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The Cleveland International Piano Competition is held over a 2-week period each odd-numbered year and attracts a field of more than 200 applicants from around the world. The impeccable reputation of the Competition places Cleveland in the top echelon of music competitions worldwide. In 2003, the Cleveland Competition was awarded five stars – the highest number possible – in Piano Competitions Worldwide by Gustav Alink, an internationally-recognized expert on music competitions. Of 420 piano competitions reviewed, only 31 received the prestigious five-star rating.Since 2003 the Competition’s four finalists have performed their concerto rounds with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall. It is the only piano competition in the world that has an orchestra of this world-class stature for its final rounds. The consequence has been far-reaching in the international music community, for potential candidates, and for the fortunate audiences in Cleveland. "The participation of the Cleveland Orchestra puts the Cleveland competition galaxies away from the rest of the world’s 600 or so piano competitions." The Plain Dealer July, 2003 The Competition presents a first prize of $50,000 -- the largest cash award offered by any international piano competition in the world. The award is known as the Mixon First Prize in honor of its sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon. The first prize winner also is provided with a series of engagements under the auspices of the Competition, two years of management service, a compact disc recording on the Naxos label, and a New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center.
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