International Competition of Romantic Music 2012
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2012 attracted applicants from across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan and Ukraine.
Awards
The Winners Recitals were held on
Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 3:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and
Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 11:30AM and 7:30PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Special prizes for best performances were awarded based on the judges recommendations.
Judges
Four qualified judges will evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent; their students are not allowed to apply this season.
Dr. Sophya Genis is invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2018. 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.
International Competition of Romantic Music 2012 Results:
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Charles Zhao, 9, from Bethesda, Maryland, started taking piano lessons when he was 6 years old. His past piano teachers include Professor Laurent Boukobza and Professor Gary Wolf, among others. Currently, Charles continues his piano study under Dr. Michael Adcock. Up to now, Charles has won awards in almost every competition he entered. Among these awards, the noticeable ones were the Florida State level piano solo and piano concerto (at the 2nd highest technique level) competitions, which took place in May 2011. In April 2011, Charles also performed in the winners’ concert at Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Besides piano, Charles loves drawing, mathematics and reading.
Sheng Shuo, 10, from Changchun, China, studies piano under Prof. Wong Yee Lun of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His past piano teachers include Prof. Huang Yameng and Mr. Song Zhengang. Up to now, Shuo has won many international and national piano competition awards, including 3rd Cadenza National Youth Competition -1st prize (2009, Cat. B), 4th Steinway National Youth Piano Competition (Northeast China) – 3rd prize (2009), 73rd Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition (Jilin, China) – 2nd prize (2009), 12th “Xinghai Cup” National Youth Piano Competition – 3rd prize (2008)
Claudia See, 17, from San Diego, California, began playing clarinet in 4th Grade. She is currently under the tuition of her music teachers Alexander Gourevitch and Vladimir Goltsman. Claudia’s achievements include San Diego Symphony Young Artists Competition – Winner (2012), San Diego Youth Symphony, Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition – Winner (2011), San Diego Clarinet Society Young Artist Competition – 1st place (2011) and Grand Prize Senior Division (2011), Coastal Communities Concert Band – Don Caneva Scholarship Winner (2012), Helen B. Goodlin Competition – 1st place (2012), La Jolla Symphony Young Artist Competition – Rising Star Award (2012).
Scholarship Award Winner:
Kunst Piano Quintet: Jung Lim Kim, piano; Hyunjung Kim, violin; Kina Park, violin; Hyemin Choi, viola; Linda Kim, cello
Established in Boston, MA in 2011, Kunst Piano Quintet is dedicated to expanding the contemporary chamber music tradition through performances, recordings, broadcasts, educational activities and community outreach projects. The group philosophy is to connect with people through an instrument made out of wood. Alumni of New England Conservatory and Peabody Conservatory, the Quintet has coached with members of the Muir quartet, Takacs Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet , Tokyo String Quartet, Julliard Quartet as well as Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes, Malcolm Lowe and Rafael Hillyer. Consisted of musicians from Korea, members hold graduate degrees in performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and Peabody Conservatory. They have performed throughout Korea, Central America and the U.S. They are also artists sponsored by the Kumho Aisana Cultural Foundation. The Quintet participants are studying under Anthony Di Bonaventura.
