DallasIPC.

org UPDATED: Fall 2016

P.O Box 795548
Dallas, Texas, USA

About This Document

This document replicates much of what is published on the Dallas International Piano Competition (DIPC)
website, and is intended to provide you with all information necessary to submit a successful application for
participation in the competition and/or master classes.

Table of Contents
About This Document .................................................................................................................................... 1
Competition & Master Classes Overview ....................................................................................................... 2
About Dallas Chamber Symphony ............................................................................................................................ 2
About the Meadows School of the Arts – Division of Music ...................................................................................... 3
About Steinbuhler Alternate-Size Keyboards ............................................................................................................ 3
The Competition ............................................................................................................................................ 4
General Guidelines & Eligibility ................................................................................................................................ 4
Rounds & Repertoire ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Summary of Competition Repertoire ............................................................................................................................ 5
Preliminary Audition Round (video submitted via online application) .......................................................................... 5
Round #1: 18 Quarterfinalists in Dallas (20-minute maximum) .................................................................................... 6
Round #2: 9 Semifinalists in Dallas (30-minute maximum) ........................................................................................... 6
Round #3: 5 Finalists in Dallas (no time limit) ............................................................................................................... 6
Concerts & Awards ................................................................................................................................................... 6
Prize-Winning Performance with the Dallas Chamber Symphony ................................................................................ 6
Cash Prizes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Competition Jury ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Angela Cheng ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Enrico Elisi ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Ning An .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Master Classes .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Master Class Faculty ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Boris Slutsky ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Carol Leone .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Accommodations ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Travel, Food & Housing ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Check-in & Orientation ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Accompanists, Rehearsals and Warm-up Rooms ........................................................................................................ 13
Steinbuhler Alternate-Size Keyboards ......................................................................................................................... 13
Dates & Deadlines .................................................................................................................................................. 13
Apply to the Competition ............................................................................................................................ 14
Apply to the Master Classes ........................................................................................................................ 14

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Competition & Master Classes Overview

The Dallas International Piano Competition (DIPC) is presented by the Dallas Chamber Symphony (DCS) in
partnership with the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in celebration of
the piano and its extensive repertoire, while offering important performance opportunities to aspiring young
performers from around the globe.

Held annually in Dallas, Texas, the DIPC is comprised of four days of organized activities, which include three
competition rounds focused on concerto and solo recital repertoire, as well as master classes and recitals that
are open to public audiences. Competition events are adjudicated by an internationally renowned jury, and
prizes are awarded to the most outstanding competitors. Winners of the competition enjoy widespread
recognition and publicity, as well as a performance engagement with the Dallas Chamber Symphony (DCS) at
Dallas City Performance Hall.

Professional and pre-professional, formally trained pianists, including those with advanced degrees in music,
are encouraged to submit an application and audition for participation in the competition and/or master
classes.

The DIPC strives to enhance the development of aspiring artists. It is a forum where young pianists —
including those who do not advance or participate in the competition rounds — can learn through master
classes, where they receive expert training and career-building guidance from distinguished SMU and visiting
faculty.

Master classes are piano lessons taught in front of a public audience, where renowned faculty will work one-
on-one with a student pianist who has been selected for the master class by audition. Music teachers and the
public are welcome and encouraged to observe these events, where they can learn more about the artistic
process.

Public attendance is welcome at all three competition rounds, during master classes, and at the Winners’
Recital. All competition events are held at Caruth Auditorium at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts.

About Dallas Chamber Symphony
Dallas Chamber Symphony (DCS) is a professional orchestra of approximately 40 members, with a reputation
for performing high-quality chamber orchestra concerts, community outreach and educational programs at
Dallas City Performance Hall.

The DCS accomplishes its mission by presenting diverse, innovative and imaginative concerts that engage
Dallas audiences in the intimate setting of the new Dallas City Performance Hall. The DCS bridges the gap
between our community’s chamber music presenters and large organizations that focus on full symphonic and
operatic literature. Programming balances new and traditional works with elements such as film, dancers, and
various digital media.

DCS performances and its TechNotes educational program have received positive reviews in Dallas’ major
news outlets. The Dallas Observer named DCS Best Classical Music Addition 2013, D Magazine awarded DCS
“Best of Big D” in 2014, and Modern Luxury Magazine ranked the DCS film screening/live musical performance
of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger as Dallas’ Top Arts & Cultural Event of 2014.

