After initial selection based DVD recordings of the compulsory repertoire, the jury chose 215 contestants to take part in further auditions in Warsaw. The group features 24 Poles, 23 Chinese representatives, one person from Hong Kong, five pianists representing Taipei, 22 from Russia and 20 from the USA. The most numerous group – 40 pianists – comes from Japan. The performances will be evaluated by a 17-member international jury. On April 24th, they are going to announce the names of around 80 pianists to compete in the actual competition from October 2nd to 23rd, 2010, in Warsaw. The qualifications’ rules have it that each participant has to play three Fryderyk Chopin’s etudes, one mazurka, and one other composition – a nocturne, ballade, fantasy, barcarolle or etude – chosen from a separate list.
Links:
The 16th International Chopin Competition website
The list of competitors
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