PYPA Piano Festival

PYPA Piano Festival Founded by concert pianist Charlotte Hu, PYPA presents high caliber concerts, master class & competition in Philadelphia.

Founded by concert pianist Ching-Yun Hu, PYPA presents high caliber concerts, masterclasses and workshops with international renowned pianists and pedagogues.

That’s a wrap! 🎉The 14th PYPA Piano Festival concluded with unforgettable performances, inspiring masterclasses, meaning...
08/03/2026

That’s a wrap! 🎉

The 14th PYPA Piano Festival concluded with unforgettable performances, inspiring masterclasses, meaningful friendships, and countless moments of artistic growth.

Thank you to our extraordinary faculty, dedicated young artists, generous supporters, devoted staff, families, and everyone who made this incredible journey possible. Here’s to another year of music, resilience, and inspiration. ❤️🎹

Until next year—see you at PYPA 2027!

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🎹 TONIGHT: Join us for the Closing Concert at the PYPA Piano Festival! The winners of the 2026 Philadelphia Internationa...
08/02/2026

🎹 TONIGHT: Join us for the Closing Concert at the PYPA Piano Festival! The winners of the 2026 Philadelphia International Piano Competition will perform in the final concert of the 10-day festival.

📅 Sunday, August 2 at 4:00 PM
📍 Academy of Vocal Arts

Don’t miss this amazing highlight of the festival! Grab your tickets and explore the full lineup of events at https://www.pypa.info/concert/p84wb31ocx6igao7rk1211efvtjc4e

08/01/2026

Avaline Wang, 12, shares her thoughts about this year’s festival so far. We love hearing about the young artists’ experiences!

Read more about our remaining events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

Pierre van der Westhuizen gave a masterclass today after judging the New Music competition! We are very grateful for eve...
08/01/2026

Pierre van der Westhuizen gave a masterclass today after judging the New Music competition! We are very grateful for everything he taught our young artists.

Discover more events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

Ben Laude gave a very interesting lecture, “Piano Interpretation in the Age of YouTube”, to our young artists this after...
08/01/2026

Ben Laude gave a very interesting lecture, “Piano Interpretation in the Age of YouTube”, to our young artists this afternoon at Steinway Philadelphia!

Thank you Ben for a wonderful residency!

More events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

Joyce Lindorff concluded her residency today with a masterclass, and she allowed the students to try the harpsichord as ...
08/01/2026

Joyce Lindorff concluded her residency today with a masterclass, and she allowed the students to try the harpsichord as well!

Thank you for joining us, Joyce!

Check out our remaining events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

08/01/2026

Belinda Zhu, 13, shares her thoughts about this year’s festival so far. We love hearing about the young artists’ experiences!

Read more about our remaining events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

08/01/2026

🎹 TONIGHT at 7:30pm: Join us at the Academy of Vocal Arts for “Chopin and Viardot: A Dialogue” at the PYPA Piano Festival! Pianist Charlotte Hu () and soprano Raquel González () present a wonderful program of solo piano works by Frédéric Chopin and piano-vocal works by Pauline Viardot.✨

Grab your tickets at https://www.pypa.info/concert/back-to-events-chopin-and-viardot-a-dialogue

08/01/2026

Emily Fang, 14, shares her thoughts about this year’s festival so far. We love hearing about the young artists’ experiences!

Read more about our remaining events at https://www.pypa.info/concert

Congratulations to Natalie Zhang, the New Music Prize winner of the Philadelphia International Piano Competition! Join u...
08/01/2026

Congratulations to Natalie Zhang, the New Music Prize winner of the Philadelphia International Piano Competition!

Join us for the remaining events of this year’s festival! More info at https://www.pypa.info/concert

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