Participants of the III Round of the Piano category of the Rachmaninoff International Competition have been announcedBy the decision of the jury in the Piano category, the following participants have been admitted to the III Round of the Rachmaninoff International Competition

Konstantin Khachikyan / Russia
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolayev / Russia
Ivan Bessonov / Russia
Estefan Vergara Iatcekiw / Brazil
Ilya Papoyan / Russia
Eva Gevorgyan / Russia
Xuanyi Mao / China
Alexander Klyuchko / Russia

2 best participants of the 2nd round who are chosen by the jury but cannot make it to the 3rd round will be awarded certificates and a stimulating prize of $1,000 USD – Philipp Lynov, Dmitry Sin.

13 contestants took part in the II Round of the Piano specialty, which took place in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory from June 19 to 20.

The III Round of competitive auditions begins on June 22. During the 1st part the participants will have to play romances by Sergei Rachmaninoff in a duet with artists and graduates of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Program under the guidance of Dmitry Vdovin: soprano Lilit Davtyan, Ekaterina Morozova, Albina Tonkikh, tenor David Posulikhin, Arseny Yakovlev, Sergey Radchenko.

At the 2nd part of the III round, which includes piano concertos, the participants will perform accompanied by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” under the baton of Yury Tkachenko.

Details on the Contest website.