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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 et al.

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 The fact that the pandemic continued throughout the year 2021 caused much frustration. Having already lasted for two years, it has had a huge impact on our lives and societies. Also the competition organisers had to adjust to the constantly changing situation in the world and the restrictions imposed by governments. In 2021, more events could take place than in 2020, but our endurance is still being tested, as mutants of the virus continue to plague us. We all hope that this pandemic will soon be better under control.

In spite of all hardship, we must stay optimistic. Music remains important. Making music and listening to music gives comfort and can heal. Competitions provide a platform and opportunities for musicians. They will always exist. Some competitions are discontinued, but in other places new ones emerge. This new edition of the AAF e-catalogue has been fully revised and updated for the year 2022. It contains again a lot of useful details about many international piano competitions worldwide. As can be seen from the competition pages in the second section of this e catalogue, there is a large variety: major competitions that have a lot to offer and smaller events which are also frequented by many pianists. Each event has its own characteristics. Taking part always brings valuable experience. There are more and more online and ‘hybrid’ competitions. The rules and procedures have to be clear and transparency is particularly important (see pages 34-36). In this edition of our catalogue we have marked the online competitions with a small image of a video camera. It should be noted that there are also competitions which are only occasionally held online due to the circumstances and temporary restrictions. It was truly a good idea to issue this catalogue as a digital publication. It is much better for the environment and it enables us and the competition organisers to make adjustments and updates at any time. Also last year, this was frequently done. On page 14, there will again be listings of all the changes and updates after this catalogue came out. 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 information there as well. In September 2022, the 2 nd AAF Conference will be held! We are very grateful to the Liszt Utrecht Competition for their collaboration in facilitating this unique gathering in their city. We are very much looking forward to it!

Gustav Alink

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Table of contents

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Preface ................................................................................................................................. 1 Table of contents .............................................................................................................. 2-3 International Piano Competitions Worldwide ................................................................. 4-5 Reflection on 2021 .............................................................................................................. 6 Preview 2022 ....................................................................................................................... 7 List of AAF member competitions ................................................................................ 8-12 Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................... 13 Correction page ................................................................................................................. 14 Application deadlines in 2022 ..................................................................................... 15-16 Calendars ........................................................................................................................... 17 2022 ............................................................................................................................ 18-20 2023 ............................................................................................................................ 21-23 2024 ............................................................................................................................ 23-25 Age limits ..................................................................................................................... 26-27 Competitions/categories for Junior pianists ................................................................. 28-31 Confused ? ......................................................................................................................... 32 Selection procedures ......................................................................................................... 33 Online competitions ..................................................................................................... 34-36 Various rounds .................................................................................................................. 37 Performance times ....................................................................................................... 38-42 Performance times at Youth competitions ..................................................................... 43 Chamber Music ............................................................................................................ 44-45 Practicing facilities ............................................................................................................ 46 Concerto Repertoire .......................................................................................................... 47 Mozart Concertos ...................................................................................................... 48-49 Piano Concertos ........................................................................................................ 50-53 Travel assistance ............................................................................................................... 54 Accommodation ................................................................................................................ 55 Jury Rules & Recommendations .................................................................................. 56-59 AAF Award .................................................................................................................. 60-61 AAF Conference .......................................................................................................... 62-63 AAF Receptions ................................................................................................................ 64 Essential matters ................................................................................................................ 65 Competition pages 66 Armenia .......................................................................................................................... 67 Australia ......................................................................................................................... 68 Austria ....................................................................................................................... 69-75 Belgium ..................................................................................................................... 76-79 Brazil .............................................................................................................................. 80 Canada ...................................................................................................................... 81-82 China ......................................................................................................................... 83-87 Croatia ....................................................................................................................... 88-90