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The orchestra hosts the annual Dallas International Piano Competition and Sight of Sound Film and Music
Festival.

About the Meadows School of the Arts – Division of Music
The Division of Music in the Meadows School of the Arts is a professional, comprehensive master’s institution
devoted to the advancement of music performance and scholarship, to the preparation of the next generation
of music professionals, and to service in the artistic life of our community, our nation, and the world.

The music faculty consists of a truly outstanding team of internationally acclaimed artists, scholars, and
educators who care deeply about their students and who work in close collaboration to serve the mission of
the School of Music.

The approximately 300 students in the Meadows Division of Music pursue a broad range of undergraduate
and graduate degree options, including the Bachelor of Music degree (professional focus), the Bachelor of
Music Education degree (teacher preparation focus), the Bachelor of Arts degree (liberal arts focus), the
Master of Music degree (professional focus, advanced studies), the Performers Diploma and Artist Diploma
(elite performance focus). All degrees and diplomas offered by the Division of Music are accredited by the
National Association of Schools of Music.

In addition to this full range of music-major options, the Division of Music provides opportunities for the
general university student to pursue a love of music. These include courses in music appreciation, jazz, and
popular music; participation in any of our ensembles (by audition); and group instruction in piano, guitar, and
voice.

Graduates of the Division of Music encounter success across a full range of professional and graduate-study
opportunities in this community, across the country, and around the globe.

About Steinbuhler Alternate-Size Keyboards
Through a partnership with Steinbuhler & Company, the Dallas International Piano Competition (DIPC)
provides alternate-sized keyboards on request to pianists who wish to use them.

The DIPC acknowledges the Donison-Steinbuhler Standard® as the industry’s definitive categorization of
keyboard measurements, which codify the various keyboard sizes that are suited to each hand size. By
adopting the DS Standard®, the DIPC ensures that its keyboards conform to the following international
standards as established by the Donison-Steinbuhler Foundation.

DS6.5®
The DS6.5® standard (conventional keyboard) is equivalent to what is used on the common concert grand
piano today. 99% of the worlds pianos conform to this standard. It has a full octave that spans 6.5 inches, with
standard allowable deviations of .04 inches. Therefore, all keyboards that span between 6.46 inches to 6.54
inches meet the DS6.5® standard.

DS6.0®
The DS6.0® standard is the largest intermediate alternate-sized piano keyboard option. It is engineered to
accommodate a moderate adult hand size, and has an octave that spans 6.0 inches, with standard allowable
deviations of .04 inches. Therefore, all keyboards that span between 5.96 inches to 6.04 inches meet the
DS6.0® standard.
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DS5.5®
The DS5.5® standard is the middle intermediate alternate-sized piano keyboard option. It is engineered to
accommodate a smaller adult hand size, and has an octave that spans 5.54 inches, with standard allowable
deviations of .04 inches. Therefore, all keyboards that span between 5.50 inches to 5.58 inches meet the
DS5.5® standard.

A smaller DS5.1® is also recognized, but not available for use at the DIPC.

Warm-up and rehearsal pianos equipped with these smaller keyboards are available to all participants. SMU
encourages pianists interested in trying various keyboard options to make an appointment to do so by
contacting Dr. Carol Leone at cleone@smu.edu. Appointments can be accommodated throughout the year.
For more information about Steinbuhler & Company’s smaller keyboards, visit www.Steinbuhler.com.

