Gershwin may may be performed.

At a few competitions, a specific concerto is compulsory, to be performed by all finalists. the Grieg Competition in Bergen, the piano concerto by Saeverud can be chosen.

At a few competitions, a specific concerto is compulsory, to be performed by all finalists.

(This is the case at the Piano Campus Competition in Pontoise, the Liszt Competition for (This isPianists the caseinatWeimar the aPiano Competition in Pontoise, the Liszt Competition for Young and Campus theconcerto ASEAN/Concerto Competition in Jakarta.)

At a few competitions, specific is compulsory, to be performed by all finalists.

Young Pianists in Weimar and the ASEAN/Concerto Competition in Jakarta).

(This is the case at the Piano Campus Competition in Pontoise.)

Two concertos Anyconcertos concerto Two

At some competitions, two concertos have to be performed. It is then mostly a Mozart At some the Honens Competition in Calgary Youth Tchaikovsky Competition in concerto and another, major At competitions, two concerto. concertos have and to bethe performed.

It is then mostly a Mozart concerto may be performed.

Also at Moscow and at the Piano-e-Competition, any piano concerto and another, major concerto.

Any concerto the Tchaikovsky big Tchaikovsky Competition, Competition, the Van theCliburn, Van Cliburn, and in the and Queen in theElisabeth Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, in contestants Brussels, contestants have free have choice free of choice their Any second of their concerto second in concerto the finals. in the finals. concerto At the Honens Competition in Calgary and the Dallas International Piano Competition in Texas, any piano concerto may be performed.

Also at the Tchaikovsky Competition, the At the Honens Competition, the Bachauer and the Dallas International Piano Competition, TwoinAlso concertos Van and in the Queen Elisabeth Brussels, have free choice of their any Cliburn, piano concerto may be performed. at thecontestants Van Cliburn and Queen Elisabeth second concerto in the finals. competition, contestants have free choice of their second concerto in the finals.

At some competitions, two concertos have to be performed. It is then mostly a Mozart concerto and another, big, major romantic concerto. concerto.

Table of concertos Tableis of concertos Usually, the choice of piano concertos restricted.

On page 61, 63, the piano concertos are

listed which may be performed in the AAF member competitions. The tables on pages 5658Onspecify page 61, the piano are listed which be performed in the age AAFgroups, member has several it 60 which choiceconcertos the contestants have.

If amay competition 62 onin pages specify which choice contestants have. competitions. might be that The also the finalists the younger age categories may play with orchestra. the tables finalists thein56-60 younger age categories maythe also (Århus, Zhuhai In these only thein top (Astana, Astana, Weimar,Barlassina, Zhuhai …) Jakarta, In these Weimar, cases, only the top…) category hascases, been covered the category table. has been covered in the table.

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Concerto Repertoire (Mozart) Many of the concertos by Mozart for piano and orchestra are true master pieces. It does not surprise that these are often required at competitions. Some of these concertos can also very well be performed with a string quartet instead of a (chamber) orchestra.

The following table shows which concertos may be performed at some stage in one of the AAF member competitions.

Mozart Concertos:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 A - Salzburg '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Aus - Sydney '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 B - Brussels '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Brs - Rio de Janeiro '14 '10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Bul - Vladigerov '15 '10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Can - Honens '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Can - Montreal '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 CH - Genève '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Chn - Shenzhen '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Chn - Xiamen '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Chn - Zhuhai '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Cz - Smetana '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - ARD '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - Bremen '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - Dortmund '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - Frankfurt '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - MozARTe '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Frg - Wernigerode '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GB - Hastings '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GB - Leeds '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GB - Manchester Mottram '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GB - Sussex '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Geor - Tbilisi '13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Gr - Thessaloniki '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Irl - Dublin '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Isr - Tel Aviv '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Acquaviva delle Fonti '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Bolzano Busoni '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Cantù '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Cento '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - FVG '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Monza '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Roma '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 It - Seregno '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jpn - Hamamatsu '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jpn - PTNA '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jpn - Sendai '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jpn - Takamatsu '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Kzk - Astana '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lit - Druskininkai '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lit - Vainiunas '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mex - Parnassós '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 58 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Concerto Repertoire (Mozart) (cont'd) Mozart Concertos:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Panama '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pol - Gdansk '13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pol - Paderewski '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Prt - Porto S. Cecilia '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sct - Glasgow '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Serb - Bajic '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Slvk - Hummel '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sp - Ferrol '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sp - Iturbi '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sp - JaĂŠn '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Tur - Istanbul '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Ukr - Gilels '15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Bachauer '14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Bachauer Y. Artists '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Cleveland '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Cliburn '17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - e-Competition Junior '15 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Hilton Head '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Hilton Head Y '15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Midwest '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - NYCA '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - NYIPC '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - Oberlin '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USA - PianoArts '16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Index of Mozart concertos 1 KV 37 F 5 KV 175 D 11 KV 413 F 15 KV 450 B 19 KV 459 F 23 KV 488 A 2 KV 39 B 6 KV 238 B 12 KV 414 A 16 KV 451 D 20 KV 466 d 24 KV 491 c 3 KV 40 D 8 KV 246 C 13 KV 415 C 17 KV 453 G 21 KV 467 C 25 KV 503 C 4 KV 41 G 9 KV 271 Es 14 KV 449 Es 18 KV 456 B 22 KV 482 Es 26 KV 537 D (*) 27 KV 595 B *: concertos #7 (KV242) and #10 (KV365) are for three and two pianos and orchestra.

Only Mozart Concertos There are a few international piano competitions, where the final concerto has to be by Mozart: the Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the MozARTe Competition in Aachen.

At the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, all semifinalists must perform a Mozart concerto, apart from a solo recital. (And then, the finalists have a free choice of the second concerto.)

Any Mozart Concerto

There exist competitions where the contestants may perform any Mozart concerto, once they have come to that stage in the competition: Toronto, Bucharest (Enescu), and the competition in Las Rozas (near Madrid, Spain).

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Piano Concertos Blue indicates concertos applicants may choose from. Whenever the choice is more restricted, the eligible concertos are indicated by their number or key (or key letter). : a dot in the column under "Mozart" indicates that not all piano concertos by Mozart are eligible. The ones that may be chosen are specified in the separate table of Mozart concertos.

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List of Piano Concertos

and other works for piano and orchestra Below is a list of works for piano and orchestra by composers other than Mozart. Opus numbers and keys are mentioned as well. Naturally, more piano concertos exist, but the focus is here on the repertoire requirements for the competitions listed in this catalogue.

List of concertos, appearing in the main table: Bartók 1 BB 91 A Bartók 2 BB 101 G Bartók 3 BB 127 E Beethoven 1 Op. 15 C Beethoven 2 Op. 19 B Beethoven 3 Op. 37 c Beethoven 4 Op. 58 G Beethoven 5 Op. 73 Es Brahms 1 Op. 15 d Brahms 2 Op. 83 B Chopin 1 Op. 11 e Chopin 2 Op. 21 f Grieg Op. 16 a

Liszt 1 S124 Es Liszt 2 S125 A Liszt (Totentanz) S126 Mendelssohn 1 Op. 25 G Mendelssohn 2 Op. 40 d Prokofiev 1 Op. 10 Des Prokofiev 2 Op. 16 g Prokofiev 3 Op. 26 C Prokofiev 4 Op. 53 B Prokofiev 5 Op. 55 G Rachmaninov 1 Op. 1 fis Rachmaninov 2 Op. 18 c Rachmaninov 3 Op. 30 d

Rachmaninov 4 Op. 40 g Rachmaninov –Pag Op. 43 Ravel G Ravel left-hand D Saint-Saëns 1 Op. 17 D Saint-Saëns 2 Op. 22 g Saint-Saëns 3 Op. 29 Es Saint-Saëns 4 Op. 44 c Saint-Saëns 5 Op. 103 F Schumann Op. 54 a Tchaikovsky 1 Op. 23 b Tchaikovsky 2 Op. 44 G Tchaikovsky 3 Op. 75 Es

From the column at the right in the table on the previous pages, reference is made to the following - less frequently played - works for piano and orchestra: Andrejevas C Bach BWV 1052 D Bach BWV 1053 E Bach BWV 1054 D Bach BWV 1055 A Bach BWV 1056 f Bach BWV 1057 F Bach BWV 1058 g Bach BWV 1060 c (two pi.)

Bach BWV 1062 c (two pi.)

Barber Op. 38 Beethoven conc. D Berkovich Op.44 C Dohnányi Op.25 Fauré Ballade Op.19 Franck Var. M46 Gershwin (Rhaps.)

Gershwin F Haydn Hob. XVIII-11 D Haydn Hob. XVIII G Hummel 2 Op. 85 a Kabalevski 3 Op. 50 D Khachaturian Op. 38 Des

Lessel Op. 14 C Ligeti Litolff Op.102 d Liszt (Fant.) S123 Liszt (Hexaméron) S365b Liszt S366 MacDowell 2 Op. 23 d Medtner 2 Op. 50 c Paderewski Op. 17 a Paderewski Op. 19 (Fant.)

Polunin a Poulenc FP146 cis Rowley G Saeverud Op. 31 Schumann Konz.stück Op.92 G Schumann Konz.All. Op.134 d Scriabin Op. 20 fis Shostakovich 1 Op. 35 c Shostakovich 2 Op. 102 F Silvanski G Strauss (Richard) d Vainiunas, Stasys 4 Op. 40 Vladigerov 3 Op. 31 b

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Abril, Antón García De Falla ( ) G.49 De la Cruz, Zulema ( ) Halffter, C. (1953) Halffter, R. ( ) Op. 21 Montsalvatge ( ) (1953) Marco, Tomás ( ) Rodrigo ( ) Roque Alsina, Carlos Alwyn, William 2 (1960) Bliss, Sir Arthur B Delius, Frederick c Harty, Sir Hamilton b Ireland, John Es Rawsthorne, Alan 1 (1939) Rawsthorne, Alan 2 (1951) Vaughn Williams, Ralph C

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AAF Receptions Every competition brings enjoyment, but also some surprises and disappointment. One of the tense moments during a piano competition is the time that contestants have to wait for the results. Not only after the finals. Also at the end of the first round, all contestants are anxious to know who may pass to the next round. They often have to wait for one hour – or much longer – until the jury makes an announcement.

In 2009, the Alink-Argerich Foundation started to offer financial support to several competitions for organising a special reception, preferably at the end of the first round.

The main idea is to offer the contestants some comfort with food and drinks and an opportunity to relax a little, to meet and talk in a friendly atmosphere, while hopefully all of them are still there. It can also bring new contacts that might be useful for the future.

Between 2009 and 2015, financial support for such a special reception was offered to 66 competitions. Every year, AAF had asked notary Mr. D.L. Rang to conduct an official draw, to make an objective and fair selection.

In 2016, competitions which have not yet received AAF’s support may still apply for this.

It will then be decided where the support will be given and in which way. More details will be posted on AAF’s website, where also reports on the receptions in the years 20092015 are given and several photos can be seen.

On the next pages: more photos and impressions from different places and competitions, where the receptions have been held.

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AAF Award Apart from the receptions which were held with the financial support of AAF, a new initiative has been taken: to offer a special prize, the AAF Award, at selected major international piano competitions. With this Award, AAF wishes to encourage and support outstanding pianists at the early stage of their concert careers.

In every competition, excellent pianists take part, but only a few will win one of the main prizes. This leaves the other ones almost empty-handed, although they also deserve our full attention. Many of them have already clearly demonstrated to be professional pianists, who are ready to give wonderful performances.

With this in mind, the idea of an AAF Award was conceived: to be given to the contestant who receives the highest ranking in the 3rd stage (semi-finals) of a major competition and who is not admitted to the finals.

The prize consists of financial support and assistance in the realisation of a concert, while AAF also gives the winner some extra international publicity and exposure. Naturally, Martha Argerich is also informed and the possibility of having the Award Winner perform in one of her Festivals is among the options to be considered.

In 2015, the AAF Award was offered at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. At both competitions, Martha Argerich was on the jury and had thus the opportunity to hear and to evaluate the pianists herself.

Chopin Competition, Warsaw The 17th Frederyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw took place between October 2nd - 20th, 2015. Not less than 455 pianists had applied. After a first selection based on DVDs, a second selection was held in the form of a preliminary round in Warsaw, April 2015. Finally, 78 pianists took part in the main competition in October 2015, which consisted of four rounds.

Dinara Klinton was among the contestants in Warsaw and she reached the semi-finals.

Ten pianists were admitted to the finals, and - based on the votings by the jury - it was officially announced that Dinara was ranked 11th. So, she had just missed the finals and became thus the very first recipient of the AAF Award.

Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Almost the same number of pianists (445) had applied for the 9 th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, which took place between November 21st - December 6th , 2015. After a DVD preselection, 87 pianists were selected to participate. 72 came to Hamamatsu, well-prepared to compete in four rounds.

Japanese pianist Kenji Miura reached the semi-finals. There were six finalists. Kenji Miura was placed 7th and thus received the AAF Award.

On the next two pages, the two AAF Award winners are presented.

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AAF Award winner Dinara Klinton

Š Peter Freudenreich Born in Ukraine in 1989, Dinara graduated from the Moscow Central Music School, studied with Valery Pyasetsky, the Moscow Conservatory, where she had been working with Eliso Virsaladze, and the Royal College of Music in London, as a student of Dina Parakhina. Already since 1998, Dinara has been very successful in competitions, winning first and second prizes: in the Krainev Competition (1998, 2006), Kitzingen (2003), the Tchaikovsky Youth Competition (2004), the Busoni Competition (2007), Tbilisi (2009), the Paderewski Competition (2013), Rio de Janeiro (2014, 3 rd prize) and Sussex (2015).

She also received a special prize at the 2006 Hamamatsu Int’l Piano Competition.