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Denmark ......................................................................................................................... 91 England ..................................................................................................................... 92-95 Finland ............................................................................................................................ 96 France ...................................................................................................................... 97-106 Georgia ......................................................................................................................... 107 Germany ................................................................................................................ 108-124 Greece ........................................................................................................................... 125 Hong Kong ............................................................................................................ 126-129 Hungary ................................................................................................................. 130-131 Ireland ........................................................................................................................... 132 Israel ...................................................................................................................... 133-134 Italy ....................................................................................................................... 135-165 Japan ..................................................................................................................... 166-172 Korea ..................................................................................................................... 173-174 Lithuania ....................................................................................................................... 175 Malaysia ....................................................................................................................... 176 Mexico .......................................................................................................................... 177 Monaco ......................................................................................................................... 178 Morocco ....................................................................................................................... 179 Netherlands ........................................................................................................... 180-182 Norway .................................................................................................................. 183-184 Poland ................................................................................................................... 185-191 Portugal ................................................................................................................. 192-193 Romania ................................................................................................................ 194-195 Russia ........................................................................................................................... 196 Scotland ........................................................................................................................ 197 Serbia .................................................................................................................... 198-199 Singapore ...................................................................................................................... 200 Slovak Rep. .................................................................................................................. 201 Slovenia ................................................................................................................. 202-203 South Africa ................................................................................................................. 204 Spain ..................................................................................................................... 205-219 Switzerland ........................................................................................................... 220-224 Turkey .......................................................................................................................... 225 Ukraine ......................................................................................................................... 226 U.S.A. .................................................................................................................... 227-250 Master classes and Academies 251 Italy ............................................................................................................................... 252 Japan ............................................................................................................................. 253 Serbia ............................................................................................................................ 254 Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu (Japan) Advertisements by Fazioli, Grotrian, Kawai, Steinway&Sons, Yangtze River and Yamaha

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International Piano Competitions Worldwide

The following graph shows how many international piano competitions have taken place within a given year.

* 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).

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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. 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 160 competitions were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. It is surprising that more than 150 could still be held. Many of these, however, were online competitions. Already one year later (2021), there were altogether more than 285 international piano competitions being held again. With the sudden rise of online and hybrid 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 34-36. *: 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. Peak Ample choice

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2021

Due to the ongoing pandemic several competitions were cancelled (again) in 2021, though not as many as in 2020. They were postponed to 2022 or kept their original schedule and skipped the 2021 edition (such as the competitions in Århus and Hamamatsu which will return in 2023 and 2024 respectively). Quite a few other competitions changed their format and were held online, or resorted to a hybrid form, having the first round online and a much smaller group of contestants perform live in the semi-finals or finals. At some competitions, the jury were partly present, partly judging online. This hybrid form was applied by the Arthur Rubinstein competition in Tel-Aviv. The finals were held live. Juan Pérez Floristán was declared the winner and took home many of the special prizes as well. (In 2015, he had also won the competition in Santander.) In April, the competition in Jaén (Spain) was held entirely live. This competition has a long history: it has been held annually for more than 60 years. Interestingly, in 2021 it received a record number of applicants: 89! Also other major competitions saw a substantial increase in the number of applicants. It shows how eager the pianists were, to perform live during the pandemic. At first, online competitions attracted many pianists, but then, their interest seemed to fade. In May 2021, it was wonderful that the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels could still take place, though without audience, which creates of course a totally different atmosphere. Jonathan Fournel came forth as the 1 st prize winner. Partly overlapping with Brussels, the competition in Montreal was held, though entirely online. It thus happened that six pianists, including Su Yeon Kim and Dmitry Sin, were competing online in Montreal and at the same time live in Brussels. Su Yeon won in Montreal, while Dmitry became laureat in Brussels. In May/June, the Géza Anda Competition was held in Zürich and won by Anton Gerzenberg. In July, a special online edition of the Sydney Competition was organised: all stages were streamed and the results were announced as if it concerned a live event. Winner was Alexander Gadjiev (who had also won Hamamatsu in 2018). In Summer, the effects of covid-19 seemed a bit less severe and the competitions in Barcelona, Bremen, Porto and other European cities could take place. During two weeks in July, the live auditions for the Chopin Competition in Warsaw were also held. The Cleveland Competition was held in a hybrid form and the victory went to Martín García García. In August, the final phase of the Busoni Competition was held in Bolzano, and in September the competitions in Leeds, Budapest and Dortmund took place. During three weeks in October, the famous Chopin Competition was celebrated in Warsaw, with all 87 participants, 17 jury members and a full audience! It was a musical event at the highest level, with superb quality streaming of all performances. Bruce Liu from Canada was the glorious winner among many other outstanding pianists and young musical talents in this competition. Gadjiev and García García were also recipients of top prizes again. Meanwhile, the Beethoven Competition in Vienna was won by Aris Alexander Blettenberg. A Bösendorfer Grand Piano was part of his prize package. In Bratislava, the Hummel Competition could just be concluded before another lockdown was imposed. Hans Suh took first prize of the Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn.

