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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

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 Pekinel

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Dr. A.H.G. (Alexander) Rinnooy Kan Prof. Dr. Ir. J.J.C. (Joris) Voorhoeve

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Pau l Pollei † - Pnina Salzman † Tamás Vásáry - Eliso Virsaladze

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.

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Preface Uncertainty … not being able to plan or to make any decisions is terribly frustrating for everybody. Yet, this has been the case for many of us since the outbreak of the coronavirus and its global spreading during 2020. Now, one year later, it has had a huge impact on our lives and societies. At the time of writing, the period of uncertainty is prolonged and our endurance is still being tested, as mutants of the virus continue to plague us. Let’s hope that the vaccines will prove to be effective and can bring some relief and a more positive perspective. At the same time, our thoughts are with those who became victim of this virus.

One of the consequences of the coronavirus crisis was also that more than 150(!) international piano competitions that had been scheduled for 2020, could not take place and had to be cancelled or postponed. Some competition organisers tried to adapt to the new situation and changed the format of their event. The introduction of online stages to the traditional competitions seemed to offer a temporary solution. Although this has some advantages in the current situation, there are also several special aspects that need to be properly considered and well-defined. More about this on pages 32-33. For 16 years, AAF has been issuing this annual catalogue, and this edition is the first one that we do not print. It is much better for the environment. Moreover, this digital publication enables us and the competition organisers to make adjustments and updates even during the year. This is indeed an important advantage especially now, as we still have to deal with uncertainties and restrictions. As usual, the AAF catalogue contains a huge amount of information. It is inevitable that some competition details will change and will be no longer valid, even within days after this catalogue is published. If it concerns an important adjustment, we will be able to accommodate this and we can thus keep the catalogue precise and up-to-date. Naturally, to keep it manageable, we do not intend to launch a revised edition every single day, but we may very well consider to do so once a month. In order to keep track of everything, the successive publications of this catalogue within one year will be clearly numbered and will always include an overview of all the changes and additions. There are thousands of pianists who keenly follow the competitions and who are looking for opportunities to perform and take part. They need to be well-informed. This catalogue can be freely downloaded and shared. Another great advantage is that there are many links in this catalogue: by clicking on a website address, the reader can easily jump to the corresponding website, and can thus check the latest info there as well. I hope you will enjoy this publication and that it will be useful for everyone with an interest in the world of piano competitions!

Gustav Alink

Table of contents

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Preface ................................................................................................................................. 1 Table of contents .............................................................................................................. 2-3 International Piano Competitions Worldwide ................................................................. 4-5 Reflection on 2020 .............................................................................................................. 6 Preview 2021 ....................................................................................................................... 7 List of AAF member competitions ................................................................................ 8-12 Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................... 12 Correction page ................................................................................................................. 13 Application deadlines 2021 .......................................................................................... 14-15 Calendars ........................................................................................................................... 16 2021 ............................................................................................................................ 17-19 2022 ............................................................................................................................ 20-22 2023 ............................................................................................................................ 22-24 Age limits .......................................................................................................................... 25 Competitions/categories for Junior pianists ................................................................. 26-29 Confused ? ......................................................................................................................... 30 Selection procedures ......................................................................................................... 31 Online competitions ..................................................................................................... 32-33 Various rounds .................................................................................................................. 34 Performance times ....................................................................................................... 35-39 Performance times at Youth competitions ..................................................................... 40 Chamber Music ............................................................................................................ 41-42 Concerto Repertoire .......................................................................................................... 43 Mozart Concertos ...................................................................................................... 44-45 Piano Concertos ........................................................................................................ 46-49 Travel assistance ............................................................................................................... 50 Accommodation ................................................................................................................ 51 Practicing facilities ............................................................................................................ 52 Jury Rules & Recommendations .................................................................................. 53-55 AAF Conference .......................................................................................................... 56-57 AAF Receptions ................................................................................................................ 58 Essential matters ................................................................................................................ 59 Competition pages 60 Armenia .......................................................................................................................... 61 Australia ......................................................................................................................... 62 Austria ....................................................................................................................... 63-67 Belgium ..................................................................................................................... 68-71 Canada ...................................................................................................................... 72-74 China ......................................................................................................................... 75-80 Croatia ....................................................................................................................... 81-82 Czech Rep. ..................................................................................................................... 83 Denmark ......................................................................................................................... 84

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* the very first international piano competition was the Anton Rubinstein Competition in St. Petersburg, 1890. It was held five times at five-year intervals (and in different cities). * only those competitions have been counted which are international and which are open for piano. Competitions that have various age categories have been counted as one. * amateur competitions have not been included. Neither have 'mixed' competitions been included (where pianists compete against other instrumentalists or singers).