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AAF Award winner Kenji Miura Hamamatsu 2015

K e n j i M iu r a w a s b o r n i n J a p a n , 1 9 9 3 . F r o m the age of 13, he studied at the Purcell School in London. After auditioning for the Royal College of Music, the University of the Arts in Berlin and the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and being accepted by each of these schools, he continued his studies with Klaus Hellwig in Berlin. Since March 2014, he studies with Eldar Nebolsin at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule fĂźr Musik.

Unlike many other pianists, Kenji Miura has not participated in many competitions. In 2009, he had been finalist of the Liszt Competition in Weimar, and Hamamatsu was actually the first major international competition he had entered.

He has given regular performances and had prepared Brahms’ 2nd piano concerto for the finals of the Hamamatsu Competition.

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Travel & Accommodation Taking part in an international piano competition requires not only thorough musical preparation, but it is also a considerable investment.

Travelling costs money and the participant needs to find accommodation, preferably not too far from the hall and practicing facilities. The longer the competition lasts, the higher the costs can mount. With the large quantity of competitions, pianists might prefer to apply for competitions that are relatively easy to travel to, rather than to indulge in an adventurous trip to a place far away from any airport or train station.

It becomes almost a must for overseas competitions to offer at least some travel assistance if they want to attract a truly international field of contestants.

Here are a few examples of competitions planned for 2016, that offer some compensation to the pianists who have been selected to take part (or to those who have reached a certain stage in the competition): Travel assistance - air ticket fully provided by the competitions in Pretoria, Sydney, Tongyeong (Korea) - travel compensation/reimbursement: Hong Kong (up to US$ 1500, 2 nd stage contestants), Cleveland (at least US$ 1000), New York (US$ 1000), Bergen (1000 Euro, semifinalists), New Orleans (US$ 750), Sendai (up to 100000 Yen), Panama (50%), Brussels (50%, up to 500 Euro, 2nd stage), Rio de Janeiro (US$ 500; full amount for finalists), Animato, Eppan, Pontoise (500 Euro), Hilton Head (US$ 500), Kerikeri (up to NZD 500), Manchester (25%).

Accommodation offered - hotel full-board: Bolzano, Panama, Tongyeong, Midwest, Eppan, Novi Sad (only finals) - hotel + daily allowance*: Sydney & Hong Kong - housing & meals provided: Cleveland, New Orleans, New York - hotel**: Bucharest, Pontoise, Jaén, Sendai, Rio de Janeiro - accommodation covered: Bydgoszcz Paderewski*, Manchester James Mottram - host families: Bergen, Brussels, Dortmund, Enschede, Hastings, Lyon, Maisons-Laffitte, Monza, Orléans, Seregno, Viñes, Würzburg, Bachauer, Dallas, Hilton Head, New Orleans, PianoArts, San Jose (Advanced category), Rabat, Pretoria, Kerikeri, to mention a few.

There are more. *: for the duration of the official participation (HK & Paderewski: until the end for semifinalists) **: for the duration of the official participation (Pontoise: for entire event)

Other compensations - Jaén: 300 Euro when in 2nd round, 400 Euro when in 3rd round.

- Salzburg: 50 Euro daily allowance from 2 nd round.

- Würzburg Bach: 30 Euro daily allowance from 2nd round.

- Zwickau Schumann: 100 Euro allowance for finalists.

Important note: this overview is not exhaustive. Also other competitions offer assistance. It is not always published, and sometimes only given upon request. Although all details were compiled with great care, AAF cannot assume responsibility for any mistake or omission. Terms and type of assistance may also change. Interested pianists should always check the official websites.

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Jury members

On the following pages, the names of jury members are listed. The numbers behind the names refer to the competitions as in the list below. Only the AAF member competitions presented in this catalogue and which took place in 2015 have been considered.

1: A - Graz [Ch.Mus.] 2: A - Ros. Marciano 3: B - C. Franck 4: Bul - Vladigerov 5: Can - Honens 6: Chn - Zhuhai 7: Crt - Karlovac 8: Dan - Århus 9: F - Lyon 10: F - Mais.-Laffitte 11: F - Pontoise 12: F - Valence 13: Frg - ARD 14: Frg - Bonn 15: Frg - Clavicologne 16: Frg - Euregio 17: Frg - Frankfurt 18: Frg - K. Wusterh.

19: Frg - Meiningen 20: Frg - MozARTe 21: Frg - NYCA/aud1 22: Frg - NYCA/aud2

23: Frg - PIANALE 24: Frg - Troisdorf 25: Frg - Weimar 26: GB - Hastings 27: GB - Leeds 28: GB - Newcastle 29: GB - NYCA/aud.

30: GB - Sussex 31: GB - Windsor 32: Gr - Thessaloniki 33: Irl - Dublin 34: It - Bolzano 35: It - Cantù 36: It - Cento 37: It - Finale Ligure 38: It - Giubilei 39: It - Martucci 40: It - Massarosa 41: It - Osimo 42: It - Piano Lovers 43: It - Piano Talents 44: It - Roma

45: It - Salerno 46: It - San Donà 47: It - Seregno 48: It - Tadini 49: It - Taranto 50: It - Val Tidone 51: It - Verona 52: Jpn - Chopin/Asia 53: Jpn - Hamamatsu 54: Jpn - PTNA 55: Kzk - Astana 56: Lat - Riga 57: Lit - Druskininkai 58: Malta 59: N - Tromsø 60: Pol - Chopin 61: Pol - Cochran 62: Pol - Moszkowski 63: Pol - NYCA/aud.

64: Pol - Szafarnia 65: Prt - S. Cecilia 66: Rum - Filtsch

67: Serb - WPTA 68: Sp - Abril 69: Sp - Barcelona 70: Sp - Campillos 71: Sp - Ferrol 72: Sp - Granada 73: Sp - Iturbi 74: Sp - Jaén 75: Sp - Las Rozas 76: Sp - Steinberg 77: Sp - R. Viñes 78: Tur - Istanbul 79: Ukr - Gilels 80: USA - Cincinnati 81: USA - Cliburn -Y 82: USA - Dallas 83: USA - e-Comp.-Y 84: USA - H. Head -Y 85: USA - NYCA/aud.

86: USA - San Jose 87: USA - Tempe

N.B. Juries at preselections have not been included, The selection juries for the Cochran Competition, NYCA, as well as the juries for the Martucci, WPTA and the Antón García Abril Award have been included, as their decisions were instrumental for the final result.

When a competition consists of several categories with different juries, only the jury members for the highest category are mentioned. For the PTNA competition in Japan, only the international jury for the semifinal and final stage of the highest category have been included.

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Jury members at AAF competitions in 2015 Abrahams, Libby (gb) 14 Alessandrini, Raymond (f) 11 Alexeev, Dmitry (rus) 60,67 Alink-Yamamoto, Akemi (jpn) 80 Allen, Patrick (gb) 30 Anagnoson, James (can) 33 Anderszewski, Piotr (pol) 63 Andjaparidze, Eteri (geor) 86 Andonova, Daniela (bul) 66 Andres, Robert (crt) 47 Andrzejewski, Waldemar (pol) 62 Angelov, Ludmil (bul) 4 Aoubakirova, Jania (kzk) 55 Arens, Rolf-Dieter (frg) 25 Argerich, Martha (arg) 53,60 Arnicane, Arta (lat) 56 Artimiw, Lydia (usa) 81 Ashkenazy, Elena (rus) 52 Ashkenazy, Vovka (rus) 40,49 Babayan, Sergei (arm) 53 Bach, Philippe (frg) 19 Badura-Skoda, Paul (a) 13,17,25,78 Bagaría Carreira, José Enrique (esp) 69 Baldocci, Gabriele (it) 31,36 Balzani, Vincenzo (it) 9,18,35,42,43,44,47,48 Bao, Hui-qiao (chn) 73 Bashkirov, Dmitry (rus) 17 Batyreva, Lilija (belo) 57 Beaujean, Oswald (frg) 1 Bekhterev, Boris (rus) 46 Beleckiene, Gražina (lit) 57 Benseny, Jordi (esp) 64,77 Benz, Robert (frg) 34 Bérard, Jean-Luc (f) 11 Beroff, Michel (f) 6 Blaha, Bernadene (can) 83 Bloch, Boris (rus) 34 Bodzin Levy, Zelma (usa) 8 Bogdanov, Yuri (rus) 3,18 Boldizsár, Csíky (rum) 66 Bonatta, Andrea (it) 14 Borac, Luiza (rum) 40 Borri, Ettore (it) 39 Borys, Roman (can) 1 Bourdoncle, Michel (f) 62 Bozzia, Walter (it) 39 72 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Braconi, Monaldo (it) 38 Braginsky, Alexander (isr) 83 Breslin, Cathal (irl) 73 Brodsky, Giselle (usa) 17 Bronevetzky, Vladislav (rus) 77 Bronzi, Enrico (it) 1 Brousseau, Michel (can) 41 Brownridge, Angela (gb) 66 Bulychev-Okser, Michael (rus) 18,75 Busse, Holger (frg) 17 Byrne, John (gb) 10 Campanella, Michele (it) 50 Campaner, Gloria (it) 45 Cappello, Roberto (it) 41 Carunchio, Maria Teresa (it) 44 Castro, Ricardo (brs) 87 Catena, Costantino (it) 45 Cebro, Carlos (ur) 69 Chang, Hae-Won (cor) 52 Chou, Chia (can) 1 Clark, Judith (gb) 30 Codegoni, Ermanno (it) 42 Cogato, Tommaso (it) 15 Cohen, Arnaldo (brs) 34 Cohen, Jeffrey (usa) 85 Colom, Josep (esp) 12 Cominati, Roberto (it) 34 Commandeur, Bernard (f) 12 Coppola, Mario (it) 41 Coronas Valle, Paula (esp) 68 Cossé, Peter (a) 25 Costa, Cesário (prt) 65 Crudeli, Marcella (it) 48 Dan, Zhaoyi (chn) 52 Dang, Thai Son (vtn) 60 Dank, Ran (isr) 82 De Almeida, Marco Antônio (brs) 75 De Maria, Pietro (it) 23 De Solaun Soto, Josu (esp) 74 Delle Vigne, Aquiles (arg) 38,50 Delorko, Ratko (a) 50 Demidjenko, Nikolaj (rus) 27 Demus, Jörg (a) 34 Denervaud, Jean-Claude (ch) 56 Dente, Sabrina (it) 44 Devoyon, Pascal (f) 27

Di Bella, Lorenzo (it) 41 Di Cesare, Fausto (it) 41 Di Cristofano, Antonio (it) 20 Didenko, Yuri (rus) 58,75 Dimulescu, Vladimir Valentin (rum) 66 Döberlein, Wolfgang (frg) 25 Doidjashvili, Manana (geor) 25,73 Domanska, Joanna (pol) 52 Donohoe, Peter (gb) 36 Dorenski, Sergei (rus) 55 Drzewiecki, Jaroslaw (pol) 57,62 Dullea, Mary Josephine (irl) 1 Dürer, Carsten (frg) 1,17 Dvarionas, Justas (lit) 23 Dvorkin, Vsevolod (rus) 43 Ebi, Akiko (jpn) 53,60 Edel-Latos, Cécile (f) 28 Eganian, Svetlana (bul) 3,18,75 Eguchi, Fumiko (jpn) 33 Elton, Christopher (gb) 8,81 Elvekjaer, Jens (dan) 8 Entremont, Philippe (f) 60 Escande, Pascal (f) 55 Esen, Ozgür Mert (tur) 58 Evans, Daniel (gb) 27 Evrov, Nikolaj (bul) 4 Fahy, Thérèse (irl) 33 Fassina, Jean (f) 11 Feng, Zi-Xiang (chn) 24 Ferrer Laloe, Emmanuel (esp) 23,65 Fialkowska, Janina (pol) 5,25,59 Fico, Lorenzo (it) 49 Fitenko, Nikita (rus) 70 Fiuzzi, Stefano (it) 46 Flageollet, Véronique (f) 11 Fliter, Ingrid (arg) 5,35 Fomina, Tatjana (rus) 79 Fowke, Philip (gb) 30 Fracasso, Luigi (it) 62 Frankl, Péter (hun) 33 Frey, Nikolaus (frg) 23 Frölich, Andreas (frg) 3,20,70,71,72,75 Furcht, Roberto (it) 35 Galopin, Marie-Christine (f) 11 García Abril, Antón (esp) 68 García, Ana Delia (esp) 72 Gardon, Olivier (f) 26,73

Gatehouse, Adam (gb) 27 Geffen, Jeremy (rsa) 5 Gelenbe, Deniz Arman (f) 31 Geleziute, Vilija (lit) 57 Gentile, Ada (it) 38 Gililov, Pavel (ukr/frg) 6,14,21,33 Girod, Marie-Cathérine (f) 9 Gjurkova, Mariana (bul) 73 Gladkov, Vadim (ukr) 68 Gleasner, Gregg (usa) 33 Goerner, Nelson (arg) 60 Goetzke, Bernd (frg) 26,28 Górecka, Anna (pol) 52 Gothoni, Ralf (fin) 3 Gottlieb, Jay (usa) 53 Grant Rogers, Nigel (gb) 29 Grante, Carlo (it) 45 Grau, Andreas (frg) 13 Guijarro, Ana María (esp) 74 Gulyak, Sofya (rus) 36 Gutdeutsch, Walter (frg) 76 Haag, Ivo (ch) 13 Hagmann, Peter (ch) 14 Hamilton, Robert (Dean) (usa) 87 Hamlen, Charles (usa) 5 Han, Tong-Il (cor) 27,53 Han, Young Lan (frg) 25 Harasiewicz, Adam (pol) 60 Hata, Haruhi (jpn) 10 Heiligers, Eckart (frg) 1 Henry, Yves (f) 64 Hirose, Etsuko (jpn) 32 Hoppe, Esther (ch) 1 Huang, Peiyu (chn) 15,58,72,75 Iannone, Pasquale (it) 45 Iglesias, Catia (it) 43,48 Ikeba, Ayami (jpn) 50 Ioudenitch, Stanislav (uzb) 54,83 Ishii, Naomi (jpn) 2 Iwasaki, Shuku (jpn) 47 Jablonski, Krzysztof (pol) 52,61 Jablonsky, Peter (sw) 67 Jandó, Jenö (hun) 73 Januševicius, Gintaras (lit) 56 Jasinski, Andrzej (pol) 52,53,60,64 Jiracek von Arnim, Jan (frg) 54 Joedicke, Sibylla (frg) 2 Alink - Argerich Foundation | 73

