Application Form for Category A

    • The application deadline is December 1st, 2018.
    • The application will first be completed to submit after uploading the bank transfer receipt of the application fee - 5,000 NTD (proof of payment). Any extra bank charges has to be absorbed from the applicant.(Bank Transfer Information)​
    • The application fee is one time and non-refundable. 
    • Once application and pre-screening youtube video links is submitted, the jury panel will review all the performances, and announce 36 participants in the category A no later than December 15th, 2018.
    • Students applying for category A have to include online video links of their performances in the application form. The online video should consist of at least 2 pieces in different styles with a length of 15-25 minutes.We only accept piano solo performance, please don't submit performance in concerto or other form then piano solo.
    • Participant will be notified by e-mail after successfully being chosen in the category A. After the notification participant should complete the tuition fee (41,000 NTD) transfer by 25 December, 2018. Tuition fee will not be refunded after 1st January of 2019. If active participants wish to stay on campus, there will be an additional fee of 15,000 NTD per person for the accommodation. You can select this option in our application form. You can also email us at info@taiwanpianofestival.com to cancel this option after your application procedure. However, we will not accept cancellation after January 1st, 2019. Please note that the accommodation fee will be charged in full amount after the deadline of January 1st, 2019.
    • Students who are not accepted in category A will be considered for category B directly, with no additional application fee.
    • Students in category A will receive 6 lessons; each lesson will be 45 minutes. Among them 4 lessons will be taught by international distinguished faculty or the artistic director, 2 lessons will be taught by Taiwanese faculty.
    • Applicants for category A must include their 4 most preferred teachers from the international distinguished faculty. We guarantee that accepted students will receive lessons from at least 2 of their preferred teachers. If the applicants include less than 4 preferred teachers, this guarantee does not stand. Arrangement of the faculty will be decided by the ranking of the students’ video performances.
    • Participants in the category A will perform in one of the Promising Star Concerts. If participants in the category A decide to take part in the competition, the 15 minutes of their performance in the Promising Star Concerts will be judged. However participants have to be born after January 1st, 1984 to be eligible for the competition.
    • The winner from the competition will be granted a performance engagement to play a piano concerto with the orchestra in Taipei Symphony Orchestra 2020/2021 season. Winners of the previous 2 Star Concert Pianist Competitions are NOT eligible for this year’s competition.
    • The participants in the category A will also be granted one entrance ticket for each of the All-Star Faculty Concert I & II.
    • If you wish to register as passive auditors, please fill in the passive auditor registration form from the menu.
    • Parents are welcome to accompany their children in the residence hall, and may freely attend applied lessons of their children. Students 14 and under must be accompanied by a parent in the residence hall for the festival's duration. However,  if the parents of the selected participants in category A and B wish to attend the entire festival activities and obtain the ticket of the All-Star Faculty Concert I & II they have to choose the option here in the application form to become full-time passive auditor for the reduced rate package of 9,000 NTD. It only applies to the parents whose children are successfully selected as active students in category A and B.

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    * We guarantee that accepted students will receive lessons from at least 2 of their preferred teachers. If you include less than 4 preferred teachers, this guarantee does not stand. Arrangement of the faculty will be decided by the ranking of the students’ video performances.

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