The following are the winners of the recently concluded 2024 PTGPFI Piano Competition with the themes ETUDES and FILIPINO WORKS.

• ETUDE COMPETITION
  • A1
    • 1st Prize: John Elijah Bendicion (CKC)
    • 2nd Prize: Dana Dominiq So (WK)
    • 3rd Prize: Haining Wang (AYS)
    • Honorable Mention: Trixie Olivia Chen (HL)
  • A2
    • 1st Prize: Ella Gabrielle Gaw (AYS)
    • 1st Prize: Michaela Ann Zheng (HL)
    • 3rd Prize: Christian Andres Borromeo (JLS)
    • Honorable Mention: Xinyu Jiang (CYH)
  • B1
    • 1st Prize: Daniel Jehremiah Asis (AYS)
    • 2nd Prize: Zildjian Zachary Viray (CBA)
    • 3rd Prize: Zhiyi Liang (MKI)
    • 1st Honorable Mention: Olethea Phoenix Daquila (CKC)
    • 2nd Honorable Mention: Anthony Lopez (ZZ)
  • B2
    • 1st Prize: Paolo Abarquez (NMI)
    • 2nd Prize: Benedict Magboo (AYS)
    • 3rd Prize: Israel Levi Umali (JEC)
    • Honorable Mention: Deborah Jael Ibon (CBR)
  • C
    • 1st Prize: Brian Berino (JEC)
    • 2nd Prize: Steven Ferrer (AYS)
    • 3rd Prize: Andrey Florence Viola (GRV)
    • Honorable Mention: Mariane Desiree Avendaño (JAC)
• FILIPINO WORKS COMPETITION
  • A2
    • 2nd Prize: Zak Gabriel Arellano (LAC)
    • 3rd Prize: Ricardo Lorenzo Nicomedes (KIA)
    • 3rd Prize: Zia Mei Uy (JYDC)
    • Honorable Mention: Trixie Olivia Chen (HL)
  • B1
    • 1st Prize: Zildjian Zachary Viray (CBA)
    • 2nd Prize: Io Aristotle Calica (CBA)
    • 3rd Prize: Zhiyi Liang (MKI)
    • Honorable Mention: Anthony Lopez (ZZ)
  • B2
    • 1st Prize: Benedict Magboo (AYS)
    • 2nd Prize: Deborah Jael Ibon (CBR)
    • 3rd Prize: Athena Justina Elizaga (MKI)
    • Honorable Mention: Juliana Paula Silangcruz (MAE)
  • C
    • 1st Prize: Steven Ferrer (AYS)
    • 2nd Prize: Jim Emmanuel Tan (RDR)
    • 3rd Prize: Brian Berino (JEC)
• CARMENCITA ARAMBULO SPECIAL PRIZE
  • Io Aristotle Calica (CBA) (Category B1)

Congratulations to all the winners!

• TEACHER LEGEND (Arranged by teacher initials)
  • AYS – Anthony Say
  • CBA – Clement Acevedo
  • CBR – Cecilia Roxas
  • CKC – Carolyn Cheng
  • CYH – Chi-Ying Hung
  • GRV – Gloria Rosario Sta. Maria-Velasquez
  • HL – Hannah Lee
  • JAC – Jonathan Coo
  • JEC – Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz
  • JLS – Jessie Louie Singh
  • JYDC – Jennifer Dela Cruz
  • KIA – Kate Ilene Ang
  • LAC – Laurice Anne Caronan
  • MAE – Mary Anne Espina
  • MKI – Mariel Ilusorio
  • NMI – Najib Ismail
  • RDR – Richelle Rivera
  • WK – Wendy Kuo
  • ZZ – Zandro Zulueta

You may access the schedule for the final round here:

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT CATEGORY A1 IS DISSOLVED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPANTS.

You may access the schedule here:

There is an update regarding prizes for the Piano Competition 2024:

Carmencita Arambulo Special Prize

This special prize may be given to only one participant with the best performance of any composition by Carmencita Arambulo which includes her Poeme and Oriental Gems, among others.

Mrs. Arambulo was an outstanding piano pedagogue who served as an officer at the PTGPFI for several years and remained active even after retirement.  The prize is courtesy of Mariel Ilusorio in memory of Mrs. Arambulo.

For the updated guidelines, please click HERE.

For students who wish to join the Piano Festival and missed the live auditions, worry not! We are opening online auditions until 10 February 2024. You may register through a Google Form by clicking HERE.

Check out the guidelines by clicking HERE.

The Piano Teachers’ Guild of the Philippines Foundation, Inc., will be hosting Piano Festival 2024 on 10 and 17 March 2024 (Sunday). Venue TBA. Auditions will be held at UP College of Music on 28 January 2024 (Sunday), and St. Paul University Manila on 4 February 2024 (Sunday).

You may access the guidelines HERE.

To maintain a smooth audition, we are requesting you to fill up any of the applicable forms where you can indicate where you choose to audition:

• SOLO FORM
• ENSEMBLE FORM

For the required forms (to be submitted on the audition), you may download the following links (the forms are formatted to fit an 8.5 x 13 sized paper)

The finalists for the Singapore International Young Piano Competition are as follows:

• AGE BASED CATEGORIES
  • Junior Group A
    • Arjun Isaac Chan-Halady
  • Junior Group B
    • William Matthew Lim
    • Io Aristotle Calica
  • Youth Group B
    • Dana Dominiq So
  • Youth Group C
    • Kaili Grace Chan-Halady
    • Jin Shi
• THEMED CATEGORY
  • William Matthew Lim
• ENSEMBLE CATEGORY
  • Darise Joella B. Manlangit / Israel Levi M. Umali

Click HERE for the mechanics regarding the final round (fees, venue, etc.). Congratulations!

The PTGPFI will once again be selecting the Philippine representatives for the Singapore International Competition Amateur Division. Please CLICK HERE for the key dates and mechanics.