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2022

What will the year 2022 bring to us …? 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. However, this may still take quite some time. Until then, we will have to live with some restrictions and all related inconveniences. There will be many important and interesting piano competitions in 2022. Let’s hope that the concert halls may open! In June, the 16 th Cliburn Competition will take place in Fort Worth (Texas, USA), for which 388 aspiring pianists applied. The jury, chaired by conductor Marin Alsop, has some new names. At the same time, the competition in Sendai (Japan) is being held and an international piano competition in Honolulu (Hawai)! Also in June 2022, a brandnew Rachmaninoff Competition is launched in Moscow, open for pianists, conductors and composers, in anticipation of the 150 th anniversary of his birth in 2023. In February 2022, Amsterdam will have the inauguration of the European edition of the YPF Piano Competition Grand Prix Youri Egorov . In March, the competition in Epinal (France) will continue, after having had the 1 st round online in 2021. Hopefully, Japan will be more open to foreign visitors, so that the competition in Takamatsu can take place as planned (second half of March). Meanwhile in Europe, the 67 th edition of the Maria Canals Competition will be held in Barcelona (March/April). It overlaps with the 20 th and 21 st Century Music Competition in Orléans (France) and the Schumann Competition in Lamporecchio (Italy). The end of April, 10 selected pianists are invited to take part in the International Piano Festival in Rio de Janeiro, specially dedicated to Nelson Freire. The first week of May, pianists of all ages can compete with entirely free choice of repertoire in Ferrol (Spain). A bit later in May, the competition in Dublin promises to be a festive event with 67 pianists who already passed the preselection. In July/August, Santander (Spain) will celebrate the 20 th edition of the international piano competition, founded by Paloma O’Shea in 1974. During the 2 nd week of August, the well known competition for young pianists in Ettlingen will return with several new jury members. The end of August, the Grieg Competition takes place in Bergen (Norway). September also looks busy with the ARD Competition in Munich, the Casagrande Competition in Terni (Italy), Mozart for Young Musicians in Zhuhai (China) and the final phase of the Enescu Competition in Bucharest. This month, the 2 nd international AAF Conference will be held in Utrecht (Netherlands) in conjunction with the Liszt Utrecht Festival/Competition. In October, selected pianists will compete in Tbilisi, Hong Kong, Helsinki ( Maj Lind ) and Geneva. Before the year is over, the “Glocal” competition is organised as first phase of the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, and we will know the winner of the Honens in Calgary, and the results of the Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz and Shenzhen (China).

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AAF member competitions (as of December 2022)

member since

Armenia Australia Austria

Yerevan Sydney Armenia Int’l Piano Competition & Festival AIPCF 2022 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 ¹ Int’ler Ludwig van Beethoven Klavierwettbewerb 2018 Vienna ² International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition 2009 Vienna 3 Classic on Danube Int’l Piano Competition 2018 2015 2017  Graz ¹ Graz ²

Belgium Antwerpen

AntwerPiano International Competition

2019

Brussels ¹ ○ Brussels ² ○ Kraainem

Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 2004 Merci, Maestro! International Piano Competition 2015 César Franck International Piano Competition 2013

Brazil Canada

Rio de Janeiro International Piano Festival

2022 2010 2021

Calgary

Honens Piano Competition & Festival Aegio International Piano Competition

 Maple

China

 Guangzhou Int’l Mozart Memorial Award Piano Competition 2020 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 *¹  Zhuhai ² Chopin/Liszt Memorial Prize Int’l Piano Open 2017

