Hastings International Piano wishes to appoint a Finance Director who will be a key part of our senior management team and lead all aspects of our financial strategy and management, budgeting and forecasting. The role will be part time and based in our Hastings office. You can find a full job description and details of […]

Many thanks to all those who have so generously donated prizes for our fundraising raffle. Tickets – £5 each, or £20 for 5 – will be available at our Picnic Concert at Fairlight Hall on Sunday 7 July. Here is a complete list of prizes. Tickets 2 tickets for Curtis Phill Hsu’s concert with the […]

REPORTS TO: GENERAL MANAGER Background Hastings International Piano is the charity that organises an international concerto competition for the top young pianists under 30. Aside from the competition, we run a diverse programme of concerts, education workshops and community events. Hastings International Piano operated as part of the Hastings Music Festival until we became an […]

We’re looking for a Communications Assistant to work with the Communications Director on all aspects of our communications. The role would be 2 days a week, based in our office on the first floor of the Observer building in Hastings. Hastings International Piano is the charity that organises an international concerto competition for the top […]

We’re delighted to announce that the overall winner of the 17th Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition is Curtis Phill Hsu. He won the coveted Sophia Guo First Prize with a scintillating performance of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op.23, convincing the international jury, chaired by Professor Vanessa Latarche, that he was the fitting overall winner […]

After leaving the competition, one of our 2024 competitors, Kyoshiro Hirama, was invited to visit Old Hastings House, a residential care home in the Old Town, on Wednesday 28 February 2024. The 25-year old Japanese pianist very kindly agreed to visit the home, where he played for more than 25 residents, in a programme that […]

We’ve had two fabulous days of semi-finals in Hastings with the brilliant young Southbank Sinfonia who accompanied our 10 semi-finalists in concertos by Mozart and Beethoven. The members of our hugely experienced and knowledgeable jury once again carefully considered each performance before casting their votes – and five competitors have been selected to go forward to the […]

Stage Two of the competition is now complete and we’re pleased to announce the ten competitors who are going through to the semi-finals.  We send our warmest wishes to those who are not going on to the next round and thank them all for taking part. In the meantime, we look forward to the next stage […]

Many congratulations to the 20 competitors who have been selected to go through to Stage Two of the competition.  Inevitably this means that some of our competitors will be going home. Of course, this is disappointing, but the standard this year has been incredibly high and the judges have had a difficult job on their hands! And […]

This year, we are delighted that the competition will be live-streamed once again by UCanPlay. Thanks to Sontronics, the sound quality will be even higher quality than in previous years, allowing you to experience the magic of the competition from your own home. The stream will be available on the homepage. Can’t watch live? Don’t […]

The wait is finally over. The 2024 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition has begun. All competitors are in Hastings eagerly awaiting their opportunity to wow audiences and compete for the ultimate prize. Keep an eye out on our social media channels as we keep you up to date on the progress of each competitor and […]

We were delighted to welcome ITV to film some of our wonderful launch event this afternoon where 2022 second-prize winner Thomas Kelly wowed commuters and supporters with a performance in an unlikely venue… Hastings Train Station. With a selection of music from Chopin to Scarlatti to crowd pleasers like ‘I do like to be beside […]