International Competition of Romantic Music 2010
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music attracted applicants from across the U.S., Canada, Spain, Finland, Scotland, Turkey, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico and Costa Rica. Dr. Sophya Genis was invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition. A graduate of the Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, Mrs. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov Milstein and Yakov Zak.
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International Competition of Romantic Music 2010 Results:
| NAME | AGE | CITY/COUNTRY/STATE |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Young Musicians Category (age 5 to 9) | ||
| Stephanie Wang, piano | 8 | Cary, NC |
| Student of John Ruggero | ||
| Bjon Li, piano | 9 | Markham, Canada |
| Student of Aster Lai | ||
| Annie Yun, piano | 9 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Cynthia Soto, piano | 9 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Junior Category (age 10 to 13) | ||
| Yoon Jin Alexis Kim, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Evan Lee, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Ines Guanchez, piano | 13 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Kant Kosoltrakul, piano | 13 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Irina Novikova | ||
| Intermediate Category (age 14 to 17) | ||
| Laia Montserrat, violin | 14 | Madrid, Spain |
| Student of Teslya Sedin | ||
| Daniela Navarro, piano | 14 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Anatoly Ryabov | ||
| Stanley Chernavsky, piano | 14 | Livingston, NJ |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Stella Wong, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Golda Tatz | ||
| Clark Chen, piano | 16 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Mark Richman | ||
| Josue Gonzalez, piano | 16 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Francisco Chomnalez, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Jonathan Duarte, piano | 17 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Carolina Ramirez Morales, piano | 17 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Martin Jacobs, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Julian Martin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jerry Fu | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Jenny Fu | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Advanced Category (age 18 and older) | ||
| Aileen LI, piano | 18 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Dr. Marilyn Nonken | ||
| Silvia Kim, piano | 19 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Yuxi Qin, piano | 21 | Montreal, Canada |
| Student of Joseph Kalichstein and Jerome Lowenthal | ||
| Joshua Wright, piano | 22 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Dr. Susan Duehlmeier | ||
| Furkan Ozyazici, piano | 23 | Turkey |
| Student of Andrei Diev | ||
| Violin and Piano Duo: | ||
| Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Prof. Charles Castleman | ||
| Toni James, piano | 24 | Paisley, Scotland |
| Student of Barry Snyder | ||
| Keun Hwa Kim, violin | 27 | East Setauket, NY |
| Student of Soovin Kim | ||
| Sinae Kim, piano | 29 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of George Vatchnadze and Kathryn Brown | ||
| Haeyoung Yoon, piano | 30 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Prof. Ian Hobson | ||
| Woobin Park, piano | 30 | Laurel, MD |
| Student of Lydia Artymiw | ||
| Sunhwa Park, piano | 32 | Austin, TX |
| Student of David Renner | ||
| Sun Young Ju, piano | 32 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Jack Winerock | ||
| Pauli Kari, piano | 34 | Turku, Finland |
| Student of Prof. Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Kana Mimaki, piano | 36 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Robert Roux | ||
| Cristian Pastorello, piano | 38 | Manchester, CT |
| Student of Dr. Neal Larrabee | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Young Musicians Category (age 5 to 9) | ||
| Wiley Skaret, piano | 8 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Andrew Liu, piano | 9 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Kinwai Shum | ||
| Grace Wang, piano | 9 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Stella Sanchez Shih, piano | 9 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Tamara Sklioutovskaia | ||
| Junior Category (age 10 to 13) | ||
| Katherine Wang, violin | 11 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Sarah Nelson, piano | 11 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Dr. Susan Duehlmeier | ||
| Alex Tang, piano | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Dr. Umida Avloni | ||
| Laurie Savic, piano | 10 | West New York, NJ |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Margot Kenagy, violin | 13 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Dean Deng, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Intermediate Category (age 14 to 17) | ||
| Zi Yue Wang, piano | 14 | Xiamen, China |
| Student of Dr. Yueng Yu | ||
| Felix Jarrar, piano | 15 | Bridgeport, CT |
| Student of Burton Hatheway | ||
| Casey Costello, piano | 15 | Dedham, MA |
| Student of Margarita Kotlyarova | ||
| Nicolas Giacalone, piano | 14 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Dr. Anna Maria Trenchi Bottazzi | ||
| Sitan Chen, piano | 15 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of William Ransom | ||
| Allison Reisinger, violin | 16 | Annapolis, MD |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Advanced Category (age 18 and older) | ||
| Luis Esteban Herrera, piano | 18 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Giuseppe Gil, piano | 18 | Sabanillo, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Mario Jimenez, piano | 19 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Mauricio Fernandez Picado, piano | 23 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Ludmilla Melzer and M.M. Luis Monge | ||
| Valeria Delgado, piano | 23 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| David Ugalde, piano | 25 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Franky Leung, Jr., piano | 25 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Mack McCray | ||
| Kristie Janczyk, piano | 27 | Dallas, Texas |
| Student of Alfred Mouledous | ||
| Hee Sung Jang, piano | 28 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Anton Nel | ||
| Kayla Wong, piano | 28 | Moose Jaw, Canada |
| Takako Hayase, piano | 34 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Rebeca Boyd, violin | 35 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Zvi Zeitlin | ||
| You Ju Lee, piano | 36 | Dahlonega, GA |
| Student of Barry Snyder and Mark Silverman | ||
| Vania Todorova, piano | 37 | Kansas City, MO |
| Student of John McIntire | ||
| Erik Cortes Alcantara, piano | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Honorable Mention Diplomas | ||
| Young Musicians Category (age 5 to 9) | ||
| Alvaro Montoya, piano | 9 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Kyle Shin, piano | 9 | Akron, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Anna Maria Trenchi Bottazzi | ||
| Junior Category (age 10 to 13) | ||
| Reed Peterson, piano | 11 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Student of Juliet Gopoian | ||
| Mariana Saenz Ramirez, piano | 11 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Luis Monge | ||
| Muli Yu, piano | 12 | Broadlands, VA |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Kexin G. Vought, violin | 12 | Pittsford, NY |
| Student of Dr. Rebeca Boyd | ||
| Intermediate Category (age 14 to 17) | ||
| Eric Poretsky, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Svetlana Levina | ||
| Jerry Fu, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Dr. Susan Duehlmeier | ||
| Justin Bak, piano | 14 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Jin-Kyung Park | ||
| Daniel Eras Saborio, piano | 14 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Jessica Richards, piano | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Josh Wright | ||
| Melissa Sánchez, piano | 15 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Luis Monge | ||
| Jason Wang, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Robinson Wright III | ||
| Jenny Fu, piano | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Susan Duehlmeier | ||
| Matthew John Ignacio, piano | 16 | Artesia, CA |
| Student of Bernadene Blaha | ||
| Aoi Senju, piano | 16 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Dr. Stephanie Cheng | ||
| Shannon Hsu, piano | 17 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Yin Yin Huang | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!