Top of the World International Piano Competition

The Top of the World IPC was a biennial international piano competition in Tromsø, Norway from 2009–2019.[1] Its first edition took place from June 14–19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.

1st edition - 2009

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Jury

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Palmares

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Winner
1st Grand Prize   Mariangela Vacatello
2nd Prize   Mayumi Sakamoto
3rd Prize   Serhiy Salov

Competition results, by rounds

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    •   Charlie Albright
    •   Julie Coucheron
    •     Boris Feiner
    • **   Jun Ishimura
    •   Yaron Kohlberg
    •   Dimitris Kostopoulos
    •   Kristian Lindberg
    •   Piotr Machnik
    •   Maria Masycheva
    •   Mikhail Mordvinov
    •   Roberto Plano
    •   Vassily Primakov
    •   Evelina Puzaitė
    •   Mayumi Sakamoto
    •   Serhiy Salov
    •   Rikke Sandberg
    •   Nikolai Saratovsky
    •   Song Yang
    •   Vladimir Sverdlov
    •   Mariangela Vacatello
    •   Ilya Yakushev



  • Final, June 19.
    •   Mayumi Sakamoto
    •   Serhiy Salov
    •   Mariangela Vacatello

References

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  1. ^ "Final announcement". Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. The board of the Top of the World International Piano Competition has decided to suspend future competitions indefinitely. While we are all very unsure how the future health and financial situation will develop, the board continues to strive for the competition's continuation at the appropriate time. 18 brilliant pianists have been awarded prizes through the years of 2009-2019, you may listen to their excellent performances on YouTube.