World PIANOvision Competition

Preliminary and Semi-Final Rounds heard on the www.pianovision.com!

Finals – Dallas, TX October 24^th, 2008

Final Round during the 13^th World Piano Pedagogy Conference

Music competitions go back more than 250 years, documented by well known rivalries between Mozart & Clementi and Liszt & Thalberg.  Arthur Rubinstein, Tchaikowsky and Van Cliburn Competitions led the way into thousands of competitions in the twentieth century. We all know that even the most renowned competitions do not guarantee careers for the winners; however all, no matter the magnitude, have proven to be very motivating and encouraging for students of all ages and levels. 

I believe it is time to rethink the concept, use what we have learned from the past and leap forward to modify the content, program, and adjudication processes, combining past excellence with modern approaches and technology, when it adds to the quality. Our answer is the WPPC Most Wanted competition. Our goal is to discover the most promising performers and offer them the well-deserved opportunity to be heard!

Preliminary and Semi-Final Rounds will be heard here on the www.pianovision.com by thousands of viewers and listeners.  The final round of the competition will be part of the largest international piano gathering – World Piano Pedagogy Conference, described by Prof. David Abbott from Albion College in Michigan, “WPPC is without a doubt the FINEST conference I have ever attended on piano with consistently high artistic performances and master classes. There is nothing in the USA that comes close to this!” These unique circumstances afford us to have a versatile and well qualified professional jury and new competition unlike any other.