Just in: The next Van Cliburn will be dominated by Chinese

Thirty candidates were chosen today to particiapte in the next Van Cliburn Competition. The largest national group is Chinese. Seven of the contestants are from that nation. There are only three US runners.

Here’s the list:

Piotr Alexewicz, Poland, age 25
Jonas Aumiller, Germany, 26
Alice Burla, Canada, 28
Yangrui Cai 蔡阳睿, China, 24
Elia Cecino, Italy, 23
Yanjun Chen 陈艳君, China, 23
Jiarui Cheng 程嘉睿, China, 26
Federico Gad Crema, Italy, 26
Shangru Du 杜尚儒, China, 27
Roman Fediurko Роман Федюрко, Ukraine, 20
Magdalene Ho, Malaysia, 21
Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
Xiaofu Ju 鞠小夫, China, 25
Mikhail Kambarov Михаил Камбаров, Russia, 24
David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
Pedro López Salas, Spain, 27
Philipp Lynov Филипп Лынов, Russia, 26
Jonathan Mamora, United States, 30
Callum McLachlan, United Kingdom, 26
Evren Ozel, United States, 26
Chaeyoung Park 박채영, South Korea, 27
Korkmaz Can Sağlam, Türkiye, 25
Aristo Sham 沈靖韜, Hong Kong China, 29
Kotaro Shigemori 重森光太郎, Japan, 25
Vitaly Starikov Виталий Стариков, Israel/Russia, 30
Anastasia Vorotnaya, Russia, 30
Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
Xuanxiang Wu 武暄翔, China, 18
Ryota Yamazaki 山﨑亮汰, Japan, 26
Sung Ho Yoo 유성호, South Korea, 28

The last competition, in 2022, was won by the Korean, Yunchan Lim.