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Bachauer gold medal piano competition goes remote this year, featuring 44 pianists, ages 11-18, in Junior and Young Artists categories, representing 14 countries

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A year and a half ago, before the pandemic halted all live performances, jurors for the Gina Bachauer International Junior and Young Artists Piano Competitions had listened to 113 pianists, ranging in age from 11 to 18, perform half-hour programs in one of five cities, including Salt Lake City as well as Hamburg, Moscow, New … Read more

Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation launches spring season of virtual concerts, starting with 2006 Bachauer gold medalist Stephen Beus

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Having a good number of world-class pianists within arm’s reach in the Intermountain West makes for a great spring season of virtual solo concerts that begin tomorrow. The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation’s series launches tomorrow (March 4) at 7:30 p.m. with Lyrical Landscapes featuring Stephen Beus, the 2006 Bachauer gold medalist, in a concert … Read more

Fifth, final preliminary round for Bachauer’s 2020 Junior and Young Artists International Piano Competition slated in SLC Jan. 16-18

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Salt Lake City this week will be the fifth and final stop for the preliminary rounds of the 2020 Junior and Young Artists International Piano Competition of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. For local audiences, it will be a chance to see the final group of preliminary round contestants: 39 young pianists, ranging in age … Read more

Bachauer International Piano Festival brings three internationally acclaimed soloists, Utah soprano, Fry Street Quartet, nine young pianists

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The outstanding lineup for the upcoming Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival in Salt Lake City comprises three internationally known pianists, a Utah soprano and the Fry Street Quartet, the string ensemble in residence at Utah State University, along with nine young pianists, some of whom might compete in next year’s junior and young artists competitions … Read more

Giants of the keyboard: Bachauer announces its four-concert series for 2018-2019

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For the 2018-2019 season, The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation is between competition years but its series of four concerts features soloists who have made their imprint as some of the world’s best acclaimed pianists. The soloists include the 2002 Bachauer Gold Medalist, the 2005 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, the 2015 Honens Competition winner and … Read more

Forty pianists, 17 countries in next month’s 17th Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition

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Next month’s 17th Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition in Salt Lake City unquestionably will be the most cosmopolitan representation of gifted pianists in the Foundation’s 42-year history. Forty pianists, ranging in age from 19 to 32, will represent 17 countries, as they compete in the quarterfinals that will lead ultimately to finalists who will … Read more