The Competition

General Guidelines & Eligibility
• Pianists of all nationalities born after March 18th of 1982 are eligible to apply.
• Professional and pre-professional, formally trained pianists, including students and those with
advanced degrees in music, are encouraged to apply.
• Previous First Prize Winners of the Dallas International Piano Competition are not eligible to
participate.
• Concertos performed by the DCS and previous winners of the DIPC within the past four years are not
allowed. Concertos not eligible for submission in 2017 include:
o Mozart; Piano Concerto No. 20
o Shostakovich; Piano Concerto No. 1
o Liszt’s Totentanz
o Tchaikovsky; Piano Concerto No. 1
• A selection committee will choose a maximum of 20 pianists, from the recorded Preliminary Audition
Round, who will be invited to participate in Round 1: Quarterfinals in Dallas.
• Participants are strongly encouraged to choose a piano concerto (or similar work) from the standard
repertoire. There are no hard and fast instrumentation limits. Large pieces, such as piano concertos by
Rachmaninoff, are permitted.
• All repertoire must be performed from memory.
• Competitors not ready to perform during their scheduled time will be disqualified.
• While the competition is underway, jury members and staff shall not have interactions with
contenders, beyond the scope of what is necessary and required by the competition.
• All prizes will be awarded, and only one first prize winner will be announced.
• Competition results submitted by the jury are final, and cannot be contested.
• International contestants are required to communicate their visa eligibility and status to the
Competition Director prior to attendance.
• A jury member who has taught, or has immediate plans to teach, a contestant shall abstain from voting
on that contestant’s performance in the competition. Abstentions shall be declared no later than one
day prior to the start of the competition rounds.
• Current students of competition jurors are not eligible to participate.

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 • Jury members are provided ballots, on which they will score each contestant on a scale of 1 to 25. After
each competition round, jury members will submit their signed ballots for review by the Competition
Director, who will tabulate the results. Adjudicators will then discuss and deliberate on the numerical
scores before issuing a final decision.
• All competition activities, including performances with the Dallas Chamber Symphony will be recorded,
and participants of the competition agree to allow the Dallas Chamber Symphony unrestricted use of
all video, audio, photographic and new media recordings for promotional purposes.
• Although unlikely to occur, if unexpected circumstances arise in the execution of the competition rules
and regulations, a resolution shall be decided by the Competition Director in consultation with the Jury
Chair.
• The First Prize Winner agrees to rehearse and perform his or her concerto with the Dallas Chamber
Symphony during its upcoming concert season at Dallas City Performance Hall.
• Steinbuhler alternate-size keyboards are available to competition and master class pianists who wish
to use them. SMU encourages pianists interested in trying various keyboard options to make an
appointment to do so by contacting Dr. Carol Leone at cleone@smu.edu. Appointments can be
accommodated throughout the year.

Rounds & Repertoire

Summary of Competition Repertoire
• Contestants shall perform one complete piano concerto (or similar work for piano & orchestra)
o In Round 1, contestants shall start at the beginning of their concerto, and perform for up to 20
minutes, or until the conclusion of their piece (whichever occurs sooner). Accompanists shall
remove the tutti sections.
o In Round 3, contestants shall perform their entire concerto without interruption. Accompanists
shall include all tutti sections.
• Contestants shall choose and prepare a 30-minute solo recital program for performance in Round 2.
Solo repertoire may consist of a single, multi-movement work (such as a piano sonata), or a collection
of short pieces. Solo repertoire may include works by more than one composer. Contestants are urged
to design their recital program so that it displays the full range of their artistic ability. Pianists will
perform their full recital program, without interruption.
• Repertoire changes cannot be accommodated after an application has been submitted. Applicants are
urged to consider their program carefully before submitting their application, as changes will not be
allowed.

Preliminary Audition Round (video submitted via online application)
• Applicants must submit the following:
o A web-hosted video recording (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) of the first movement of their piano
concerto (or similar work for piano & orchestra). Invited contestants shall perform this same
repertoire in the competition rounds in Dallas. The audition recording may be accompanied by
orchestra or a second pianist performing the orchestral reduction. Single-movement works (and
other works for piano and orchestra) are permitted in the competition, in which case it is
recommended that applicants submit a video of at least 10 minutes for their Preliminary
Audition Round.
• URL to a single web-hosted video (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) of their performance of a piece for solo piano.
This recording shall be between 10-15 minutes. It may be a single work, or multiple works, all

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 contained within a single video recording. You are not required to perform this repertoire in your
recital program, but you may do so if you wish.
• All videos should be recent (within the past three years), and representative of your abilities.

Round #1: 18 Quarterfinalists in Dallas (20-minute maximum)
Contestants shall perform their piano concerto (or similar piece for piano and orchestra), starting from the
beginning of the piece. Accompanists shall remove tutti sections.

Round #2: 9 Semifinalists in Dallas (30-minute maximum)
Contestants shall perform their entire 30-minute solo recital program, without interruption.

Round #3: 5 Finalists in Dallas (no time limit)
Contestants perform their entire piano concerto (or piece for piano and orchestra) without interruption.
Accompanists shall perform all tutti sections.

All live rounds are held at Caruth Auditorium in the SMU Meadows School of the Arts.

Concerts & Awards

Prize-Winning Performance with the Dallas Chamber Symphony
The First Prize winner of the Dallas International Piano Competition wins a subscription concert engagement
with the Dallas Chamber Symphony, to be scheduled in the 2016-2017 concert season. The winner may
perform his or her concerto, or negotiate another piece with the DCS Artistic Director. The winner agrees to be
available for all orchestra rehearsals.

Cash Prizes
• First Place: $1,500
• Second Place: $1,000
• Third Place: $500
• Honorable Mentions: $400

Competition Jury

Angela Cheng
Consistently praised for her brilliant technique, tonal beauty, and superb
musicianship, Canadian pianist Angela Cheng is one of her country’s national
treasures. In addition to regular guest appearances with virtually every
orchestra in Canada, she has performed with the Alabama Symphony,
Annapolis Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Flint
Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Jacksonville
Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Orchestra London, Philharmonic
Orchestra of Minas Gerais/Brazil, Saint Louis Symphony, San Diego Symphony,
Syracuse Symphony, Utah Symphony, and the Israel Philharmonic. In the
spring of 2012, Ms. Cheng made her highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut
with the Edmonton Symphony.

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She also appeared at the prestigious Salzburg Festival in a recital with Pinchas Zukerman during the summer of
2012. Highlights of the 2015/2016 season include return performances with the symphonies of Vancouver,
Edmonton, Wheeling, and Philharmonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais/Brazil. In March 2016, Ms. Cheng will
perform the complete Beethoven Concerti cycle with the Victoria Symphony.

In 2009, at the invitation of Pinchas Zukerman, Ms. Cheng toured both Europe and China as a member of the
Zukerman Chamber Players, and as Mr. Zukerman’s collaborative pianist. She joined them again in the spring
of 2010 for a U.S. tour, which included concerts at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the 92nd Street Y
in New York. Subsequent seasons have seen multiple tours of Europe and South America, including
performances at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and at the Schleswig-Holstein
and Ravinia festivals.

With Mr. Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, Ms. Cheng, as a member of the Zukerman Trio, made her
debuts in 2013 at the Verbier, Edinburgh, Miyazaki, St. Petersburg/Stars of the White Nights and
Enescu/Romania Festivals. The Zukerman Trio will continue touring in the 2015/2016 season with
performances in Australia, Asia, South America, Europe, and the U.S., including a performance at the 92nd
Street Y in New York. In March 2016, Ms. Cheng will return to Wigmore Hall in London for a collaborative
recital with Mr. Zukerman.

An avid recitalist, Angela Cheng appears regularly on recital series throughout the United States and Canada
and has collaborated with numerous chamber ensembles including the Takács, Colorado, and Vogler quartets.
Solo recitals during the 2015/2016 season include Melbourne, Australia; the Chamber Music Society of
Detroit; the Vetta Chamber Music Series in Vancouver; the Cecilian Concert Series (Regina, Saskatchewan);
and return appearances at Virtuosi Concerts in Winnipeg and the Art Spring Concert Series in Salt Spring
Island.

Ms. Cheng has made festival appearances at Banff, Bravo! Vail, Chautauqua, Colorado, Great Lakes Chamber
Music Festival, Ravinia, Vancouver, the Festival International de Lanaudière in Quebec, Masterworks Festival,
Toronto Summer Music Festival, and the Cartegena International Music Festival in Colombia.

Enrico Elisi
Born and raised in Bologna, Enrico Elisi has established himself as one of the
most passionate Italian pianists on the concert scene today and has been hailed
for his mastery of elegance, refinement, and fantasy (La Nueva España). He
regularly performs to acclaim throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia and his
interpretations reveal “remarkable sensitivity, imagination and polish,”
(Baltimore Sun).

