Experience the inspiring recitals of the best non-professional pianists from around globe, taking part in the 2022 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition at Van Cliburn Recital Hall in Fort Worth, Texas!
Videos below are ordered by performance day and time.
For more about the 2022 Amateur Competition, visit: cliburn.org/2022-amateur-competition
SEMIFINAL ROUND
CONCERTS 1 & 2 – Saturday, October 15
SEAN SUTHERLAND
Product Manager, 45, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines/Canada
BONTEMPS Prelude No. 11 “Onirico”
GRANADOS “Quejas, o La Maja y el Ruiseñor” from Goyescas, op. 11
KAPUSTIN Sonata No. 1, op. 39 (“Sonata-Fantasia”)
FERDY TALAN
Realtor, 38, Indonesia
BOWEN Toccata, op. 155
SCARLATTI Sonata in F Minor, K. 466
JANÁČEK Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 “From the Street”
RACHMANINOV Moment musicaux in E Minor, op. 16, no. 4
KEN IISAKA
Software Engineer, 53, Japan/Canada
MEDTNER Sonata in F Minor, op. 5 (I)
CHOPIN Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, op. 22
SEUNG-YEOP LEE
Mathematics Professor, 47, South Korea
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”) (I)
MOZART–VOLODOS Rondo alla turca
RAVEL La valse
MICHAEL SLAVIN
Neuro-Ophthalmologist (retired), 71, United States
JANÁČEK In the Mists
CHOPIN Fantasie in F Minor, op. 49
THIERRY GOLDWASER
Software Developer, 46, France
GERSHWIN Three Preludes
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2
CHOPIN Fantaisie in F Minor, op. 49
MICHAEL STEFANAKIS
Tax Attorney, 40, Greece
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, op. 26
RACHMANINOV Prelude in C Minor, op. 23, no. 7
SUZANNA LARAMEE
Financial Advisor (retired), 66, United States
HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48
DEBUSSY Étude pour les cinq doigts
CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, op. 25, no. 1
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 11 “Harmonies du soir”
CONCERTS 3 & 4 – Sunday, October 16
JON LEE
Software Engineer, 41, United States
BACH–RACHMANINOV Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006
SCHUBERT–LISZT “Gretchen am Spinnrade”
CHOPIN Etude in F Major, op. 10, no. 8
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)
XAVIER AYMONOD
Marketing Director – Public Transportation, 46, France
FRANCK Prélude, Choral et Fugue
HOROWITZ Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen
MASANORI MURAKAMI
Clinical Project Manager, 38, Japan
RAVEL Sonatine
LISZT Rhapsodie espagnole
JORGE ZAMORA
Business Development Director, 49, Mexico
MUSSORGSKY Selections from Pictures at an Exhibition
DEIRBHILE BRENNAN
Accountant, 53, Ireland
GERSHWIN Prelude No. 1
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, op. 54
LISZT “Vallée d’Obermann” from Années de Pèlerinage
ROBERT FINLEY
Electronics Engineer, 72, United States
CHOPIN Nocturne in B Major, op. 62, no. 1
LISZT Au bord d’une source
SCRIABIN Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28
GRIEG Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65, no. 6
DOMINIQUE SALLOUM
CEO – Artificial Intelligence Industry, 53, France/Lebanon
PROKOFIEV Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 4
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 (“Tempest”)
BRAHMS Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2
AARON MILLER
Academic Administrator, 42, United States
ESMAIL Crystal Preludes
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
DMYTRO VYNOGRADOV
Business Development Manager, 52, Ukraine
BACH–RUMMELL “Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn,” BWV 4
CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52
LISZT–BUSONI La campanella
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 in F-sharp Minor
CHOPIN Etude in G-flat Major, op. 10, no. 5 (“Black Key”)
EIJI YOSHIMURA
Business Planning Director, 50, Japan
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”) (I)
RAVEL “Oiseaux tristes” from Miroirs
