Merci, Maestro!

Results of the first round for all categories – the following participants go to the FINALS

Category A

1	Lina-Sixiang	Barbier	France
2	Anna	Chmurova	Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
3	Léo	Hoang	France
4	Filip	Runjak	Slovenia
5	Hayk	Julhakyan	Armenia
6	Kesy	Zheng	Italy

Category B

1	Dastan	Humbert	France
2	Klára	Gibišová	Czech Republic
3	Markus	Kadaste	Estonia
4	Yasen	Kalaydzhiev	Bulgaria
5	Kaiyang	Hu	China
6	Luca	Newman	United Kingdom

Category C

Viktoriia	Demkovska	Ukraine
Sofiia	Dubii	Ukraine
Zhongjin	Fang	China
Yaroslav	Kruzhanivskyi	Ukraine
Marcus	Zhai	China
Ximan	Xu	China
Xiaolin	Zhang	China

The Gala Concert of the winners of “Merci, Maestro!” piano Competition 2022 will take place on 

April 24^th, 2022 at 12pm 

at 

Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles, Salle Gothique, Grand Place

The ticket price for the Gala Concert includes participation in the cocktail party after the concert, where you will have the opportunity to meet all Jury members. Translators will be present to ease the discussions.

Besides the winners of the competition – the best of the best, talented young musicians from all over the world – there will be guest young Ukrainian’s musicians who had to leave Ukraine because of the war, they will also participate in the solidarity concert.

All the funds raised will be used to help the Ukrainian army. Come to support young talents and peace in Ukraine! SLAVA UKRAINE!

You can buy your entry tickets:

• during the days of competition on April, 21-24th 2022 at the competition venue (Piano’s Maene Bruxelles: Rue de l’Argonne 37, 1060 Brussel);
• or order online (click HERE) before 22nd of April 2022.

Prices (including reception):

• Participants “Merci Maestro! 2022”: free
• Adult guests: € 40
• Children guests < 12 years: € 10

We are happy to announce the participants who have been selected for the main phase of the competition.

CATEGORY A

1	Ceylin Ada	Arisan	Turkey
2	Lina-Sixiang	BARBIER	France
3	Anna	Chmurova	Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
4	Yui	Harumashi	Japan
5	Alejandro Maximiliano	Hernández Esparza	Mexico
6	Léo	HOANG	France
7	Hayk	Julhakyan	Armenia
8	Arwen	Lu	China
9	Prapti	Rajguru	India
10	Filip	Runjak	Slovenia
11	Joaquin	Wong	United States
12	Kesy	Zheng	Italy

CATEGORY B

1	Celeste	Bolmat	Germany
2	Riah	Chai	United States
3	HUMBERT	Dastan	France
4	Aylin	Gaziyeva	Germany
5	Klára	Gibišová	Czech Republic
6	Dana	Hamrouni Cases	Spain
7	Jinan	Hong	China
8	Kaiyang	Hu	United Arab Emirates
9	KONRAD ADAM	JEDRZEJCZYK	Poland
10	Markus	Kadaste	Estonia
11	Yasen	Kalaydzhiev	Bulgaria
12	Oliwia	Maciejewicz	Poland
13	Luca	Newman	United Kingdom
14	Sophie	Sukendro	Indonesia
15	Kevin	Tan	China
16	Rene	Voskan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
17	Sara	Yoshida Livadas	Belgium

CATEGORY C

1	Kiryl	Bartashevich	Belarus
2	Daniel	Boura	Czech Republic
3	Advay	Chawla	India
4	Sofia	Chernishkova	Bulgaria
5	Giacomo Luigi	Corbetta	Italy
6	Viktoriia	Demkovska	Ukraine
7	Sofiia	Dubii	Ukraine
8	Daniel	Dumitrascu	Romania
9	Zhongjin	Fang	China
10	Maxim	Heijmerink	Netherlands
11	TEO	KAKABADZE	Georgia
12	Yaroslav	Kruzhanivskyi	Ukraine
13	Aleksandr	Luchkov	Ukraine
14	Mateus	Mateus Martins Meireles de Barros	Portugal
15	Ian	Smith	United States
16	Perren-Luc	Thiessen	United States
17	Anastasiya	Torop	Belarus
18	Ximan	Xu	China
19	Tianfeiyang	Yun	China
20	Marcus	Zhai	China
21	Xiaolin	Zhang	China
22	Dani	Zhogovska	Macedonia, Rep. of

Planning of the Competition

WHEN?	ROUND	CATEGORY	WHERE?
2-4 March, 2022	Pre-Selection	All categories	Online, based on received videos
21 April, 2022	1st round	Category C	Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene” or online (pre-recorded videos)
22 April, 2022	1st round	Category A, B	Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene“ or online (pre-recorded videos)
23 April, 2022	2nd round (Final)	All categories	Brussels, music hall “Piano’s Maene“ or online (pre-recorded videos)
24 April, 2022	GALA concert of winners	All categories	Gothic Hall of the City Administration of Brussels

Information related to COVID regulations and travel restrictions

The administration of the competition will do everything possible to ensure that the competition takes place in person in Brussels.

However, for those pianists who wish to take part in the competition but unable to travel to Brussels due to problems related to COVID or political reasons (closure of borders) the competition will be organized online.

This way some of the candidates will play in person in Brussels, and some will present their recorded videos. The jury will be located at the venue of the competition (in the concert hall Piano’s Maene in Brussels) and judge performances in real time. The performance rounds will be broadcasted live on our YouTube channel.

After the pre-selection round, all necessary information regarding the online part of the competition will be provided to participants. 

The situation will be re-analyzed in April 20th, 2022. If the Belgian government measures do not allow the event to be held in person in the venue of the competition in Brussels, then the 2022 edition of “Merci, Maestro!” will be organized entirely online for all participants. Practical details will be announced at that time.

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