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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 beginning of 2023, the war in Ukraine has been going on for almost a year already. Thousands of people have died. The homes and lives of millions others have been ruined. The massive destruction and devastation is appalling. I deeply wish that all this hostility will stop and that the world can be more peaceful again. We also still have to cope with the effects of climate change. It seems inevitable that we must adapt and make some changes to our life styles.

Fortunately, there is also positive news. The corona crisis has somewhat subdued. People can meet again, the concert halls are open and international travelling has been resumed. Competition organisers can also see the effect. Many pianists are applying to take part in live competitions again. However, quite a few competitions have retained the hybrid format: an online preliminary round (preselection based on videos), after which a much smaller number of contestants may take part in the following live rounds of the competition. This new edition of the AAF e-catalogue has been fully revised and updated for the year 2023. It contains again a lot of useful details about many international piano competitions worldwide. Several competitions that were held in 2022 are mentioned in the brief overview on page 6. It was an enormous achievement by Paloma O’Shea to have organised the Santander International Piano Competition at such high level for 50 years. Special tribute also to Tori Stødle (1942-2022) who realised six great editions of the Top of the World Competition in Tromsø (Norway), and to Manana Doijashvili (1947-2023), founder of the Tbilisi Int’l Piano Competition, which had its seventh edition last year. We have fond memories to them. In September 2022, the 2 nd international AAF Conference was held in collaboration with the Liszt Utrecht competition. It was very encouraging that more than 120 people attended this event: organisers from many different competitions as well as laureates, concert pianists and other representatives from all over the Piano World. A wide range of important issues and interesting topics were discussed. Apart from this, it was again a unique opportunity for many to exchange ideas and to make new contacts. As can be seen on page 7 and from the calendars (p. 18-25), many interesting competitions are coming up to be entered or attended. This e-catalogue and the AAF website are constantly updated in order to serve the pianists and assist the competition organisers.

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Table of contents

Page nrs. Preface ................................................................................................................................. 1 Table of contents .............................................................................................................. 2-3 International Piano Competitions Worldwide ................................................................. 4-5 Reflection on 2022 .............................................................................................................. 6 Preview 2023 ....................................................................................................................... 7 List of AAF member competitions ................................................................................ 8-12 Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................... 13 Correction page ................................................................................................................. 14 Application deadlines in 2023 ..................................................................................... 15-16 Calendars ........................................................................................................................... 17 2023 ............................................................................................................................ 18-21 2024 ............................................................................................................................ 21-23 2025 ............................................................................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 43-44 Chamber Music ............................................................................................................ 45-47 Practicing facilities ............................................................................................................ 48 Concerto Repertoire .......................................................................................................... 49 Mozart Concertos ...................................................................................................... 50-51 Piano Concertos ........................................................................................................ 52-55 Travel assistance ............................................................................................................... 56 Accommodation ................................................................................................................ 57 Jury Rules & Recommendations .................................................................................. 58-61 AAF Award .................................................................................................................. 62-63 AAF Receptions ................................................................................................................ 64 AAF Conference ............................................................................................................... 65 Essential matters ................................................................................................................ 66 Competition pages 67 Australia ......................................................................................................................... 68 Austria ....................................................................................................................... 69-75 Belgium ..................................................................................................................... 76-79 Brazil .............................................................................................................................. 80 Canada ...................................................................................................................... 81-83 China ......................................................................................................................... 84-88 Croatia ....................................................................................................................... 89-91 Denmark ......................................................................................................................... 92

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Page nrs. England ..................................................................................................................... 93-96 Finland ............................................................................................................................ 97 France ...................................................................................................................... 98-109 Georgia ......................................................................................................................... 110 Germany ................................................................................................................ 111-127 Hong Kong ............................................................................................................ 128-130 Hungary ................................................................................................................. 131-132 Ireland ........................................................................................................................... 133 Israel ...................................................................................................................... 134-136 Italy ....................................................................................................................... 137-166 Japan ..................................................................................................................... 167-174 Kazakhstan ................................................................................................................... 175 Korea ..................................................................................................................... 176-177 Latvia ............................................................................................................................ 178 Lithuania ....................................................................................................................... 179 Macau ........................................................................................................................... 180 Malaysia ....................................................................................................................... 181 Monaco ......................................................................................................................... 182 Morocco ....................................................................................................................... 183 Netherlands ........................................................................................................... 184-186 Norway .................................................................................................................. 187-188 Poland ................................................................................................................... 189-196 Portugal ................................................................................................................. 197-198 Romania ................................................................................................................ 199-200 Scotland ........................................................................................................................ 201 Serbia .................................................................................................................... 202-203 Singapore ...................................................................................................................... 204 Slovak Rep. .................................................................................................................. 205 Slovenia ................................................................................................................. 206-207 South Africa ................................................................................................................. 208 Spain ..................................................................................................................... 209-223 Switzerland ........................................................................................................... 224-229 Turkey .......................................................................................................................... 230 U.S.A. .................................................................................................................... 231-255 Master classes and Academies 256 Italy ............................................................................................................................... 257 Japan ............................................................................................................................. 258 World Master Pianists 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 1100 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. Ample choice Peak

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2022

In 2022, there have been quite a few remarkable achievements in the musical world. Fortunately, the corona pandemic somewhat receded, making international travelling possible again without too many complications. Most of the international piano competitions that had been planned, could take place and - much to the organisers’ delight - the number of applicants was high up again! In March, the competition in Hilton Head (SC, USA) was won by Jaeden Izik-Dzurko from Canada. Two weeks later, he was in Barcelona, where he won the Maria Canals Competition. In August he went on to win the 20 th Santander Int’l Piano Competition! An amazing row of successes for this young pianist. Multiple victories also for Japanese pianist Yukine Kuroki: she won Dublin as well as the Liszt Utrecht! Japanese pianists were particularly successful in 2022: in not less than 16 international piano competitions, the first prize was awarded to a pianist from this country. At the Edvard Grieg competition in Bergen (Norway), the victory went to Fuko Ishii, while in Ettlingen the top category was won by Rei Harada. In June, Yunchan Lim from Korea made history by winning the 16 th Cliburn Competition with a dazzling performance of Rach 3. Anna Geniushene and Dmytro Choni were the two runners-up, demonstrating that nationalities do not and should not matter at international music competitions, where aspiring young professional musicians from all over the world come together, aiming at further recognition and making another important step in their individual careers. In July, the brand new Samson François competition in the south of France had an excellent first edition. A few days later, the 23 rd Bach competition in Leipzig was held. The Busoni competition set a new record by receiving 589 applications! After a thorough screening, 110 of them were selected for the “glocal” competition: making a recording to be evaluated by an international jury in November, after which 35 pianists were admitted to the final phase. The piano festival/competition in Rio de Janeiro, which had originally been scheduled for April, took place in September. It was dedicated to the memory of Nelson Freire. The Mozart competition in Zhuhai (China) could not take place in presence, but was carried out online. The Hong Kong IPC had an extraordinary edition by having all contestants perform live at the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt (Austria), while each performance was streamed in the highest possible quality to the concert hall in Hong Kong. The juries in both places came to a joint verdict and announced Jonas Stark as the winner. At the same time, the competition in Geneva, the Honens in Calgary and the Olga Kern competition in Albuquerque were taking place. Geneva was won by 17-year old Kevin Chen who had also won in Budapest (2021). Illia Ovcharenko became the Honens laureate after having won the New York IPC as well plus three more first prizes in 2021. In November, the Marguerite Long Competition was back again under a new management. Hyuk Lee shared the first prize with Masaya Kamei.

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2023

What will the year 2023 bring? Naturally, we hope that there will be no war any more and that people can live together more peacefully. In musical respect, many wonderful events have been scheduled for this year. We can look forward to several major competitions and some other very special ones that can also be very exciting and deliver great winners! In February, the 5 th Takamatsu Int’l Piano Competition will be held in Japan, which was postponed from last year. February/March, the new Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition will be held, offering a 30,000 euro first prize. Twenty-eight pianists have been selected to compete. Before it finishes, the competition in Århus (Denmark) starts, where exceptionally gifted young talents have been awarded in the past years (Beatrice Rana, Philip Scheucher, Davit Khrikuli, J J Jun Li Bui …). In March, the Arthur Rubinstein Competition will be held live again in Tel Aviv: a great event, lasting almost three weeks! Eleven jury members will evaluate the performance of the 39 selected participants. Most of them already won top prizes in other major competitions. The end of March, a new Scarlatti competition will be held in Trapani (Italy), overlapping with the competition for the Premio Schumann in Lamporecchio. Many young pianists have applied for the new competition in Kronberg (Germany). In April, a very special edition of the Horowitz competition will be held in Geneva. In Orléans, young pianists can demonstrate how good they are with their interpretations of 20 th & 21 st Century repertoire. The beginning of May, the first phase of the FVG competition in Sacile (Italy) will be held. One week later, the Hans von Bülow competition in Meiningen (Germany) offers pianists the opportunity to be soloist and conductor in a piano concerto by Beethoven, Mozart or Bach. In Murcia (Spain), pianists are encouraged to play a piano concerto which is not often heard: by Czerny, Medtner, Respighi or Tchaikovsky #2 (with 2 nd piano accompaniment). In July, the Polish Music Competition in Rzeszów can be very interesting, while at the other side of our planet, 32 pianists will compete in Sydney to win one or several of the many substantial awards (total prize pool more than AUD 236,000). At the same time, young pianists are welcomed at the junior competition in Cleveland. A few weeks later, the Thomas & Evon Cooper Competition in Oberlin (USA) is also staged again. In October, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw offers pianists the opportunity to compete in the 2 nd int’l Chopin competition on period instruments. From 20 th October, the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Competition will be held in Brescia (Italy). The end of October, the Naumburg Competition is open for pianists again. They can choose from a wide range of piano concertos for the finals. In China, the Mozart Competition in Zhuhai and the Concerto Competition in Shenzhen have been planned (Sept. & Nov.). December: who will win in Bonn ( Beethoven ), Manchester ( Mottram ) or Novi Sad ( Bajic )?

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AAF member competitions (as of August 2023)

member since

Australia Austria

Sydney 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 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 2004 Merci, Maestro! International Piano Competition 2015  Grez-Doiceau Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes EPTA 2016 ○ Kraainem César Franck International Piano Competition 2013 2015 2017  Graz ¹ Graz ²  Brussels ²

Belgium Brussels ¹

Brazil Canada

Rio de Janeiro International Piano Festival

2022 2010 2004 2021

Calgary Montreal

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

 Toronto

China

 Guangzhou Int’l Mozart Memorial Award Piano Competition 2020 Shanghai International Piano Competition for Young Artists 2017 Shenzhen China Shenzhen Int’l Piano Concerto Competition 2006 Shuzou Jinji Lake International Piano Competition 2017  Zhuhai Int’l Mozart Competition for Young Musicians 2014

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

2010 2009 2011 2011

Denmark ○ Århus

England

Hastings Leeds London

UK Piano Open International Piano Competition 2019 RNCM James Mottram Int’l Piano Competition 2007 Helsinki Int’l Maj Lind Piano Competition 2005

Manchester Helsinki

Finland France

 Cagnes-sur-Mer Concours Int’l de Piano Samson François International Piano Competition Alain Marinaro Concours International de Piano Epinal Concours International de Piano de Lyon Concours International Piano à Mayenne Concours International de Piano d’Orléans  Maisons-Laffitte Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France Epinal Lyon Collioure

2022 2022 2019 2012 2015 2016 2003

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

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Georgia Germany

Tbilisi

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

2007 2006 2004 2012 2011 2018 2004 2008 2012 2014 2022 2004 2020 2022 2022 2015 2004 2005 2021 2019 2018 2018 2008

 Aachen

Bonn

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

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

Hong Kong □ Hong Kong 1 Hong Kong International Piano Competition  Hong Kong 2 Youth Performance Arts Festival ( HKYPAF )  Hong Kong 3 Int’l Global Music Talent Contest (IGMTC)

 Hong Kong 4 Int’l Youth Talent Musician Competition (IMCA)

Hungary

Budapest ¹  Budapest ² Tel-Aviv ¹ ○ Tel-Aviv ² Tel-Aviv 3 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 Wandering Music Stars Int’l Piano Competition

Ireland Israel

Italy

 Aci Bonaccorsi Amigdala International Piano Competition  Acquaviva delle Fonti International Piano Competition

Brescia

A.B. Michelangeli International Piano Competition 2022 Int’l Piano Competition Francesco Paolo Neglia 2020

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 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 ¹ Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli 2004 ○ Seregno ² Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Elsa Pozzoli 2013 Taranto Int’l Piano Competition Arcangelo Speranza 2006  Trapani Int’l Piano Competition Domenico Scarlatti 2022  Val Tidone Val Tidone Competitions Premio Silvio Bengalli 2003 Vercelli G.B. Viotti International Music Competition 2014  Verona Verona International Piano Competition 2013 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2001 2022 2010  Rome Sacile PTNA Piano Competition for Promising Pianists The Int’l Chopin Piano Competition in Asia Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition Japan Piano Open International Piano Competition 2017 Eurasian Stars International Piano Competition Korean Piano Open Competition Isang Yun International Music Competition Riga Int’l Competition for Young Pianists M.K. Ciurlionis Int’l Piano and Organ Comp. International Liszt Ferenc Competition OPM International Music Competition YPF European Piano Competition - Youri Egorov Globe International Piano Competition 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  Kuala Lumpur Int’l Piano Island Festival & Piano Competition 2017 Monte-Carlo Monte-Carlo Music Masters Competition 2004 Casablanca ○ Enschede Utrecht Bergen Tromsø Liszt Utrecht Competition Bydgoszcz Rzeszów International Competition of Polish Music Int’l Chopin Piano Comp. for Children and Youth 2013 Japan Piano Competition Seoul Tongyeong ○ Riga Vilnius  Macau Sendai Sendai International Music Competition 2006 2008 2001 2013 2016 2021 2017 2019 2006 2013 2022 2022 2010 2019 2023 2002 2001 2004 2008 2004 2014 2019 2019 Takamatsu Takamatsu International Piano Competition  Tokyo ¹  Tokyo ² Tokyo ³ Tokyo 4  Tokyo 5

Japan

Kazakhstan Astana

Korea

Latvia

Lithuania Macau Malaysia Monaco Morocco

Netherlands Amsterdam

□  Hilversum

Norway

Poland

○ Kielce  Łomianki ○ Szafarnia Warsaw ¹ Warsaw ² Warsaw ³

Chopin International Piano Competition

2004

Int’l Chopin Piano Competition on Period Instruments 2017 Warsaw Piano Grand Prix Int’l Piano Competition 2023 Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition 2014 Concurso Int'l de Piano de Viseu - Solar de Prim 2018

Portugal

 Porto

Viseu

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Romania

Bucharest

International Competition George Enescu Carl Filtsch Int'l Festival-Competition Int’l Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial Competition WPTA International Piano Competition Singapore International Piano Competition J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition

2006 2022 2012 2005 2012 2018 2009 2018 2010

 Sibiu

Scotland Serbia

Glasgow Scottish International Piano Competition

 Novi Sad ¹ Novi Sad ²  Singapore Bratislava Ljubljana

Singapore Slovak Rep.

Slovenia

Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition 2022

 Radovljica International Piano Competition

South Africa Pretoria

UNISA International Music Competitions

Spain

Barcelona ¹ Barcelona ² Campillos

Int’l Music Competition Maria Canals Barcelona 2007 Classical Barcelona Int’l Piano Competition 2023 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 Madrid International Piano Competition Marbella International Music Competition Concurso Internacional de Piano Clamo Music Paloma O'Shea Santander Int’l Piano Competition 2016 José Iturbi International Piano Competition 2013 Frechilla-Zuloaga International Piano Competition 2021 2022 2016 2016

 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

Istanbul

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

USA

Albuquerque Olga Kern International Piano Competition Fou Ts’ong International Piano Competition Cleveland International Piano Competition Boston  Fort Collins International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival Van Cliburn International Piano Competition  Hilton Head Hilton Head International Piano Competition  Fort Worth Cleveland ¹ ○ Cleveland ²

2015 2023 2007 2018 2007 2005 2022 2022 2016

Cleveland Int’l Young Artists Piano Competition 2018

 Honolulu

Aloha International Piano Competition

 Los Angeles Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

Miami

Teresa Carreño Master Piano Competition PianoArts North Amer. Biennial Piano Competition 2009

○ Milwaukee

○ Minneapolis International e-Piano Junior Competition

2004

○ Nashville

Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition 2022

New Orleans New Orleans Int’l Piano Competition

2008

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

New York Int’l Piano Competition NYIPC NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition NTDTV International Piano Competition GOCAA International Piano Competition NextGen International Piano Competition Thomas & Evon Cooper Int’l Competition Naumburg Competition

2008 2014 2023 2021 2020 2021 2006 2006 2019 2022 2006 2007

□ ○ Oakland

○ Oberlin

 Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer Int’l Artists Piano Competition San Antonio The Gurwitz International Piano Competition  San Francisco ² Artciál 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 2014 ○ 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. 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. Tokyo Showa Piano Art Academy

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Disclaimer . Worldwide, more than 1100 international piano competitions exist. AAF monitors most of them and has extensive documentation about them. This catalogue focuses on the 194 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 & updates This page has been reserved for links to corrections and updates that have been noted and implemented after this 2023 edition of the AAF e-catalogue came out.

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Application deadlines in 2023

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15 January Madrid (esp) Delia Steinberg 22 January Kronberg (frg) 31 January New York (NY) (usa) NYCA 31 January Geneva (ch) Horowitz 1 February Casablanca (mrc) OPM 6 February Meiningen (frg) Hans von Bülow -Y 6 February Orléans (f) Brin d'Herbe 10 February Miami Beach (usa) Teresa Carreño 15 February Rzeszów (pol) Polish Music 15 February Epinal (f) 15 February Viseu (prt) 28 February Vienna (a) Classic on Danube 1 March Brussels (b) Merci, Maestro! 1 March New York (NY) (usa) GOCAA 6 March Jaén (esp) 6 March Sacile (it) FVG 6 March Geneva (ch) Genève Musicale 8 March Lamporecchio (it) Schumann 8 March Hong Kong IMCA [online] 27 March Warsaw (pol) Piano Grand Prix 30 March Astana (kzk) Eurasian Stars 31 March Munich (frg) ARD [Ch. Mus.] 31 March Brescia (it) A.B. Michelangeli 31 March Orbetello (it) 31 March Monte-Carlo (mon) WMM 1 April Lyon (f) 8 April Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia 10 April Milan (it) Alkan 15 April Lleida (esp) Ricard Viñes ~ 21 April Kielce (pol) Moszkowski 23 April Maisons-Laffitte (f) 25 April Oberlin (usa) Cooper 30 April London (gb) UK Open 30 April Taranto (it) Arcangelo Speranza 30 April Seregno (it) Ettore Pozzoli 1 May Collioure (f) Alain Marinaro 2 May Milano (it) Piano Talents 7 May Zhuhai (chn) Mozart 15 May San Francisco (CA, usa) Artciál ~ 15 May Guangzhou (chn) Mozart 15 May San Francisco (usa) Artciál [online] 28 February Murcia (esp) CLAMO 1 March Tel-Aviv (isr) Scherzo 11 March Lazise (it) Amadeus 14 March Szafarnia (pol) Chopin 15 March Mayenne (f) 18 March Trapani (it) Scarlatti 24 March Orbetello (it) -Y 24 March Glasgow (sct)

San Donà di Piave (it) Procida (it) Mimas [online] Bonn (frg) Telekom-Beethoven Porto (prt) Santa Cecilia -Y Madrid (esp) Madrid IPC Rio de Janeiro (brs) Piano Fest. Val Tidone (it) Premio Bengalli Honolulu (HI) (usa) Aloha Granada (esp) María Herrero Warsaw (pol) Chopin Period Boston (usa) Fou Ts'ong Roubaix (f) Étoiles du Piano Fort Collins (usa) Odyssiad Toronto (can) Aegio [online] Cagnes-sur-Mer (f) Samson François Tokyo (jpn) PTNA Fulda (frg) Pianale

Geilenkirchen (frg) Euregio Shenzhen (chn) Concerto Sibiu (rum) Carl Filtsch

Paris (f) IMFP

Pretoria (rsa) UNISA 2024 Eppan (it) Piano Academy Vienna (a) Rosario Marciano Girona (esp) Carles&Sofia [online]

Vilnius (lit) Ciurlionis

San Antonio (TX) (usa) Gurwitz 2024

Weimar (frg) Liszt Shanghai (chn) Vercelli (it) G.B. Viotti

Seoul (cor) Korean Piano Open

Riga (lat)

Enna (it) F.P. Neglia

Finale Ligure (it) Palma d'Oro Seregno (it) Elsa Pozzoli Tokyo (jpn) Japan Piano Open Sanremo (it) Russian Music

Aachen (frg) MozARTe

Verona (it)

Tongyeong (cor) Isang Yun

1 August 1 August 6 August 24 August 27 August 28 August 31 August

Los Angeles (usa) Pac. Stars [online]

Marbella (esp)

Tel-Aviv (isr) Wandering Music Stars Gioia del Colle (it) Premio Argento Barcelona (esp) Classical Barc. New York (NY) (usa) Naumburg

Nashville (TN) (usa) Chopin

1 September Bremen (frg) 2024

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~ 27 October Tokyo (jpn) Chopin 2024 27 October Leeds (gb) 2024 ~ 30 October Kuala Lumpur (mal) Piano Island ~ 30 October Lomianki (pol) Zarebski 31 October Budapest (hun) Danubia Talents 31 October Montreal (can) ~ 15 November Osimo (it) Nuova Coppa Pianisti 15 November Graz (a) Bartók 2024 15 November Kraainem (b) César Franck 24 November Pontoise (f) Piano Campus 2024 ~ 25 November Singapore (sing) 2024 ~ 30 November Bern (ch) Interlaken Classics 2024 ~ 1 December Hong Kong (hk) HKYPAF 2024 5 December New York (NY) (usa) NYIPC 2024 6 December Orléans (f) 20th & 21st Century 2024 10 December Barcelona (esp) Maria Canals 2024 15 December Cleveland (Ohio) (usa) 2024 19 December Grosseto (it) Scriabin 2024 ~ 31 December Oakland (usa) Nextgen [online] 2024

1 September San Benedetto del Tronto (it) La Palma d'Oro 12 September Valladolid (esp) Frechilla-Zuloaga 15 September Enschede (hol) 2024 15 September Hastings (gb) Concerto 2024 15 September Salt Lake City (UT, usa) Bachauer ‘ 24 25 September Manchester (gb) James Mottram 25 September Novi Sad (serb) WPTA [online] 30 September Acquaviva delle Fonti (it) 1 October Paris (f) Animato / Chopin 1 October Novi Sad (serb) Isidor Bajic 1 October Las Rozas (esp) Spanish Comp. 1 October Milano (it) Piano Lovers 9 October Rome (it) Chopin 10 October Radovljica (slvn) Radovljica 15 October Grez-Doiceau (b) EPTA 15 October Campillos (esp) 16 October Frankfurt (frg) IGPA 18 October Milano (it) Champion’s Keyb. [onl.]