Winners by Age Category
| NAME | AGE | CITY/COUNTRY/STATE |
| Young Musicians Category (age 5 to 9) | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Meagan Elissa Cook, piano | 8 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Ludmila Melzer | ||
| Charles Zhao, piano | 9 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Michael Adcock | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Anna Tan, violin | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Clara Tan | ||
| Adrian Romoff, Piano | 8 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Rayna Aden De Guzman, flute | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsyna | ||
| RaeYue Pung, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Albert Tiu | ||
| Francois Gizycki, cello | 9 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Xue Wen Gao | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Erica Graham Clarke, piano | 8 | Newtown Square, PA |
| Student of Elena Berman Gantard and Dmitry Borisovsky | ||
| Yihsuan Chao, piano | 9 | Taiwan |
| Student of Jessie Huang and John Vaughan | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Olivia Lin, piano | 7 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Jiuan Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Tu Anh Nguyen, piano | 8 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Dr. Irena Kofman | ||
| Victoria Lin Midkiff, piano | 8 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Sonya Ho | ||
| Eleanor Yeajune Lee, piano | 9 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Student of Hye Sook Jung | ||
| Daniel Zi Yang Chen Wang, Piano | 9 | Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Tamara Slioutovskaya | ||
| Junior Category, Age 10 to 13: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Shuo Sheng, piano | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Huang Yameng | ||
| Cynthia Soto, piano | 11 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Lawrence Lan, piano | 12 | Setauket, NY |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Kevin Long Su, piano | 12 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Jounghee Son, piano | 13 | Ahnyang Si, Korea |
| Student of Ji Eun Lee | ||
| Annelise Bui, piano | 13 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Susan Boettger | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Julia Liu Fu, piano | 10 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Maryna Peresichanska, voice | 11 | Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine |
| Student of Natalia Dymchenko and Olga Shkola | ||
| Ethan Chen, piano | 11 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Yurika Yamada, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Howard Chen, piano | 12 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Antonio Frank Plumer, piano | 12 | Mount Airy, MD |
| Student of Scott Beard and Frank Plumer | ||
| Aileen Chung, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Magaret Batjer | ||
| Leyla Kabuli, piano | 13 | Davis, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Emma Lee, cello | 13 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Cheryline Illena Alim, piano | 10 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Lystia Christianti | ||
| Augustin Henry Wright, piano | 10 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Rebecca Kelly | ||
| Evan Hu, piano | 10 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Lynn Gong, piano | 11 | Liberia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Ludmila Melzer | ||
| Vincentius Bryan, piano | 12 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Lystia Christianti | ||
| Joseline Novia Alim, piano | 13 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Lystia Christianti | ||
| Jamie Cleron, piano | 13 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Christie Skousen | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Arisa Hara, piano | 10 | Bronxville, NY |
| Student of Jiuan Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Ana Laura Sanchez Retana, piano | 10 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Rachel Devarani Dharmapalan, piano | 10 | Oakland, CA |
| Student of Jim Charmichael | ||
| Bao Anh Nguyen, piano | 11 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Dr. Irena Kofman | ||
| Kate Lu, piano | 12 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Flora Kuan | ||
| Emily Xing Ku, piano | 13 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 14 to 17: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Matthew Huang, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| David Yujun Huang, piano | 15 | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Student of Edward Francis | ||
| Andrew Chan, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Han Saem Rue, violin | 17 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Hyuna Kim | ||
| Claudia See, clarinet | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Vladimir Goltsman | ||
| MSM Precollege Trio: | ||
| Serina Yongchen Chang, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yegor Shevtsov | ||
| Tristan Siegel, violin | 16 | Tenafly, NY |
| Student of Yegor Shevtsov | ||
| David Ryu, cello | 16 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Yegor Shevtsov and Madeleine Golz | ||
| Trio con Fuoco: | San Diego, CA | |
| Flora Fang Ying Li, violin | 15 | |
| Jiewon Lee, piano | 15 | |
| Christina Cheng, cello | 16 | |