Croatia

 Varaždin Zagreb ¹  Zagreb ²

Int’l Piano Competition Memorijal Jurica Murai Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition 2017 2016

International Competition Young Virtuoso Aarhus International Piano Competition Hastings Int’l Piano Concerto Competition The Leeds International Piano Competition RNCM James Mottram Int’l Piano Competition Windsor International Piano Competition Helsinki Int’l Maj Lind Piano Competition Concours International de Piano Epinal Concours International de Piano de Lyon Concours International Piano à Mayenne Concours International de Piano d’Orléans

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

Denmark ○ Århus

England

Hastings

Leeds

Manchester

 Windsor Helsinki

Finland France

Epinal Lyon

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

Mayenne Orléans ¹ ○ Orléans ²  Paris ¹

Concours Int’l de Piano d’Orléans Junior Brin d’Herbe 2011 International Music Festival & Competition IMFP 2017 Concours Int’l de Piano - Grand Prix Animato 2002 Piano Campus – Journées Européennes de Piano 2004 Int’l Piano Competition Les Étoiles du Piano 2017

Paris ² Pontoise Roubaix Tbilisi

Georgia Germany

Tbilisi International Piano Competition MozArtè Int’l Piano Competition Aachen

2007 2006

 Aachen

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Bonn

Int’l Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn European Piano Competition Bremen International Chopin Piano Competition Brahms -Klavierwettbewerb Detmold

2004 2012 2011 2018 2004 2008 2012 2014 2022

Bremen Darmstadt Detmold

Dortmund International Schubert Competition

○ Düsseldorf ○ Ettlingen

Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists 2015

Ettlingen International Piano Competition International German Piano Award

Frankfurt

 Fulda

PIANALE Int’l Piano Academy and Competition 2012

 Geilenkirchen Euregio Piano Award Int’l Piano Competition ○ Kronberg Int’l Piano Competition for Young Pianists

 Meiningen Munich ¹ ○ Munich ²  Weimar Zwickau

Hans von Bülow International Piano Competition 2013

ARD International Music Competition

2008

EUPLAYY Online Piano Comp. for the Youth (EU) 2020 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition 2005 International Robert Schumann Competition 2011 Thessaloniki Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition 2012

Greece

Hong Kong Hong Kong ¹ Hong Kong International Piano Competition *¹  Hong Kong ² Int’l Piano Open - Liszt/Chopin Mem.  Hong Kong 3 Youth Performance Arts Festival ( HKYPAF )  Hong Kong 4 Int’l Global Music Talent Contest (IGMTC)

2004 2017 2020 2022 2022 2015 2004 2005 2021 2018

 Hong Kong 5 Int’l Youth Talent Musician Competition (IMCA)

Hungary

Budapest ¹  Budapest ² Tel-Aviv ¹ ○ Tel-Aviv ² Dublin

Franz Liszt International Piano Competition Danubia Talents International Music Competition 2022 Dublin International Piano Competition Arthur Rubinstein Int’l Piano Master Competition Scherzo International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition 2009 A.B. Michelangeli International Piano Competition 2022 ChietiClassica International Piano Competition 2022 Int’l Piano Competition Francesco Paolo Neglia 2020

Ireland Israel

Italy

 Acquaviva delle Fonti International Piano Competition

Bolzano Brescia Chieti

Enna

Finale Ligure Palma d’Oro International Piano Competition  Gioia del Colle Int’l Music Competition Pietro Argento 2016 Lamporecchio Robert Schumann International Piano Competition 2022  Lazise Amadeus Competition 2022  Lovere Tadini International Piano Competition 2021 Massarosa Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Massarosa 2011 Milano ¹ Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone 2019 Milano ² International Piano Competition Premio Alkan 2021 ○ Milano ³ International Competition Piano Talents 2011 ○ Milano 4 Champion’s Keyboard Online Competition 2022 Milano 5 Piano Lovers Int’l Competition [Non prof.] 2014 Monza Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition 2005  Orbetello Orbetello International Piano Competition 2017  Osimo Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition 2015 2015 2016  Grosseto A.Scriabin International Piano Competition