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 336 international piano competitions (for solo pianists) took place*.

Interestingly, after 2002, the amount of competitions decreased and lingered around 300 for many years. An explanation for this could be a certain level of saturation and also the effect of the economical crisis. However, in 2017, a large amount of new competitions emerged and the number suddenly jumped to a new record of nearly 350 international piano competitions taking place within that same year. Since not all competitions are annual, the total number of existing international piano competitions is much higher. It is a fair estimate that there are at the moment more than 900 international piano competitions worldwide. With some 340 competitions being held within a year, one might think that there are also 340 first prize winners. 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 has even been an international piano competition with 26 different categories each year! Competitions in Asia can also have many classes (more than 30!) at different levels. Even more prize winners 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 managed to take part in 16 international competitions within that year. The total number of applications was even higher. In 2020, the number of competitions dropped dramatically, as more than 150 competitions were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. It is surprising that more than 130 could still be held. Many of these, however, were online competitions. With the sudden rise of these online competitions, pianists have still more opportunities to apply. They send their best recordings to different places. This is not necessarily a positive development. Some remarks and observations on pages 32-33. *: 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 are even higher. Ample choice

2020

The year 2020 would have been an amazing year for pianists and piano lovers: many major international piano competitions were on the calendar. But then, the virus came. The corona crisis that followed had a huge impact and turned everything upside down. From March 2020, most of the competition organisers were compelled to postpone their events. Those who were having their competitions in January or February, were very lucky. In January, the classical section of the UNISA competition in Pretoria (South Africa) was won by Evgeny Konnov, who had already captured the first prize in 11 other international piano competitions! Jiale Li from China won the first Gurwitz Competition in San Antonio (Texas, USA). Elisabeth Waglechner was awarded the first prize as well as the audience prize in the piano section of the Mozart Competition in Salzburg. An impressive jury of 12, including Abdel-Rahman El-Bacha and Pascal Rogé, were present in Taipei to judge the first Maestro Competition. The danger of the virus had already become so apparent that all safety instructions had to be followed and many precautions had to be taken. The competition could still take place, though with fewer contestants, as many of the 36 selected contestants had already withdrawn or were unable to come. Among the other competitions that could still take place in the first quarter of 2020 were the ones in Istanbul and Hilton Head (USA). But then, the lockdowns came into effect, and the Liszt Competition in Utrecht (Netherlands) had to be cancelled, just a few days before it would start … Also the 2 nd international AAF Conference could not be held. During the rest of the year, more than 150 international piano competitions were cancelled or postponed, including the Queen Elisabeth competition, the Beethoven competition in Vienna, the competition in Montreal, the Arthur Rubinstein competition, Sydney, Cleveland, Glasgow, Munich and the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. In the Summer, there was some hope again, and the Utrecht Liszt Competition announced new dates, but unfortunately it could not happen. In spite of the difficult circumstances, there were a few competitions that could still take place, such as the MozArte Competition in Aachen (Germany), the CLAMO Competition in Murcia (Spain), the Fausto Zadra Competition in Abano Terme (Italy) and the Jeune Chopin Competition in Martigny (Switzerland), where Martha Argerich was on the jury and even gave a solo performance in front of a very small, select audience. Other competitions changed the format and held the preliminary rounds or even the entire competition online, such as the one in Ettlingen. The Busoni and Enescu competitions had the preliminary round online and will continue in 2021. New online competitions emerged such as the EUPLAYY Competition and the Harmonium OnlinePlus Competition (Armenia). Piano Cleveland launched the Virtu(al)oso Competition offering substantial support to all 30 contestants. Steinway&Sons collaborated intensely by arranging recording facilities, also for the 93 candidates for the Busoni Competition.

In October, the postponed competition in Orléans (France) could just complete the live final stage before another lockdown was imposed.

