Past NOIPC Winners

Some of the most gifted and communicative musicians have been selected as winners of the New Orleans International Piano Competition. Chosen solely based on their artistry, with no known information beyond their audition performances, these pianists rose to the top out of hundreds of exceptional applicants from dozens of different countries.

2022

1st Elia Cecino, Italy
2nd Tatiana Dorokhova, Russia
3rd Seho Young, United States and Japan

2018

1st Ziang Xu, China
2nd Sung Chang, South Korea
3rd David Jae-Weon Huh, South Korea

2016

1st Xiaohui Yang, China
2nd Re Zhang, China
3rd Scott Cuellar, USA

2014

1st Marianna Prjevalskaya, Spain
2nd Florian Feilmair, Austria
3rd Kenny Broberg, USA

2012
1st Viktor Valkov, Bulgaria
2nd Sejoon Park, USA
3rd Evgeny Brakhman, Russia

2011 (Young Artist Series)
1st Anna Han, USA
2nd Yutong Sun, China
3rd Angie Zhang, USA

2010
1st Eduard Kunz, Russia
2nd Andrey Ponochevy, Belarus
3rd Stanislav Khristenko, Russia/Ukraine

2009 (Young Artist Series)
1st Sean Yeh, USA
2nd Alexsandra Swigut, Poland
3rd Connie Kim-Sheng, USA

2008
1st Spencer Myer, USA
2nd Dmitri Levkovich, Canada
3rd Vakhtang Kodanashvili, Republic of Georgia

2007
1st Konstantin Soukhovetski, Russia
2nd Alex McDonald, USA
3rd Christopher Atzinger, USA

2006
1st Dustin Gledhill, USA
2nd Chetan Tierra, USA
3rd Dmitri Levkovich, Canada

2005
1st Tanya Bannister, England
2nd Alexandre Pirojenko, Russia
3rd Luca Trabucco, Italy

2004
1st Alexandre Moutouzkine, Russia
2nd Jae-Hyuck Cho, United States
3rd Darrett Zusko, Canada

2003
1st Dmitri Vorobiev, Russia
2nd Hsiang Tu, Taiwan
3rd Spencer Myer, United States

2002
1st Hee Sung Joo, South Korea
2nd Lev Vinocour, Germany/Russia
3rd Esther Jung-A Park, South Korea

2001
1st Robert Henry, USA
2nd Anton Mordasov, Russia
3rd Yuri Blinov, Belarus

2000
1st Stanislav Ioudenitch, Uzbekistan
2nd Dmitri Teterin, Russia
3rd Ketevan Badridze, Republic of Georgia

1999
1st Sergey Schepkin, Russia
2nd Petronel Malan, South Africa
3rd Won Kim, Korea

1998
1st Eun-Jung Shon, Korea
2nd Natalia Lavrova, Russia
3rd Thomas Pandolfi, USA

1997
1st Csaba Kiraly, Hungary
2nd Anton Mordasov, Russia
3rd Yoshikazu Nagai, Japan

1996
1st Igor Resnianski, Russia
2nd Lydia Brown, USA
3rd Franklin Larey, South Africa

1995
1st James Nalley, USA
2nd Pasquale Iannone, Italy
3rd Alexander Tselyakov, Russia

1994
1st James Giles, USA
2nd Irina Morozova, Russia
3rd Jun Eui Chun, Korea

1993
1st Rafael Guerra, Mexico
2nd Natalia Bolshakova, Russia
3rd So-Yeun Ahn, Korea

1992
1st Richard Dowling, USA
2nd Bridget Olavson, USA
3rd Kevin Ayesh, USA

1991
1st Brent Runnels, USA
2nd Rosa Park, Korea
3rd Aviva Aranovich, Lithuania

1990
1st Peter Mack, Ireland
2nd Mark Puckett, USA
3rd Chao-Yin Chen, Republic of China

1989
1st William Koehler, USA
2nd David Brunell, USA
3rd Andrew Cooperstock, USA