Piano Island Festival

13/08/2024

Winners of the 6th Piano Island Competition 2024

Professional Category

First prize
Noah Zhou 🇬🇧

Second prize
Toby Tan Kai Rong 🇸🇬

Third prize
Jun Shimada 🇯🇵

13/08/2024

Winners of the 6th Piano Island Competition 2024

Youth Category
First prize
Du Peining 🇨🇳

Second prize
Jiang Jingwen 🇨🇳

Third prize
Luther Ong Boon Khang 🇸🇬

Special prizes
Belle Joyce Chi 🇺🇸
Siobhan Rui Duo Ae 🇸🇬

13/08/2024

Winners of the 6th Piano Island Competition 2024
Infantile category

First prize
Zheng Xuanqi 🇨🇳

Second prize
Jiuer Tan 🇨🇳

Third prize
Hailey Sixi Guo 🇳🇿

Special prizes
Anran Su 🇨🇳
Oshima Emi 🇯🇵
Theodore Penn Hur 🇸🇬

04/08/2024

Congratulations to our competition laureates

Infantile category

First prize
Zheng Xuanqi (China)
Second prize
Jiuer Tan (China)
Third prize
Hailey Sixi Guo (New Zealand)
Special prizes
Anran Su (China)
Oshima Emi (Japan)
Theodore Penn Hur (Singapore)

Youth Category
First prize
Du Peining (China)
Second prize
Jiang Jingwen (China)
Third prize
Luther Ong Boon Khang (Singapore)
Special prizes
Belle Joyce Chi (USA)
Siobhan Rui Duo Ae (Singapore)

Professional Category
First prize
Noah Zhou (United Kingdom)
Second prize
Toby Tan Kai Rong (Singapore)
Third prize
Jun Shimada (Japan)

23/06/2024

Faculty for the 6th Piano Island Festival

21 - 28 July 2024
JAKARTA

21/06/2024

Piano Recital by Hongbo Cai

Laureate of the 5th Piano Island Festival Competition

21/06/2024

Piano Recital by Jonathan Kuo

Laureate of the 5th Piano Island Festival Competition
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11/06/2024

ALL STAR FACULTY CONCERT
27th July 2024

The highly anticipated piano concert featuring the 6th edition piano masters and professors.

Tickets available from the 20th of June!

08/06/2024

Do not miss this opportunity to witness exceptional masterclasses by the world’s leading piano masters

Get your observer passes now!

Special prices made affordable for local teachers and students. Bundle for piano enthusiast interested in both Indonesia AND Singapore :)

Passes include entry to all public masterclasses, lectures, Q&A sessions, solo recitals by past winners, piano concerto with the Jakarta sinfonietta quartet, and the All star Faculty concert on the 27th of July!

Our dream festival lineup awaits your presence this summer!
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07/06/2024

Ever wondered what it’s like to work with a music producer who made music for Christopher Nolan, James Cameron? Or recorded for top pianists such as Lang Lang, Khatia Buniatishvili.. Vlado Perlemuter.. !!!

CHRIS CRAKER is a rare animal in the music business. He combines a life of experience at the very highest level as an Artist, Record Producer, Record Company Executive, Composer, Conductor, Studio Owner, Artist Manager, Author, Mentor and Teacher.

As a multi-Grammy nominated producer, Chris Craker has operated at the very forefront of the music industry for over 40 years. He notably produced the soundtrack for Director Christopher Nolan’s movie “Interstellar”, with the Oscar winning score composer Hans Zimmer, as well as producing the 2017 Annie Award Winning score for “The Little Prince” for Paramount, directed by Mark Osborne of “Kung Fu Panda” fame. During the infamous 2020 Covid lockdown, Chris remotely co-produced the soundtrack to Harry Gregson-Williams‘ colourful score for Disney’s “Mulan” from the control room of Karma Studios, Thailand. And, in 2021, he co-scored and co-produced (with his son Richard Craker), the soundtrack to a brand new documentary directed by Roger Christian, entitled “Galaxy” – The Making of Star Wars” and, more recently, he also composed and produced the score for the new George Michael biopic “Portrait Of The Artist”, directed by Simon Napier-Bell.

Chris splits his time between Thailand, London and Los Angeles, undertaking high profile production, composition, conducting, recording projects and mentorship and speaking engagements, alongside his duties as a founder of the world’s fastest growing Health & Wellness record label, ‘Karma Sounds’.

Come to listen to the lectures by Chris Craker the legend himself. Places available this year at our festivals, in Jakarta AND Singapore.

23/05/2024

Dang Thai Son Masterclass in Singapore
(Featuring rising stars of the next generation)

The internationally renowned pianist is back in Singapore for a series of masterclasses. Ever wondered how to achieve the most beautiful sound and realise your musical vision? In this masterclass you will get insights on performing Chopin’s music through the lens of the master himself. For aspiring musicians and dedicated music educators, do not miss this chance to witness Dang Thai Son’s highly anticipated masterclass in Singapore!

