ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Singapore International Piano Festival (SIPF) was established in 1994, when solo piano recitals were a rare event in the country. Over the decades, the festival has become a highlight of the international music calendar and is today Asia’s premier piano festival.
SIPF takes the unique approach of presenting recitals by four different pianists over a series of consecutive evenings. Past editions of the festival have featured such virtuosos as Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Yuja Wang, Stephen Kovacevich, Nikolai Demidenko, Pascal Rogé, Piotr Anderszewski, Stephen Hough, Benjamin Grosvenor, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Seong-Jin Cho, Dang Thai Son, Kun Woo Paik, Marc-André Hamelin, Paul Lewis, Angela Hewitt, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Robert Levin and Yeol Eum Son.
The festival is presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and held in Singapore's historic Victoria Concert Hall.
From 2 to 5 July 2026, the 32nd edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival returns with an extraordinary roster of talent featuring Conrad Tao, Churen Li, Hyung-Ki Joo, Jonathan Shin, Sean Chen, and Jon Kimura Parker.
History
2026: 32nd Singapore International Piano Festival
Conrad Tao, Churen Li, Hyung-Ki Joo, Jonathan Shin, Sean Chen, Jon Kimura Parker
2025: 31st Singapore International Piano Festival
Kate Liu, Kyoko Hashimoto, Robert Levin, Paul Lewis
2024: 30th Singapore International Piano Festival
Jin Ju, Yeol Eum Son, Ashley Wass, Mei Yi Foo
2023: 29th Singapore International Piano Festival
Nelson Goerner, Tengku Irfan, Jonathan Biss, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
2022: 28th Singapore International Piano Festival
Kyoko Hashimoto, Shaun Choo, Ingrid Fliter, Leon McCawley
2021: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival
Kseniia Vokhmianina, Churen Li, Nicholas Loh, Chang Yun-Hua
2019: 26th Singapore International Piano Festival
Sa Chen, Ronan O'Hora, Kirill Gerstein, Louis Schwizgebel
2018: 25th Singapore International Piano Festival
Martha Argerich, Seong-Jin Cho, Dang Thai Son, Jeremy Denk, Darío Alejandro Ntaca, Dénes Várjon
2017: Fantasies & Memories
Joseph Moog, Chiyan Wong, Hüseyin Sermet, Stephen Kovacevich
2016: Kaleidoscope!
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Shai Wosner, Cédric Tiberghien, Boris Giltburg
2015: Romantics & Nationalists
Imogen Cooper, Olli Mustonen, Lars Vogt, Lukáš Vondráček
2014: The Singapore International Piano festival Turns 21!
Behzod Abduraimov, Kun Woo Paik, Nelson Freire, Piotr Anderszewski
2013: Music & Movement
Yevgeny Sudbin, Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Benjamin Grosvenor, Simon Trpčeski
2012: Fantasies in Sound Paul Lewis, Khatia Buniatishvili, Chiyan Wong, Stephen Hough
2011: Transformation
Janina Fialkowska, Shai Wosner, Nareh Arghamanyan, Arnaldo Cohen
2010: Chopin at 200
Yuja Wang, Pietro De Maria, Benjamin Grosvenor, Piotr Anderszewski
2009: Familiar Ground
Vladimir Feltsman, Nikolai Demidenko, Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé, Yevgeny Sudbin, Yao Xiao Yun, Nicholas Loh
2008: Back to the Future: 300 Years of Piano Masterpieces
Jenő Jandó, Jennifer Micallef & Glen Inanga, Kim Sung-Hoon, Christopher Taylor, Konstantin Scherbakov, Sandi Koh
2007: Lisztomania: The Art of Virtuosity
David Nettle & Richard Markham, Cyprien Katsaris, Minoru Nojima, Valentina Lisitsa, Albert Lin
2006: The Golden Age of the Piano
Alexander Markovich, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, John Chen, Valery Kuleshov, Lee Pei Ming
2005: Images, Impressions & Pictures
Kun Woo Paik, Noriko Ogawa, Esther Budiardjo, Dennis Lee & Toh Chee-Hung, Lim Yan
2004: Legends of the Piano
Idil Biret, Leslie Howard, György Sándor, Paul Badura Skoda
2003: Nostalgia
Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko, Seow Yit Kin
2002: 9th Singapore International Piano Festival
Artur Pizarro, Frederic Chiu, Kathryn Stott, Cecile Licad
2001: Variations
Angela Hewitt, Benjamin Frith, Arnaldo Cohen, Giovanni Bellucci
2000: 7th Singapore International Piano Festival
Jon Nakamatsu, Konstantin Lifschitz, Nikolai Lugansky, Freddy Kempf
1999: Celebrating Chopin
Dmitri Alexeev, Piers Lane, Artur Pizarro, Nikolai Demidenko
1998: Lightnings!
Igor Zhukov, Robert Taub, Artur Pizarro, Leslie Howard
1997: Basically Beethoven
Nikolai Demidenko, Marc-André Hamelin, Piotr Anderszewski, Peter Donohoe
1996: The New Russians
Mikhail Rudy, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Boris Berman, Nikolai Demidenko
1995: Romantic Influences
Kevin Kenner, Boris Berezovsky, Pascal Rogé, Kun Woo Paik, Benjamin Frith
1994: Four Fantasy Evenings
Kathryn Stott, Jean-Philippe Collard, Martin Roscoe, Xiang-Dong Kong