The 6th Hong Kong International Piano Competition and Joy of Music Festival 2022



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 20^th 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 – 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.

TIMELINE OF THE COMPETITION
* 15^th 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 1^st January 1992, to apply to participate in the 6^th Hong Kong International Piano Competition
* 20^th May 2022	Deadline for applications accompanied by a Digital Video Recording of Preliminary Audition as specified in Annex 1 of the “Guide for Applicants”
* 15^th 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”
* 15^th Jul. 2022	Deadline to receive the Digital Video Recordings – Round I – Quarter finals
* 15^th Aug. 2022	Announcing the 15 Contestants (Semi-finalists) who will be participating in Round II – Semi-finals.
* 30^th Aug. 2022	Deadline to receive the additional documentation needed from the Semi-finalists travel to Austria as detailed in the “Guide for Applicants”
* Mon. 10^th 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. 10^th, Tue. 11^th, Wed. 12^th, Thu. 13^th, Fri. 14^th, Sat. 15^th, Sun. 16^thand Mon. 17^th (last recital, at 16:00, after which there will be a Jury Deliberation and announcement of the 6 Finalists)
* Mon. 17^th Oct. 2022	Announcement of 6 Finalists.
* Tue. 18^th 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
* 19^th 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. 20^th 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. 21^st 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. 22^nd 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. 23^rd 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 – 1^st Prize Winner – 1^st HK Int. Piano Competition 2005 - Jinsang Lee – 1^st Prize Winner – 2^nd HK Int. Piano Competition 2008 - Giuseppe Andaloro – 1^st Prize Winner – 3^rd HK Int. Piano Competition 2011
* Mon. 24^th 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. 25^th 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

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE 6^th HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

* Wed. 26^th 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 – 1^st Prize Winner – 4^th HK Int. Piano Competition 2016 - Honggi Kim – 1^st Prize Winner – 5^th HK Int. Piano Competition 2019 - The 1^st Prize Winner – 6^th HK Int. Piano Competition 2022
* Thu. 27^th 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)