The Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival 2024 welcomes applications for the following levels of participation. 

• Young Artist: age 16 to 28 (as of August 1, 2024) 

24 Young Artist participants will be selected through the application process. Each Young Artist receives five (5) one-hour private lessons, one opportunity to play in a master class and two opportunities to play in a recital. All Young Artists have the option to compete in the festival’s concerto competition, and six winners will be selected to perform a full concerto with the TJPF Festival Orchestra.

Young Artists under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult guardian throughout the festival. Guardians must register as a Guardian Auditor. 

• Junior: age 8 to 15 (as of August 1, 2024) 

Up to 48 Junior participants will be selected through the application process. Each Junior receives four (4) one-hour private lessons, one opportunity to perform in a recital, and one concerto rehearsal with the school's affiliated ensemble, QingXin Ensemble and a conductor, playing one movement of a concerto. Up to 6 (six) Juniors will be chosen to perform a movement of their concerto in a special concert. Selected Juniors will have an opportunity to play in a master class.  

All Juniors must be accompanied by an adult guardian throughout the festival. Guardians must register as a Guardian Auditor. 

• Adjunct Participant: age 16 to 28 (as of August 1, 2024) 

A limited number of Adjunct Participants will be selected through an application process. Adjunct Participants attend the festival for one week, either August 4-11 or August 12-18, and receive two (2) one-hour private lessons, one performance opportunity off-campus, and can observe all events during their week of participation. 

Adjunct participants under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult guardian throughout the festival. Guardians must register as a Guardian Auditor. 

• Auditor: minimum age of 8 (as of August 1, 2024) 

Auditors are observers to the festival’s many activities and may register for the 1st week (August 4-11 and August 18), 2nd week (August 12-18), or the full festival (August 4-18). Auditor passes include entry to all public events during the week they attend, including all guest artist recitals, master classes, participant recitals, lectures, the concerto competition and concerto concerts. Auditors may not observe private lessons. 

Auditors under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult guardian who must also apply to be an Auditor. 

The festival will present distinguished teaching and performing artists who represent the finest conservatories and schools of music from around the world. 

TEACHING ARTISTS

Michel Béroff, Paris Conservatoire, France  

Jan Jiracek von Arnim, mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria 

Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Musikhochschule Basel, Switzerland; Hochschle für Musik und Tanz Köln, Germany 

Yong Hi Moon, The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, USA  

Ronan O'Hora, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK 

Ewa Poblocka, Academy of Music Bydgoszcz, Poland 

Boris Slutsky, Yale School of Music, USA 

Minsoo Sohn, New England Conservatory, USA

Xiaohan Wang, The Tianjin Juilliard School, China 

Danwen Wei, Central Conservatory of Music, China  

Ting Zhou, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China  

Alvin Zhu, The Tianjin Juilliard School, China 

PERFORMING ARTISTS 

The festival is honored to present the following distinguished artists as our guest performers:   

Jan Jiracek von Arnim 

Yeol Eum Son 

CONDUCTORS

Ken Lam

Kin Szeto

CONCERTOS

One of the festival's biggest highlights includes an exclusive opportunity for all of the performing participants to collaborate with a conductor and an orchestra.  

Each Young Artist has the opportunity to participate in the concerto competition, accompanied by a second piano. Prior to the competition, two rehearsals with a second piano will be arranged. Six winners will then be selected and will have the privilege to perform a full concerto with the TJPF Festival Orchestra conducted by Ken Lam. Concerto participation is optional. A list of Young Artist concerti can be found here. 

Each Junior participant has the opportunity to have one rehearsal with the QingXin Ensemble and a conductor, playing one movement of a concerto. Prior to their collaboration with the ensemble, a rehearsal with a second piano will be arranged. Concerto participation is optional. Up to 6 (six) Juniors will be chosen to perform their concerto movement with QingXin Ensemble in a special concert. A list of Junior concerti can be found here. 

The festival provides accompanists (2nd piano) for rehearsals and competition.  

MASTER CLASSES

Young Artist: Each Young Artist participant will have an opportunity to play in a master class.  

Junior: Selected Junior participants will have an opportunity to play in a master class.  

Each master class is two hours long. All pieces must be played from memory. The master classes are open to the public. 

The festival committee is responsible for the allocation of these master classes, and their decision is final.  

PRIVATE LESSONS

Young Artist: Each Young Artist participant will receive five (5) one-hour private lessons. Free repertoire.

Junior: Each Junior participant will receive four (4) one-hour private lessons. Free repertoire.  

Adjunct participants: Each Adjunct participant will receive two (2) one-hour private lessons. Free repertoire. 

The festival committee is responsible for the allocation of these lessons, and their decision is final. 

Additional lessons: Participants may request additional lessons with any guest artist of their choice. The lesson fee is 3000 RMB per hour. These requests must be communicated to the festival committee in writing via email. Please note that although the festival will try its best to honor these requests, no guarantee can be made.

PARTICIPANT RECITALS

There are 12 participant recitals throughout the festival. They are open to the public. Each Young Artist will be scheduled to play in two recitals, and each Junior will be scheduled to play in one recital. Adjunct participants will be scheduled to play in one off-campus recital. In addition, select Juniors will be chosen to play in the Tianjin Juilliard Outdoor Concert series, held outside on the West Stage. 

All pieces must be played from memory. 

The festival committee is responsible for the scheduling of these recitals, and their decision is final.  

LECTURES

The festival will present lectures on various topics. More specific information will be released later.  

PRACTICE FACILITIES 

Scheduled practice time is arranged for each performing participant in practice rooms equipped with Steinway grand pianos. The Tianjin Juilliard School is open from 8 am to midnight throughout the Festival.