The Cliburn announces today the 77 exceptional pianists representing 22 countries and regions—from an international applicant pool of 340—selected to come to Fort Worth this spring to participate in the live Screening Auditions (March 16–22, 2025) of the seventeenth edition of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 21–June 7, 2025).
The Auditions are free and open to the public. Details below.
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Screening Auditions
Pianist Facts
Full pianist list below.
- 77 pianists
- Ages 18 to 30, average age: 25 (ages as of May 21, 2025)
- 18 women, 59 men
- 22 countries and regions represented (including dual representation)
- Austria, Canada, China, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong/China, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan/China, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
- Most represented: China (22), South Korea (10), United States (9)
What to Expect
- Dates: March 16–22, 2025 (detailed schedule here)
- Venue: PepsiCo Recital Hall at TCU
- 77 pianists each perform 25-minute recitals
- Five-member Screening Jury:
- Pianist travel and lodging are arranged for and covered by the Cliburn
Attending the Screening Auditions
- All Auditions are open to the public and free to attend. No tickets are required.
- Patrons must be 10 years of age or older to attend the Screening Auditions or the Cliburn Competition.
- Performances will begin promptly on schedule; no late seating will be allowed.
Pianist List
The following 77 pianists were chosen from a pool of 340 total applications representing 45 countries and regions.
Alexander Agate, United States, age 30
Piotr Alexewicz, Poland, 25
Jonas Aumiller, Germany, 26
Ádám Balogh, Hungary, 27
Rachel Breen, United States, 28
Alice Burla, Canada, 28
Yangrui Cai, China, 24
Elia Cecino, Italy, 23
Kai-Min Chang, Taiwan/China, 24
Xuehong Chen, China, 25
Yanjun Chen, China, 23
Jiarui Cheng, China, 26
Wooyoung Cho, South Korea, 24
Alexander Doronin, Russia, 22
Shangru Du, China, 27
Zhengyang Fan, China, 21
Roman Fediurko, Ukraine, 20
Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 26
Yang (Jack) Gao, China, 21
Miao Gao, China, 25
Yungyung Guo, China, 21
Derek Hartman, United States, 27
Magdalene Ho, Malaysia, 21
Yi-Chung Huang, Taiwan/China, 23
Yi-Teng Huang, Taiwan/China, 26
Hyun-gyu Ji, South Korea, 23
Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
Xiaofu Ju, China, 25
Mikhail Kambarov, Russia, 24
David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
Hyelim Kim, South Korea, 28
Jeongjin Kim, South Korea, 27
Saehyun Kim, South Korea, 18
Song Hyeon Kim, South Korea, 22
Aleksandr Kliuchko, Russia, 24
Maxim Lando, United States, 22
Saebeom Lee, South Korea, 29
Yu Lei, China, 20
Daumants Liepiņš, Latvia, 30
Ziyu Liu, China, 27
Pedro López Salas, Spain, 27
Jiaqing Luo, China, 25
Philipp Lynov, Russia, 26
Jonathan Mamora, United States, 30
Callum McLachlan, United Kingdom, 26
Aidan Mikdad, Netherlands, 23
Jiaxin Min, China, 29
Andrea Molteni, Italy, 27
Shunta Morimoto, Japan, 20
Georgijs Osokins, Latvia, 30
Evren Ozel, United States, 26
Chaeyoung Park, South Korea, 27
Élisabeth Pion, Canada/United Kingdom, 29
Korkmaz Can Sağlam, Turkey, 25
Aristo Sham, Hong Kong/China, 29
Mariamna Sherling, Israel, 24
Kotaro Shigemori, Japan, 25
Hyojin Shin, South Korea, 28
Vitaly Starikov, Israel/Russia, 30
Szuyu Su, Taiwan/China, 27
Yutong Sun, China, 29
Kiron Atom Tellian, Austria, 22
Julian Trevelyan, United Kingdom, 26
Anastasia Vorotnaya, Russia, 30
Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
Arthur Wang, Canada, 24
Wynona Yinuo Wang, China, 28
Zitong Wang, China, 26
Xuanxiang Wu, China, 18
Yifan Wu, China, 20
Zihao Wu, China, 27
Ryota Yamazaki, Japan, 26
Jialin Yao, China, 26
Sung Ho Yoo, South Korea, 28
Yichen Yu, China, 22
Angie Zhang, United States, 29
Noah Zhou, United Kingdom, 24
