Highlights
2010: 9th
The 9th WIPAC Piano Competition, July 23–25. 1st Prize winner Viscount Thurston, with audience, press, and eight special awards.
Special Awards
Awards
Audience Choice Award
Viscount Thurston
Press Award
Robert Finley
Best Chopin
Robert Finley
Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
Best Polish Composer
Brad Arington
Szymanowski — Etude & Mazurkas
Beethoven Prize
Hiroko Ohtani
Sonata Op. 90
Most Imaginative Programming
John Holmes
Best Contemporary Piece
Brad Arington
Shchedrin — Basso Ostinato
Best Romantic Piece
Robert Finley
Mendelssohn — Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 1 & Op. 38 No. 2
Best Classical Piece
Robert Pampell
Schubert — Impromptus, Op. 90
Best Baroque Piece
Ali Mushtaq
Bach — Partita No. 2