Congratulations to all our 55 pianists who competed at our 2024 competition.  12 Outstanding pianists were selected by our adjudicator to perform at Meydenbauer Theater, Bellevue WA.

General Rules

Bienvenue!

Celebrating the beautiful piano/keyboard music by French composers: Rameau, Couperin, Debussy, Faure, Saint-Saens, Chaminade, Poulenc, Franck, Durand, Ravel, Bizet and more. This piano competition is open to all pianists, any nationality, any country and is 100% online with YouTube links. Internationally renowned adjudicators will evaluate your piano performances and award accordingly. Press packages, certificates, Virtual Medals given to exceptional performances.

Competition Chairs:
Dr. Yelena Balabanova
Allan Park

APPLICATION PERIOD: November 1, 2023 to January 7, 2024. Results will be posted by January 21, 2024. Winners will be posted here, on our website.

YOUTUBE LINK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY: January 14, 2024.

MAXIMUM APPLICATIONS: 100 Contestants

APPLICATION FEE: 
$60 (5 minutes and less, 1 or 2 solo piano French pieces)
$75 (6 to 10 minutes, 1 or 2 solo piano French pieces)
$90 (11 to 15 minutes, 1 or 2 solo piano French pieces)

PERFORMER ELIGIBILITY: Any age, any nationality, any country. 

JUDGING SYSTEM: Each video link is individually evaluated with a point system. There is no peer-to-peer comparison and all participants are individually judged by world class adjudicators.
Gold 96 – 100
Silver 91 – 95
Bronze 85 – 90
Participation Certificate 0 – 84

JUDGING CRITERIA:
Stylistic awareness
Technical facility
Musicality
Sound maturity
General presentation

REPERTOIRE: French composers (Please scroll down for eligible French composers). Maximum 2 pieces are allowed for each category. If 2 pieces are used, please note that lower quality piece will affect the total score.

All solo piano works must be performed from memory except for chamber works. Concertos must be performed by memory and must have accompaniment. Accompanist's face must NOT BE VISIBLE on the YouTube link.

The video must be unedited and must clearly show the contestant’s hand and face. The judges' decision are final and cannot be appealed. TITLE in YouTube link must say 2024 International French Music Piano Competition, NAME and AGE. DESCRIPTION AREA must have composer(s) and piece(s) performed. 

INSTRUMENTS: Piano, piano ensembles with other instruments, piano concertos

PRIZES: Downloadable Medal diplomas will be provided to all Gold, Silver, Bronze winners, each with winner's name and teacher's name. Outstanding video performances from the Gold winners will be chosen by judge and will be featured on website and social media. 

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2024 Results

Virtual Medal Certificates and adjudicator comments will be emailed by January 25th.
Congratulations to all our medalists!
Pianists scoring 100 pts will have their performance appear on our Facebook page by January 24th. 

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 7-8
Tinsley Xu*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Claire Zhang, GOLD, Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Boris Yang, SILVER, Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan
Eliana Cho, SILVER, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Yuxin Sun, SILVER, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 9
Aisha Beydoun*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Miyako Berman*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Amelia Kwan-Uchiyama, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan
Jessie Chang, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Jayden Chu, SILVER, Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Sunney Shi, SILVER, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 10
Lucas Popescu*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park
Brian YuHong Wu, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Alice Liang, GOLD, Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Lillian Mergler, SILVER, Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler
Xiwen Hu, SILVER, Teacher: Shaoming Greene
Yu Yan Perrie Lam, SILVER, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 11
Sydney Cui*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Adam Aleksander
Avery Kwan-Uchiyama, GOLD, Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan
Claire Shan, GOLD, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Yiling Sun, GOLD, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Yihan Li, GOLD, Teacher: Mengyiyi Chen
Alex Li, SILVER, Teacher: Kristine Yang
Gavin Xi, SILVER, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Yuxuan Zhang, BRONZE, Teacher: Nino Merabishvili
Qiancang Dai, BRONZE, Teacher: Shaoming Greene

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 12-13
Joyce Ye*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Amour Luo*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Maria Maltseva
Alexander Vollmer, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park
Chloe Mergler, GOLD, Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler 
Jonathan Xie, SILVER, Teacher: Ni Liu
Jaden Shan, BRONZE, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 14-15
Azeem Egizi*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Thomas Lee
Cooper Swart*, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Thomas Lee
Ever Sun, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Tatiana Lanford
Radmila Sabirova, GOLD, Teacher: Yelena Balabanova
Yerang Kim, GOLD, Teacher: Thomas Lee
Jayce Brown, BRONZE, Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 16-17
Meredith Nam*, GOLD+ (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park
Minjae Kim*, GOLD+ (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park
Andrew Lu, GOLD, Teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya
Elaina Mergler, GOLD, Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler
Milo Bierman, GOLD, Teacher: Christian Duvall
Mingue Yang, SILVER, Teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya

SOLO DIVISION: AGE 18+
Lim Kwan Yee*, GOLD+ (100 pts), Teacher: Loo Bang Hean
Haeun Oh*, GOLD+ (100 pts), Teacher: Haeun Oh

