Today was the introductory meeting of the 1st Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition. The competitiors were greeted by the artistic director of the competition Epifanio Comis and after that the draw for the order of performances followed.
The selection of the piano to be played by the competitors is still in progress. They can choose from Steinway & Sons, Fazioli and Yamaha pianos.
Tomorrow, 25 February, Evgenii Evgrafov will be the first to perform at 10.00 am and then the contestants will follow each other in alphabetical order. We kindly invite you join us in the Slovenian Philharmonic. Tickets for all the events of the first two rounds are free. You can pick them up at Križanke Box Office from Monday to Friday from 10.00 am till 4.00 pm and one hour before the start of each event at the Slovenian Philharmonic.
You can see snapshots from the introductory meeting here.
We wish all competitors the best of luck.
The order of the competitors in Round 1:
Saturday, 25 February
10.00–10.50 am: Evgenii Evgrafov
10.55–11.45 am: Jure Goručan
Break
12.00–12.50 pm: Luca Grianti
12.55–1.45 pm: Nabeel Hayek
Break
3.00–3.50 pm: Yi-Chung Huang
3.55–4.45 pm: Fantee Jones
Break
5.00–5.50 pm: Uladzislau Khandohi
5.55–6.45 pm: Roman Lopatynskyi
Sunday, 26 February
10.00–10.50 am: Jonathan Mak
10.55–11.45 am: Arsenii Mun
Break
12.00–12.50 pm: Élisabeth Pion
12.55–1.45 pm: Aleksandar Raos
Break
3.00–3.50 pm: Ilya Shmukler
3.55–4.45 pm: Urban Stanič
Break
5.00–5.50 pm: Vitaly Starikov
5.55–6.45 pm: Kostandin Tashko
Monday, 27 February
10.00–10.50 am: Yuanfan Yang
10.55–11.45 am: Ryan Martin Bradshaw
Break
12.00–12.50 pm: Yan Cai
12.55–1.45 pm: Yangrui Cai
Break
3.00–3.50 pm: Kai-Min Chang
3.55–4.45 pm: Wanchuan Chen
4.45–6.00 pm: Jury voting
6.00 pm: Announcement of Round 1 results
The programme in Round 1 will be moderated by Klemen Kocijančič.
