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The Photo Gallery from the Arizona Piano Institute’s Festival 2023 at Phoenix College is now viewable on our website! www.azpianoinstitute. org

Southwest Piano Festival, Day 1: A great lineup and program of Liszt, Ravel, Kapustin, and world premieres by Colin Martin! Special thanks to Jackie McGehee for her wonderful competition, giving young New Mexico artists a platform and voice. Come tomorrow, Saturday, for an incredible program by Jonathan Mamora, who has been taking the world by storm recently with five international competition wins including the Olga Kern International Piano Competition—7 PM at the New Mexico School of Music, Washington.

I'm honored to be a presenter at the Arizona Piano Institute this week. I will discuss the origins of the piano recital, artistic fusion in the piano concert, and my Picturing Rachmaninoff multimedia concert and book. I will also perform samples from Picturing Rachmaninoff.

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Arizona Piano Institute welcomes all preparatory and collegiate students to register for its 7th Summer Festival at beautiful Phoenix College this June 4-10, 2023 by May 7! Please visit www.azpianoinstitute.org.

This year’s prestigious faculty-artists include Douglas Humpherys (Eastman School of Music), Elisabeth Pridonoff (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), and Dian Baker and Eckart Sellheim (ASU). API will also host an important Teachers’ Forum by Eugene Pridonoff (CCM) for all teachers—registration opens soon!

Arizona Piano Institute Our first edition of API Alumni News is now available. You can see what many of our API students have been up to in the last few months by clicking here. If you would like to share your own activities and successes, please reach out to us.

Registration closes soon for API’s Summer Festival, June 5-11, 2022 at Grand Canyon University in metropolitan Phoenix—MAY 7 at midnight; register online for this and a special Teacher Forum led by distinguished Eugene Pridonoff (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)!

Early Registration for API's Summer Festival 2022 ends April 7, 2022 at midnight so take advantage of reduced tuition until then!
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Summer Festival 2022 Description — Arizona Piano Institute Arizona Piano Institute (API) Summer Festival 2022 description phoenix, AZ June 5 to June 11, 2022

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Arizona Piano Institute We honor our API colleague, Yuri Kot, who is currently with his family in Ukraine. Yuri is a brilliant pianist and loved by students and colleagues the world over. Keep Yuri and his family in your thoughts and hearts.

A rejuvenating workshop two weeks ago by ASU Director of Jazz Studies, Michael Kocour, at the beautiful Grand Canyon University. We're back!!

We're back! This exciting API workshop is 3 weeks away--Saturday, January 29, 2022! Sign up for a fun and insightful morning that will have you inspired and looking at music in new ways. Visit www.azpianoinstitute.org to register and for more details.

Arizona Piano Institute Finally! We are back with in-person events in 2022. See below!

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Arizona Piano Institute updated their business hours.

Brilliant and inspiring concert today at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts featuring piano soloist, Sharon Hui, winner of the API Concerto Competition!

Our third and final concert of API's Solo Competition Concert series featuring Aspiring Professional Division winners premieres this Sunday, October 17 at 2 PM AZ Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba0_FaSKhjY

The series is free and open to the virtual public, so please share, but your support is gratefully appreciated to continue our events for young artists (visit our website for details).

API Solo Competition Concert Series - Aspiring Professionals Division The Arizona Piano Institute is pleased to present this three-part Concert Series featuring the 16 winners of our API Solo Piano Competition, held in April of...

Don’t miss API’s Concerto Competition winner’s concert featuring one of 2019’s winners Sharon Hui, debuting Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G Minor with MusicaNova Orchestra on Sunday, October 24 at 2 PM at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts! This concert has been postponed three times and can finally take place. Come and support our young artist!

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RESCHEDULED from 2020--Inaugural Concerto Competition Winner's Concert and MusicaNova Orchestra's "Almost Mozart" — Arizona Piano Institute Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 37 in G Major, K. 444/425a Felix Mendelssohn: Piano  Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25—Sharon Hui, soloist Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132 Sharon Hui , winner of Arizona Piano Institute’s Inaugural Conce

Thanks to our viewers for tuning in this past Sunday to our Solo Concert II featuring Senior Division winners from API's North American Virtual Solo Competition! If you missed it, the video is now archived for a limited time below. And feel free to share this post!
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API Solo Competition Concert Series - Senior Division The Arizona Piano Institute is pleased to present this second concert in a three-part Concert Series featuring the 16 winners of our API Solo Piano Competiti...

API's Second Solo Concert of our winners' concert series airs in three days: Sunday, September 12 at 2 PM AZ Time! Mark your calendars for another exhilarating event!

Free and open to the virtual public, with donations gratefully accepted to make these events possible.

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API Solo Competition Concert Series - Senior Division The Arizona Piano Institute is pleased to present this second concert in a three-part Concert Series featuring the 16 winners of our API Solo Piano Competiti...

Arizona Piano Institute updated their information in their About section.

An exhilarating concert by the Junior Division North American Virtual Solo Competition winners!!! For those who did not get a chance to hear it as it aired live Sunday afternoon, the video is now available here (archived on our website for a limited time): https://youtu.be/sxc9zo281MQ. Please support these amazing young artists!

