New Orleans - New Orleans International Piano Competition
The goals of the New Orleans International Piano Competition are to provide opportunities for the most gifted and communicative musicians to be heard on an international stage, to play a vital role in launching these young careers, to offer the community a chance to discover the world’s finest pianistic talents, and to bring the world together through music. The New Orleans International Piano Competition is held in conjunction with the annual summer New Orleans Piano Institute and Keyboard Festival, both presented by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.
The Musical Arts Society of New Orleans (MASNO) presents the 29th New Orleans International Piano Competition (NOIPC), July 13-20, 2024. Carefully selected from over 200 international auditions, representing twenty-eight countries, twelve of the world’s top emerging pianistshave been invitedto New Orleans as semifinalists for a week of competing for cash, performance, and recording prizes totaling over $100,000. Prizes include a studio recording on the Steinway& Sons label, concerto performances with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra; solo concerts at Kaufman Music Center | Merkin Hall in New York, on the University of New Orleans Musical Excursions Series, and others. Steinway & Sons the official piano of the New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Contact
Cara McCool Woolf
Musical Arts Society of New Orleans
P.O. Box 750698
New Orleans, 70175-0698
United States
Prize winners and Jury 2022 with William Marshall (Immediate Past Board President) and Cara McCool Woolf(Executive & Artistic Director) ©️Victoria Z Photography
Elia Cecino, 1st prize winner in 2022 with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Timothy Muffit ©️Victoria Z Photography
Prize winner 2022 ©️Victoria Z Photography
Prize winner 2022 ©️Victoria Z Photography
Prize winner 2022 ©️Victoria Z Photography