Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Fou Ts’ong International Concerto Competition Semifinal Round

Artist(s)

The following 10 semifinalists of the 6th Fou Ts'ong International Concerto Competition, representing (alphabetically) China, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA, of age up to 35, will perform a 20 min solo repertoire, along with a 5-min orchestral excerpt from the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83.  Several semifinalists will be advanced to the Final Round on Sunday 8/16, 7:00 pm at NEC's Williams Hall. The event will be live streamed.

2026 Semifinalists (alphabetically)
1. Boyi Fa (China)
2. Motti Fang-Bentov (Israel)
3. Sean Gan (Malaysia)
4. Judy Terri Ji (USA)
5. Daira Podorozhnova (Russia)
6. Szuyu Su (Taiwan)
7. Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang (Hong Kong-SAR, China)
8. Zihao Wu (China)
9. Fangzhou Ye (China)
10. Gehan Zhang (China)

Jury of 2026 Semifinal and Final Rounds (alphabetically):
Hitomi Koyama, Roberto Poli, Angel Ramon Rivera, Sergey Schepkin, and Channing Yu