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□  Procida Mimas Festival - International Competition International Piano Competition Roma - Chopin FVG International Piano Competition 2012 San Benedetto del Tronto Int’l Piano Competition La Palma d’Oro 2017 □ San Donà di Piave Concorso Pianistico Internazionale 2014 Sanremo Russian Piano Music International Competition 2019 Seregno Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli 2004 Taranto Int’l Piano Competition Arcangelo Speranza 2006 Terni Int’l Piano Competition Alessandro Casagrande 2018  Trapani Int’l Piano Competition Domenico Scarlatti 2022  Val Tidone Val Tidone Competitions Premio Silvio Bengalli 2003 Varallo Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica 2004  Verona Verona International Piano Competition 2013 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2001 2022 2010  Rome Sacile

Japan

Sendai

Sendai International Music Competition

2006 2008 2001 2013 2016 2021

Takamatsu Takamatsu International Piano Competition

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

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 M.K. Ciurlionis Int’l Piano and Organ Comp. 2022

Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Monaco Morocco

 Kuala Lumpur Int’l Piano Island Festival & Piano Competition 2017 Monterrey Concurso Internacional de Piano Parnassós 2003 Monte-Carlo Monte-Carlo Music Masters Competition 2004

Casablanca

OPM International Music Competition 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 Halina Czerny-Stefanska Int’l Piano Competition 2008 Int’l Subcarpathian Chopin Piano Competition 2015 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 Carl Filtsch Int'l Festival-Competition Rachmaninoff International Competition 2010 2019 2002 2001 2004 2008 2004 2014 2019 2004 2014 2018 2006 2022 2022 2012 2005 Liszt Competition Utrecht Int’l Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial Competition

Netherlands Amsterdam

○ Enschede

Utrecht Bergen Tromsø

Norway

Poland

Bydgoszcz

○ Kielce

□  Łomianki

Poznan

○ Rzeszów ¹ Rzeszów ² ○ Szafarnia

Warsaw

Portugal

 Porto

Viseu

Romania

Bucharest

 Sibiu

Russia Scotland Serbia

Moscow

Glasgow Scottish International Piano Competition

 Novi Sad ¹

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Novi Sad ²  Singapore Bratislava Ljubljana

WPTA International Piano Competition Singapore International Piano Competition J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition

2012 2018 2009 2018 2010

Singapore Slovak Rep.

Slovenia

Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition 2022

 Radovljica International Piano Competition

South Africa Pretoria ¹

UNISA International Music Competitions

Spain

Barcelona Campillos

Int’l Music Competition Maria Canals Barcelona 2007 Campillos International Piano Competition 2007 Carles & Sofia International Piano Competition 2021 María Herrero International Piano Competition 2011 Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio Jaén 2004 International Piano Competition Spanish Composers 2007 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 Ferrol International Piano Competition 2011

Ferrol

 Girona  Granada Las Rozas  Lleida Madrid ¹  Madrid ²  Marbella Murcia Santander Valencia Valladolid Genève ¹ Genève ² ○ Genthod Jaén

Switzerland Bern

Prix du Piano "Interlaken Classics"

2016 2007 2022

Concours de Genève

Horowitz Competition Kyiv - Geneva

Concours Int’l pour Jeunes Musiciens Genève Musicale 2022 Int’l Jeune Chopin Competition for Young Pianists 2019

