The Villafranca International Piano Competition (VIPC) was born in 2017 from an idea by Chiara Soave, pianist and teacher, and Antonio Granata, violinist and teacher. The organizational efforts took shape the following year, in 2018, with the first edition of the Piano Competition, named 'Concorso Musicale Città di Villafranca'. The event takes place in the beautiful 'Alida Ferrarini' hall and counts the participation of at least 70/80 Italian and foreign pianists every year.

The Competition is open to all professional pianists who want to measure themselves against other colleagues in order to develop a genuine and constructive spirit of competition, encouraging the development of musical art and their own talents.

From 2023 the "Concorso Musicale Città di Villafranca" becomes "Villafranca International Piano Competition" and from the following year Alessandro Pontarollo, pianist and philosopher, is added to the artistic direction.

The competition is divided into two sections: Categories and Piano Performance.