Cliburn Competitors Chooses Six Russian Pianists To Compete

Cliburn Competition Chooses Six Russian Pianists To Compete

The Cliburn has introduced the 30 younger pianists who will take part within the sixteenth Van Cliburn Worldwide Piano Competitors. Amongst them will probably be Dmytro Choni, a 28-year-old Ukrainian who auditioned right here whereas his household fled Kyiv in the course of the siege.

The Kyiv-born Choni is at present primarily based in Graz, Austria, however has family and friends members in Ukraine. He stated in the course of the auditions that he “tried to only concentrate on the music.”

The usually quadrennial competitors, delayed one yr by the coronavirus pandemic, will probably be held June 2-18 in Fort Value.

Seventy-two opponents had been chosen from 388 worldwide candidates for screening auditions held March 6-12 at Texas Christian College’s PepsiCo Recital Corridor.

Russians make up the most important group of opponents by nation, with six, adopted by China with 5. 4 pianists are coming from South Korea and three from the USA.

Whereas some arts organizations protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine by boycotting Russian performers and ensembles, the Cliburn isn’t doing so.

Whereas decrying the invasion, a press release from the Cliburn says the Russian-born pianists “should not officers of their authorities, neither is their participation within the Cliburn state-sponsored. Due to this fact, within the imaginative and prescient of our namesake and inspiration, Van Cliburn, and our mandate to assist younger artists — which is the very core of our mission — the Russian-born pianists will probably be allowed to audition for the Cliburn Competitors.”

The competitors will comprise 4 rounds, together with solo recitals and concerto performances with the Fort Value Symphony Orchestra. The chamber music spherical included in previous years has been dropped.

Preliminary and quarterfinal rounds — June 2-4 and June 5-6, respectively — will probably be held at TCU’s new Van Cliburn Live performance Corridor. The semifinal and last rounds — June 18-12 and June 14-18 — will probably be at Bass Efficiency Corridor.

Right here’s the checklist of opponents, along with Choni. (Ages listed are for time of the competitors.)

Tianxu An, China, 23; Yangrui Cai, China, 21; Albert Cano Smit, Spain/Netherlands, 25; 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 Solar, China, 26; Marcel Tadokoro, France/Japan, 28; Sergey Tanin, Russia, 26; Yuki Yoshimi, Japan, 22; and Xiaolu Zang, China, 22.

Particulars

Competitors subscriptions are $1,850 to $2,900 for premium packages; $162 to $1,000 for extra packages. Particular person tickets are $30 to $225. 817-738-6536, cliburn.org.


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