International Institute for Young Musicians

The International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) Summer Music Academy is a summer music camp for young pianists of the highest caliber.

Founded in 1990 by University of Kansas professor Scott McBride Smith, the IIYM has grown to become an internationally renowned summer camp that attracts high-level teenage pianists from around the world, mostly from around the United States, China, and Canada. Many of the camp's students have won national and international piano competitions, performed with orchestras, and study at some of the top pre-college music programs in the United States. Since 2004, IIYM has included an annual International Piano Competition. 14 semifinalists are chosen through video prescreening rounds to compete in the live competition, with 6 contestants advancing into the finals. Prizes total up to $25,000. The prizewinners of the competition are immediately rewarded with performances in the local area.

For students, day-to-day life at the camp includes piano practice, private lessons with faculty, and classes in music recording, music theory, and composition. Through the approval of faculty members, students are permitted to sign-up for student recitals, which take place in the late afternoons and evenings.

Many former students of the IIYM have continued their music studies at top-level conservatories, and achieved recognition at the National YoungArts, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Art Livre Competition in Brazil, the Hammamatsu Competition in Japan, Gina Bachauer Competition at Juilliard, the Chinese Arts Competition, and in contests sponsored by the American String Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association of the United States.

The summer camp takes place annually on the campus of the University of Kansas in July. Students are housed on the dormitories of the University, with most activities taking place in the music building.

Faculty

The IIYM's faculty primarily consists of University of Kansas piano faculty, as well as several visiting professors from all across the United States.

IIYM International Piano Competition Prizewinners

Since its inception in 2004, many the competition's former laureates have gone onto achieve significant success on the international concert stage.

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References

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