Competitors 2017

United States
age 24
The Juilliard School 2015–2017
Columbia University 2011–2015

Italy
age 29
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome 2013–2016 
Royal Academy of Music, London 2012–2014
Conservatorio di Musica Nino Rota, Monopoli 2003–2011

Spain
age 28
Escuela de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid 2014–2017
Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, St. Petersburg 2010–2014
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona 2006–2010

United States
age 26
Texas Christian University 2014–2017
Yale School of Music 2012–2014
Eastman School of Music 2008–2012

Germany
age 25
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2015–
Hochschule für Musik Würzburg 2012–2015
Musikhochschule Freiburg 2011–2012

South Korea
age 29
École Normale de Musique de Paris 2012–2016
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg 2012–2013
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris 2006–2010

South Korea
age 22
Kyung Hee University, College of Music, Seoul 2014–
Seoul Arts High School 2011–2014

South Korea
age 21
Seoul National University 2015–
Seoul Arts High School 2012–2015

Finland
age 28
Sibelius Academy  2009–2010, 2015–2016
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin 2010–2015
Liszt Academy, Budapest 2013–2014
Sibelius Academy Youth Department 2003–2009

South Korea
age 25
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2015–
Seoul National University 2010–2014
Seoul Arts High School 2007–2010

Indonesia
age 22
Sibelius Academy 2016–
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore 2012–2016

Germany
age 24
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln 2009–2017
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2013–2017
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf 2003–2009

Israel
age 22
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University 2013–
Givatayim Conservatory, Israel 2008–2013

Canada
age 27
Université de Montréal 2016–
New England Conservatory, Boston 2014–2016
McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montreal 2007–2011

Norway
age 29
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin 2011–2016
Barratt Due musikkinstitutt, Oslo 2006–2010

Finland
age 23
Sibelius Academy 2014–
Oulunsalo Art School 2006–2013