Competition Calendar
2011

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Every year, more than 350 (!!) International Piano Competitions take place around the world. AAF makes every effort to have all information about each one of them. Below, you can view a small extract.
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Calendar for 2011  (extract only)

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Dates in 2011

Appl. deadline

Place (country) & 'Name' (Fed./AAF) [Remarks]

Type

Age limits
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9 - 16 Jan 1 Nov

Tempe (AZ, usa) 'Boesendorfer & Schimmel' (AAF)
more details
http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/pianocompetition
[three age divisions]

IPC 13 - 15
16 - 18
19 - 32
9 - 16 Jan 15 Oct

Orlando (FL, usa)

IPC 17 - 32
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
February 31 Dec Pontoise (f) "Piano Campus" (AAF)
more details
www.piano-campus.com
JPC 16 - 25
5 - 6 Feb ~15 Nov

Lagny s/Marne (f)

IPC 19 - 28
7 - 13 Feb 5 Dec

Zagreb (crt) 'EPTA - Svetislav Stancic'

IPC 18 - 35
9 - 19 Feb 1 Sep

Salzburg (a) 'Mozart' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.moz.ac.at

IMC 0 - 32

15 Feb
Appl. deadl. >>

15 Feb

Tromso (n) 'Top of the World' (AAF)
19 - 24 June 2011
more details
www.topoftheworld.no

IPC 17 - 35
21 Feb - 2 Mar 3 Nov

Weimar (frg) 'Liszt' (AAF)
more details
www.hfm-weimar.de
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 13
14 - 17
22 - 27 Feb 18 Dec

Grosseto (it) 'Scriabin'

IPC 0 - 36
26 - 28 Feb ~15 Dec

Brest (f) 'Chopin'

IPC 0 - 30
................... .............

....................................

....... ........

1 March
Appl. deadl. >>

1 Mar

Washington (DC, usa) (AAF)
27 - 28 May 2011
more details
www.fmmc.org

IMC 18 - 30
7 - 12 March 30 Sep Hilton Head (SC, usa) (AAF)
more details
www.hhipc.org
IPC 13 - 17

15 Mar
Appl. deadl. >>

15 Mar

New Orleans (LA, usa) (AAF)
24 - 31 July 2011
more details

www.masno.org

IPC 14 - 18
17 - 22 Mar ~15 Feb

Paris (f) 'Milosz Magin'

IPC ~None
18 - 27 Mar 15 Feb

Epinal (f) (Fed.)

IPC 15 ~ 30
19 - 27 Mar 15 Dec

Arhus (dan) 'Bang & Olufsen PianoRAMA' (AAF)
more details
www.pianocompetition.dk
[two age categories]

IPC 11 - 15
16 - 21
19 Mar - 1 Apr 31 Dec

Barcelona (esp) 'Maria Canals' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.mariacanals.org

IPC 18 - 30
21 - 27 March 30 Nov

Wernigerode (frg) 'Neue Sterne' (AAF)
more details

www.neuesterne.org

IPC None
23 - 27 Mar 30 Jan

Merignac (f) 'Piano Open'

IPC ~None

27 Mar
Appl. deadl. >>

27 Mar

Taurisano (it) 'Mendelssohn Cup' (AAF)
27 May - 5 June 2011
more details

www.istitutomendelssohn.com

IMC

16 - 36

27 Mar - 3 Apr 15 Oct

Palm Desert (CA, usa) 'Virginia Waring' (AAF)
more details
www.vwipc.org
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 12
13 - 17
27 Mar - 9 Apr 15 Jun

Utrecht (hol) 'Liszt' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.liszt.nl

IPC 17 - 29

30 Mar
Appl. deadl. >>

30 Mar

Munich (frg) 'ARD' (Fed.) (AAF) 
1 - 11 September 2011
more details
www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de

IMC 17 - 29
31 Mar - 2 Apr 29 Oct

Sioux (Iowa, usa)

IPC 18 ~ 35
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
April ~5 Mar

Larnaka (cyp) 'Evangelia Tjiarri' (AAF) 
more details
www.tjiarri.org
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 15
0 - 19
April ~31 Mar Vietri (it) 'Vincenzo Solimene' (A)
'Antonio Napolitano'
(B) (AAF)
more details
www.eventsandmusic.it
IPC (A) 0~31
(B) None
April ~6 Mar

Mayenne (f) (AAF)
more details
www.mairie-mayenne.fr
www.lamayenne.fr

IPC 0 ~ 30
7 - 10 Apr 31 Jan

Kosice (slvk)

IPC 14 - 15
12 - 24 April 12 Nov

Seoul (cor) 'Dong A Ilbo - GL' (AAF) 
more details
www.seoulcompetition.com

IMC 17 - 30

15 Apr
Appl. deadl. >>

15 Apr

Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' (Fed.) (AAF)
24 August - 2 September 2011
more details

www.concorsobusoni.it

IPC 17 - 31
28 Apr - 4 May ~15 Dec

Kiev (ukr) 'Horowitz' (Fed.)