Joffe, Dina (isr/frg) 26,60 Jones, Ian (gb) 59,67 Ju, Jin (chn) 51 Kang, Sung-Suk (cor) 2 Kanno, Jun (jpn) 23 Kardashev, Anatoly (ukr) 79 Katayama, Masahi (jpn) 2 Katsarava, Guigla (geor) 65 Kaufmann, Klaus (frg) 6 Kawalla, Bronislawa (pol) 52 Keller, Michael (frg) 24 Kim, Daejin (cor) 6,14 Kim, Dominique (f) 11 Kim, Wonmi (cor) 46,49 Kinka, Rita (y) 46 Kirschnereit, Matthias (frg) 53 Kobrin, Alexander (rus) 34 Koch, Heribert (frg) 65 Kodama, Mari (jpn) 81 Koltun, Florian (frg) 16 Konstantinidis, Georges (gr) 32 Korecka-Soszkowska, Maria (pol) 57 Korevaar, David (usa) 82 Krasovsky, Emanuel (isr) 3 Kumamoto, Mari (jpn) 73 Kuroda, Aki (jpn) 42,43,45 Kutrowatz, Johannes (a) 17 Kwok, Gabriel (hk) 83 La Gallic, Gaëlle (f) 9 Lafontaine, Loïc (f) 11 Lago, Juan (esp) 15,70,75 Lama, Carles (esp) 65 Lamas, Natalia (esp) 20,71,72,75 Lapšanský, Marián (slvk) 14 Larsen, Lavard Skou (dan) 3 Latarche, Vanessa (gb) 55 Lazko, Igor (rus) 57 Le Naour, Michel (f) 11 Lee, Yang-Sook (cor) 69 Leljak, Dorian (crt/serb) 67,75 Leporatti, Gabriele (it) 22 Levinson, Max (usa) 33 Levitina, Tatjana (rus) 66 Lewin, Michael (usa) 54 Li, Chenxi (chn) 4 Li, Jian (chn/usa) 53 Li, Yundi (chn) 60 74 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Liforenko, Olga (ukr) 79 Lim, Chong-Pil (cor) 11 Lisak, Magdalena (pol) 52 Llacuna, Marie Teresa (esp) 12 Lomazov, Marina (ukr) 82 Lotto, Miyoko (jpn) 84 Lou, Xue-Bin (chn) 24 Loukidou, Nora (gr) 32 Lowenthal, Jerome (usa) 27 Lucchesini, Andrea (it) 6 Lücker, Gesa (frg) 22 Luisi, Gianluca (it) 41 Machnik, Piotr (pol) 37 Mamriev, Albert (isr) 3,9,16,18,20,43,76 Mantovani, Angelo Achille (it) 35 Marchegiani, Sergio (it) 20,71 Marciano, Gianluca (it) 61 Marco, Patrick (f) 11 Mardirossian, Vahan (arm) 20,78 Margulis, Jura (frg) 32,80 Markarova-Yakubovitch, Anna (rus) 79 Markov, Mikhail (rus/hol) 59 Marshev, Oleg (rus) 39,47 Matsuda, Yasuko (jpn) 40 Matsuev, Denis (rus) 55 Matsuzawa, Yuki (jpn) 76 Matteucci, Mauro Nadir (it) 38 Mauser, Siegfried (frg) 14,75 Mazzoccante, Giuliano (it) 58,70 McDonald, Robert (usa) 27 McSwiney, Veronica (irl) 33 Medina, Juan (esp) 75 Medjimorec, Heinz (a) 6 Meir, Baruch (isr) 87 Meister, Rudolf (frg) 17 Menor Martín, José (esp) 31 Merlet, Dominique (f) 10,12 Merli, Giuseppe (it) 50 Meshkuna-Slater, Marika (gb) 28 Millás Vendrell, María Raquel (esp) 69 Min, Klara (cor/usa) 21,29,63,85 Mishory, Gilead (isr) 9 Mocsári, Károly (hun) 10,61 Moesus, Johannes (frg) 23 Möller, Stephan (frg) 2,24 Molteni, Cristina (it) 35 Monakh, Olga (ukr) 12

Monastyrski, Vadim (isr) 25,52,87 Montero, Sergio (esp) 70 Morales Alonso, Leonel (cub/esp) 3,20,68,70, Moreno, Hector (arg) 49 \ 71,75 Moretti, Maurizio (it) 47 Morgan, Carol (gb) 2 Morita, Yoshifumi (jpn) 35 Mouradian, Aida (f) 11 Mrongovius-Uriarte, Begoña (esp) 13 Mukhamedzhanov, Tolegen (kzk) 55 Mulazzani, Gianmarco (it) 41 Müllenbach, Alexander (lux) 26,72 Müller, Christian (gdr) 19 Mulyar, Pavlo (ukr) 79 Murawska, Maria (pol) 64 Mužijevic, Predrag (bosn) 5 Nagai, Yoshikazu (jpn) 80 Nakamatsu, Jon (usa) 81 Namirovsky, Misha (isr) 17 Navach, Lisa (gb) 35 Negishi, Yuki (jpn) 30 Nel, Anton (rsa) 33 Nersesian, Pavel (rus) 53,69 Nigata, Chika (jpn) 48 Ninomiya, Yuko (jpn) 54 Nohara, Midori (jpn) 54 Nosè, Alberto (it) 77 Nosina, Vera (rus) 57 Nuti, Giampaolo (it) 46 O'Conor, John (irl) 33 Ohlsson, Garrick (usa) 60 O'Hora, Ronan (gb) 10 Okada, Victoria Tomoko (jpn) 11 Okahara, Shinya (jpn) 54 Øland, Anne (dan) 8 Olejniczak, Janusz (pol) 60 Onay, Gülsin (tur) 78 Osinska, Ewa (pol) 69 Osokins, Sergejs (lat) 56 Ossipova, Irina (rus) 8 Otto, Gerlinde (gdr) 25 Ovchinnikov, Vladimir (rus) 84 Oyaguez Montero, Alfredo (esp) 16,75 Paleczny, Piotr (pol) 52,60 Pallottini, Romano (it) 69 Palmer, Robert (usa) 26 Papadiamandis, Mathieu (f) 11

Papadopoulos, Marios (gb) 27 Parker, Jon Kimura (can) 81 Pavri, Fali (ind) 28 Pedroni, Simone (it) 39 Pegoraro, Roberto (it) 51 Perrino, Folco (it) 39 Perry, John (usa) 4 Petrushansky, Boris (rus) 27 Pikul, Andrzej (pol) 74 Pilavachi, Costa (gr) 5 Pirner, Gitti (frg) 19 Pobłocka, Ewa (pol) 60 Pochekin, Stanislav (rus) 29,77,83 Pompa-Baldi, Antonio (it) 86 Popowa-Zydron, Katarzyna (pol) 52,60 Preissler, Nadja (frg) 66 Prommachart, Poom (thl) 30 Prosseda, Roberto (it) 35 Puchol Vivas, Fernando (esp) 73 Pyasetsky, Valery (rus) 55 Queffélec, Anne (f) 27,53 Quero Castro, Rafael (esp) 74 Rasca, Luca (it) 37,44 Raskin, Philippe (b) 3,9,48 Reach, Pierre (f) 32,78,86 Restani, Paolo (it) 36 Reul, Hans (b) 15 Rieger, Friedemann (frg) 23 Ringeissen, Bernard (f) 32 Rink, John (gb) 60 Risaliti, Riccardo (it) 50 Rivera, Daniel (arg) 31 Rodríguez, Santiago (cub) 84 Rogé, Pascal (f) 73 Romaniuk, Jerzy (pol) 52 Rose, Jerome (usa) 34 Rossi Vimercati, Maria Grazia (it) 42 Roth, Marilyn (usa) 19 Roverelli, Mirco (it) 38 Russo, Eugenie (usa) 2 Sadauskas, Laurynas (lit) 57 Saitkoulov, Rustem (rus) 78 Sakagami, Hiroko (jpn) 77 Salazar, Myrthala (mex) 18,72 Samardjieva, Maja (bul) 44 Sava, Georg (frg) 19 Scheps, Ilja (rus/frg) 20,59,70,78 Alink - Argerich Foundation | 75

Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram (frg) 17 Scott, Graham (gb) 79 Seehafer, Reinhard (frg) 17 Seibert, Christian (frg) 15 Seki, Takahiro (jpn) 37 Sen, Emre (tur) 78 Serdar, Aleksandar (serb) 87 Servenikas, Robertas (lit) 57 Sevilla, Jean-Paul (f) 69,74 Shaham, Orli (isr) 81 Sharon, Boaz (usa) 74 Shaykhutdinov, Rustam (rus) 50 Shin, Soo-Jung (cor) 33 Shtarkman, Alexander (rus) 34 Sigfridsson, Henri (fin) 19 Siirala, Antti (fin) 21 Sims, Lori (usa) 84 Skovorodnikov, Eugene (rus) 44 Slutsky, Boris (usa) 80 Sohn, Min Soo (cor) 59 Solis, Rafael (esp) 76 Sorel, Alexandre (f) 11 Soriano, Joaquín (esp) 73 Spanò, Salvatore (it) 51 Stanczyk, Urszula (pol) 16 Stanetti, Ðorde (crt) 7 Stankeviciute, Edita (lit) 31 Steinberg, Delia (esp) 76 Stenzl, Hans-Peter (frg) 13,37 Stenzl, Volker (frg) 37 Sterczynski, Jerzy (pol) 52 Stødle, Tori (n) 59 Strabbioli, Edoardo Maria (it) 51 Stuppner, Hubert (it) 35,42 Sullivan, Gil (aus) 61 Sultanov, Namik (azer) 86 Sumi, Kazuko (jpn) 54 Swann, Jeffrey (usa) 85 Switala, Wojciech (pol) 52,60 Szaunig, Peter (frg) 66 Szokolay, Balázs (hun) 19 Szraiber, Maria (pol) 52 Tabacu, Marius (rum) 19 Tacchino, Gabriel (f) 47 Takacs, Peter (hun) 84 Tal, Yaara (isr) 13 Taneva, Borislava (bul) 4 76 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Tang, Zhe (chn) 6,87 Tapia, Miguel Ángel (esp) 71,72,75 Tarallo, Antonio (it) 35 Tatarski, Andrzej (pol) 64,77 Tawaststjerna, Erik T. (fin) 6,8,23,69 Tchaikovsky, Alexander (rus) 73 Tebenikhin, Amir (kzk) 17 Teixeira Lopes, Álvaro (prt) 65 Terrado, Purificació (esp) 77 Tharaud, Alexandre (f) 5 Thiollier, François Joël (f) 51 Thuilleux, Jacqueline (f) 11 Tichman, Nina (usa) 22 Timtchenko, Ilona (rus) 68 Tkaczewski, Krystian (pol) 2,24,86 Tolomelli, Barbara (it) 47 Trabucco, Luca (it) 37 Traub, Michael (frg) 17 Treherne, John (gb) 28 True, Nelita (usa) 83 Tsuda, Michiko (jpn) 74 Tumiatti, Adriano (it) 41 Ueda, Katsumi (jpn) 53 Umezu, Tokihiko (jpn) 54 Ungureanu, Mihai (rum) 35 Uribe, Blanca (col) 81 Usui, Toshiki (jpn) 2 Van der Westhuizen, Pierre (rsa) 75 Van Ingen, Alexander (gb) 30 VandenEijnden, Jean-Claude (b) 3 Vardi, Arie (isr) 13,55 Venturino, Paolo (it) 37 Vesmas, Tamas (rum) 44 Viardo, Vladimir (rus) 7 Vickers, Catherine (can) 14,34,40 Vidovic, Silvije (crt) 7 Villalba, María Luisa (esp) 76 Vincenzi, Marco (it) 40,49 Vinnitsky, Vladimir (ukr) 79 Virsaladze, Eliso (geor) 4,14 Vitaite, Veronika (lit) 57 Vladar, Stefan (a) 25 Von Bredow, Moritz (frg) 41 Vondracek, Lukas (cz) 59 Vranos, George (gr) 32 Wang, Jia (chn) 24 Wang, Xin (chn) 16

Waterman, Fanny (gb) 27 Weinstock, Frank (usa) 80 Weyand, Uta (frg) 8,23,64,65 Wibaut, Frank (gb) 26 Wilk, Slawomir (pol) 56 Wojtal, Waldemar (pol) 62 Wojtas, Stefan (pol) 62 Wong, Eleanor (hk) 27 Wright, Brian (gb) 26 Wu, Ying (chn) 6 Yanovitsky, Mikhail (rus) 79

Yoshida, Hirofumi (jpn) 36 Yuguchi, Miwa (jpn) 54 Zakopets, Ludmilla (ukr) 62 Zelikman, Tatiana (rus) 9 ZenzipÊr, Arkadi (rus) 75 Zhu, Xiao-mei (chn) 34 Zielinski, Stanislaw (pol) 63 Zilberstein, Lilya (rus) 34 Živkovic, Ninoslav (serb) 67 Zolotarev, Alexander (rus) 16

Note: Every effort has been made to present correct information. Yet, with such a large amount of data, it is almost unavoidable that there might be an occasional misspelling or an incorrect indication of a person's nationality. Should this be the case, sincere apologies are made.

A jury meeting in Geneva (1982), where we see familiar faces. (Photo: Gustav Alink)

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Jury Rules & Recommendations Participants always wish to understand what’s happening and how the jury arrives at certain decisions. It is therefore much appreciated when there is transparency at competitions.

Voting procedures Most competitions have a set of rules for the jury describing the voting procedures. For major competitions, this can be an elaborate set of articles, describing each eventuality.

