Price International Piano Competition

Piano Competition Details


On October 21, 2025, a winner will be announced who will receive a cash award of  $10,000 plus a Premium Management Contract with Price Attractions, along with a recording contract with Cicerone and a Carnegie Hall Debut. Applicants must submit a video of quality (does not need to be HD and could be an archival video) demonstrating outstanding ability and musical gifts in their own discipline.  Applicants may also audition live during Price Carnegie Auditions via PLIBTV, Price Virtual Concert Halls and colOrchestra.  This date will mark the 50th Anniversary of Atamian's 1st Prize victory in the 50th Anniversary NAUMBURG COMPETITIONS at Carnegie Hall in 1975!  It will also commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Naumburg Foundation. 


The competition is open to the following genres of music: classical, jazz, new age and cross-over. (See former Grand Prize Winners below!)


The deadline for entries is August 1, 2025.  The application fee that is required is $300US.


All videos should be sent to:


jack@priceattractions.com, anna@virtualconcerthalls.com and director@progressivemusicians.com


Live PLIBTV Auditions will be announced after the entry deadline.


The history of the competition can be viewed below.

Jack Price congratulates violinist Esther Abrami on winning the Jack Price 2018 International Competition!


Described as a 'rising star' by the Strings Magazine , Esther has performed Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Center in London. Her most recent performances as a soloist include a concert with the Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra in New York and recitals at the British Embassy in Paris and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. She was recently invited to perform at Classic FM Studios. 


Up-coming engagements include recitals in New York, Utah, Las Vegas, Spring Island (USA) and Paris (France) as well as concerts with orchestra in Vienna (Austria) and Leeds (UK). 


Vatelot Rampal violin competition at the Vatelot Rampal violin competition, at The Arts of Instrumental Performance Concert Series "The Arts of Strings" and at the IMKA International Music Competition. She has recently won the 2017 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. 


With over 100,000 followers, Esther's extensive and ever-growing Following through social media HAS led her to Become an ambassador for renowned music related brands Such As GEWA, D'Addario orchestral, Newzik and Beaumont Music as well as for fashion luxury brands Including Yves Saint -Laurent , Lancôme , Daniel Wellington , The Kooples and many others.


Born in France in 1996, Esther graduated from the Aix-en-Provence Conservatory at the age of 14. She continued her studies at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester with Jan Repko. In 2015, Esther began her undergraduate degree at the Royal College of Music in London and currently studies with Leonid Kerbel. This year she is representing the Royal College of Music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. 


Shmuel Ashkenasi, Alexander Markov, Carter Regina, Lewis Kaplan and Charlie Siem.


Esther plays on a Giuseppe Carlo Testore of Milan violin, dated ca. 1700, Giovanni Grancino label.

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