IPC 0 ~ 14
28 Apr - 6 May ~6 Mar

Jaen (esp) (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.dipujaen.com/premiopiano

IPC 0 ~ 32
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
May ~26 Mar

Teruel (esp) 'Anton Garcia Abril' (AAF)
more details
www.concursodepianoantongarciaabril.com
[three age categories]

IPC 0 - 14
0 - 20
0 - 36
May ~25 Apr Cantu (it) (AAF)
Two sections: Classical Piano Concerto & Romantic Piano Concerto
more details
www.cantupianocompetition.com
IPC 0 ~ 35
May ~1 Apr

Madrid (esp) 'Delia Steinberg' (AAF)
more details
www.concursopianodeliasteinberg.org

IPC 18 ~ 28
May ~1 Apr

Palma de Mallorca (esp) 'Rotaract-Rotary' (AAF)
more details
www.concursodepiano.com

IPC 0 ~ 16
0 ~ 28

1 May
Appl. deadl. >>

1 May

Jakarta (ndn) 'ASEAN - Concertos' (AAF)
18 - 30 July 2011
more details
www.sekolahmusikjakarta.com
[three age categories]

IMC 0 - 13
13 - 18
18 - 24
7 - 15 May 15 Dec

Prague (cz) 'Printemps de Prague'

IMC 0 ~ 30
10 - 26 May 1 Nov

Tel Aviv (isr) 'Rubinstein' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.arims.org.il

IPC

18 - 32

17 - 20 May ~30 Apr

Taranto (it) 'Arcangelo Speranza' (AAF)
more details
www.amicidellamusicataranto.it

IPC 0 ~ 35

20 May
Appl. deadl. >>

20 May

Bowral (aus) 'Southern Highlands' (AAF)
1 - 9 October 2011
more details
www.shipc.org.au

IPC 18 - 34
23 May - 3 Jun 7 Jan

Montreal (can) 'Jeunesse Musicale'

IMC 0 ~ 30
27 - 28 May 1 Mar

Washington (DC, usa) (AAF)
more details
www.fmmc.org

IMC 18 - 30
27 May - 5 Jun 27 Mar

Taurisano (it) 'Mendelssohn Cup' (AAF)
more details

www.istitutomendelssohn.com

IMC

16 - 36

31 May
Appl. deadl. >>

31 May

Bonn (frg) 'Telekom Beethoven' (Fed.) (AAF)
2 - 10 December 2011
more details
www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de

IPC 18 - 32
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
June ~8 May Pianello (it) 'Silvio Bengalli' (AAF)
more details
www.valtidone-competitions.com
IMC 0 ~ 37
June ~1 May Los Angeles (CA, usa) 'Jose Iturbi' (AAF)
more details
www.joseiturbifoundation.org
IPC 17 ~ 32
3 - 12 June ~1 April San Jose (CA, usa) 'Russian Music' (AAF)
includes also junior categories
more details
www.russianmusiccompetition.com
IPC 6 ~ 9
10 ~ 13
14 ~ 17
18 ~ 30
14 Jun - 2 Jul 1 Dec Moscow (rus) 'Tchaikovsky' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.tchaikovsky-competition.com
IMC 16 - 30

15 June
Appl. deadl. >>

15 June

Hong Kong (hk) (AAF)
15 October - 2 November 2011
more details
www.chopinsocietyhk.org

IPC 0 - 30
19 - 24 June 15 Feb Tromso (n) 'Top of the World' (AAF)
more details
www.topoftheworld.no
IPC 17 - 35
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........

30 June
Appl. deadl. >>

30 June

Weimar / Bayreuth (frg) 'Liszt' (Fed.) (AAF)
19 - 30 October 2011
more details

www.hfm-weimar.de

IPC 0 - 31

1 July
Appl. deadl. >>

1 July

Bucharest (rum) 'Enescu' (Fed.) (AAF) 
3 - 11 September 2011
more details

www.festivalenescu.ro

IMC 0 - 33
1 - 8 July 15 Oct Minneapolis (MN, usa) 'e-Piano Junior' (AAF)
more details
www.ecompetition.org
IPC 0 - 17
4 - 10 July 18 Jun

Sibiu (rum) 'Carl Filtsch'
[three age categories]

IPC 0-12
12-16
16-31
18 - 30 July 1 May

Jakarta (ndn) 'ASEAN - Concertos' (AAF)
more details
www.sekolahmusikjakarta.com
[three age categories]

IMC 0 - 13
13 - 18
18 - 24
21 - 24 July ~1 May Aachen (frg) 'Prix d'AmadeO' (AAF)
more details
www.euriade.net
IPC 0 ~ 28
24 - 31 July 15 Mar

New Orleans (LA, usa) (AAF)
more details
www.masno.org

IPC 14 - 18
26 July - 7 Aug 1 Dec Cleveland (usa) (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.clevelandpiano.org
IPC 18 ~ 30
July / Aug. ~15 Jun