□ ○ Lugano

Zürich

Concours Géza Anda

2021

Turkey Ukraine

Istanbul

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

 Kiev

Kyiv International Piano Competition

2017 2015

USA

Albuquerque Olga Kern International Piano Competition Cleveland Cleveland International Piano Competition 2007 ○ Cleveland Cleveland Int’l Young Artists Piano Competition 2018  Fort Collins International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival 2018  Fort Worth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2007  Hilton Head Hilton Head International Piano Competition 2005 Honolulu Ke’alohi International Piano Competition 2022  Los Angeles Pacific Stars International Piano Competition 2022 Miami Teresa Carreño Master Piano Competition 2016 ○ Milwaukee PianoArts North Amer. Biennial Piano Competition 2009 ○ Minneapolis International e-Piano Junior Competition 2004 New Orleans New Orleans Int’l Piano Competition 2008 ○ New York ¹ New York Int’l Piano Competition NYIPC 2008 New York ² NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition 2014 New York 3 NTDTV International Piano Competition 2021 □  New York 4 Manhaville International Piano Competition 2021 ○ Oakland NextGen International Piano Competition 2021 ○ Oberlin Thomas & Evon Cooper Int’l Competition 2006

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 Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer Int’l Artists Piano Competition San Antonio The Gurwitz International Piano Competition  San Francisco ¹ GOCAA International Piano Competition  San Francisco ² Artciál International Piano Competition

2006 2019 2020 2022 2006 2007 2019

 San Jose  Tempe

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

Washington American Int’l Piano Festival & Competition

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

○ 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.) □ this competition has no page in the current edition of the AAF catalogue. *¹ in 2021, this competition was held in Zhuhai (China) and is listed there. *² in 2021, this competition was held in Bangkok, but will move to Kuala Lumpur in 2022. this is an online competition: the participants must submit a video recording of their performance. NB a few competition pages have not yet been updated. We hope to receive them soon.

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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 190 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, updates and corrections can be made relatively easily. On page 14, there are links to the complete lists of updates that have been made since this year’s catalogue came out. 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 This page has been reserved for links to corrections and updates that have been noted and implemented after this 2022 edition of the AAF e-catalogue came out.

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Application deadlines in 2022

22 May 24 May 25 May 27 May 27 May 31 May 31 May 1 June 1 June 1 June 1 June 1 June 7 June 10 June 10 June 12 June 15 June 15 June 15 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 1 July 5 July 10 July ~ 10 July 15 July 15 July ~ 30 July 31 July 31 July 31 July

Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia -Y Munich (frg) EUPLAYY [online] Gioia del Colle (it) Pietro Argento Istanbul (tur) Orchestra'Sion Procida (it) Mimas [online] Val Tidone (it) Premio Bengalli Tel-Aviv (isr) Rubinstein 2023 Granada (esp) María Herrero Helsinki (fin) Maj Lind

15 January Enschede (hol) 15 January Tokyo (jpn) Shigeru Kawai 15 January Zagreb (crt) Young Virtuoso 24 January Bern (ch) Interlaken Classics 25 January Rzeszów (pol) Chopin [online] 31 January Vilnius (lit) Stasys Vainiunas 31 January Oakland (CA) (usa) NextGen [online] 28 February Murcia (esp) CLAMO 1 March Brussels (b) Merci, Maestro! 1 March Ferrol (esp) 1 March Moscow (rus) Rachmaninoff 2 March Rio de Janeiro (brs) Piano Festival 7 March Szafarnia (pol) Chopin 10 March Vienna (a) Classic on Danube 15 March Tel-Aviv (isr) Scherzo 15 March Geneva (ch) 16 March Jaén (esp) 20 March Lamporecchio (it) Schumann 20 March Orbetello (it) [online] 31 March Munich (frg) ARD 31 March Orbetello (it) 1 April Lyon (f) 8 April Varaždin (crt) Murai 9 April New Orleans (usa) NOIPC 10 April Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia 10 April Milan (it) Alkan 14 April Washington (CD, usa) AIPFC 20 April Bydgoszcz (pol) Paderewski 20 April Bergen (n) Grieg 21 April Ettlingen (frg) 22 April Madrid (esp) Delia Steinberg [online]

Windsor (gb)

