International Competition of Romantic Music 2015
The American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2015 was open to instrumentalists (piano, piano duo, winds, strings, chamber orchestras, voice) of all nationalities and countries. Participants were required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
The Competition attracted applicants from across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, China, Singapore and Australia.
Awards
Winners performed on
– Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall,
– Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and
– Sunday, March 27, 2016 (Easter) at 11:30 AM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Special prizes for best performances may be 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 2015. 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 2015 Results:
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 9: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Henry Li, piano | 8 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Meagan Lee, piano | 8 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Nathaniel Yue, cello | 8 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Vardan Gasparyan | ||
| Eileen Chen, piano | 9 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Eliza Podvalny, piano | 9 | Cortlandt Manor, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Wu Chen | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Annabelle Wang | 9 | |
| Grace Sun | 9 | |
| Shirley Xu | 10 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/ Four Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Sashi Chuckravanen | 8 | |
| Mia Chen | 10 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Allison Xia, piano | 8 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Matthew Phan, piano | 9 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick | ||
| Piano Duo/ Four Hands: | Stony Brook, NY | |
| Oliver Wu | 8 | |
| Benjamin Wu | 9 | |
| Students of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Jennifer Kim, violin | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Junior Category, Age 10 to 13: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Lauren Elizabeth Kim, piano | 10 | Leesburg, VA |
| Student of Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt | ||
| Min Er Yuki Chew, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Cindy Yan | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 11 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Evan Hu, piano | 13 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Rachel Broweleit, cello | 13 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | Holladay, UT | |
| Christina Dong | 10 | |
| Jeffrey Kulsomphob | 10 | |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Aaron Becker, piano | 10 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Natalia Borodulin | ||
| Daniel Zhang, piano | 10 | Baldwin Place, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Wu Chen | ||
| Ingrid Luo, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| David Su, piano | 11 | East Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Emma Yang, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Amy Gustafson | ||
| Jessica Wu, violin | 11 | College Point, NY |
| Student of Yonitte Ryger | ||
| Marien Femerling, piano | 11 | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Student of Dr. Antonina Dragan | ||
| Arin Siriamonthep, piano | 12 | Greenvale, NY |
| Student of Dr. Jun Fu | ||
| Edward Kong, cello | 12 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Dmitry Kouzov and Jooyeon Song | ||
| Leanna Bai, piano | 12 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 12 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Amelia Bateman, violin | 13 | Mapleton, UT |
| Student of Monte Belknap | ||
| Haley Kwoun, cello | 13 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Laura Blustein | ||
| Ivory Tang, piano | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
| Jason Tam, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Tian Song | ||
| Jessica Wong, piano | 13 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Joshua Noronha, piano | 13 | Perth, Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Sarah Ning, piano | 13 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Olga Chichova | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Ethan Chen, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Catherine Zhou, piano | 10 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Olga Chichova | ||
| Jayden Bai, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Jeffrey Kulsomphob, piano | 10 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Kathleen Gurning, piano | 10 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Loana El Achtar, piano | 11 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Samuel Li, piano | 11 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Atesh Camurdan, piano | 12 | Manakin Sabot, VA |
| Student of Natalya Vornovitsky | ||
| Lina Hisada, piano | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Ananya Ramkumar, piano | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Natalya Borodulin | ||
| Dylan Lee, piano | 13 | Granada Hills, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Emma Wu, piano | 13 | Glendale, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Nathan Ng, piano | 13 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva Ledford | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Audrey Shen, piano | 10 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva | ||
| Caelan Lu, piano | 10 | Mount Pleasant, Australia |
| Student of Helene Lu | ||
| Madison Yang, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Sophia Ho, violin | 10 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Rachel Dharmapalan, piano | 13 | Oakland, CA |
| Student of James Carmichael | ||
| Taejas Venkataraman, violin | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Zuo Jun | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Shiqi Cheng, piano | 10 | Shoreham, NY |
| Bryant Liu, piano | 13 | Rocky Point, NY |
| Students of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Finalist | ||
