Nielsen contest names its flute finalists

There’s an almost even gender split among the 24 contestants – 13 women, 11 men.

The youngest is 17, the oldest 29.

Tomer Amrani (24, Israel)
Rafael Adobas Bayog (21, Spain)
Sirius Chau (24, United Kingdom)
Lívia Duleba (29, Hungary)

Matvey Demin (25, Russia)
Sung Hue Kim (24, South Korea)
Yerzhan Kushanov(29, Kazakhstan)
Andrei Krivenko (22, Russia)
Stephanie Kwak (27, USA)
Erika Macalli (23, Italy)
Héléna Macherel (23, Switzerland)
Mael Marcon (22, France)
Ruofan Min (24, China)
Ingrid Soefteland Neset (26, Norway)
Joséphine Olech (24, France)
Aleksandra Pleterski (25, Slovenia)
Tomasz Sierant (23, Poland)
Evgeniya Spalinger (28, Russia)
Maria Storm Steinaa (25, Denmark)
Henry Williford (28, USA)
SooJung Yoon (18 South Korea)
Chaeyeon You (17, South Korea)
Yuan Yu (17, China)
Marianna Julia Żołnacz (19, Poland)