On 16 October, the third-round auditions of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition were completed.

According to the Competition rules and regulations, the jury – led by Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń – admitted 10 participants to the final auditions, including: 2 from Canada, 2 from United States, and 1 from: Croatia, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and South Korea:

Mr Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea)
Mr Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia)
Ms Aimi Kobayashi (Japan)
Ms Kate Liu (United States)
Mr Eric Lu (United States)
Mr Szymon Nehring (Poland)
Mr Georgijs Osokins (Latvia)
Mr Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada)
Mr Dmitry Shishkin (Russia)
Mr Yike (Tony) Yang (Canada)

The final auditions will last until October 20th. The names of the Competition’s laureates will be announced on 20 October (late evening).

More information / source: www.chopincompetition2015.com