2021

It is impossible to predict what will happen in 2021 … Naturally, we all hope that the vaccines will be effective against the coronavirus and that this, together with all the necessary precautions in the various countries, will gradually result in our return to a more normal life. It seems, though, that this may still take quite some time. Until then, we will have to live with many restrictions and all related inconveniences. Many important piano competitions which could not be held in 2020, have been rescheduled for 2021: the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels, the Beethoven competition in Vienna, the competition in Montreal, the Arthur Rubinstein competition in Tel Aviv, Cleveland, Warsaw Chopin …, but as long as the coronavirus is threatening us, it remains to be seen whether these competitions can indeed take place. At the time of writing, several of them have already been modified: the Beethoven and the Arthur Rubinstein competitions will have the first stages online and plan to have only the final stage as a live event. Other competitions will not have the final stage with orchestra, but with Chamber Music instead (Bremen, Düsseldorf - Schumann ). Montreal has decided to convert the entire competition into an online event of two rounds. The preselection stage of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw has been postponed from April to July. Apart from the competitions that moved from 2020 to 2021, several other high-profile competitions had already been planned for 2021, such as the Cliburn , Dublin, Prague, Leeds, Budapest Liszt , Monte-Carlo, Calgary Honens , Shenzhen and Hamamatsu. To be on the safe side, the organisers of the Cliburn and Dublin already moved their events forward to 2022. So did the organizers of the competitions in Tbilisi and Darmstadt ( Chopin ). Other competitions that could not take place in 2020, will return in 2023 (Sydney, Glasgow) or are on hold, as the organizers do not know yet when the next event can be held (Oberlin, Leuze-en-Hainaut). Meanwhile, the Sydney Competition will have an online edition in 2021, to which all the pianists who were selected for the 2020 competition are invited. Also many of the other competitions that already completed the preselection phase last year, will give all selected pianists the right to participate this year: Montreal, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Brussels, Cleveland, Bremen, Zwickau, Salt Lake City … As a consequence, the age of some of the contestants might be one year higher than the usual age limit for these competitions. When looking at the calendars on pages 17-24, we can see many great competitions, but we have to realise that many of the dates might still change. As long as the coronavirus crisis persists, more competitions will be cancelled or postponed again. AAF is following the situation day by day and will publish any changes in the next edition of this catalogue, while the latest updates can also be found on the AAF website. (www.alink-argerich.org)

AAF member competitions (as of November 2021)

member since

Armenia Australia Austria

 Yerevan Harmonium OnlinePlus Int’l Music Competition 2020 Sydney International Piano Competition Int’l Béla Bartók Piano Competition Int’l Comp. Franz Schubert and Modern Music 2013 ○ Oberschützen Int’l Jenö Takács Competition for Young Pianists 2010 Salzburg International Mozart Competition 2009 Vienna Int’ler Ludwig van Beethoven Klavierwettbewerb 2018 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 2004 Merci, Maestro! International Piano Competition 2015  Grez-Doiceau Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes 2016 2015 2017  Graz ¹ Graz ² ○ Brussels ² Sydney

Belgium Brussels ¹

○ Kraainem

César Franck International Piano Competition

2013 2009 2010 2021 2010

□ Leuze-en-Hainaut Concours International André Dumortier

Canada

Calgary

Honens Piano Competition & Festival Aegio International Piano Competition Concours Musical International de Montréal

 Maple

Montreal

China

○ Beijing 2019 *¹  Guangzhou Int’l Mozart Memorial Award Piano Competition 2020 Harbin International Music Competition Harbin IMCH 2017 Shenzhen China Shenzhen Int’l Piano Concerto Competition 2006 Shuzou Jinji Lake International Piano Competition 2017  Zhuhai ¹ Int’l Mozart Competition for Young Musicians 2014 *²  Zhuhai ² Chopin Memorial Prize Int’l Piano Open 2017 Asia Liszt Piano Competition

Croatia

 Varaždin  Zagreb

Int’l Piano Competition Memorijal Jurica Murai International Competition Young Virtuoso Smetana International Piano Competition Aarhus International Piano Competition Hastings Int’l Piano Concerto Competition The Leeds International Piano Competition RNCM James Mottram Int’l Piano Competition Young Pianist of the North Int’l Competition Windsor International Piano Competition Helsinki Int’l Maj Lind Piano Competition Concours International de Piano Epinal Concours International de Piano de Lyon

2016 2010 2010 2009 2011 2011 2007 2009 2015 2005 2019 2012 2015 2003 2011 2017 2002

Czech Rep.  Plzeň Denmark ○ Århus

England

Hastings

Leeds

Manchester ○ Newcastle  Windsor

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Finland France

Helsinki Epinal

Lyon

 Maisons-Laffitte Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France

Orléans ¹ ○ Orléans ²  Paris ¹

Concours International de Piano d’Orléans Concours International de Piano Brin d’Herbe International Music Festival & Competition IMFP Concours Int’l de Piano - Grand Prix Animato Piano Campus – Journées Européennes de Piano 2004 Int’l Piano Competition Les Étoiles du Piano 2017

