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National Chopin Competition: https://www.chopin.org/2025-competition
0:00 What makes Chopin a genius?
1:33 Karina Tseng
2:54 William Ge
5:13 Antony Ratinov
7:01 William Yang
9:33 Madison Yan
13:28 Nathaniel Zhang
16:08 Matthew Liu
17:26 Victoria Wong
19:03 Paul Ji
21:19 Lucas Sha
22:48 Timothy Jones
25:22 Angeline Ma
27:59 Antoni Kleczek
29:54 Emily Wu
32:24 Oliver Moore
33:33 Alyssa Gabrilovich
34:55 Andrew Kim
35:50 Natasha Wu
38:13 Raul Canosa
39:32 Eddison Chen
41:20 Megumi Maekawa
43:05 Aleks Shameti
44:58 Angie Zhang
Created and hosted by Ben Laude.
This video is part of my partnership with the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which presents the National Chopin Competition every 5 years. The partnership was forged on the eve of the 11th National Chopin Competition, to be held in Miami in January 2025.
Reserve your seats for earlier rounds and purchase your tickets to the final round of the National Chopin Competition: https://www.chopin.org/2025-competition-schedule
The Chopin Foundation is a national non-profit organization founded by its President, Blanka A. Rosenstiel in 1977, and inspired by the first US Chopin Competition she presented in Miami in 1975.
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