♫ 2024♫

21st Washington International Piano Artists Competition See Information to the right
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♫ 2024♫
20th Washington International Piano Artists Competition Results

FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Alexander Stabile
$3,000 GRAND PRIZE

2025 GRAND PRIX CONCERT AT SPECIAL LOCATION IN WASHINGTON, DC

SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Illya Bunyakyn $2000

THIRD PRIZE
Cate Grimball
$1000

FINALIST AWARDS
William Bloomquist
Jonathan Shih
Leonard Donadio
$250 EACH

SPECIAL AWARDS
$250 EACH as BELOW

MOST IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMMING
Jonathan Shih

Ballade No 4 in F minor,
Op. 52

PADEREWSKI PERFORMANCE
Jhon Randal Ortiz Rincon
Nocturne in B-Flat Major
Op.16, No. 4

LATIN AMERICAN COMPOSER PERFORMANCE
Joseph Lipare
Angel Villoldo (Arr. Eduardo Rojas) "El Choela" - TANGO

SPENCER HUFFMAN PERFORMANCE
Not Awarded

RACHMANINOFF PERFORMANCE ($500)
Alexander Stabile
Etude-Tableaux, Op. 39, Nos. 1 and 3

 

 

 

Modified: 02/04/25

See recordings of Prelim Round of 2024 Competition Listed BELOW!

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The dates for the 2026 Washington International Piano Artists Competition TBA. 2025 Competition is 25th Anniversary of the founding of WIPAC, and this year's competition will invite past winners. Guidelines and Details are in process. 2026 we will resume normal open competition to pianists 31 years and above.

 

2025 WIPAC plans a special anniversary competition celebration for past competition winners. Details are in process, but meantime, if a winner's email has changed over the past 25 years, we need to know about any changes to recontact winners elibible with additional information.

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The following can be used for preparation for the 2026 Washington International Piano Artists Competition

2024 Washington International Piano Artists Competition Application Form (docx)

2024 Washington International Piano Artists Competition Application Form (pdf)

The following will be helpful to organize your programs fof 2026:

LINK TO THE PROGRAM INSERT FOR 2024 WIPAC COMPETITION

The link above can be used as a written guide while listening to recorded performances. Recordings we were able to obtain are listed at the BOTTOM of the COMPETITIONS PAGE of this website.

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Advanced notice on some SPECIAL AWARDS :
(see those awarded in 2024 on left side of this page for some ideas
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Still pending next competition: Spencer Huffman award for performance(s) of the composer

See: Huffman Information/Scores LINK HERE

(Special awards are also mentioned in the COMPETITION APPLICATION FORM GUIDELINES All awards are offered at the discrection of our public sponsors.)

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LIST OF PAST WINNERS OF
THE WIPAC WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTISTS COMPETITION


1-2002 Inaugual Competition - Stevie Ryan
2-2003 Paul Romero
3-2004 Jim Allison
4-2005 Henri Delbeau
5-2006 Christopher Shih
6-2007 Jelena Vladikovic
7-2008 Vincent Schmithorst
8-2009 Tzu-Feng Liu
9-2010 Viscount Thurston
10-2011 Ali Mushtaq
11-2012 Keng Siong Sim
12-2013 Matthias Fischer
13-2014 Michael Slavin
14-2015 Michael Cheung
15-2016 Ken Iisaka
16-2017 Hiroaki Taniguchi

17-2018 Yiran Wang
18-2019 Jonathan Lee
19-2020 Postponed to 2021

20-2021 Irene Longacre-Whiteside
21-2022 David Lee
22-2023 Robin Stephenson
23-2024 Alexander Stabile

HIGHTS PAGE OF WEBSITE (LINK ABOVE) FOR RECORDINGS, PREVIOUS COMPETITION PROGRAMS, AND PRESS COVERAGES OF PAST COMPETITIONS THESE CAN BE USEFUL TO THOSE PIANISTS CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTISTS COMPETITION. As available.

By Special request posting Simon Finlow 2023 Final Round

2023 WC Finlow Final Round

2024 WC addendum: Jhon Ortiz Randal Performs Huffman Waltz from "Chopin Studies" recorded in noise following 2024 Final Round

PERFORMANCES at the 2024 WIPAC Competition:

LINK TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM INSERT FOR 2024 WIPAC COMPETITION (Edits below)

Prelim Round Bloomquist

Semifinal Round Bloomquist

Final Round Bloomquist not available due to technical difficulties

Prelim Round Bunyakyn(1

Prelim Round Bunyakyn(2)

Semifinal Round Bunyakyn (Incomplete?)

Final Round Bunyakyn (Incomplete: WIPAC Recorded)

Final Round Bunyakyn (Complete: Recorded by Bunyakyn)

Prelim Round Judy Darst

Prelim Rond Paul Doerrfeld

Semifinal Round Doerrfeld

Prelim Round Leonard Donadio

Semifinal Round Donadio

Final Round Donadio is not available

Prelim Round Finley

Semifinal Round Finley (Beginning slightly clipped)

Prelim Round Finlow

Semifinal Round Finlow (beginning movement clipped)

Prelim Round Grimball

Semifinal Round Grimball

Final Round Grimball

Prelim Round King

Prelim Round Lee

Prelim Round Leehey

Prelim Round Lipare

Prelim Round Ortiz Randal

Prelim Round Phillips

Prelim Round Roy

Semifinal Round Roy

Prelim Round Schwarz

Prelim Round Shih
Christopher Shih Complete Revised from printed Program

Semifinal Round Shih

Final Round Shih is unavailable due to technical difficulties

Prelim Round Stabile
REVISED PROGRAM LINK FOR STABILE

Semifinal Round Stabile

Final Rond Stabile is unavailable due to technical difficulties

Prelim Round Stroda

Prelim Round Sung

Prelim Round Taruki

Semifinal Round Taruki

Prelim Round Yamasaki

Prelim Round Yamato
TAKANORI YAMATO BIO ANECPROG (Omitted in Program)

Semifinal Round Yamato

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