♫ 2023♫ 20th Washington International Piano Artists Competition See Information to the right side of the page ----> ♫ 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. ***************************************************************************** 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) 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). ****** 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. 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 ************************* FINAL ROUND PERFORMANCES Willaim Bloomquist Robin Stepehnson Simon Finlow Emanuela Zaharia-Donici Illya Bunyakyn Robert Finley ****************************** Semifinal Round Performances were faulty and not good. Listing 3 per request Illya Bunyakyn Simon Finlow Max Sung