
We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to all of you, the competitors for your talent, dedication, hard work and passion for music. We look forward to welcoming you to our international piano festival next year, and thank you once again for making the competition a great success!
Announcement
Winners
JUNIOR CATEGORY A
1st Prize

Tiantian Gao (China | 9)
2nd Prize

Evan Song (USA | 9)
3rd Prize

Ihsiang Wang (Taiwan | 8)
3rd Prize

Nathan Wang (USA | 9)
Honourable Mention
Nita Charoensuthammas
JUNIOR CATEGORY B
1st Prize

Yixuan Wang (China | 13)
2nd Prize

Karin Yamamoto (Japan | 11)
Honourable Mention
Hao Yue Sun
Isabella Kirillova
Zilin Tian
JUNIOR CATEGORY C
1st Prize

Hanlang Zhang (China | 14)
2nd Prize

Jasmine Lai (Australia | 15)
3rd Prize

Zosia Dzimitrowicz (U.K. | 16)
Honourable Mention
Evelina Vitkovskaia
Wu Wei
SENIOR CATEGORY
1st Prize

Kenichiro Kojima
2nd Prize

Edward Leung
3rd Prize

Asagi Nakata
Honourable Mention
Han Yin Lim
Vasileios Gavvaris
SCHOTT MUSIC PRIZE

Edward Leung
Finalists Senior
Montecatini International Piano Competition Final 2022






