The prestigious international Van Cliburn piano competition, now in its seventeen year, sees 77 pianists representing 22 countries and regions selected to perform during the event, which runs from the 16th to the 22nd March this year.
The 77 were selected from an applicant pool of 340 pianists, and will perform at the live screening auditions in Forth Worth.
The final competition takes place from 21st May to 7th June 2025.
The musicians are:
- Alexander Agate, United States, age 30
- Piotr Alexewicz, Poland, 25
- Jonas Aumiller, Germany, 26
- Ádám Balogh, Hungary, 27
- Rachel Breen, United States, 28
- Alice Burla, Canada, 28
- Yangrui Cai, China, 24
- Elia Cecino, Italy, 23
- Kai-Min Chang, Taiwan/China, 24
- Xuehong Chen, China, 25
- Yanjun Chen, China, 23
- Jiarui Cheng, China, 26
- Wooyoung Cho, South Korea, 24
- Alexander Doronin, Russia, 22
- Shangru Du, China, 27
- Zhengyang Fan, China, 21
- Roman Fediurko, Ukraine, 20
- Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 26
- Yang (Jack) Gao, China, 21
- Miao Gao, China, 25
- Yungyung Guo, China, 21
- Derek Hartman, United States, 27
- Magdalene Ho, Malaysia, 21
- Yi-Chung Huang, Taiwan/China, 23
- Yi-Teng Huang, Taiwan/China, 26
- Hyun-gyu Ji, South Korea, 23
- Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
- Xiaofu Ju, China, 25
- Mikhail Kambarov, Russia, 24
- David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
- Hyelim Kim, South Korea, 28
- Jeongjin Kim, South Korea, 27
- Saehyun Kim, South Korea, 18
- Song Hyeon Kim, South Korea, 22
- Aleksandr Kliuchko, Russia, 24
- Maxim Lando, United States, 22
- Saebeom Lee, South Korea, 29
- Yu Lei, China, 20
- Daumants Liepi?š, Latvia, 30
- Ziyu Liu, China, 27
- Pedro López Salas, Spain, 27
- Jiaqing Luo, China, 25
- Philipp Lynov, Russia, 26
- Jonathan Mamora, United States, 30
- Callum McLachlan, United Kingdom, 26
- Aidan Mikdad, Netherlands, 23
- Jiaxin Min, China, 29
- Andrea Molteni, Italy, 27
- Shunta Morimoto, Japan, 20
- Georgijs Osokins, Latvia, 30
- Evren Ozel, United States, 26
- Chaeyoung Park, South Korea, 27
- Élisabeth Pion, Canada/United Kingdom, 29
- Korkmaz Can Sa?lam, Turkey, 25
- Aristo Sham, Hong Kong/China, 29
- Mariamna Sherling, Israel, 24
- Kotaro Shigemori, Japan, 25
- Hyojin Shin, South Korea, 28
- Vitaly Starikov, Israel/Russia, 30
- Szuyu Su, Taiwan/China, 27
- Yutong Sun, China, 29
- Kiron Atom Tellian, Austria, 22
- Julian Trevelyan, United Kingdom, 26
- Anastasia Vorotnaya, Russia, 30
- Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
- Arthur Wang, Canada, 24
- Wynona Yinuo Wang, China, 28
- Zitong Wang, China, 26
- Xuanxiang Wu, China, 18
- Yifan Wu, China, 20
- Zihao Wu, China, 27
- Ryota Yamazaki, Japan, 26
- Jialin Yao, China, 26
- Sung Ho Yoo, South Korea, 28
- Yichen Yu, China, 22
- Angie Zhang, United States, 29
- Noah Zhou, United Kingdom, 24
Ages range from 18 to 30 years. 18 participants are female, 59 male. The most represented countries are China, South Korea and the US.
