After receiving 265 applicants from 28 countries and regions, our Preliminary Jury selected 55 contestants to compete in the First Round of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Twenty-four contestants will play at the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University in Cleveland, Ohio at the end of March.
Each contestant will perform a 30-minute solo recital of their choice of repertoire. Sessions can be attended in person free of charge or viewed online on our website and YouTube Channel.
CIPC First Round: Cleveland Session 1
Wednesday, March 27
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Seho Young
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Zitong Wang
China
Bio and Repertoire
Samuel Glicklich
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Nabeel Hayek
Israel
Bio and Repertoire
Evren Ozel
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Meet our Contestants
CIPC First Round: Cleveland Session 2
Thursday, March 28
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Yuefeng Liu
China
Bio and Repertoire
Yang (Jack) Gao
China
Bio and Repertoire
Nathan Cheung
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Hanwen Shi
China
Bio and Repertoire
Wynona Yinuo Wang
China
Bio and Repertoire
Meet our Contestants
CIPC First Round: Cleveland Session 3
Friday, March 29
8:00 am - 12:15 pm
Arisa Onoda
Japan
Bio and Repertoire
Khanh Nhi Luong
Vietnam
Bio and Repertoire
Victoria Wong
United States/Canada
Bio and Repertoire
Sandro Gegechkori
Georgia
Bio and Repertoire
Maxim Lando
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Zhu Wang
China
Bio and Repertoire
Derek Hartman
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Meet our Contestants
CIPC First Round in Cleveland: Session 4
Friday, March 29
1:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Harmony Zhu
Canada
Bio and Repertoire
Jihyung Youn
South Korea
Bio and Repertoire
Bo Zhang
China
Bio and Repertoire
Huiping Cai
China (Hong Kong)
Bio and Repertoire
Agnė Radzevičiūtė
Lithuania/Canada
Bio and Repertoire
Katherine Benson
United States
Bio and Repertoire
Zihao Wu
China
Bio and Repertoire
Meet our Contestants