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 Meiningen and Orbetello (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. 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 2023, 2024 and 2025. 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 some cases, the dates of a competition may still change. Every effort has been made to have all information 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 has been indicated. (see also pages 34-35); - the calendars for 2024 and 2025 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 2023 Y : indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see pages 28-31) +Y means a special category/-ies with even lower age limits 2023

Period

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Age l.

2 - 5 January [31 Oct] Lugano (ch) ' Jeune Chopin' [3 age cat.] up to 18 + Y 3 - 8 January [ 4 Nov] Tempe (AZ) (usa) Bösendorfer/Yamaha US ASU 19-32 + Y 7 - 12 January [27 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] all ages + Y 12 - 20 January [25 Dec] Thessaloniki (gr) 'Giorgos Thymis' up to 32 13 - 17 January [30 Sep] Zagreb (crt) 'Svetislav Stančić' up to 35 15 - 21 January [25 Nov] Singapore (sing) [2 age cat.] 16-32 +Y 10 - 12 February [22 Nov] Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus' 16-25 12 - 24 February [27 Sep ’20 ] Takamatsu (jpn) 16-36 19 - 26 February [19 Dec] Grosseto (it) 'Scriabin' [2 age cat.] up to 36 +Y 21 - 25 February [20 Nov] Düsseldorf (frg) 'Schumann' [3 age cat.] 18-20 + Y 24 - 26 February [31 Dec] Hong Kong (hk) 'HKYPAF' [56 cat.] all ages +Y 25 Feb. - 4 Mar. [15 Sep] Ljubljana (slvn) 16-31 3 - 11 March [15 Nov] Århus (dan) [2 age cat.] 16-21 + Y 12 March [30 Nov] Bern (ch) 'Interlaken Classics' ~16-30 13 - 18 March [30 Sep] Hilton Head (SC,usa) 13-17 Y 14 - 20 March [ 1 Feb] Casablanca (mrc) ‘OPM’ 16-30 14 Mar - 1 Apr. [ 1 June] Tel-Aviv (isr) 'Arthur Rubinstein' 18-32 17 - 26 March [15 Feb] Epinal (f) 16-30 19 - 30 March [10 Dec] Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' 17-28 22 - 26 March [11 Mar] Lazise (it) 'Amadeus' [7 age cat.] up to 40 + Y 25 Mar - 2 Apr. [18 Mar] Trapani (it) 'Domenico Scarlatti' [4 age cat.] 20-35 + Y 27 - 30 March [ 8 Mar] Lamporecchio (it) 'Schumann' None 31 Mar - 2 Apr. [22 Jan] Kronberg (frg) [7 age cat.] 6-19 + Y March/April [ 8 Mar] Hong Kong (hk) 'IMCA' [various cat.] all ages +Y 4 - 8 April [15 Feb] Viseu (prt) up to 31 11 - 14 April [28 Feb] Vienna (a) 'Classic on Danube' up to 35 11 - 16 April [ 1 Mar] Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [4 age cat.] 21-25 + Y 13 - 21 April [31 Jan] Genève (ch) 'Horowitz Kyiv - Geneva' 16-33 13 - 22 April [ 6 Mar] Jaén (esp) up to 32 20 - 23 April [ 6 Feb] Orléans (f) 'Brin d’Herbe' [3 cat.] up to 18 Y 25 - 27 April [15 Jan] Madrid (esp) 'Delia Steinberg' 18-30 25 - 28 April [30 Mar] Astana (kzk) 'Eurasian Stars' up to 35 27 - 30 April [15 Mar] Mayenne (f) up to 35 28 - 29 April [10 Apr] Milano (it) 'Alkan' up to 30 28 - 30 April [24 Mar] Orbetello (it) [4 age cat.] 18-21 + Y 29 April - 2 May [27 Mar] Warsaw (pol) 'Warsaw Piano Grand Prix' up to 35 2 - 6 May [ 6 Mar] Sacile (it) 'FVG' [phase 1] up to 32 3 - 6 May [31 Mar] Orbetello (it) up to 35 + Y 4 - 7 May [ 6 Feb] Meiningen (frg) 'Hans von Bülow' Junior [2 cat.] 14-17 + Y

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