The Cliburn Invites 77 Pianists for 2025 Screening Auditions

30 pianists will then be selected to return for The Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 21 to June 7, 2025

Held from March 16–22, 2025, the live auditions for entry into the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will be held in Pepsico Recital Hall at Texas Christian University. 

In all, 77 pianists were chosen from a pool of 340 total applications representing 45 countries and regions to take part in the screening auditions. 

Open and free to the public to attend, the auditions will see each participant perform a 25-minute recital before a public audience and an international five-member jury. 

The Screen Jury comprises Philippe Bianconi, Gloria Chien, Alexander Kobrin, Momo Kodama, and Roberto Plano. 

Ultimately, 30 pianists from the screening will be selected to return for The Cliburn Competition from May 21 to June 7, 2025. 

Participants will then perform with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; the Semifinal and Final Rounds will be conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto and Marin Alsop, respectively.

Chaired by Paul Lewis, the 2025 competition jury will comprise Rico Gulda, Mari Kodama, Anne-Marie McDermott, Gabriela Montero, Jon Nakamatsu,  Lise de la Salle, Yevgeny Sudbin, and Wu Han. 

The pianists for the screening auditions are: 

• Alexander Agate, United States, 30
• Piotr Alexewicz, Poland, 25
• Jonas Aumiller, Germany, 26
• Ádám Balogh, Hungary, 27
• Rachel Breen, United States, 28
• Alice Burla, Canada, 28
• Yangrui Cai, China, 24
• Elia Cecino, Italy, 23
• Kai-Min Chang, Taiwan/China, 24
• Xuehong Chen, China, 25
• Yanjun Chen, China, 23
• Jiarui Cheng, China, 26
• Wooyoung Cho, South Korea, 24
• Alexander Doronin, Russia, 22
• Shangru Du, China, 27
• Zhengyang Fan, China, 21
• Roman Fediurko, Ukraine, 20
• Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 26
• Yang (Jack) Gao, China, 21
• Miao Gao, China, 25
• Yungyung Guo, China, 21
• Derek Hartman, United States, 27
• Magdalene Ho, Malaysia, 21
• Yi-Chung Huang, Taiwan/China, 23
• Yi-Teng Huang, Taiwan/China, 26
• Hyun-gyu Ji, South Korea, 23
• Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
• Xiaofu Ju, China, 25
• Mikhail Kambarov, Russia, 24
• David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
• Hyelim Kim, South Korea, 28
• Jeongjin Kim, South Korea, 27
• Saehyun Kim, South Korea, 18
• Song Hyeon Kim, South Korea, 22
• Aleksandr Kliuchko, Russia, 24
• Maxim Lando, United States, 22
• Saebeom Lee, South Korea, 29
• Yu Lei, China, 20
• Daumants Liepiņš, Latvia, 30
• Ziyu Liu, China, 27
• Pedro López Salas, Spain, 27
• Jiaqing Luo, China, 25
• Philipp Lynov, Russia, 26
• Jonathan Mamora, United States, 30
• Callum McLachlan, United Kingdom, 26
• Aidan Mikdad, Netherlands, 23
• Jiaxin Min, China, 29
• Andrea Molteni, Italy, 27
• Shunta Morimoto, Japan, 20
• Georgijs Osokins, Latvia, 30
• Evren Ozel, United States, 26
• Chaeyoung Park, South Korea, 27
• Élisabeth Pion, Canada/United Kingdom, 29
• Korkmaz Can Sağlam, Turkey, 25
• Aristo Sham, Hong Kong/China, 29
• Mariamna Sherling, Israel, 24
• Kotaro Shigemori, Japan, 25
• Hyojin Shin, South Korea, 28
• Vitaly Starikov, Israel/Russia, 30
• Szuyu Su, Taiwan/China, 27
• Yutong Sun, China, 29
• Kiron Atom Tellian, Austria, 22
• Julian Trevelyan, United Kingdom, 26
• Anastasia Vorotnaya, Russia, 30
• Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
• Arthur Wang, Canada, 24
• Wynona Yinuo Wang, China, 28
• Zitong Wang, China, 26
• Xuanxiang Wu, China, 18
• Yifan Wu, China, 20
• Zihao Wu, China, 27
• Ryota Yamazaki, Japan, 26
• Jialin Yao, China, 26
• Sung Ho Yoo, South Korea, 28
• Yichen Yu, China, 22
• Angie Zhang, United States, 29
• Noah Zhou, United Kingdom, 24