First Prize $20,000

Underwritten by Mary & Mike Briggs and Laura & Bret Jacobowitz

 PLUS… 

  • Recital at Weill Recital Hall – Carnegie Hall, New York City (October 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 the composer, Lowell Liebermann)

  • $1,000  Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Prize (Underwritten by Gorodnitzki Foundation)

                     Most promising non-finalist (jury discretionary award)


PERFORMANCE PRIZE PARTNERS (First Prize Winner)