Preliminary Round: February-March,2024
Midwest Region: February 1st, 2024 (11:59pm, CST)
Southeast Region: TBA, 2024 (11:59pm, EST)
Northeast Region: March 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, EST)
Southwest Region: March 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, EST)
Online: March 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, CST)
Application Fee：$36 USD The preliminary round is non refundable
Repertoire: Please check out the general information page.
Questions? Feel free to reach out support@ippa.cc
- Candidates who qualify for the IPPA Outstanding Pianist Showcase can proceed directly to the semifinal round
- Candidates who made to the 2023 final round are qualified to proceed directly to the semifinal round
- Every participant in preliminary round will receive digital certificate and comments from the judge.
- Preliminary round judges: Dr. Po Sim Head; Dr. Christina Liu, Dr. Rosy Ge, Dr. Alejandro Avila, Cheng Yang
Semifinal Round: February-May, 2024
Repertoire: Please check out the general information page.
In Person national(Semifinal) round: You may enter in whatever region (or date) is the most convenient for you.
Midwest Region: (Springfield, MO)
Regional Director: Dr. Hye-Jung Hong
Questions? Email: us.midwest@ippa.cc
Location: C Minor Recital Hall, Missouri State University
901 S National Ave Springfield, MO 65897
National Round Application Deadline: Feb 7th, 2024 (11:59pm, CST)
In Person Competition Day: February 24th, 2024
Jury Panel
Dr. Enrico Elisi
Dr. Scott McBride Smith
Dr. Wei-Han Su
Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
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Southwest Region:(Los Angeles, CA)
Regional Director: Jiaxian Li
Questions?
Email: us.southwest.los.angeles@ippa.cc
Location: Church of Glory
3017 W Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91803
National Round Application Deadline: March 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, EST)
In Person Competition Day: April 27th, 2024
Jury Panel
Dr. Sarkis Baltaian
Dr. Stephen Pierce
Dr. Wenjing Liu
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Southeast Region: (Charlotte, NC)
Regional Director: Yang Fan
Questions？ Email： fan.clt@ippa.cc
Steinway Piano Gallery Charlotte: 7030 Smith Corners Blvd #A, Charlotte, NC
Application Deadline: TBA (11:59pm, EST)
In Person Competition Day: TBA
Northeast Region: (Fairfield, CT)
Director: Linda Franklin-Biggs
Questions？ Email: ippacompetitions@gmail.com
Faust Harrison Pianos,322 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06825
National Round Application Deadline: April 10th, 2024 (11:59pm, EST)
In Person Competition Day: May 4th and 5th, 2024
Jury Panel: TBA
$90 USD for Young Artist Category
$100 USD for Professionals and Chamber group
US Division Online National Round:
The semifinal round application fee is non refundable.
US Division Online Judges: TBA
Score above 96: Gold Medal, certificate and detailed comments from the judges.
Score between 92-95: Silver Medal, certificate and detailed comments from the judges.
Score between 88-91: Bronze Medal, certificate and detailed comments from the judges.
Score between 83-87: Honorable Mention, certificate and detailed comments from the judges.
Score below 82: Participation certificate and detailed comments from the judges.
* Gold prize winner and Silver prize winners are qualified for the International level (Final Round) competition.
* Outstanding performers will receive IPPA Conero festival scholarship to participate the festival in Italy.
* Online semifinal candidate will receive digital certificate, comments. Gold prize winner will receive $500 festival scholarship.
We will be in touch to schedule your performance date and time
Final Round：July 30th -31st , 2023 (In-person)
Address: Via S Stefano, 1, 62019 Recanati MC, Italy
Online Finalists: June 20th-30th, 2023
For finalists who participate virtually, the IPPA Conero team will schedule a performance time with them. Available times will fall between June 20th -30th. No pre-recording allowed, it will be a live performance.
