The Finalists of the 63rd Busoni Competition are:

Mascetti Danilo

Navarro José

Oh Yeontaek

Ovcharenko Illia

The 25 Finalists identified by the Jury are:

Bertolazzi Giovanni
Cecino Elia
Choi Isak
Dallagnese Eleonora
Granata Francesco
Han Wenfang
Ivanova Dina
Kang Hyelee
Kim Junhyung
Kim Do-Hyun
Kim Kang Tae
Kinasov Maxim
Kotte Mitra
Liu Ziyu
Oh Yeontaek
Park Jae Hong
Park Jieun
Ranaldi Davide
Sargsyan Zhora
Sasko Polina
Sternath Lukas
Valluzzi Serena
Yao Jialin
Youn Jihyung
Zang Xiaolu

The 6 Finalists chosen by the audience vote are:

Ayadi Nour
Battiloro Raffaele
Lee Chang Gyu
Marusic Lovre
Navarro José
Petrov Vladimir

An additional 2 Finalists will enter the final stages having won a first or second prize in a WFIMC competition, they are:

Mascetti Danilo
Ovcharenko Illia

Glocal Piano Project

2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges for arts institutions worldwide. The Busoni Piano Competition has decided not to give in and instead has developed an innovative new way of holding its preliminary stages: By turning this important first lap on the way to the grand finals in 2021 into The Glocal Piano Project, the competition is happening worldwide. Instead of allowing the pressure of the pandemic to reduce the 70-year-old institution’s scope, the “Busoni” is asserting its international identity more decisively than ever by holding a hybrid form of both online and offline auditions at Steinway & Sons dealers all over the globe.

Thanks to the commitment of Steinway & Sons, the 93 candidates had the opportunity to play at or near their country of residence under the same, excellent conditions that only a Steinway & Sons Dealer can provide.
The recordings of the auditions, that will also include a small live audience wherever it is possible, are available at voting.concorsobusoni.it. Not only were the individual performances judged by the international jury, but also by an online audience that was invited to experience the Glocal Piano Project as one large online piano festival and has given its own, significant vote.