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Midwest International Piano Competition

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The Midwest International Piano Competition is a piano competition held biannually at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music since 2014. It awards more than $25,000 in prize money, with a first prize of $10,000, and has two categories: Senior for up to 32 years old and Junior for up to 17 years old.[1] The jury members of the inaugural competition included Arthur Greene, Alexander Toradze, and Miroslav Brejcha.[2]

Prize winners

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Senior category

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Year 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
2016 Russia Timur Mustakimov United States Allison Lee China Zhenni Li
2014 Ukraine Margaryta Golovko United States Ukraine Elina Akselrud Israel Tomer Gewirtzman

Junior category

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Year 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
2016 Canada J.J. (Jun Li) Bui Canada Arthur Wang United States Jeffrey Chin
2014 United States Michael Lu
Japan
Mayuki Miyashita
United States William Yang China Yinuo Wang

References

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  1. ^ "Ukrainian Pianist Margaryta Golovko Wins First Prize in Midwest International Piano Competition". Iowa Public Radio. 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ^ "UNI School of Music to present International Piano Competition | Newsroom". Uni.edu. 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
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