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29.10.2017

Competitors admitted to the 2nd round

On the 27 and 28 of October an international jury has been adjudicating 32 young pianists from 15 countries in the 1st Round of the Jazeps Vitols 7th International Piano Competition. Considering the repertoire requirements in the 1st Round musicians have performed Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach or D. Shostakovich, virtuoso etude by F. Chopin or F. Liszt and works by Jazeps Vitols. After intense 2 days of auditions the jury has been selected 15 competitiors for the 2nd Round:

1 Igor Egorov (Russia)

2 Elīna Gaile (Latvija)

3 Iļja Domņins (Latvija)

4 Johan Randvere (Estonia)

5 Edgars Tomševics (Latvija)

6 Ēvalds Lazarevičs (Latvija)

7 Tony Nguyen (Denmark)

8 Olga Čepovecka (Latvija)

9 Ilana Makarina (Latvija)

10 Paulius Andersson (Lithuania)

11 Aleksandr Kashpurin (Russia)

12 Darya Koval (Belarus)

13 Marina Kan (Norway)

14 Anton Yashkin (Russia)

15 Rihards Plešanovs (Latvija)