2025 Classical Viennese Festival International
The Seattle International Piano Festival International (SIPF) is proud to present the fourteenth annual Classical Viennese Festival (recorded video edition) for pianists and instrumental performers. Participants of any nationality may participate. This competitive event was created to showcase classical and pre-classical sonata forms.
This festival sets forth a number of narrowly defined age groups and narrowly defined performance categories so that they may be fairly judged, and generously decorated.
Notable Changes
The 2025 Classical Viennese Festival is conducted exclusively by video recording submission. Those familiar with previous years should review the rules for the 2024 carefully, as there are a number of lesser and more significant changes. These include:
- There are few changes from the 2024 edition
- Clarified rules and application form
- Elimination of spoken introduction requirement
- Elimination of Distinguished Gold Medal prize
Results will be published on or shortly after April 17 on the winners’ page
Classical Viennese Festival General Rules
Application Deadline: All applications must be completed by 9:00 pm, Thursday, April 3, 2025 Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8). Click on the icon to the left to download a copy of the rules.
2025 Classical Viennese Festival Guest Adjudicators
Deadline: April 3, 2025
