Updated rules and guidelines for the 2024 Virtuoso Artists 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 ballades, etudes, and other important romantic and later era genres. Celebrate the giants of the day, including Chopin, Prokofiev, and Debussy,…
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…
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,…
The deadline for the 2021 Virtuoso Artists Festival has been extended to Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 9:00 pm. Note that June 3 still represents the cut-off for dates of birth in terms of age category delineation. The SIPF encourages all prospective participants to make that last push to prepare their Romantic, Contemporary, and Impressionistic…
2021 Virtuoso Artists Festival The SIPF is proud to announce the 7th annual Virtuoso Artists Festival, celebrating the works of the romantic, impressionistic, and contemporary musical eras. In order to open its doors to pianists and instrumentalists of the world, now this online video recording competitive festival is open for participation, providing opportunities for soloists,…