Organisers of smaller competitions may have written down a few guidelines, and it may even happen that the procedures are still discussed and changed at the start of the competition. At the more respectable competitions, the voting procedures are clearly described and published, together with the participation conditions.

People also wonder about the results of preselections. Many pianists apply for major competitions and only a limited number of contestants can be accepted. Excellent performers have sometimes bad luck. To enhance transparency, the preselection for the Pozzoli Competition in Seregno (2015) was open for public. At the Isidor Bajic Competition in Novi Sad, the audience is allowed to enter the jury room, so that they can witness the procedures.

Students of jury members There is always much discussion about the problem of jury members bringing their own students to the same competition. This should better be avoided. At most competitions, there is the rule that jury members may not vote over their own students. This sounds good, but it also introduces other complications, and there are still the effects on the other jury members, which they may not be aware of, but which unmistakingly play a role and can have some influence.

Some organisers argue that the level at their competition is so high, thanks to the fact that the jury members bring their best students. Such a remark is poor and not nice towards the other contestants. It does not show much understanding of the problem. With the wide diffusion of all information about competitions, on the internet (and by AAF), pianists from all over the world can know about the competitions, and there are literally thousands of excellent young musicians, who perform at high level and who fully deserve to take part and should also have a fair chance of winning a prize.

One should be realistic: if it happens that a student of a jury member wins the competition – whether justified or not – it may provoke all kinds of rumours.

It would be much better to avoid such unpleasant situations altogether and to stipulate that students of jury members may not take part.

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Of course, one may argue that it is difficult to define “student” and that there are also many similar situations (with master classes and private teaching), making it difficult to draw the line and also to verify every situation. But at least, it will already help to have a rule that eliminates the most obvious cases. And it will definitely be good for the image of the competition.

The following table gives a few examples of competitions where students of jury members are not allowed to take part: Competition Esp - Barcelona Esp - Campillos Esp - R. Viñes Frg - Bonn Frg - MozARTe Isr - Rubinstein It - Massarosa It - Monza It - Pozzoli It - Taranto Pol - Paderewski Pol - Szafarnia USA - Cincinnati USA - Hilton Head USA - PianoArts USA - New York USA - Bachauer USA - Midwest USA - San Jose

Time period (*) current last 2 years last 2 years last 4 years current 10 months last 2 years last 2 years ongoing teaching last 2 years last 3 years current any time, in any capacity last 5 years last 2 years any time last 5 years any time 12 months

additional remarks also no private teaching (**)

not any teaching relationship nor master classes not under any circumstances also no private teaching nor any coaching nor privately nor coaching nor coaching nor coaching on a regular basis

*: mostly, a time period is added, during which no official teaching relationship may have taken place, e.g. “not during the past two years before the start of the competition”. As can be seen, a few competitions entirely rule out any teaching relation, at present or in the past. **: at the Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, there was an additional stipulation ruling out only those situations, where the pianist took frequent lessons with a jury member over a period of at least one year.

NB: occasional attendance of Master Classes is usually allowed.

The Arcangelo Speranza Competition in Taranto (Italy) also has such a rule, but phrases it slightly differently: “a person may not be on the jury if one of his students is among the participants”, thus ruling out a potential jury member rather than participants.

At the Isidor Bajic Competition in Novi Sad, pianists are barred from participation when they had any sort of pedagogical contact with more than three members of the jury.

NB: the above table is only indicative and not exhaustive. Also other competitions have thought about this. Rules and conditions may also change.

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Publishing all votes It can be applauded when the organisers publish all the points or votes by the jury, after the competition has finished.

Pros & Cons People might object by saying that this exposes the individual jury members too much and that it can be harmful for the unsuccessful participants. Yet, much can be said in favour of publishing all the points: it gives a lot of insight, enhances transparency and it stimulates the jury members to think twice about their judgment (as an organiser once remarked), and it is also educational in many ways: one can learn a lot and make one’s own analyses.

It can also take away the suspicion people may have about any conspiracy or manipulation and can prevent endless rumours that might otherwise be quite harmful to the reputation and image of the competition and the organisers.

In this respect, it is interesting to note that a well-known music critic once wrote quite negatively about publishing all the votes, but after a heavily discussed incident at another competition eight months later, this same critic praised the other competition for having published all the votes. (His earlier criticism had already been removed from the internet.)

Thinking of the large interest and of modern time, in which everything is opening up and people are demanding more transparency in all areas of important activity, there are indeed stronger arguments in favour than against.

It is wonderful to see that several competitions already decided to publish all the points, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2010 and 2015, the Busoni Competition, the Rina Sala Gallo Competition in Monza. In 2015, the Spanish Composers competition in Las Rozas (Spain) also made this step. Other competitions have announced to do this as well. There are a few competitions that have always been transparent by disclosing all the points by the jury from the very first time the event took place: the Chopin Competition in Mariánské Lázne (Czech Rep.), the Brahms Competition in Pörtschach (Austria) and the Chopin Competition in Hartford (CT, USA) (not affiliated with AAF).

Trying out the piano on stage Another recommendation for competition organisers: arrange some time and opportunity for all the jury members to try out the pianos on stage before the competition starts.

Knowing the instrument on stage, its touch, its range and potential, and testing the acoustics of the hall would definitely help in making a fair assessment. At most competitions, the jury primarily consists of pianists. One would expect that they should at least be interested or even feel the desire to touch and try the instrument on stage themselves.

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Australia | Sydney

6 – 23 JULY 2016

One of the world’s most anticipated events, in one of the world’s most attractive destinations.

We invite you to be part of the excitement of the 2016 Competition.

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Austria | Graz

9th International Competition

February 4-12, 2015 | Graz | Austria

Prize Winners 2015

Duo for Voice and Piano (Lied) – 1st Prize

Boettger-Soller & Gore Kimberley BOETTGER-SOLLER Mezzo-soprano, Germany Melissa GORE Piano, Great Britain/Japan

Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello – 2nd Prize & Special Prize*

Trio Atanassov Pierre-Kaloyann ATANASSOV Piano, France Perceval GILLES Violin, France Sarah SULTAN Violoncello, France

String Quartet – 1st Prize

Belenus Quartett Seraina PFENNINGER Violin, Switzerland Anne BATTEGAY Violin, Switzerland Esther FRITZSCHE Viola, Germany Jonas VISCHI Violoncello, Germany Next competition: February 2018 More information on our website from 2016: schubert.kug.ac.at ________________________________ * 1st Prize not awarded; Special Prize for the best interpretation of the prize-winning piece of the International Composition Competition

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Austria | Oberschützen

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL JENÖ TAKÁCS PRIZE WINNERS 2014 PIANO COMPETITION CATEGORY A: 1. Sakurako KITA (JP) FOR YOUNG 2. Kiron Atom TELLIAN (AUT) PIANISTS 3. Max WELLER (AUT) CATEGORY B:

NOVEMBER 09-13, 2016 1. Nahomi IKEHARA (JP) OBERSCHÜTZEN/BURGENLAND 2. Himawari KITA (JP) AUSTRIA 3. Romain CARL (F) CATEGORIES (A-C) CATEGORY C: 2. Yaroslav BYKH (UKR) A: birth years 2004/2005/2006 2. Ead Anner RÜCKSCHLOß (D) B: birth years 2001/2002/2003 C: birth years 1998/1999/2000 REGISTRATION STARTS: FEB 01, 2016

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PRIZE FOR THE BEST TAKÁCS-INTERPRETATION: Nahomi IKEHARA (JP)

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Austria | Salzburg

Photos: ©Christian Schneider

Salzburg 2016 & 2018

12th International Mozart Competition 2 – 12 February 2016

Piano

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13th International Mozart Competition 2 – 18 February 2018

String Quartet

Voice

Contact: Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Salzburg Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg / Austria E-Mail: mozartwettbewerb@moz.ac.at

www.uni-mozarteum.at/mozartwettbewerb

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Austria | Vienna

Vienna International Pianists

8th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition Age-Groups

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born 1986 and later Entry fee € 135.3 rounds, ca. 15/35/50 min.

II

born 1998 and later Entry fee € 105.2 rounds, ca. 15/30 min.

III born 2004 and later

Entry fee € 75.-

max. 12 min.

Jury

Imola Jóo Hungary/Austria Sung-Suk Kang South Korea/Austria Maurizio Moretti Italy/France Stephan Möller Germany/Austria Taeko Oba Japan Eugenie Russo USA/Austria Krystian Tkaczewski Poland/USA Tatiana Vetrinskaya Russia/USA

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Ehrbar Hall, Vienna, Austria, August 15-21, 2016 Prizes

Monetary awards: • Euro 6,000.- total Grand Prix Rosario Marciano: • Euro 2,000.• Recital in Vienna 2016/17 Special prizes for the best performances of • a work by Franz Schubert • the compulsory piece 5 minutes, will be published in March at www.pianists.at International concert engagements

Application deadline: June 30, 2016

VIP Academy Masterclasses & Festival August 6-14, 2016

Detailed information: Vienna International Pianists Rauchfangkehrergasse 11/1/5 1150 Wien, Austria Ph/Fax: (+43) 1 - 9294027 vipacademy@utanet.at www.pianists.at 03.12.15 02:01 Alink - Argerich Foundation | 87

Belgium | Brussels

QUEEN ELISABETH COMPETITION

pıano BRUSSELS

02/05 > 09/06/2016 02 → 07/05/2016

First round

09 → 14/05/2016

Semi-final

23 → 28/05/2016

Final

01 & 02/06/2016

Laureates’ recitals

06/06/2016

Laureates’ concert

09/06/2016

Closing concert

FLAGEY

FLAGEY Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, dir. Paul MEYER

BRUSSELS CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS National Orchestra of Belgium, dir. Marin ALSOP

FLAGEY

BRUSSELS CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS deFilharmonie, dir. Thierry FISCHER

BRUSSELS CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS Brussels Philharmonic, dir. Stéphane DENÈVE

www.qeimc.be Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Info : rue aux Laines 20, B-1000 Brussels [Belgium] tel : +32 2 213 40 50 – fax : +32 2 514 32 97 – info@qeimc.be

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NEXT PIANO SESSION: M AY 2 0 2 0

Belgium | Brussels

International Competition For Young Pianists

Merci, Maestro!

16-17 April 2016

Brussels, Belgium

Europe f o t r a e In the h

0 years old 2 l il t s ie r o g Three cate Applications till March 15th 2016

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Belgium | Kraainem

CÉSAR FRANCK I N T E R N AT I O N A L PIANO COMPETITION

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

A P P L I C AT I O N D E A D L I N E : 20TH NOVEMBER 2016 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: PHILIPPE RASKIN

OFFICE@CFIPC.COM

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16TH - 18TH DECEMBER 2016

Belgium | Leuze-en-Hainaut

André Dumortier

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10 - 17 septembre 2016 Pianistes nés après le 10 septembre 1990

Pianists born after September 10, 1990

Règlement - Rules : www.ciad.be Concours International André Dumortier asbl Avenue de la Résistance, 1 Tél. : (+32) 69 - 66 98 64 E-mail : info@ciad.be

7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut (Belgique) Fax : (+32) 69 - 66 56 65 http://www.ciad.be

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Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

5TH BNDES INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF RIO DE JANEIRO Tribute to LUCIA

BRANCO and CAMARGO GUARNIERI

2016 Total amount of prizes BRL 280,000.00 November 30th – December 10th,

(two hundred eighty thousand Reais), plus concerts in Brazil, USA and Europe

Age limit 17-30 by Application deadline

June 2nd, 2016 June 2nd, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL

2014 edition winners – from left to right: Daria Kiseleva (1st prize), Dmitry Shishkin (2nd prize), Dinara Klinton (3rd prize)

Information Rua Marquesa de Santos 42 # 1702 22221-080 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil (+55) 21 - 22257492

www.concursopianorio.com | cip.rio@br.inter.net Artistic director: Lilian Barretto Sole Sponsor S u p p ort

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Canada | Calgary

PIANO | FESTIVAL | COMPETITION

FESTIVAL & PIANO COMPETITION DISCOVERING THE COMPLETE PIANIST | HONENS.COM

“The Honens International Piano Competition, based in Canada, prides itself on awarding accomplished pianists who are complete musicians. This may seem a lofty claim, but the Honens has a long list of thoughtful awardees to back it up.”

APPLICATION DEADLINE 30 November 2017

QUARTERFINALS | BERLIN & NEW YORK February & March 2018

SEMIFINALS & FINALS | CALGARY

—The New York Times

30 August to 8 September 2018

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Canada | MontrĂŠal

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Canada | Toronto

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL Piano Competition WATCH OUT FOR THE

NEXT TIPC IN 2018!

2014 First prize Yang Liu

2014 Second prize 2014 Third prize Rodolfo Leone Rachel Kudo Presenting Sponsor

Left to right: Victor Royce, President & CEO, Rolex Canada Ltd; Rachel Kudo; Rodolfo Leone; Yang Liu; Dr. Ming-Tat Cheung, Chairman & President, CCCGT; Gerry O’Hanlon, Rolex Canada Ltd. (TIPC 2014)

Enquiries: (+1) 416 - 292-9293 ext 229 info@ipianotoronto.ca www.ipianotoronto.ca

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China | Shenzhen

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China | Xiamen

China International Piano Competition 厦门 (Xiamen)

Prize winners 2013

Prize winners and Jury members 2013

Next Competition: 2017

www.cipc.fj.cn

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China | Zhuhai

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Croatia | Karlovac

Karlovac

Piano Festival

The 3rd Karlovac International Piano Competition Prizes: 3000 â‚Ź

www.karlovacpianofestival.com

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Croatia | Zagreb

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Czech Republic | Plzenˇ

32nd SMETANA INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 13 - 20 March | 2016 House of Music Pilsen | Czech republic

First Category Second Category Third Category

age limit to 16 years | one round age limit to 20 years | two rounds age limit to 30 years | three rounds

Smetana China Piano Competition for young pianists will take place in Beijing in Summer 2017.

