Sydney International Piano Competition | |
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Awarded for | Exceptional piano performance |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Sydney International Piano Competition |
Formerly called | Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia |
First awarded | 1977 |
Website | http://www.thesydney.com.au |
The Sydney International Piano Competition is a music competition, presented in Sydney and broadcast live throughout Australia and internationally. It is held every four years, over a three-week period in July–August,[1] and is internationally recognised as one of the world's great piano competitions.[2]
The competition was established in July 1977 by Claire Dan, with co-founders Rex Hobcroft and Robert Tobias,[3] and was admitted as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1978.[4][5]
The artistic director from its inception until 2015 was Warren Thomson, who also served as chairman of the jury from 1992 until 2012. In April 2015, following Thomson's death in February, Piers Lane (a former competitor and juror) was announced as the artistic director of the 2016 competition.[6]
For the first time in its history, the competition due to be held in July 2020 was postponed to 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.[7] [8]
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