The 2011 Cleveland International
Piano Competition takes place
from July 27th through August 7th
at Cleveland Play House's Bolton
Theatre and at Severance Hall. And
WCLV will be there to bring you 
every note. WCLV's Mark Satola, 
Bill O'Connell, and John Simna 
will host the wall-to-wall live
broadcasts.

WCLV'S COVERAGE OF THE 2011 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY JUDSON OF UNIVERSITY CIRCLE. SMART LIVING SINCE 1906.

Schedule and Venues

FIRST ROUND
Cleveland Play House, Bolton Theatre
All contestants perform solo recitals
Wednesday, July 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm and 7:00 - 9:35  pm
Thursday, July 28, 1:00 - 4:00  pm and 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Friday, July 29, 1:00 - 4:00  pm and 7:00 - 9:35pm

SECOND ROUND
Cleveland Play House, Bolton Theatre
All contestants perform solo recitals
Saturday July 30, 1:00 - 4:35  pm and 7:00 - 9:45 pm
Sunday, July 31, 1:00 pm and 7:00 - 9:15  pm
(Jury votes to advance 8 contestants, approximately 10:00 pm)

SEMI FINAL ROUND
Cleveland Play House, Bolton Theatre
8 contestants perform solo recitals
Monday, August 1, 1:00 - 4:45 pm and 7:00 - 9:45 pm  
Tuesday, August 2, 1:00 - 3:15  pm and 7:00 - 9:15 pm
Wednesday, August 3, 1:00 - 3:15 pm and 7:00 - 9:15 pm 
(Jury votes to advance 4 contestants, approximately 10:00 pm)

FINAL ROUND
Severance Hall
4 contestants perform concerti with The Cleveland Orchestra, two per night
Friday, August 5, 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 6, 8:00 pm (Winner will be announced at approximately 10:00 pm)
Christopher Wilkins condducts

BRAVO PIANO!
Severance Hall
A black tie gala to benefit the Cleveland International Piano Competition
Saturday, August 6
  Cocktails
  Dinner
  Performances of Two of the Four Finalists with The Cleveland Orchestra
  Announcement of Winner
  Champagne and Dessert highlighted by the Grand Entry of the Laureates

AWARD CEREMONY AND WINNERS RECITAL
Severance Hall
Prizes are presented and the four laureates present encore performances of audience and jury favorites
Sunday, August 7
3:00 - 5:00 pm

At stake at CIPC 2011 is the richest list of prizes of any piano competition:

FIRST PRIZE

Cash award of $50,000
presented by Mr. and
Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III.
New York recital debut at
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Two Years of management
service with more than 50
letters of intent signed for
the 2011 winner as of June 15,
2011.
 

SECOND PRIZE

Cash award of $25,000 presented by Jim and Dede Storer of the George B. Storer Foundation.
 

THIRD PRIZE

Cash award of $15,000 presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel.
 

FOURTH PRIZE

Cash award of $10,000 presented by Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kaufman.
 

SPECIAL PRIZES

Baroque Prize:  $2,500 for the best performance of a Baroque composition, presented by Art of Beauty.

Beethoven Prize:  $2,000 for the best performance of a work by Beethoven, presented by Barbara Evenchik in memory of Marvin Evenchik.

Cairns Family American Prize:  $1,500 for an American work composed after 1944, presented by The Cairns Family Foundation.

Chopin Prize:  $2,000 for the best performance of a Chopin composition, presented by the William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation in memory of Gertrude Lewis Frohring.

Contemporary Prize:  $2,500 for best performance of a contemporary work, presented by Art of Beauty.

Mozart Prize:  $1,500 for the best performance of a Mozart composition, presented by Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kaufman.

Russian Prize:  $1,500 for the best performance of a composition by a Russion composer, presented by Dr. Boris Vinogradsky and Irina Vinogradsky, Esq.

Audience Prize:  $1,500 presented to the finalist voted "audience favorite" during the final round on August 5 and 6, presented by Lydia and Vladimer Lazarev in memory of Leon Lazarev.

Junior Jury Prize:  $1,000 presented to the finalist voted on by the Junior Jury, presented by the Dan and Linda Silverberg Philanthropic Funds.
 

SEMI-FINALIST PRIZES

$2,000 to each of the four semi-finalists who do not advance to the final round, presented by the William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation in memory of Gertrude Lewis Frohring.

CONTESTANT PRIZES

$1,000 to each contestant who completes the first two rounds without advancing, presented by:

Helen and Gene Beer
Zeda and William Blau
Margaret and Bernard Gold
George H.L. and Carol Arnold Porter
Hilda and Bill Mattlin
Margaret and George Milbourn (3)
Sarah-Theresa Yoshiko Murakami, in memory of Grant Johannesen and Martha Joseph
Bonnie and Dieter Myers, in memory of Richard Myers and Ruth Hanauer (2)
Ninna and Gosta Pettersson
Astri Seidenfeld (2)
Linda and Jerry Shuck
Linda Rocker Silverberg and Dan Silverberg
Marie Strawbridge
Linda and Jim Venner