The results of the pre-selection stage of the 20th Khachaturian International Competition have been finalized.

Twenty-six violinists have been selected as participants of the 1st round of the competition (listed in alphabetical order).

1. Alena Hove (United States)
2. Alexandra Cooreman (Belgium)
3. Arthur Decaris (France)
4. Elene Meipariani (Germany)
5. Gianni Jiosuè Luis Wiede (Germany)
6. Haoya Zhang (China)
7. João Marinho Carvalho Matos (Portugal)
8. Kristóf Tóth (Hungary)
9. Laura-Katherina Handler (Germany)
10. Leanne McGowan (Australia)
11. Lina Juknevičiūtė (Lithuania)
12. Minchae Kim (South Korea)
13. Olga Kossovich (Russia)
14. Pas Bjørg (Norway)
15. Peixin Jiang (China)
16. Polina Sharafyan (Armenia)
17. Rio Arai (Japan)
18. Sergei Mkrtchian (Russia)
19. Sofiia Iakovenko (Russia)
20. Sung-Chi Chang (Taiwan)
21. Tomotaka Seki (Japan)
22. Wojciech Niedziółka (Poland)
23. Yan Liang (Taiwan)
24. Yinan Zhao (China)
25. Zang Zou (China)
26. Zofia Anna Olesik (Poland)

Should any of the aforementioned participants decline their participation in the Competition, the administration of the Competition will consider inviting replacements from the following list, prioritizing those with the highest scores, to ensure the minimum required number of participants for the 1st round (24 participants).

The waiting list is also in alphabetical order:

Aoi Saito (Japan)
Dan-Iulian Druțac (Moldova)
Enrique Rodrigues (Canada)
Galiya Zharova (Kazakhstan)
Greca Puddu (Italy)
Grigorii Miroshnik (Russia)
Ovsanna Harutyunyan (Armenia)
Seina Matsuoka (Japan)

We wish good luck to all our participants!