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The PianoArts North American Piano Competition and Music Festival is a biennial piano event based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The competition is open to pianists, ages 16-20, who live or study in North America. Twelve semifinalists are chosen by a preliminary jury to travel to Milwaukee in early June for a week of coachings, master classes, rehearsals and performances. Semifinalists compete for prize money, scholarships, performance opportunities and fellowships to return to Wisconsin to present music education programs and concerts. Contestants perform duos with musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the finalists perform complete concertos with the orchestra. The semifinal competition and festival recitals are held at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. In 2014, the Finals and Awards Concert will be held June 11 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

History
In 1994, a group of musicians, educators, and music industry professionals came together to form the PianoArts organization. PianoArts aims to help young pianists nurture successful careers in classical music by developing skills both at the piano and by communicating with audiences about music. PianoArts held its first competition in 1999, which included speaking about and presenting performance pieces to diverse audiences, learning to work with chamber and orchestral musicians and conductors, and one-on-one conferencing with the judges.

Notable jurors for the competition have included: Peter Amstutz, Jean Barr, John Covelli, Douglas Dillon, Pavlina Dokovska, Robert Durso, Lee Dougherty, John Ellis, José Feghali, James Giles, Stewart L. Gordon, Joel Harrison, Judit Jaimes, Alexander Korsantia, Ludmila Lazar, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Victor Rosenbaum, Andrews Sill, Lori Sims, Boris Slutsky, Peter Takács, Christopher Taylor, Nelita True, and Diane Walsh

The 2014 jury is: Lydia Artymiw, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Andre-Michel Schub.

Winners
The first place winners for the PianoArts North American Competition have been:
 * 2012 - Sahun (Sam) Hong
 * 2010 - David Yoshiaki Ko
 * 2008 – Sejoon Park
 * 2006 – Michelle Naughton
 * 2005 – InSoo Jung
 * 2003 - Jie Chen
 * 2002 - Kevin Kordi
 * 2001 - Caleb Ng
 * 2000 - John Boonenberg
 * 1999 - Elizabeth Joy Roe