More information: www.smetana.com.cn

33rd Smetana International Piano Competition: Pilsen | March 2018 www.piano-competition.com

Conservatory of Pilsen

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Denmark | Århus

A A rhus InternAt I onAl

Piano ComPetition

aarhus - euroPean CaPital of Culture 2017

March 10th - March 18th 2017 Musikhuset Aarhus · Denmark Members of the jury: Søren Rastogi, Akiko Ebi, Christopher Elton, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Ewa Poblocka, Jean-Paul Sevilla and Uta Weyand.

Age limits

Group A: born March 11th 2001 - March 10th 2006 Group B: born March 11th 1995 - March 10th 2001

Total amount of prizes: 31,500 €

– plus concerts for all prize winners and participants

Application deadline: November 15th, 2016 Aarhus International Piano Competition Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium · Skovgaardsgade 2 C · 8000 Århus C · Denmark info@pianocompetition.dk · www.pianocompetition.dk

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England | Hastings

12TH HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION FIRST PRIZE: £10,000 + CONCERTO PERFORMANCE WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & OTHER ENGAGEMENTS OTHER PRIZES: TOTAL VALUE £23,800

25 FEBRUARY > 5 MARCH 2016 NEXT COMPETITIONS:

HastingsConcertoCompetition.co.uk CHARITY NUMBER: 261351

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FEBRUARY / MARCH 2017 & 2018

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England | Manchester

28 November – 3 December 2016

Graham Scott artistic director

First prize of: ÂŁ10,000 (plus concert engagements) This competition will be open to pianists under the age of 30 and will have a particular focus on the music of Domenico Scarlatti, Chopin and Debussy

/rncmvoice /rncmlive www.rncm.ac.uk/jmipc Supported by the James Mottram Bequest

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England | Newcastle

23 – 26 November 2016

Newcastle upon Tyne, England Last date for entries: Monday, 3 October 2016

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the 9th YOUNG IANIST OF THE NORTH international competition

Photo: Kevin Radcliffe

in partnership with KAWAI and WIENER URTEXT

 For pianists under the age of 20  Award-winning educational programme: masterclasses, one-to-one feedback from the Jury, Wiener Urtext editions for all participants, courtesy of Wiener Urtext

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England | Windsor

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Sergei Redkin, winner of the year 2012

Finland | Helsinki

THE FOURTH HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL MAJ LIND PIANO COMPETITION DATE AUGUST 18–31, 2017 VENUE HELSINKI MUSIC CENTRE, FINLAND AGE LIMIT PIANISTS BORN IN OR AFTER 1987 PRIZES I) 30,000 €, II) 25,000 €, III) 20,000 € PAST WINNERS 2002 ALBERTO NOSÈ, 2007 SOFIA GULYAK, 2012 SERGEI REDKIN MORE INFORMATION WWW.MAJLINDCOMPETITION.FI

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France | Chatou

Concours International de Piano de CHATOU “Cécile EDEL-LATOS” FRANCE 1er Grand Prix Florian Puddu

★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★★

Membres du Jury et Lauréats 2013 Les Lauréats

Prochaines sessions : Octobre-Novembre 2016 puis 2019 Dates d’inscription : Mars à Juillet 2016 Age : entre 18 et 35 ans Montant des Prix : 5 000 € Les épreuves se dérouleront sur un Piano Steinway Contact : 12, vergers de la Ranchère - 78860 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - FRANCE Mail : edel-latos@wanadoo.fr - Site : www.concours-piano-chatou.com Tél : (+33) 1 - 30802912

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France | Lyon

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France | Maisons-Laffitte

29 th May - 4 th June 2016

Anne Queffélec

Honorary President

Paris

The competition is open to pianists of all nationalities.

Age : maximum 32 (Concert Pianist) and minimum 25 (Amateur Concert Pianist).

Dates : Levels 1 to 3 (29th May), Amateur Concert Pianist and Advanced (30th May), Excellence (31th May, 1st June), Concert Pianist (2nd - 4th June).

Accommodation: with host family subject to availability.

Prize : 7250€ and 12 recitals (Concert Pianist: 5750€ and 8 remunerated recitals including 1 with orchestra). alle Malesherbes - Place du Château Address : Opus Yvelines - BP 70003 78600 Maisons-Laffitte Cedex - France

opusyvelines@gmail.com

www.concoursdepiano.com

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Crédit photos: Catherine Poincelet et Kourtney Roy

Maisons-Laffitte

France | Orléans

Under the high patronage of Mr François HOLLANDE President of the French Republic

ational 12th Intern petition m Piano Co rance Orléans-F18-28, 2016 February 2016 : March 14,f the o Concert ners prize-win es Théâtre d u Nord, Bouffes d Paris

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onal 7th Internatipetition Junior Com e“ “Brin d’herb nce Orléans - Fra Spring 2017 Age 8 to 18

Orléans Concours International (France) Tel-Fax : (+33) 2 - 38628922

oci.piano@wanadoo.fr www.oci-piano.com www.facebook.com/oci.piano

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France | Paris

9th International Piano Competition Francis POULENC Under the High Patronage of the French Republic President Dates :

End of November 2016

Age limit :

35 years Born after 31st Dec. 1981

Deadline for application :

TOKYO PARIS

1st October 2016

Awards

Total amount of prizes: 14 000 € and many recital engagements for the Prizewinner (Salle Cortot in Paris and in other main towns in France and abroad)

The Competition

First round in Japan : date to be determined First round Semi-Final Finals: Recital and Concerto

in Paris

Jury’s President : Gabriel TACCHINO

Past Prizewinners :

Kana OKADA Prizewinner 2013 with the Limoges and Limousin Orchestra

1997 1999 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013

Jean DUBE (France) Tamayo IKEDA (Japan) Mourad HOUSSEYNOV (Azerbaïdjan) - 2 Jean MULLER (Luxemburg) Yusuke KIKUCHI (Japan) Sofja GÜLBADAMOVA (Germany) Kyoko SOEJIMA (Japan) Kana OKADA (Japan)

nd prize

Contacts :

Concours International de Piano F. Poulenc 179, rue de Courcelles F-75017 Paris Tel.: (+33) 6 - 07 72 28 32 Website : www.concours - poulenc.org E- mail : info@concours - poulenc.org For further information : Jacques LAGARDE (manager and founder of the competition) Tel.: (+33) 6 - 61 16 83 55 - E-mail: l -guy@wanadoo.fr 112 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

France | Paris

Grand Prix Animato Paris, Salle Cortot

15th Concours: 26 - 29 November 2016

www.animato.org

Past Prizewinners:

Shai Wossner (1st, 1996), Finghin Collins (1st, 1998) Denis Matsuev (2nd, 1998), Oliver Kern (1st, 2000) Olga Kern (Spec. Prize, 2000), Siheng Song (1st, 2002) Alexander Kobrin (1st, 2004), Xiaotang Tan (1st, 2007) Roman Rabinovitch (1st, 2007), Tae-Hyung Kim (1st, 2008) Ah Ruem Ahn (1st, 2010), Han-Bin Chyung (1st, 2012) George Li (1st, 2014)

Photo: Eric Gudimar

Ages: 16 - 28 90 min. free repertoire 3 rounds - no elimination Total amount of awards: 25,000 Euro Live auditions

Artistic Director

Prof. Marian Rybicki 65, Quai Branly F - 75007 PARIS Tel.: (+33) 1 - 45559392 m.rybicki@club-internet.fr Alink - Argerich Foundation | 113

France | Pontoise

PIANO CAMPUS 2017 3, 4, 5 March - 16th Edition > Application deadline : December 15, 2016 > Registration for Piano Campus is free > Prizes : 30 000 â‚Ź > Ages 16 - 25

www.piano-campus.com infos@piano-campus.com (+33) 1 - 34351853

Next edition : 2018

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France | Valence

CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE PIANO TERESA LLACUNA - VILLE DE VALENCE (FRANCE)

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LES 22-23-24 AVRIL 2016 AU CONSERVATOIRE DE MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE VALENCE (FRANCE) Président du jury : Dominique Merlet “Nous privilégions, au-delà de la maîtrise technique et de la virtuosité exigées des candidats, les qualités expressives de l'interprète et sa capacité à transmettre, dans le scrupuleux respect des styles musicaux abordés, une émotion sincère.”

Teresa Llacuna Coordonnées site : www.concours-piano-llacuna.fr

Dates d’inscription : du 1er décembre 15 au 1er mars 2016

Photos : P. Breton, L. Pascale/ADT Drôme, L. Tulasne/graphisme : car.c1poisson@wanadoo.fr

12e Concours International de Piano Teresa Llacuna-Ville de Valence

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Georgia | Tbilisi

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Germany | Aachen

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Germany | Aachen

MozARTè 12th International Piano Competition AACHEN

(former Prix AmadeO de piano)

10th - 16th September 2016 Further information: www.mozarte-aachen.com Age limit: 30 years

Prize Winner PRIZE2013 st

Kirill Korsunenko (UKR)

€ 4000 1 prize: Olga Stezhko (BLR) nd Sona Barseghyan (ARM) 2 prize: € 1500 3rd prize: € 1000 Audience prize Further concert engagements for the winners

Application deadline July 22nd, 2016 Contact: AmadèO e.V. Beethovenstraße 16 52064 Aachen, Germany

info@mozarte-aachen.com

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Germany | Bonn

LIFE IS FOR SHARING.

7-15 DEC 2017 Young stars of classical music Age limit 18 – 32 years Application deadline May 15, 2017 Prize winners 2015

1st prize 30,000 € Filippo Gorini Italy

2nd prize 20,000 € Ben Cruchley Canada

3rd prize 10,000 € Moritz Winkelmann Germany

For further information please visit our website: www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de Presented by

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Germany | Bremen

T HE COMPE T IT ION

is open to all pianists aged 16–30 from Europe including the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Turkey and Israel.

PR IZE S TO BE AWAR D ED

approx. 23,500 â‚Ź At the end of the competition a double CD will be produced with the prize winners.

design: www.oblik.de

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Konstanze Eickhorst P resident, German y Boris Bloch Ukr aine Finghin Collins Irel and Julie Kaufmann USA Ewa Kupiec Pol and Piers Lane U K David Meier German y

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Germany | Darmstadt

www.chopin-gesellschaft.de

XI Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition

CHOPIN 6. – 16. October 2017 Competition in 3 rounds

Final round: Concerto with orchestra and one work for piano and cello Age limit: 30 years Total prize money: € 30,000 CHOPIN-GESELLSCHAFT IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND E.V. KASINOSTR. 3 · 64293 DARMSTADT

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Germany | Dortmund

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Germany | Ettlingen

Ettlingen Prizewinners 2014

15 th Ettlingen

International Competition for Young Pianists

August 6 - 14, 2016 Deadline for applications: April 30, 2016 Category A: up to 15 years Category B: up to 20 years Competition Office c/o Musikschule Pforzheimer Str. 25 76275 Ettlingen Germany

Organizer Town of Ettlingen, Kultur- und Sportamt

Tel. (+49) 7243 - 101-448 info@pianocompetition.org www.pianocompetition.org

Member: European Union of Music Competitions for Youth

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Germany | Frankfurt

INTERNATIONAL PIANO FORUM PRESENTS 2011 AMIR TEBENIKHIN

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL GERMAN PIANO AWARD 2012 LUKAS GENIUSAS

OFFICIAL OPENING CONCERT FRANKFURT MUSIC FAIR 2016

1 – 2 APRIL 2016

HR-SENDESAAL, FRANKFURT, GERMANY

6 APRIL 2016

ALTE OPER, FRANKFURT, GERMANY

2013 DMITRI LEVKOVICH

• AH RUEM AHN • LUKAS GENIUŠAS • CHING-YUN HU • JOSEPH MOOG • ANDREJS OSOKINS • YEKWON SUNWOO

VI. INTERNATIONAL GERMAN PIANO AWARD 3 – 5 APRIL 2017 2014 MISHA NAMIROVSKY

LAUREATE PRIZE ENDOWED WITH 20,000 €

PLUS FURTHER SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT

GRAND FINALE IN BIG HALL ALTE OPER FRANKFURT APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FROM MAY 2016 UNTIL DECEMBER 2016 2015 YEKWON SUNWOO

Information: www.ipf-frankfurt.com · Contact: m.maleki@ipf-frankfurt.com

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Germany | Geilenkirchen

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Germany | Königs Wusterhausen

2nd Young Piano Stars 3rd International Piano Competition

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Königs Wusterhausen, Germany JulyJuly 8-12, 2015 2017

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Germany | Meiningen

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Piano Trio Voice Wind Quintet Oboe Trumpet Piano Percussion Viola Clarinet Flute Violoncello Bassoon Trombone Harp French Horn Piano Duo String Quartet Violin Double Bass Organ Guitar

Germany | Munich

ARD International Music Competition

1st prize: Alina Shalamova & Nikolay Shalamov Piano Duo

2nd prize: Duo ShinPark

September 2017 Piano solo First Prize 10,000 Euro

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3rd prize: Piano Duo Lok Ping & Lok Ting Chau

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Germany | Schlitz

10 Years

PIANALE

Germany, Schloss Hallenburg, Schlitz

PIANALE International

ACADEMY & COMPETITION PIANALE

PIANALE JUNIOR

Date: July 28 – August 15, 2016

Date: July 31– August 9, 2016

Pianists between 18 – 30 years

Young pianists between 14 – 17 years

Professors: Akiko Ebi, Justas Dvarionas, Jun Kanno, Friedemann Rieger, Erik Tawaststjerna, Uta Weyand

Professors: Grigory Gruzman, William Fong

Special guest: Joaquín Soriano Deadline: May 31, 2016

Awards: Finalists 500 € Detailed information: www.pianale-junior.com

First stage: 12 minutes Semifinal: 15 minutes Final: 20 minutes Awards: · Semifinalists 500 € · Finalists 1,000 € · Concert engagements in Germany, Spain and England Detailed information: www.pianale.com

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Tel (+49) 661 – 94250407 Fax (+49) 661 – 9426287 Mail academy@pianale.com

