Winners Concert in Merkin Hall on June 25, 2013
Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition
Congratulations to the Semi-finalists, who will compete before a live jury at Kaufman Music Center from June 17-23! Click here for a list of the Semi-finalists. Click here for the competition schedule.
In June of 2013, Kaufman Music Center will inaugurate its first International Youth Piano Competition. Open to young pianists between the ages of 7 and 17, the competition will award cash prizes and give winners the opportunity to perform in New York’s prestigious Merkin Concert Hall.
Read a message from the competition's Artistic Director, Igal Kesselman.
The competition will be held from June 17-June 23, 2013 and the Winners Showcase Concert will take place on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 2 pm, at Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Concert Hall.
Eligibility
Junior Division 1: Ages 7–9 as of June 17, 2013
Junior Division 2: Ages 10–13 as of June 17, 2013
Senior Division: Ages 14–17 as of June 17, 2013
Auditions Schedule
Preliminary auditions will be held by video (DVD or Youtube upload). For YouTube uploads, please provide the appropriate link.
Submission by March 1, 2013
Semi-final auditions will take place in person at Kaufman Center before a live jury.
June 17-21, 2013
Final auditions will take place in person at Kaufman Center before a live jury and are open to the public.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Cash Prizes
Junior Division 1: Ages 7-9
First Prize - $500
Second Prize - $250
Junior Division 2: Ages 10-13
First Prize - $1000
Second Prize - $500
Senior Division: Ages 14-17
Grand Prize - $1500
Second Prize - $750
Additional prizes:
Honorable Mention and Special Prizes will be awarded.
Special thanks to Faust Harrison Pianos, Klavierhaus and Steinway for offering special prizes for the Competition.
The Winners Showcase Concert will take place at Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at 2 pm.
Jury
Alexander Braginsky, Professor pf Piano, University of Minnesota School of Music
President an Artistic Director of the Minnesota International Piano e-Competition
Founder and President of the Musicians in Debut International (MIDI)
Douglas Humpherys,Chair, Piano Department, Eastman School of Music
Igal Kesselman, Artistic Director and Chairman of the Jury,
Kaufman Music Center International Piano Competition
Director, Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center
Boaz Sharon, Professor of Piano and Chair of Piano Department, Boston University
Director of the Young Artists Piano Program at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Preliminary Round Judges: Ernest Barretta, Gila Goldstein, Igal Kesselman & Irina Morozova
Application Procedures
Download a printable application form.
All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2013 and submitted by mail to:
Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition
Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
Be sure to fill out the application form completely, and to keep a copy of the repertoire you have submitted for your own reference.
The following documents must be submitted with your application form:
- One-page biography: List current and past teachers, performances, awards and honors.
- Letter of recommendation: One letter of recommendation from your principal teacher .
- Birth certificate: Proof of age must be submitted, such as birth certificate.
- Application fee: A $100 application fee must be submitted with your application, by check or money order payable to Kaufman Center, or by credit card. This fee is not refundable.
Audition and Repertoire Requirements
Preliminary Round: please submit a copy of DVD that can be playable on regular DVD players. Additionally, the applicant can upload the performance onto YouTube and submit the appropriate link with their application materials either by mail or email to PianoCompetition@kaufman-center.org.
Junior Division 1: Ages 7-9
DVD Round: up to 10 minutes of music, contestant’s choice. Needs to include at least one fast-paced work
Semi-Final Round: up to 10 minutes
- One Baroque polyphonic work
- One virtuoso etude by Liszt, Czerny, Berens, Lemoine, Loeschhorn, Chopin or Moszkowski
- One piece at the participant's discretion
Finals: up to 15 minutes
- First movement of Sonatina or Sonata from the Classical era
- One or more compositions from the Romantic era (work from semi-final round may be repeated)
- One piece at the participant's discretion (work from semi-final round may be repeated)
Junior Division 2: Ages 10-13
DVD Round: up to 15 minutes of music, contestant’s choice. Needs to include at least one fast-paced work
Semi Final Round: up to 15 minutes
- One Baroque polyphonic work
- One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt or Rachmaninov
- One piece at the participant's discretion
Finals: up to 20 minutes
- A Classical Sonata (or first movement) by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
- One or more compositions from the Romantic era (work from semi-final round may be repeated)
- One Contemporary piece, written after 1950
Senior Divison: Ages 14-17
DVD Round: up to 20 minutes of music, contestant’s choice. Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.
Semi Final Round: up to 20 minutes
- One Virtuoso Etude by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Scriabin or Prokofiev
- One Baroque Polyphonic piece
- First Movement of Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
- One piece at the participant's discretion
Finals: up to 35 minutes
- One Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, all movements (can be the same Sonata from which the first movement was performed in the semi-final round)
- One or more compositions from the Romantic era (work from semi-final round may be repeated)
- One Contemporary piece, written after 1950
Please include the timing of each work submitted.
MEMORIZATION: All repertoire must be performed by memory.
Notification of Preliminary Round Results
Results of the preliminary round, notifying applicants if they have been accepted as candidates to the live rounds of the competition, will be mailed and emailed by early April, 2013. Candidates admitted to the live semi-final auditions will be assigned specific audition times by May 1, 2013.
Semi-Final Auditions
Applicants who are passed to the Semi-Final Auditions must come to Kaufman Music Center to be heard by the jury for semi-final and final rounds. Candidates are responsible for their travel and other expenses related to the semi-final and final auditions.
Notification of Semi-Final Results
Results of the semi-final round will be posted on Kaufman Music Center’s web site and emailed to the contestants by the end of the day on Friday, June 21, 2013
Final Auditions
The final auditions will be held on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Kaufman Center.
Winners Showcase Concert
The Winners Showcase concert will take place on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 2 pm in Merkin Concert Hall. All winners must be present to perform in the Winners Concert, or they must forfeit their prize.
Rules
- This web site contains the most recent and accurate information about the competition, including updates that may have been made after emails and print pieces have been sent.
- All applications will be reviewed by the Competition’s artistic committee and treated as confidential.
- The committee reserves the right to request additional information from or about an applicant.
- Upon notification of acceptance to the competition, all candidates must guarantee their availability for all published dates of the competition.
- All candidates must supply two photocopies of music to the jury panel.
- The jury reserves the right not to choose any winners.
- The decision of the jury is final.
- The competition may be broadcast live or may be recorded and videotaped for subsequent broadcast, video, or audio recording use.
- Competition winners are required to perform at the Winners Showcase Concert at Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday, June 25, 2013
- Competition winners must perform the compositions performed at the live auditions for the Winners Concert.
Contact
212 501 3360
PianoCompetition@kaufman-center.org
