The 24 competitors were announced today, 9 of them female.
Dismally, only one British candidate was considered worthy. It’s a clear verdict on the present state of UK music education.
Here’s the list:
Kai-Min Chang, 23, Taiwan
Xuehong Chen, 24, China
Junyan Chen, 23, China
Woo Young Cho, 23, South Korea
Dina Ivanova, 29, Russia
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, 24, Canada
Carter Johnson, 27, Canada
Elizaveta Kliuchereva, 24, Russia
Shinyoung Lee, 26, South Korea
Pedro López Salas, 26, Spain
Khanh Nhi Luong, 27, Vietnam
Philipp Lynov, 25, Russia
Nicholas Margarit, 24, Australia
Nagino Maruyama, 24, Japan
Callum McLachlan Page, 25, UK (pic)
Jan Nikovich, 22, Croatia
Tianlin Shen, 25, China
Shunshun Tie, 23, China
Tomoharu Ushida, 24, Japan
Gabriel Yeo, 25, Germany
Sung Ho Yoo, 27, South Korea
Tiankai Yu, 24, China
Angie Zhang, 28, US
Ryan Zhu 20, Canada
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