October 14, 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 20 pianists advancing to the Semifinal Round.

Preliminary Round videos can be watched on demand at cliburn.org/watchtheamateur.

Xavier Aymonod, Marketing Director – Public Transportation, 46, France
Deirbhile Brennan, Accountant, 53, Ireland
Noah DeGarmo, Physician, 44, United States
Robert Finley, Electronics Engineer, 72, United States
Thierry Goldwaser, Software Developer, 46, France
Ken Iisaka, Software Engineer, 53, Japan/Canada
Yeon Wook Jeong, Entrepreneur/Attorney, 53, South Korea
Suzanna Laramee, Financial Advisor (retired), 66, United States
Jon Lee, Software Engineer, 41, United States
Seung-Yeop Lee, Mathematics Professor, 47, South Korea
Aaron Miller, Academic Administrator, 42, 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
Michael Stefanakis, Tax Attorney, 40, Greece
Sean Sutherland, Product Manager, 45, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines/Canada
Ferdy Talan, Realtor, 38, Indonesia
Dmytro Vynogradov, Business Development Manager, 52, Ukraine
Eiji Yoshimura, Business Planning Director, 50, Japan
Jorge Zamora, Business Development Director, 49, Mexico

The following is the complete schedule of performances of the Semifinal Round of the 2022 Amateur Competition, to be held in Van Cliburn Recital Hall (330 E. 4th Street). Each pianist will perform a 28-minute recital.

Visit cliburn.org/2022-amateur-tickets for this round, and the Final Round on October 18 when six finalists will perform one movement of a concerto each with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Miguel Harth-Bedoya at Bass Performance Hall.