Tuesday, 14 January 2025

PIANISTS OF THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2025 & THE ORDER OF PERFORMANCES

 

PIANISTS OF THE 
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL 
PIANO COMPETITION 2025 
AND THE ORDER OF PERFORMANCES 

In a brief and no-fuss ceremony at the Hotel Mi Rochor, the 19 young pianists taking part in the Singapore International Piano Competition 2025 drew lots to determine the order which they will perform in the Preliminary Round which begins on Tuesday 14 January 2024. 

Competition Administrative Director Poon Chuifun
explains the draw and the order of performances.

Here are the photos of the 19 pianists and their “lucky” numbers in the order they were drawn. May the best pianists and musicians prevail! 


Alphabetically the first,
Adam Balogh gets the first draw.
Elia Cecino draws next.
Yi-Teng Huang gets a later number.
Qifan Jiang is Yong Siew Toh Conservatory's
only representative in the competition.
Alon Kariv comes from both Israel & USA.
Jiyoung Kim from South Korea.
Jeyu Lee gets to play in the middle.
Kwanfook Lee is the one 
who will be heard last.
Luwangzi Li won't be playing
Prokofiev but Chopin.
Tianyou Li will play Prokofiev No.2
when he gets to the Final.

Hao-Wei Lin has played in
Singapore before, in 2019.
Roman Lopatynskyi represents Ukraine.
Philipp Lynov represents Russia.
Tiankun Ma has already won 1st prize
in the junior division of the competition.
Suryeon Noh from South Korea.
Jan Widlarz gets the Pole position,
and plays first!
Fellow Pole Andrzej Wiercinski
follows closely in the order of playing. 
Xu Leyu is happy to play ninth.
Yichen Yu is the last to draw
and settles to play seventh.

The number not picked was 20, and it went to Nagino Maruyama (Japan), who arrived late and was unable to attend the drawing of lots.

Here is the playing sequence and timetable for the Preliminary Round.

PRELIMINARY ROUND 
TUESDAY (14 January) 

Session I (10.00 am – 1.15 pm) 

01 Jan Widlarz (Poland) 
J.S.Bach & Chopin 

02 Qifan Jiang (China) 
J.S.Bach, Bach-Busoni, Debussy & Rachmaninov 

03 Adam Balogh (Hungary) 
J.S.Bach & Rachmaninov 

04 Tiankun Ma (China) 
J.S.Bach & Chopin 

Session II (2.30 pm – 5.45 pm) 

05 Andrzej Wiercinski (Poland) 
J.S.Bach, Bach-Busoni & Liszt 

06 Alon Kariv (Israel/USA) 
J.S.Bach, Rachmaninov, Scriabin 

07 Yichen Yu (China) 
J.S.Bach, Mozart & Rachmaninov 

08 Hao-Wei Lin (Taiwan) 
J.S.Bach, Chopin, Scriabin & Liebermann 

Session III (6.50 pm – 8.20 pm) 

09 Leyu Xu (China) 
J.S.Bach, Haydn, Chopin & Messiaen 

10 Jeyu Lee (South Korea) 
J.S.Bach & Chopin 

PRELIMINARY ROUND
WEDNESDAY (15 January) 

Session IV (10 am – 1.15 pm) 

11 Jiyoung Kim (South Korea) 
J.S.Bach & Ravel 

12 Suryeon Noh (South Korea) 
J.S.Bach, Schubert & Schumann 

13 Luwangzi Li (China) 
J.S.Bach, Chopin & Prokofiev 

14 Philipp Lynov (Russia) 
J.S.Bach, Taneyev & Barber 

Session V (2.30 pm - 5.45 pm) 

15 Roman Lopatynskyi (Ukraine) 
J.S.Bach, Brahms & Stravinsky 

16 Elia Cecino (Italy) 
Shostakovich, J.S.Bach, Ravel & Scriabin 

17 Yi-Teng Huang (Taiwan) 
J.S.Bach, Mozart, Schubert & Stravinsky 

18 Tianyou Li (China) 
J.S.Bach & Schubert 

Session IV (6.40 pm - 8.20 pm)

19 Kwanfook Lee (South Korea) 
J.S.Bach, Scriabin & Schumann 

20 Nagino Maruyama (Japan)
J.S.Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy & Ravel

Entry for the Preliminary round is FREE 
by registration at SISTIC:

Alternatively, you can view on Amadeus.tv:
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Both Wiercinski & Widlarz
have chosen to play Chopin No.1 in the finals.

Qifan Jiang (18) and Leyu Xu (16) are among
the youngest pianists in the competition.
Taiwan is represented by
Yi-Teng Huang & Hao-Wei Lin.
The Europeans have arrived.
Wiercinski, Lynov, Balogh and Kariv.
Poon Chuifun and her hardworking
team behind the scenes.
All the 19 pianists of the
Singapore International Piano Competition 2025.

Entry for the Preliminary round is FREE 
by registration at SISTIC:

Also view it on:
https://www.youtube.com/@amadeustv

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