Vienna (a) 'Rosario Marciano' (AAF)
more details
www.pianists.at

IPC 0 ~ 30
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
August ~30 Jun

Crans-Montana (ch)
'BSI - Virtuoses du Futur' (AAF)
more details
www.lessommetsduclassique.ch

IPC 0 ~ 25
August
(semifinals +
finals)
~9 Jul Tokyo (jpn) 'PTNA' (AAF)
more details
www.piano.or.jp/english/index.html
IPC ~None
13 - 20 August ~1 May

Manchester (gb) 'Concerto' (AAF)
more details
www.pianoconcertocompetition.com
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 16
0 - 22

15 Aug
Appl. deadl. >>

15 Aug

Bratsilava (slvk) 'J.N. Hummel' (Fed.) (AAF)
14 - 20 November 2011
more details
www.filharmonia.sk www.filharmonia.sk

IPC 0 - 32
24 Aug - 2 Sept 15 Apr

Bolzano (it) 'Busoni' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details

www.concorsobusoni.it

IPC 17 - 31

Aug / Sept

~2 Aug Varallo (it) 'Valsesia Musica' (AAF)
more details
www.valsesiamusica.com
IPC 0 ~ 37
Aug / Sept ~1 Jul

Poertschach (a) (AAF)
more details
www.brahmscompetition.org

IPC ~None
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
September ~1 May Beijing (chn) (AAF)
more details
IPC 0 - 32
September ~1 Aug Oslo (n) 'Grieg' (AAF)
more details
www.concoursgrieg.com
Piano Duo - Piano Four-hands - Piano solo
IPC None
None
17 - 35

September

~15 May Eppan (it) 'ABM Prize - Piano Academy Eppan' (AAF)
more details
www.pianoacademy-eppan.com
MCl
JPC
~None

September

~31 July Poznan (pol) 'Halina Czerny-Stefanska' (AAF)
more details
www.europianocomp.pl
IPC 0 ~ 28

September

~30 June Dortmund (frg) 'Schubert' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.schubert-competition.de
IMC 0 ~ 32
1 - 11 Sept 30 Mar

Munich (frg) 'ARD' (Fed.) (AAF) 
more details
www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de

IMC 17 - 29
3 - 11 Sept 1 Jul

Bucharest (rum) 'Enescu' (Fed.) (AAF) 
more details
www.festivalenescu.ro

IMC 0 - 33
8 - 19 Sept 1 May

Budapest (hun) 'Liszt' (Fed.)

IPC 0 - 32

11 Sep
Appl. deadl. >>

11 Sep

Sentvid / Ljubljana (slvn)
'Chopin Golden Ring' (AAF)
24 - 29 October 2011
more details
www.chopin-goldenring.si
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 16
17 - 19
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........

October

~2 Jul

Rio de Janeiro (brs) 'BNDES' (AAF)
more details
www.concursopianorio.com

IPC 17 ~ 30

October

~28 Feb Normandy (f) 'European' (AAF)
more details
www.europianocomp.pl
IPC 18 ~ 30

1 - 9 October

20 May Bowral (aus) 'Southern Highlands' (AAF)
more details
www.shipc.org.au
IPC 18 - 34

15 Oct - 2 Nov

15 June Hong Kong (hk) (AAF)
more details
www.chopinsocietyhk.org
IPC 0 - 30

19 - 30 October

30 June Weimar / Bayreuth (frg) 'Liszt' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.hfm-weimar.de
IPC 0 - 31
24 - 29 October 11 Sep

Sentvid / Ljubljana (slvn)
'Chopin Golden Ring' (AAF)
more details
www.chopin-goldenring.si
[two age categories]

IPC 0 - 16
17 - 19
24 Oct - 4 Nov ~15 Jun

Shenzhen (chn) (AAF)
more details
www.csipcc.com.cn

IPC 16 ~ 30
Oct / Nov ~20 Oct

Cagliari (it) 'Ennio Porrino' (AAF)
more details
www.amicidellamusicadicagliari.it

IPC ~None
Oct /  Nov ~15 Oct

Gosforth (gb) (AAF)
more details
www.ypn-competition.org
[four age categories]

IPC 5 ~ 8
8 ~ 11
12 ~ 16
11 ~ 18
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
November ~1 Oct

Las Rozas (esp) 'Spanish Composers' (AAF)
more details
www.cipce.org

IPC 0 ~ 36

14 - 20 Nov

15 Aug Bratsilava (slvk) (Fed.) 'J.N. Hummel' (AAF)
more details
www.filharmonia.sk
IPC 0 - 32
................... ............. .................................... ....... ........
December ~15 Oct Campillos (esp) (AAF)
more details
www.concursointernacionalpiano.es
IPC 0 ~ 30
2 - 10 Dec 31 May

Bonn (frg) 'Telekom Beethoven' (Fed.) (AAF)
more details
www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de

IPC 18 - 32

31 Dec
Appl. deadl. >>

31 Dec

Pontoise (f) "Piano Campus" (AAF)
February 2012
www.piano-campus.com

JPC 16 - 25

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