Guidelines for Passive Participants of the Festival



● Application Deadline: December 20, 2025 at 24:00 (Taiwan Local Time)
● Tuition Fee:  US$ 500.
● If you are accompanying parents or teachers of the selected participant, the Tuition Fee will be: US$ 400.
● Passive Auditor can audit all lessons freely.
● Participates will receive all the Promising Star Concert & Competition sessions, one ticket to each of the following concerts: Alexander Kobrin Piano Recital (January 31), William Youn Piano Recital, and Hisako Kawamura Piano Recital with 7 tickets in total.
● If you don’t wish to register as a passive auditor, you may still purchase a pass to audit the lessons at the festival site, yet it doesn’t include tickets for the concerts, and the package price of the passive participants is much better.
● If participants need the organizer to provide accommodations, the accommodation fee will be US$ 520 per person (from 30 Jan. (check-in) - 11 Feb. (Check out), 12 nights in total. Two Participants share a room.) per person for the entire duration of the festival.
​● Breakfast is not included in the accommodation. If needed, you may purchase it directly from the hotel reception.
● Participants requiring meals may place orders and make payments at the first-floor counter near the entrance. The ordering deadlines are 10:30 AM for lunch and 2:00 PM for dinner. Meals can be picked up at 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. 
Meal ordering service will not be provided on the following time:  
-January 31 – Lunch (10:30 Opening Ceremony & Registration, Reception) and Dinner (19:30 Alexander Kobrin Piano Recital)
-February 1 – Dinner (19:30 William Youn Piano Recital)
-February 5–7 – Lunch and Dinner (Lectures, Promising star concert & competition, and Hisako Kawamura Piano Recital)
-February 10 – Dinner (Closing Banquet)

​The accommodation for 2026 IMPF participants
Center for Public and Business Administration Education, National Chengchi Univsersity, AKA Taipei Hotel 
No. 187, Jinhua St., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106304 , Taiwan 
​**Check-in date for boarding students is January 30, and check-out date is February 11.
**Detailed information about masterclasses and concerts will be updated during the time. 

● There will be no refund cancelling after December 27, 2025.
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