4th International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition
List of Candidates accepted to participate in the Competition:
| Ráhel Borka | Hungary |
| Giacomo Cardelli | Italy |
| Yunseo Cho | Republic of Korea |
| Hun Choi – resigned | Republic of Korea |
| Arthur Daems | Belgium |
| Ania Custodio Folch | Spain |
| Hideaki Fujiwara | Japan |
| Miquel Garcia Ramon – resigned | Spain |
| Go Eun Sol Heo | Republic of Korea |
| Cyprien Keiser | Luxembourg |
| Dawoon Kim | Republic of Korea |
| Deokyong (Claire) Kim | Republic of Korea |
| Jungyoon Lee | Republic of Korea |
| So Min Lee | Republic of Korea |
| Youbien Lee | Republic of Korea |
| Saebom Lee | Republic of Korea |
| Dongyeol Lee | Republic of Korea |
| Cyprien Lengagne | France/Switzerland |
| Maria Leszczyńska-Thieu | Poland |
| Hongxuan Li | China |
| Jiayi Liu | China |
| Anna Meipariani | Georgia |
| Oliwia Meiser | Poland |
| Krzysztof Michalski | Poland |
| Enrico Mignani | Italy |
| Charlotte Miles | Australia |
| Shuki Minagawa | Japan |
| Dilshod Narzillaev – resigned | Uzbekistan |
| Vesper Seonwoo Park | Republic of Korea |
| Sang Hyeok Park | Republic of Korea |
| Cazal Roman | France |
| Felix Rosenboom | Germany |
| Maria Salvatori | Italy |
| Yosuke Shimizu | Japan |
| Alejandro Viana | Spain |
| Carlos Vidal Ballester | Spain |
| Vilem Vlcek | Czech Republic |
| Andrii Vorontsov | Ukraine |
| Chengyue Wen | China |
| Juliet Wolff | Germany |
| Wanxuan Wu | China |
| Monika Würsten | Poland/Switzerland |
| Xiaotang Xu | China |
| Yoonsoo Yeo | Republic of Korea |
| Jeein You | Republic of Korea |