XVIII International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition - Preliminary Round - 12-23 July 2021
The
Preliminary Round of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw
starts on Monday 12 to 23 July. Nearly 160 pianists from all over the
world will compete in the Chamber Hall of the Polish National Philharmonic to
win their place among the 80 participants of the Chopin Competition.
Postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 18th Chopin Competition will be held from 2 to 23 October.
The
jury of the Competition Preliminaries are Lyudmil Angelov, Philippe Giusiano, Alberto
Nosé, Piotr Paleczny, Ewa Pobłocka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, John Rink, Marta
Sosińska-Janczewska, Wojciech Świtała, Stefan Wojtas, and Dina Yoffe.
Audition Schedule for the Preliminary Round.
All
the auditions will be streamed online in the Chopin Competition mobile app
available from AppStore (iOS and Google
Play Android), on the
Chopin2020.pl website (Multimedia tab),
on YouTube channel Chopin Institute, and on Smart TV app for Samsung
television sets.
87 pianists qualified to the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition!
The number of pianists qualified to the main competition by the Jury of the Preliminary includes 22 Chinese, 16 Polish, 14 Japanese, 7 South Korean, 6 Italian piano players as well as pianists from Armenia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Latvia, Russia, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Twice postponed due to the pandemic, the Preliminary of the Chopin Competition was held from 12 to 23 July 2021 in the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic.
More than 500 pianists from all over the world applied to the musical tournament and submitted their recordings. Of their number, 164 were admitted to the Preliminary. Finally, 151 pianists have taken part in the Preliminary, and presented programmes specified in the Rules and Regulations of the Competition to the members of the jury and to the Warsaw audience.
The list of participants qualified by the Jury of the Preliminary:
- Leonora Armellini, Italy
- J J Jun Li Bui, Canada
- Michelle Candotti, Italy
- Kai-Min Chang, Chinese Taipei
- Junhui Chen, China
- Xuehong Chen, China
- Zixi Chen, China
- Hyounglok Choi, South Korea
- Federico Gad Crema, Italy
- Aleksandra H. Dąbek, Poland
- Alberto Ferro, Italy
- Yasuko Furumi, Japan
- Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia
- Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain
- Eva Gevorgyan, Russia/Armenia
- Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan, Cuba
- Joanna Goranko, Poland
- Chelsea Guo, U.S.A.
- Eric Guo, Canada
- Saaya Hara, Japan
- Yifan Hou, China
- Wei-Ting Hsieh, Chinese Taipei
- Kaoruko Igarashi, Japan
- Riko Imai, Japan
- Junichi Ito, Japan
- Asaki Iwai, Japan
- San Jittakarn, Thailand
- Jooyeon Ka, South Korea
- Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia
- Su Yeon Kim, South Korea
- Aimi Kobayashi, Japan
- Mateusz Krzyżowski, Poland
- Jakub Kuszlik, Poland
- Shushi Kyomasu, Japan
- Hyuk Lee, South Korea
- Jaeyoon Lee, South Korea
- Xiaoxuan Li, China
- Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada
- Julia Łozowska, Poland
- Xuanyi Mao, China
- Tomasz Marut, Poland
- Yupeng Mei, China
- Arsenii Mun, Russia
- Viet Trung Nguyen, Vietnam/Poland
- Georgijs Osokins, Latvia
- Jinhyung Park, South Korea
- Yeon-Min Park, South Korea
- Jiana Peng, China
- Leonardo Pierdomenico, Italy
- Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
- Hao Rao, China
- Yangyang Ruan, China
- Sohgo Sawada, Japan
- Aristo Sham, China, Hong Kong
- Miyu Shindo, Japan
- Talon Smith, U.S.A.
- Kyohei Sorita, Japan
- Szuyu Su, Chinese Taipei
- Hayato Sumino, Japan
- Aleksandra Świgut, Poland
- Rikono Takeda, Japan
- Shun Shun Tie, China
- Sarah Tuan, U.S.A.
- Chao Wang, China
- Zitong Wang, China
- Zijian Wei, China
- Marcin Wieczorek, Poland
- Andrzej Wierciński, Poland
- Victoria Wong, Canada
- Yuchong Wu, China
- Lingfei (Stephan) Xie, Canada/China
- Zi Xu, China
- Yuanfan Yang, United Kingdom
- Anastasia Yasko, Russia
- Andrey Zenin, Russia
- Boao Zhang, China
- Yilan Zhao, China
- Ziji Zhao, China
Additionally, nine pianists have qualified to the Chopin Competition bypassing the Preliminary by winning major piano competitions:
- Piotr Alexewicz, Poland (1 award, All Polish Piano Competition 2020, Warsaw)
- Avery Gagliano, U.S.A. (1 award, Miami 2020)
- Adam Kałduński, Poland (1 award, Beijing 2019 and 2 award All Polish Piano Competition 2020, Warsaw)
- Szymon Nehring, Poland (2 award, Tel-Aviv, 2017)
- Evren Ozel, U.S.A. (2 award, Miami 2020)
- Kamil Pacholec, Poland (2 award, Bydgoszcz, 2019)
- Piotr Pawlak, Poland (1 award, Darmstadt 2017 and 2 award All Polish Competition, Warsaw 2020)
- Yutong Sun, China (2 award, Santander 2018)
- Tomoharu Ushida, Japan (2 award, Hamamatsu 2018)
The Polish Chopin Institute, organiser of the Chopin Competition, informs that this year’s preliminary has enjoyed record popularity among music lovers and web surfers. Despite the pandemic, the tickets to nearly all the auditions of the Preliminary sold out long ago, while the online transmissions boast more than 4 million views so far. People from all over the world have accompanied the contenders online, and have watched the videos for over 700,000 hours, which corresponds to nearly 80 years of continuous watching.
The official inauguration of the Chopin Competition is slated for 2 October and will take place at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall. The auditions will commence on 3 and end on 20 October. The crowning of the event will be the Grand Awards Gala with a concert by the winners, which will take place on 21 October at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera. The winner of the competition will receive the Gold Medal and the First Prize of €40,000.
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