Karlovac Piano Festival is a diverse musical project taking place in Karlovac, Croatia. The festival is hosted by Karlovac Music School, which is the oldest musical institution in Croatia, founded in 1804.[1] The festival was established in 2013, and has been held annually during the month of July.[2] Its program consists of educational activities such as master-classes, individual lessons, as well as guest artist and student recitals.[3] Since 2014, the festival also features Karlovac International Piano Competition,[4] which in 2016 has been endorsed by Alink-Argerich Foundation.[5][6] The faculty and competition jury list includes Dang Thai Son,[7] Kemal Gekić, Anna Malikova, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Liu Shikun, Vladimir Viardo,[8] Piotr Paleczny,[9][10] and others.
Karlovac International Piano Competition
The list of First Prize winners:[11]
- 2014:
Karolina Nadolska / 
Maria Tretyakova, (tie) - 2015:
Lovre Marušić - 2016:
Hei Wan Rhythmie Wong - 2017: First Prize not awarded, Second Prize:
Maja Gombač - 2018:
Elena Ovcharenko - 2019:
Xu Guo
