New Orleans - New Orleans International Piano Competition

Carefully selected from the online preliminary round, twelve of the world’s top emerging pianists will be invited to New Orleans as semifinalists for a week of competing for cash, performance, and recording prizes totaling over $100,000. Prizes include a studio recording on the Steinway & Sons label, concerto performances with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra; multiple solo concerts including at Kaufman Music Center | Merkin Hall in New York, on the LSU New Orleans Musical Excursions Series, and others. Steinway & Sons is the official piano of the New Orleans International Piano Competition.