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International German Piano Award
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Annual excellence prize of the International Piano Forum Frankfurt for national and international pianists at the start of a concert career. Six nominees (two invited by the IPF, four chosen by a nomination jury from video applications) compete in recitals and a Grand Prix concerto concert.
- Organiser
- International Piano Forum (IPF) Frankfurt
- Instruments
- Piano
- Category
- Solo piano
- Age limits
- No age limit stated (pianists who have taken substantial steps in their professional careers)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online submission (WeTransfer/Dropbox) of a 20-min uncut video, CV, photos and proof of EUR 80 fee (2024 rules).
Rounds & time limits
- Nomination: 20-min video, six nominees
- First stage: 30-min recital (4 advance)
- Second stage: 30-min recital (2 advance)
- Third stage: 45-min recital
- Grand Prix concert: concerto with orchestra
Repertoire
2024: preselection video of 20 min solo repertoire; stages of 30-min and 45-min recitals from memory; Grand Prix concert with Schumann Concerto Op. 54 and Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 shared between the two finalists.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Lukas Beck
- Juri Gilbo
- Bernd Goetzke
- Magdalene Ho
- Wolfgang Manz
- Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy
- Haiou Zhang (jury 2025)
Prizes
- IGPA prize: EUR 20,000 (2024)
- Audience Award: EUR 3,000 (2024)
- Concerts, CD recording, laureate jury membership
Past editions
- 2025 — Casals Forum, Kronberg (21-23 November 2025) source
Nominees: Roman Fediurko, Uladzislau Khandohi, Evgeny Konnov, Stanislav Korchagin, Philipp Lynov, Robert Neumann
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source