The preliminary piano auditions jury invited 36 contestants to perform in Round 1 of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. Among the 36 are 22 Russians, which makes this a very national if not nationalist competition. After the Grand Opening on 15 June Round 1 will take place from 16 to 25 June.
Abrosimov, Nikita – Russia
Favorin, Yuri – Russia
Redkin, Sergey – Russia
Gugnin, Andrey – Russia
Ullman, Alexander – Great Britain
Korepanova, Asiya – Russia
Mazo, Maria – Germany
Rimoldi, Emanuel – Italy
Berestnev, Mikhail – Russia
Sohn, Jeung Beum – South Korea
Chen, Moye – China
Dubov, Andrey – Russia
Kim, Sangyoung – South Korea
Onishchenko, Dmitri – Russia
Tetzloff, Reed – USA
Rashkovsky, Ilya – Russia
Voilochnikov, Georgy – Russia
Yakhlakova, Marina – Russia
Li, George – USA
Debargue, Lucas – France
Kameneva, Daria – Russia
Geniušas, Lukas – Russia/Lithuania
Sokolovskaya, Natalia – Russia
Korobeynikov, Andrey – Russia
Sun, Jiayan – China
Klinton, Dinara – Russia
Kharitonov, Daniel – Russia
Kociuban, Julia – Poland
Turpanov, Mikhai -l Russia
Petrov, Alexey -Russia
Shishkin, Dmitry – Russia
Hidaka, Shino – Japan
Osokins, Andrejs – Latvia
Huang, Miao – Germany
Medvedev, Nikolay – Russia
Masleev, Dmitry – Russia