International Competition of Romantic Music 2013
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2013 attracted applicants from across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kuwait, Belarus, Malaysia, Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.
Awards
Winners performed at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on:
Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 7:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 7:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 1:00 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 7:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, April 20, 2014, at 3:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
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 2013. 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 2013 Results:
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 9: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Angelina Wang, piano | 5 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Oscar Paz Suaznabar, piano | 7 | Alexandria, VA |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Michelle Stern, violin | 9 | Douglaston, NY |
| Student of Anna Heifetz | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Ng Chloe, violin | 4 | Singapore |
| Student of Dr Choo Siow Ling | ||
| Harrison Chiang, piano | 7 | Anaheim, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Tehila Setton, piano | 8 | Cooper City, FL |
| Audrey Che, piano | 8 | Leawood, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Christina Dong, piano | 8 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Cihan Sahin, piano | 9 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Student of Metin Ulku and Thiago Bertoldi | ||
| Langdan Zhu, piano | 9 | Anaheim, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Hina Khuong Huu, violin | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Katerina Gerson | ||
| Susan Lee, violin | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Natalia Wong, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Mia Soto Barrientos, piano | 6 | Liberia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Malvyn Lai, piano | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Jessica Ye, piano | 8 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Jing Xun Kuan, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Antanina Tsikhanovich, piano | 9 | Minsk, Belarus |
| Student of Lilia Avseenko | ||
| Samantha Staudinger, piano | 9 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Christie Skousen | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Melody Cui, piano | 7 | Milford, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Carol Chen, violin | 8 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Dr. Yuanlin Chen | ||
| Elizabeth Zusin, piano | 8 | Pelham Manor, NY |
| Student of Alexander Budyonny | ||
| Aidan Zusin, piano | 9 | Pelham Manor, NY |
| Student of Alexander Budyonny | ||
| Junior Category, Age 10 to 13: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Caitlan Rinaldy, piano | 10 | Redding, CT |
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Cynthia Soto, piano | 12 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Alexandr Sklioutovsky and Ludmila Meltzer | ||
| Evgeni Petrichev, piano | 12 | Würzburg, Germany |
| Student of Olga Neuberger-Rakowsky | ||
| Abigail Varghese, piano | 13 | Henderson, NV |
| Erika Dalton, violin | 13 | Cedar Hills, UT |
| Student of Prof. Monte Belknap | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov and Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Anthony Tan, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Maggie Liu, piano | 10 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Zoe Daphnee Lavoie Gagne, cello | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of RusLan Biryukov | ||
| Desislava Karagyozova, piano | 11 | Rousse, Bulgaria |
| Student of Daniela Kiurkchieva | ||
| JT Sterle, piano | 11 | Clifton Park, NY |
| Student of Bella Brusilovsky | ||
| Yuelin Zhong, piano | 12 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Dr. William Goldenberg | ||
| Emily Zhang, piano | 12 | Sandy, Utah |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Lulwa Al Shamlan, piano | 12 | Wells, United Kingdom |
| Student of Olena Shvetsova | ||
| Ethan Shen, piano | 13 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Kaitlyn Mann, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Inesa Sinkevych | ||
| Liu Wei, piano | 13 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Teng Shichu | ||
| Austin Kwoun, violin | 13 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Jin-kyung Joen | ||
| Noah Kim, piano | 13 | Cos Cob, CT |
| Student of Dr. Joanne Polk | ||
| Sabrina Tsoi, piano | 13 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Emily Chen, piano | 10 | La Puente, CA |
| Student of Sharon Hsin-I Cheng | ||
| Sean Chia, piano | 10 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of YoonHye Eunice Park | ||
| Bryan Kim, violin | 10 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Vladimir Kromin | ||
| Joelle Jeon, piano | 10 | Carlsbad, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Jamin Liu, piano | 11 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Anna Nikolaevsky | ||
| Lara Hairapetian, piano | 11 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Austin Pham, piano | 12 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Marie Eckstein | ||
| Angelus Matthew Roxas, piano | 13 | Leawood, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Emily Pan, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Kara Li, piano | 13 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Chirstina Choy | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Madeline Werner, piano | 10 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos | ||
| Brandon Lee, cello | 10 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Hyojin Lee | ||
| Audrey Vanderslice, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Nicholas Fomichev, piano | 11 | Bridgewater, NJ |
| Student of Susan Loring | ||
| Eunice Lai, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Lily Smith, piano | 13 | Alexandria, VA |
| Student of Nina Kozin | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 14 to 17: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Grace Moore, piano | 14 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Matthias Balzat, cello | 14 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of James Tennant | ||
| Tristan Murphy, piano | 14 | Perth, Australia |
| Student of Mark Coughlan | ||
| Ilias Fourati, piano | 15 | Mount Kisco, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Kayla Kim, cello | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Sieun Lin | ||
| Yibiao Wang, flute | 15 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Brad Garner | ||
| Alison Jin, piano | 16 | Pepper Pike, OH |
| Student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi and Ella Karasik | ||
| Emily Wu, violin | 16 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Clarisse Atcherson | ||
| Fanghao Xiang, clarinet | 16 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Zheng Rende | ||
| Hyeri Bae, piano | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Anatoly Sheludyakov | ||
