The Cliburn announces 30 competitors from around the world to perform in Fort Worth
On Wednesday The Cliburn announced 30 finalists from around the world to compete in Fort Worth for its 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
The 30 finalists, with competitors from the Unites States to Ukraine, were selected out of 388 applicants. The finalists are set to compete at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth from June 2-18.
“The 30 competitors we announce today were selected solely on their artistry,” Cliburn President and CEO Jacques Marquis said in a statement. The list of finalists includes pianists from Russia, which is currently sanctioned by the U.S. amid the Russia and Ukraine war.
“The Cliburn must and will remain true to its mission as an artist-supporting cultural institution, and we are dedicated to the power of this artform to transcend boundaries,” Marquis said in the statement. “We make no distinction between non-political artists based on their nationality, gender, or ethnicity. We stand firmly with the music community around the globe in its commitment to these ideals.”
Marquis went on to say that The Cliburn stands with “the valiant Ukrainians” and said what is happening in their homeland “goes against everything that humankind should stand for.”
Here is the list of competitors:
- Tianxu An, China, age 23
- Yangrui Cai, China, 21
- Albert Cano Smit, Spain/Netherlands, 25
- Dmytro Choni, Ukraine, 28
- Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 23
- Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31
- Francesco Granata, Italy, 23
- Arseniy Gusev, Russia, 23
- Masaya Kamei, Japan, 20
- Uladzislau Khandohi, Belarus, 20
- Honggi Kim, South Korea, 30
- Elizaveta Kliuchereva, Russia, 23
- Shuan Hern Lee, Australia, 19
- Andrew Li, United States, 22
- Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
- Denis Linnik, Belarus, 26
- Kate Liu, United States, 28
- Ziyu Liu, China, 24
- Jonathan Mak, Canada, 25
- Georgijs Osokins, Latvia, 27
- Jinhyung Park, South Korea, 26
- Changyong Shin, South Korea, 28
- Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27
- Vitaly Starikov, Russia, 27
- Clayton Stephenson, United States, 23
- Yutong Sun, China, 26
- Marcel Tadokoro, France/Japan, 28
- Sergey Tanin, Russia, 26
- Yuki Yoshimi, Japan, 22
- Xiaolu Zang, China, 22
This story was originally published March 31, 2022 at 12:49 PM.
