The Cleveland International Piano Competition has become the first U.S. competition to join the Steinway Prizewinner Concert Network, a collaboration of piano competitions, concert organizers, festivals, and radio stations that introduce select young pianists to international audiences.
As a result of this new partnership, the Mixon First Prize winner of the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition has been engaged for two performances. These include recitals at the famed Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels on January 25, 2017 and the Philharmonie Luxembourg on January 26, 2017.
“This is outstanding news for our future winners, who will now receive the immediate benefit of top-notch introductions to both European and American audiences,” said CIPC President and CEO Pierre van der Westhuizen. “It also speaks very highly of the talents of our past winners, whose amazing skills have helped to build the reputation of the CIPC around the world.”
Steinway & Sons founded the network in 2007 together with the Gewandhaus, Leipzig in order to help young, highly talented pianists gain access to top-ranked international venues and influential audiences. Since then, prizewinners from 20 competitions have performed 150 concerts in 25 different venues.
“As one of the most renowned American competitions, we are very happy that the CIPC is joining the network and becoming our first partner in the U.S.” said Gerrit Glaner, Head of the Concert and Artist Department at Steinway & Sons, Hamburg.
Photo by Roger Mastroianni.