October 16, 2022

Pamela Mia Paul, chairman of the Jury of the Eighth Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, for non-professional pianists age 35 and older (taking place October 12–18, 2022, at Van Cliburn Recital Hall and Bass Performance Hall), tonight announced the six pianists advancing to the Final Round.

The artists—who are also who are also a marketing director, a software engineer, a clinical project manager, a CEO, a retired neuro-opthalmologist, and a business development manager—will live out their dreams on Tuesday, October 18 beginning at 7:00 p.m. when they take the Bass Performance Hall stage and perform one movement of a concerto each with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and beloved conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Orchestra-level tickets start at $25 and are on sale now at cliburn.org/2022-amateur-tickets.

The 2022 Cliburn Amateur Finalists

Xavier Aymonod, Marketing Director – Public Transportation, 46, France
Jon Lee, Software Engineer, 41, United States
Masanori Murakami, Clinical Project Manager, 38, Japan
Dominique Salloum, CEO – Artificial Intelligence Industry, 53, France/Lebanon
Michael Slavin, Neuro-Ophthalmologist (retired), 71, United States
Dmytro Vynogradov, Business Development Manager, 52, Ukraine


Final Round Schedule

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
7:00 p.m.
Bass Performance Hall
with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Jon Lee, Software Engineer, 41, United States
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 (III)

Michael Slavin, Neuro-Ophthalmologist (retired), 71, United States
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15 (I)

Xavier Aymonod, Marketing Director – Public Transportation, 46, France
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 (III)

intermission

Masanori Murakami, Clinical Project Manager, 38, Japan
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 (III)

Dmytro Vynogradov, Business Development Manager, 52, Ukraine
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23 (III)

Dominique Salloum, CEO – Artificial Intelligence Industry, 53, France/Lebanon
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 (III)