On the morning that the first candidates started playing in the Reine Elisabeth competition in Brussels, the Chopin Competition chose to announce its candidates for October.
Some are apparently dropouts from Brussels.
The competition scene is nothing if not … competitive.
Here’s what the Chopianists have to say:
Here are the 85 names of the participants of the 19th Chopin Competition
The preliminary rounds of the 19th Chopin Competition concluded on 4 May at the Warsaw Philharmonic after 12 days of daily auditions. The jury, chaired by Professor Piotr Paleczny, selected 66 pianists, who will return to Warsaw in less than five months for the 19th Chopin Competition.
Additionally, 19 performers have been admitted directly to Stage I of the Competition without going through the preliminaries. These are laureates of selected piano competitions such as competitions in Leeds, Tel Aviv, Miami, Bolzano, Hamamatsu, the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, as well as the Fryderyk Chopin National Piano Competition in Warsaw.
In the first stage of the 19th Chopin Competition, we will hear 85 participants from 20 countries. The most represented countries are China, Japan, and Poland:
1. Piotr Alexewicz (Polska/Poland)
2. Jonas Aumiller (Niemcy/Germany)
3. Yanyan Bao (Chiny/China)
4. Michał Basista (Polska/Poland)
5. Kai-Min Chang (Chinese Taipei/Chińskie Tajpej)
6. Kevin Chen (Kanada/Canada)
7. Xuehong Chen (Chiny/China)
8. Zixi Chen (Chiny/China)
9. Hoi Leong Cheong (Chiny, Portugalia / China, Portugal)
10. Diana Cooper (Francja, Wielka Brytania/France, Great Britain)
11. Athena Deng (Kanada/Canada)
12. Yubo Deng (Chiny/China)
13. Mateusz Dubiel (Polska/Poland)
14. Yu-Ang Fan (Chiny/China)
15. Alberto Ferro (Włochy/Italy)
16. Yang (Jack) Gao (Chiny/China)
17. Shuguang Gong (Chiny/China)
18. Eric Guo (Kanada/Canada)
19. Wei-Ting Hsieh (Chińskie Tajpej, Chinese Taipei)
20. Xiaoyu Hu (Chiny/China)
21. Hasan Ignatov (Bułgaria/Bulgaria)
22. Zihan Jin (Chiny/China)
23. Adam Kałduński (Polska/Poland)
24. David Khrikuli (Gruzja/Georgia)
25. Antoni Kłeczek (Polska, USA/Poland, USA)
26. Kaito Kobayashi (Japonia/Japan)
27. Mateusz Krzyżowski (Polska, Poland)
28. Shiori Kuwahara (Japonia/Japan)
29. Shushi Kyomasu (Japonia/Japan)
30. Hyo Lee (Korea Południowa/South Korea)
31. Hyuk Lee (Korea Południowa/South Korea)
32. Kwanwook Lee (Korea Południowa/South Korea)
33. Luwangzi Li (Chiny/China)
34. Tianyou Li (Chiny/China)
35. Xiaoxuan Li (Chiny/China)
36. Zhexiang Li (Chiny/China)
37. Hao-Wei Lin (Chińskie Tajpej/Chinese Taipei)
38. Pedro López Salas (Hiszpania/Spain)
39. Eric Lu (USA)
40. Philipp Lynov (neutralny/neutral)
41. Tianyao Lyu (Chiny/China)
42. Tiankun Ma (Chiny/China)
43. Xuanyi Mao (Chiny/China)
44. Ruben Micieli (Włochy/Italy)
45. Nathalia Milstein (Francja/France)
46. Yumeka Nakagawa (Japonia/Japan)
47. Yulia Nakashima (Japonia, Korea Południowa/Japan, South Korea)
48. Viêt Trung Nguyên (Polska, Wietnam/Poland, Vietnam)
49. Yuya Nishimoto (Japonia/Japan)
50. Vincent Ong (Malezja/Malaysia)
51. Arisa Onoda (Japonia/Japan)
52. Piotr Pawlak (Polska/Poland)
53. Yehuda Prokopowicz (Polska/Poland)
54. Hao Rao (Chiny/China)
55. Anthony Ratinov (USA)
56. Zuzanna Sejbuk (Polska/Poland)
57. Jun Shimada (Japonia/Japan)
58. Miyu Shindo (Japonia/Japan)
59. Mana Shoji (Japonia/Japan)
60. Vitaly Starikov (Izrael/Israel)
61. Gabriele Strata (Włochy/Italia)
62. Eva Strejcová (Czechy/Czechia)
63. Ziye Tao (Chiny/China)
64. Chun Lam U (Chiny/China)
65. Tomoharu Ushida (Japonia/Japan)
66. Ryan Wang (Kanada/Canada)
67. Zitong Wang (Chiny/China)
68. Jan Widlarz (Polska/Poland)
69. Andrzej Wierciński (Polska/Poland)
70. Krzysztof Wierciński (Polska/Poland)
71. Victoria Wong (USA, Kanada/USA Canada)
72. Maiqi Wu (Chiny/China)
73. Yifan Wu (Chiny/China)
74. Miki Yamagata (Japonia/Japan)
75. Ryota Yamazaki (Japonia/Japan)
76. Fanze Yang (Chiny/China)
77. William Yang (USA)
78. Yuanfan Yang (Wielka Brytania/Great Britain)
79. Yichen Yu (Chiny/China)
80. Yuewen Yu (Chiny/China)
81. Andrey Zenin (neutralny/neutral)
82. Jacky Xiaoyu Zhang (Wielka Brytania/Great Britain)
83. Yonghuan Zhong (Chiny/China)
84. Hanyuan Zhu (Chiny/China)
85. Jingting Zhu (Chiny/China)
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