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Governing Board

Nikita Fitenko,
Co-Director

Ivo Kaltchev,
Co-Director

Katerina Zaitseva,
Executive Director

Yuko Matsumoto,
Associate Executive Director

Olga Denisova, Chair, Receptions

Sarah Monroe, Secretary

Li-Ly Chang

Joung R. Cook

Christopher Mitchell

Advisory Board
Joseph Banowetz, Professor of Piano, University of North Texas

Irina von Bismarck, President, Bismarck Foundation

Jim Dyke, President, Jim Dyke & Associates

Seikoh Fukuda, CEO and Secretary of Executive Committee, Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan

Rick Grant, President, Jordan Kitt's Music

T. Gary Rogers, Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co.; former CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream

Joel D. Rozner, Attorney at Law, Annapolis, MD

Murry Sidlin, Professor of Music at the Catholic University of America

Stella Simakova,
Concert Pianist

James Steeber, Director, Yamaha Artists Services

Nelita True, Professor of Piano, Eastman School of Music

Tamas Ungar, Professor of Piano, Texas Christian University; Director, Cliburn Institute

Grayson Wagstaff, Dean of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University of America

WIPF 2010 Faculty, Lecturers, Speakers, and Guest Artists
Joseph Banowetz, Boris Berman, Frederic Chiu, Nikita Fitenko, Ann Gipson, Thomas Hecht, Maurice Hinson, Ivo Kaltchev,
James Litzelman, Yong Hi Moon, Santiago Rodriguez, Jose Ramos Santana

Highlights of the WIPF 2010
Two Concerts by Selected WIPF Participants at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Piano Artist Concert Series and Piano Master Classes
International Piano Pedagogy Symposium, July 25-26
Young Pianist Showcase Concert Series

Welcome!
WIPF, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the performance and teaching of classical music at the highest standard, is proud to announce the 2nd Washington International Piano Festival, July 25-31, 2010. The festival will take place on the beautiful campus of the Catholic University of America as well as at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. Young aspiring concert pianists, teachers, amateurs, and piano lovers of all ages from all over the world are invited to participate in this inspiring and unique one-week festival.

The goal of our festival is to provide the best learning experience for everyone by combining an intensive educational program with an outstanding concert series presented by world-class classical pianists. We invite you to become part of the festival either as an active participant or an observer (see registration). Like last year, we have planned numerous exciting events that will take place during our piano festival. All participants will have the opportunity to work with prominent piano pedagogues in one-on-one private lessons and to participate in recitals, educational workshops, lectures and master classes that will focus on both piano solo and piano ensemble repertoire. All active participants will have an opportunity to perform in the festival concerts taking place at the Kennedy Center and the Catholic University of America.

An important and exciting addition to the festival's program this year is the International Piano Pedagogy Symposium featuring outstanding guest speakers including Maurice Hinson, James Litzelman, and the President of the Music Teachers National Association Ann Gipson. The symposium will cover topics such as "Teaching Piano in the 21st century," "Wellness in Piano Playing," and "Contemporary Piano Making." The Symposium will also feature Yamaha's presentation and demonstration of a distance lesson on Disklavier.

Another novelty for our festival will be launching of a Young Pianist Showcase concert series. These 30-min-long concerts, preceding our guest artists' evening concerts, will feature an array of extraordinarily talented young pianists living and studying in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area who are prizewinners of local, national and international piano competitions.

We are very proud and excited to present again to the festival participants and the Washington D.C. Metro Area a series of piano recitals featuring internationally-renowned artists such as Boris Berman, Frederic Chiu, Thomas Hecht, and Nikita Fitenko (see ticket information). Selected 2010 WIPF participants will also have the once-in-a-life-time opportunity to perform in two concerts at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on July 29 and July 30. Both concerts will be webcast live at www.kennedy-center.org. In addition to the intensive program offerings, participants will have the chance to enjoy and explore the cultural and historical sights of Washington, D.C. including museums, galleries, memorials, monuments, theaters, and restaurants.

Last year we welcomed more than 50 participants, faculty and guest artists from all over the world including Japan, China, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Bulgaria and the U.S. They all made the first edition of our festival become not only the very first piano festival in Washington, DC but also one of the most successful additions to the nation's capital's summer cultural life. We are sure that our 2010 WIPF will once again be one of the most significant summer cultural events in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

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Yamaha is the official piano of the Washington International Piano Festival