Prizes
Steps to Bach
Prizewinners of the Steps to Bach section are awarded with a Diploma (no cash prize), with the exception of the First Prize winner of the Open Age Amateurs section who also receives: €350 and a Diploma.
The Bach Pianist
- The First Prize winner of each age category of The Bach Pianist section are awarded with a Diploma plus the following prizes:
- 6 years and under: €60 and Diploma
- 7 years and under: €60 and Diploma
- 8 years and under: €60 and Diploma
- 9 years and under: €80 and Diploma
- 10 years and under: €80 and Diploma
- 11 years and under: €100 and Diploma
- 12 years and under: €100 and Diploma
- 13 years and under: €120 and Diploma
- 14 years and under: €120 and Diploma
- 15 years and under: €240 and Diploma
- 16 years and under: €360 and Diploma
- Open Age Professionals: €800 and Diploma
____________________________________________ - Second – Fourth prizes may be shared, and consist of a Diploma.
- The PLAY BACH! International Online Piano Competition ranks every category separately.
- Each of the sections of the competition (Steps to Bach and The Bach Pianist) has it’s own prize structure.
- The 1st Prize must be awarded if there are 2 or more pianists competing in the same age category,
with the EXCEPTION of open ages categories. Participants are being evaluated on a high standard of performance. Thus, the jury is not obliged to award all the prizes. The first prize cannot be shared. - The names of the First Prize winners with their recordings will be uploaded onto the Competition’s YouTube Channel, including their teachers’ names and their countries of origin.
- Second – Fourth prizes may be shared.
- All prizewinners and their teachers (with names, cities, countries of origin) will be listed on the prizewinners’ page of the PLAY BACH! Online International Piano Competition.
- All prizewinners will receive a Diploma (see the difference between Steps to Bach and The Bach Pianist in Rules)
- Teachers of prizewinners will receive a certificate from the competition.
- All participants receive a participation certificate.
Prizes to candidates will be sent / transferred electronically.