Announcing the Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival

ICPF is the first festival with the collaborative instrumental pianist in the foreground.

Next week the classrooms and recital halls will be filled with sounds from the first annual Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival at Carnegie Mellon University. The ICPF is a festival with the collaborative instrumental pianist in the foreground. This festival was designed to provide collaborative pianists, both new and seasoned, the opportunity to explore all aspects of the collaborative piano world, and to work with renowned faculty and professionals. The ICPF is prepared to host master classes, lessons, workshops, and much more. 

The Faculty Gala Recital, the ICPF keynote event, will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Guest artists Anne Martindale-Williams, (cello) Dennis O’Boyle, (violin) and the winner of the Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival Competition will join faculty members in a full evening of collaborative music. Please see below for a link to the recital and festival program.

ICPF 2019 Faculty
Luz Manríquez – Artistic Director, Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival; Professor of Collaborative Piano, Carnegie Mellon University
Vincent DeVries – Co-Director, Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival; Professor of Piano and Collaborative Studies at Yonsei University College of Music
Allison Gagnon – Guest Artist, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Collaborative Piano Department Chair
Sung-Im Kim – Artist Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at Carnegie Mellon University; faculty, Carnegie Mellon University Preparatory School
Rodrigo Ojeda – Assistant Teaching Professor of Collaborative Piano, Coaching and Accompanying at Carnegie Mellon University; piano faculty member CMU Music Preparatory School
Peter Stumpf – Piano Technician, Owner Pittsburgh Steinway 
*Please visit the ICPF website for more information on faculty members 

ICPF Festival Competition
The 2019 Instrumental Collaborative Piano Festival Competition will also take place next week. Performers of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds will compete on Monday, June 24, 2019, in Kresge Theatre. The winner will receive $500 and perform the 1st movement of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 49 with Dennis O’Boyle and Anne Martindale-Williams on Wednesday. 

ICPF Festival Competition
Monday, June 24, 2019 
7:00 PM | Kresge Theatre
Free and open to the public. No ticket required.