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We understand the incredibly hard times the entire world has been having to deal with during the past two years plus. We have received a large number of requests from potential applicants asking for an extension of the deadline to send their applications to participate in the 6th Hong Kong International Piano Competition. We think it is only fair to extend the deadline to send applications to everybody who might be interested to participate. So, we are pleased to announce that the new deadline for applications is now the 20th May 2022. The Members of the Jury in charge of the Preselection have agreed to work hard to process all applications received and be able to announce the list of Quarter-finalists by the 15th June.
We hope then to continue with the schedule as originally announced. |
We have one more important announcement: As you are all aware of, different countries have been and are adopting different policies to fend off the COVID pandemic. It is a fact that Hong Kong is going through the worst face of the pandemic as we talk. The anti-COVID policy which has been adopted means that the movement of people in and out of Hong Kong is greatly impaired, Trying to put everybody involved in the best possible situation in this time of the pandemic, we have decided to hold the Semi-finals and Finals of the Competition in Austria (Vienna or nearby) and streamed live, in real-time and point to point to the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, thanks to a partnership established with mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts â Vienna. We will be using state-of-the-art technology in streaming which will be a game-changer when it comes to putting into practice the presentation of an event in two places as far apart as Vienna and Hong Kong, at the same time. We expect such a high quality of streaming that the three local Members of the Jury are going to be judging the performances from their usual seats at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, while the other eight Members of the Jury will be judging the performances in Vienna, being in continuous communication between the two parts and the organizers. The Rules and Regulations of the Competition will remain unchanged and as published in our site. |
We are not only establishing a cultural bubble but also a technology bubble that we hope will make Hong Kong and Vienna proud of. More details will be posted in due course. We look forward to sharing with all of you this exciting development in the presentation of a Competition / Festival. |
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TIMELINE OF THE COMPETITION |
* 15th Nov. 2021 |
Announcing
the HK International Piano Competition and calling for applicants. We are inviting Pianists from all over the world, whose dates
of birth are on or later than the 1st January 1992, to apply to participate in the 6th Hong Kong International Piano Competition |
* 20th May 2022 |

Deadline
for applications accompanied by a Digital Video Recording of
Preliminary Audition as specified in Annex 1 of the “Guide
for Applicants” |
* 15th June. 2022 |

Announcement of 35 Contestants (Quarter-finalists) who will be
participating in Round I – Quarter-finals of the
Competition (by sending a Digital Video Recording of their
performance as specified in Annex 2 of the “Guide
for Applicants” |
* 15th Jul. 2022 |
Deadline
to receive the Digital Video Recordings
– Round I –
Quarter finals |
* 15th Aug. 2022 |
Announcing
the 15 Contestants (Semi-finalists) who will be participating in Round II – Semi-finals. |
* 30th Aug. 2022 |
Deadline to
receive the additional documentation needed from the
Semi-finalists travel to Austria as detailed in the “Guide
for Applicants” |
* Mon. 10th Oct. 2022 |
Semi-finals
start:
two full recitals per day, starting at:
10:00 and 14:00 VIENNA TIME
16:00 and 20:00
HONG KONG TIME
respectively on:
Mon. 10th, Tue.
11th, Wed. 12th,
Thu. 13th, Fri. 14th,
Sat. 15th, Sun. 16th and Mon. 17th (last recital, at 16:00, after
which there will be a Jury Deliberation and announcement of
the 6 Finalists) |
* Mon. 17th Oct. 2022 |
Announcement of 6 Finalists. |
* Tue. 18th Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME |
Day Free
of Competition Performances
The Hong Kong Joy of Music
Festival 2022. Programme TBA |
* 19th Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME |
Day Free of
Competition PerformancesWed.
The Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival
2022. Programme TBA |
* Thu. 20th Oct. 2022 |
Finals
– Part 1 - Chamber Music Performances,
starting at:
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG TIME (stream live, real time and point to point at the
Hong Kong City Hal Concert Hall)
Finalists 1, 2 and 3 will perform as follows:
Finalist 1 -
Compulsorypiece for piano and guitar (to be announced in due
course) to be played with Alvaro Pierri at the guitar,
followed by the contestant’s choice of a piano trio,
quartet or quintet, played with the LOGOS Chamber Group.
Intermission of 15 minutes.
Performances by Finalist 2
Intermission of 15 minutes.
Performances by Finalist 3 |
* Fri. 21st Oct. 2022 |
Finals –
Part 1 - Chamber Music Performances,
starting at:
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG TIME (stream live, real time and point to point at the
Hong Kong City Hal Concert Hall)
Finalists
4, 5 and 6 will perform as follows:
Finalist 4 - Compulsory
piece for piano and guitar (to be announced in due course) to be
played with Alvaro Pierri at the guitar, followed by the
contestant’s choice of a piano trio, quartet or quintet,
played with the LOGOS Chamber Group.
Intermission of 15
minutes.
Performance by Finalist 5
Intermission of 15
minutes.
Performance by Finalist 6 |
* Sat. 22nd Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME  |
Day Free of
Competition Performances –
The Hong Kong Joy of Music
Festival 2022. Programme TBA |
* Sun. 23rd Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME |
Day Free of
Competition Performances –
THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Winners’ Gala
Performance (part I)
- Ilya
Rashkovskiy
– 1st Prize Winner –
1st HK Int. Piano Competition 2005
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Jinsang Lee
– 1st Prize Winner –
2nd HK Int. Piano Competition 2008
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Giuseppe Andaloro
– 1st Prize
Winner – 3rd HK Int. Piano
Competition 2011 |
* Mon. 24th Oct. 2022 |
Finals
– Part 2 - Concerti Performances,
starting at:
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG TIME (stream live, real time and point to point at the
Hong Kong City Hal Concert Hall)
Finalists 1, 2 & 3 will perform as follows:
Finalist 1 –
Piano Concerto played with the official Orchestra of the
Competition (TBC),
conducted by: (conductor TBC)
Intermission of 15 minutes
Performance by Finalist
2
Intermission of 15 minutes
Performance by Finalist 3 |
* Tue. 25th Oct. 2022 |
Finals – Part 2 - Concerti Performances,
starting at:
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG TIME (stream live, real time and point to point at the
Hong Kong City Hal Concert Hall)
Finalists 4, 5 & 6 will perform as follows:
Finalist 4 –
Piano Concerto played with the official Orchestra of the
Competition (TBC),
conducted by: (conductor TBC)
Intermission of 15 minutes
Performance by Finalist 5
Intermission of 15 minutes
Performance by Finalist 6
after
which Jury Deliberation and |
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ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE WINNERS OF
THE 6th HONG KONG
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION |
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* Wed. 26th Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME |
THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Winners’ Gala
Performance (part II)
- Luka Okros
– 1st Prize Winner – 4th HK Int. Piano
Competition 2016
- Honggi Kim
– 1st Prize Winner – 5th HK Int. Piano
Competition 2019
- The 1st Prize
Winner – 6th HK Int. Piano
Competition 2022 |
* Thu. 27th Oct. 2022
14:00
VIENNA TIME
20:00 HONG KONG
TIME |
THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
- Members of the Jury’s Concerti
Performances (Programme TBA) |
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