CHAMBER/ENSEMBLE DIVISION: All ages
Kaitlyn Gia Lee & Vince Lee*, GOLD, (100 pts) Teacher: Allan Park
Cailey Wie, Caleb Wie, GOLD, Teacher: Allan Park
Jason Kwon, Jane Kwon*, GOLD, Teacher: Allan Park
David Mun, Daniel Mun, GOLD, Teacher: Allan Park
Caiden Kim, Chloe Kim, SILVER, Teacher: Allan Park
Lourdes Ko, Inez Ko, SILVER, Teacher: Allan Park

CONCERTO DIVISION: All ages
Alvin Lee, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park
Ryan Chung, GOLD (100 pts), Teacher: Allan Park

*2024 Adjudicator's Choice Award

Eligible French Composers

Baroque & Classical

PLEASE NOTE: All French composers may not be listed here. Please EMAIL us for verification.
André Campra (1660–1744)
André Grétry (1741–1813)
Antoine Boësset (1586–1643)
Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
Charles Simon Catel (1773–1830)
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799)
Christophe Moyreau (1700–1774)
Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
Étienne Moulinié (c. 1599 – after 1669)
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
François Couperin (1668–1733)
François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
François Dufault (before 1604 – c. 1672)
François Francoeur (1698–1787)
François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
Gaspard Corrette (1671–before 1733)
Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601 – 1672)
Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610 – after 1650)
Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763)
Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682 – 1738)
Jean-François Lesueur (1760–1837)
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
Jean-Marie Leclair the elder (1697–1764)
Jean-Marie Leclair the Younger (1703–1777)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Joseph Touchemoulin (1727–1801)
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (c. 1705 – 1755)
Louis Couperin (c. 1626 – 1661)
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (c. 1670 – c. 1760)
Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 – c. 1700)
Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809)
Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
Olivier Aubert (1763–c.1830)
Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 – c. 1620)
Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732/1733)
Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
Simon Le Duc (1742–1777)

Romantic

PLEASE NOTE: All French composers may not be listed here. Please EMAIL us for verification.
Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
André Messager (1853–1929)
Auguste Pilati (1810–1877)
Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
Charles Delioux (1825–1915)
Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844–1908)
Clément Broutin (1851–1889)
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
César Franck (1822–1890)
Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt (1815–1901)
Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
George Onslow (1784–1853)
Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
Georges Lamothe (1842–1894)
Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908)
Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
Henri Ghys (1839–1908)
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
Jean-Chrisostome Hess (1816–1900)
Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (1825–1889)
Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885)
Jules Auguste Wiernsberger (1857–1925)
Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789–1856)
Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
Victor Magnien (1802–1885)
Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)

Impressionistic& Modern

PLEASE NOTE: All French composers may not be listed here. Please EMAIL us for verification.
Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
Albéric Magnard (1865–1914)
Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971)
André Caplet (1878–1925)
André Jolivet (1905–1974)
Armande de Polignac (1876–1962)
Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
Christophe Bertrand (1981–2010)
Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
Claude Bolling (1930–2020)
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)
Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
Éliane Radigue (born 1932)
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
Eugene Bozza (1905–1991)
Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Gabriel Dupont (1878–1914)
Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
Georges Auric (1899–1983)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
Henri Büsser (1872–1973)
Henri Collet (1885–1951)
Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013)
Henri Sauguet (1901–1989)
Henri Tomasi (1901–1971)
Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
Jean Cras (1879–1932)
Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Jean Martinon (1910–1976)
Jean Rivier (1896–1987)
Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873–1954)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013)
Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908–2002)
Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
Jules Mouquet (1867–1946)
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
Louis Durey (1888–1979)
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003)
Marc-André Dalbavie (born 1961)
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975)
Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951)
Maurice Delage (1879–1961)
Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Maurice Emmanuel (1862–1938)
Maurice Ohana (1913–1992)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
Paule Maurice (1910–1967)
Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
Pierre Max Dubois (1930–1995)
Pierre Pincemaille (1956–2018)
Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
Sophie Lacaze (born 1963)
Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
Tristan Murail (born 1947)
Yves Prin (born 1933)

2024 Adjudicator

Dr. Peggy Otwell
University of Wisconsin

Biography
Dr. Peggy Otwell is a nationally known teacher and clinician who has also performed extensively throughout the USA and in Europe as a solo pianist and chamber musician. She currently teaches piano, piano pedagogy and piano literature at UW Milwaukee.

Peggy was the co-founder of Chamber Artists of Washington (D.C.), with whom she performed for over 15 years in that city. A former Fulbright scholar to France, Peggy has recorded the complete piano works of French composer, Déodat deSéverac, for Musical Heritage Society Records, and has also edited and recorded for the Schirmer Performance Editions.

Professor Otwell is a graduate of the Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), and holds a DMA in piano performance from the University of Maryland.

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Dr. Sara Wagner, Board Member, Executive Director
Allan Park, President
Dr. Adam Aleksander, 1st Vice President
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Dr. Yelena Balabanova, Advisor
Dr. Natalya Ageyeva, Advisor
Dr. Renato Fabbro, Advisor
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