Paris ² Pontoise Roubaix Tbilisi

Georgia

Tbilisi International Piano Competition

2007

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Germany

 Aachen

MozArtè Int’l Piano Competition Aachen Int’l Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn European Piano Competition Bremen International Chopin Piano Competition Brahms -Klavierwettbewerb Detmold Carl Maria von Weber Int’l Competition for Young Pianists Ettlingen International Piano Competition International German Piano Award Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists 2015 PIANALE Int’l Piano Academy and Competition 2012 2020

2006 2004 2012 2011 2018 2004 2008 2012 2014 2008 2020 2008 2005 2011

Bonn

Bremen Darmstadt Detmold

Dortmund International Schubert Competition

 Dresden

○ Düsseldorf ○ Ettlingen Frankfurt

 Fulda

 Geilenkirchen Euregio Piano Award Int’l Piano Competition ARD International Music Competition EUPLAYY Online Piano Competition for the Youth in Europe International Franz Liszt Piano Competition International Robert Schumann Competition Saarbrücken International Piano Competition J.S. Bach  Weimar Zwickau Thessaloniki Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition 2012 2017 □  Hong Kong ³ International Music Talents Online Competition 2020  Hong Kong 4 Hong Kong Pacific Piano Open Competition 2020  Hong Kong 5 Hong Kong Youth Performance Arts Festival & Competition ( HKYPAF ) 2020 *¹  Hong Kong 6 Int’l Mozart Memorial Award Piano Competition 2020 Munich ¹ ○ Munich ² 2004

Greece

Hong Kong Hong Kong ¹ Hong Kong International Piano Competition *²  Hong Kong ² Hong Kong Int’l Piano Open – Chopin Memorial

Hungary Ireland

Budapest Dublin Tel Aviv ¹ ○ Tel Aviv ²

Franz Liszt International Piano Competition Dublin International Piano Competition Arthur Rubinstein Int’l Piano Master Competition Scherzo International Piano Competition International Piano and Orchestra Competition Int’l Piano Competition Francesco Paolo Neglia A.Scriabin International Piano Competition Tadini International Piano Competition International Competition Piano Talents Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone Piano Lovers Int’l Competition [Non prof.] Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition 2005 Nomea Competition – Int’l online Piano edition 2021 Orbetello International Piano Competition Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition 2015 Conero Int’l Music Festival and Competition 2019 International Piano Competition Roma - Chopin 2010 2017 2015 2004 2005 2021 2018 2006 2020 2015 2016 2021 2011 2011 2019 2014

Israel

Italy

 Acquaviva delle Fonti International Piano Competition

□ Cantù

Enna

Finale Ligure Palma d’Oro International Piano Competition

 Grosseto  Lovere ○ Milano ¹ Milano ² Milano ³ Monza  Naples  Orbetello  Osimo  Recanati

Massarosa Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Massarosa

 Rome

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Sacile 2012 San Benedetto del Tronto Int’l Piano Competition La Palma d’Oro 2017 Sanremo Russian Piano Music International Competition 2019 Seregno ¹ Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli 2004 ○ Seregno ² Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Elsa Pozzoli 2013 Taranto Int’l Piano Competition Arcangelo Speranza 2006 Terni Int’l Piano Competition Alessandro Casagrande 2018  Val Tidone Val Tidone Competitions Premio Silvio Bengalli 2003 Varallo Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica 2004  Verona ¹ Verona International Piano Competition 2013 Verona ² International Piano Competition Premio Alkan 2021 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2001 FVG International Piano Competition

Japan

Sendai

Sendai International Music Competition

2006 2008 2001 2013 2016 2021 2003 2004 2019 2002 2001 2004 2008 2004 2014 2019 2015 2004 2014 2018 2006 2012 2005 2012 2018 2009 2018 2010 2019

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Takamatsu Takamatsu International Piano Competition

 Tokyo ¹  Tokyo ² Tokyo ³  Tokyo 4  Seoul ¹  Seoul ²

PTNA Piano Competition for Promising Pianists The Int’l Chopin Piano Competition in Asia Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition

Japan Piano Competition

Korea

Sviatoslav Richter online Int’l Piano Competition 2019 G Clef online International Music Competition 2021 Balys Dvarionas International Competition 2020

Lithuania ○ Vilnius

Mexico Monaco

Monterrey Concurso Internacional de Piano Parnassós Monte-Carlo Monte-Carlo Music Masters Competition

Netherlands Amsterdam

YPF European Piano Competition - Youri Egorov Int’l Piano Competition for Young Musicians Edvard Grieg International Piano Competition Top of the World Int’l Piano Competition Paderewski Int’l Piano Competition Moritz Moszkowski Int’l Piano Competition Int’l Juliusz Zarębski Music Competition Int’l Subcarpathian Chopin Piano Competition Stanisław Moniuszko Int’l Comp. of Polish Music 2019 Int’l Chopin Piano Comp. for Children and Youth 2013 Chopin International Piano Competition Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition Concurso Int'l de Piano de Viseu - Solar de Prim International Competition George Enescu Liszt Competition Utrecht

○ Enschede

Utrecht Bergen Tromsø

Norway

Poland

Bydgoszcz

○ Kielce  Łomianki ○ Rzeszów ¹ Rzeszów ² ○ Szafarnia

Warsaw

Portugal

 Porto

Viseu

Roumania Bucharest

Scotland Serbia

Glasgow Scottish International Piano Competition

 Novi Sad ¹ Novi Sad ²  Singapore Bratislava

Int’l Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial Competition WPTA International Piano Competition Singapore International Piano Competition J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition UNISA International Music Competitions International Chopin Piano Competition

Singapore Slovak Rep.

Slovenia

 Radovljica International Piano Competition

South Africa Pretoria ¹

 Pretoria ² Barcelona

Spain

Int’l Music Competition Maria Canals Barcelona 2007

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Campillos

Campillos International Piano Competition Ferrol International Piano Competition

2007 2011

Ferrol Girona

Carles & Sofia International Piano Competition 2021 Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio Jaén 2004 Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition 2010 International Piano Competition Delia Steinberg 2007 WPTA Spain International Piano Competition 2021 Marbella International Music Competition 2016 Concurso Internacional de Piano Clamo Music 2016 Paloma O'Shea Santander Int’l Piano Competition 2016 José Iturbi International Piano Competition 2013 Frechilla-Zuloaga International Piano Competition 2021

Jaén

 Lleida

Madrid ¹

□  Madrid ²  Marbella

Murcia Santander Valencia Valladolid

Switzerland Bern

Prix du Piano "Interlaken Classics"

2016 2007 2017 2021

Genève

Concours de Genève

□  Neuchâtel □ Zürich  Bangkok ¹ ○ Bangkok ²

Concours International Piano Val de Travers

Concours Géza Anda

Thailand

Int’l Piano Island Festival & Piano Competition 2017

Bangkok International Piano Competition

2019

Turkey Ukraine

Istanbul

Int’l Piano Competition-Istanbul-Orchestra’Sion 2013

 Kiev

Kyiv International Piano Competition

2017 2015 2007 2018 2007 2005 2004 2008 2008 2014 2020 2021 2021 2021 2006 2006 2019 2006 2007

USA

Albuquerque Olga Kern International Piano Competition  Cleveland Cleveland International Piano Competition  Fort Collins International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival Van Cliburn International Piano Competition  Hilton Head Hilton Head International Piano Competition ○ Minneapolis International e-Piano Junior Competition New Orleans New Orleans Int’l Piano Competition  Fort Worth ○ Milwaukee

PianoArts North Amer. Biennial Piano Competition 2009

○ New York ¹ New York ² New York ³  New York 4 New York 5

New York Int’l Piano Competition NYIPC Vendome Prize International Piano Competition 2002

NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition GOCAA International Piano Competition NTDTV International Piano Competition Manhaville International Piano Competition NextGen International Piano Competition Thomas & Evon Cooper Int’l Competition

□  New York 6

 Oakland ○ Oberlin

 Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer Int’l Artists Piano Competition San Antonio The Gurwitz International Piano Competition

 San Jose  Tempe

San Jose International Piano Competition Bösendorfer & Yamaha US ASU Int’l Piano Comp.

Other organisations, academies and events, affiliated with AAF Italy  Eppan

Piano Academy Eppan - A.B. Michelangeli Prize 2009

Japan Serbia

Tokyo

Showa Piano Art Academy World Piano Conference

2014 2017

Novi Sad

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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, Marbella, Hilton Head, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Fort Worth.) □ : this competition has no page in the current edition of the AAF catalogue. *¹: in 2021, this competition has the finals in Hong Kong and is listed there. *²: in 2021, this competition will be held this year in Zhuhai (China) and is listed there.

