I'm sitting at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Vilnius right now, after having gone to the university for a quick drink of tea and a chocolate bar. The break is over and the jury decided to announce the results of the Round 1.

Here are the people who were chosen to advance to the 2nd Round:

1. Yohan Chung, South Korea (1)

2. Tyler Jason Boehmer, United States (2)

3. Ilaria Centorrino, Italy (3)

4. Somang Lee, South Korea (4)

5. Sunghyun Park, South Korea (7)

6. Josef Kratochvíl, Czech Republic (11)

7. Anastasiia Igoshina, Russian Federation (13)

8. Ae Shell Nam, South Korea (14)

9. Filip Šmerda, Czech Republic (16)

10. Alexander Little, United Kingdom (17)

11. Jan Šprta, Czech Republic (20)

12. Hyun Sun Park, South Korea (22)

Congratulations everyone! You all did a terrific job. Even if you weren't chosen to advance to the 2nd Round, I'm sure you learned a lot while preparing and performing here.

I'll see you on Monday at St Casimir's church for Round 2! It starts at 3 PM Vilnius time (1 PM UTC).

If you want to watch a recording of the live-stream, check it out here:

http://ciurlionis.link/en/b/organ

Specification of the organ:

http://www.vargonai.lt/vargonai_vilnius_liuteronu.htm

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