| Sussex International Piano Competition | |
|---|---|
 The Assembly Hall, Worthing in 2013 - competition venue | |
| Awarded for | Exceptional piano performance |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 2010 |
| Last awarded | 2018 |
| Website | www.sussexipc.co.uk/ |
The Sussex International Piano Competition is a music competition that takes place in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 2010 by Worthing Symphony Orchestra (WSO) artistic director and conductor John Gibbons.[1] It takes place at the Assembly Hall in Worthing, a venue noted for its acoustics,[1] which, according to the organisers, are some of the best in Europe.[2]
The competitors are accompanied by the Worthing Symphony Orchestra. The second edition of the competition was won by Poom Prommachart of Thailand,[3] who in the Grand Final played Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto.[4] The third edition of the competition was won by Varvara Tarasova of Russia who played Chopin's second piano concerto.[5] Yi-Yang Chen won the fourth edition of the competition having played Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in the Grand Final.[6]
The international jury for the second edition of the competition was drawn from across the music industry and included composer/pianist John McCabe (President of the British Music Society), Philip Fowke (UK), Yuki Negishi (Japan), Judith Clark (Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra) and the competition’s 2010 inaugural winner Arta Arnicane (Latvia).[3] Patrons of the event include Karl Jenkins, Rick Wakeman, and BBC presenters Katie Derham, Ken Bruce, John Inverdale and Eleanor Oldroyd.[1]
The jury for the third competition in 2015 included İdil Biret from Turkey and winner of the second Sussex International Piano Competition, Poom Prommachart.[7] The jury for the competition's fourth edition included previous winners Arta Arnicane (2010) and Varvara Tarasova (2015).[6]
