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20th Washington International Piano Artists Competition See Information to the right
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♫ 2023♫
20th Washington International Piano Artists Competition Results

FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Robin Stephenson
$3,000 GRAND PRIZE

2023 GRAND PRIX CONCERT AT SPECIAL LOCATION IN WASHINGTON, DC

SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Robert Finley
$2000

THIRD PRIZE
Illya Bunyakyn
$1000

FINALIST AWARDS
William Bloomquist
Emanuela Zaharia-Donici
Simon Finlow
$250 EACH

SPECIAL AWARDS
$250 EACH as BELOW

MOST IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMMING
Keiko Kircher

ROMANTIC PERIOD
Ian Roy
Joseph Suk Liebeslied, Op. 7 No. 1

BAROQUE PERIOD
Simon FInlow
Antonio Soler Sonata D major, R. 84

CLASSICAL PERIOD
Illya Bunyakin
Haydn Sonata in B minor, HOB. Xvi:32

COMTEMPORARY PERIOD
Reiko Osawa
Nicolai Kapustin Toccatina, Op. 36

PRESS JURY AWARD
Emanuela Zaharia-Donici

AUDIENCE AWARD
Robin Stephenson

BACH PERFORMANCE
Robert Finley
Sheep May Safely Graze

MOZART PERFORMANCE
William BLoomquist
Sonata in B flat Major, K.333

BEETHOVEN PERFORMANCE
Robin Stephenson
Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, First Movement

CHOPIN PERFORMANCE
Robert Finley
Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1

PADEREWSKI PERFORMANCE
Robin Stephenson
Melodie, Op. 16, No.2

LISZT PERFORMANCE
Robin Stepehnson
Apres une Lecture de Dante

SPENCER HUFFMAN PERFORMANCE
Not Awarded

RAVEL PERFORMANCE
Simon Finlow
"Jeux d'eau"

RACHMANINOFF PERFORMANCE ($500)
Illya Bunyakin
Etude Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 1 in C Minor

 

 

 

Modified: AUGUST 8, 2023

Please see WINNERS of the 20th Competition on the left side screen and note the SPECIAL AWARDS LISTINGS, which we expect will be continued in 2024. Application forms for 2024 21th Competition are not yet available. But 2023 forms are good as starter because there are few changes. We will review the methodology with which final programs are submitted by each competitor to see if we can make the process simpler.

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2023 WIPAC COMPETITION GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORMS (DOCX)

2023 WIPAC COMPETITION GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORMS (PDF)

Excerpts from the 2023 WIPAC Competition Program (Bios and Programs of Pianists)

Advanced notice on SPECIAL AWARDS for 2023 (some but not alL included herel):

1) Composition of Ignacy Ian Paderewski Donated by Dr. Wanda O'Brien-Trefil
($250
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2) Composition of Frederyck Chopin Donated by Dr. Wanda O'Brien-Trefil ($250)

3) Composition of Sergei Rachmaninoff ($500)

4) ***** Re: Bach award: significant transcriptions may be performed: Siloti, Busoni, etc.

5) ***** Spencer Huffman award ($300) for performance(s) of compositions of the composer.

See Information and Scores for more information on HUFFMAN

(Most special awards are listed in the COMPETITION GUIDELINES and note Left Column of this page for awards listed last year for additional guidelines. All awards at disrection of our public sponsors.)

The following may be helpful to pianists visiting DC:

Hotels.com or websites: Tabard Inn; Melrose, Lombardy, State Plaza. Places to stay that you can find near Du Pont Circle East side or West side are good but a longer commute to GWU, but close to Cosmos Club where we plan to host the final round, awards ceremony, and dinner.. Du Pont Circle is near RED LINE METRO, so accomodations elsewhere are possible with connections via METRO. FYI: Virginia offers lower taxes on food and accomodations: Rosslyn or near Regan Airport is OK as long as you are close to a YELLOW LINE METRO that stops at GWU Hospital, near to the GWU Music Department, Phillips Hall, 801 22nd Street at H Street NW, Washington, DC Room B120. (NW=NORTHWEST).

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


0-2002 Inaugual Competition - Stevie Ryan
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
11-2013 Matthias Fischer
12-2014 Michael Slavin
13-2015 Michael Cheung
14-2016 Ken Iisaka
15-2017 Hiroaki Taniguchi

16-2018 Yiran Wang
17-2019 Jonathan Lee
18-2020 Postponed to 2021

18-2021 Irene Longacre-Whiteside
19-2022 David Lee
20-2023 Robin Stephenson
21-2024 TBA

See HIGHLIGHTS 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.

PERFORMANCES AT 2023 WIPAC Competition

Angela Poh

Willaim Bloomquist

Simon Finlow

Reiko Osawa

Cahterine Grimball

Mark Cannon

Yoko Taruki

Illya Bunyakyn

Ian Roy

Jamie Faulk

Emanuela Zaharia-Donici

Scot King

Robin Stepehnson

John Sawchuck

Keiko Kircher

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FINAL ROUND PERFORMANCES

Willaim Bloomquist

Robin Stepehnson

Simon Finlow

Emanuela Zaharia-Donici

Illya Bunyakyn

Robert Finley

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Semifinal Round Performances were faulty and not good.

Listing 3 per request

Illya Bunyakyn

Simon Finlow

Max Sung