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        Semi-Finalists


Sumire Asakura
Sumire Asakura (19) Japan
Tokyo College of Music
Mozart:
Sonata in D Major, K576
Chopin:
Etude in C# minor, Op. 10, #4
Major work:
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28
Concerto:
Chopin #1
So Young Choe
So Young Choe (20) Korea
New England Conservatory of Music
Mozart: Sonata in D Major, K576
Liszt: Paganini Etude No. 6
Major work: Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6
Concerto:  Chopin Piano Concerto #1
Christopher Goodpasture
Christopher Goodpasture (22) U. S.
University of Southern California - Thornton School of Music
Mozart:
Sonata in F Major, K322
Liszt:
Transcendental Etude No. 8 in C minor, “Wildejagd”
Major work:
Debussy: Preludes, Book II: I, III, V, X, XII
Concerto:
Ravel Piano Concerto in D Major for left hand
Iris Hsu
Iris Hsu (23) U. S.
Juilliard School
Mozart:
Sonata in C minor, K457
Chopin:
Etude in G# minor, Op. 25, No. 6
Major work:
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Concerto: 
Tchaikovskky Piano Concerto #1
Hugo Kitano
Hugo Kitano (16) U. S.
San Francisco Conservatory - Preparatory
Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K322
Liszt: Etude in Bb minor “Chasse neige”, Transcendental Etude No. 12
Major work: Mendelssohn: Variations Seriuses in D minor, Op. 54
Concerto:  Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2
Doremi Takahashi
Doremi Takahashi (21) Japan
Tokyo College of Music
Mozart:  Sonata in D Major, K576
Chopin: Etude in C# minor, Op. 10, No. 4
Major Work: Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, 3. Scarbo
Concerto:  Ravel Piano Concerto in G
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