Midwest International Piano Competition Explained

The Midwest International Piano Competition is a piano competition held biannually at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music since 2014. It awards more than $25,000 in prize money, with a first prize of $10,000, and has two categories: Senior for up to 32 years old and Junior for up to 17 years old.^[1] The jury members of the inaugural competition included Arthur Greene, Alexander Toradze, and Miroslav Brejcha.^[2]

Prize winners

Senior category

Year	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
2016	Timur Mustakimov	Allison Lee	Zhenni Li
2014	Margaryta Golovko	Elina Akselrud	Tomer Gewirtzman

Junior category

Year	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
2016	J.J. (Jun Li) Bui	Arthur Wang	Jeffrey Chin
2014	Michael Lu Mayuki Miyashita	William Yang	Yinuo Wang

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ukrainian Pianist Margaryta Golovko Wins First Prize in Midwest International Piano Competition . Iowa Public Radio . 2014-06-07 . 2014-08-11.
2. Web site: UNI School of Music to present International Piano Competition | Newsroom . Uni.edu . 2014-06-07 . 2014-08-11.