| Students of Lu Yan Guo | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Maximilian Bui, piano | 14 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Susan Boettger | ||
| Jules Jiyoon Lee, piano | 14 | Norwood, NJ |
| Student of Carmel Lowenthal | ||
| Yuchun Cheng, viola | 14 | Tainan City, Taiwan |
| Student of Tomizawa Naoko | ||
| Yoon Joo Choi, piano | 15 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Ji Eun Lee | ||
| Irene Jeong, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Jerry Liu Fu, piano | 16 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Susan Duehlmeier | ||
| Eri Wong, piano | 16 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Asana Michelle Onishi, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Bernadene Blaha | ||
| Anna Elisabeth Schwartz, oboe | 17 | Longmeadow, MA |
| Student of Amanda Hardy and Peter Smith | ||
| Ririko Noborisaka, violin | 17 | Osaka, Japan |
| Student of Machie Oguri | ||
| Preston Jordan Lim, cello | 17 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Joseph Elworthy | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Thomas Michael Nickell, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Erica Jayee Huang, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Josephine Eugenia Alim, piano | 14 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Lystia Christianti | ||
| Erica Jayee Huang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Joyson Zhang, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Clive Swansbourne | ||
| Ana Sofia Schutte, violin | 14 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Catherina Tellini | ||
| Justin Han Sumio Koga, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Hyeri Bae, piano | 15 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Anatoly Sheludyakov | ||
| Alice Seohyoun Yoon, flute | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Shiying Shirley Lin, piano | 15 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Samantha Sae Min Lee, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Sarah Ting Goodman, piano | 16 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Clara Slater | ||
| Valentinus Steven, piano | 17 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia and Lystia Christianti | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Nellie Taratorin, piano | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Era Lifschitz | ||
| Natalie Anne Cernius, piano | 16 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Joseph ChangWon Chung, violin | 16 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Yujeong Lee | ||
| Daniela Valentina Rodriguez, piano | 16 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Margarita Garcia | ||
| Jenna Yunsu Lee, violin | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ricardo Cyncynates and Yujeong Lee | ||
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Luis Esteban Wattson Herrera, piano | 21 | Hererdia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Liana Paniyeva, piano | 27 | Hartford, CT |
| Student of Phillip Kawin | ||
| Jungmin Grace Han, cello | 27 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Richard Aaron and Aldo Parisot | ||
| Jae In Shin, violin | 28 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Ronald Patterson and Hyo Kang | ||
| Hyun Kim, violin | 28 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Bayla Keyes | ||
| Eun Joung Kim, piano | 30 | Cicinnati, OH |
| Student of Eugene Pridonoff | ||
| Jinhee Kim, piano | 30 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Min Hee Kim, violin | 31 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Dirk Verelst | ||
| Hye Young Kim, piano | 33 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen and Kenneth Drake | ||
| Kwok Wai Yu, clarinet | 33 | Rego Park, NY |
| Student of Charles Neidich | ||
| Tatiana Shustova, piano | 35 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Kunst Piano Quintet: | Boston, MA | |
| Jung Lim Kim, piano | ||
| Hyunjung Kim, violin | ||
| Kina Park, violin | ||
| Hyemin Choi, viola | ||
| Linda Kim, cello | ||
| Students of Anthony Di Bonaventura | ||
| New England String Quartet: | Somerville, MA | |
| Julia Okrusko, violin | 28 | |
| Konstantin Rybakov, violin | 27 | |
| Lilit Muradyan, viola | 32 | |
| Ming Hui Lin, cello | 31 | |
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Chuyi Liang, piano | 20 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Teng Shichu | ||
| Eduardo Jesus Montero Mata, piano | 21 | Hererdia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Luis Monge | ||
| Christian Kazmierski, viola | 22 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Stephen Wyrczynski | ||
| Pavel Shevel, piano | 25 | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Student of Ludmila Marsevich | ||
| Azer Damirov, violin | 25 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Eduard Schmieder | ||
| Fangyue He, violin | 25 | New York, NY |
| Student of Laurie Smukler | ||
| Haneul Lee, piano | 27 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Karen Shaw | ||
| Larysa Davis, piano | Laredo, TX | |
| Third Place Winner | ||
| Chen Wang, piano | 26 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Mao Qingnan | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Irene Alfaro, piano | 21 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Jihye Sung, violin | 24 | New York, NY |
| Student of Patinka Kopec | ||
| JohnWillard Arrojado Utuk, piano | 27 | Cape Coral, FL |
| Student of Robert MacDonald | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!