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…

Two Days Remain…

Ninth SIPC Deadline: July 15 Two days remain before the deadline of the Ninth Seattle Int’l Piano Competition. This year’s event is online. With a chance to win more than $18,000 in total cash prizes, who will be decorated this year’s medalists? Categories for professional and collegiate artist, outstanding amateurs, and youth divide the participants…

Bach Festival 2015

Revised Deadlines for Two Competitions

Revised Deadlines for Two Competitions The SIPF announces deadline extensions for two of its upcoming events: 2022 Seattle International Piano Competition. Since 2008, the SIPF invites pianists from around the globe to compete for cash and non-cash prizes. With categories for three brackets of youth, outstanding amateurs, collegiate artists, professionals, and free of programming requirements,…

June 5 – Xiting Yang and Robert Yan in Concert

Seattle International Piano Festival presents June 5 Event – Xiting Yang and Robert Yan in Concert The SIPF is proud to invite you to a special performance event on Sunday, June 5 at 2 pm. Xiting Yang — 2019 Professional Artist Audience Favorite award recipient and Jury President’s Prizewinner) — and Robert Yan — Collegiate…

Xiting Yang

Interview with Xiting Yang

In a recent interview with Xiting Yang, we recently caught up with this 2019 President’s Prizewinner. She talks about her experiences during the Seattle International Piano Competition and her what has happened since that time. Some commentary from Ms. Yang: Ivona Kaminska: From the perspective of building a career in music, what role does SIPC play?…

Catch Up with 2009 Gold Medalist

Recently, we had the opportunity to catch up with 2009 collegiate gold medalist from the Seattle International Piano Competition, Christopher McKiggan. We spoke last with Dr. McKiggan in 2015 during the planning phase of Resonance of Hope, a collaborative project of original compositions by artists of disparate states, politically, who were asked to write a…