18 pianists selected to advance to Van Cliburn Piano Competition quarterfinals
Eighteen of the best pianists from around the world have been selected to advance in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, heading to the quarterfinals.
The Cliburn, a competition hosted in Fort Worth once every four years, started with 30 competitors from countries including the U.S., South Korea, Ukraine, Canada, Japan, China, Russia and Belarus. Those 30 were selected from 388 applicants from across 51 countries.
The 2022 competition started on Thursday and ends June 18.
The 16th iteration of the competition was originally scheduled for last year but was postponed to this month due to the pandemic.
The six finalists will take the stage June 14-18 for two concertos with the orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop. The medalists are announced at a 7 p.m. awards ceremony on June 18.
The quarterfinalists are, in the random order in which they were announced:
- Ilya Shmukler, 27, of Russia
- Masaya Kamei, 20, of Japan
- Changyong Shin, 28, of South Korea
- Andrew Li, 22, of the United States
- Uladzislau Khandohi, 20, of Belarus
- Anna Geniushene, 31, of Russia
- Frederico Gad Crema, 23, of Italy
- Dmytro Choni, 28, of Ukraine
- Marcel Tadokoro, 28, of France and Japan
- Yuki Yoshimi, 22, of Japan
- Kate Liu, 28, of the United States
- Albert Cano Smit, 25, of Spain and Netherlands
- Honggi Kim, 30, of South Korea
- Yutong Sun, 26, of China
- Clayton Stephenson, 23, of the United States
- Denis Linnik, 26, of Belarus
- Yunchan Lim, 18, of South Korea
- Jinhyung Park, 26, of South Korea
Competitors will perform in the quarterfinals Sunday and Monday.
More than 5,000 people attended the competition and online streams and videos had more than 1 million views.
The quarterfinals schedule
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2022
Quarterfinal Recital 1
10 a.m. Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31
10:45 a.m. Andrew Li, United States, 22
20-minute intermission
11:45 a.m. Denis Linnik, Belarus, 26
Quarterfinal Recital 2
2:30 p.m. Masaya Kamei, Japan, 20
3:15 p.m. Clayton Stephenson, United States, 23
20-minute intermission
4:15 p.m. Albert Cano Smit, Spain/Netherlands, 25
Quarterfinal Recital 3
7:30 p.m. Yuki Yoshimi, Japan, 22
8:15 p.m. Uladzislau Khandohi, Belarus, 20
20-minute intermission
9:15 p.m. Yutong Sun, China, 26
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022
Quarterfinal Recital 4
10 a.m. Marcel Tadokoro, France/Japan, 28
10:45 a.m. Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 23
20-minute intermission
11:45 a.m. Honggi Kim, South Korea, 30
Quarterfinal Recital 5
2:30 p.m. Kate Liu, United States, 28
3:15 p.m. Jinhyung Park, South Korea, 26
20-minute intermission
4:15 p.m. Dmytro Choni, Ukraine, 28
Quarterfinal Recital 6
7:30 p.m. Changyong Shin, South Korea, 28
8:15 p.m. Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27
20-minute intermission
9:15 p.m. Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
How to stream the competition online
The performances will be broadcast on YouTube. To watch on YouTube, visit youtube.com/thecliburn. Or just enter “The Cliburn” on either platform.
The competition can also be streamed on The Cliburn’s website, Cliburn.org.
Where to buy tickets
Tickets can be purchased at basshall.com/tickets--events/the-cliburn. Prices start at $15.
The competition quarterfinals are held at TCU’s Van Cliburn Concert Hall.
Semifinalists will be announced on Monday.
The winner of the competition will receive a $100,000 award.
This story was originally published June 4, 2022 at 11:14 PM.