Scottish International Piano Competition

The Scottish International Piano Competition is a classical piano competition established in 1986 and taking place every three years in Glasgow, UK.

Winners are awarded a £15,000 prize on top of the prestigious title.

[1] Previous winners include Sergei Babayan (1992), Alexander Kobrin (1998), Tanya Gabrielian (2004) and Oxana Shevchenko (2010).

[2][3] After being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition resumed in September 2023, following a slightly different format: influenced by the online shift of many activities during the pandemic, and to reduce the competition's carbon footprint, all 216 entrants first had to submit a 40-minute videoed programme, 30 of whom were then selected to take part in the competition in Glasgow.

[4] Preliminary stages recitals were held in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, while the final, for which the last three participants had to play a concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, took place in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.