The 20 pianists open the first phase of the competition on Wednesday in the Sala Rodrigo of the Palau, in which they will perform the works they themselves have selected in five sessions: the morning of 4 June (10 am – 2 pm); and on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 June in the morning (10 am – 2 pm) and afternoon (4:30 pm). 

The performer order is:
1 Hyelee Kang

2 Yifan Wu

3 Fortunato Salvador García Piquer

4 Emin Kiourktchian

5 Juan Pedro García Oliva

6 Danylo Saienko

7 Eugenia Sánchez Durán

8 Ruggiero Fiorella

9 Antoni Kleczek

10 Natalie Schwamova

11 Arsen Dalibaltayan

12 Min Joo Yi

13 Jiyoung Kim

14 Nabeel Hayek

15 Davide Cava

16 Yungyung Guo

17 Tiantuo Li

18 Rafael Kyrychenko

19 Robert Carlson

20 Uladzislau Khandohi