| Alexander Deutsch, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 14 to 17: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Peyton Chen, oboe | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yu-Ting Wang | ||
| Kevin Su, piano | 15 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Douglas Luo, piano | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Michelle Jo Santoso | ||
| Erin Chen, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Herbert Santoso, piano | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Michelle Jo Santoso | ||
| Peter Wang, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Natalia Harlap | ||
| Petra Momcilovic, violin | 16 | Brookfield, WI |
| Student of Ilana Setapen | ||
| Jonathan Lai, double bass | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Eugene Levinson | ||
| Wendy Chen, flute | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Evangelina Gao, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Fonny Chandra | ||
| Jonathan Po, piano | 14 | La Habra Heights, CA |
| Student of Mark Richman | ||
| Lulwa Al Shamlan, piano | 14 | Wells, Inited Kingdom |
| Student of Prof. John Byrne | ||
| Thomas Lim, cello | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Alicia Hou, piano | 15 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick | ||
| Bonita Shin, piano | 15 | Brandon, Canada |
| Student of Jayoung Hong | ||
| Davina Lin, piano | 15 | Pprter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Emily Muramoto, voice | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Dr. Maria Lazarova | ||
| Ethan Ma, violin | 15 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Justin Zhu Cai, piano | 15 | Spokane, WA |
| Student of Karyln Brett and Dr. Peter Mack | ||
| Alex Camai, piano | 16 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Angela Liu, flute | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Catherine Karoly | ||
| Barbara Xiong, piano | 16 | Brentwood, TN |
| Student of Roland Schneller | ||
| Jun Zheng, piano | 16 | Surrey, Canada |
| Student of Helen Tung | ||
| Yun-Ya Lo, cello | 16 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Weixi Luo | ||
| Gemma Hyeon, violin | 17 | Sandy Hook, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Janis Jin, french horn | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Stephanie Stetson | ||
| Trumpet Duo: | Toronto, Canada | |
| Aled Blundell, trumpet | 13 | |
| Matisse Blundell, trumpet | 15 | |
| Students of Jim Spragg and Andrew McCandless | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Hannah Chan, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Isabella Pu, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Nancy Elton | ||
| Jocelyn Chen, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Joshua Chung, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Mahina Sheikh, cello | 14 | Westbury, NY |
| Student of Paloma Ferrante | ||
| Rachel Lee, piano | 14 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Anne Isaakyan Bader | ||
| Sophie Courtney, piano | 14 | Corona del Mar, CA |
| Student of Margery Burger | ||
| Cheryl Liang, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Tchetchko | ||
| Jiayuan Han, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Clive Swansbourne | ||
| Michael Jan, piano | 15 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Olga Merson | ||
| Richard Xie, piano | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| Bernard Li, piano | 16 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Christine Yang, piano | 16 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Curtis Cheung, piano | 16 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Adela Cheung | ||
| Sang-O Park, cello | 16 | Haverford, PA |
| Student of Sieun Lin and Metta Watts | ||
| Helen Liu, Viola | 17 | Orange, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Echo Tang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Josephine Widjaja, piano | 14 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Sylvia Tang, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Shirley Irek | ||
| Anita Garg, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Marisa Schwartz, piano | 16 | Decatur, GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| Winston Way, piano | 16 | Hawkinsville, GA |
| Student of Jane Bickley | ||
| Hari Garg, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Kevin Zhu, piano | 17 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Yuting Li | ||
| Finalist | ||
| Elisabeta Racolta, voice | 16 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Jean Danton | ||
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Jae Young Bea, violin | 23 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lucie Robert | ||
| Diana Moisejenkaite, violin | 29 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Walter Verdehr | ||
| Hana Song, piano | 31 | Iowa City, IA |
| Student of Uriel Tsachor | ||
| Soojung Hur, piano | 31 | Urbana, IL |
| Cello and Piano Duo: | Cincinnati, OH | |
| Yijia Fang, cello | 25 | |
| Student of William Grubb | ||
| Xinyuan Li, piano | 27 | |
| Student of James Tocco and Eugene Pridonoff | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Eri Wong, piano | 19 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of Dr. Joel Clifft and Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Inseub Joeng, piano | 37 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Adam Wodnicki | ||
| Maria Wojcik, piano | 30 | Poznan, Poland |
| Student of Piotr Paleczny and Edward Wolanin | ||
| Shanice Aaron, piano | 21 | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| Student of Anli Lin Tong | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Melanie Richardson, piano | 18 | Melbourne, FL |
| Student of Pervin Muradov | ||
| Yi Li, voice | 22 | Urumqi, China |
| Student of Lanqing Lu and Fengqin Duan | ||
| Marina Pellegrino, piano | 24 | Vietri sul Mare, Italy |
| Student of Michele Campanella | ||
| Terence Lu, violin | 34 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Mark Mogilevski | ||
| Xiuhui Liu, voice | 37 | Baoding, China |
| Student of Lanqing Lu and Na Su | ||
| Amateur Category | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Edward Tomachevskiy, piano | 36 | Riverview, FL |
| Student of Sofia Shernazarova | ||
| Deborah Brown, piano | 63 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!