The Queen Elisabeth Competition is holding a competition for pianists from 6 May to 1 June 2013. This competition is for musicians who have completed their training and who are ready to embark upon an international career. The Queen Elisabeth Competition was established in 1937. At the time it was known as the Eugène Ysaÿe Competition. H.M. Queen Elisabeth and the celebrated Belgian violinist and composer were behind this magnificent project. The first edition took place thanks to the financial support offered by the de Launoit family and a number of personalities from the Belgian artistic and economic worlds.It was not until after the war, in 1951, that the Queen Elisabeth Competition really came into being.
A record number of applications were submitted this year. An international jury has screened the DVD’s of 283 candidates, sent from all over the world. Chaired by Arie Van Lysebeth, the jury was composed of Diane Andersen, Peter Frankl, David Lively, Anne Queffélec, Staffan Scheja and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. 75 candidates have been admitted to the first public round, which starts on 6 May at Flagey in Brussels. We count 28 women and 47 men, representing 19 different nationalities. The candidates are:
Australia 1
Mr David Fung
Belgium 2
Ms Stephanie Proot
Mr Yannick Van de Velde
China 9
Mr Jin Wenbin
Mr Kong Jianing
Ms Li Zhenni
Mr Liu Yuntian
Mr Shen Lu
Ms Wu Di
Ms Xu Gehui
Mr Yu Zenan
Ms Zuo Zhang
Chinese Taipei 2
Ms Huang Shih-Wei
Mr Lin Yi Fan
Finland 1
Mr Roope Gröndahl
France 1 + 1*
Mr Rémi Geniet
Mr Nima Sarkechik*
Iran 1*
Mr Nima Sarkechik*
Israel 1
Mr Boris Giltburg
Italy 3
Mr Guiseppe Guarrera
Ms Beatrice Rana
Mr Daniele Rinaldo
Japan 8
Ms Goto Eri
Ms Ishida Mao
Ms Ito Kana
Ms Kawasaki Shoko
Ms Okada Kana
Mr Okuda Akihito
Mr Ozaki Yuhi
Ms Sakai Arisa
Korea 16 + 1*
Mr Chang Sung
Mr Han Sang-il
Ms Kim Hye-Jin
Mr Kim Joon
Mr Kim Junhee
Ms Kim Sangyoung
Mr Kim Sung-Jae
Ms Kim Yedam
Ms Lee EunAe
Mr Lee Seomseung
Ms Noh Yejin
Mr Park Joo Hyeon
Mr Samson Tsoy*
Mr Won JongHo
Ms Yang Yoonhee
Mr Yoo Hwanhee
Ms You Hyun Ji
The Netherlands 1
Mr Thomas Beijer
Poland 1 + 1*
Mr Mateusz Borowiak*
Mr Przemyslaw Witek
Russia 11 + 1*
Mr Mikhail Berestnev
Ms Anna Bulkina
Ms Tatiana Chernichka
Mr Vladimir Khomyakov
Mr Stanislav Khristenko
Ms Dinara Klinton
Ms Asiya Korepanova
Mr Ilya Maximov
Mr Evgeny Sergeev
Mr Anton Smirnov
Mr Samson Tsoy*
Ms Anna Volovitch
Singapore 1
Ms Kate Liu
Slovakia 1
Mr Jakub Cizmarovic
United Kingdom 1*
Mr Mateusz Borowiak*
USA 8
Mr Sean Chen
Mr Christopher Falzone
Ms Fantee Jones
Mr Sean Kennard
Mr Ben Kim
Mr Henry Kramer
Mr Andrew Tyson
Mr Evan Wong
Ukraine 5
Ms Anna Fedorova
Mr Sasha Grynyuk
Mr Ivan Hovorun
Mr Vasyl Kotys
Mr Artem Yasynskyy
