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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PROGRAM:

Polonaises and Mazurkas: A Dialogue            Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 
 
Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4
 
Polonaise in G-flat major, Op. Posth.
Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 1
 
Mazurka in A-flat major, Op. 59, No. 2
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53
 
INTERMISSION
 
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
 
12 Etudes, Op. 25 (Excerpts to be announced from the stage)

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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PROGRAM:

Preludes Op. 34                                Dmitri Shostakovich

      I. Moderato
      IV. Moderato
      IX. Presto
 
Chaconne, BWV 1016                       J.  S.  Bach – Johannes Brahms
 
Totentanz, S.525                               Franz Liszt
MISHA TUMANOV
 
INTERMISSION
 

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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PROGRAM:

Four Ballades                                Frederic Chopin

No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
No. 2 in F major. Op. 38
No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Murray McLachlan
 
INTERMISSION 
 
Six Morceaux, Op. 11                      Sergey Rachmaninoff
Barcarolle
Scherzo
Theme Russe
Valse 
Romance
Glory
Murray McLachlan and Kathryn Page
 
Rhapsody in Blue                            George Gershwin
Murray McLachlan and Kathryn Page
 

 

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

 

PROGRAM:

Piano Sonata in B minor                             Franz Liszt

 

7:30 pm Piano Recital with Alon Goldstein

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PROGRAM:

“September” from “The year” (1841)          Fanny Mendelssohn
 
Prelude in B minor                                     J. S. Bach – Alexander Siloti 
 
Song without words                                  Felix Mendelssohn
 
Sheep May Safely Graze                             J. S. Bach – Petri
 
Four Impromptus, Op. 90                           Franz Schubert
 
INTERMISSION
 
Asturias                                                      Isaac Albeniz
 
Pagodas                                                     Claude Debussy 
 
The Masque                                               Leonard Bernstein 
 
Scherzo No. 1                                             Frederic Chopin 

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