20th/21st CENTURY PIANO FESTIVAL

Young pianists and pianist-composers 18 years of age and younger studying with PTCNY members.
All levels are welcome: early, intermediate and advanced.

• All selections must be works for solo piano, one piano-four hands or two pianos from composers born after 1880.
  
• Participants may perform one large work or up to 3 shorter pieces.
• Works by composers from the United States are strongly encouraged.
• Works by women, BIPOC and other underrepresented communities  are strongly encouraged. 
• Original works by student-composers, or any works not yet published, must be submitted in print with the application.
• Memorization is expected for all pieces composed before 1950 – however, email requests may be submitted. If playing with a score, the presentation must be well prepared and performance-ready.

TBD

The best performance of the Commissioned Piece earns a performance in our Honors Program Winners Recital on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 at 7:30pm at Merkin Hall.

In February 2024, a new piece by Mauricio Arias will be made available to all PTC members. Any Festival participant may perform the commissioned piece. One outstanding performer will be chosen to deliver the official premiere of the work in the Winners’ Recital of the PTC Honors Program, at Merkin Hall in March 2025. For more details on the Honors Program,  click here

$50 per performer

The application fee is non-refundable

A Certificate of Performance will be presented to each student.