Van Cliburn the man may be gone, but the competition named in his honor continues, as evidenced this morning by the release of the 30 competitors slated to appear at the 14th annual piano competition. Ranging in age from 19 to 30, they represent countries from China to Poland.
The event will take place over two weeks from May 24 to June 9 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. For more information, visit Cliburn.org.
Read the full list after the jump.
Luca Buratto, Italy; Age during Competition: 20
Sean Chen, United States; Age during Competition: 24 (pictured right)
Alexey Chernov, Russia; Age during Competition: 30
Sara Daneshpour, United States; Age during Competition: 26
Alessandro Deljavan, Italy; Age during Competition: 26
Fei-Fei Dong, China; Age during Competition: 22
François Dumont, France; Age during Competition: 27
Yury Favorin, Russia; Age during Competition: 26
Lindsay Garritson, United States; Age during Competition: 25
Jayson Gillham, Australia; Age during Competition: 26
Giuseppe Greco, Italy; Age during Competition: 23 (pictured left)
Ruoyu Huang, China; Age during Competition: 24
Claire Huangci, United States; Age during Competition: 23
Vadym Kholodenko, Ukraine; Age during Competition: 26
Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia; Age during Competition: 20
Marcin Koziak, Poland; Age during Competition: 24
Kuan-Ting Lin, Taiwan; Age during Competition: 21
Steven Lin, United States; Age during Competition: 24
Alex McDonald, United States; Age during Competition: 30
Gustavo Miranda-Bernales, Chile; Age during Competition: 22
Nikita Mndoyants, Russia; Age during Competition: 24
Oleksandr Poliykov, Ukraine; Age during Competition: 25
Beatrice Rana, Italy; Age during Competition: 20
Tomoki Sakata, Japan; Age during Competition: 19
Scipione Sangiovanni, Italy; Age during Competition: 25
Hyung-Min Suh, South Korea; Age during Competition: 23
Alessandro Taverna, Italy; Age during Competition: 29
Jie Yuan, China; Age during Competition: 27
YouYou Zhang, United States; Age during Competition: 29 (pictured right)
Eric Zuber, United States; Age during Competition: 28