Winner of the International Chopin Competition himself in 1980, he has gone on to produce some of the world’s best pianists including the recent winner of the Chopin Competition in 2021 Bruce Liu. Dang is considered as one of the world’s most decorated pianist, he is frequently invited to adjudicate international competitions including Warsaw, Cleveland, Clara Haskil, Arthur Rubinstein, Hamamatsu, Busoni, Animato, Ettlingen. Some of his other students include Eric Lu, Kate Liu, Tony Yang.

Luo Mei
Chopin Nocturne Op.27 No.2
Chopin Ballade Op.47 No.3

Tan Jiuer
Chopin Etude Op. 10 No.2
Chopin Polonaise in G sharp minor ( Op Posth ）

Wang Ziyan
Chopin Etude in c Minor Op.10 No.12
Chopin impromptu in F Sharp Major Op.36 No.2

Du Peining
Chopin Etude in C sharp minor Op.10 No.4
Chopin Waltzes in F Major Op.34 No.3

Jiang Jingwen
Chopin Polonaise in A Major Op.40 No.1
Chopin Etude in C Major Op. 10 No. 1

Jiang Yile
Chopin Etude in a minor Op. 25 No.11
Chopin Waltz in A flat Major Op. 34 No.1

Jessie Meng
Chopin Etude in C # minor Op. 25 No. 7
Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1

Tickets now available on SISTIC!

21/05/2024

We are pleased to announce the finalists of this year’s international piano island competition. The 6th Piano Island Competition will be held in Singapore Esplanade Recital Studio on 31st July 2024 and 1st August 2024

With over a record number of 544 competition applications this year, it was a difficult task to select our finalists. Due to the difference of age gap in the youth category and the fact that there were too many applicants to choose from, the artistic committee has decided to open up a new category : the Performance category (non competitive)

Once again congratulations to all finalists, and thank you for all your wonderful performances online and offline. We look forward to welcoming you to Singapore this July!

02/05/2024

Last 2 weeks to apply

Come learn with the best piano masters in Singapore!

27/04/2024

6th International Piano Island Competition Singapore

Win attractive cash prizes and scholarships worth $20,000
Application deadline 15th of May

Apply now!

18/03/2024

Piano Island Festival and Piano Concerto festival audition rounds in the USA 2024.

Live audition date - 13 April
San Diego Steinway Gallery

10/03/2024

Do you want to learn from the best piano masters in the world?

Application for audition rounds Thailand now available until the 24th of March.

- Selection round in BANGKOK, Thailand!

Apply now!

23/02/2024

6th Piano Island Festival and Competition
Jakarta - Singapore

Application deadline for scholarships and live audition 1st of March, online video submission 15th of May 2024

Look forward to welcoming you this summer 🎹

07/02/2024

Piano Island Live Audition Round in Singapore
30th March 2024 at the Steinway Production Studio


Apply now!
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07/02/2024

Presenting faculty members of 6th Piano Island Festival

Stanislav Ioudenitch

Known for a ravishing technique and his compelling musical conviction, pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch is part of the elite group of Cliburn Gold Medal winners, having taken home the Gold Medal at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. His profoundly warm and intelligent performances have won him prizes at the Feruccio Busoni, William Kapell, Maria Callas, and New Orleans competitions, among others.

Ioudenitch has performed at major international cultural centers including Carnegie Hall (New York), Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Gasteig (Munich, Germany), Conservatorio Verdi (Milan, Italy), Mariinsky Theater (St. Petersburg, Russia), International Performing Arts Center (Moscow, Russia), The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia), Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing, China), International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron (France), Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France), Bass Hall (Fort Worth, Texas), Jordan Hall (Boston, Massachusetts), Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, California), and the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, Colorado).

Ioudenitch has had the privilege to perform with the conductors James Conlon, Valery Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev, James DePreist, Günther Herbig, Asher Fisch, Stefan Sanderling, Michael Stern, Carl St. Clair, and Justus Franz, and with orchestras including the Munich Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra, National Symphony (Washington, D.C.), Rochester Philharmonic, Honolulu Symphony and
the National Philharmonic of Russia. Chamber music partners have included the Takács, Prazák, Borromeo, and Accorda quartets.

His teachers have included Natalia Vasinkina, Dmitri Bashkirov, Galina Eguiazarova, and Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, William Grant Nabore at the International Piano Foundation in Como, Italy (the current International Piano Academy Lake Como). He subsequently became the youngest teacher ever invited to give master classes at the Academy.

As the founder of the International Center for Music at Park University in Kansas City, he currently serves as both Artistic Director and professor of piano, while also holding a position as a piano professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Recently, his contributions to the field of music education were recognized with the prestigious appointment to The Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair at the Reina Sofía School Of Music in Madrid, Spain.