Dr. Elisi recently joined the distinguished Faculty of Music of the University of
Toronto as an associate professor, having previously served on the faculties of
the Eastman School, the Pennsylvania State University, and the University of
Nevada since 2004. Elisi’s former students include prizewinner in competitions;
hold teaching posts; performed with orchestras (including the Rochester
Philharmonic and Dallas Chamber Symphony); gave debut recitals from New
York to Caracas, Paris and Seoul; garnered fellowships and scholarships at summer programs and have been
accepted in artist diploma, master, and doctoral programs in prestigious institutions in the US and abroad.

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In Italy Elisi has appeared in historical settings such as La Fenice Theatre, Venice; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence;
Bibiena Theatre, Mantua; Pavarotti Opera House, Modena; Teatro Comunale and Sala Bossi, Bologna;
Sant’Anna dei Lombardi Church, Naples, as well as the Cathedral and Museo diocesiano in Amalfi. He has also
given recitals in various European countries including France, Germany, Slovak Republic, Portugal and Spain. In
Asia he performed in South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Recent engagements include recitals at the
Banff Centre for the Arts, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Library, New York’s Morgan Library,
Washington’s National Gallery of Art and the Italian Embassy, and the Centro Cultural de España in Lima, Peru.

Elisi has appeared with the Florence Symphony, Italy; Orchestra Classica de Porto, Portugal; Bay Atlantic
Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Williamsport Symphony, Pennsylvania Centre, Penn State Philharmonic,
Penn’s Woods, UNLV Chamber and Johns Hopkins Symphony orchestras, USA. He also debuted as
soloist/conductor with the Green Valley Festival Chamber Orchestra.

Among Elisi’s awards are top prizes in the Premio Venezia (Italy) and the Oporto International Competition
(Portugal). After winning nine first prizes in competitions in Italy and the US, and having garnered a dozen of
other top prizes and awards, Elisi performed in Toulouse, France, and New York’s Weill Recital Hall as a La
Gesse Fellow.

Via Classica, a German radio station, offered a two-hour broadcast of Elisi’s live recital in Hamburg followed by
an interview (2008). Additional radio broadcasts include Montebeni Classica FM (Italy), WCLV Cleveland, UNC,
KCNV Nevada Public Radio, and KGCS (USA). He also appeared in a TV broadcast for WPSU and Portuguese
national TV.

An avid chamber musician, Elisi has performed at the Taos and Ravinia Festivals, and collaborated with
principal players from the Baltimore, Chicago, and American Symphony Orchestras, as well as other well-
known soloists. As a champion of new music, Elisi has commissioned works from composers of many
nationalities and premiered Paul Chihara’s Two Images, at Weill Hall—a composition he subsequently
recorded (Albany Records).

A frequent guest at music festivals, Elisi appears and performs regularly in such settings as Cincinnati Art of the
Piano, Montecito, Lee University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Texas State University, and Chautauqua
Institution (USA); Associazione Umbria classica and Amalfi Coast Festival (Italy); Ameri-China Foundation and
Sichuan International Piano Festival (China).

Elisi also enjoys an international reputation as a teacher, having presented hundreds of master classes, both in
conjunction with his performing engagements, at Northwestern University, Boston University, Cincinnati
College-Conservatory, Temple University, the University of Michigan, USA; University of British Columbia,
Canada; National Conservatory of Lima, Peru; Accademia delle Marche, Italy; Taipei National University of the
Arts, Taiwan; China Conservatory, Shanghai Conservatory, China; Academy of Performing Arts, Hong Kong;
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore; Jakarta Conservatory, Indonesia; Seoul National, Yonsei, Hanyang,
Ewha Woman’s, as well as most other major universities in Korea. Elisi also held a two-year guest
professorship at the China Zhejiang Art School in Hangzhou, China and has been teaching an annual workshop
in Seoul.

As an adjudicator, he has taken part in the Tremplin International and the Concours de Musique du Canada,
the Nuova coppa pianisti (Osimo, Italy), the Iowa Competition, the Peabody Yale Gordon, the Julia Crane
International, the Fite Young Artist competitions, several State Music Teachers Associations’ competitions
(USA), as well as the Ameri-China Foundation Competition (Chengdu, China).
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After studying at the Conservatory of Bologna and Florence and the world-renowned Incontri col Maestro
International Piano Academy of Imola, Dr. Elisi worked extensively (MM and DMA) with Schnabel’s disciple
Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. A year after graduating, at Fleisher’s
invitation, he performed at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in a joint recital with his mentor. Among his
teachers were pianist Lazar Berman and Boris Petrushansky, respectively pupils of Goldenweiser and Neuhaus,
as well as Alexander Lonquich, Franco Scala and Giuseppe Fricelli.