Germany | Troisdorf

V. Troisdorf International

Piano Competition 04 - 07 August 2016 · Stadthalle Troisdorf · Germany Category A “Premiere“ up to 13 years (one round) Category B “Junge Talente“ up to 17 years (one round) Category C “Junge Meister‘‘ up to 35 years (two rounds) Application deadline: June 26, 2016

2015 Winners

Andrei Tcymbalistenko (Russland) Giovanni Bertolazzi (Italien) Shangjun Xu (China)

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The 5th Neue Sterne International Piano Competition 10 - 17 April 2016 Wernigerode Germany

Open to Pianists of all nationalities and ages Every two years

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Germany | Zwickau

June 9 to 19, 2016

17th INTERNATIONAL

ROBERT SCHUMANN COMPETITION PIANO SINGING Member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, Geneva and the Alink-Argerich Foundation

Awards Gold Medal - 1st Prize » 10,000 Euro Silver Medal - 2nd Prize » 7,500 Euro Bronze Medal - 3rd Prize » 5,000 Euro Special Prize » 3,000 Euro Age limits pianists: born after 1986 singers: born after 1984

Application deadline February 15, 2016 Information Stadtverwaltung Zwickau Robert-Schumann-Wettbewerb Postfach 200933 08009 Zwickau Germany Fon: (+49) 375 – 834130 Fax: (+49) 375 – 834141 E-Mail: kulturamt@zwickau.de www.schumann-zwickau.de

www.schumann-zwickau.de

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Greece | Thessaloniki

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“Giorgos Thymis” International Piano Competition Thessaloniki, Greece Patron: Association of Friends of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

12 - 20 January 2017

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Final stage with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (Megaron)

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Engagements in Greece and abroad

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Age limit: 32 years Deadline for application: December 15th, 2016

1st PRIZE 5000 € 2nd PRIZE 3500 € 3rd PRIZE 2000 € “Giorgos Thymis” International Piano Competition Address: 33 Platonos Str., 546 31 Thessaloniki, Greece | Tel. (+30) 2310 - 224722 | Email: info@thymiscompetition.gr | www.thymiscompetition.gr 136 | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

Hong Kong | Hong Kong

2016 27th September - 13th October 2016 Hong Kong City Hall ConCert Hall

The Fourth Hong Kong International Piano Competition will be held at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall between the 27 th September and the 13 th October, 2016, under the organizing auspices of The Chopin Society of Hong Kong Ltd. Applications to participate in the Competition are now welcome from all pianists born not earlier than 27th September, 1986.

A College of Jurors will include, as in past competitions, some of the best pianists and teachers in the world.

Jinsang Lee- 1st prizewinner 2008 Ilya Rashkovskiy- 1st prizewinner 2005 Giuseppe Andaloro- 1st prizewinner 2011

The first prize will include USD 25,000, a gold medal and a membership to the newly founded Club of the first prize winners of the Hong Kong International Piano Competition, offering its members a career in recording under the Alpha Omega Sound label and the benefits of a new concept in networking to generate worldwide engagements as well as at least once a year engagements to perform in HK during the Society’s yearly Joy of Music Festival.

The second prize will be USD 15,000 and a silver medal.

The third prize will be USD 10,000 and a bronze medal.

The fourth, fifth and sixth prizes will be: USD 5,000, USD 3,000 and USD 2,000 respectively.

Further details concerning the competition including application procedures, repertoire, etc, can be found in the website of The Chopin Society of Hong Kong Ltd, at: www.chopinsocietyhk.org The organizing committee of the competition can be contacted at: Room 206A, 2nd Floor, St. George’s Building, No. 2 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong Tel.: (+852) 2868 3387 Tel/Fax: (+852) 2868 3325 Fax: (+852) 2868 1994 Dr. Anabella Levin-Freris, Executive Secretary Mobile: (+852) 9027 1429 E-mail: afreris@netvigator.com

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Hungary | Budapest

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Ireland | Dublin

DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

N AT H A L I A M I L S T E I N Winner Dublin International Piano Competition 2015 Dublin International Piano Competition P.O. Box No. 71, An Post, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Tel: (+353) 1 - 272 1523

Fax: (+353) 1 - 272 1508

Email: info@dipc.ie

Web: www.dipc.ie

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Israel | Tel Aviv

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Italy | Acquaviva delle Fonti

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Italy | Bolzano

CHLOE MUN 1st Prize 2015

FERRUCCIO BUSONI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION “I have rediscovered in her a naturalness of musicality that I thought had disappeared.”

JÖRG DEMUS

Management: concerts@concorsobusoni.it

Next edition:

FERRUCCIO BUSONI 61st International Piano Competition Bolzano – Bozen, Italy · 2016 – 2017 Preliminary Selections 26.08. – 02.09.2016 A partner of

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01.05.2016

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Italy | Cantù

CITTÀ DI CANTÙ INTERNATIONAL PIANO and ORCHESTRA 26th COMPETITION

Città di Cantù

Assessorato per la Cultura

1-8 May 2016 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Vincenzo Balzani PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA “Mihail Jora” di Bacau - Romania CONDUCTOR Ovidiu Balan Prizes 1° € 5,000.00 2° € 1,500.00 3° € 1,000.00 for each section Classical/Romantic Concert Special prizes € 10000.00 + recitals and concerts with orchestra Candidates must send their application form before April 20th 2016 INFO Nuova Scuola di Musica di Cantù Tel (+39) 031 - 706418 Cell (+39) 335 - 7041043 info@scuoladimusica.it www.scuoladimusica.it www.cantupianocompetition.com

Il Concorso è membro della Fondazione Alink-Argerich The competition is a member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation

Rotary Club Cantù

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Italy | Cento

Via SS. Trinità, 4 40066 Pieve di Cento (BO) Italy Tel. (+39) 347.3845447 www.associazionealessio.com info@associazionealessio.com

TERZO CONCORSO PIANISTICO INTERNAZIONALE THIRD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

“ROBERTA GALLINARI”

ITALY - 2017

www.associazionealessio.com

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Italy | Finale Ligure

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Italy | Lovere

Tadini International Music Competition For Chamber Duet 21-23 July For Piano Solo 3-6 August

Art direction Vincenzo Balzani & Claudio Piastra Chamber Duet (with or without piano, 4 hands and 2 pianos) Only one category and no age limit Piano Solo Section Category A: 5/7 years old; Category B: 8/10 years old; Category C: 11/13 years old; Category D: 14/18 years old; Category E: 19/29 years old Deadline 10 July 2016

Accademia Tadini - Lovere (Italy)

International Piano Campus VI Edition First period from 24 July to 2 August Second period from 6 August to 14 August Accademia Tadini – Lovere (Italy)

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Associazione Pianofriends

(+39) 342 3565752 www.pianofriends.eu - infomail: info@pianofriends.eu

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ASSOCIAZIONE MUSICALE “MASSAROSA”

MISERICORDIA DI MASSAROSA

Istituto Comprensivo Massarosa 1°

AMICI DELL’ORGANO GRAPHIC & DIGITAL PRINT

V. COLONNA CORSANICO

Teatro V. Manzoni Massarosa - Lucca (Italy)

8-9-10-11 giugno 2016 mobile (+39) 347 6128959 www.associazionemusicalemassarosa.eu - info@associazionemusicalemassarosa.eu Alink - Argerich Foundation | 147

Italy | Milan

6th international piano competition Milan (Italy)

piano

House of Rest for Musicians “G. Verdi Foundation” Buonarroti Square

talents

2016

Senior Section from 9 to 12 June Junior Section (Kids & Young Talents) from 15 to 19 June

13,000 euros in scholarships Senior Section: ages from 19 to 29 Junior Section: Kids Talents cat. A ages 5-6, cat. B ages 7-8, cat. C ages 9-10 Young Talents cat. D ages 11-12, cat. E ages 13-14 cat. F ages 15-16, cat. G ages 17-18 Artistic Director

M° Vincenzo Balzani PIANO

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President of Pianofriends Association

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ASSOCIAZIONE PIANOFRIENDS phone no. (+39) 342 3565752 Application form on the website www.pianofriends.eu - Deadline 31/5/2016 infomail ptconcorso@pianofriends.eu

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ASSOCIATION PIANO

LOVERS

PIANO LOVERS OVER 40

SECOND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR NON PROFESSIONAL PIANISTS OVER 40

NEXT COMPETITION IN 2017

MILAN / ITALY FOR INFO ABOUT NEXT EDITIONS pianoloversover40.com info@pianoloversover40.com SECRETARIAT segreteria@pianoloversover40.com (+39) 342 073 0803 FOLLOW US ON FB

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Italy | Monza

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Italy | Novara

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Centro Studi Martucciani Onlus

PIANO COMPETITION 2016 Free Program

Age between 18 and 29

International Jury

Eliminatory and Final Round April and May Final concert with audience voting

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Italy | Osimo

NUOVA COPPA PIANISTI International Piano Competition

Osimo (AN), ITALY

INTERNATIONAL JURY DIPLOMAS SCHOLARSHIPS CONCERTS SPECIAL PRIZES CD ALBUM PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY from Italian and foreign music organizations

and more…

www.nuovacoppapianisti.com

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Pamela Pinto design

info@polomusicmanagement.com

ORGANIZATION “Polo Music” Organization 60027 Osimo (AN) ITALY P.IVA 02514440425 Artistic Director: Gianluca Luisi Assistant: Pamela Pinto

Italy | Rome

XXVI CONCORSO PIANISTICO INTERNAZIONALE

ROMA INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

___________________________________________________ Medal of the President of the Republic

October 2016 Deadline for applications

30th September 2016 Age limit

Young Sections (Soloists) - 19 and 25 years Four Hands Duo and Two Pianos Duo Sections - 35 years Program: one round

“Chopin” Prize - 35 years Program: three rounds (final solo stage and with orchestra) 1st Prize - € 8,000.00 - Grand Piano B. Steiner - Prize Concerts Founder and Artistic Director

MARCELLA CRUDELI

Associazione Culturale “Fryderyk Chopin” chopinroma www.chopinroma.it - info@chopinroma.it - Phone/Fax (+39) 06 - 5073889

romapianocompetition

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Italy | Sacile

piano|fvg International Piano Competition

Sacile, Italy | Teatro Zancanaro

London Berlin

Paris Wien

Venice

Madrid

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

Rome

next event

6-14 May 2016 Deadline for application: 8th March 2016 Age limit: 32 years Prizes to be awarded: 32,000 euro + concert tour + Cd recording Programme:

www.pianofvg.eu

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Italy | Salerno

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Italy | San Donà di Piave

4° CONCORSO PIANISTICO INTERNAZIONALE “Città di San Donà di Piave” INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

17 - 22 Maggio 2016 San Donà di Piave (Venezia) - Italy Direzione artistica M° Francesca Vidal tel. (+39) 347 7983032 www.pianoconcorsosandona.jimdo.com

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Italy | Sansepolcro

F.I.D.A.P.A.

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Italy | Seregno

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Italy | Taranto

TARANTO, ITALY • 18, 19, 20 MAY 2016 Artistic Director Marco Vincenzi Deadline for applications: april 30th, 2016

Very important: our round timings oblige us to accept only the first 50 applications

JurY: Fernando Puchol (chairman, Spain), Pietro De Maria (Italy), Balázs Fülei (Hungary), Marco Vincenzi (Italy), Uta Weyand (Germany) aWarDS 1st PrIZE Euro 4,000.00 + 12 concerts in Italy 2nd PrIZE Euro 2,000.00 3rd PrIZE Euro 1,000.00 special prizes for the youngest finalists

open to pianists up to the age of 35 PrograMApril 30th 2014 deadline for application: Preliminary round (duration 15 minutes)

1) Scarlatti: a fast Sonata of free choice or Paisiello: a Sonata of free choice (from 6 Sonatas, Ed. Carisch, easily obtainable on www.amazon.it).

2) one or more compositions of free choice (even contemporary repertoire may be included).

Semi-final round (duration 45 minutes) 1) a Sonata by Haydn, or Mozart, or Clementi, or Beethoven, or Schubert; 2) one or more compositions of free choice (even contemporary repertoire may be included).

Final round (duration 30 minutes) One or more compositions of free choice (even contemporary repertoire may be included).

Finalists – if they consider it worthwhile – are allowed to present again one or more compositions from those already played in the preliminary or semi-final round.

www.amicidellamusicataranto.it/concorso info: concsperanza@interfree.it - Tel. +39 338-8627146

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Italy | Val Tidone

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Italy | Varallo

32° Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica 2016 Violin and Orchestra 27 th April - 2 nd May 2016 (deadline 31 st March)

Juniores Competition 24 th - 26 th June 2016

(deadline 1 st June)

Piano

26 th - 31 st August 2016 (deadline 1 st August)

Total Prize Money

€ 32,500.00 Information and applications:

Associazione Culturale Valsesia Musica Corso Roma, 35 - C.P. 40 ♦♦ I - 13019 Varallo (VC) Italy Ph.(+39) 0163 - 560020 info@valsesiamusica.com www.valsesiamusica.com www.facebook.com/valsesiamusica

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Italy | Verona

the 5 edition th

October 2016

Verona - Italy application deadline July 31, 2016 www.concorsopianisticoverona.com

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Japan | Hamamatsu

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Japan | Sendai

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Ji-Yeong MUN

Korea

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The 4th Takamatsu International Piano Competition will be held 14-21 March 2018 24 March 2018

25 March 2018

2-1, Sunport, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-0019 JAPAN http://www.sunport-hall.jp

member of the

Alink-Argerich Foundation

3F, 4-12 Kameicho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-0050 JAPAN Tel : (+81) 87 - 812 - 5583 Fax : (+81) 87 - 812 - 5584 E-mail : info@tipc.jp

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Japan | Tokyo

The 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA Final Round: January, 2017 in Greater Tokyo, JAPAN Application Deadline: October 15th, 2016 Professional Category

Open to all nationalities.