07/02/2024

Presenting faculty members of 6th Piano Island Festival

Dang Thai Son

Dang is regarded as a masterful interpreter of the works of Chopin and French repertoire. He has performed extensively in top concert halls and with major orchestras around the world, and has enjoyed collaborations with artists ranging from Vladimir Ashkenazy to Pinchas Zukerman.

Dang rose to prominence in 1980 when he won first prize and the gold medal at the X Warsaw International Chopin Piano Competition, the first major international competition won by an Asian pianist.

Born and raised in Vietnam, Dang began piano studies with his mother, Thai Thi Lien, co-founder of what is known today as the Vietnam National Academy of Music. As a boy growing up in a remote village, Dang played on dilapidated pianos that were rescued from his mother’s school in Hanoi amid a rain of bombs from U.S. warplanes. Discovered during a visit to Vietnam by Russian pianist Isaac Katz, Dang later took up studies at the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers included Vladimir Natanson and Dmitri Bashkirov.

Dang’s extensive discography—much of it devoted to the music of Chopin—includes a pair of 2017 releases: a recording of Schubert on JVC Kenwood and a collection of works by Paderewski that includes a concerto recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Ashkenazy. In 2016, Dang won Canada’s Prix Opus for Concert of the Year, an award presented by the Fondation Arte Musica. He is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Music Academy in Bydgoczsz, Poland, and is the subject of the biography A Pianist Loved by Chopin: The Dang Thai Son Story, published by Yamaha Music Media Corporation in 2003.

Dang has taught at Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Taipei National Normal University, and Université de Montréal. He has presented master classes throughout the world and has been a member of the juries of numerous prominent piano competitions, among them the Clara Haskil, Cleveland, A. Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, Hamamatsu, and Chopin in Warsaw.

At Oberlin, Dang mentors Oberlin-Como Piano Academy Fellows as well as undergraduate pianists.

07/11/2023

6th piano island festival 2024

Applications for live auditions until the 1st of February 2024! Online video submission until the 15th of May 2024

See you next summer in Jakarta 🇮🇩

11/01/2023

Coming up!!!

05/01/2023

Professional Category

Grand Prix: Hongbo Cai (China)
2nd Prize: Jonathan Kuo (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Fu Kat Ho (Hong Kong)

05/01/2023

Youth Category

1st Prize: Lena Magda Juszkiewicz (Poland)
2nd Prize: Fang Yanli Edward (Singapore)
3rd Prize: Catherina Aquene Angly (Indonesia) *
3rd Prize: Michael Phillipe Andree (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Chen Li Shan (Malaysia)

05/01/2023

Winners of the 5th International Piano Island Competition

Infantile Category
1st Prize: Jelica Angelline Zecy Yang (Indonesia)
2nd Prize: Dang Ba Minh Quan (Vietnam) *
2nd Prize: Loh Xi Yuan (Malaysia)
2nd Prize: Joyce Huiyu Zhou (Australia)
3rd Prize: Kate Simmons (Indonesia) *
3rd Prize: Kuah Jiun Kai (Singapore)

24/12/2022

Merry Christmas!!!
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09/12/2022

5th International Piano Island Competition results

INFANTILE CATEGORY:
1st Prize: Jelica Angeline Zecy Yang (Indonesia)
2nd Prize (Absolute): Dang Ba Minh Quan (Vietnam)
2nd Prize: Loh Xi Yuan (Malaysia)
2nd Prize: Joyce Huiyu Zhou (Australia)
3rd Prize (Absolute): Kate Simmons (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Kuah Jun Kai (Singapore)

YOUTH CATEGORY:
1st Prize: Lena Magda Juszkiewicz. (Poland)
2nd Prize: Fang Yanli Edward (Singapore)
3rd Prize (Absolute): Catherina Aquene Angly (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Michael Phillipe Andre (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Chen Li Shan (Malaysia)

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY:
Grand Prix: Hongbo Cai (China)
2nd Prize: Jonathan Kuo (Indonesia)
3rd Prize: Fu Kat Ho (Hong Kong)

08/12/2022

07/12/2022

Final closing concert this Sunday
Come watch our competition winners and faculty of the 5th piano island festival.
Wonderful program featuring Solo, Duo, and 8hands! 🎹🎹🎹🎹

See you this weekend!!

22/11/2022

Eri Nakagawa (Japan)

Eri Nakagawa, a native of Osaka, Japan, has been on the piano faculty of College of Music, Mahidol University in Thailand since 1995. Prior to her appointment at Mahidol, she was Assistant Professor of Music Performance at Ball State University, Indiana, USA. She has been invited as a guest pianist and professor at the University of Northern Colorado in USA, Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Bösendorfer Saal in Vienna, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb1pxv0Z8OQ

Catch her next concert in Kuala Lumpur this December!
www.pianoislandfestival.com/events/eri-nakagawa-piano-recital