API Solo Competition Concert Series - Junior Division The Arizona Piano Institute is pleased to present this three-part Concert Series featuring the 16 winners of our API Solo Piano Competition, held in April of...

API's 1st concert of our Solo Competition Concert Series begins this Sunday, August 15 @ 2 PM AZ Time!

NOTE: concert entry button is disabled until then.

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Announcing Arizona Piano Institute's 2021 Solo Competition Concert Series--AUGUST 15, SEPTEMBER 12, and OCTOBER 10--featuring winners of our North American Virtual Solo Competition! Save the dates! https://www.azpianoinstitute.org/2021-solo-competition-concert-series

Here's an update regarding Arizona Piano Institute’s postponement of its 2021 Summer Festival and Concerto Competition at www.azpianoinstitute.org. Stay tuned for more news on events this year. We will continue our online programs and are thrilled by our recent highly successful North American Virtual Solo Competition (results on our web)—bravo again to all competitors!

Arizona Piano Institute VIRTUAL SOLO COMPETITION March 15, 2021

Happy New Year! Arizona Piano Institute is excited to announce its first ever Virtual Solo Competition for pianists! Let's begin 2021 celebrating with better hopes, health, and music making.

Check out our website for details: www.azpianoinstitute.org.

We have gone virtual!!! So thrilled to be able to collaborate with the Gold Canyon Arts Council in presenting a masterclass and concert by phenomenal Van Cliburn laureate Sean Chen this November 19 and 20, 2020 (7 PM both days, Arizona time)! Please see below for details.

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Happy Birthday to Edvard Grieg, born June 15, 1843!! When I visit my family in Norway, his works live in my heart as I travel. Then I bring them home with me for fresh perspectives. Tusen Takk, Edvard!

Six years ago today...inaugural API Summer Festival and Solo recital given by great Norman Krieger, API guest artist faculty!
Today we miss all students, parents and faculty!

Our beloved music community: Please read Arizona Piano Institute's letter below regarding our update. Be well and stay safe, all.

API is extending Early Registration to April 1 in response to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19. Please stay healthy and safe, and consider donating to a local arts organization who might need help!!!

Hurry and enroll early at API's 6th Summer Festival and Concerto Competition for discounted rates until March 15! This year's renowned faculty artists includes Douglas Humpherys (Eastman School of Music), Elisabeth Pridonoff (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), and Dian Baker in partnership with Ann Nagell (Arizona State University). Visit our web for details and to register:
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Arizona Piano Institute 6TH SUMMER FESTIVAL & CONCERTO COMPETITION May 31-June 7, 2020

Call for Pianists! Early Registration for API's 6th Summer Festival and Concerto Competition, May 31-June 7, 2020 at beautiful Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, is now open! Our esteemed faculty this season includes Douglas Humpherys (Eastman School of Music), Elisabeth Pridonoff (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), and Dian Baker in partnership with Ann Nagell (Arizona State University). Seize discounted rates until March 15. Please share this invaluable opportunity!

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2020 Festival — Arizona Piano Institute 6th Summer Festival May 31-June 7, 2020

We invite you to API's opening Faculty Showcase Concert this Sunday, June 2 at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Phoenix! For tickets and details on all events, please visit our web. All Summer Festival activities thereafter (June 3-8) will take place at the beautiful Grand Canyon University Fine Arts College. We are very excited to finally launch our 5th season and celebrate with our Inaugural Concerto Competition at the end of the week! https://www.azpianoinstitute.org/events

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There are only a couple days left to submit your application to Arizona Piano Institute's 5th Summer Festival and Inaugural Concerto Competition, this June 2-8! Tuition is highly subsidized so please take advantage of this opportunity to study with first-rate artists and compete for cash prizes, performances, and scholarships, as well as audit masterclasses and workshops. Applications may be submitted until 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time on May 1, this Wednesday.
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Arizona Piano Institute 5TH SUMMER FESTIVAL & INAUGURAL CONCERTO COMPETITION June 2-8, 2019

What a nice surprise from our Phoenix association to honor our Founding Director for her enormous contribution to our community. You have a heart of gold, Snezana Krstic!

Hurry to register early for API's 2019 Summer Festival and Inaugural Concerto Competition, June 2-8, as it ends tonight! All the best to applicants, teachers, and parents!

Our very own Sarah Zhao will be sharing a concert next Saturday, March 30 with fellow musician Jonathan Salcedo, hosted by our partner MusicaNova Orchestra. Come to MNO's concert on the 31st at the MIM as well! https://www.musicanovaaz.com/young-artists/young-artists-2018-2019/jonathan-salcedo-and-sarah-zhao/

Jonathan Salcedo and Sarah Zhao Visit the post for more.

Join our partners at MusicaNova this weekend for two wonderful events, including a Young Artist Series concert and a free community concert! Click on the link below for details.

Caroline Wu and Christie Solomon Visit the post for more.

Early Registration for API's 5th Summer Festival and Inaugural Concerto Competition, June 2-8, 2019, is now open! Excited to announce we will be at the beautiful Grand Canyon University this summer. Click below to register (limited to 36 spots). Visit our web for exciting developments this season! Please share with your colleagues, friends, and family.

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