Disclaimer Worldwide, more than 900 international piano competitions exist. AAF monitors most of them and has extensive documentation about them. This catalogue focuses on the 176 AAF member competitions and organisations and contains an enormous amount of details. While utmost care has been taken to present accurate information in this catalogue, AAF cannot assume responsibility for any inconvenience caused by ill-reading, mistake, unfortunate formulation or omission. Neither can AAF be held responsible for the content of the individual competition pages. Especially in these uncertain times, there are frequently changes and it will therefore happen that some of the details are no longer valid. As this is a digital publication, an updated edition can be issued relatively easily. Its number and date will be clearly indicated in the next publications. While we try to keep this catalogue as up-to-date as possible, the reader may also check AAF’s website for latest news and announcements: www.alink-argerich.org (updated every week). 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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Corrections & updates The first version of the 2021 digital AAF catalogue came out on February 1 st , 2021. After it was issued, there have been many updates. This is the 3 rd edition of the 2021 AAF e-catalogue, which has been fully revised and also expanded. The 1 st and 2 nd edition can still be seen at: https://alink-argerich.cld.bz The AAF e-catalogue continues to be frequently updated. On this page, links are given to all the corrections and updates that have been implemented since the first edition of the 2021 digital AAF catalogue was launched.

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Application deadlines in 2021

18 June 20 June 20 June 20 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 1 July 10 July 10 July 15 July 19 July 23 July 30 July 30 July 31 July 31 July 31 July 31 July 31 July

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3 January Minneapolis (usa) e-piano junior 5 January Hong Kong (hk) HKYPAF 14 January Valencia (esp) José Iturbi 4 February Epinal (f) 15 February Zürich (ch) Géza Anda 18 February Jaén (esp) 26 February Prague (cz) Prague Spring 12 March Szafarnia (pol) Chopin 15 March Viseu (prt) online 22 March Lleida (esp) Ricard Viñes 31 March Hamamatsu (jpn) 31 March Munich (frg) ARD [Piano Duo] 31 March Monte-Carlo (mc) Music Masters 1 April Ferrol (esp) 1 April Lyon (f) 10 April Orbetello (it) online 15 April Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia 15 April Grosseto (it) Scriabin 15 April Budapest (hun) Liszt 15 April Marple (can) Aegio online 19 April Orléans (f) Brin d'Herbe 21 April Kielce (pol) Moszkowski 30 April Maisons-Laffitte (f) 30 April San Jose (CA) (usa) online 30 April Detmold (frg) Brahms 30 April Zhuhai (chn) Mozart 30 April Verona (it) Alkan 1 May Shenzhen (chn) Concerto 9 May Tel Aviv (isr) Scherzo online 10 May Seoul (cor) Richter online 14 May Bonn (frg) Telekom-Beethoven 15 May Vilnius (lit) Dvarionas 16 May Harbin (chn) 25 May Massarosa (it) online 29 May Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia -Y 31 May Paris (f) IMFP 31 May Rzeszów (pol) Moniuszko 1 June New York (NY) (usa) GOCAA 1 June Dresden (frg) C.M. von Weber 1 June Fort Collins (CO) (usa) Odyssiad 1 June Napoli (it) Nomea [Junior A-B-C] 7 June Windsor (gb) 7 June Enna (it) F.P. Neglia 10 June Val Tidone (it) Premio Bengalli 10 June Tokyo (jpn) PTNA 10 June Napoli (it) Nomea [Youth & Best] 15 June Dortmund (frg) Schubert 15 June New York (NY) (usa) Vendome

Fulda (frg) PIANALE Lovere (it) Tadini Recanati (it) Conero

Enschede (hol)

Girona (esp) Carles & Sofia online

Weimar (frg) Liszt Zhuhai (chn) Chopin

Finale Ligure (it) Palma d'Oro Sanremo (it) Russian Music

Marbella (esp)

Madrid (esp) Delia Steinberg onl.

Bratislava (slvk) Hummel Seregno (it) Ettore Pozzoli Murcia (esp) CLAMO Aachen (frg) MozArte

Verona (it)

Eppan (it) Piano Academy

Kiev (ukr) Kyiv

5 August 12 August 15 August 20 August 20 August 23 August 30 August 31 August

New York (NY) (usa) NYCA

New York (usa) Manhaville [Finals] Poznań (pol) Czerny-Stefańska Aachen (frg) MozArte Junior Frankfurt (frg) German Int'l Pi. Aw.

