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Three remaining pianists will perform with The Cleveland Orchestra July 22 at Severance Hall; winner earns $20,000 first prize.

Performances continue Wednesday in Oberlin, with top 3 advancing to Friday's Concerto Finals in Cleveland.

Pianists will perform in Concerto Round at Oberlin Tuesday, July 19. All Oberlin performances are free and open to the public.

Remaining artists will perform in Semifinal Round II on Monday, July 18. All Oberlin performances are free and open to the public.

Young pianists representing 8 countries and 14 U.S. states vie for $40,000 in cash prizes plus Oberlin scholarships.

Oberlin's summer music programs keep things lively while students are away.

15-year-old from Canada overcomes intense competition with a stunning performance of Tchaikovsky at Severance Hall.

A week of exceptional competition among the world’s finest young violinists culminates in an unforgettable Concerto Finals with the Cleveland Orchestra—and the first tie in Cooper history.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Orchestra are pleased to present the fourth annual Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, which will take place July 18-26, 2013 on the campus of Oberlin College & Conservatory and at Cleveland’s Severance Hall.

Leonardo Colafelice, a 16-year-old pianist from Altamura, Bari, Italy, is the first-prize winner of the 2012 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition. His stellar performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, with Jahja Ling conducting The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall on Friday, July 27, brought him the top prize of $10,000, one of the largest awards offered by an international youth competition. The prize includes concert engagements with orchestras in Beijing and Shanghai, China, and a full, four-year scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.