Early Bird Deadline: March 1st, 2025 ($100)

Final Deadline: March 15th, 2025 ($110)

Applications will be received for admission results by March 25th, approximately two weeks after the application deadline. All admission results are sent to your email address as listed on the application form. If you need early admission to obtain the visa, please email us! 

Application Fee is Non-refundable 

Yoshikau Nagai – San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Artistic Advisor) 

Boris Berman – Yale School of Music 

HieYon Choi  – Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University 

Alan Chow – The Eastman School of Music 

Alvin Chow – Oberlin College and Conservatory 

Douglas Humpherys – Eastman School of Music 

Alexander Korsantia – New England Conservatory of Music 

Larry J. Livingston – University of Southern California 

Jerome Lowenthal – The Juilliard School 

Sharon Mann – San Francisco Conservatory of Music 

Rebecca Penneys – Eastman School of Music 

Artists Faculty Bio Detail, click here.

Two contrasting repertoire

• One movement from a classical sonata (Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven)

• One Free Choice of the repertoire (Baroque, Romantic, or Contemporary)

You may submit selection(s) from multi-movement works

Total time: 10-20 minutes

Audition Recording should be submitted via Youtube/Google Drive/Youku Link

Piano Concerto movements are not acceptable.

Participants aged 12 and older are eligible and encouraged to apply. Exceptionally talented applicants under the age of 12 may apply.

All participants under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Parents attending the festival with a child must purchase an auditor card.

Every selected participant will

• 4 private lessons/masterclasses with the distinguished artists

• Performance/Participate forum class

• Daily Conducting Workshops

• Access to all masterclasses, lectures, concerts, piano forums, and events.

• Young artist concerts

• Professional Performance Media Package

• Exclusive Access by attending the 2025 San Francisco International Piano Competition 

In-Person Tuition: $2480 USD

Online Tuition: $1600 USD

Housing at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Optional)

Housing at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Optional): 

In-person participants may choose to stay at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, which include 24/7 access to practice spaces with self-recording capabilities, or may find housing on their own. 

Festival rooms included double rooms, single rooms, and suites for participants who come with their parents. You can request a specific roommate or the festival can randomly place you with another participant. 

Double shared room: $980 USD

Single Room: $1380 USD 

Suite for family: $1980 USD