First Round Results Announced at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition Warsaw

Minutes ago, the Chopin International Piano Competition Warsaw just announced the 45 pianists who made it to the second round of the competition.

The First Round of the competition started on Sunday, Oct 3rd, and finished today. During the first round, each contestant was asked to play 2 fast etudes (selected from a list of 14 etudes), 1 slow piece (a nocturne or a slow etude from a list of 12 works), and one additional piece was chosen from the 4 ballades, 4 scherzi, the Barcarolle, or Fantasy in F minor.

Below is a complete list of pianists who participated in the first round. The names of the pianists who advanced to the second round are in bold:

1. Piotr Alexewicz, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
2. Leonora Armellini, Italy (Performance Videos: First Round)
3. J J Jun Li Bui, Canada (Performance Videos: First Round)
4. Michelle Candotti, Italy (Performance Videos: First Round)
5. Kai-Min Chang, Chinese Taipei (Performance Videos: First Round)
6. Junhui Chen, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
7. Xuehong Chen, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
8. Zixi Chen, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
9. Hyounglok Choi, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
10. Federico Gad Crema, Italy (Performance Videos: First Round)
11. Aleksandra H. Dąbek, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
12. Alberto Ferro, Italy (Performance Videos: First Round)
13. Yasuko Furumi, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
14. Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia (Performance Videos: First Round)
15. Avery Gagliano, U.S.A. (Performance Videos: First Round)
16. Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain (Performance Videos: First Round)
17. Eva Gevorgyan, Russia/Armenia (Performance Videos: First Round)
18. Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan, Cuba (Performance Videos: First Round)
19. Joanna Goranko, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
20. Chelsea Guo, U.S.A. (Performance Videos: First Round)
21. Eric Guo, Canada (Performance Videos: First Round)
22. Saaya Hara, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
23. Yifan Hou, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
24. Wei-Ting Hsieh, Chinese Taipei (Performance Videos: First Round)
25. Kaoruko Igarashi, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
26. Riko Imai, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
27. Junichi Ito, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
28. Asaki Iwai, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
29. San Jittakarn, Thailand (Performance Videos: First Round)
30. Jooyeon Ka, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
31. Adam Kałduński, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
32. Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia (Performance Videos: First Round)
33. Su Yeon Kim, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
34. Aimi Kobayashi, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
35. Mateusz Krzyżowski, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
36. Jakub Kuszlik, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
37. Shushi Kyomasu, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
38. Hyuk Lee, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
39. Jaeyoon Lee, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
40. Xiaoxuan Li, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
41. Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada (Performance Videos: First Round)
42. Julia Łozowska, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
43. Xuanyi Mao, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
44. Tomasz Marut, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
45. Yupeng Mei, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
46. Arsenii Mun, Russia (Performance Videos: First Round)
47. Szymon Nehring, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
48. Viet Trung Nguyen, Vietnam/Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
49. Georgijs Osokins, Latvia (Performance Videos: First Round)
50. Evren Ozel, U.S.A. (Performance Videos: First Round)
51. Kamil Pacholec, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
52. Jinhyung Park, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
53. Yeon-Min Park, South Korea (Performance Videos: First Round)
54. Piotr Pawlak, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
55. Jiana Peng, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
56. Leonardo Pierdomenico, Italy (Performance Videos: First Round)
57. Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
58. Hao Rao, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
59. Yangyang Ruan, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
60. Sohgo Sawada, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
61. Aristo Sham, China, Hong Kong (Performance Videos: First Round)
62. Miyu Shindo, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
63. Talon Smith, U.S.A. (Performance Videos: First Round)
64. Kyohei Sorita, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
65. Szuyu Su, Chinese Taipei (Performance Videos: First Round)
66. Hayato Sumino, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
67. Yutong Sun, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
68. Aleksandra Świgut, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
69. Rikono Takeda, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
70. Shun Shun Tie, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
71. Sarah Tuan, U.S.A. (Performance Videos: First Round)
72. Tomoharu Ushida, Japan (Performance Videos: First Round)
73. Chao Wang, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
74. Zitong Wang, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
75. Zijian Wei, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
76. Marcin Wieczorek, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
77. Andrzej Wierciński, Poland (Performance Videos: First Round)
78. Victoria Wong, Canada (Performance Videos: First Round)
79. Yuchong Wu, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
80. Lingfei (Stephan) Xie, Canada/China (Performance Videos: First Round)
81. Zi Xu, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
82. Yuanfan Yang, United Kingdom (Performance Videos: First Round)
83. Anastasia Yasko, Russia (Performance Videos: First Round)
84. Andrey Zenin, Russia (Performance Videos: First Round)
85. Boao Zhang, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
86. Yilan Zhao, China (Performance Videos: First Round)
87. Ziji Zhao, China (Performance Videos: First Round)

More information can be found on the Chopin Competition’s official website.

Did you watch the first round of the competition, and do you agree with these results? Feel free to comment below!