San Francisco (CA) (usa) GOCAA

Darmstadt (frg) Chopin

Milano (it) Champ. Keyb. [online] Geilenkirchen (frg) Euregio

Paris (f) IMFP Tokyo (jpn) PTNA Fulda (frg) Pianale

Finale Ligure (it) Palma d'Oro Maple (can) Aegio [online] Poznan (pol) Czerny-Stefanska Enna (it) F.P. Neglia Eppan (it) Piano Academy Vienna (a) Rosario Marciano Girona (esp) Carles&Sofia [online] Hong Kong (hk) IMA - Liszt Mem. Osimo (it) Nuova Coppa Pianisti Chieti (it) ChietiClassica Nuevo León (mex) Parnassós Aachen (frg) MozARTe Sanremo (it) Russian Music Los Angeles (usa) Pacific Stars onl. Verona (it) Sibiu (rum) Carl Filtsch San Francisco (usa) Artcial [online] Lovere (it) Tadini

23 April 30 April 30 April 30 April 1 May 1 May 1 May 1 May 1 May 10 May 10 May 14 May 15 May 15 May ~ 16 May 19 May 20 May 22 May

Maisons-Laffitte (f)

Zhuhai (chn) Mozart [online] Monza (it) Rina Sala Gallo Bucharest (rum) George Enescu Fort Collins (usa) Odyssiad Shenzhen (chn) Concerto Honolulu (HI) (usa) Ke'alohi Albuquerque (NM) (usa) Olga Kern Seoul (cor) Richter [online] Grosseto (it) Scriabin Tbilisi (geor)

1 August 1 August 15 August 31 August

Marbella (esp)

Yerevan (arm) AIPCF

Hong Kong (hk) Pacific [online] 1 September San Benedetto del Tronto (it) La Palma d'Oro 10 September New York (NY) (usa) NTD 15 September Ljubljana (slvn) 2023 18 September Oberschützen (a) Jenö Takács 25 September Novi Sad (serb) WPTA [online] 30 September Acquaviva delle Fonti (it) ~ 30 September Tokyo (jpn) Japan Pi. Comp. [onl.] 30 September Zagreb (crt) Svetislav Stančić 2023 30 September Hilton Head (usa) 2023 1 October Las Rozas (esp) Spanish Composers

Lleida (esp) Ricard Viñes San Jose (usa) [online] Guangzhou (chn) Mozart

Harbin (chn)

Bolzano (it) Busoni

Hong Kong (hk) Hong Kong IPC

Massarosa (it)

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4 November Tempe (usa) Bösd./Yamaha 2023 10 November Seoul (cor) G-Clef [online] 15 November Kraainem (b) César Franck 15 November Arhus (dan) 2023 20 November Düsseldorf (frg) Schumann 2023 22 November Pontoise (f) Piano Campus 2023 25 November Singapore (sing) 2023 30 November Bern (ch) Prix du Piano 2023 ~ 1 December Hong Kong (hk) HKYPAF 2023 5 December Sydney (aus) 2023 10 December Barcelona (esp) Maria Canals 2023 15 December Cleveland (Ohio) (usa) -Y 2023 15 December Thessaloniki (gr) G. Thymis 2023 19 December Grosseto (it) Scriabini 2023 31 December Hong Kong (hk) HKYPAF 2023 31 December Oakland (CA, usa) NextGen 2023

1 October 1 October 3 October 4 October 10 October 10 October 15 October 15 October 16 October 23 October 24 October ~ 30 October 30 October 31 October

Milano (it) Piano Lovers Milano (it) Piano Talents

Frankfurt (frg) German Int'l Pi. Aw.

Rome (it) Chopin

Radovljica (slvn) Radovljica Antwerpen (b) AntwerPiano Verona (it) -Y [online] Taranto (it) Arcangelo Speranza Hong Kong (hk) IGMTC [online] Madrid (esp) WPTA Spain [online] Tokyo (jpn) Chopin 2023 Kuala Lumpur (mal) Piano Island Campillos (esp)

Lugano (ch) Jeune Chopin 3 November Valencia (esp) José Iturbi 2023 4 November Budapest (hun) Danubia Talents

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) as well as Verona (Italy) handle 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 (and the online format). 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 2022, 2023 and 2024. 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 29-31, 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; - 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; NB when the competition was postponed and the pianists who may take part have already been selected, the age limits may also have slightly changed; online competition. Some period is mostly indicated. (see also pages 34-35); - the calendars for 2023 and 2024 list competitions that are expected to be held, based on their frequency, but it may very well happen that a competition is rescheduled.