STRAVINSKY–AGOSTI Three Movements from The Firebird
YEON WOOK JEONG
Entrepreneur/Attorney, 53, South Korea
BACH Italian Concerto, BWV 971
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23
KAPUSTIN Concert Etude in B-flat Major, op. 40, no. 6 “Pastoral”
NOAH DEGARMO
Physician, 44, United States
CHOPIN Nocturne in C Minor, op. 48, no. 1
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2
PROKOFIEV Sarcasms, op. 17, nos. 1-5
PRELIMINARY ROUND
CONCERT 1 – Wednesday, October 12 at 2:30 p.m. CT
SEAN SUTHERLAND
Product Manager, 45, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines/Canada
CHOPIN Mazurka in F Minor, op. 63, no. 2
RAVEL La valse
RICHARD REID
Software Engineer, 71, United States
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 7 in D Major, op. 10, no. 3 (I)
GRANADOS “Los requiebros” from Goyescas, op. 11
RIE MOORE
Translator, 47, Japan
SCRIABIN Prelude in B Major, op. 16, no. 1
PROKOFIEV “Lento irrealmente” from Visions fugitives, op. 22
VIERNE “La lumière rayonnait des astres de la nuit, le rossignol chantait…” from Trois Nocturnes, op. 34
FERDY TALAN
Realtor, 38, Indonesia
GUBAIDULINA Chaconne
MOSZKOVSKI Étincelles, op. 36, no. 6
KEN IISAKA
Software Engineer, 53, Japan/Canada
RAVEL Prelude in A Minor
CHOPIN Mazurka in A Minor, op. 17, no. 4
CHOPIN Mazurka in C Major, op. 24, no. 2
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
ELADIO SANTIAGO
President & CEO – Advisory Investment Management, 58, United States
RACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in E-flat Minor, op. 39, no. 5
DEBUSSY La plus que lente
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, op. 83 (III)
CONCERT 2 – Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m. CT
ROBERT FINLEY
Electronics Engineer, 72, United States
BACH–PETRI “Sheep may safely graze”
FAURÉ Impromptu No. 3 in A-flat Major, op. 34
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor
IPEK BOZKURT
Professor, 42, Turkey/United States
BRAHMS Ballade in G Minor, op. 118, no. 3
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, op. 12, nos. 1-4
NOAH DEGARMO
Physician, 44, United States
BACH–SILOTI Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109 (I)
RACHMANINOV Prelude in D Major, op. 23, no. 4
SEUNG-YEOP LEE
Mathematics Professor, 47, South Korea
SCRIABIN Etude in D-sharp Minor, op. 8, no. 12
SCHUBERT–LISZT “Auf dem Wasser zu Singen”
CHOPIN Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53, (“Héroïque”)
MICHAEL SLAVIN
Neuro-Ophthalmologist (retired), 71, United States
RAVEL Jeux d’eau
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A Minor
KEIKO KIRCHER
College Physics Instructor, 41, Japan/United States
ALBÉNIZ Asturias (Leyenda)
KORCHMAR Piano Cycles 1–3
BARGIEL “Präludium” from Suite No. 2 for Piano, op. 31
CONCERT 3 – Thursday, October 13 at 2:30 p.m. CT
SIMON FINLOW
IT Project Manager/Database Engineer (retired), 66, United States/United Kingdom
SCARLATTI Sonata in B Minor, K. 87
BEETHOVEN Bagatelle in B Major, op. 126, no. 4
LISZT “Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este” from Années de Pèlerinage
THIERRY GOLDWASER
Software Developer, 46, France
RACHMANINOV Prelude in G-sharp Minor, op. 32, no. 12
RACHMANINOV Prelude in D Major, op. 23, no. 4
RACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in E-flat Minor, op. 39, no. 5
MICHAEL STEFANAKIS
Tax Attorney, 40, Greece
SCHUMANN Variations on the Name “Abegg,” op. 1
CHOPIN Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 (“Winter Wind”)
SUZANNA LARAMEE
Financial Advisor (retired), 66, United States
HANDEL “Air and Variations” from Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430
ALBÉNIZ “Evocación” and “El Puerto” from Iberia, Book I
JON LEE
Software Engineer, 41, United States
HANDEL Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427
SCHUMANN Toccata in C Major, op. 7
XAVIER AYMONOD
Marketing Director – Public Transportation, 46, France
BACH Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906
