New Orleans - New Orleans International Piano Competition

The goals of the New Orleans International Piano Competition are to provide opportunities for the most gifted and communicative musicians to be heard on an international stage, to play a vital role in launching these young careers, to offer the community a chance to discover the world’s finest pianistic talents, and to bring the world together through music.

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; solo concerts at Kaufman Music Center | Merkin Hall in New York, on the University of New Orleans Musical Excursions Series, and others. Steinway & Sons the official piano of the New Orleans International Piano Competition.

Held at Loyola University in conjunction with the annual summer New Orleans Piano Institute and Keyboard Festival, both are presented by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.

The New Orleans International Piano Competition uses all Steinway Pianos and is a proud member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation and the World Federation of International Music Competitions.