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Prizes

1st Prize €20,000, sponsored by KPMG

2nd Prize €10,000, sponsored by Tom Corran

3rd Prize €5,000, sponsored by Stewart and Avice Harrington

The three main prizes awarded by the Jury will be based on performances in all rounds

The Joe McCullough Prize for Chamber Music of €2,000 will be awarded for the best performance of a piano quintet in the Semi-Final Round, sponsored by the McCullough Family

The Ita Stephens Prize for Beethoven of €2,000 will be awarded to the best performance of a work by Beethoven in any round of the Competition, sponsored by Fiona Eogan

The DIPC Founders Prize of €2,000, in honour of the four Founders of the DIPC and in memory of Ida Delamer, will be awarded to the best performance of the Commissioned Work by an Irish Composer in the Quarter-Final Round

The Charles J. Brennan Prize of €1,500 and the McCullough Bursary of €8,000 will be awarded to the highest-placed Irish competitor in the Competition

A prize of €1,000 each will be awarded to the five semi-finalists not admitted to the finals. These are sponsored by Siobhán Brady,  Colma Brioscú, Hilary Collins, and Brenda and David Wilkes

Click here to see the list of Engagements offered in principle by the DIPC.

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