Supported by Texas Ballet Theater made possible by a generous grant from Anne T. & Robert M. Bass 2023 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival Preliminary Round Concert 1 I 7:00 PM Thursday, June 8, 2023 Caruth Auditorium at SMU I Dallas, Texas USA 7:00 p.m. – Chengcheng Yao 姚承承, 14, China BACH Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 858 RACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in A Minor, op. 39, no. 6 CHOPIN Waltz in A-flat Major, op. 42 PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, op. 1 7:22 p.m. – Steven Ruochong Cui 崔若冲, 17, United States BACH Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887 BRAHMS Klavierstücke, op. 118, nos. 1 and 2 LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor 7:44 p.m. – Jaeuk Lim 임재욱, 16, South Korea BACH Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854 LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 5 “Feux follets” CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION 8:24 p.m. – Taige Wang, 13, United States BACH Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888 LISZT Paganini Etude No. 6 in A Minor MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses, op. 54 8:46 p.m. – Seokyoung Hong 홍석영, 15, South Korea BACH Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 863 LISZT Concert Etude No. 2 “La leggierezza” PROKOFIEV Visions fugitives, op. 22, nos. 2, 10, 3 PROKOFIEV Toccata in D Minor, op. 11 9:08 p.m. – Chihiro Sugawara 菅原千尋, 16, Japan BACH Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874 SCRIABIN Fantasie in B Minor, op. 28 RACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in D Major, op. 39, no. 9