Ning An
Pianist Ning An was the first prize winner of the 2003 William Kapell Piano
Competition. An made his concerto debut at the age of 16, performing the
Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra in
February of 1993. He has since appeared with the London Symphony
Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Moscow Radio Symphony
Orchestra, the Belgian National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, the Flemish Radio Symphony, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the
Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and has worked with such conductors as Rafael
Fruhbeck de Burgos, Kasmierz Kord, Jajha Ling, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Jorg-
Peter Weigle, Marc Soustrot, and Sergiu Comissiona. An has presented
recitals at venues such as Salle Verdi in Milan, Italy, Salle Cortot in Paris, and
the Palais de Beaux Arts in Antwerp. He has been invited to perform at
numerous festivals, including the International Chopin Festival in Duszinski, Poland, the Gina Bachauer Piano
Festival in Salt Lake City, New Hampshire’s Monadnock Music Festival, the Bourglinster Festival in Luxembourg
and the Interlaken Music Festival in Switzerland. An was also a soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic during
their 2001 centennial world tour.

An’s recent Carnegie Hall debut, an all-Chopin program presented by the Chopin Foundation of the United
States in Weill Recital Hall, was praised in the New York Concert Review for “the almost sculpted clarity of his
playing, and his ability to maintain balance and tension in large-scale dramatic forms.” The author went on to
say, “Ning An impresses with his developed musicianship, his discerning sense of form and style, his
penetrating and illuminating interpretation, and his perfect technical command. I have no doubt that he will
join the ranks of the finest interpreters of Chopin.”

An was the third prize winner of the 1999 Queen Elizabeth Music Competition, was first prize winner in the
2000 National Chopin Piano Competition, and received the Alfred Cortot Prize at the 2000 International
Chopin Competition. Other top prizes he has received are from the American Pianists’ Association, the
Kosciusko Chopin Competition and the Stravinsky International Piano Competition. An was also the third prize
winner of the 2002 Paloma O’Shea Santander Competition in Spain, as well as being a laureate and recipient of
the audience prize at the 2002 Rachmaninoff International Competition, held in Pasadena, Calif. His principal
teachers were Russell Sherman and Olga Radosalvjevich.

Master Classes
The Dallas International Piano Competition focuses on education, providing master class opportunities for
highly talented high school, college, graduate and emerging professional pianists. Advanced pianists, over the
age of 16, are encouraged to apply for participation in the master classes.

Master classes with SMU and guest faculty are designed to provide a productive and enriching professional
experience to all who participate, and are held during competition week, but operate independently from the
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competition itself. Master class participants are encouraged to observe the competition rounds, running
concurrently, in between sessions.

While applicants to the competition are automatically considered for placement in a master class (and may be
invited to participate) most master class opportunities are reserved for master class-only applicants.
Competition candidates will not be assigned to master classes taught by jury members, and therefore will only
be considered for master classes with Boris Slutsky and Dr. Carol Leone.

To apply only for participation in the master classes, you will need to submit a video audition (by public or
private link hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.), no later than the application date (December 15th) where the
preliminary jury can see and hear you perform the 15 minutes of solo recital repertoire that you have selected
for your master class. Your program may consist of a single piece, or a combination of shorter pieces, or even
individual sections of pieces. You will need to combine these recordings into a single audition video (of at least
15 minutes in duration) for submission as your video audition.

Applications will be reviewed by a jury, and invitations will be sent to the most outstanding candidates. While
you will have an opportunity to tell us your preferred master class teacher when submitting your application
via the online form, competition staff reserve the right to use discretion when making assignments.
Competition staff will try to accommodate teacher requests as much as possible.

Steinbuhler alternate-size keyboards are available to competition and master class pianists who wish to use
them. SMU encourages pianists interested in trying various keyboard options to make an appointment to do
so by contacting Dr. Carol Leone at cleone@smu.edu. Appointments can be accommodated throughout the
year.

