2024

2024. Washington International Piano Festival

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Participants

Anique Ayesigwa (Uganda), Genesis Bustos Ramirez (Costa Rica), Isabella Castro (Costa Rica), Matthew Chang (VA, USA), Erya Chai (VA, USA), Lillian Copeland (NY, USA), Michael Durnev (MI, USA), Amanda Espinoza (Costa Rica), Anastasia Fitenko (MD, USA), Sophia Fulton (PA, USA), Shiori Fuse (Japan), Neev Heneghan (VA, USA), Alejandro González (Costa Rica), Troup Jacobson (VA, USA), Akari Kakinuma (Japan),

Uliana Khomenkova (Costa Rica), Nami Kijima (Japan), Antoni Kleczek (DC, USA), Evelina Kleczek (DC, USA), Yume Kurosawa (Japan), Jane Liang (VA, USA), Marcelo Marin (Costa Rica), Victoria Marin Hernandez (Costa Rica), Andrew Martin (VA, USA), William Mendelbaum (France), Yu Otaki (Japan), Gabriel Paz-Campos (Costa Rica), Elena Popova (MD, USA), Catherine Rex (MD, USA), Valentina Sánchez (Costa Rica), Emma Sheh Lu (Costa Rica), Allison Ureña (Costa Rica), Paula Vargas (Costa Rica), Joseph Varnovitsky (MD, USA), Sasha Vinokurov (MD, USA), Elizabeth Vinokurov (MD, USA), Eliz Wuchen (Costa Rica), Ivy Wuchen (Costa Rica), Huizi Zhong (VA, USA)

Faculty

Nikita Fitenko (USA/Russia), Brian Ganz (USA), Antonio Di Cristofano (Italy), Martin Labazevich (Poland/USA), Misha Tumanov (Ukraine/USA), Katerina Zaitseva (Russia/USA), Alexandr Sklioutovski (Costa Rica), Yoshio Hamano (Japan), Marie Kiyone (Japan), Mary-Victoria Voutsas (USA), Victor Shklyar (Belarua/USA)

 Concert Series

  • Brian Ganz, Nikita Fitenko & Katerina Zaitseva (piano duo), Misha Tumanov, Antonio Di Cristofano, Martin Labazevich, Yoshio Hamano, Marie Kiyone, Elizabeth Vinokurov, Kyoko Akatsuka
  • WIPF Participants’ Concert at the Kennedy Center Family Theater
  • Winners of the 39th International Young Artist Competition

 Masterclasses

  • Brian Ganz
  • Antonio Di Cristofano

 Workshops

  • Brian Ganz “The Mazurkas: Chopin’s Creative Laboratory”

 Roundtable discussion

  • Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Piano Around the World

The 8th Catholic University of America Piano Competition

Winners in the College/Professional Category

  • 1st Prize: not awarded
  • 2nd Prize: ⁠Yume Kurosawa
  • 3rd Prize: Uliana Khomenkova amd Paula Vargas
  • Honorary Mention: Victoria Marin Hernandez and Allison Urena

Winners in the Pre-College Category

  • 1st Prize: Matthew Chang and Antoni Kleczek
  • 2nd Prize: Genesis Bustos Ramirez, Evelina Kleczek, Emma Sheh Lu, and Huizi Zhong
  • 3rd Prize: ⁠Michael Durnev, Amanda Espinoza, Sophia Fulton, and Ivy Wuchen
  • Honorary Mention: Isabella Castro, Shiori Fuse, Marcelo Marin, Yu Otaki, and Eliz Wuchen