Top of the World International Piano Competition
The Top of the World IPC was a biennial international piano competition in Tromsø, Norway from 2009–2019. Its first edition took place from June 14–19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.
1st edition - 2009
Jury
- * Volker Banfield
- * David Dubal
- * Roland Keller
- * Anne Øland
- * Liisa Pohjola
- * Alberto Portugheis
- * Einar Steen-Nøkleberg
- * Tamás Vásáry
Competition results, by rounds
1st Round, June 14–15. University of Tromsø's ConservatoryCharlie Albright Julie Coucheron Boris Feiner- ** Jun Ishimura Yaron Kohlberg
- Dimitris Kostopoulos Kristian Lindberg
- Piotr Machnik Maria Masycheva
- Mikhail Mordvinov
- Roberto Plano
- Vassily Primakov Evelina Puzaitė Mayumi Sakamoto Serhiy Salov
- Rikke Sandberg
- Nikolai Saratovsky
- Song Yang
- Vladimir Sverdlov Mariangela Vacatello Ilya Yakushev 2nd Round, June 16–17.
- Charlie Albright
- Julie Coucheron
- Boris Feiner
- ** Yaron Kohlberg
- Kristian Lindberg
- Maria Masycheva
- Evelina PuzaitėMayumi SakamotoSerhiy SalovMariangela Vacatello
- Ilya YakushevFinal, June 19.
- * Mayumi Sakamoto
- * Serhiy Salov
- * '''Mariangela Vacatello'''