China will hold the third China International Piano Competition from April 25 to May 5, 2003, as part of China's international arts gala, "Meet in Beijing," the Ministry of Culture (MOC) announced in Beijing Wednesday.
The competition, to be co-organized by the MOC and the China Performing Arts Agency, will invite 13 jury committee members, including those from Poland, the United States, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Japan, Ireland, Australia, Israel and Britain.
The foreign jury members would be experienced with world-renowned piano competitions, such as the Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, the International Chopin Competitions, and the Arthur Rubin stein Piano Master Competition. Some had even founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition and the Dublin International Piano Competition.
The competition will have eight prizes, and the top prize of 20,000 US dollars will be sponsored by Heidi Wolf Kaufmann from Spain. A Special Prize for Chopin Composition will be sponsored by the International Frederick Chopin Foundation in Warsaw.
Candidates will be required to perform a Chinese music piece and a special prize for Chinese music composition will also be setup.
(Xinhua News Agency December 5, 2002)