JPY 500,000 Gold Prize Silver Prize JPY 300,000 Bronze Prize JPY 100,000

Solo/Concerto/Amateur Category 16 different categories for various ages & levels

Special Prize JPY 100,000 (General and Concerto C Category only) Prestigious Jury

Andrzej Jasinski

Piotr Paleczny

Bronisława Kawalla

Ewa Pobłocka

Jerzy Sterczynski

Wojciech Świtała

Zhaoyi Dan

Hae-Won Chang

Gabriel Kwok and many others

For more details, please visit our website. www.chopin-asia.com The Executive Committee of the International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA Suite#406 1-26-13 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062 JAPAN Tel: (+81) 3 - 3401-9765 Fax: (+81) 3 - 3401-7674 e-mail: education@imc-music.net

* All details are subject to change.

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Japan | Tokyo

www.piano.or.jp/english

40th PTNA Piano Competition for Promising Pianists Final Round : 18th-21st August, 2016 Tokyo Grand Prize: 1,000,000 Yen, Concerts in Japan and abroad

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Purpose

To recognise and develop musicians of exceptional talent as well as providing an inspiring music experience to all participants and teachers for greater fulfilment.

The goal of the competition is to generate greater musical appreciation among all and achieve the equalisation of levels throughout the country. 

Grade

Grand Superior (no age limit) 

Eligibility

Open to pianists of all nationalities and ages. 

2015 Grand Prize Winner

Sayako Shinonaga

Past prize winners and further careers

Aimi Kobayashi (Finalist, Chopin, 2015) Kaoru Jitsukawa (3rd, Long-Thibaud, 2015) Akihiro Sakiya (1st, Jaén, 2014) Tomoki Sakata (Finalist, Van Cliburn, 2013) Kei Takumi (6th, Hamamatsu, 2012) Keina Sato (2nd, HongKong, 2011) Masataka Goto (1st, Liszt, 2011) Mami Hagiwara (1st, Geneva, 2010) Nobuyuki Tsujii (1st, Van Cliburn, 2009) Hibiki Tamura (1st, Long-Thibaud 2007) Rina Sudo (5th, Dublin 2006) Yuhi Ozaki (1st, Ettlingen 2006) Shohei Sekimoto (4th, Chopin 2005) Kotaro Fukuma (1st, Cleveland 2003)

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Jury 2016

Diane Andersen Veronique Bonnecaze Wolfgang Manz 

Schedule 2016 First Preliminary Rounds Solo First Round (1) 

Past Jury

2011 Alexander Braginsky William Grant Naboré Katarzyna Popowa-Zydro 2012 Andrea Bonatta Martin Hughes Li Mingqiang Natalia Troull 2013 Ronan O'Hora Boris Petrushansky Jerome Rose 2014 Aquiles Delle Vigne Gilead Mishory Ewa Pobłocka Soojung Shin 2015 Stanislav Ioudenitch Jan Jiracek von Arnim Michael Lewin  Sponsors

Dates: June 11 (Sat) + 12 (Sun) Deadline: May 9 (Mon)

First Round (2)

Dates: June 25 (Sat) + 26 (Sun) Deadline: May 23 (Mon)

First Round (3)

Dates: July 5 (Tue) + 6 (Wed) Deadline: June 6 (Mon)

Second Preliminary Round Solo

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Dates: August 2 (Tue) + 3 (Wed) Place: Katsushika Symphony Hills (Tokyo) 

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan The Tokyo Metropolitan Government YAMAHA Corporation KAWAI Musical Instruments Mfg. Co., Ltd. Hinoki Crinical Co., Ltd. Hamarikyu Asahi Hall Dai-ichi Seimei Hall Yomiuri Otemachi Hall TOPPAN Hall Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall Senzoku Gakuen Seitoku Gakuen Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Semi-Final Round Solo Date: August 18 (Thu) Place: Dai-ichi Seimei Hall (Tokyo)

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Final Round Concerto Date: August 21 (Sun) Place: Dai-ichi Seimei Hall (Tokyo) Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Chikara Iwamura (cond.)

Presented by PTNA The Piano Teachers’ National Association of Japan 1-15-1 Sugamo Toshima-ku Tokyo, Japan, 170-8458

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TEL: (+81) 3 - 39442481 FAX: (+81) 3 - 39442482 E-mail:oversea@piano.or.jp

Korea | Seoul

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Korea | Tongyeong

Managed by Tongyeong International Music Foundation

The 1st Tongyeong prize winner Concert of 2013 Hallcompetition, Hong-gi KIM (Korea)

2016

DISCIPLINE : PIANO

2016윤이상국제음악콩쿠르 2016 윤이상국제음악콩쿠르 / 피아노 / 피아노 부문부문 Tongyeong Concert Hall Republic of Korea 통영국제음악당,대한민국 통영국제음악당, 대한민국

1st Prize: KRW 30,000,000 2nd Prize: KRW 20,000,000

October through 29 to November November, 6, 2016 2016

Contact Secretariat:

2016년 10월 ~ 11월

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3rd Prize: KRW 10,000,000 4th Prize: KRW 7,000,000

phone (+82) 55 – 650-0400 650-0431 e-mail competition@timf.org

Latvia | Riga

5th Riga International Competition for Young Pianists 25th – 28th October 2016

Application deadline: September 30th 2016 Open to young pianists of all nationalities Seven age groups from 5 to 21 years Teacher Seminar and Masterclass Special category for non-professional piano students

KristiÄ na Podnice Winner of the Junior B Group 2015

Information: www.rigapiano.info Contact: rigapiano@gmail.com

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Lithuania | Druskininkai

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Lithuania | Vilnius

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Malta

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Mexico | Monterrey (Nuevo Le贸n)

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Morocco | Rabat

Sous la Présidence d’Honneur de Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Under the Honorary Presidency of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem

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Concours International de Piano Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem du 18 au 24 Novembre 2016 / 18th - 24th November 2016 Dominique MERLET Président du Jury - Ghizlane HAMADI Présidente Fondatrice Directrice artistique

GRAND PRIX S.A.R. La Princesse Lalla Meryem 4 000 € & Concert Tour in Morocco, Concert Tour in Europa : Açores , Germany, Pologne, Portugal, Spain ...

Second Prize : 2 000 € & Recital in Morocco Third Prize : 1 000 € & Recital in Morocco Total of Prizes, Special Prizes and Grants : 12 000 € Free accommodation in host families for candidates coming from other countries Age limit : 10-30 years

Svetlana ANDREEVA- Russie Grand Prix 2014

Deadline for application : 31/07/2016 for Young Pianists 1-2-3-4 01/09/2016 for the higher levels

Anastasiya NAPLEKOVA - Etats-Unis/ Ukraine 2ème Prix 2014

Association Les Amitiés Musicales

Ekaterina LITVINTSEVA - Russie 3ème Prix 2014 ex-aequo

Antoine SIMON - France 3ème Prix 2014 ex-aequo

www.concours-lalla-meryem.ma amitiesmusicales@yahoo.fr concours.lalla.meryem@gmail.com Tél : (+212) 660-711030 or (+212) 665-218332 // Fax : (+212) 537-752241

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Netherlands | Enschede

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Netherlands | Utrecht

11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

08.10 to 21.10.2017 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

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New Zealand | Kerikeri

Kerikeri | Northland | New Zealand

next event JUNE 2016

COMPETITION DATES 30 June – 3 July 2016 Open to pianists of any nationality born on or after 30 June 1988

ENTRIES CLOSE – 11 March 2016 TOTAL PRIZE POOL NZ$33,000 Adjudicators: Jan Jiracek von Arnim (Vienna) Eleanor Wong (Hong Kong) Albert Tiu (Singapore)

New Zealand

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Norway | Bergen

1st Prize 30 000 euro

The 15th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition Bergen, Norway, September 2–10, 2016 Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation JURY Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Chairman Jan Jiracek von Arnim Ya-Fei Chuang Antonio Pompa-Baldi Marianna Shirinyan Leif Ove Andsnes Hiroko Nakamura

Application deadline: May 2, 2016, at 4.00 pm CEST >> Sign up now at

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Norway | Tromsø

Top of the World the 5th

InternatIonal PIano ComPetItIon JUne 17-24, 2017 tromSØ, norWaY

Dear Pianist...

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the 5th Top of the World International Piano Competition, 17-24 June 2017, in the beautiful City of Tromsø.

Prof. Tori Stødle, Artistic Director

Cash awards for the top three 1st

Prize

€ 30 000

2nd

Prize

€ 20 000

3rd

Prize

€ 10 000

Application deadline

Tromsø - on top of the world!

15 february 2016

Tromsø - the gateway to the arctic, amazing

Age limit: 17-35

northern lights, two months of midnight sun in

(01.01.1982 - 01.01.2000)

the summer. and a lively and colorful downtown.

Contact Prof.

Tori Stødle for more information

Our excellent winners from 2015

P.O. BOX 1295, N-9263 Tromsø, Norway Mob. (+47) 913 - 86278 tori@topoftheworld.no

1st Prize

2nd Prize

Georgy

Jong Hai

Evgeny

Tchaidze

Park

Starodubtsev

(Russia)

(South Korea)

(Russia)

3rd Prize

www.topoftheworld.no

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Panama | Panama

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Poland | Bydgoszcz

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Poland | Gdansk

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Poland | Kielce

THE 7th MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION ‘Per aspera ad astra’ Kielce, 19th– 26th May 2017 The competition is organized by the Ludomir Różycki State Music School in Kielce (Poland).

The auditions will be held from 19th to 26th May 2017 in the Concert Hall of the State Music School in Kielce. The final concert of the laureates and awarding of the prizes and distinctions will take place at the Philharmonic Hall in Kielce (The Holy Cross Philharmonic) on 26th May 2017. The laureates will perform with the Symphony Orchestra of the Holy Cross Philharmonic.

The competition instrument is a ‘Steinway & Sons’ concert grand piano.

Students of the 6th class of 1st degree music schools and 1st to 6th class of 2nd degree music schools in Poland, as well as their foreign counterparts, can take part in the competition.

Entry form, the competition’s rulebook and any other detailed information is available on the organizer’s website: www.muzyczna.kielce.pl All inquiries should be directed to the organizer via email: moszkowski.kielce@gmail.com

The Ludomir Różycki State Music School ul. Wojewódzka 12, 25-536 Kielce, Poland www.muzyczna.kielce.pl, tel./fax: (+48) 41 - 3426017 e-mail: sekretariat@muzyczna.kielce.pl Alink - Argerich Foundation | 185

Poland | Poznan´

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Poland | Rzeszów

4th INTERNATIONAL SUBCARPATHIAN

CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS

Rzeszów /Poland/ 9th – 11th March 2017 Application Deadline: 15th January 2017 Participants: up to 21 years old Jury Chairman: Professor Andrzej Jasiński

Chopin’s portrait by Luigi Isler, The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

CONTACT:

• A monographic competition – only Chopin’s pieces performed • Four age categories • One round contest for each category • Attractive prizes • Competition held every two years • Free Chopin seminars with renowned professors for the participants

www.pianocompetition.rzeszow.pl e-mail: sekretariat@zsm2.resman.pl Phone: (+48) 508 269 407

Zespół Szkół Muzycznych nr 2 im. Wojciecha Kilara (The Wojciech Kilar Music School Complex No. 2) ul. Sobieskiego 15, 35-002 Rzeszów, Poland, Phone: (+48) 17 - 7482990 www.zsm2.rzeszow.pl e-mail: sekretariat@zsm2.resman.pl

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Poland | Szafarnia

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Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina dla Dzieci i Młodzieży International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth

Szafarnia, Poland 20–22 May 2016

APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 15th, 2016 FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO www.szafarnia.art.pl OR CONTACT US: tel. (+48) 668494325, konkurs@szafarnia.art.pl Szafarnia 1, 87-404 Radomin, Poland

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Instytucja finansowana ze środków Samorządu Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego

Poland | Warsaw

The results of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw, October 2015

1st Prize Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea) 2nd Prize Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada) 3rd Prize Kate Liu (USA) 4th Prize Eric Lu (USA) 5th Prize Tony Yike Yang (Canada) 6th Prize Dmitry Shishkin (Russia) More information www.chopincompetition2015.com

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Poland | Warsaw

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Portugal | Porto

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Roumania | Bucharest

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Roumania | Sibiu

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Russia | Moscow

Frederick Chopin Society in Moscow (Russia) The Moscow City Government The Moscow City Culture Department

10th MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FREDERICK CHOPIN COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS September 8–18, 2016 Deadline for application: July 9, 2016.

Age categories: Juniors – born not before 20.09.1999, Seniors – born between 09.09.1999 and 17.08.1994 The required repertoire consists of music by F. Chopin exclusively.

Total prize money: US$ 30,000 Artistic Director: Mikhail Aleksandrov (Russia) Chairman of the Jury: Prof. Mikhail Voskresensky (Russia) The contest will be held in four rounds.

The finals will take place at the Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

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Scotland | Glasgow

Jonathan Fournel the SIPC 2014 winner.

