2022

2022. Washington International Piano Festival

Participants

Toscane Acket (CA, USA), Kyoko Akatsuka (Japan), Ben Batalia (LA, USA), Fabiola Calderón (Costa Rica), Braulio Cascante (Costa Rica), Hailey Chan (Costa Rica), Emre Erk (Turkey), Alí Fallas (Costa Rica), Miyu Fukushima (Japan), Izel Gómez (Costa Rica), Valeria Granados (Costa Rica), Ayumi Iwaoka (Japan), Konoka Kamazawa (Japan), Peter Kandra (MD, USA), Amber Love Kwan (Costa Rica), Akari Kakinuma (Japan), Isaac Loría (Costa Rica), Valery Manchego (Peru), Juanita Martínez (Costa Rica), Daniel Meoño (Costa Rica), Alanisse Morris (Costa Rica), Gabriel Paz-Campos (Costa Rica), Catherine Rex (MD, USA), Nanako Sakai (Japan), Emma Sheh (Costa Rica), Fuka Shimada (Japan), Mia Shujath (MD, USA), Mizuki Takeuchi (Japan), Alison Ureña (Costa Rica), Paula Vargas (Costa Rica), Josheph Varnovitsky (MD, USA), Emily Venkataraman (DC, USA), Jacqueline Walker (DC, USA), Eliz Wuchen (Costa Rica), Ivy Wuchen (Costa Rica), Maho Yamada (Japan), Yohan Yun (DC, USA)

Faculty

Nikita Fitenko (USA/Russia), Alexander Tutunov (USA/Belarus), Misha Tumanov (USA/Ukraine), Marie Kyone (Japan), Jinha Park (USA/South Korea), Alexandr Sklioutovski (Costa Rica), Joshio Hamano (Japan)

 Concert Series

  • Bran Ganz, Nikita Fitenko & Katerina Zaitseva, Alexander Tutunov, Joshio Hamano, Marie Kyone
  • WIPF Participants’ Concert at the AMP Theater Strathmore
  • Winners of the 37th International Young Artist Competition

 Masterclasses

  • Brian Ganz
  • Michael Bulychev-Okser
  • Jazz Piano workshop with Paul Bratcher
  • Lecture on piano recording technology by Misha Tumanov

The 7th Catholic University of America Piano Competition

Winners in the College/Professional Category

  • 1st Prize: Kyoko Akatsuka
  • 2nd Prize: Nanako Sakai
  • 3rd Prize: Maho Yamada

Winners in the Pre-College Category

  • 1st Prize: Mizuki Takeuchi
  • 2nd Prize: Issac Loria
  • 3rd Prize Gabriel Paz-Campos and Emma Sheh