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semi finals

PIANO COMPETITION 2025

Semi-finals

Nedrlands/Vlaams

Members of the jury were:

  • Kiyotaka Izumi (chairman)
  • Boris Vodenitcharov
  • Eliane Rodrigues
  • Bart Rodyns
  • Edoardo Torbianelli
  • Irene Russo

The following candidates were selected (in alphabetical order) to compete in the semi-finals: 

  • Arai Moeka, Japan
  • Declercq Alexander, Belgium
  • Dusmuratove Anna, Russian Federation
  • Galicki Andrzej, Poland
  • HongboZhao, China
  • Huseinzoda Jannat, Tajikistan
  • Hwang Hyunsu, Republic of Korea
  • Leung Edward, USA
  • NG Yao,De Vincent, Malaysia
  • Ormaza Vera Aaron, Ecuador
  • Piperkos Ioannis, Greece
  • Popp Simon, Germany
  • Sakurako Kita, Japan
  • Shi Ruiqi, China
  • Wang Xinchen, China
  • Westman Tomer, Israel

The 15 semi-finalists played for a maximum of 30 minutes on the beautiful restored Bluthner grand piano which belonged to Emmanuel Durlet. Part of the free program will be Adagio in G (4 minutes) by J.H. Fiocco in the version of Emmanuel Durlet.