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

Artist(s)

The following 8 semifinalists selected from applicants from Australia, Canada, China, and the United States of age up to 35 will perform a 20 min solo repertoire, along with a 5-min orchestral excerpt from Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.  Up to 5 semifinalists will be advanced to Final Round on Sunday 8/17, 7:00 pm at NEC's Williams Hall.

2025 Semifinalists (alphabetically)
1. Kevin Ahfat (Canada)
2. Junwen Liang (China)
3. Norman Lu (USA)
4. Jiana Peng (China)
5. Yide Peter Shi (China)
6. Ivy Xiaoya Wan (China)
7. Aaron L. Wang (USA)
8. Zhu Wang (China)

Jury of Semifinal and Final Rounds (alphabetically):
Marc-André Hamelin, Jung-Ja Kim, Michael Lewin, Sergey Schepkin, Channing Yu