At the conclusion of the First Round (held from May 6 to May 8), the international jury of the Competition convened to evaluate the performances.
Following the deliberation, the names of the twelve candidates admitted to the Second Round were officially announced.

The selected candidates are:

Yuan Jingtong (China – 2004)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.2, Op.2, n.2

Igor’ Fëdorovič Stravinskij
(1882 – 1971)
Petrouchka, K012

Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Mephisto Waltz S. 514, n.1

Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Prelude “Mnemes”, Op.2

Artese Alessandro (Italy – 2001)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.30, Op.109

Aleksandr Skrjabin
(1872 – 1915)
Piano sonata n.5, Op.53

Fryderyk Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Polonaise – Fantaisie, Op.61

Bevilacqua Domenico (Italy – 2002)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano Sonata n.7, Op.10, n.3

Karol Szymanowski
(1882 – 1937)
“Isle of the Sirens”from Métopes, Op.29, n.1

Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Chang Xing (China – 2002)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata “Les Adieux” n.26, Op.81a

Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Gaspard de la nuit, M.55

Fryderyk Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Nocturne, Op.62, n.2

Chen Zhengwen (China – 2001)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.18, Op.31, n.2

Lowell Liebermann
(1961 – )
Gargoyles, Op.29

Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
“Oiseaux tristes” and “Une barque sur l’océan”
from “Miroirs”, M.43, n.2, n.3

Kong Hanfei (China – 2003)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.17, Op.31, n.2

Lowell Liebermann
(1961 – )
Gargoyles, Op.29

Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Sonatine, M.40

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
French Suite n.2, BWV813

Lee Jaeyoon (South Korea – 1997)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.26, Op.81a

Aleksandr Skrjabin
(1872 – 1915)
Fantaisie, Op.28

Claude Debussy
(1862 – 1918)
“Poissons d’or”, from Images, Book II, L120

Fryderyk Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op.22

Lun Sherri Hoi-Ching (Hong Kong – 2003)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.21, Op.53

Sofija Gubajdulina
(1931 – 2025)
Chaconne

Fryderyk Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Polonaise – Fantaisie, Op.61

Mancini Edoardo (Italy – 2000)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.31, Op.110

Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
“Modéré”, from Sonatine, M.40, n.1

Aleksandr Skrjabin
(1872 – 1915)
Sonata, Op.19, n.2

Marut Tomasz (Poland – 1996)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.21, Op.53

Lowell Liebermann
(1961 – )
Gargoyles, Op.29

Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
“Funérailles” from “Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S 173, n.7

Ottaviani Marco (Italy – 2001)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.30, Op.109

Aleksandr Skrjabin
(1872 – 1915)
Piano sonata n.5, Op.35

Sergei Prokofiev
(1891 – 1953)
Piano sonata n.3, Op.28

Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Etude from n.8

Pecnik Mia (Croatia – 2000)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata n.21, Op.53

Dora Pejačević
(1885 – 1923)
Impromptu, Op.32a

Frano Parać
(1948 – )
Dance of the Baroness

Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Ballade S.171, n.2

It is also announced that the Chopin Prize has not been awarded.

The Second Round will take place on Friday, May 9, from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM and from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and will continue on the morning of Saturday, May 10, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.