ELIGIBILITY
Category: Junior
A – 6 – 9 years old
B – 10 – 13 years old
C – 14 – 17 years old
Category: Senior
18 – 35 years old
*Age limits as 24th September 2022
APPLICATION
A complete application form consists:
1) Application form
2) Recording link
3) Programme
4) Proof of ID
5) Publicity Photo
6) Short Biography
5) Application fee
6) Email
7) Phone
Please attach a link to a competition entry video, showing a variety of repertoire from J S Bach to 21st Century which should demonstrate the range and scope of your artistry. (YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive).
The length of the video should be 10 minutes for the ‘Junior Category A’, 15 minutes for ‘Junior Category B’, 20 minutes for the ‘Junior Category C’ and 30 minutes for the ‘Senior Category’.
The video(s) must be unedited, but it does not have to be from a concert performance.
The video(s) must have been filmed no earlier than 24th September 2021
(1 year before the application deadline).
The recording of a movement of a sonata or suite is allowed, but Concerti and Chamber Music are not accepted in this competition. The works have to be published.
Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted.
The application fee is non-refundable.
CONDITION & PRIZES
JUNIOR CATEGORY A (Online)
Open to all pianists between the ages of 6 – 9 years.
Please submit the complete application form with the link to the video performance
(10 minutes).
Application Fee: £ 45
PRIZE
Gold – Concert at the Piano Forte Firenze (Italy) in 2023/2024, Medal and Diploma
Silver – Medal and Diploma
Bronz – Medal and Diploma
JUNIOR CATEGORY B (Online)
Open to all pianists between the ages of 10 – 13 years.
Please submit the complete application form with the link to the video performance
(15 minutes).
Application Fee: £ 45
PRIZE
Gold – Concert at the Piano Forte Firenze (Italy) in 2023/2024, Medal and Diploma
Silver – Medal and Diploma
Bronz – Medal and Diploma
JUNIOR CATEGORY C (Online)
Open to all pianists between the ages of 14 – 17 years.
Please submit the complete application form with the link to the video performance
(20 minutes).
Application Fee: £ 45
PRIZE
Gold – Concert at the Piano Forte Firenze (Italy) in 2023/2024
Cash Prize £ 200,
Medal and Diploma
Silver – Cash Prize £ 100, Medal and Diploma
Bronz – Cash Prize £ 50, Medal and Diploma
SENIOR CATEGORY
Open to all pianists between the ages of 18 – 35 years.
Please submit the complete application form with the link to the video performance
(30 minutes).
Application Fee: £ 70
FINAL
A Solo Recital (30 min Programme) at Millennium Centar, Vršac in Serbia on 29th October 2022
PRIZE
Gold – Steinway Hall London Recital (U.K) in 2023/2024
Concert at the Piano Forte Firenze (Italy) in 2023/2024
Winners Recital at Millennium Centar, Vršac (Serbia) in 2023/2024
Cash Prize £ 1000
Medal and Diploma
Silver – Prize Winner’s Concert at the Millennium Centar, Vršac (Serbia) in 2023/2024
Cash Prize £ 600
Medal and Diploma
Bronze – Prize Winner’s Concert at the Millennium Centar, Vršac (Serbia) in 2023/2024
Cash Prize £ 300
Medal and Diploma
The Schott Music Prize
All competitors are invited to participate in this special prize which has been generously funded by Schott Music. To take part, competitors will need to perform one work from the publication Simply Driven, a set of 5 virtuoso pieces composed by Melanie Spanswick (published by Schott Music), or two works from No Words Necessary, a set of 12 intermediate level pieces (published by Schott Music), also composed by Melanie Spanswick. There will be two winners of this prize (one from Junior Category A & B and one from Junior C & Senior Category) who will receive a £25 voucher to spend online at Schott Music Schott Music
The Audience Prize
The audience is warmly invited to enjoy each live-streaming performance of the finalists on the TIPA MUSIC YouTube channel. They will be able to leave the name of their favourite pianists on the YouTube, and the performer with the highest voting number will be awarded the Audience Prize.
DEADLINE
JUNIOR CATEGORY 29 October 2022
A) 6 – 9 years old
B) 10 – 13 years old
C) 14 – 17 years old
SENIOR CATEGORY 06 October 2022
FINAL ROUND & RESULTS
The performances of finalists will be available to watch on the TIPA MUSIC YouTube channel after the announcement dates. The Final Round for the Senior Category will take place at the Millennium Centar, Vršac in Serbia on Saturday 29th October 2022 while competitors at the Junior Category will be judged online from the entry videos by the international jury. The result will be announced on 29th October from the Millennium Centar, Vršac in Serbia.
ADDITIOANL INFORMATION
For the Schott Music Prize, please pick two pieces from No Words Necessary (Intermediate Level) or one work from Simply Driven (Advance Level) composed by Melanie Spanswick and include your performance of your selected works in your complete competition video entry. You can purchase these books, No Words Necessary and Simply Driven as either hardcopies or digital downloads at the Schott Music Shop or via the link below.
Simply Driven
Simply Driven, published in 2020 by Schott Music in the renowned Edition Schott Series, is a collection of five piano pieces intended for advanced to virtuoso level pianists: Frenzy, Aisa: Sand, Silk and Love, Enigma, Chasm, and Time. Each piece proffers a completely different character, featuring various piano textures, colours and sound worlds, whilst still reflecting minimalist influences. All five pieces are distinctly tonal yet they offer a contemporary twist.
Composed over a period of a year during 2018/2019, four of the five pieces were written for the composer’s friends who are all wonderful pianists; Aisa Ijiri, Yuki Negishi, Maiko Mori and Madalina Rusu, and each pianist has performed and recorded their respective piece. The title for the volume was inspired by comments from the composer’s family and friends, who remarked that the music often felt ‘driven’ or forward moving.
To find out more about each piece and to hear them, click here:
You can purchase the score in hard copy or digital download from Schott Music:
Or from Amazon:
No Words Necessary
No Words Necessary is a collection of twelve piano pieces for the intermediate player, or for students of approximately Grade 3 – 7 level (of ABRSM, Trinity College London or London College of Music exams). This volume was written in Hong Kong during a visit in 2018, where the composer was working as an adjudicator for the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.
The pieces are characteristically tonal, but with a minimalistic influence. The title, No Words Necessary, was inspired by German poet and writer Heinrich Heine (1797 – 1856):
‘Where words leave off, music speaks”
Each work is intended to evoke thoughts, emotions or images in the mind. Many are reflective in character, with melodious tunes and poignant harmonies, but there are also more energetic, lively pieces too. You can find out more about No Words Necessary, and purchase them here:
No Words Necessary (Amazon.co.uk)
APPLICATION FEE
£45 Junior | £70 Senior
If you would prefer to send your application fee by the international bank transfer:
Montecatini Piano Festival
Bank: NatWest
Account number: 58744789
Sort code: 601437
IBAN: GB67NWBK60143758744789
BIC: NWBKGB2L
CONTACT US
Official Website: www.tipamusic.com
Email: competition@tipamusic.com
JURY

Aisa Ijiri
Founder & Artistic Director of the Tokyo International Piano Association
Founder & Artistic Director of Montecatini International Piano Competition

Chris Craker
Founder & Creative Director of the Karma Sound Studios
Executive Producer | Former Senior Vice President at Sony Music Entertainment

Paolo Davide Cognetti
Composer | Pianist
Co-Founder of the Florence Philharmonic Orchestra (La Filharmonie)

Ian Goh
President at the WPTA Malaysia
Artistic Director of the Putra International Piano Competition
Concert Pianist

Maiko Mori
Concert Pianist | Composer

Melanie Spanswick
Composer & Author at Schott Music |
Professor of Piano at Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama