The 25 candidates for the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition have been announced, in St Petersburg: This year's cello candidates are: Fedor Amosov (Russia) Brannon Cho (USA) Alexander Buzlov (Russia) Tristan Cornut (France) John-Henry Crawford (USA) Leonard Elschenbroich (Germany) Pablo Ferrandez-Castro (Spain) Sandra Lied Haga (Norway) Sihao He (China) Andrei Ionuț Inoita (Romania) Seung Min Kang (South Korea) Anastasia Kobekina (Russia) Hee Young Lim (South Korea) Tao Ni (China) Bruno Philippe (France) Jonathan Roozeman (Netherlands) Santiago Canon Valencia (Colombia) Alexander Ramm (Russia) Ivan Sendetsky (Russia) Alexey Stadler (Russia) Ildikó Szabo (Hungary) Michiaki Ueno (Japan) Valentino Worlitzsch (Germany) Alexei Zhilin (Russia) Rustem Khamidullin (Russia)