International Competition of Romantic Music 2016
The American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2016 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, Bulgaria, South Korea, China, Singapore and New Zealand.
Awards
First, Second and Third Place Winners will perform on
– Saturday, December 17, 2016 (limited placements) at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall,
– Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and
– Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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 2016. 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 2016 Results:
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Cary Wang, piano | 7 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Matthew Chang, piano | 8 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Kuei-I Wu | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Megan Zhiyan Phuan, piano | 4 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Arthur Zhou, piano | 6 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Julia Zhou, piano | 8 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Ronald Kmiec | ||
| Ethan Chiao, cello | 9 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Emily Meimei Ai, cello | 10 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Miriam Smith, cello | 10 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Sarah Kim and Alan Rafferty | ||
| Nathanelle Laura Tan, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Cindy Yan | ||
| “The Avengers” Duo: | ||
| Arthur Hu, piano | 8 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Vincent Gao, piano | 7 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Students of Iris Blanco | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Kai Yi, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Ria Chhabra, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Wayne Teo | ||
| Ella Xu, piano | 8 | Newmarket, Canada |
| Student of Tanya Tkachenko | ||
| Rachel Neathery, piano | 9 | Chantilly, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Vincent Gao, piano | 7 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Student of Iris Blanco | ||
| Akhil Baker, piano | 8 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Eric Willis, violin | 9 | New Windsor, NY |
| Student of Donna Kushner | ||
| Maximus Chia Chen Fong, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Chua Lik Wuk | ||
| Michelle Sapozhnikov, piano | 10 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Nicole Lee, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Ryan Rao, piano | 10 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Junior Category, Age 11 to 14: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Lauren Elizabeth Kim, piano | 11 | Leesburg, VA |
| Student of Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt | ||
| Spencer Cha, piano | 11 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Arthur Yan, piano | 13 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Chelsea Xia, violin | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Lucia Lin, piano | 14 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Yu Lu | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Hannah Hui Ching Hei, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Radostin Todorov Kirchev | ||
| Daniel Zhang, piano | 11 | Baldwin Place, NY |
| Student of Sheng-hui Wu Chen | ||
| Gabriel Tsai, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Madeleine Kim, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kelly Jiyeon Shin | ||
| Madison Yang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Nathan Kim, piano | 11 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Nathan Thai, piano | 11 | W. Covina, CA |
| Student of Anne Bader | ||
| Grace Wang, piano | 12 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Prof. Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Katerina Radeva, piano | 12 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Student of Milena Pavlova | ||
| Ross Mantsurov, piano | 12 | Williamsville , NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Ajay Mallya, violin | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Robin Sharp | ||
| Ayano Tsunoda, piano | 13 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Anthony Lee, flute | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Sookhyun Shim | ||
| Benjamin Kim, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Kelly Shin | ||
| Faith Min, piano | 14 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Dr. Takako Frautschi | ||
| Joyce Li, piano | 14 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Lara Hairapetian, piano | 14 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Tehila Setton, piano | 11 | Cooper City, FL |
| Student of Daniel Setton | ||
| Arjun Chhabra, voice | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Pika Sen | ||
| Magen Zeng, piano | 13 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Bill Chen, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wu Sheng Yu | ||
| Chris Junwon Lee, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Yirang Nam | ||
| Ekta Karkala, piano | 14 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Lauren Yang, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Helen Tan | ||
| Miranda Wang , piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Morgan Lee, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sheve Hwa Su | ||
| Nathan Ng, piano | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Sandhya Sundaram, piano | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Majhon Phillips | ||
| Sophia Zheng, piano | 14 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Ishan Baker, piano | 11 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Patrick Fang, piano | 11 | Millwood, NY |
| Student of Chiwen Lee | ||
| Leah Reinhard, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Irina Prilipko-Morgan and Inna Gendler | ||
| Alexander Oh, piano | 13 | Athens, GA |
| Student of Joey Hokayem | ||
| Yash Vij, piano | 13 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Daniel John, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Revan Aponso, piano | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva | ||
| Steven Zhang, cello | 14 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Zhenlun Li | ||
