The 2023 International
Piano Competition

October 30th - November 4th, 2023
New York City

A collaboration with:

Final Round

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128

Start Time: 12:30 PM

Founded nearly 150 years ago to serve the Jewish people, the 92nd Street Y, New York promotes individual and family development and participation in civic life within the context of Jewish values and American pluralism.

As a nonprofit community and cultural center, The 92nd Street Y, New York seeks to create, provide and disseminate programs of distinction that foster the physical and mental health of human beings throughout their lives, their educational and spiritual growth and their enjoyment.

The 92nd Street Y, New York reaches out beyond its core constituency of American Jews to serve people of diverse racial, religious, ethnic and economic backgrounds, seeking partnerships that leaven our programs and broaden our influence.

Venue Website

Artists / Awards

Award

Artist

Counry

Age

1st Prize

Yang (Jack) Gao

China

19

2nd Prize

Anna Han

USA

27

3rd Prize

Sahun (Sam) Hong

USA

29

Honorarium

Carter Johnson

Canada / USA

26

Jury

Name

Title

Ursula Oppens

Competition Co-Chair

Anton Nel

Competition Co-Chair

Diane Walsh

William Wolfram

Ann Schein

Seth Knopp

John Corigliano

Nicholas Mann

Semi-Final Round

Morgan Library

225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints.

Over the years—through purchases and generous gifts—The Morgan Library & Museum has continued to acquire rare materials as well as important music manuscripts, early children's books, Americana, and materials from the twentieth century. Without losing its decidedly domestic feeling, the Morgan also has expanded its physical space considerably.

In 1928, the Annex building was erected on the corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street, replacing Pierpont Morgan's residence. The Annex connected to the original McKim library by means of a gallery. In 1988, Jack Morgan's former residence—a mid-nineteenth century brownstone on Madison Avenue and 37th Street—also was added to the complex. The 1991 garden court was constructed as a means to unite the various elements of the Morgan campus.

The largest expansion in the Morgan's history, adding 75,000 square feet to the campus, was completed in 2006. Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano, the project increases exhibition space by more than fifty percent and adds important visitor amenities, including a new performance hall, a welcoming entrance on Madison Avenue, a new café and a new restaurant, a shop, a new reading room, and collections storage. Piano's design integrates the Morgan's three historical buildings with three new modestly scaled steel-and-glass pavilions. A soaring central court connects the buildings and serves as a gathering place for visitors in the spirit of an Italian piazza.

Venue Website

Artists

Artist

Counry

Age

Jonathan Mak

Canada

26

Michael Song

Canada

23

Carter Johnson

Canada / USA

26

Yang (Jack) Gao

China

19

Ke Wang

China

25

Jonathan Swensen

Denmark / United States

27

Yuki Yoshimi

Japan

23

Tatiana Dorokhova

Russia

32

Yeontaek Oh

South Korea

30

Han Chen

Taiwan

31

Anna Han

USA

27

Sahun (Sam) Hong

USA

29

Victoria Wong

USA / Canada

26

Aaron Wolff

United States

30

Chase Park

United States

26

Alexander Hersh

United States

31

James Kim

United States

31

John-Henry Crawford

United States

31

Josh Halpern

United States

30

Sydney Lee

United States

27

Rainer Crosett

United States

32

Miriam Smith

United States

18

Leland Ko

United States / Canada

26

Jury

Name

Title

Ursula Oppens

Competition Co-Chair

Anton Nel

Competition Co-Chair

Diane Walsh

William Wolfram

Ann Schein

Seth Knopp

Nicholas Mann

Preliminary Round

Klavierhaus

790 11TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10019

Klavierhaus was founded in 1993 by Gabor and Sujatri Reisinger in New York City.

The brothers became known in professional circles for their high quality craftsmanship and their collaborative approach to creating instruments according to the individual needs of artists.

As a result, their efforts have earned international acclaim from world-class performers as well as students, teachers, and music aficionados across all genres.

For the last 30 years, many of the world’s most important pianists have worked with Klavierhaus and performed on their pianos.

The list includes Richard Goode, Sir Andras Schiff, Angela Hewitt, Garrick Ohlsson, Herbie Hancock, Simone Dinnerstein, Yuja Wang, Geri Allen,  Gyorgy Kurtag, Frank Kimbrough, Jeremy Denk and others.

Klavierhaus’ concert pianos have appeared on stage at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House, Library of Congress, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and have been included in the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments.

Venue Website

Artists

Artist

Counry

Age

Aaron Pilsan

Austria

28

Jonathan Mak

Canada

26

Kevin Wang

Canada

18

Andrew Byun

Canada

26

Michael Song

Canada

23

Sam Chung

Canada

25

Carter Johnson

Canada / USA

26

Zehao Bai

China

29

Yang (Jack) Gao

China

19

YiQiao Li

China

32

Qiao Liu

China

32

Zhiye Lin

China

26

TianYi Li

China

25

Wenting Shi

China

31

Yinuo (Wynona) Wang

China

26

Ke Wang

China

25

Jiacheng Xiong

China

26

Shengyu Meng

China

21

Zhihao Wu

China

28

Jonathan Swensen

Denmark / United States

27

Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir

Iceland / United States

29

Martin Kesuma

Indonesia

29

Yuki Yoshimi

Japan

23

Yushi Izumi

Japan

24

Tatiana Dorokhova

Russia

32

Osip Nikiforov

Russia

29

Yeontaek Oh

South Korea

30

Daniel Hamin Go

South Korea

28

Tae-Yeon Kim

South Korea

18

Han Chen

Taiwan

31

Shun-Ming Yang

Taiwan

24

Sandro Gegechkori

Tibilsi, Georgia

23

Leo Gevisser

UK / South Africa

20

Alexander Agate

USA

28

Rachel Breen

USA

26

Robert Carlson

USA

25

Anna Han

USA

27

Aaron Kurz

USA

28

Sahun (Sam) Hong

USA

29

Maxim Lando

USA

20

Christine Wu

USA

30

Victoria Wong

USA / Canada

26

Fantee Jones

USA / Taiwan

29

Aaron Wolff

United States

30

Edward Luengo

United States

28

Chase Park

United States

26

Jakob Taylor

United States

26

Andres Sanchez

United States

27

Connor Kim

United States

28

Alexander Hersh

United States

31

Amy Goto

United States

20

James Kim

United States

31

John-Henry Crawford

United States

31

Megan Yip

United States

28

Josh Halpern

United States

30

Johannes Gray

United States

27

Lila Holyoke

United States

20

Sydney Lee

United States

27

Robin Park

United States

23

Rainer Crosett

United States

32

Olivia Marckx

United States

25

Miriam Smith

United States

18

Gabriel Martins

United States

26

Peter Eom

United States

29

Leland Ko

United States / Canada

26

Elena Ariza

United States / Japan

26

Mei Hotta

United States / Japan

21

Julia Lee

United States / South Korea

24

Jury

Name

Title

Ursula Oppens

Competition Co-Chair

Anton Nel

Competition Co-Chair

Diane Walsh

Seth Knopp

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The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation is proud to announce the
2023 International Piano Competition.


Information on the competition will be posted to this page when it is available.

DATES

Applications are no longer being accepted

Preliminary Rounds
Oct 30th - Nov 1st 2023

Semi-Final Round
Thursday, Nov 2nd 2023

Final Round
Saturday, Nov 4th 2023

Prizes for the competition are below:

First Prize: $25,000; 2 fully subsidized New York recitals; a commissioned work
Second Prize: $15,000
Third Prize: $10,000