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U.S. Competitions
Competition Date
April (annual) |
Bartok-Kabalevsky
International Piano Competition
Radford, Virginia - USA |
Application Deadline |
| Eligibility Requirements: Six Levels Contact:
Dr. Caryl Conger, Competition Director, School of Music, Radford University. Radford, VA
USA
Fax: (540) 831-6588 E-mail: cconger@runet.edu |
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Competition
Date
March 9-11,
2006 |
Iowa Piano
Competition
Sponsored by
Sioux City Symphony
Sioux City,
IA |
Application
Deadline
October 31,
2005 |
| Eligibility Requirements: Ages
18-35
Additional Information: $14,000 in prize money,
including $7,500 First
Complete information: www.iowapianocompetition.org .
Contact: Kevin Engle-Cartie, 520 Pierce St.,
Suite 375 Sioux City, IA 51101
Phone: 712-277-2111 E-mail:
info@iowapianocompetition.org WWW:
www.iowapianocompetition.org |
Competition Date
each November |
Most Promising Student
Pianist Competition
Sponsored by Steinway Society of Chicago
Burr Ridge, IL and Bannockburn, IL USA |
Application Deadline
Friday, November 3, 2000 |
| Eligibility Requirements: There is no minimum age
requirement. The maximum age is high school senior. Student must reside in northern
Illinois or northern Indiana Additional Information: Repertoire for SOLO
Competition: Each student should be prepared to play selections, not to exceed 10 minutes,
indicating a relatively acknowledged degree of proficiency. Simplified arrangements and
works directly from lower-graded books - e.g. Bastian, Aaron, Schaum, Glover, Palmer,
Thompson, etc., will not be accepted for judging. Repertoire for CONCERTO Competition: Any
entire concerto (not just a movement), excluding the Tchaikovsky #1, Rachmaninoff #2, and
Chopin #2 (f minor). The winner will have the opportunity to perform with the Ars Viva
Symphony Orchestra (www.arsviva.org), Alan
Heatherington, Conductor, in May 2001 at the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in
Skokie, IL. Entrants must have someone prepared to play the orchestral reduction on a
second piano at the audition. Approximately 18 students will be selected to be heard
on a WNIB (97.1 FM Chicago) program, and a professionally recorded CD recording of their
performance will be available. All 18 winners will receive a framed certificate from the
Steinway Society for Outstanding Piano Performance. The top 3 winners will be expected to
perform for members of The Steinway Society on Sunday afternoon, December 3, 2000 at Cuneo
Museum and Gardens, Vernon Hills, Illinois. More information can be obtained from
the Web site below.
Contact: Arlo Deibler, Director, Concert & Artist Services, The Beautiful
Sound, 120 Burr Ridge Parkway, Burr Ridge, IL 60521
Phone: (630) 325-9999 Fax: (630) 325-1244 E-mail: SEMarcus@aol.com |
Competition Date
every two years, starting in 2001 |
Boston International Piano Competition
for Exceptional Amateurs
Sponsored by
Boston, MA, USA |
Application Deadline
for 2003: April 15 |
Eligibility Requirements: Adult Amateurs over the
age of 30, Open Repertoire. All information available at: www.bostonpianoamateurs.org
Additional Information: info@bostonpianoamateurs.org
Please check www.bostonpianoamateurs.org
for all information about past and future competitions.
