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PianoArts Competition Rules
to qualify
semifinal round competition

International competition for pianists who live or study full-time in North America.


  1. Applicants must have reached their 15th birthday by June 7, 2012, but not their 21st  birthday by June 13, 2012.
  1. Applicants are ineligible to compete for the following reasons:

                                   

    • a PianoArts judge was his or her primary teacher during the two years                preceding June 7, 2012
    • a 2012 judge coached the contestant for the competition
    • contestant studies with a relative of a 2012 judge
    • contestant has been accepted as a student of a 2012 judge
  1. Contestants must be living or attending school in North America and be available for Milwaukee performances if they are selected as PianoArts winners.
  1. Contestants may be citizens of countries outside North America.
  1. Contestants must be able to speak and communicate in English.
  1. Former PianoArts Winners of the First Place Prize are ineligible.

 

If you have any questions, please contact PianoArts at Info@PianoArts.org


  1. Semifinal contestants must agree to have no other commitments from June 7 through June 14 at 12:00 noon and to participate in all scheduled activities.

  2. Contestants are responsible for their own transportation to and from Milwaukee.

  3. Host families with practice facilities will be available for contestants.

  4. During the competition, contestants will be known by their first names. Judges will not receive background information on the competitors.

  5. During the competition, contestants may not speak to the judges. Contestants will have individual conferences with each judge following the semifinal or final rounds.
  1. PianoArts can use photographs of contestants in flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, on the internet, and Facebook.

  2. Contestants must grant permission for part or all of their performances in the competition to be electronically recorded or videotaped for distribution – live, tape-delayed, or by future transmission all media. Contestants can make no claim for any funds that may accrue to PianoArts as a result of using these materials.

  3. Personal audio and/or visual recordings of the competition must be approved in advance by PianoArts. PianoArts will provide professional photographers and videographers. With approval of PianoArts, photographs and audio/visual materials

will be available for use by contestants.

  1. All decisions by the judges will be final.
Preliminary final round of competition

Judges selected by the PianoArts Music Director, Andrews Sill, will carefully and anonymously audition all DVD recordings in the Preliminary Round.

 
  1. Recipients of prizes, awards and the scholarship will be announced on June 13.
  1. Finalists must remain in Milwaukee until 12:00 noon, June 14.
  1. Finalists, selected as PianoArts Fellows, must be available to return to Milwaukee to perform recitals and outreach programs.
  1. Finalists must honor their commitments as guest artists to arts organizations presenting PianoArts performers as guest artists.
  1. Winners will agree to perform one or two recitals without compensation, except expenses, to benefit PianoArts.