World International Piano Competition
# World International Piano Competition

The World International Piano Competition is a classical piano competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was first held in 2002, and continued in 2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2010 and 2011–2012.

The competition was founded by Lawrence D. Porter and its theme is "Seeking depth and maturity beyond virtuosity".

## Former prize winners

(Listed on the competition website.)

### 2011–2012

* First Place: $5,000, Alexey Sychev
* Second Place: $1,000 Angelo Arciglione
* Third Place: $500 Yangmingtian Zhao

### 2010

* First Place: $5,000, Eun-Shik Park
* Second Place: $1,500, Frank Huang
* Third Place: $500, Tzu-Feng Liu

### 2008

* First Place: $5,000, Christopher Atzinger
* Second Place: $2,000, Esther Park
* Third Place: $1,000, Mauricio Arias
* Fourth Place: $500, Noel Engebretson
* Fifth Place (tie): $250 - Michael Schneider & Rena Rzayeva

### 2005

    Solo Division
   * First Place (tie): Yuri Chayama & Mana Tokuno

   * Second Place: Fred Karpoff

   * Third Place: Michael Schneider

    Concerto Division
   * First Place (tie): Fred Karpoff & Ioannis Potamousis
