There is no age limit to participate in Piano Island Festival 5th Edition as a festival participant, or observer. However, the age limit for our competition is 35 years old.

Piano Island Festival is created by Piano Island Management Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore. Currently, we are doing our 6th edition of Piano Island Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21st July 2024 to 28th July 2024. Our festival boasts a series of events during the festival period which includes: 1 on 1 masterclasses with invited faculty, public masterclasses, concerts by faculty and participants and public lectures. Our 6th Piano Island International Competition Finals Live Round will be held in Singapore from 29th July 2024 to 1st August 2024. Piano Island focuses on the education of piano by renowned piano professors and artists to give the opportunity for young pianists and pianists alike to enrich their skills and talent on the piano.

There are live auditions in different countries and cities. Please view list of cities and countries here. If you are unable to attend the live auditions, you can also apply for our online audition. We recommend students to send links of their online recordings recorded within the last 2 years regardless whether you are going for the live audition or the online audition. This will help us determine the participant's level, and know how we can classify the masterclasses accordingly. Video recordings is compulsory for students who wish to be considered for scholarship. (proof of financial hardship required)

Of course! No student should feel obliged to participate in any competition. We encourage our festival participants to participate in the competition. However, if the participant chooses not to participate in the competition, please indicate accordingly on our application form.

Yes, you can. The differences from the standard and premium package includes, 4 star vs 5 star accommodation, number of masterclasses, participation in student's concert, and competition feedback (if applicable).

The 6th Edition of Piano Island Festival will be taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia from the 21st of July 2024 to the 28th of July 2024. The 6th Edition of Piano Island International Competition will be taking place in Singapore from the 29th of July 2024 to 1st August 2024.

Yes, you are welcome to book your own hotel stay. For Piano Island Festival 6th Edition, we have decided to include hotel stay by default in our prices (based on twin share shared accomodation). This is to ensure your safety in moving between hotel and university venue. Shuttle bus services (Scheduled on a timetable) will be provided to all festival participants. However, if you book your own hotel or book directly with the hotel, this shuttle service will not be provided. All our faculty members and premium participants and accompanying family members will be staying in the 5 star hotel option. All the standard participants and accompanying family members will be staying in the 4 star hotel option.

Yes, you can come later if you like, however, you may miss certain events and participations, which is not recommended. We encourage all festival participants to attend the whole period of the festival.

Upon us receiving your application form, we will process it accordingly. Our team will get back to you within 5 business days of application via email with a letter of invitation as a festival participant. If you have also applied for the competition, we will notify by the 21st of May 2024 via email whether you have been selected to enter the final rounds of our competition in Singapore.

Yes of course. Many piano teachers do apply for our festival participation package to learn from our faculty and not join the competition. This will be able to give a one on one experience with lessons from the masters, and also build connections. We welcome all piano teachers and pianists to come to our festival to learn and build connections as that is what we promote as well, for participants to be able to build life-long friendships with other participants, and to be able to improve themselves through our programs during our festival.

Almost every faculty member will be performing as a solo piano recital through the festival periods. These concerts will run throughout the day on the 3rd and 10th of December 2022 (which are Saturdays).

Yes, tickets will be available for sale through our website nearer to the dates of the festival.

Yes, of course you can. However, it is highly recommended that competitors apply as a festival participant to learn from our faculty before participating in our competition. Piano is not just about passing the exams and getting a certificate. Piano is a form of art, a form of music, and our faculty (mostly professors and lecturers in universities) are here to give all festival participants a different form of education in piano, to broaden their horizons and to express piano as a form of art and music, and how to express and convey their emotions into a piece of piano music. Skills will also be thought by the faculty, including lectures by different faculty members on different topics which will be useful to pianists. Piano education is very broad, and most of these masters do not accept private students due to their commitment to their universities. It is only through Piano Island Festival that we are very delighted to be able to invite these prestigious faculty members through these 8 days to give masterclasses to our festival participants. From these masterclasses, it will help you as a participant to improve yourself and perform your best for the competition. Faculty members are also part of the jury for the competition.

We recommend our students to: Have at least 3 prepared works, which can be performed at the festival concerts. Have the same or different pieces ready to be played during individual lessons and /or masterclasses. Students who would like to participate in The Piano Island Festival Competition, which is a part of the festival, will be allowed to play the same pieces.

Infantile category is for 10 and under. Youth category is for 11 to 17 years of age. Professional Category is for 18 to 35 years of age. As competition live rounds will be held on the 29th of July 2024 to 1st August 2024, the date to follow will be the 1st of August 2024. For example, if applicant is 10 and under before the 1st of August 2024, applicant should apply for Infantile category. If applicant is 11 years old on or after the 1st of August 2024, applicant should apply for the Youth Category.

If you join the festival as a participant, and learn from any of our faculty members, they will still be qualified to give you a score during your competition. The only exception is only if before the festival, if you already happened to be a student from any one of our faculty members, then the score from that faculty member will be considered void.

Competitors are advised to register early, as we need time to go through all the applications. Screening live rounds will be held either via live rounds in various cities and countries. Online audition rounds will be held on an ad-hoc basis. If you are applying for our live rounds, please do check the dates and countries / cities available for live round audition, and apply before those dates. If you are applying for our online audition round or you have missed the live round audition date applicable to you, you may apply online before 15th May 2024.

Yes of course you can, as long as it fulfils the time requirements for screening round and live round of your category. These information can be found under rules and regulations in our competition page at www.pianoislandfestival.com/competition.

Yes of course. Please send us an email to pianoislandfestival@gmail.com and we will advise accordingly on how to purchase your observer pass.

Yes, you are welcome to book your own hotel stay. For Piano Island Festival 6th Edition, we have decided to include hotel stay by default in our prices (based on twin share shared accomodation). This is to ensure your safety in moving between hotel and university venue. Shuttle bus services (Scheduled on a timetable) will be provided to all festival participants. However, if you book your own hotel or book directly with the hotel, this shuttle service will not be provided. All our faculty members and premium participants and accompanying family members will be staying in the 5 star hotel option. All the standard participants and accompanying family members will be staying in the 4 star hotel option.

All participants, competitors, observers, and accompanying family members will need to arrange their own transport in and around Indonesia (festival) and Singapore (Competition). If you have booked our festival packages (including hotel stay), shuttle services from hotel to venue and vice versa will be provided based on a timetable schedule (for Indonesia). There will be no shuttle service for Singapore.