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The Screening Auditions determine which pianists will compete in the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. For one week in March, 77 pianists arrived in Fort Worth to perform 25-minute recitals for a public audience and members of the Screening Jury. The screening jurors—comprised of five internationally recognized artists—will then select 30 to return in May for the 2025 Cliburn Competition.

Anyang native Changyong Shin has garnered international attention with first-prize wins at the Gina Bachauer, Seoul, and Hilton Head International Piano Competitions. He has studied in the United States since 2016, earning a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and master’s degree and artist diploma from The Juilliard School under the guidance of Robert McDonald. He is currently studying with Wha Kyung Byun at New England Conservatory as an artist diploma student.

Vadym Kholodenko performs ADAMS China Gates at the 2013 Cliburn Competition

Yekwon Sunwoo performs PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Major, op. 82 at the 2017 Cliburn Competition.

Yunchan Lim performs LISZT – 12 Transcendental Etudes No. 4 (Mazeppa) at the 2022 Cliburn Competition

Yunchan Lim performs BEETHOVEN – Variations and Fugue in E flat Major, op. 35 (“Eroica”)

Daniel Hsu performs BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Handel at the 2017 Cliburn Competition

Tomoki Sakata performs MOZART Variations on a Minuet by Duport at the 2013 Cliburn Competition.

Yunchan Lim performs CHOPIN – Variations on “Là ci darem la mano,” op. 2 at the 2022 Cliburn Competition

Anna Geniushene performs MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 at the 2022 Cliburn Competition