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Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy
August 8 – 15, 2017
Thank you for everyone involved with the 2017 PYPA! Heartfelt thanks to our faculty members, guest artists, our sponsors, Jacobs Music Company Philadelphia Steinway Selection Center, Puffin Cultural Forum, Mr. Li-yu Lee of Taiwan, and our team of wonderful staff, our publicist Sharla Felscher Public Relations, and dear friends and family for making this year's PYPA the best year ever. See you all in 2018!!
4 days ago
2017 Philadelphia International Piano Competition result
After a very high level competition, our winners have been announced. Hear them at the 2017 PYPA closing concert tomorrow night at Field Concert Hall, followed by a reception!
Category A: age 17 and under
RYAN ZHU (Canada), age 13
Li-Yu Lee Award for First Prize Winner – cash prize of US$1,000
Ching-Yun Hu Full Scholarship Award – full scholarship to attend the 2018 PYPA
Category B: age 18 to 26
HUIPING CAI (Hong Kong/China), age 19
Li-Yu Lee Award for First Prize Winner – cash prize of US$1,000
Evelyn Cohen Concerto Award Winner – a concerto engagement with orchestra during 2017 – 2018 season
Gladys and Perry Rosenstein Recital Award Winner – a solo recital engagement at the Puffin Cultural Forum in NJ during 2017 – 2018 season
*All prizewinners will perform in the 2017 PYPA closing concert on August 15, 2017 at Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music.
**Additional concert engagements will be added throughout the season at the discretion of the Artistic Director of PYPA.
7 days ago
Philadelphia International Piano Competition final is happening right now at Field Concert Hall.
The judges for the final round are-
Debra Lew Harder (concert pianist)
Andrew Hauze (conductor)
Vera Wilson (president and founder of Astral Artists Management)
1 week ago
2017 Philadelphia International Piano Competition - Preliminary round result
Group A:
Yide Shi
Ryan Zhu
Group B:
Huiping Cai
Po-Han Chiu
16 contestants from around the world gathered at Curtis for the competition for two age groups: age 12-17 for group A, age 18-26 for group B. Two finalists are selected from each group.
We thank you preliminary judges, Zsolt Bognar, Eric Fung and Natalie Zhu for their adjudication. It was a very hard decision for them to make because the level of the young artists are so high, far exceeded their expectations.
1 week ago
Graffman's humor and musical intellect are adored and deeply appreciated by the students.
Legendary Pianist Passes Wisdom To Local Young Artists
philadelphia.cbslocal.com
1 week ago
Do not miss the chamber music concert " Schubertiade" tonight! Tickets can be purchased at the door. (cash only)
Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, "Trout"
Ching-Yun Hu, piano
Suliman Tekalli, violin
Matthew Cohen, viola
Nan-Cheng Chen, cello
Neil Walters, bass
1 week ago
Artistic director Ching-Yun Hu and faculty member Mira Yevtich are rehearsing "Schubert Fantasie for four hands" for tomorrow evening's concert! August 12, 7:30pm.
Concert Info: www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-pypa-schubertiade-chamber-music-concert-tickets-35031727841
1 week ago
The young artists concert yesterday was AMAZING!!! They turned into completely different people while playing and it's amusing.
We have another 10 students performing at 7:30pm at Field Concert hall today. If you haven't had any plan for Friday night, don't miss the concert tonight. These talents, young souls will make you surprise with their interpretations of music.
1 week ago
We were delighted when seeing NBC reporter stop by for the opening concert of PYPA by our artistic director 胡瀞云 Ching-Yun Hu, pianist!
2 weeks ago