Seregno (it) Elsa Pozzoli Acquaviva delle Fonti (it)

Hong Kong (hk) Pacific 1 September Utrecht (hol) Liszt 2022 10 September New York (NY) (usa) NTD 15 September Roubaix (f) Etoiles du Piano 15 September Saarbrücken (frg) Bach 2022 18 September Verona (it) -Y online 20 September Kiev (ukr) Kyiv [Junior cat.] 25 September Novi Sad (serb) WPTA online 27 September Manchester (gb) James Mottram 27 September Takamatsu (jpn) 2022 30 September Hilton Head (usa) 2022 30 September Tokyo (jpn) JPC online 1 October San Benedetto del Tronto (it) La Palma d'Oro online

1 October 1 October 1 October 3 October 4 October 10 October 11 October

Milano (it) Piano Lovers Munich (frg) EUPLAYY online Hastings (gb) Concerto 2022 Newcastle (gb) Y. Pi. of the North

Grez-Doiceau (b) EPTA

Radovljica (slvn) Rome (it) Chopin

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Graz (a) Chamber Music 2022 Fort Worth (TX) (usa) Cliburn 2022 Taranto (it) Arcangelo Speranza Valladolid (esp) Frechilla-Zuloaga Santander (esp) 2022 Bangkok (thl) Bangkok IPC Tokyo (jpn) Chopin 2022 Suzhou (chn) Jinji Lake online Seoul (cor) G Clef online Campillos (esp)

12 October 14 October 15 October 15 October 18 October 18 October 24 October 28 October 30 October 31 October ~ 31 October

5 November Tempe (usa) Bösd. / Yamaha 2022 10 November Paris (f) Animato/Chopin 10 November Sendai (jpn) 2022 15 November Graz (a) Bartók 2022 20 November Singapore (sing) IPC 2022 online 21 November Łomianki (pol) Zarębski 22 November Varallo (it) Valsesia Musica ~ 29 November Bern (ch) Interlaken Classics 2022 30 November Pretoria (rsa) Chopin online 1 December Hong Kong (hk) HKYPAF 2 December New York (NY) (usa) NYIPC 2022 2 December Orléans (f) 20 th &21 st Century 2022 10 December Barcelona (esp) Maria Canals 2022 15 December Thessaloniki (gr) G. Thymis 2022 15 December Terni (it) Casagrande 2022 27 December Madrid (esp) WPTA Spain online 31 December Qingdao (chn) Liszt 2022

Hong Kong (hk) Mus. Talents online 1 November Novi Sad (serb) Isidor Bajić 1 November Singapore Piano Island online 1 November Kraainem (b) César Franck 1 November Milano (it) Piano Talents online 1 November Dublin (irl) 2022 1 November Amsterdam (hol) YPF/Egorov 2022

N.B. Competition organisers sometimes decide to extend the application deadline, hoping for more pianists to apply. This is then usually announced at the last moment, so it is advisable to double-check the websites. Naturally, one should never count on this and always try to apply well on time. The organisers will appreciate it. At some competitions, two application deadlines are set (and even mentioned in the rules). Pianists who apply after the first deadline, are required to pay an additional “late application fee” (or “late processing fee” ). Other competitions try to stimulate pianists to apply earlier by mentioning a special “early-bird” deadline. The dates may also be different for applying online or by post. The Santa Cecilia Competition in Porto (Portugal) handles two different application deadlines: candidates for the main competition must apply earlier than the ones who wish to take part in one of the junior categories. This has to do with the preselection phase. NB: a few competitions require the pianists who have successfully passed the preliminary round, to apply or register again for the final stage. This is specially seen at competitions where the preliminary round is held online.

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Competition calendars

On the next pages, competition calendars are given for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. Application deadlines and age limits for contestants have been added. The age limits refer to the main competition or the highest category. In a few cases, there is a main division for pianists aged between 18 and 32, for example, and other categories, in which younger, but also older pianists may take part. In these cases, “all ages” has been written in the calendar. Y : indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see the special pages for juniors) +Y : indicates an additional category (categories) with lower age limits. In these cases, the number of categories has also been stated; - these competitions with a special focus on junior pianists have been singled out and grouped together on pages 26-29, where the age brackets for all the different categories can be seen more clearly; - sometimes, the competition is part of a festival. If participation in the entire festival (or master classes) is not mandatory, the period of the piano competition might be shorter; - at some competitions participants for the main competition (or senior category) may arrive later than participants in the junior categories; * an asterisk * in front of the application deadline indicates that it concerns a deadline in the year before, but the competition was postponed and the pianists who may take part have already been selected. (NB: in such a case, the age limits may also have slightly changed); - in this time of uncertainty, the dates of a competition may still change. Every effort has been made to have the information in these calendars as correct as possible at the time of publication; ~: whenever a tilde (‘~’) appears, precise dates or age limits were not known or unsure at the time of publication; the information was derived from the previous event; - it is difficult to show the dates of online competitions (see also pages 32-33); - the calendars for the years 2022 and 2023 list competitions that are expected to be held, based on their frequency, but it may very well happen that a competition is postponed.

