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April 21, 2013

The Finalists of the 2013 Indianapolis Piano Competition

The 2013 Indianapolis Piano Competition is scheduled between April 15th and-20th. The cash prize for the winner is $50,000, up from $20,000 in 2009. For the first time, this year’s winner will also have the opportunity to record on the Steinway & Sons classical music label. Open to American pianists 18 to 30 years old, the piano competition was founded in New York City in 1979. The APA relocated to Indianapolis in 1982. It offers jazz and classical competitions on four-year cycles.


Hilbert Circle Theatre

The five finalists this year are Andrew Staupe, Claire Huangci, Eric Zuber, Sean Chen and Sara Daneshpour. On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th they will each play a complete major concerto at Hilbert Circle Theatre with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz: Chopin No. 1 (Sara Daneshpour), Prokofiev No. 3 (Claire Huangci), Bartok No. 2 (Sean Chen), and Rachmaninoff No. 2 (Eric Zuber) and No. 3 (Andrew Staupe). The winner of the 2013 Indianapolis Piano Competition shall be announced shortly afterwards.