Contact: Robert Finley, Competition Director, 25 Tomahawk Drive,
Northborough, MA 01532
Phone: (508) 393-6740 E-mail: info@bostonpianoamateurs.org |
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Competition
Date
April 24-29,
2006 |
Missouri
Southern International Piano Competition
Sponsored by
Missouri Southern International Piano Competition
Joplin, MO
64801 USA |
Application
Deadline
January 6,
2006 |
| Eligibility Requirements: Junior
Division under 18, Senior Division 18-30
Additional Information: Host families are
provided to contestants
Contact: Mrs. Vivian Leon, 3950 East Newman Road
Joplin, MO 64801
Phone: 417-625-9755 Fax:
417-625-9798 E-mail:
msipc@mssu.edu |
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Competition
Date
January
9-15, 2006 |
The 1st
Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition
Sponsored by
The Young Artist Committee Inc. and the Herberger College of Fine
Arts at Arizona State University
Tempe,
Arizona, USA |
Application
Deadline
October 31,
2005 |
| Eligibility Requirements:
http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/pianocompetition 9-32 A
preliminary VHS or DVD recording with a first movement of a
classical; sonata by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven or Schubert
Additional Information:
baruch.meir@asu.edu
Contact: Baruch Meir, President & Artistic
Director, The Bösendorfer/Schimmel USASU International Piano
Competitions Herberger College of Fine Arts Arizona State University
BOX 85287-2102 Tempe, Arizona USA
Phone: Dr. Baruch Meir (480) 965-3386
E-mail:
pianocompetition@asu.edu |
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Competition
Date
May 21, 2006 |
Bradshaw & Buono
International Piano Competition 2006
Sponsored by
Bradshaw & Buono
New York, NY |
Application Deadline
March 1,
2006 |
| Eligibility Requirements: elementary school,
middle school, high school, college/adult and amateur adult
divisions
Additional Information: www.bbpiano.com
. Repertoire is
chosen by the applicants and may be from any period or periods of
the classical repertoire. Students may present solo repertoire or
repertoire for one piano four hands. A new division has been added
this year for amateur adults..
Contact: Cosmo Buono, 201 Prospect Avenue, Oradell, New
Jersey 07649
Phone: 201-265-7706 Fax: 201-262-4203 E-mail:
cosmob123@verizon.net |
Competition Date
31 August (annual) |
International Independent Music Competition "INDIVIDUALIS"
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Application Deadline
31 August (annual) |
Eligibility Requirements:
Four age groupes:under 10, 10-14, 14-18, 18-22. Participants have just send a videotape.
The participant's choice free programme from world music repertoire 30 min. Winners will
work with concert-producing centre "INDIVIDUALIS" and other agencies.
Additional Information: PROCEDURE OF CONDUCTING OF THE COMPETITION
Each jury member consisting of outstanding musicians will listen to the submitted video
tapes and judge every participant (from 1 to 100 points). The participant that will have
the highest amount of points will be announced as a winner of the Group. If several
participants will have the even amount of points all they will be annouced as winners.
After determining of the winners and laureates of each Group jury members
and organizers of the competition will determine Grand Prix of the competition.
PRIZES
Grand Prix will receive the Honorary Diploma "Grand Prix of the Independent
International Musical Competition "INDIVIDUALIS" and money prize.
All laureates will receive the Honorary Diploma "Laureate of the Independent
International Musical Competition "INDIVIDUALIS".
The most perspective participants will receive other prizes.
Contact: Ostap Shutko, CPC "INDIVIDUALIS", 01001 Kyiv,
a\c 153-B, Ukraine
E-mail: individualis@ukr.net
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Winners of Recent Competitions
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Competition
Date
June 25 and
26, 2005 |
Amadeus 20th
Century Piano Competition
Sponsored by
Amadeus Piano Festival
Tulsa, OK
USA |
Application
Deadline
May 1 or 15,
2005 |
| Eligibility Requirements:
Additional Information:
www.amadeuspianofestival.org Collegiate Division Winners - 1st:
Lyndon Meyer (Broken Arrow, OK), student of Jura Margulis,
University of Arkansas; 2nd: Syneva Colle (Ponca City, OK), student
of Roger Price, University of Tulsa; 3rd: Jeremy Ricketson
(Bartlesville, OK), student of Roger Price, University of Tulsa.
Senior (High School) Division Winners - 1st: Alec Tauscher (Overland
Park, KS), student of Jack Winerock, University of Kansas; 2nd: Emma
Krivohlavek (Claremore, OK), student of Candy Gaffen; 3rd: Laura
Berman (Tulsa, OK), student of Roger Price, University of Tulsa.
Junior (Middle School) Division Winners - 1st: Amy Tai (Tulsa, OK),
student of Gloria Johnson; 2nd: Mark Osborn (Tulsa, OK) student of
Candy Gaffen..
Contact: Candy Coonfield Gaffen, 1527 E. 46th
Place Tulsa, OK 74105
Phone: 918-749-7137 E-mail:
info@amadeuspianofestival.org |
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