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We know the names of the pianists who have qualified for second Stags

07/10/2025

The jury of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, chaired by Garrick Ohlsson, admitted the following 40 pianists to the second stage, listed below in alphabetical order:

1. Piotr Alexewicz, Poland
2. Jonas Aumiller, Germany
3. Yanyan Bao, China
4. Kai-Min Chang, Chinese Taipei
5. Kevin Chen, Canada
6. Xuehong Chen, China
7. Zixi Chen, China
8. Yubo Deng, China
9 .Yang (Jack) Gao, China
10. Eric Guo, Canada
11. Xiaoyu Hu, China
12. Zihan Jin, China
13. Adam Kałduński, Poland
14. David Khrikuli, Georgia
15. Shiori Kuwahara, Japan
16. Hyo Lee, South Korea
17. Hyuk Lee, South Korea
18. Kwanwook Lee, South Korea
19. Tianyou Li, China
20. Xiaoxuan Li, China
21. Zhexiang Li, China
22. Eric Lu, USA
23. Philipp Lynov, individual neutral pianist
24. Tianyao Lyu, China
25. Ruben Micieli, Italy
26. Nathalia Milstein, France
27. Yumeka Nakagawa, Japan
28. Vincent Ong, Malaysia
29. Piotr Pawlak, Poland
30. Yehuda Prokopowicz, Poland
31. Hao Rao, China
32. Anthony Ratinov, USA
33. Miyu Shindo, Japan
34. Gabriele Strata, Italy
35. Tomoharu Ushida, Japan
36. Zitong Wang, China
37. Yifan Wu, China
38. Miki Yamagata, Japan
39. William Yang, USA
40. Jacky Zhang, Great Britain

The list of pianists who have qualified for the second stage is also available here.

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