♫ 2017♫ 16th Washington International Piano Artists Competition FIRST PRIZE WINNER TBA $3,000 GRAND PRIZE GRAND PRIX CONCERT IN INTERNATIONAL EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, DC SOLO RECITAL IN WASHINGTON, DC SECOND PRIZE WINNER TBA $2000 THIRD PRIZE TBA $1000 HONORARABLE MENTION AWARDS 3 TBA $250 EACH DISCRETIONARY AWARDS $250 EACH as BELOW MOST IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMMING TBA BEST PROGRAMMING AND ROMANTIC PERIOD TBA BAROQUE PERIOD TBA CLASSICAL PERIOD TBA COMTEMPORARY PERIOD TBA PRESS JURY AWARD TBA AUDIENCE AWARD TBA SPECIAL AWARD Pe SPECIAL AWARDS $250 Each BACH PERFORMANCE TBA BEETHOVEN PERFORMANCE TBA CHOPIN PERFORMANCE TBA LISZT PERFORMANCE TBA RAVEL PERFORMANCE TBA

FOR RESULTS OF 15th Piano Competition, 2017, see the competitions page of the website: COMPETITION RESULTS HERE For Video Recordings from the 15th Piano Competition in MP4 downloadable format See: VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE PIANO COMPETITION & OFFICIAL PROGRAM Finalist of the Washington International Piano Artists Competition Ferdy Talan,I-wen Tseng,Andy Liao,Joe Lipare,Hiroaki Taniguchi,Simon Finlow (Wayne and Linda Sharp in foreground)   The 15th Washington International Piano Artists Competition BE SURE TO OBTAIN WHAT RECORDINGS and PHOTOS YOU WISH PERMANENTLY --- In the future they will go into HISTORY FILES OF WIPAC For Video Recordings from the 15th Piano Competition in MP4 downloadable format See: VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PIANO COMPETITION & OFFICIAL PROGRAM ♫♫♫♫♫ ********************** Check it out! FestivalDC.com for press coverages and more photos Become a Friend on Facebook at: WIPAC WIPACUSA Pianists and Friends love this space -- no politics, please, just mostly music and friends---become a part of a worldwide family with a common interest in great music making. Semifinalist PHOTO   All Piano Artists PHOTO with Chateau Gardecki   ***** LIST OF PAST WINNERS OF THE WIPAC WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTISTS COMPETITION 1-2003 Paul Romero 2-2004 Jim Allison 3-2005 Henri Delbeau 4-2006 Christopher Shih 5-2007 Jelena Vladikovic 6-2008 Vincent Schmithorst 7-2009 Tzu-Feng Liu 8-2010 Viscount Thurston 9-2011 Ali Mushtaq 10-2012 Keng Siong Sim 1-2013 Matthias Fischer 12-2014 Michael Slavin 13-2015 Michael Cheung 14-2016 Ken Iisaka 15-2017 Hiroaki Taniguchi See HIGHLIGHTS PAGE and PRESS CORNER PAGES OF WIPAC WEBSITE FOR RECORDINGS AND PRESS COVERAGE OF WIPAC's HISTORICAL COMPETITIONS