Open Category: €100

Professional Category: €200

Concerto Category: €300

Awards

All participants will receive certificates and medals.

Teachers will receive teachers’ certificates.

In each category, contestants scoring: 

· 97-100 points will be awarded the Special First Prize;

· 91-96 points will earn the First Prize,

· 85-90 points will earn the Second Prize,

· 80-84 points will earn the Third Prize.

· Scores below 80 will only receive a participation certificate.

(There can be multiple winners in each tier.)

Teachers of Special First, First, Second, and Third Prize winners will receive the Outstanding Teachers Award certificate, and may have the opportunity to be honored as members of the Vienna International Pianist Association (IKE) Global Outstanding Music Teachers.

Top Prize winners (Special First and First Prize) will have their achievements showcased on the International Piano Competition website and social media through personalized digital posters. They will also have the opportunity to perform concertos with orchestras at the award ceremony and receive personalized audio and video recordings.

Additional special prizes may be conferred upon participants in recognition of exemplary technique, superior musicianship, expressive rendition, or other notable attributes demonstrated in their performance or composition.

All prize winners can request and order CDs, videos, etc., at an additional cost after the publication of the results.