Fifty pianists from 18 countries have been chosen to perform in the Quarterfinals of the 2021 Honens International Piano Competition. The Screening Jury evaluated more than 130 candidate applications based on proposed Competition programming, experience relative to age, and reference letters. See the full press release here.
Quarterfinalists
Pianist |
Age* |
Country of Origin |
| Kevin Ahfat | 27 | Canada |
| Adam Balogh | 23 | Hungary |
| Nathan Ben-Yehuda | 27 | United States |
| Xander Benham | 25 | United Kingdom |
| Giovanni Bertolazzi | 23 | Italy |
| Rachel Breen | 25 | United States |
| Łukasz Byrdy | 27 | Poland |
| Yangrui Cai | 20 | China |
| SaeYoon Chon | 26 | South Korea |
| Dmytro Choni | 28 | Ukraine |
| Federico Gad Crema | 22 | Italy |
| Timofey Dolya | 27 | Russia |
| Benjamin Dominguez | 23 | United States |
| Dan Evans | 26 | United Kingdom |
| Motti Fang Bentov | 23 | Israel |
| Robert Fleitz | 28 | United States |
| George Fu | 30 | United States |
| Umi Garrett | 21 | United States |
| Anna Geniushene | 30 | Russia |
| Francesco Granata | 22 | Italy |
| George Harliono | 20 | United Kingdom |
| Jaeden Izik-Dzurko | 22 | Canada |
| Carter Johnson | 25 | Canada |
| Simon Karakulidi | 24 | Russia |
| Aleksandra Kasman | 26 | United States |
| Ji Yong Kim | 30 | United States |
| Minkyu Kim | 26 | South Korea |
| Maxim Kinasov | 28 | Russia |
| Elizaveta Kliuchereva | 22 | Russia |
| Bruce Liu | 24 | Canada |
| Danilo Mascetti | 28 | Italy |
| Dominic Muzzi | 27 | United States |
| Kyle Orth | 30 | United States |
| Illia Ovcharenko | 20 | Ukraine |
| Élisabeth Pion | 25 | Canada |
| Zhora Sargsyan | 26 | Armenia |
| Philipp Scheucher | 28 | Austria |
| Sophiko Simsive | 29 | Georgia |
| Lorenzo Soulès | 29 | France |
| Sergey Tanin | 26 | Russia |
| Jean-Luc Therrien | 27 | Canada |
| Arthur Wang | 20 | Canada |
| Derek Wang | 23 | United States |
| Yun Wei | 27 | China |
| Ka Jeng Wong | 30 | Hong Kong |
| Alexander Yau | 26 | Australia |
| Gabriel Yeo | 23 | Germany |
| Joon Yoon | 28 | South Korea |
| Dmitry Yudin | 20 | Russia |
| Angie Zhang | 25 | United States |
*Age as of 22 October 2021.
