Participants to go to the II Round of the Piano category of the Rachmaninoff International Competition have been announced

By the decision of the jury in the Piano category, the following participants have been admitted to the II Round of the Rachmaninoff International Competition

Stanislav Korchagin / Russia
Konstantin Khachikyan / Russia
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolayev / Russia
Boao Zhang / China
Ivan Bessonov / Russia
Estefan Vergara Iatcekiw / Brazil
Ilya Papoyan / Russia
Eva Gevorgyan / Russia
Philipp Lynov / Russia
Dmitry Sin / Russia
Philipp Rudenko / Russia
Xuanyi Mao / China
Alexander Klyuchko / Russia

24 contestants took part in the I Round of the Piano category auditions, which was held from June 16 to 18 in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. They presented solo programs from the pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff and composers of his era. The jury consists of: Denis Matsuev (Chair of the jury), Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Viardo, Ta Quang Dong, Frederick Kempf, Liu Shi Kun, Maxim Mogilevsky, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Valery Pyasetsky, Vladimir Tropp.