For the very first cello edition of the Reine Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, the jury has announced the 24 cellists who go through to the semi-final.
Thomas-Michael Auner (Austria), Santiago Canon-Valencia (Columbia), Brannon Cho (USA), Julia Hagen (Austria), Sihao He (China), Christoph Heesch (Germany), Irena Josifoska (Serbia/Hungary), Victor Julien-Laferrière (France), Ayano Kamimura (Japan), Seungmin Kang (South Korea), Ivan Karizna (Belorussia), James Jeonghwan Kim (South Korea), Anastasia Kobekina (Russia), Maciej Kulakowski (Poland), Jeong Hyoun Christine Lee (South Korea), Yan Levionnois (France), Shizuka Mitsui (Japan), Yuya Okamoto (Japan), Jonas Palm (Germany), Aurélien Pascal (France), Bruno Philippe (France), Astrig Siranossian (France), Valentino Worlitzsch (Germany), Alexey Zhilin (Russia).
