United States Division

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. 

In Person Competition Locations and Dates: 

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 

US Division In Person Semifinal Application fee:
$90 USD for Young Artist Category
$100 USD for Professionals and Chamber group 
 

US Division Online National Round:

 

Online Application deadline: May 20th, 2024 (11:59pm, CST)
  The semifinal round application fee is non refundable.
Online Application fee:  $70 for all category  

 

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 RoundJuly 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
                                                                                Jayden Liu; student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
                                                                      JiCing Isabella WangFan; student of Dr. Ivy Lu Wang
                                                                                   Wumei Cai; student of Laura Hrivnak
                                                                                              Group C (Age 12-13)

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