| Serina Chang, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elena Belli | ||
| Yohan Kwon, piano | 16 | Old Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria de Bottazzi and Ms. Rebecca Carda | ||
| Anna Egholm, violin | 17 | Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Student of Alexandre Zapolski | ||
| Eri Wong, piano | 17 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jasmine Lee, piano | 12 | Langley, Canada |
| Samantha Lee, piano | 14 | Langley, Canada |
| Students of Elizabeth Bergmann and Marcel Bergmann | ||
| “Trio con Fuoco” | ||
| Flora Li, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Jiewon Lee, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Christina Cheng, cello | ||
| Students of Luyan Guo | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Haoda Lv, piano | 14 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shichu Teng | ||
| Annelise Bui, piano | 14 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Susan Wong | ||
| Bryant So, violin | 14 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Student of Jeri Jorgensen | ||
| Brian Jeong, cello | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Hanliang Tang, piano | 14 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Serena Wang, piano | 14 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Yin Yin Huang | ||
| Simon Ma, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Inesa Sinkevych | ||
| Gianna Zufall, piano | 15 | Arroyo Grande, CA |
| Student of Robert Koenig | ||
| Marie Kelly, piano | 15 | Napa, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Catherine Kim, cello | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| David Nie, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Shuang Teng, piano | 16 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Daniel Cataneo | ||
| Wei Li, viola | 16 | East Greenwich, RI |
| Student of David Rubinstein | ||
| Jung Min Suh, clarinet | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Vladimir Goltsman | ||
| Kotaro Tsutsumi, violin | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of William Fitzpatrick | ||
| Natalie Hodges, violin | 17 | Denver, CO |
| Student of James Maurer | ||
| Victoria Gu, piano | 17 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Professor Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Haidee Chen, piano | 16 | Lawrenceville, GA |
| Helen Chen, piano | 16 | Lawrenceville, GA |
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Christie Gahm, piano | 14 | Waldwick, NJ |
| Student of Eun Park | ||
| Jason Qu, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Alex Lim | ||
| Alex Pham, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Marie Eckstein | ||
| Chisato Fuji, piano | 15 | Walton, KY |
| Student of Dr. Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| Kuyun Liu, piano | 15 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Maximilian Bui, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Susan Wong | ||
| Muli Yu, piano | 15 | Broadlands, VA |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Olivia Long, piano | 15 | Saint Louis, MO |
| Student of Shen Wen | ||
| Pamela Beine, piano | 15 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Ruoxi Chen, piano | 15 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Sheve-Hwa Su | ||
| Alison Ma, piano | 16 | Smithtown, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Amir Malek, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Chelsea Luo, piano | 16 | Poway, CA |
| Student of Hu Ping | ||
| Justin Young, piano | 16 | Los Altos Hills, CA |
| Student of Dr. Namik Sultanov | ||
| Alvin Liang, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Tchetchko | ||
| Julie Han, violin | 17 | Kew Gardens, NY |
| Student of Jung Won Yoon | ||
| Nathan Li, piano | 17 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Angela Yang, piano | 14 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Eric Shuren, piano | 14 | Montebello, NY |
| Student of Sergei Arzumonov | ||
| Lifan Zeng, violin | 14 | Troy, MI |
| Student of Sonia Lee | ||
| Doyle Wang, piano | 16 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Timothy Sayson, piano | 16 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Alex Lim | ||
| Marie Luff, piano | 17 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Graham Smith, piano | 18 | Alexandria, VA |
| Student of Nina Kozin | ||
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Jeremy Yeo, piano | 19 | Seremban, Malaysia |
| Student of Woon Chi Choong | ||
| Yunji Han, violin | 24 | Boston, MA |
| Student of James Buswell | ||
| Haeshin Shin, piano | 26 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
| Junghee Lee, violin | 26 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yoon Kwon | ||
| Xia Xia Zhang, violin | 26 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Student of Maurice Hasson and Kurt Sassmannshaus | ||
| Jinyoung Kim, piano | 29 | Powell, OH |
| Student of Dr. Caroline Hong | ||
| Jiyoung Kim, piano | 30 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| Maria Bessmeltseva, violin | 30 | Bowling Green, OH |
| Saewon Oh, violin | 31 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Nelson Lee | ||
| EunHye Park, piano | 32 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Boaz Sharon and Solomon Mikowsky | ||
| Soojung Hong, piano | 32 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Yuson So, piano | 33 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Richard Reber | ||
| DoHaeng Jung, piano | 34 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Eugene Pridonoff and Elizabeth Pridonoff | ||
| SunYoung Shin, violin | 35 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Simin Ganatra and Almita Vamos | ||
| “Trio Mirabile” | Allston, MA | |
| Heeyeon Chi, piano | ||
| Danby Cho, clarinet | ||
| Hyun-ji Kwon, cello | ||
| Students of Rhonda Rider and Victor Rosenbaum | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Natnaree Suwanpotipra, piano | 18 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Gustavo Romero | ||
| Yu Tang Lin, piano | 18 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Frank Levy | ||
| Melanie Bonich, violin | 21 | Shirley, NY |
| Student of Daniel Phillips and Christina Khimm | ||
| Yu Pei Lai, violin | 22 | Taiwan |
| Student of Lucie Robert | ||
| Kate Carter, violin | 32 | Evanston, IL |
| Student of Gerardo Ribeiro | ||
| Tatsiana Asheichyk, piano | 32 | Ashland, OR |
| Student of Alexander Tutunov | ||
| Chee Hyeon Choi, piano | 38 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Eunjin Lee, piano | 40 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Wiliam Heiles and Reid Alexander | ||
| Third Place Winner | ||
| No Third Places Were Awarded | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Benjamin Collison, piano | 19 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Timothy McFarlan and Christos Koulendros | ||
| Joshua Ross, piano | 24 | Naples, Fl |
| Student of Martha Thomas | ||
| I Wen Wang, piano | 28 | Baltimore, MD |
| Soojung Hur, piano | 29 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen and Boris Slutsky | ||
| Mary Dawood, piano | 33 | Paris, France |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!