25th Annual Ross McKee Piano Competition (SF)
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Barbro Osher Recital Hall, | The Bowes Center, 200 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
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The Ross McKee Piano Competition celebrates the talents of young piano virtuosi in the San Francisco Bay Area. From the privately-held semifinals, four (or fewer) McKee Laureates will be selected for the Competition’s final concert on January 15, 2023. At this concert, the Laureates will present their 25-minute programs to the general public in the Barbro Osher Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Bowes Center. Tickets to the final performances are free, but reservations are required.
The Ross McKee Piano Competition has been a signature project of the Ross McKee Foundation every year since 1997. Launched by the Foundation’s first executive director John Cron, the competition has become one of the premiere piano competitions for young artists in the Bay Area. Over the past 25 years, seven hundred teenage pianists have applied to enter the competition, and, of them, 144 young artists have emerged as Laureates. They have received $146,000 in prize money as well as performance opportunities and professional-level recordings and videos of their performances. Many have gone on to careers as performers, educators, and faculty members at major music conservatories and universities.
2022 is the 25th anniversary of the competition, and to mark this milestone we expanded eligibility beyond the Bay Area to teenage pianists from all Northern California. We will also offer even more performance opportunities to these remarkable and gifted young artists. Their achievements inspire both younger piano students and the piano-loving audiences the Ross McKee Foundation serves.
The 2022-2023 Ross McKee Piano Competition is made possible by a generous grant from The Moca Foundation, given in honor of Dr. Patricia Taylor Lee. The Ross McKee Piano Competition is fiscally sponsored by Intermusic SF.
Presented by Ross McKee Foundation
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Cost: FREE*
