♫ 2024♫ 21st Washington International Piano Artists Competition See Information to the right side of the page ----> ♫ 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 ROMANTIC PERIOD Ian Roy Bortkiewicz - The Rocks of Ush-Kosh, Crimean Sketches, Op. 8 BAROQUE PERIOD Alexander Stabile Bach - Partita No. 1 B-FLAT Major BWV 825 CLASSICAL PERIOD Jonathan Shih Haydn Sonata in G Major HOB XVI:40 COMTEMPORARY PERIOD Ian Roy Ravel - Jeux d'eau PRESS JURY AWARD Illya Bunyakyn AUDIENCE AWARD Alexander Stabile BACH PERFORMANCE Takanori Yamato Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 Arranged by Yamato MENDELLSOHN PERFORMANCE Robert Finley 3 Songs w/o Words Felix Mendellsohn (2) and Fanny Mendellsohn Hensel (1) BEETHOVEN PERFORMANCE William Bloomquist Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2, First Movement CHOPIN PERFORMANCE Illya Bunyakyn 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: 11/02/24 See recordings of Prelim Round of 2024 Competition Listed BELOW! Some revisions may be forthcoming **************************************************************************** The dates for the 2026 Washington International Piano Artists Competition TBA   2025 WIPAC plans a special anniversary competition celebration for past competition winners. All details are yet to be announced, but meantime, if a winner's email has changed over the past 25 years, we need to know about any changes to recontact you as plans are being developed. ***************************************** 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. ***************************************** Advanced notice on some SPECIAL AWARDS : (see those awarded in 2024 on left side of this page for some ideas ) 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.) ..................................................................................................................................................... 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. Many of our past competitors continue to post their activities and performances. Thank you for your efforts! ***** 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. 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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