Semifinal Round Schedule

All times CDT (UTC-5).

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025
Semifinal Concert 1 – Recital 
7:35 p.m. Aristo Sham
  • BACH–RACHMANINOV Suite from Violin Partita in E Major, BWV 1006
  • SCRIABIN Sonata No. 10, op. 70
  • RACHMANINOV Études-tableaux, op. 39
20-minute intermission
8:55 p.m. Elia Cecino
  • TCHAIKOVSKY Nocturne in F Major, op. 10, no. 1
  • SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, op. 11
  • GUBAIDULINA Toccata-troncata
  • PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, op. 83
Semifinal Concert 2 – Recital
2:35 p.m. Angel Stanislav Wang
  • BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 ("Appassionata")
  • BOLCOM "Fast, furious" and "Hymne à l'amour" from 12 New Etudes
  • MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
20-minute intermission
3:55 p.m. Jonas Aumiller
  • BACH–BUSONI Organ Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
  • BRAHMS 6 Klavierstücke, op. 118
  • CHOPIN Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp Major, op. 36
  • LISZT–AUMILLER Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3)
Semifinal Concert 3 – Concerto
7:30 PM Philipp Lynov
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271
7:30 PM Chaeyoung Park
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
20-minute intermission
7:30 PM Vitaly Starikov
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
7:30 PM Carter Johnson
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482
Semifinal Concert 4 – Recital
2:35 p.m. Yanjun Chen
  • CHOPIN Ballade No. 2 in F Major, op. 38
  • CHOPIN Etude in E Major, op. 10, no. 3
  • CHOPIN Etude in F Major, op. 10, no. 8
  • RAVEL Jeux d'eau
  • SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, op. 16
20-minute intermission
3:55 p.m. Evren Ozel
  • LISZT "Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este" from Années de pèlerinage
  • RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
  • BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
Semifinal Concert 5 – Concerto
7:30 PM Aristo Sham
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
7:30 PM Elia Cecino
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491
20-minute intermission
7:30 PM Piotr Alexewicz
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
7:30 PM Yangrui Cai
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
Semifinal Concert 6 – Recital
2:35 p.m. Vitaly Starikov
  • CHOPIN 12 Etudes, op. 25
  • SCHUBERT–LISZT "Du bist die Ruh"
  • PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, op. 83
20-minute intermission
3:55 p.m. Carter Johnson
  • SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
  • SCRIABIN Five Preludes, op. 74
  • HINDEMITH Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major
Semifinal Concert 7 – Concerto
7:30 PM Angel Stanislav Wang
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
7:30 PM Jonas Aumiller
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
20-minute intermission
7:30 PM Yanjun Chen
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
7:30 PM Evren Ozel
  • MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Semifinal Concert 8 – Recital
2:35 p.m. Philipp Lynov,
  • RAVEL Miroirs
  • PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, op. 84
20-minute intermission
3:55 p.m. Chaeyoung Park
  • BACH–HESS "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
  • SCRIABIN Sonata No. 9, op. 68 ("Black Mass")
  • BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, op. 106 ("Hammerklavier")
Semifinal Concert 9 – Recital
7:35 p.m. Piotr Alexewicz
  • SCHUMANN Fantasie in C Major, op. 17
  • CHOPIN Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 35
  • GERSHWIN Three Preludes
20-minute intermission
8:55 p.m. Yangrui Cai
  • PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, op. 75
  • ADÈS Darknesse Visible
  • RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit