AAF-2024

Calendar of events AAF Member Competitions taking place in 2024-2026 Y : indicates a special focus on (very) young pianists (see pages 28-31) +Y means a special category/-ies with even lower age limits 2024

Period

[Appl.]

Age l.

all ages + Y

7 - 21 January [26 Oct] Tokyo (jpn) 'Chopin' [various cat.] 22 Jan. - 3 Feb. [23 July] Pretoria (rsa) 26 Jan. - 4 Feb. [ 1 July] San Antonio (usa) 'Gurwitz' 27 - 28 January [31 Oct] Singapore (sing) 'SIYPC' [various cat.] 27 Jan. - 4 Feb. [15 Nov] Graz (a) 'Bartók' [6 age cat.]

up to 30 18-32

up to 28 +Y 23-26 + Y

2 - 4 Feb. 6 - 13 Feb. 13 - 18 Feb. 14 - 18 Feb. 17 - 23 Feb. 18 - 25 Feb.

[24 Nov] Pontoise (f) 'Piano Campus'

16-25 16-31

[30 Sep] Bremen (frg)

18 and up + Y up to 24 + Y 16-20 + Y

[ 2 Jan] Hong Kong (hk) 'IMCA' [various cat.] [15 Jan] Zagreb (crt) 'Young Virtuoso' [6 age cat.] [15 Sep] Enschede (hol) [2 age cat.]

[19 Dec] Grosseto (it) 'Scriabin'

up to 36 16-30

22 Feb. - 2 Mar. [15 Sep] Hastings (gb) 'Concerto' 23 - 25 February [31 Dec] Hong Kong (hk) 'HKYPAF' [34 cat.] 6 - 10 March [ 1 Feb] Hartford (CT, usa) 'Chopin' [4 age cat.] 9 - 21 March [10 Dec] Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' 18 - 22 March [28 Feb] Lamporecchio (it) 'Schumann / Respogliosi' 22 - 24 March [30 Dec] Hilversum (hol) 'Globe' [4 age cat.]

all ages + Y all ages + Y

17-29 None

18-21 + Y

1 - 4 April 4 - 10 April 4 - 13 April 7 - 19 April 9 - 14 April 10 - 14 April 13 - 20 April 18 - 23 April

[ 1 Dec] Istanbul (tur) 'Orchestra'Sion'

up to 35

[16 Mar] Trapani (it) 'Domenico Scarlatti' [4 age cat.] 20-35 + Y

[14 Feb] Jaén (esp)

up to 32 16-28

[31 Dec] Suzhou (chn) 'Jinji Lake' [postponed] [10 Mar] Lazise (it) 'Amadeus' [7 age cat.] [ 1 Mar] Brussels (b) 'Merci, Maestro!' [4 age cat.] [25 Feb] Vilnius (lit) 'Dvarionas' [3 age cat.] [15 Mar] Varaždin (crt) 'Jurica Murai' [7 cat.]

up to 35 + Y 21-25 + Y up to 20 + Y 17-32 + Y

30 Apr - 3 May [ 6 Mar ’23 ] Sacile (it) 'FVG' [phase 2] 2 - 5 May [22 Mar] Mayenne (f) 3 - 5 May [24 Mar] Orbetello (it) [5 age cat.] 18-21 + Y 3 - 8 May [10 Apr] Aci Bonaccorsi (it) 'Giuseppe Raciti' [7 cat.] None + Y 5 - 16 May [31 Oct] Montreal (can) 16-30 6 - 8 May [15 Mar] Tel-Aviv (isr) 'Scherzo' [4 age cat.] 16-19 + Y 6 - 10 May [19 Apr] Sarajevo (bosn) 'Matusja Blum' [6 age cat.] up to 25 + Y 8 - 11 May [31 Mar] Orbetello (it) up to 35 9 - 12 May [31 Mar] Aci Bonaccorsi (it) 'Piano Interpretation' >Oct. up to 37 17 - 19 May [29 Mar] Murcia (esp) 'Clamo' [cancelled] up to 36 22 - 24 May [10 May] Taranto (it) 'Arcangelo Speranza' up to 35 22 - 26 May [15 Feb] El Paso (TX, usa) 'Borderland Chopin' 18-35 22 - 26 May [ 8 Mar] Szafarnia (pol) 'Chopin' [3 age cat.] 14-16 + Y up to 33 17-35

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