FORT WORTH -- Ten young pianists performed Monday and the remaining 10 will compete Tuesday in the 15th annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at Bass Performance Hall.

Competing Monday were Su Yeon Kim of South Korea, Leonardo Pierdomenico of Italy, Ilya Shmukler of Russia, Dasol Kim of South Korea, Tristan Teo of Canada, Martin James Bartlett of the United Kingdom, Daniel Hsu of the United States, Yury Favorin of Russia, Yutong Sun of China and Luigi Carroccia of Italy.

Competing Tuesday: Georgy Tchaidze of Russia, Kenneth Broberg of the United States, Rachel Cheung of Hong Kong, Sergey Belyavskiy of Russia, Tony Yike Yang of Canada, Yekwon Sunwoo of South Korea, Han Chen of Taiwan, Honggi Kim of South Korea, Rachel Kudo of the United States and Alyosha Jurinic of Croatia.

At the end of Tuesday's performances, 12 pianists will be picked for the semifinal round, which starts Thursday.

The Cliburn is streaming the competition live.

The look of concentration

The 10 Cliburn contestants from Monday had their best game faces on: