Cliburn Quarterfinalist Announcement, 5/23/2025

Photo by Ralph Lauer

The 18 Quarterfinalists of the 2025 Cliburn Competition (in performance order) are:

Shangru Du, China, 27
Xiaofu Ju, China, 25
Carter Johnson, Canada/United States, 28
David Khrikuli, Georgia, 24
Aristo Sham, Hong Kong, China, 29
Angel Stanislav Wang, United States, 22
Philipp Lynov, Russia, 26
Jonas Aumiller, Germany, 26
Mikhail Kambarov, Russia, 24
Piotr Alexewicz, Poland, 25
Alice Burla, Canada, 28
Yanjun Chen, China, 23
Jonathan Mamora, United States, 30
Evren Ozel, United States, 26
Chaeyoung Park, South Korea, 27
Elia Cecino, Italy, 23
Yangrui Cai, China, 24
Vitaly Starikov, Israel/Russia, 30

The Quarterfinal Round runs May 24-25 (Saturday & Sunday) in the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU. Each competitor will present a 40-minute recital.