18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition

Stage I Winners

The performance of Chao Wang from China on 7 October closed Stage I of the auditions of the 18th Chopin Competition. Eighty-seven pianists from all over the world competed during this great musical holiday lasting five days already.

By the verdict of the Jury of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition presided over by Professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń 45 participants representing 14 countries, including 9 from Poland, 8 from Japan, 7 from China, 5 from Italy qualified to Stage II.

They are:

1. Mr Piotr Alexewicz, Poland

2. Ms Leonora Armellini, Italy

3. Mr J J Jun Li Bui, Canada

4. Ms Michelle Candotti, Italy

5. Mr Kai-Min Chang, Chinese Taipei

6. Mr Xuehong Chen, China

7. Mr Hyounglok Choi, South Korea***최형록

8. Mr Federico Gad Crema, Italy

9. Mr Alberto Ferro, Italy

10. Ms Yasuko Furumi, Japan

11. Mr Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia

12. Mr Avery Gagliano, U.S.A.

13. Mr Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain

14. Ms Eva Gevorgyan, Russia/Armenia

15. Ms Wei-Ting Hsieh, Chinese Taipei

16. Mr Adam Kałduński, Poland

17. Mr Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia

18. Ms Su Yeon Kim, South Korea***김수연 

19. Ms Aimi Kobayashi, Japan

20. Mr Mateusz Krzyżowski, Poland

21. Mr Jakub Kuszlik, Poland

22. Mr Shushi Kyomasu, Japan

23. Mr Hyuk Lee, South Korea*** 이현식 

24. Mr Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada

25. Mr Arsenii Mun, Russia

26. Mr Szymon Nehring, Poland

27. Mr Viet Trung Nguyen, Vietnam/Poland

28. Mr Georgijs Osokins, Latvia

29. Mr Evren Ozel, U.S.A.

30. Mr Kamil Pacholec, Poland

31. Mr Hao Rao, China

32. Mr Sohgo Sawada, Japan

33. Mr Aristo Sham, China, Hong Kong

34. Ms Miyu Shindo, Japan

35. Mr Talon Smith, U.S.A.

36. Mr Kyohei Sorita, Japan

37. Ms Szuyu Su, Chinese Taipei

38. Mr Hayato Sumino, Japan

39. Mr Yutong Sun, China

40. Mr Tomoharu Ushida, Japan

41. Mr Marcin Wieczorek, Poland

42. Mr Andrzej Wierciński, Poland

43. Mr Yuchong Wu, China

44. Mr Lingfei (Stephan) Xie, Canada/China

45. Mr Zi Xu, China

We most warmly congratulate the pianists who have qualified to the following stages of the Chopin Competition.

The precise times of Stage II auditions will soon be provided in the Calendar tab.

The second stage of the 18th Chopin Competition is slated from 9 to 12 October. The auditions will be held in two sessions, with the morning session lasting from 10:00am, and the evening session lasting from 5:00pm.

This time, the challenge will be to play a 30‒40-minute recital, its programme including a waltz and a polonaise.

All the performances can be watched live online in 4K in a mobile app (iOS, Android), on the competition

website Chopin2020.pl (Multimedia tab), Chopin Institute’s YouTube channel, in Smart TV app for Samsung televisions. They are also broadcast live by TVP Kultura and aired by Polish Radio 2 and Radio Chopin.