Participants

Susan Babbitz (Connecticut, USA), Lara Gutierrez (Washington, D.C., USA), Yoshio Hamano (Japan), Wonjae Hwang (South Korea), Hyun Jeong Jeon (South Korea), Suyun Jeong (South Korea), Alex Jones (Virginia, USA), Danme Kim (Maryland, USA), Dasol Kim (Indiana, USA), Eunhye Kim (South Korea), Jihyeon Kim (South Korea), Milee Kim (South Korea), Minah Kim (South Korea), Subin Kim (South Korea), Shandra Love (Virginia, USA), Iskandarkhon Mamadaliev (Uzbekistan), Kaori Murase (Japan), Clara Na (Virginia, USA), Yuka Nagashima (Japan), Michelle Papenfuss (Virginia, USA), Nohun Park (South Korea), Yaesin Park (South Korea), Patrick Rimterakul (Maryland, USA), Eliza Ruffle (China), Tiffany Ruffle (China), Leo Savain (Maryland, USA), Naho Suzuki (Japan), Young-hye Tae (South Korea), Rina Yamada (Japan), Heesun Yun (Texas, USA)

Faculty

Nikita Fitenko (Co-Director), Ivo Kaltchev (Co-Director), Yuri Didenko (Russia), Xun Pan (China), Hae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Atsuko Okada (Japan)

 Concert Series

• Alessio Bax, Tanya Gabrielian, Brian Ganz, Yekwon Sunwoo
• WIPF Faculty Recital: Evening of Piano Ensemble Music, Yoshio Hamano
• WIPF Selected Participants’ Concert at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage
• Prizewinners of the 2013 International Young Artists Piano Competition
• Prizewinners from the private piano studios of Elena Arseniev and Bok Hwa Kim

 Masterclasses and Lecture Series

• Yamaha’s Presentation on Disklavier Technology by Bonnie Barrett (Director of Yamaha Artist Services Inc.) and Walt Straiton (Yamaha Institutional Solutions Group)
• Round Table Discussion: “Piano Competitions: A Reality Check”
• Workshop “Musical Punctuation and the Art of Interpretation” by Scott McBride Smith
• Workshop “Fingering: An Underappreciated Art” by Scott McBride Smith