Up to seventeen (17) pianists will be invited to participate in at least one 30-minute session in one of the
following master classes:

Master Class with Dr. Carol Leone
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 7:00 to 9:00pm

Master Class with Ning An
Friday, March 17, 2017 — 1:00 to 2:30pm

Master Class with Angela Cheng
Friday, March 17, 2017 — 2:30 to 4:00pm

Master Class with Enrico Elisi
Saturday, March 18, 2017 — 1:00 to 2:30pm

Master Class with Boris Slutsky
Saturday, March 18, 2017 — 2:30 to 4:30pm

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Master Class Faculty

Boris Slutsky
Consistently acclaimed for his exquisite tonal beauty and superb
artistry, Boris Slutsky emerged on the international music scene
when he captured the First Prize along with every major prize,
including the Audience Prize and Wihelm Backhaus Award, at the
1981 William Kapell Internaitonal (University of Maryland) Piano
Competition. His other accomplishments include first prizes at the
Kosciuszko Chopin Competition and San Antonio International
Keyboard Competition, and major prizes at the International Bach
Competition in Memory of Glenn Gould, Gina Bachauer, Busoni,
Rina Sala Gallo, and Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competitions.

Since his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in 1980, Mr. Slutsky has
appeared on nearly every continent as soloist and recitalist, collaborating with such eminent conductors as
Dimitri Kitaenko and Valery Gergiev. He has performed with the London Philharmonic, Stuttgart State
Orchestra, and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Neuss am Rhein in Germany, Bem Symphony Orchestra in
Switzerland, Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, the RAI Orchestra in Milan, KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea,
and major orchestras in Spain, Russia, Columbia and Brazil. In South Africa, he has been soloist with the
orchestras of Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg. His North American engagements have included
concerts with the Baltimore, Florida, Utah and Toronto Symphonies. Mr. Slutsky has been heard on recital
series’ throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Latin America, and the Far East, making
appearances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Kaufmann Concert Hall, Bunka Kaikan in
Tokyo, National Concert Hall in Taipei, Performing Arts Center in Seoul, and the Teatro Colon in Bogota, among
many others.

An avid chamber musician, Mr. Slutsky’s more than two decades of chamber music collaborations include the
critically acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Ilya Kaler on the Naxos label as
well as performances with many renowned artists.

Mr. Slutsky presented master classes throughout North America, Europe and Asia and served as a jury
member of many international piano competitions.

Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Mr. Slutsky received his early training at Moscow’s Gnessin School
for Gifted Children as a student of Anna Kantor, and completed his formal studies at the Juilliard School and
Manhattan School of Music, studying with Nadia Reisenberg, Nina Svetlanova, John Browning and Joseph
Seiger. In addition, he has worked for many years with his mentor Alexander Eydleman.

Mr. Slutsky has joined the faculty of The Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1993, where he currently serves as
the Piano Department Chair.

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Carol Leone
Carol Leone is Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department and Associate
Professor of Piano and at SMU Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas,
Texas. She has performed and taught throughout the US, Europe and
Asia. Winner of the 1989 National Beethoven Sonata Competition,
she was also a prizewinner in the Missouri Southern International
Piano Competition and the International Masters Competition. Her
professional training included study at The Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia where she received a diploma and was a student of the
legendary Polish pianist Mieczysław Horszowski. She was also a student of Guido Agosti in Rome at the
Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where she received the Honors Diploma. An active soloist and chamber
musician, Dr. Leone can be heard in recordings produced by the Augusta Read Thomas Label, Gasparo
Records, and Crystal Records. She performs regularly with the Grammy-nominated contemporary music
ensemble, Voices of Change.

Dr. Leone has taught in international festivals in Italy, Russia, Austria, the Czech Republic, China and South
Korea. She is a frequent invitee to give masterclasses and presentations at national and international
conferences and is considered one of the world’s leading researchers and proponents of ergonomic piano
keyboards to promote a pianist’s wellness. Among Dr. Leone’s many awards, she was named the 2005-2006
Texas Music Teachers Association’s Collegiate Teacher of the Year.

Additional master classes will be taught by competition jury members.

