First Round: Canadians Performing in the 19th Chopin Competition

The order of the first round of the 19th Chopin Competition was announced today, in Warsaw with the drawing of the letter "T".

The first round takes place from October 3rd through the 7th. All rounds of the competition will be streamed on the Chopin Institute's YouTube channel: we will post the links to the specific streams as soon as they are available.

The five Canadian pianists will perform at the following times:

Ryan Wang

Friday, October 3rd 5:30AM EDT

Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11

Waltz in A flat major, Op. 34 No. 1

Ballade in F minor, Op. 52

Victoria Wong

Friday, October 3rd 11:00AM EDT

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1

Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42

Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11

Ballade in F minor, Op. 52

Kevin Chen

Saturday, October 4th 12:30PM EDT

Etude in G sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6

Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18

Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

Athena Deng

Saturday, October 4th 3:30PM EDT

Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10

Nocturne in G major, Op. 37 No. 2

Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42

Ballade in F major, Op. 38

Eric Guo

Sunday, October 5th 7:30AM EDT

Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42

Ballade in F minor, Op. 52