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Due to the inability to raise the required $300,000 to continue the competition for the coming years, the competition was forced to discontinue the event after their 60th anniversary.

Jack Rouse, who was chairman of the board for the competition, hopes the competition would be able to eventually find its way back in a financially viable state.

The World Piano Competition has been featuring performers from across the globe since 1956.

The competition was partnered with two musical organizations also located in Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

The organization was granted their non-profit, tax-exempt status in 1985.

The mission of the World Piano Organization was, "to inspire and positively impact our diverse communities with the joy and power of piano music, and celebrate and support young artists, locally and internationally, as they begin their careers."

The competition gained international traction when a photo of a bloody piano was shared nearly 4,000 times on Facebook.

The grand prize in 2015 included $45,000 and a recital in New York.

2015 Competition

 * Winners
 * Gold, Artem Yasynskyy
 * Jury
 * Akemi Alink-Yamamoto
 * Jura Margulis
 * Yoshikazu Nagai
 * Boris Slutsky
 * Frank Weinstock

2014 Competition

 * Winners
 * Gold, Moye Chen
 * Co-bronze, Feng Bian
 * Co-bronze, Reed Tetzloff
 * Jury
 * Frederic Chiu
 * Hee Sung Joo
 * Yoshikazu Nagai
 * Ursula Oppens
 * Andrey Pisarev