First Round Results: Canadians Performing in the 19th Chopin Competition

The first round of the 19th Chopin Competition is complete! After days of exciting performances, 40 pianists will proceed to the second round of the competition! Of those pianists, two are Canadians.

Kevin Chen

Eric Guo

Congratulations to all the competitors, especially the five pianists who represented Canada in the first round!

The second round will take place October 9th - 12th. Kevin Chen will perform on Thursday, October 9th at 11AM EDT. He will perform the following works: Prelude in A major Op. 28 No. 7

Prelude in F sharp minor Op. 28 No. 8

Prelude in E major Op. 28 No. 9

Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 28 No. 10

Prelude in B major Op. 28 No. 11

Prelude in G sharp minor Op. 28 No. 12

Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53

Etude in C major Op. 10 No. 1

Etude in A minor Op. 10 No. 2

Etude in E major Op. 10 No. 3

Etude in C sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4

Etude in G flat major Op. 10 No. 5

Etude in E flat minor Op. 10 No. 6

Etude in C major Op. 10 No. 7

Etude in F major Op. 10 No. 8

Etude in F minor Op. 10 No. 9

Etude in A flat major Op. 10 No. 10

Etude in E flat major Op. 10 No. 11

Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12

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Eric Guo will perform Friday, October 10th at 4AM EDT, and will perform the following works:

Prelude in E flat major Op. 28 No. 19

Prelude in C minor Op. 28 No. 20

Prelude in B flat major Op. 28 No. 21

Prelude in G minor Op. 28 No. 22

Prelude in F major Op. 28 No. 23

Prelude in D minor Op. 28 No. 24

Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. 44

Etude in E flat minor Op. 10 No. 6

Mazurka in B flat major Op. 17 No. 1

Mazurka in E minor Op. 17 No. 2

Mazurka in A flat major Op. 17 No. 3

Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4

Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 45

Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60

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