Watch each performance from day 1 of the Preliminary Round of the 2025 Cliburn Competition.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Preliminary Recital 1
10:05 a.m. – Xuanxiang Wu, China, 18
10:50 a.m. – Shangru Du, China, 27
20-minute intermission
11:50 a.m. – Xiaofu Ju, China, 25
Preliminary Recital 2
2:35 p.m. – Ryota Yamazaki, Japan, 26
3:20 p.m. – Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 26
20-minute intermission
4:20 p.m. – Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
5:05 p.m. – David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
Preliminary Recital 3
7:35 p.m. – Aristo Sham, Hong Kong, China, 29
8:20 p.m. – Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
20-minute intermission
9:20 p.m. – Philipp Lynov, Russia, 26

2025 Cliburn Competition
Xuanxiang Wu: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Montero, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Shangru Du: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Bartók, Montero)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Xiaofu Ju: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Janáček, Montero, Ravel)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Ryota Yamazaki: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Montero, Liszt)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Federico Gad Crema: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Scarlatti, Chopin, Debussy, Montero)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Carter Johnson: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Bach, Montero, Clementi, Prokofiev)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
David Khrikuli: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Scriabin, Ravel, Montero, Liszt-Horowitz)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Aristo Sham: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Bach-Busoni, Montero, Ravel)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Angel Stanislav Wang: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Beethoven, Montero, Liszt)
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2025 Cliburn Competition
Philipp Lynov: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Bach, Montero, Barber)
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