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. Its first edition took place from June 14–19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.

1st edition - 2009

Jury

• Volker Banfield
• David Dubal
• Roland Keller
• Anne Øland
• Liisa Pohjola
• Alberto Portugheis
• Einar Steen-Nøkleberg
• Tamás Vásáry

Palmares

Competition results, by rounds

• 1st Round, June 14–15. University of Tromsø's Conservatory

• 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

• 2nd Round, June 16–17.

• Charlie Albright
• Julie Coucheron
• Boris Feiner
• ** Yaron Kohlberg
• Kristian Lindberg
• Maria Masycheva
• Evelina Puzaitė
• Mayumi Sakamoto
• Serhiy Salov
• Mariangela Vacatello
• Ilya Yakushev

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

References

• Alink-Argerich Foundation - Competition Results