Semifinal and Final Rounds of Fou Ts'ong Concerto Competition

Semifinal and Final Rounds of Fou Ts'ong Concerto Competition at NEC's Williams Hall, 8/15 (1pm) + 8/16 (7pm) - Brahms Piano Concerto, No.2
About this Event

The Semifinal (Saturday 8/15, 1pm) and Final (Sunday 8/16, 7pm) Rounds of the 6th Fou Ts’ong International Concerto Competition will take place at NEC’s Williams Hall soon. 10 Semifinalists from a pool of exceptional strong applicants representing (alphabetically) China, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA, will perform a 20-minute solo program, along with a 5-minute orchestral excerpt from the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83, announced 2-days prior. A number of candidates, will advance to the Final Round on 8/16/2026, 7 pm. The selected finalists will perform the Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 in its entirety with the official collaborate pianist on the second piano. Results will be announced immediately after.

2026 Semifinalists (alphabetically)

1, Boyi Fa (China)

2, Motti Fang-Bentov (Israel)

3, Sean Gan (Malaysia)

4, Judy Terri Ji (USA)

5, Daira Podorozhnova (Russia)

6, Szuyu Su (Taiwan)

7, Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang (Hong Kong-SAR, China)

8, Zihao Wu (China)

9, Fangzhou Ye (China)

10, Gehan Zhang (China)

2026 Jury of Preliminary Round (alphabetically):

Ning An 安寧, Gila Goldstein, Henry Kramer, Anton Nel, and Tian Ying 應天峰

2026 Jury of Semifinal and Final Rounds (alphabetically):

Hitomi Koyama, Roberto Poli, Angel Ramon Rivera, Sergey Schepkin, and Channing Yu

Both the Semifinal and Final rounds are open to the public free of change. Suggested donation: $10/person at door. Children under age 6 are not admitted. It will be live-streamed from on the FCPA YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@FCPA

Details: https://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/summer/2026/0815/index.html