First Prize $20,000
Underwritten by Mary & Mike Briggs and Laura & Bret Jacobowitz
PLUS…
- Recital at Weill Recital Hall – Carnegie Hall, New York City (Fall 2025)
- Return engagement with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and Maestro JMR (January 2026)
- Studio recording on the Steinway & Sons record label (underwritten by Steinway & Sons)
- Management services for up to three years provided by HHIPC Director, Steven Shaiman
- Numerous performance prize engagements (HHIPC’s Artistic Partners featured below)
Second Prize $10,000
Underwritten by Joan & Charles Dattelbaum and Mary Ann & Tarrant Putnam
Third Prize $5,000
Underwritten by Barbara Harris Sorkin
MEDALISTS (Semifinalists)
- $2,000 Underwritten by Susan & Michael Harter
- $2,000 Underwritten by Mary & Chris Albright
- $2,000 Underwritten by Joan & Bob Koenig and Linda & Ray Moloney
ADDITIONAL PRIZES
- $1,000 Jim Neumeister Memorial Prize (Underwritten by Marty Neumeister)
- Best performance of Commissioned Work (selected by Mr. Liebermann)
- $1,000 Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Prize (Underwritten by Gorodnitzki Foundation)
- Most promising non-finalist (jury discretionary award)
PERFORMANCE PRIZE PARTNERS (First Prize Winner)
- Greenville Symphony Orchestra, SC – Lee Mills, Music Director (Concerto in Spring 2026)
- South Carolina Philharmonic, Columbia, SC – Morihiko Nakahara, Music Director (Concerto in 2026)
- Savannah Music Festival, GA – Ryan McMaken, Artistic Director (Recital in Spring 2026)
- College of Charleston International Piano Series, SC – Tom Hicks, Artistic Director (Recital in 2026-27)
- Green Lake Festival of Music, WI – Sam Handley, Artistic Director (Recital in Summer 2026)