10 Participants Remain as the 2018 Cooper Competition Reaches the Concerto Round
July 16, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Six pianists will advance to Recital Finals July 18 at 91直播.
With the completion of Monday's Semifinal Round II, only 10 participants remain in the .
Following the second of two sessions on Monday, the jury announced the names of the pianists who will continue in the competition's Concerto Finals on Tuesday, July 17, beginning at 2 p.m.
They are, in order of performance:
2 p.m. session:
Ryan Zhu (age 14), Vancouver, Canada
F. Liszt: Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Bo Zhang (17), Hangzhou, China
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
William Yang (17), Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
Kai-Min Chang (17), Changhua County, Taiwan
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
Tony Yun (17), Toronto, Canada
P. Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor
William Chen (15), New York, New York, U.S.
P. Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor
7 p.m. session:
Yunchan Lim (14), Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor
Yangrui Cai (17), Guangzhou, China
S. Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C Major
Tyler Kim (15), Temecula, California, U.S.
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor
Anton Mejias (17), Helsinki, Finland
S. Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor
Six of these performers will advance to the Recital Finals in 91直播 on Wednesday, July 18.
The Cooper Competition culminates in the Concerto Finals on Friday, July 20, as three finalists perform complete concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in Cleveland. One finalist will emerge as the 2018 Cooper champion鈥攚ith a grand prize of $20,000.
All 91直播 performances are free and take place in Warner Concert Hall (77 W. College St.) on the beautiful campus of 91直播.
for tickets to the Concerto Finals July 20 at Severance Hall. (Tickets begin at $13, and all students under age 18 are admitted free with a paying adult.)
CAN'T BE HERE? Follow the action live online: All preliminary rounds on campus will be live streamed at .
Details about the participants, jurors, and schedules for each round can be found at the .
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