| Dynamic Duo: | ||
| Nathan Mann, cello | 14 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Lina Zhu, piano | 14 | Chadds Ford, PA |
| Students of Iris Blanco and Cassia Harvey | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Christina Sooyoung Moon, violin | 16 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Christine Cheng, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Felix Tao Chang | ||
| Isabelle Hsiao, piano | 16 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Anton Nel and Robert McDonald | ||
| Natasha Saputra, piano | 16 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Dr. Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| Robert Yan, piano | 16 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Brandon Wang, cello | 17 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Pamela Kelly and Richard Weiss | ||
| Neel Nagarajan, voice | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lorraine Nubar | ||
| Caroline Jorgensen, harp | 18 | Bentonville, AR |
| Student of Mary Kay Waddington | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Julia Ma, piano | 17 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Yi Yang Zhao, piano | 16 | Midvale, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Aman Jina, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of David Vandereyk | ||
| Chris Hyunsoo Park, cello | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jinyoung Cho | ||
| Daniel Lele Ai, cello | 15 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Emily Kao, cello | 15 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Emily Muramoto, voice | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Dr. Maria Lazarova | ||
| Sophia Zheng, violin | 15 | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Student of Carol Cole | ||
| Amy Jin, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kwok-Ping Koo | ||
| Amy King, piano | 16 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Atsuo Chiu, piano | 16 | Sacramento , CA |
| Student of Shigemi Nishite | ||
| Cheryl Liang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Tchetchko | ||
| Christopher Yang, viola | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Justin R. Nguyen, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Jerzy Kosmala | ||
| Miriam Wagstaff, viola | 16 | Tropic, UT |
| Student of Dr. David Dalton | ||
| Miriam Wagstaff, violin | 16 | Tropic, UT |
| Student of Prof. Monte Belknap | ||
| Zoe Sheill, flute | 16 | Mercer Island, WA |
| Student of Bonnie Blanchard | ||
| Barbara Xiong, piano | 17 | Brentwood, TN |
| Student of Roland Schneller | ||
| Kenny Hoang, piano | 17 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Dr. Margaret Evans | ||
| Minju Kim, piano | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
| “Synergy Duo” : | ||
| Katie Sparling, piano | 15 | Media, PA |
| Lina Zhu, piano | 14 | Chadds Ford, PA |
| Students of Iris Blanco | ||
| Flute Duo: | ||
| Irene Kang, flute | 15 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Charis Shin, flute | 15 | Woodcliff Lake, NJ |
| Students of Jung Soo Nam | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Austin Pham, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Marie Eckstein | ||
| Carrie Meng, piano | 15 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Erin Liu, piano | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Hannah Chan, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Natalie Yee, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Valentina Gottlieb | ||
| Tiffany Zhao, piano | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Benjamin Firester, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Bruce Markman, guitar | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Andrey Chuguev | ||
| Cynthia Liu, viola | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Yen-yin Lee | ||
| Daniel Wang, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of YinYin Huang | ||
| Fion Lin, piano | 16 | brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Jack Raventos, piano | 16 | Orcutt, CA |
| Student of Dr Lynne Garrett | ||
| Jeremiah Yang, classical guitar | 16 | Glenview, IL |
| Student of Juan A Garcia | ||
| Katie Gao, piano | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Ramya Krishna, piano | 17 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva-Ledford | ||
| Richard Yu, piano | 17 | San Mateo, CA |
| Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
| Flute Duo: | ||
| Sohyun Cho, flute | 14 | Northvale, NJ |
| Sophia Lee, flute | 16 | Montvale, NJ |
| Students of Jung Soo Nam | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Angela Pham, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Marie Eckstein | ||
| John Dick III, piano | 15 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Victor Ma, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Maria Brodsky | ||
| Grace Zheng, piano | 16 | Zhenjiang, China |
| Student of Christina Choy | ||
| Gevork Mkrtchyan, piano | 17 | San Dimas, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Mengying Cheng, piano | 17 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dariusz Pawlas | ||
| Deana Zhu, piano | 18 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Bomin Park, piano | 28 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| So Jung Kwak, piano | 33 | Urbana, IL |
| Musicalia Trio: | ||
| Myanna Harvey, violin | 36 | Philadelphia , PA |
| Cassia Harvey, cello | 39 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Iris Blanco-Urgelles, piano | 36 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Ian Huang, violin | 18 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Huang Xiaoshao | ||
| Huiwen Jiang Jiang, piano | 23 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Caroline Hong | ||
| Yingzhou Hu, piano | 27 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Caroline Hong and Alexandre Moutouzkine | ||
| Sunhwa Hong, piano | 31 | Bayside, NY |
| Sachi P. Hirakouji, piano | 45 | Honolulu, HI |
| Amateur Category | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Shan Su, viola | 20 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Dr. Susan Dubois | ||
| Lucy Maxwell, piano | 27 | Anchorage, AK |
| Student of Dr. Timothy Smith | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!