Announcing our ‘20 for 2025’ field of competitors who will perform for us in March! 

Piotr Alexewicz – Poland (24)

Yanfeng Tony Bai – China (26)

Yangrui Cai – China (24)

Dominic Chamot – Switzerland/Germany (29)

Jiarui Cheng – China (26)

Chang-Hwan Choi – South Korea (28)

Huan-Ching Chou – Taiwan (20)

Samuel Glicklich – United States (24)

Derek Hartman – United States (27)

Saebeom Lee – South Korea (28)

Jinhong Li – China (30)

Francesco Maccarrone – Italy (26)

Jonathan Mak – Canada (27)

Jonathan Mamora – United States (29)

Jan Nikovich – Croatia (23)

Hyo-Eun Park– South Korea (29)

Hyojin Shin – South Korea (27)

Minhyuk Suh – South Korea (20)

Elliot Wuu – United States (25)

Ningxin Zhan – China (21)

This impressive group of pianists–ranging in age from 20 to 30, with ten countries represented–were selected from a total pool of 193 applicants, hailing from 30 different countries across the globe!  We must also express our most sincere gratitude to our remarkable Competitor Selection Jury this year—Alan Chow, Yong Hi Moon, and Antonio Pompa-Baldi—for their time and expertise to help us reach this next phase in our competition.  We can’t wait to welcome these 20 outstanding artists to Hilton Head this spring, and we hope that you will plan to join us here to watch and hear them perform between March 10-17, 2025 (and for those who can’t travel to Hilton Head Island, we are pleased to confirm that all rounds of the HHIPC 2025 will indeed be livestreamed once again on our website)!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 YOUNG ARTIST WINNERS!

 FIRST PRIZE – Zhonghua Wei (China)
SECOND PRIZE – Donghwi Kang (S. Korea)
THIRD PRIZE – Xinran Shi (USA)
MEDALIST – David Choi (USA/S. Korea)
MEDALIST – Nathaniel Zhang (USA)
SASCHA GORODNITZKI MEMORIAL PRIZE – Zarin Mehta (USA)
PETER TAKÁCS CLASSICAL SONATA PRIZE – Zhonghua Wei (China)

The 2023 HHIPC winners on stage following the Finals
(L to R: Zhonghua Wei, Donghwi Kang, Xinran Shi, Nathaniel Zhang and David Choi)

Thank you to everyone who attended the competition (both in person and via livestream), and thanks to all who made the HHIPC possible–our volunteers, our host families, our host venues, our sponsors and prize donors, our staff and technical crew, our own HHSO and Maestro John Morris Russell, our distinguished judges, and, of course, all the amazing young pianists who treated us to a magical week of world class music!

2023 HHIPC Awards Ceremony:

Announcing the Juries for the 2023 HHIPC

Competitor Selection Jury

  • Jane Coop, Canada
  • Douglas Humpherys, USA
  • Janice Weber, USA

March Competition Jury

  • Alvin Chow, USA (Chair)
  • Eteri Andjaparidze, Georgia/USA
  • Arnaldo Cohen, Brazil
  • Lucille Chung, Canada
  • Yoshikazu Nagai, Japan

2023 HHIPC Program Book

A STATEMENT FROM THE HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

We are deeply disturbed by the senseless violence being inflicted on the people of Ukraine.

The mission of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition (HHIPC) is to encourage and support excellence in the performance of classical piano music by showcasing the talents of young pianists on the threshold of their careers in competitions adjudicated by internationally acclaimed judges, and to offer additional performance opportunities.  We remain aligned with this mission by welcoming these 20 pianists chosen for their great artistry—regardless of their nationality—to the competition.

The pianists who are scheduled to compete in the HHIPC are not officials of their government, nor is their participation state sponsored.  They are students and faculty at conservatories and universities, and they have spent much of their lives preparing for this opportunity.

We will celebrate the international diversity of the competition and will give music the opportunity to be an ambassador of peace and love.

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