The Gurwitz

Tatiana Dorokhova not only won the Silver Medal at the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, she also was voted audience favorite. The pianist will be performing a free concert on Sunday, Oct. 13 at San Fernando Cathedral, and stopped by TPR this week to give us a preview, live on KPAC 88.3 FM.

Hear all three of the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition Finalists perform with the Mexico City Philharmonic in this program, recorded on Feb. 3, 2024.

With repertoire that included such varied fare as Franz Schubert’s sunny Sonata No. 21 and György Ligeti’s fiendishly difficult etude, “The Devil’s Staircase,” it's easy to see how the Gurwitz jurors awarded Yungyung Guo the Gold Medal.

The Russian-born pianist Tatiana Dorokhova wowed a full house at the Carver Center's Jo Long Theatre with her performance of San Antonio composer Aaron Prado's "El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil." Hear her complete Round I and Round III performances plus excerpts from Round II of the Gurwitz International Piano Competition.

The bronze medalist at this year's Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Young Sun Choi, plays music by Chopin, Mozart, Schumann, and San Antonio composer Aaron Prado in these excerpts from Rounds 1-3 of the competition.

The day before the fourth and final round of The 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, jury chair Scott Yoo brought three colleagues into the TPR studios to look forward to what happens next for the talented artists competing, and offer their optimistic thoughts about the classical music scene.

As part of The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, four of the jurors came together at the TPR studio for a wide-ranging conversation on art, discipline, and the lessons they've learned from a lifetime of music-making.

Over the course of one week beginning Jan. 26, music fans can hear some of the best pianists in the world perform at the Gurwitz International Piano Competition, which includes a focus on Latin American and Spanish music.

Round Two of The Gurwitz 2020 International Piano Competition began on Wednesday morning at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall on the Trinity University campus. Six…

On the second morning of competition at The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, judges and spectators were treated to the artistry of three talented…