The pianists have been chosen by an international selection panel from among 84 candidates who had submitted their applications.
The largest national groups are from Japan, with 10 pianists; Poland, with six; and Italy, with four.
China, South Korea, the United States and Russia are each represented by two pianists. The remaining participants come from Australia, Austria, France, Spain, Canada, Germany and Hungary.
The Warsaw-based National Chopin Institute, which is the organizer of the event, said on its website that the pianists representing Russia "submitted a written statement in which they unambiguously condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine as well as all actions of the Russian Federation in violation of international law."
The participants in the competition will have at their disposal pianos from the National Chopin Institute's collection, including Erards from 1838, 1849 and 1855, Pleyels from 1848 and 1854, and an 1843 Broadwood, as well as replicas of historical pianos and period instruments from other European collections.
The competition's international jury will consist of prominent Polish and foreign pianists, including Paolo Giacometti, Yves Henry, Tobias Koch, Vaclav Luks, Janusz Olejniczak, Olga Paschenko, Ewa Pobłocka, Andreas Staier and Wojciech Świtała.
The first International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments was held in the Polish capital in 2018. It was won by Poland’s Tomasz Ritter.
A statue of the great Romantic composer Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) in Warsaw's Łazienki Park. Photo: masterekpixabay.comCC0 Creative Commons.jpg via Wikimedia Commons
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Source: nifc.pl