AAF’s website is frequently updated. www.alink-argerich.org

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.

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Calendar of events .AAF Member Competitions taking place in 2022 Y : indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see pages 28-31) +Y means a special category/-ies with even lower age limits 2022

Period

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Age l.

7 - 14 January [28 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] 29 Jan. - 6 Feb. [15 Nov] Graz (a) 'Bartók' [6 age cat.] 1 - 20 February [31 Jan] Oakland (usa) 'NextGen' [2 age cat.] 19-30 + Y 5 - 14 February [12 Oct] Graz (a) 'Schubert & Mod.' [Ch. Music] [I ] up to 36 10 - 20 February [ 1 Nov] Amsterdam (hol) 'YPF - Youri Egorov' up to 28 11 - 13 February [30 Nov ’20 ] Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' 16-25 16 - 20 February [15 Jan] Zagreb (crt) 'Young Virtuoso' [6 age cat.] up to 24 + Y 24 Feb. - 5 Mar. [ 1 Oct] Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' 16-31 Feb./March [ 1 Dec] Hong Kong (hk) 'HKYPAF' [34 cat.] all ages + Y 6 - 13 March [ 4 Feb ’21 ] Epinal (f) 17-31 7 - 14 March [30 Sep] Hilton Head (SC, usa) 18-30 10 - 12 March [25 Jan] Rzeszów (pol) 'Chopin' [4 age cat.] up to 21 + Y 13 March [24 Jan] Bern (ch) 'Interlaken Classics' ~16-30 15 - 28 March [27 Sep] Takamatsu (jpn) postponed to Febr. 2023 15-35 26 Mar - 2 Apr [31 Jan] Vilnius (lit) 'Vainiunas' up to 30 26 Mar - 7 Apr [10 Dec] Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' 17-29 3 - 10 April [ 2 Dec] Orléans (f) '20 th -21 st Century' up to 36 4 - 7 April [20 Mar] Lamporecchio (it) 'Schumann' None 18 - 21 April [10 Mar] Vienna (a) 'Classic on Danube' > 2023 up to 35 21 - 24 April [ 1 Mar] Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [3 age cat.] 15-21 + Y 21 - 30 April [16 Mar] Jaén (esp) up to 32 23 - 24 April [10 Apr] Milano (it) 'Alkan' up to 30 23 - 30 April [ 2 Mar] Rio de Janeiro (brs) Piano Festival > Sept. 17-30 29 Apr - 1 May [31 Mar] Orbetello (it) [4 age cat.] 18-21 + Y 29 Apr - 7 May [ 1 Mar] Ferrol (esp) None 30 Apr - 7 May [15 Jan] Enschede (hol) [2 age cat.] 16-20 + Y April/June [30 June] Girona (esp) 'Carles&Sofia' [5 cat.] all ages + Y May [10 May] Seoul (cor) 'Richter' [3 age cat.] 19-40 + Y 1 - 20 May [ 1 May] Bucharest (rum) 'George Enescu' [I ] up to 33 3 - 8 May [31 May ’20 ]Cantù (it) 'Concerto' [2 cat.] up to 37 4 - 7 May [31 Mar] Orbetello (it) up to 35 5 - 8 May [23 Mar ’20 ] Sacile (it) 'FVG' [2 nd phase] up to 34 9 - 13 May [15 Mar] Tel-Aviv (isr) 'Scherzo' [4 age cat.] 16-19 + Y 9 - 15 May [ 8 Apr] Varaždin (crt) 'Jurica Murai' [7 cat.] 17-32 + Y 17 - 24 May [ 1 Nov] Dublin (irl) 18-30 18 - 22 May [7 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] 14-16 + Y 26 - 29 May [14 Apr] Washington (DC, usa) 'AIPFC' up to 35 27 - 29 May [28 Feb] Murcia (esp) 'Clamo' 18 and up May/July [15 June] Maple (can) 'Aegio' [3 age cat.+NP] 19-32 + Y all ages + Y 23-26 + Y

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