Knoxville International Piano Festival & Competition
Each spring, the UT College of Music hosts the Knoxville International Piano Festival & Competition at the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center on the University of Tennessee – Knoxville campus! Activities include:
- Showcase Concerts
- Lectures
- Competitions
- Masterclasses from UT faculty & Guest Artists
Join us March 8-10, 2024 for the newest installment of this event: “Back to the Future – A Celebration of Contemporary Music.”
2023 Prizewinners
Congratulations to all of the prizewinners for the 2023 Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition! The results are as follows:
Artist Category
1st Place (Sponsored by the Nashville Steinway Piano Gallery) – Greg Hartmann
2nd Place – Shih-Man Weng
3rd Place – Kun Ding
Honorable Mentions – Tyler Ramos and Tzu-Jung Peng
Finalists – Savannah Howard, Jungmin Park, Zhisheng Wang
Senior Virtuoso Category
1st Place (Sponsored by the Nashville Steinway Piano Gallery) – Haruki Takeuchi
2nd Place – Eric Xie
3rd Place – Yuka Yang
Honorable Mentions – Daniel Guo, Jesse Hao, Bailey Henson, Masha Kochan, Elijah Little, Austin Pitcher, Mason Valentine
Junior Star Category
1st Place – Tiffany Masumoto
2nd Place – Timothy Powers
3rd Place – Ty Oyier and Rosalyn Bao
Honorable Mentions – Michael Bonanno, Abigail Goddard, Andy Gu, Baolan Ngo, Timothy Oyier, Evan Powers, Rika Shinohara
Young Musician Category
1st Place – Vincent Zhou
2nd Place – Isabella Xu
3rd Place – Nina Qi
Honorable Mentions – Jace Duncan, Daniella Frazier, Stephanie Guo, Rebecca Li, Han Lim, Maggie Neuman, Valentino Pinilla, Isaac Wang
Rising Talent Category
Superiors – Alberto Maximo Pinilla Lino and Tina Liu
Special Prize for the Best Performance of a Work by Rachmaninoff
Tianran Gao (Artist)
Jesse Hao (Senior)
Austin Pitcher (Senior)
Elliot Herring (Junior)
Special Prize for the Best Performance of a Work by an Under-Represented Composer
Jeremi Lukanus (Artist)
Haruki Takeuchi (Senior)
Andy Gu (Junior)
Maggie Neuman (Young Musician)
Sponsorships
Nashville Steinway Piano Gallery
We would like to thank the Nashville Steinway Piano Gallery for sponsoring the 1st and 2nd place winners of the Artist Category of the Knoxville International Piano Competition.
Paul and Betty Jean Benson
We would like to thank Paul and Betty Jean Benson for sponsoring the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of the Senior Virtuoso Category of the Knoxville International Piano Competition.
Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series
We would like to thank the Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series for sponsoring the winner of the Artist Category of the Knoxville International Piano Competition to return for a recital appearance with the Young Pianist Series in the 2024 season.