The pre-selection jury of the Santander International Piano Competition has announced the names of the 20 selected candidates that will participate in the first stage of this year’s edition of this competition.
- Evelyne Berezovsky (United Kingdom, 31)
- Carlos de la Blanca Elorza (Spain, 26)
- Eka Bokuchava (Georgia, 29)
- Vsevolod Brigida (Russia, 24)
- Albert Cano Smit (Spain / Netherlands, 25)
- Jiarui Cheng (China, 23)
- Domonkos Csabay (Hungary, 31)
- Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada, 22)
- Carter Johnson (Canada / United States, 25)
- Simon Karakulidi (Russia, 24)
- David Khrikuli (Georgia, 20)
- Hyelim Kim (South Korea, 25)
- Rafael Kyrychenko (Portugal, 25)
- Hao Wei Lin (Taiwan, 17)
- Callum McLachlan (United Kingdom, 23)
- Yu Nitahara (Japan, 31)
- Matyás Novák (Czech Republic, 23)
- Mariamna Sherling (Norway, 21)
- Marcel Tadokoro (France / Japan, 28)
- Xiaolu Zang (China, 22)
The Competition, that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, will be inaugurated on 24 July with a the recital by Josep Colom, winner of the 1972 and 1978 editions, and from 25 July to 5 August, it will hold its different stages at the Palacio de Festivales of Cantabria, in Santander.
The concerts are open to the public and will be broadcast on RTVE and on our YouTube channel.
