The list of participants qualified by the Jury of the Preliminary:
Leonora Armellini, Italy
J J Jun Li Bui, Canada
Michelle Candotti, Italy
Kai-Min Chang, Chinese Taipei
Junhui Chen, China
Xuehong Chen, China
Zixi Chen, China
Hyounglok Choi, South Korea
Federico Gad Crema, Italy
Aleksandra H. D?bek, Poland
Alberto Ferro, Italy
Yasuko Furumi, Japan
Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia
Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain
Eva Gevorgyan, Russia/Armenia
Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan, Cuba
Joanna Goranko, Poland
Chelsea Guo, U.S.A.
Eric Guo, Canada
Saaya Hara, Japan
Yifan Hou, China
Wei-Ting Hsieh, Chinese Taipei
Kaoruko Igarashi, Japan
Riko Imai, Japan
Junichi Ito, Japan
Asaki Iwai, Japan
San Jittakarn, Thailand
Jooyeon Ka, South Korea
Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia
Su Yeon Kim, South Korea
Aimi Kobayashi, Japan
Mateusz Krzy?owski, Poland
Jakub Kuszlik, Poland
Shushi Kyomasu, Japan
Hyuk Lee, South Korea
Jaeyoon Lee, South Korea
Xiaoxuan Li, China
Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada
Julia ?ozowska, Poland
Xuanyi Mao, China
Tomasz Marut, Poland
Yupeng Mei, China
Arsenii Mun, Russia
Viet Trung Nguyen, Vietnam/Poland
Georgijs Osokins, Latvia
Jinhyung Park, South Korea
Yeon-Min Park, South Korea
Jiana Peng, China
Leonardo Pierdomenico, Italy
Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
Hao Rao, China
Yangyang Ruan, China
Sohgo Sawada, Japan
Aristo Sham, China, Hong Kong
Miyu Shindo, Japan
Talon Smith, U.S.A.
Kyohei Sorita, Japan
Szuyu Su, Chinese Taipei
Hayato Sumino, Japan
Aleksandra ?wigut, Poland
Rikono Takeda, Japan
Shun Shun Tie, China
Sarah Tuan, U.S.A.
Chao Wang, China
Zitong Wang, China
Zijian Wei, China
Marcin Wieczorek, Poland
Andrzej Wierci?ski, Poland
Victoria Wong, Canada
Yuchong Wu, China
Lingfei (Stephan) Xie, Canada/China
Zi Xu, China
Yuanfan Yang, United Kingdom
Anastasia Yasko, Russia
Andrey Zenin, Russia
Boao Zhang, China
Yilan Zhao, China
Ziji Zhao, China
The number of pianists qualified to the main competition by the Jury of the Preliminary includes 22 Chinese, 16 Polish, 14 Japanese, 7 South Korean, 6 Italian piano players as well as pianists from Armenia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Latvia, Russia, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Twice postponed due to the pandemic, the Preliminary of the Chopin Competition was held from 12 to 23 July 2021 in the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic.
More than 500 pianists from all over the world applied to the musical tournament and submitted their recordings. Of their number, 164 were admitted to the Preliminary. Finally, 151 pianists have taken part in the Preliminary, and presented programmes specified in the Rules and Regulations of the Competition to the members of the jury and to the Warsaw audience.
12. Yasuko Furumi, Japan
20. Saaya Hara, Japan
23. Kaoruko Igarashi, Japan
24. Riko Imai, Japan
25. Junichi Ito, Japan
26. Asaki Iwai, Japan
31. Aimi Kobayashi, Japan
34. Shushi Kyomasu, Japan
53. Sohgo Sawada, Japan
55. Miyu Shindo, Japan
57. Kyohei Sorita, Japan
59. Hayato Sumino, Japan
61. Rikono Takeda, Japan
Lukasz Byrdy
Luigi Carroccia
Han Chen
Diana Cooper
Sesja poranna
Stephanie Draughon
Hsin-Yu Duan
Mateusz Duda
Martina Consonni
Xu Guo
Katharina Hack
Yukino Hayashi
Wataru Hisasue
Yun-Chih Hsu
Hana Igawa
Grigoris Ioannou
Seika Ishida
Andrei Ivanou
Chi Ho Han
Yukino Kaihara
Hyelee Kang
Hyelee Kang
Elizabeth Karaulova
Airi Katada
Eylam Keshet
Konstantin Khachikyan
Hyelim Kim
Jun Ho Kim
Yurika Kimura
Qi Kong
Pavle Krstic
Yukine Kuroki
Ning Yuen Li
Xinjie Li
Hao Wei Lin
Ziyu Liu
Vitaly Starikov
Asaka Miyoshi
Momoko Mizutani
Mayaka Nakagawa
Yui Nakamura
Mariko Nogami
Arisa Onoda
Anfisa Bobylova
Anke Pan
Eryk Parchanski
Agne Radzeviciute
Kazuya Saito
Meng-Sheng Shen
Kotaro Shigemori
Mana Shoji
Marcel Tadokoro
Mateusz Tomica
Parker Van Ostrand
Monika Ruth Vida
Bocheng Wang
Chanel Wang
Liya Wang
Yijia Wang
Jacek Wendler
Sze Yuen Wong
Maciej Wota
Maiqi Wu
Biguo Xing
Suah Ye
Miki Yamagata
Shih-Hsien Yeh
Yi Yi
Hao Zi Yoh
Jessica Yuma
Cristian Sandrin
Se-Hyeong Yoo
Kaiwen Zhao
Tianyu Zhou