Accommodations

Travel, Food & Housing

The Dallas International Piano Competition will work to provide complimentary housing for some contestants.
The arrangements will be provided at partner hotels and by DCS patrons who have agreed to host contestants
as guests in their homes for the duration of the competition. Placement in a hotel or host home cannot be
guaranteed, and host home assignments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis, determined by the
application receipt date. Invited candidates will be informed of available housing, if any, prior to confirming
their intent to participate in the live rounds in Dallas. Housing accommodations will not be made prior to
February. Complimentary housing is not available for master class participants. For all those not receiving
complimentary housing, the competition office will provide access to discounted rates for convenient lodging.

• All participants are responsible for their food and travel.
• Travel arrangements and hotel accommodations will be provided to the First Prize Winner to travel to
Dallas for his or her Dallas Chamber Symphony performance debut.

Check-in & Orientation
• Preliminary orientation materials, including an itinerary of events will be provided to confirmed
contestants in February.
• Invited contestants must arrive and check-in at the location of the competition between 9:00-9:30 am
on March 15, 2017.
• Contestants will participate in a drawing before each round to determine performance order.

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Accompanists, Rehearsals and Warm-up Rooms
• Contestants are encouraged to provide their own accompanist for all rounds of competition. However,
professional staff accompanists are available for $150. In addition to accompaniment during the
competition rounds, this fee includes a 40-minute rehearsal prior to Round 1, and an additional 40-
minute rehearsal after Round 2.
• Contestants may request a staff pianist during the online application process.
• Accompanists shall make cuts to extended tutti sections in Round 1.
• Accompanists shall perform all tutti sections in Round 3.
• Contestants will be provided 40 minutes of practice time in a rehearsal room with two pianos on
March 15th, 2017.
• A warm up room, with two pianos, is provided to each competitor for use during the 40 minutes prior
to all scheduled performances.
• 20 minutes of rehearsal time with the competition pianos in Caruth Auditorium is provided to all
contestants on March 15th, 2017. Staff accompanists are not available during this time.
• Daily access to additional practice rooms with one piano will be provided to all contestants.

Steinbuhler Alternate-Size Keyboards
Steinbuhler alternate-size keyboards are available to competition and master class pianists who wish to use
them. SMU encourages pianists interested in trying various keyboard options to make an appointment to do
so by contacting Dr. Carol Leone at cleone@smu.edu. Appointments can be accommodated throughout the
year.

Dates & Deadlines

December 15, 2016
Applications for participation in March 2017 are due on or before this date.

February 2017
Confirmed contestants and master class participants are announced.

March 15-18, 2017
Master classes & competition rounds 1-3 in session.

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Apply to the Competition
Apply to the competition by submitting the following via the online application form at:

http://www.dallasipc.org/rules-regulations/how-to-apply

• Name and complete contact information
• URL to a video (on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) where our preliminary jury can see and hear your
performance of the first movement of the piano concerto (or piece for piano and orchestra) that you
wish to perform during the live rounds of competition in Dallas. Single-movement works are allowed.
The submitted recording may be accompanied by a second pianist or full orchestra.
• URL to a video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) where our preliminary jury can see and hear your performance
of 10-15 minutes of solo recital repertoire of your choosing.
• Upload an image of a legal document (JPG or PDF), that clearly shows the name and date of birth of the
participant (i.e. a passport, driver’s license or birth certificate, etc.).
• Upload your high-resolution professional color headshot (JPG), appropriate for print and digital
publication.
• Upload your current résumé (PDF), including a brief biography of fewer than 300 words.
• Provide a detailed list of all repertoire to be performed during competition, including the full name of
the composer, the full title of the piece, pertinent catalog or opus numbers, movement titles and
approximate performance durations.
• Provide contact information (name, affiliation, title, email) of two professional musicians who are
qualified to comment on your abilities.
• Complete payment of the $100 application fee by credit or debit card

Apply to the Master Classes

Apply to the master classes by submitting the following no later than the application deadline via the online
application form at:

http://www.dallasipc.org/rules-regulations/how-to-apply

The online form will ask you to provide the following:

• Name and complete contact information
• Resume (PDF)
• Short biography of fewer than 300 words (PDF)
• Two professional references, such as a teacher or music director (name, affiliation, title, email)
• List of your 15 minutes of recital repertoire (composer, title, movements or sections)
• URL to a video (on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) where the selection committee can see and hear you perform
your selected repertoire
• Complete payment of the $35 application fee by credit or debit card

Submit your materials in English or with an English translation.

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