Inviting Applicants ’24 Classical Viennese Festival

Updated rules and guidelines for the 2024 Classical Viennese Festival have been published online. The SIPF invites all pianists and instrumentalists to compete in this year’s festival, awarding medals to its top performers of sonatas, variations, and other important classical era genres. Celebrate the giants of the day, including Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, as well…

10th Seattle International Piano Competition

    Accepting Applications! Announcing the 10th Seattle International Piano Competition APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2024 Apply Now A TWO-ROUND COMPETITION, participants are invited to submit videos. Finalists are selected (up to six in each competitive category) to appear during September, 2024, before a live audience and a blind jury in Seattle, Washington. The SIPC…

9th Virtuoso Artists Festival

The SIPF is proud to announce the next of its NW Festivals, namely the 9th Virtuoso Artists Festival. With a deadline of June 5, this edition widens eligibility to not only pianists, but all instrumentalists with expanded divisions of participation and more narrow age brackets for youth. Collegiate, Professional, and amateur adult artists are also invited…

12th Classical Fest

The SIPF is proud to announce the twelfth annual Classical Viennese Festival. With a deadline of March 13, this edition widens eligibility to not only pianists, but all instrumentalists with expanded divisions of participation and more narrow age brackets for youth. Collegiate, Professional, and amateur adult artists are also invited to participate. The 2023 Classical…

Schedule of Finals

Beginning on the morning of Saturday, October 8, the winners and finalists of each category of the 2022 Seattle International Piano Competition are published exclusively at https://www.seattlepianocompetition.org/2022-sipc/ according to the schedule: Saturday, October 8 Beginning 8 am – the SIPF presents the Winners of the Outstanding Amateur division and Youth, Ages 9 and Under. Cast your vote…

Be A Part of the Jury

  Be A Part of the Jury The Festival Goes Live August 8 Visit https://www.seattlepianocompetition.org/2022-sipc/ to audit the 2022 Seattle Int’l Piano Comeptition. The big reveal of winners and finalists comes October 8 and 9. After jurors score by secret ballot, the medalists will be revealed to the public. Over $18,000 USD in total awards…

Final Round – Join the Jury!

Video Preparation and Final Round Procedures In August, the selection to fill the final round of the 9th Seattle International Piano Competition within each fully competitive category were notified of the preliminary results. That was the green light to prepare a video submission to compete as a finalist in the 9th Seattle International Piano Competition.…

Collegiate and Professional Final Round

Collegiate and Professional Final Round On the afternoon of October 9, the SIPF presents the last of its fully competitive categories, namely the Collegiate and Professional artists. Complete profiles of our randomly ordered finalists will be posted along with the videos for the Collegiate and Professional Final Round of the 9th Seattle Int’l Piano Competition.…

Mari Shiakawa Jacobson, 2010

Presenting the Winners and Finalists…

Presenting the Winners and Finalists… Reserve October 8-9 for the reveal of the finalists and winners of the 2022 Seattle International Piano Competition & Festival. Now a free online event, visit the SIPF website to cast your vote for the audience favorite award among the finalists in each of the fully competitive categories. Visit https://www.seattlepianocompetition.org/2022-sipc/…

The Big Reveal

The Big Reveal Reserve October 8-9 for the reveal of the finalists of the 2022 Seattle International Piano Competition & Festival. Now a free online event, return to the festival page starting October 8 to cast your vote for the audience favorite award among the finalists in each of the fully competitive categories: Youth Artists, Ages…