About this Event
The Ross McKee Piano Competition has been a signature project of the Ross McKee
Foundation each year since 1997. Launched by the Foundation’s highly respected first
executive director, John Cron, the competition celebrates the talents of young piano
virtuosi in the San Francisco Bay Area and has become one of the premiere piano
competitions for young artists in the Bay Area.
Over the past 25 years, seven hundred teenage pianists have applied to enter the
competition, and, of them, 144 young artists have emerged. We call them the McKee
Laureates. They have received $146,000 in prize money as well as performance
opportunities and professional-level recordings and videos of their performances. Many
have continued their piano studies at conservatories and major universities across the
country and some now have established careers as performers, educators and faculty
members of major music conservatories and universities.
They are an extraordinary group, not only because of their awesome talent, but also
because of their serious dedication to music. They perform the most difficult piano
repertoire with the aplomb of artists twice their age.
2022 is the 25th anniversary of the competition, and to mark this milestone we have
expanded eligibility beyond the Bay Area to teenage pianists from all Northern
California. We will also offer even more performance opportunities to these
remarkable and gifted young artists. We know that their achievements will inspire
both younger piano students and the piano-loving audiences the Ross McKee
Foundation serves.
The 2022-2023 Ross McKee Piano Competition is made possible by a generous grant from The Moca Foundation, given in honor of Dr. Patricia Taylor Lee. The Ross McKee Piano Competition is fiscally sponsored by Intermusic SF.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Bowes Center (San Francisco Conservatory of Music), 200 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, United States
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