Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition Košice – results

The first year of the International Piano Competition Košice was held in 1993 and it immediately gained a positive response. This is the only competition in Slovakia for children under 17 years old, with international attendance. So far, the competition has been attended by children from 28 countries.

A total number of contestants is about 50-70 children who compete in two rounds, in four age categories from the youngest 6-year-old to 17-year-old contestants. Their proficiency in each category is judged by a ten-member jury composed of prominent international figures of the piano interpretation art.

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The results of the 16^th edition are:

FIRST CATEGORY 

SECOND CATEGORY 

THIRD CATEGORY

FORTH CATEGORY

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The objective of the competition is to support talented children and enable them to present themselves on major concert stages not only in Slovakia. The aim is to help them feel well in Košice, and mainly to ensure that the light of knowledge emerging from the competition is inspirational for their further artistic development. Significant are the concerts of the competition’s laureates organized together with the school orchestra Musica Iuvenalis, which constitute long lasting tradition. This provides the opportunity to see and compare artistic growth of young pianists contesting in previous years of Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition Košice.