Application fee: 150 USD for Young Artist Category/ 180 USD for Professionals and Chamber group
Online Application Fee: 100 USD
Hosted by: International Piano Professionals Association
Supported by: IPPA United States Division
Steinway Piano Gallery Charlotte
2023 Semifinal Winners Showcase
2023 Semifinals
Past Events
2023 US Division Finalist
Young Artist Category
Group A (Age 16-17)
Jessica Liang; student of Dr. Amy Harris
Group B (Age 14-15)
William Jin; student of Irena Hramenkova
Martin Pena; student of Ludovica Tassani
Group C (Age 12-13)
Zion Levy; Student of Irina Kornilova
Matthew Shang; Student of Fan Yang
Lucas Li; Student of Mike Adams
Group D (Age 10-11)
Kaitong Ma;Student of Kazuko Adachi
Group E (Age 8-9)
Louis Gao; Student of Ludovica Tassani
Te Du; Student of Yan Cai
Yisen Dong; Student of Fan Yang
Jacob Wong; student of Junying Tang
Jack Xuekai Zhang; Student of Fan Yang
Group F (Age 6-7)
Hank Yu; student of Junying Tang
Joe Xu; student of Junying Tang
Professional Artist Category
Group A (Age 18-32)
Yuting Chen; Studen of Dr. Nicholas Susi
Group C (Age 10-13)
Louis Gao; Student of Ludovica Tassani
Ken Hanping Hu; Student of Dr. Alan Woo
Young Artist Category:
Group G (Age under 6)
Yaren Kara; student of Dr. Rachel Pereira
Group F (Age 6-7)
Bida Cai; student of Laura Hrivnak
Group E (Age 8-9)
Eduard Romanov; student of Jennifer Lacy
Kayson Liu; student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
Olivia Yu; student of Dr. Feifei Jiang and Dr. Hua Jiang
Group D (Age 10-11)
Dylan Zheng; student of Dr. Hye-Jung Hong |
Dietrich Snyder; student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
Lanie Liu Deng; student of Dr. Hye-Jung Hong
Xiaowei Wang; student of Dr. Hye-Jung Hong
Group B (Age 14-15)
Brayden C Miao; student of Dr. Hye-Jung Hong and Dr. Wei-Han Su
Grace Luo; student of Dr. Wei-Han Su
Michael Ye; student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
Group A ( Age 16-17)
August Siefkes ; Student of Dr. Alejandro Avila
Lucas Sola; Student of Dr. Alejandro Avila
Chamber Category
Youth Chamber Group (Age under 18)
Joseph Bock (piano) & Christian Giullian (violin) student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang and Dr. Yiming Zhou
Michael Ye (piano) & Ethan Ye (violin); student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang and Peiying Yang
Adult Piano Duo
Hanrui Ma & Zitong Zhai; student of Dr. Yi-Yang Chen
Professional Artist Group C (Age 10-13)
Joshua Gaumer; student of Dr. Kristi Baker-Lampe
Sophie Yu; student of Dr. Feifei Jiang and Dr. Hua Jiang
Professional Young Artist B (Age 14-17)
Charlene Lee; student of Dr. Wei-Han Su
Fritz Volini; student of Jennifer Lacy
Professional Young Artist A (Age 18-32)
Hanqiu Xu: student of Tamás Ungár
Jiyeon Lee; student of Dr. Hye-Jung Hong
Shawn Lee; student of Dr. Wei-Han Su
Yi Chang; student of Dr. Scott McBride Smith
Young Artist Category
Group F (Age 6-7 )
William Tao, student of Elly Wen
Gavin Ma, student of Firo Huang
Aiden Chen, student of Shuhan Guan
Ashley Luo, student of Anh Rozman
Group E ( Age 8-9 )
Annabel Guo, student of Elly Wen
Ethan Ru, student of Natalia Syed
Nicolas Li, student of Elly Wen
Evan Liu, student of Shuhan Guan
Emily Piao, student of Elly Wen
Konrad Chen,student of Elly Wen
Emily Cai, student of Yuyu Zhang
Matthew Ma, student of Firo Huang
Group D (Age 10-11)
Zoey Lin, student of Elly Wen
Connor Liu, student of Elly Wen
Karen Lu, student of Elly wen
Group C (Age 12-13 )
Allen Zhang, student of Elly Wen
Rhea Fan, student of Svitlana Fiorito
Group B (Age 14-15 )
Monica Chen, student of Elly Wen
Juri Dunzendorfer, student of Isabel Keleti
Group A (Age 16-17 )
Jessica Han, student of Svitlana Fiorito
Professional Artist Category
Age 14-17
Jeffrey Liang, student of Svitlana Fiorito
Adult 18-32
Shoki Kawasaki, student of Dr. Anna Kislitsyna
Young Artist Category (Age 6-7)
CC Chu, student of Dr. Jiaxian Li
Ellie Fan, student of Dr. Cong Ji
Aixi Liu, student of Yue Fei
Young Artist Category (Age 8-9)
Emma Feng, student of Yang Sheng
Josie Rosenberg, student of Isabel Keleti
Grace Wang, student of Casy Zhai
Yixuan (Ethelyn Liu), student of Yue Ding
Amber Wang, student of Dr. Ricky Rixiang Huang
Young Artist Category (Age 10-11)
Isabelle Ciccolella, student of Christina Mandasari
Parker Huang, student of Zishan Ding
Zixin Zhao, student of Dr. Ricky Rixiang Huang
Young Artist Category (Age 12-13)
Arabelle Grote, student of Ni Liu & Peter Mack
Chulin Tang, student of Paul Nitsch
Young Artist Category (Age 14-15)
Nicholas Grote, student of Ni Liu & Peter Mack
Xiaoyue Lai, student of Zhaozhao Yang
Mejo Liao, student of Dr. Ricky Rixiang Huang
Young Artist Category (Age 16-17)
Shuya van Dooijeweert, student of Naomi Onda
Luke Xu, student of Alexander Wasserman
Professional Artist Category (Age 18-32)
Jie He, student of Dr. Philip Bush
Shaoming Yang, student of Deborah Moriarty