Here are the first round performers and repertory for Thursday, August 1. Listen live on WCLV, 104.9 FM or on WCLV.com or access a live video feed here. Follow the links below for more information about the contestants
1:00 pm – Annika Treutler, 23, Germany. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC I: No. 12, BWV 857; Chopin: Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8; Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109.
1:30 pm – Oleksandr Poliykov, 25, Ukraine. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, WTC I, BWV 848; Haydn: Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob. XVI:46; Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10; Skoryk: Burlesque.
2:00 pm. – Beatrice Berrut, 28, Switzerland. J.S. Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811; Holliger: I. “Elis, wenn die Amsel im Schwarzen Walde ruft, Dieses ist dein Untergang.” [from An den Knaben Elis] II. “Blaue Tauben Trinken nachts den eisigen Schweiß Der von Elis’ kristalliner Stirne Rinnt.” [from Elis II] [1961, revised 1966]; Chopin: Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10.
2:45 pm. – Oskar Jezior, 28, Poland. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K. 213; Sonata in E Major, K. 162; Chopin: Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4; Brahms: Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119.
3:15 pm – Ben Schoeman, 30, South Africa. J.S. Bach: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911; Haydn: Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50; Reddy: Toccata for John Roos [2007].
7:00 pm – Gerard Aimontche, 21, Russia. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC II: No. 20, BWV 889; Chopin: Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5; Scherzo in E Major, Op. 54, No. 4; Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53.
7:30 pm – Ben Kim, 30, United States. Rzewski: Dream [2013]; Chopin: Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8; Mozart: Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332.
8:15 pm – Julia Kociuban, 21, Poland. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC II: No. 20, BWV 889; Chopin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 [“Torrent”]; Bacewicz: Sonata No. 2 [1953]
8:45 pm – Andrejs Osokins, 28, Latvia. Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17.