Participants

Anique Ayesigwa (Uganda), Anthony Bock (OR, USA), Giampiero Bugliarello (Italy), Gema Lu Cai (Spain), Jiahao Chen (China), Lunyu Chen (China), Mingyou Chen (China), Juan Deng (China), Shanting Ding (China), Julia Maria Figueres Heinz (Spain), Alexander Fitenko (MD, USA), Owen Hucke (OR, USA), Sherry Kim (NY, USA), Zengxie Li (China), Jie Liang (China), Yueqin Liu (China), David Loy (MD, USA), Qianyu Luo (China), Jordan Mathews (IL, USA), Alexis Mulyar (VA, USA), Nuria Planas-Vilanova (VA, USA), Nathan Rihani (VA, USA), Michelle Tang (MD, USA), Hanfei Tu (China), Miaozhen Xie (China), Yutian Xie (China), Yuhan Xu (China), Andy Yoon (MD, USA), Shufan You (China), Gianne Ge Zhu (VA, USA)

Faculty

Nikita Fitenko (Co-Director), Yoshio Hamano (Japan), Juan Lago (Spain), Igor Lebedev (Russia), Songwen Li (China), Murray McLachlan (United Kingdom), Francesco Mirabella (Italy)

 Concert Series

• Igor Lebedev, Aisylu Salyakhova, Belen Navarro and Juan Lago, Yoshio Hamano, Francesco Mirabella
• WIPF Selected Participants’ Concert at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage
• Winners of the 34th International Young Artist Competition

 Masterclasses

• Igor Lebedev
• Murray McLachlan
• Round Table Discussion: “Piano Competitions: A Reality Check”
  

The 5th Catholic University of America Piano Competition

Winners in the College/Professional Category

• 1st Prize: Not awarded
• 2nd Prize: Sherry Kim (NY, USA) and Gianne Zhu (VA, USA)
• 3rd Prize: Giampiero Bugliarello (Italy)
• Honorable mention: Anthony Bock (OR, USA) and Yutian Xie (China)

Winners in the Pre-College Category

• 1st Prize: Michelle Tang (MD, USA)
• 2nd Prize: Jie Liang (China) and Andy Yoon (MD, USA)
• 3rd Prize: Gema Lu Cai (Spain) and Lun Yu Chen (China)