AAF’s website is frequently updated. There, the competition calendars can also be found: in clear diagrams for each month, where it can readily be seen which competitions overlap and in which region of the world they are taking place, but also as a list in a PDF which can easily be downloaded.

Calendar of events .AAF Member Competitions taking place in 2021 Y : indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see pages 26-29) +Y means a special category/-ies with even lower age limits 2021

Period January

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[30 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] [online] all ages + Y 20 Jan - 5 Feb [15 Nov] Singapore (sing) [online] [2 age cat.] [20 Nov] Düsseldorf (frg) 'Schumann' [3 cat.] [onl.] [II] 18-20 + Y [22 Dec] Neuchâtel (ch) 'Val de Travers' [3 cat.][SF+Fin] 16-25 + Y 27 Feb - 2 Mar [ 5 Jan] Hong Kong (hk) [online] 'HKYPAF' [35 cat.] all ages +Y 15 - 25 March [10 Nov] Weimar (frg) 'Liszt' [2 age cat.] cancelled 14-18 + Y 21 March [*29 Nov] Bern (ch) 'Interlaken Classics' postponed 16-30 21 - 28 March [ 4 Feb] Epinal (f) >II round postponed to 2022 16-30 23 - 26 March [*25 Feb] Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [3 age cat.] [onl.] 16-22 + Y 31 Mar - 3 Apr [*9 Feb] Milwaukee (usa) 'PianoArts' [SemiFinals] 16-21 Y 1 - 10 April [*1 Oct] Tel Aviv (isr) 'Arthur Rubinstein' [I+II] [online] 19-33 6 - 11 April [15 Mar] Varaždin (crt) 'Jurica Murai' postponed to 2022 17-32 + Y 8 - 10 April [15 Mar] Viseu (prt) [II+Finals] [online] up to 31 8 - 17 April [18 Feb] Jaén (esp) up to 32 19 - 25 April [31 Jan] Plzeň (cz) 'Smetana' cancelled up to 30 + Y 26 Apr - 14 May [*15 Nov] Montreal (can) [online] up to 31 28 Apr - 2 May [*23 Mar] Sacile (it) 'FVG' [SF+Finals] postponed up to 33 29 Apr - 3 May [*1 Oct] Tel Aviv (isr) 'Arthur Rubinstein' [Finals] 19-33 April/May [10 Apr] Orbetello (it) [online] [5 age cat.] up to 36 + Y May [10 May] Seoul (cor) [online] 'Richter' [3 age cat.] 19-40 + Y 1 - 8 May [ 1 Apr] Ferrol (esp) None 3 - 29 May [*4 Dec] Brussels (b) 'Queen Elisabeth' 19-31 4 - 8 May [*31 May] Cantù (it) 'Concerto' [2 cat.] cancelled up to 36 7 - 9 May [23 Apr] Vanves (f) 'Jean Françaix' cancelled up to 38 10 - 15 May [26 Feb] Prague (cz) 'Prague Spring' [from 2 nd stage] up to 30 12 - 16 May [12 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] [online] 14-17 + Y 13 - 23 May [*29 May] Bucharest (rum) 'George Enescu' [SF+Finals] up to 33 21 - 28 May [21 Apr] Kielce (pol) 'Moritz Moszkowski' [3 cat.] [onl.] up to 20 + Y 22 May [30 Apr] Verona (it) 'Alkan' up to 27 27 May - 5 June [15 Feb] Zürich (ch) 'Géza Anda' up to 32 1 - 9 June [25 May] Massarosa (it) [online] up to 30 2 June [*9 Feb] Milwaukee (usa) 'PianoArts' [Finals] 16-21 Y 3 - 13 June [*15 Feb] Zwickau (frg) 'Schumann' cancelled up to 31 6 - 12 June [23 Apr] Maisons-Laffitte (f) 'Ile de France' all ages + Y 11 - 18 June [15 May] Vilnius (lit) 'Balys Dvarionas' [3 cat.][I+II onl.] up to 21 + Y 13 - 19 June [*15 Sep] Salt Lake City (usa) 'Bachauer Junior' [online] 11-14 Y 16 - 19 June [31 Mar] Monte-Carlo (mc) 'Music Masters' up to 40 17 - 20 June [30 Apr] San Jose (CA, usa) [3 age cat.] [online] 15-18 + Y 17 - 26 June [ 8 Feb] Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' postponed to 2022 16-30 18-35 + Y 26 - 27 Feb. 27 - 28 Feb.

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