2018

2018. Washington International Piano Festival

Participants

Isabelle Areola (Pensacola, FL), Anique Ayesigwa (Silver Spring, MD), Anthony Bock (Medford, OR), Anyi Cai (Millersville, PA), Andrea Chen (Rockville, MD), Marta Edler (Waterloo, IL), Robin Friedman (Bethesda, MD), Bo Gao (China), Jingyuan Gao (Millersville, PA), Zelin Guo (Russia), Garrett Harmon (Mount Airy, MD), Brendan Harper (Owings, MD), Hyunjeong Jeon (South Korea), Alexandra LaMastra (Royersford, PA), Pang Lan (China), YuXuan Lei (China), Jiarui Li (China), Zi Ping Li (China), Zi Xu Liao (China), Heng Zhi Liu (China), Kaleria Orlov (Frederick, MD), Hong Lion Peng (China), Letizia Pent (Italy), Mark Piasetskiy (Russia), Antonio Plumer (Rockville, MD), Zhengping Rui (China), Aisylu Salyakhova (Russia), Elina Salyakhova (Russia), Sarah Schiffgens (Bethesda, MD), Eun Ji Song (South Korea), Meredith Stemen (Pensacola, FL), Eric Sun (Chapel Hill, NC), Daniel Thomas (Costa Rica), Mary Voutsas (Washington, DC), Yuan Yi (Lubbock, TX), Xuang Yang Zhang (China), Dieyun Zhu (China), Mingke Zhu (China)

Faculty

Nikita Fitenko (Co-Director), Ivo Kaltchev (Co-Director), Luigi Dominici (Italy), Andrey Ivanovich (Russia), Chongxiao Liu (China), Xun Pan (China), Alexander Tutunov (Belarus/USA), and ChengGang Yang (China)

 Concert Series

  • Sofya Gulyak, Daniel Kuehler, Alexander Tutunov, Andrey Ivanovich, Niu Niu
  • WIPF Selected Participants’ Concert at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage
  • Prizewinners of the 2018 International Young Artists Piano Competition,
  • Winners of the 2018 Lancaster International Piano Festival Music Competition
  • Winners of the 2018 Young Musicians Inspiring Change Competition
  • Winners of the 5th Catholic University of America Piano Competition

 Masterclasses

  • Sofya Gulyak
  • Hedi Salanki
  • Douglas Humpherys
  • Round Table Discussion: “The Art of Practicing: Getting the Best Results Without Getting Injured”

The 5th Catholic University of America Piano Competition

Winners in the College/Professional Category

  • 1st Prize: Aisylu Salyakhova (Russia)
  • 2nd Prize: Mingke Zhu (China)
  • 3rd Prize: Bo Gao (China)
  • Honorable Mention: Mark Piasetskiy (Russia)

Winners in the Pre-College Category

  • 1st Prize: YuXuan Lei (China)
  • 2nd Prize: Antonio Plumer (USA)
  • 3rd Prize: Jiarui Li (China) and Zi Xu Liao (China)
  • Honorable Mention: Kaleriya Orlova (USA) and Elina Salyakhova (Russia)