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From a record 642 applicants to the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition, these seven Oberlin student and alumni performers were among the 85 pianists who advanced through rigorous review and preliminary audition rounds and will travel to Warsaw next month to participate in the Chopin Competition. This also represents the largest number of contestants participating in this year’s competition from any single music school in the world. They are all students of Professor Dang Thai Son. The official inauguration of the 19th Chopin Competition will take place on October 2. The competition auditions will begin the following day and continue through October 20. The winner of the Competition will receive a gold medal and a First Prize of 60,000 euros.
PART I | 1:00 pm
Kai-Min Chang ’23
Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Etude in B Minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1
Yubo Deng ’25
Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7
Etude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 1
Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Intermission
PART II | 2:15 pm
Chun Lam U ’25
Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Etude in A Minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Hanyuan Zhu
Etude in E Major, Op. 10 No. 3
Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Etude in B Minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Intermission
PART III | 3:30 pm
Athena Deng ’25
Nocturne in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2
Etude in B Minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Arisa Onoda
Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 6
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Intermission
PART IV | 4:45 pm
Ziye Tao
Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1
Etude in A Minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
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