Past Competitions

The table below shows the dates and master teachers for each year since the first Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition in 1987.

For more information about the competition, visit the American Beethoven Society website.

Number Date Master Teacher
38 03/30/24 Eric Zivian
37 03/25/23 Nicholas Mathew
36 04/02/22 Ronald Brautigam
35 04/17/21 Stewart Goodyear
34 04/05/20 Julian Jacobson
33 04/07/19 Paul Lewis
32 04/08/18 Jon Nakamatsu
31 05/07/17 Ronald Brautigam
30 04/17/16 Jonathan Biss
29 03/14/15 Mari Kodama
28 03/08/14 Angela Hewitt
27 04/06/13 Stephan Moeller
26 04/21/12 Ronald Brautigam
25 05/01/11 Kirill Gerstein
24 04/18/10 Christopher O'Riley
23 02/28/09 Angela Hewitt
22 02/17/08 Craig Sheppard
21 04/15/07 John Perry
20 04/09/06 Menahem Pressler
19 04/24/05 Charles Rosen
18 04/10/04 Anton Kuerti
17 05/17/03 Ian Hobson
16 05/04/02 Russell Sherman
15 04/21/01 Malcolm Bilson
14 03/19/00 Robert Taub
13 04/25/99 Seymour Lipkin
12 05/03/98 John O'Conor
11 05/17/97 Daniel Pollack
10 05/19/96 Steve Lubin
9 04/08/95 Grant Johanessen
8 04/30/94 Christopher O'Riley
7 06/05/93 Yefim Bronfman
6 05/02/92 Garrick Ohlsson
5 04/06/91 Claude Frank
4 02/10/90 Malcolm Bilson
3 02/17/89 Richard Goode
2 05/21/88 Alfred Kanwischer
1 04/18/87 Jörg Demus