Piano competitions in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding Los Angeles County areas. Many of these piano competitions are annual. Some are for solo performance and some are for concertos, performing with orchestra. Some of them are for cash prizes. Please look through each piano competition to learn more. If you come upon any that should be listed here, please let me know. —Howard Richman
updated 5/9/2024
Pacific Stars International Piano Competition
https://www.pacificstars.org/livecompetition
Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic & Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto Competition
https://layouthphilharmonic.com/concert-audition-register
Los Angeles Young Pianist Competition
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-Young-Pianist-Competition/216771415035687
Los Angeles International Piano Competition
http://www.laipc.org
American International Paderewski Piano Competition in Los Angeles.
https://paderewskimusicsociety.org
Young Musicians Foundation Concerto Competition
https://ymf.org/
Virginia Waring International Piano Competition
http://www.vwipc.org/
Palm Desert, CA
MUSYCA
https://www.musyca.org/competitions
Northridge, CA
Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition
http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org
Los Angeles International Liszt Competition
https://www.lalisztcompetition.com/
Azusa
Rio Hondo Symphony Piano Concerto Competition
http://www.riohondosymphony.org/yac.html
Whittier
Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale (AVSOMC) Bach Competition
http://avsomc.avc.edu/bachapp.php
Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale (AVSOMC) Gail Newby Concerto Competition
http://avsomc.avc.edu/gnconcertoapp.php
Rachmoninoff Piano Competition
http://www.rachfest.org
Redlands International Piano Competition & Festival
http://www.redlands.edu/pianocompetition
Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition
http://www.westsidemusicfoundation.org/robertturner/
Music Center Spotlight Awards
http://www.facebook.com/spotlightawards
Southern California Junior Bach Festival
http://www.scjbf.org/
Reverie Youth Symphony Organization Annual International Outstanding Young Musician Classical Music Competition
http://reverieyso.webs.com/newslinks.htm
Thousand Oaks
Kathryn Gawartin Annual Chopin Piano Competition
https://mtacwla.org/event/gawartin-chopin-piano-competition/
Young Muse Competition
https://www.facebook.com/youngmusecompetition/
The Walter and Peggy Grauman Fellowship in Classical Music
https://thewallis.org/walter-and-peggy-grauman-fellowship-program.php
Music Festivals
Montecito International Music Festival
Various festivals for piano and strings for all ages
http://montecitomusicfestival.com
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