2025 Virtuoso Artists Festival Application Form

After the application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email to the address you supply on the form. Important: some emails are directed to spam folders. Be sure to check in your email account’s bulk mail folders. If you do not find a confirmation email, assume the application submission process was unsuccessful. Click the submit button only once or your credit card will be charged twice. All confirmation notices are usually instant, but may take up to 10 minutes. Normally, a separate receipt email is instantly sent to the applicant’s email. Failure to receive a confirmation is an indication of a technical issue. Write to sipfchelsea@outlook.com with inquiry about whether your application was received.

The application period for the 2025 Virtuoso Artists Festival International will close at 9:00 pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Click the submit button only once.

Only a legal adult, age 18 or more, may complete this form.

Virtuoso Artists Festival International Application Form

  • PARTICIPANT NAME

    If entering a chamber ensemble, please enter the name of the participant who will serve as the ensemble's spokesperson and main contact.
  • Enter the performer's instrument in which one will participate. Note: Chamber players will list their instrument (if neither piano or violin) below when inputting all players' information.

  • PERSONAL INFORMATION

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  • Please enter a number from 1920 to 2022.
    Enter a 4-digit year of birth (may not enter a rage after 2022)
  • (submit "N/A" if you currently do not work with an instructor)

  • FESTIVAL DIVISION SELECTION AND REPERTOIRE

  • PARTICIPANTS WHO EXCEED THEIR ALLOTTED TIME LIMIT WILL BE REJECTED WITHOUT REFUND AND INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A PRIZE

    Note the maximum duration for each age bracket:

    * age 8 and under—up to 5 minutes of music.
    * ages 9 to 10—up to 6 minutes of music.
    * ages 11 to 12—up to 9 minutes of music.
    * ages 13 to 14—up to 12 minutes of music.
    * ages 15 to 16—up to 12 minutes of music.
    * ages 17 to 18—up to 12 minutes of music.
    * collegiate—up to 12 minutes of music.
    * adults, age 19 or older—up to 12 minutes of music.
    * professional—up to 12 minutes of music.

    Note that to enter the "multiple works" sub-category, at least two style periods must be represented among the Romantic, Impressionistic, and Contemporary eras.

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  • List the participant’s repertoire selection(s) in the space below. List works with complete title, composer first and last name, movement title or tempo indication, and opus or catalogue numbers (when available) information. Ensure it is in the order the participant wishes them to be presented. For example:

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 (Johannes Brahms)
    i. Allegro con brio
    ii. Scherzo: Allegro molto

    Note that solo - multiple participants must select at minimum two contrasting style periods within the Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary eras.
    Are you entering with single works or multiple works?
  • list the duration in minutes and seconds (00:00) of the total duration of the performance; in other words, the total sum of all selections to be performed. Enter in a 4-digit format separated with a colon (:).

  • LINK TO RECORDED VIDEO PERFORMANCE

    Include your YouTube link here. Note the specifications:

    * Name matching the performer (exactly as included on the application form) in the link title and/or the contents description, clearly visible (a briefly flashing caption bearing the performer’s name does not satisfy this requirement, but may be included in addition to the stated requirement).
    * Recordings must consist of unedited, uninterrupted video footage of the participant from a single camera angle with coverage of the performer’s hands and face at all times (one track per single movement; separate tracks for multiple pieces or movements is permissible).
    * Recordings must be cued to begin within five seconds of the start of the footage (may be edited to cut to a 5 second leader).
    * Recordings must feature the work with which the participant originally entered on the application form (no changes to the stated repertoire will be allowed after applying).
    * Recordings must be uploaded to YouTube and set for unlisted or public access (no private listings requiring permissions).

  • Application Form Signatures

    This must be completed by an adult performer, age 18 or more, or the legal guardian of a performer under the age of 18.
  • (for applicants under age 18; list "N/A" if not applicable)

    AGREEMENT, RELEASE, AND WAIVER

    A. AGREEMENT

    I, the PARTICIPANT or the PARENT or LEGAL GUARDIAN of the AGE 17 OR YOUNGER PARTICIPANT (hereinafter collectively referred to as “PARTICIPANT”), hereby comply fully and in good faith with all regulations, rules, and procedures as outlined in the 2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival General Rules. I understand that the Seattle International Piano Festival (hereinafter referred to as “SIPF”) reserves the right to prohibit from future activities any PARTICIPANT and/or other students of the teacher or coach of the PARTICIPANT for failure to adhere to said rules. The participant agrees to treat the organizers, volunteers, and adjudicators of the 2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival with respect, and promises not to harass or malign any such individuals connect with or about the event’s activities, including, but not limited to its guest adjudicators. Furthermore, the participant hereby affirms to the fact that all information entered in conjunction with the participant’s application is true and accurate. The participant also promises to adhere to a rules and guidelines set forth in the pages above of the “2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival Rules, Information, and Application” document.

    B. RELEASE

    I, the PARTICIPANT, hereby waive, release, and grant to and for the benefit of the SIPF and/or its assignees, any and all rights that I may have to any recordings, videography, and/or photographs made by or for the SIPF of any performance or event organized or sponsored by it. I understand and agree that by virtue of this waiver, release, and grant of rights, the SIPF will have the right to make full and unrestricted use of such recordings, videography, and/or photographs, including without limitation, in advertisements, commercial ventures, and promotions and for the sale or lease of same, without any fee or other compensation owed to the participant.

    C. WAIVER

    I, the PARTICIPANT, fully and in good faith intending to be bound thereby, do hereby promise not to initiate any claim, lawsuit, or other legal action, pertaining to any action or omission by the SIPF relating directly or indirectly to the piano competition as to which application is herewith being made. This promise is made as a condition of the application, and in consideration for the SIPF’s processing and evaluation of the application. This promise constitutes an acceptance and agreement by the PARTICIPANT that, for example, decisions by competition judges are final and unappealable, and the physical spaces of the competition/festival venues are reasonably safe and appropriate for their intended purposes. (However, this promise is not in any respect limited to the above two examples.) I intend that this promise be fully binding upon the PARTICIPANT, as well as upon heirs, successors, and assignees of the PARTICIPANT. This promise applies to the application process, the competition, and all events under the purview of the 2024 Seattle International Piano Festival and its associated activities and/or events.

    D. APPLICATION FORM SIGNATURES

    The participant promises to adhere to a rules and guidelines set forth in the above pages of the “Virtuoso Artists Festival Rules, Information, and Application” document. By clicking the “I agree to the terms and conditions below” selection on the electronic application for the 2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival, the participant fully affirms his or her legal ability and willingness to enter into this agreement, and that the above statements in this agreement are true, and legally binding upon the participant. Clicking to agree constitutes a legally binding e-signature, and carries the same legal weight as a signed signature. Furthermore, you are agreeing to the following:

    1) This Agreement supersedes any prior written or oral Agreement, contains the entire Agreement, and there are no other promises or conditions in any other Agreement whether oral or written;
    2) This Agreement may be modified or amended by the SIPF;
    3) In the event that the SIPF requires the services of an attorney in connection with enforcement of this Agreement, or in the event that litigation is commenced, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees;
    4) If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited;
    5) Failure of the SIPF to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of the SIPF’s rights to subsequently enforce this Agreement; 6) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Washington and venue shall lie in King County; and
    7) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be an original and constitute a single Agreement. An electronic transmission bearing any person’s acceptance of the terms and conditions shall have the same force and effect as the original of this Agreement bearing such person’s signature.

    By clicking the “I agree to the terms and conditions below” selection on the electronic application for the 2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival, the participant fully affirms that the above statements in this agreement are true, and legally binding upon the participant.

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