Congratulations to all our winners and their teachers!
Now you can watch the playlist of submission videos of our 2024 International Piano Competition Winners here.
GRAND PRIZE AWARD
OUTSTANDING PERFORMER AWARDS
IVY WANG & XIWEN CAO
Category: Piano Ensemble (4 Hands Piano) Prodigy Group: age 9-12
Teacher: Lin Liu
PRODIGY GROUP: AGE 8 AND UNDER
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Honorable Mention
PRODIGY GROUP: AGE 9-12
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Honorable Mention
PRODIGY GROUP: AGE 13-15
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Honorable Mention
PROFESSIONALS GROUP: AGE 25+
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Winners’ Concert
A Winners’ Concert will be held on , 2024 at .
Due to time limitations, only a limited number of winners will be invited to perform at the Winners’ Awards Concert in Las Vegas. The selected winners will be contacted individually.
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Our Judges
Dr. Renato Fabbro, piano
Pianist Renato Fabbro completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University as a Bass Fellowship recipient. His principal teachers were Larry Graham, Angela Cheng and John Perry. Dr. Fabbro has performed at the Aspen, Sarasota, Boulder Bach, Astoria and Colorado Mozart Festivals. He has performed chamber music recitals with acclaimed violinist Frank Huang and Northwestern University clarinet professor Steven Cohen. As part of the Martingale Ensemble, he recorded music of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler with members of the Oregon Symphony for the MSR Classics label. He has judged many competitions, including the MTNA Northwest and Southwest Division, Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle, Silver State, Musicians West, Charleston International, Chopin Northwest, Vancouver Kiwanis, Northern Nevada Steinway Festival, Seattle International Piano Festival, Washington Outstanding Artist, Spokane, Musicfest Northwest, Seattle Steinway, Portland Young Pianists, Washington MTNA, Idaho MTNA and Texas Music Teachers Association State Performance Competitions. He was a piano professor at the University of Portland and also taught at Marylhurst University and at the University of Texas at San Antonio Summer Music Institute. He was invited to give master classes for the Boise Tuesday Musicale, Musicfest Northwest, North Idaho Music Teachers Association and at the Nevada School of the Arts as part of their master class series.
Dr. Fabbro won the Adeline Rosenberg Memorial First Prize in the Fort Collins Symphony National Young Artist Competition as well as first prizes in the Grand Junction Symphony National Young Artist Competition, Colorado University Honors Competition and others. He has also won prizes and awards in the Lee Piano Competition, MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition and Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition. He has been a featured soloist with the Oregon Symphony, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony, Grand Junction Symphony, Coeur d'Alene Symphony and Colorado University Orchestra.
His students have won top prizes in many competitions, including Third Prize in the National Finals of the MTNA Junior Piano Performance Competition and four other MTNA national finalists. Other student awards include the Most Exceptional Performer prize at the Charleston International Piano Competition, two Grand Prize awards at the Nevada School of the Arts International Piano Competition and first prizes in the Mondavi Center National Young Artist Competition, National Federation of Music Clubs Stillman Kelley Award, Bellagrande International Music Competition, Idaho MTNA Piano Competition and multiple first prizes in the Coeur d'Alene Symphony National Young Artist Competition, Vancouver Symphony National Young Artists Competition, Steinway & Sons Piano Competition, Portland Young Pianists Competition, Washington Outstanding Artist Competition, Oregon MTNA Piano Competition (21 state winners across Junior, Senior and Young Artist divisions), Spokane Piano Competition, Central Oregon Symphony Young Artists Competition, Monday Musical Club Scholarship Competition, Wiscarson Competition, Beaverton Symphony Young Artists Competition, Eugene Symphony Young Artist Competition, Portland Youth Philharmonic Concerto Competition, American Fine Arts Festival International Concerto Competition, Oregon Sinfonietta Concerto Competition and top prizes in the New Orleans Piano Institute International Competition and New York Debut Young Musicians Competition, among others. His students have also been accepted into top piano performance degree programs, including the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music and Rice University Shepherd School of Music.
Dr. Fabbro is a member of the artistic advisory panels for the Bellevue Symphony and Pacific International Piano Competitions.
Roger McVey, piano
American pianist Roger McVey has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and New Zealand. He is Head of Keyboard Studies and Professor of Piano at the Lionel Hampton School of Music, of the University of Idaho. He holds degrees from the University of Kansas, Indiana University, and East Carolina University. Additionally, he has studied at the Aspen Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institute. His past teachers include Menahem Pressler, Anton Nel, Jack Winerock, Herbert Stessin, and Henry Doskey.
Dr. McVey was a top prizewinner in the International Beethoven Competition (U.S.A.), and he was a Semi-Finalist at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Poland, where critics praised his "passionate artistry and electrifying virtuosity." He has released five solo CD recordings and is featured as a collaborative pianist on four others. In addition to his solo performances, Dr. McVey was a founding member of the Trio St. Croix, and regularly collaborates as a chamber musician. He is a dedicated advocate for contemporary music, and has worked with numerous leading American composers, such as Julia Wolfe, Marc Mellits, Libby Larsen, Eric Ewazen, Harvey Sollberger, Lori Laitman, Emma Lou Diemer, and Wynn-Anne Rossi.
An active clinician, Roger frequently gives master-classes and presentations at universities, music schools, and for music teacher associations. He is an adjudicator for the Washington State Music Teachers Association, and is an executive board member of the Idaho Music Teachers Association. He has recently presented at the College Music Society National Conference, the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy, and the Idaho Music Teachers Association conference. Besides the piano, his other interests include cooking, playing chess, skiing, and learning to play the guitar. He is a Steinway & Sons Hall of Fame Teacher.
For more information, please visit his website at rogermcvey.com.
Sifei Cheng, violin
Born in Taiwan and raised in California, violist Sifei Cheng joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1995. He has served as Principal Viola of the Charleston Symphony, New World Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra and has led sections under Michael Tilson Thomas, Eiji Oue and Christoph Eschenbach. As a chamber musician, he has played in the Ravinia Festival, Caramoor Music Festival, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival and the New York String Seminar. Some of his past coaches include Samuel Rhodes, Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, Alan de Veritch, the Tokyo String Quartet and the American String Quartet. He has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Andrew Litton and Jon Kimura Parker.
Outside of classical music, Sifei has recorded background for the legendary Prince and served as Principal Viola of the Game of Thrones in Concert Orchestra that debuted in 2017.
Sifei holds a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and also studied at The Juilliard School in New York. His past teachers include Karen Tuttle, Michael Tree and William Kennedy.