Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Conservatory of Music to host competition 2023 in July

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Contestants of the competition will be able to compete in both professional and non-professional groups. The non-professional group will be specifically for candidates of all nationalities who are not learning a piano major from professional music institutions such as the Conservatory of Music, Music Academies, Culture and Arts Colleges, or Universities with piano majors.

All repertoires are strictly limited to classical music and exclude styles such as Jazz, Blue, Broadway, Semi-Classical, or Pop Music.

In addition, they must all be played from memory without sheet music.

The duration of each piece must be written down in the registration form.

Prestige pianists, lecturers, and professors from both Vietnam and other countries will be judges of the competition./.