Next competition: 1 - 10 Sept. 2017 Glasgow www.scottishinternationalpianocompetition.com Concerto final with Royal Scottish National Orchestra Contact sipc@rcs.ac.uk for more details

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Serbia | Novi Sad

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL ISIDOR BAJIC PIANO MEMORIAL COMPETITION NOVI SAD SERBIA December 3 - 9, 2016 Application Deadline: October 1, 2016 Executive Director Radmila Rakin-Martinovic

Artistic Director Dorian Leljak

Njegoseva 9 21000 Novi Sad Serbia email: office@pianomemorial.rs www.pianomemorial.rs

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Candidates auditioned worldwide by WPTA-appointed judges Application deadline

Laureates’ promotional packages

April 30 (annually)

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Ian Jones

Dorian Leljak

WPTA IPC

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Artistic Director

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www.wpta.info/ipc.htm

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Slovak Republic | Bratislava

Bratislava 18 th - 24th September 2017

9th J. N. Hummel

INTERNATIONAL

PIANO competition Discipline Age Deadline for application Prizes to be awarded

Piano limit 32 years June 30, 2017 1st prize 5000 =C and three concerts in Slovakia

2nd prize 3000 =C 3rd prize 2000 =C Su Yeon Kim - 1st prize in 2014

Agapi t riantaffylidi - 2nd prize in 2014

President Prof. Marian Lapšansky

Michael Davidov - 3rd prize in 2014

Mrs. Slávka Ferencová, Executive Manager

Slovak Philharmonic, Medená 3, 816 01 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Phone: (+421) 2 - 2047 5266, ferencova a filharmonia.sk

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South Africa | Pretoria

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Spain | Barcelona

Maria Canals Barcelona Member of the “Fédération Mondiale des Concours Internationaux de Musique” since 1958

62 MCB 2016 63 MCB 2017 64 MCB 2018 05-18/03/2016 25/03-06/04/2017 10-22/03/2018 Deadline for application 20/12/2015 Age limit 18-30, 01/01/2016

Deadline for application 20/12/2016 Age limit 18-30, 01/01/2017

Concert engagements

Special Prizes

a minimum of 30 remunerated recitals and concerts with orchestra all over the world (35,000€ approx.)

Naxos CD, audience prize, gold medal, youngest semifinalist, local students prize …

Deadline for application 20/12/2017 Age limit 18-30, 01/01/2018

Main Prizes

35,000 €

With the special support of

With the support of

Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona

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Collaborators

T (+34) 93 - 2957251 info@mariacanals.cat www.mariacanals.cat

MCB

Spain | Campillos

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Spain | Ferrol

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International Masterclass and Piano Festival

Granada, 11 al 18 de julio de 2016

Spain | Granada

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Curso Internacional de Piano Infantil - Juvenil International Piano Course for children & Teenagers

Granada, 11 al 18 de julio de 2016

www.concertsmariaherrero.com / www.leonelmorales.com

www.concertsmariaherrero.com www.leonelmorales.com masterclass@concertsmariaherrero.com Phones: (+34) 91 - 6302129 (+34) 609 03 00 56

Piano Concert Everyday

masterclass@concertsmariaherrero.com Phones: (+34) 91 - 6302129

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GRANADA 18th-22nd July 2016 Application deadline: 8th June 2016

4 CATEGORIES Infantile Category: aged 12 and under.

Juvenile Category: ages 13-15.

Young Artist Category: ages 16-18.

Senior Category: ages 19-35. concursopianomh@concertsmariaherrero.com • concursopianomh@gmail.com

Phones: (+34) 91 - 6302129 - (+34) 609 03 00 56 Publicidad Concursos MarĂ­a Herrero A5.indd 1

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Spain | Jaén

58º

MEDALLA DE ORO 2012 de la Asociación Cultural Amigos del Festival de Otoño de Jaén MEDALLA DE ORO 2008 de la Asociación de Amigos de la Música de Úbeda PREMIO MANUEL DE FALLA 2006 a Premio Jaén de Piano de la Diputación Provincial de Jaén PREMIO JIENNENSES DEL AÑO 2003 Diario Jaén PREMIO JIENNENSES IDEALES 2001 Diario Ideal MEDALLA DE HONOR 2001 de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Granada

Miembro de la Fundación ALINK-ARGERICH 2004

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Spain | Las Rozas

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5 - 12 November 2016 “Joaquín Rodrigo“ Concert Hall Las Rozas (Madrid) Application deadline: 3rd October 2016

Prizes 2015 and founders of the Competition

INFORMATION: Phones: (+34) 91 - 6302129 - (+34) 609 03 00 56 E-mail:cipce@cipce.org • http://www.cipce.org

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Spain | Las Rozas

Fedor Veselov (Russia) Winner of the Ant贸n Garc铆a Abril Award 2015

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Spain | Lleida

22nd

RICARD VIÑES

INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION LLEIDA, CATALONIA (SPAIN) JUNE 25th – 30th, 2016 Open to pianists of all nationalities born in or after 1988

Special Edition Centenary of Enric Granados' death

1st Prize 6,000 €, 2nd Prize 3,000 €, 3rd Prize 1,500 €, Special Prize for the best performance “Ricard Viñes repertoire” 2,000 €, Special Prize for the best performance “Enric Granados repertoire” 1,000 €, Special Prize for the best Spanish participant 1,000 € Travel grants for all the semi-finalists The winners will be given the opportunity to play solo or with an orchestra in the best auditoriums and concert halls in the country.

The pleasant town of Lleida, birthplace of Ricard Viñes and Enric Granados, is located in Catalonia, an hour by train from Barcelona and two hours from Madrid.

The competition takes place in the magnificent auditorium Enric Granados. The music conservatory is in the same building, so that all participants have practice rooms at their disposal.

Possibility of free accommodation in our host families.

Deadline for applications: 21st April 2016

INFORMATION Phone (+34) 973 - 700639 · Fax (+34) 973 - 700684 · cricardvines@paeria.cat

www.auditorienricgranados.cat/ricardvines/en app Concurs Ricard Viñes

M. Carme Grasa

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Spain | Madrid

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Spain | Valencia

Concurso Internacional de Piano de Valencia

“Premio Iturbi�

Results 2015

1st prize: Luka Okros (Georgia)

2nd prize: Viviana Lasaracina (Italy)

3rd prize: Aleksandra Jablczynska (Poland)

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Switzerland | Geneva

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Turkey | Istanbul

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Ukraine | Odessa

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U.S.A.| Albuquerque (New Mexico)

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U.S.A. | Cedar Falls (Iowa)

The

International Piano Competition

At the University of Northern Iowa School of Music

June 5-11, 2016 $25,000 in Prize Money Jurors: Eric Larsen Craig Sheppard Nelita True

Artistic Directors: Sean Botkin Dmitri Vorobiev

Categories: Junior - up to 17 years old Senior - up to 32 years old

www.midwestpianocompetition.com

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U.S.A.| Cincinnati (Ohio)

Cincinnati World Piano Competition

Mei Rui

Bronze Medal 2015 USA

Artem Yasynskyy Gold Medal 2015 Ukraine

Nino Bakradze Silver Medal 2015 Georgia

Celebrating its 60th Anniversary with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2016

Cincinnati World Piano Competition 1241 Elm Street Cincinnati, OH 45203 (+1) 513 - 744.3501 wpc@cincinnatiwpc.org www.cincinnatiwpc.org

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U.S.A. | Cleveland (Ohio)

Cleveland International Piano Competition and Festival

Summer 2016 CIPC Young Artists Competition and Institute

Spring 2018

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U.S.A. | Dallas (Texas)

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U.S.A. | Fort Worth (Texas)

FIFTEENTH VA N C L I B U R N I N T E R N AT I O N A L PIANO COMPETITION

MAY 25–JUNE 10, 2017 FORT WORTH, TEXAS USA

L E O N A R D S L AT K I N , J U R Y C H A I R M A N MEMBERS OF THE JURY: ARNALDO COHEN (BRAZIL), JEAN-PHILIPPE COLLARD (FRANCE), CHRISTOPHER ELTON (UNITED KINGDOM), MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN (CANADA), JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN (ISRAEL / UNITED STATES), MARI KODAMA (JAPAN), ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT (UNITED STATES), ALEXANDER TORADZE (GEORGIA / UNITED STATES) ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS: LEONARD SLATKIN (CONDUCTOR – FINAL ROUND), NICHOLAS McGEGAN (CONDUCTOR – SEMIFINAL ROUND), BRENTANO STRING QUARTET, FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

APPLICATIONS DUE OCTOBER 13, 2016 CLIBURN.ORG I (+1) 817 - 738.6536 NOW BOOKING 2017 WINNERS. CONTACT SANDRA DOAN AT SDOAN@CLIBURN.ORG. 1 2182017VCIPC_AAF_2016.indd | Piano Competitions Worldwide 2016

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U.S.A. | Fort Worth (Texas)

JUNE 21–28, 2015 • FORT WORTH, TEXAS USA

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2015 WINNERS

Second Prize Arsenii Mun, 16 Russia

First Prize Alim Beisembayev, 17 Kazakhstan

Third Prize Youlan Ji, 16 China

Aimed at the encouragement and development of extraordinary pianists age 13 to 17 from around the world, the inaugural Cliburn Junior Competition was hailed as a resounding success.

The 23 competitors, representing 13 countries, participated in symposia, workshops, and community performances, in addition to the Competition. In person, attendance exceeded 4,000, online viewership of performances has topped 100,000 in 170 countries, and extensive media coverage brought worldwide attention.

COMING IN 2019

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U.S.A. | Hilton Head (South Carolina)

PROUDLY CELEBRATING OUR 21ST COMPETITION SHEN LU

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2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition Winner

2015 Hilton Head International Piano Competition for Young Artists Winner

2016 HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION MARCH 7 -14, 2016 PIANISTS 18 - 30

Finals with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra $34,000 cash prizes, performance opportunities Winner receives: • Recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall • CD recording on the Steinway & Sons label • Return engagement with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra

2017 HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARTISTS MARCH 6 -11, 2017 PIANISTS 13 – 17

Finals with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra $11,500 in cash prizes, performance opportunities Winner receives: • Summer scholarship ($5,000 US value) • Return engagement with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra APPLICATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

HHIPC.ORG | PIANOCOMP@HHIPC.ORG | (+1) 843 - 842.5880

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U.S.A. | Milwaukee (Illinois)

NORTH AMERICAN 2016 BIENNIAL PIANO COMPETITION

Prizes of over $25,000 awarded among ten semifinalists PianoArts Fellowships • Concert Engagements • Scholarship Award For pianists, ages 16 – 20, who live or study in North America

June 2 – 8, 2016 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Finalists Perform Complete Concertos with —

Carmen Knoll, 2014 winner of the first place prize, performing with MSO at Finals & Awards Concert • Photo: Woodrow Leung

World Class Judges • Career Training Classes Application: February 6, 2016 • DVD Preliminary Round submission: February 20, 2016

www.PianoArts.org

Repertory requirements, schedule, and full details at:

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U.S.A. | Minneapolis (Minnesota)

e-Piano Junior Competition 2017 for young pianists ages 17 and under (participants must be born after July 4, 1999)

July 4-11, 2017 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Application Deadline: November 1, 2016

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U.S.A. | New Orleans (Louisiana)

First Prize:

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U.S.A. | New York (New York)

2015 Winner - Gรกbor Farkas

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U.S.A. | New York (New York)

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U.S.A. | Oberlin (Ohio)

COOPER COMPETITION AT OBERLIN Piano 2016 Violin 2017 Piano 2018 FOR MUSICIANS AGES 13 TO 18 • $10,000 First Prize • Finals with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall

APPLICATIONS DUE: APRIL 15, 2016 FINALS: JULY 22, 2016 THE COOPER COMPETITION

Presented by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Orchestra, the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition showcases the most promising young musicians from around the world. Now in its seventh year, the competition features more than $20,000 in prize money as well as full-tuition scholarships to attend the Oberlin Conservatory.

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U.S.A. | Salt Lake City (Utah)

Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition

Andrey Gugnin

Gold Medalist 2014 | Russia

Chi Ho Han

Silver Medalist 2014 | South Korea

Artem Yasynskyy

Bronze Medalist 2014 | Ukraine

Salt Lake City, Utah

Abravanel Hall | Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

2018 June|XVII International Artists Piano Competition Age limit: 19-32 Application deadline: October 1, 2017 Open repertory • No elimination until final round Worldwide auditions Finals with Utah Symphony $85,000 US in cash prizes Concert engagements

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U.S.A. | San Jose (California)

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18th Annual Competition will take place June 9 - 18, 2017

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U.S.A. | Tempe (Arizona)

The Young Artist Committee and Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts School of Music at Arizona State University proudly present

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International Piano Competition

The 8th Yamaha International Piano Competition for Young Pianists { Senior Competition: ages 16-18 } { Junior Competition: ages 13-15 } January 1-8 , 2017 Tempe, Arizona, USA Dr. Baruch Meir President and Artistic Director herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/pianocompetition

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Awards include more than $45,000 in cash prizes, medals, solo and concerto performances at internationally renowned venues in Europe and the U.S. Applications must be received by November 7, 2016

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Pascal Devoyon French master pianist in Aarhus 21 JUNE

Tamar Beraia Charisma and sensuality 22 JUNE

Mikhail Voskresensky With Aarhus Symphony Orchestra 24 JUNE

Opening Concert Eight Young talents 20 JUNE

Gradus International Piano Festival CONCERTS & MASTERCLASSES 路 MUSIKHUSET AARHUS 路 20 - 24 JUNE 2016

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INTERNATIONAL PIANO ACADEMY FREIBURG 2016 Prof. Jura Margulis, USA

7/18 – 7/30 2016

MASTER CLASS FOR PIANISTS AND PEDAGOGUES Online:

To add a richer education to the traditional piano master class model, the two week experience of the IPAF2016 offers a comprehensive and immersive variety of scholarship, information, and events: From a demonstration of unique recordings on an authentic WelteMignon instrument, to an excursion to and lessons on fortepianos from a collection of historic keyboard instruments, an interactive lecture on the systematic development of virtuoso piano technique, to personal career consultation with an associate of a major artist agency.

www.InternationalPianoAcademy.org Information/Contact: info@internationalpianoacademy.org The International Piano Academy Freiburg under the direction of Jura Margulis builds on the 40 year history of the legendary Russische Schule in Freiburg, Germany.

Established by Vitaly Margulis, the Russische Schule piano master classes educated more than 1000 students from all continents in the Historic Kaufhaus Concert Hall of Freiburg. .

The IPAF2016 presents numerous public performance opportunities for all participants and an audience-voted competition at the final participants’ recital with monetary prizes.

In 2016 the IPAF celebrates the th 40 anniversary of the legendary piano master class and the legacy of its founder Prof. Dr. Vitaly Margulis with special events and the release of a Vitaly Margulis Memorial Edition CD set.

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The complete IPAF2016 brochure is available by mail upon request.

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