International Competition of Romantic Music 2019
The American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music is open to instrumentalists (piano, piano duo, winds, strings, chamber orchestras, voice) of all nationalities and countries. Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition. Multiple winners will be chosen in each age category.
Awards
Winners performed at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on the following dates:
December 14, December 15 and December 22, 2019, and March 28, 2020.
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 2019. 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 2019 Results:
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Qiwei Zuo, violin | 5 | Shanghai , China |
| Kate Lee, piano | 6 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Elijah Chang, piano | 7 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Ruiduo Siobhan Ae, piano | 7 | Selangor, Malaysia |
| Student of Prof. Snezana Panovska | ||
| Demi Alba, piano | 9 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Yoana Kyurkchieva | ||
| Min Cher Chia, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Luo Wei | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Lindsay Tao, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| William Camp, piano | 6 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Hiroaki Suzuki, piano | 8 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Raymond Lim, violin | 10 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Chihua Lin, violin | 9 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Ethan Camp, piano | 10 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Julia Wang, piano | 10 | Rochester, MN |
| Junior Category, Age 11 to 14: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Stephen Gwon, piano | 13 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Dr. Younggyo Lee | ||
| Daniel Yoon, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kyeong H. Kim | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 14 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 13 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Dilanni and Shen-Ling Chuang | ||
| Ingrid Luo, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Michelle Skylar, voice | 14 | Sunny Isles Beach, FL |
| Student of Jeanai LaVita | ||
| Sabine Bechtiger, violin | 14 | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Student of Emilian Dascal | ||
| Cello Quintet: | ||
| Crystal Niu, cello | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Emma Song, cello | 14 | Rockville, MD |
| Sarah Mei, cello | 11 | North Potomac, MD |
| Jackie Cao, cello | 14 | North Potomac, MD |
| Artemis Zhang, cello | 13 | Rockville, MD |
| Students of Ning Wang | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Annie Zhang, violin | 11 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Christine Li, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Benjamin Ye, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Katharine Yao, piano | 12 | Spring, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Sashi Chuckravanen, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Serena Chang, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Alissa Chen, piano | 13 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Kevin Zhou, piano | 13 | Williamsville, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Aaron Becker, piano | 14 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Natalia Borodulin | ||
| Melanie Lin, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Melissa Wu, piano | 14 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt | ||
| Ross Mantsurov, piano | 14 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Xihang (Jerry ) Tian, piano | 14 | Oakville, Canada |
| Student of Olga Chichova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Daniella Travaglione, piano | 12 | Rhinebeck, NY |
| Kira Nickerson, piano | 12 | Great Barrington, MA |
| Students of Wan-Shyuan Wu | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Anshul Sharma, piano | 11 | Orange, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Karina Arutyunov, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Alex Cismaru, piano | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Christopher Wong, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Rimma Agami | ||
| Emily Wu, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Alexander Bai, piano | 14 | Fort McMurray, Canada |
| Student of Bianca Baciu | ||
| Anthony Wang, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Umida Avloni | ||
| Gary Gao, piano | 14 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of NingYuen Li | ||
| Hannah Moon, piano | 14 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Yun Hee Lee | ||
| Ira Hsiao, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Jacqueline Chang, piano | 14 | Redondo Beach, CA |
| Student of Mihyang Keel | ||
| Lawrence Song, viola | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Phillip Triggs | ||
| Nicole Lee, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Elitzur Sharvit, piano | 11 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Jiaqi Huang, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Ella Zhu, piano | 14 | Eagle, ID |
| Student of Suzanne Winegar Clive | ||
| Isabella Pinto, piano | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Eric Yun, piano | 15 | Okemos, MI |
| Student of Prof. Derek Polischuk | ||
| Langdan Zhu, piano | 15 | Anaheim, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Arthur Yan, piano | 16 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| John Hui, violin | 16 | Weston, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Kevin Pan, piano | 16 | Davis, CA |
| Student of Huei-Ping Chen Lin and Lorna Peters | ||
| Nile Camai, piano | 17 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Luu, piano | 16 | Westminster, CA |
| Student of Melody Chiang | ||
| Travis Luu, piano | 14 | Westminster, CA |
| Student of Chrisna Htet | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Adrian Pu, piano | 15 | Davis, CA |
| Student of Natsuki Fukasawa | ||
| Elvin Ko, piano | 15 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Julianne Yi, voice | 15 | North Brunswick, NJ |
| Student of Hyun Jin Nam | ||
| Yen Chih Tsai, violin | 15 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Joenne Dumitrascu | ||
| Alison Moon, violin | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Johnny Nam | ||
| Mandy Shao, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Alexander Xu, violin | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Po-Wei Lai | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Kaitlyn Kenney, Voice | 15 | Palos Park, IL |
| Student of Gretel Mink Hansen | ||
| Max Rong, piano | 15 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Victor Li, piano | 15 | Dexter, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Albert Ai, piano | 16 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Alexander Oh, piano | 16 | Watkinsville, GA |
| Student of Joey Hokayem | ||
| Alexandra Thalberg, piano | 16 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Vivian Kwok | ||
| Alice Qin, piano | 16 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Situ, Yangwei | ||
| Audrey Yellich, piano | 16 | Carmel, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Brian La, viola | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Brian Ni, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Evelyn Ho, cello | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Raymond Wang, piano | 16 | Monterey Park, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Alvin Liu, cello | 17 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of James Lin | ||
| Andrew Lu, piano | 17 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Nozomi Yamaguchi | ||
| Eugene Yi, piano | 17 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Yao, piano | 17 | Marietta, GA |
| Vivia Lung, piano | 17 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Students of Edith Schiff | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Anika Misra, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva-Ledford | ||
| Fernanda Ulloa, piano | 15 | San Jose Costa Rica |
| Student of Keren Neeman | ||
| Joseph Mathew, piano | 15 | Coppell, TX |
| Student of Hwa Lee | ||
| Ryan Sohn, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva-Ledford | ||
| Samantha Staudinger, piano | 15 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Alla Gladysheva | ||
| Daniel Kim, piano | 17 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Helen Hyerin Kang, violin | 31 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Oleh Krysa and Sandy Yamamoto | ||
| Jiyoung Lee, viola | 27 | New York, NY |
| Vitaly Serebriakov, piano | 30 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Robert Hamilton | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Isabel Keleti, piano | 25 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Vladimir Valjarević | ||
| Jacey Crayton, flute | 19 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Nina Assimakopoulos | ||
| SookJae Moon, violin | 32 | New York, NY |
| Amateur Category: | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Andrew Phillips, piano | 21 | Salem, VA |
| Student of Melia Garber | ||
| David Garcia, piano | 32 | Owings Mills, MD |
| Student of Amy Killian | ||
| Liliana Iżyk, Voice | 26 | Wroczlaw, Poland |
| Student of Magda Bigoś | ||
| Terrence Harris, piano | 46 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Dr. Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Karen Salicath Jamali, piano | 51 | Greenwich, CT |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!