WIPF is proud to present internationally acclaimed pianists as part of its concert series. The cost of tickets is included in the participants’ tuition. All concerts take place in Ward Recital Hall on campus of The Catholic University of America. The concerts are open to the community, and tickets to individual concerts may be purchased online at Eventbrite.com or at the door.
Ticket Prices:
Adults: $25; children and students: $10; CUA’s students with a valid student ID: free admission. There will be an after-concert WIPF opening reception on July 29. The reception admission is $50 (including the concert ticket).
JUL 29, Saturday
5:00 pm Winners of the 38th International Young Artist Competition
PROGRAM TBA
6:00 pm Recital with Brian Ganz
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JUL 30, Sunday
6:30 pm Young Pianist Showcase Concert: First Prize and Grand Chinese Prize Winner of the 38th International Young Artist Piano Competition (Young Professional College Group)
7:30 pm Piano Duo Recital with Robert Andres and Honor O’Hea
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PROGRAM:
Bilder aus Osten (Picures from the East) Op. 66 Robert Schumann
Variations on a theme by Schumann Op. 23 Johannes Brahms
INTERMISSION
Integration I for two pianos (2014) Pedro Macedo Camacho (b. 1979)
Mazurka elegiaca for two pianos Op. 23 nº 2 (1941) Benjamin Britten
Sonata for two pianos (1929) Arnold Bax
Molto moderato (quasi andante) –
Allegretto scherzando (ma non troppo presto)
Lento espressivo
Vivace e feroce (ma non troppo presto)
JUL 31, Monday
6:30 pm Young Pianist Showcase Concert
PROGRAM TBA
7:30 pm Joint Piano Recital with Misha Tumanov and Nikita Fitenko
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Preludes Op. 34 Dmitri Shostakovich
From “The Seasons” Op. 37b Peter Tchaikovsky
April: Snowdrop
June: Barcarolle
From Preludes Sergey Rachmaninov
Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp Minor
Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp Minor
Op. 32 No.10 in B Minor
Op. 23 No. 7 in C Minor
Op. 32 No. 5 in G Major
Op. 32 No. 8 in A Minor
From “Pictures at an Exhibition” Modest Mussorgsky
Baba-Yaga
The Great Gate of Kiev
From Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major Rodion Shchedrin
III. Rondo-Toccata
NIKITA FITENKO
AUG 1, Tuesday
6:30 pm Young Pianist Showcase Concert
PROGRAM TBA
7:30 pm Piano Recital with Murray McLachlan and Kathryn Page
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Four Ballades Frederic Chopin
AUG 2, Wednesday
7:30 pm 8th CUA Competition Final Round
FREE ADMISSION
AUG 3, Thursday
6:30 Young Pianist Showcase Concert: The Gold Medal Winner of the Wideman International
Piano Competition: Parker Van Ostrand
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Piano Sonata in B minor Franz Liszt
7:30 pm Piano Recital with Alon Goldstein
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AUG 4, Friday
6:30 Young Pianist Showcase Concert: TBA
7:30 pm Recital and Award Ceremony: Winners of the 7th CUA Piano Competition
PROGRAM TBA
FREE ADMISSION
AUG 5, Saturday
5:00 Recital with Selected 2023 WIPF Participants at AMP Theater by Strathmore
PROGRAM TBA
FREE ADMISSION