DUTILLEUX “Choral et Variations” Piano Sonata, op. 1
MASANORI MURAKAMI
Clinical Project Manager, 38, Japan
GODOWSKY Alt Wien
GINASTERA Danzas Argentinas, op. 2
SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, op. 42, no. 5
CONCERT 4 – Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. CT
YUKA OTOHATA
Marketing Operations Professional, 51, Japan
BACH Italian Concerto, BWV 971
JORGE ZAMORA
Business Development Director, 49, Mexico
LISZT Ballade No. 2 in B Minor
GORDEN CHENG
Information Security Architect, 41, United States
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849
HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50 (I)
CHOPIN Etude in B Minor, op. 25, no. 10
IRENE LONGACRE-WHITESIDE
Executive Assistant, 67, United States
MOZART Sonata No. 13 in B-flat Major, K. 333 (I)
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, op. 14 (IV)
SCRIABIN Etude in D-sharp Minor, op. 8, no. 12
KENSUKE OTA
Research Scientist, 41, Japan
HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50 (I)
BALAKIREV Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
YOUJIN HONG
Psychiatrist, 41, South Korea
DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse
VERDI–LISZT Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto
CONCERT 5 – Friday, October 14 at 2:30 p.m. CT
JAMES ROSENBLUM
Attorney, 41, United States
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892
CHOPIN Etudes, op. 10, nos. 6, 5, 1
DOMINIQUE SALLOUM
CEO – Artificial Intelligence Industry, 53, France/Lebanon
SCRIABIN Prelude in E-flat Minor, op. 11, no. 14
BACH Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (II)
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”) (III)
CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, op. posth.
AARON MILLER
Academic Administrator, 42, United States
HAYDN Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob. XVI:46 (I)
JANÁČEK In the Mists (IV)
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, op. 22 (I)
MARISA NAOMI HAINES
Business Strategist, 66, Brazil/United States
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, op. 16 (I, II)
MARLOS NOBRE “Capoeira” and “Cantiga de Cego” from Ciclo Nordestino No. 3
MATTHEW BARNHILL
Accountant, 38, United States
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”) (I)
CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, op. 25, no. 1
CHOPIN Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 7
CHOPIN Etude in F Major, op. 10, no. 8
DMYTRO VYNOGRADOV
Business Development Manager, 52, Ukraine
BACH–BUSONI “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 659
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 12 “Chasse-neige”
SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, op. 2, no. 1
RACHMANINOV Prelude in E-flat Minor, op. 23, no. 9
CONCERT 6 – Friday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. CT
MIRIAM BERRO
Software Engineer, 65, Argentina/Canada
SCHUMANN “Warum?” and “In der Nacht” from Fantasiestücke, op. 12
GINASTERA “Danza de la moza donosa” and “Danza del gaucho matrero” from Danzas Argentinas, op. 2
EIJI YOSHIMURA
Business Planning Director, 50, Japan
SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 531
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 31
YEON WOOK JEONG
Entrepreneur/Attorney, 53, South Korea
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
JOHN GUTHEIL
CEO – Medical Oncologist, 66, United States/United Kingdom
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847
CHOPIN Etude in C Minor, op. 10, no. 12 (“Revolutionary”)
CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, op. posth.
CHOPIN Etude in G-flat Major, op. 10, no. 5 (“Black Key”)
HIROKO TOYA
Attorney, 65, Japan
HAYDN Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44 (I)
MOMPOU Prelude No. 7 “Palmier d’étoiles”
DEBUSSY “La Puerta del vino” and “Ondine” from Préludes, Book II
VINCENT LETOURMY
Operations Director, 51, France
LISZT “Vallée d’Obermann” from Années de pèlerinage