International Competition of Romantic Music 2022
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.
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2022 attracted the largest number of very competitive applicants on record from 11 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Awards
Since the situation with COVID-19 Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
Special prizes for best performances may be awarded based on the judges’ recommendations.
Judges
Four qualified judges evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent; their students are not allowed to apply this season.
Dr. Sophya Genis was invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2022. 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 2022 Results:
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
David Gatien (age 13) is from Bellevue, WA. At age 6 and just months after starting piano, David entered his first piano competition (the USA Chopin Foundation NW Council Competition) and won a Gold Medal, the youngest in his division. Since then, David has received several top performance awards, including First Prize in the 2019 and 2020 Golden Classical Music Awards International Music Competition; First Prize in the 2020 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition; Gold Medals in the 2020 and 2021 AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival; First Prize for the 2022 Central Washington University Pianofest Sonata/Sonatina Festival; and Gold Medals in the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 NW Chopin Competition, among others. At age 12, he was the youngest to compete in the Concerto Division of the 2022 NW Chopin Competition and win Gold. David enjoys biking, watching movies, and listening to music in his free time.
Jancis Xu is a cheerful, passionate, and hardworking 4th Grader from Dix Hills, New York. She started learning piano at the age of 5 and student of Joyce Ng since age of 7. As a result of her efforts, she can rapidly progress in learning in a short period of time. Within few years of her study, she participated in many piano recitals at different venues, including schools and local churches. Her sense of touch, emotional performances on stage impressed her family, teachers, and peers. Jancis won varies music competition over the years which include Grand Prix of Young Maestro International Music Competition 2022, 1st Prize and William Knabe International Piano Competition 2022, 2nd Prize of 2022 XIII Chopin International Piano Competition Hartford, CT, 1st Place Winner of 2022 American Music Talent Competition and 1st place in Crescendo International Competition 2021. She also passed her ABRSM Grade 8 piano performance exam with distinction.
Seoyoung Hong was born in 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, and has been studying cello since the age of 7. Within her first year of learning, she has participated in numerous prestigious competitions locally and also has won first place in American Protégé Piano and Strings Competition, the New York Virtuoso International Competition, AMCANADA International competition and etc. As part of her prize for winning local competitions, she was able to participate in the winners’ recital several times and also was given the chance to record her own album. Her first digital album was released in December 2021.
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Chason Yue, piano | 8 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Elaine Chen, piano | 8 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Olivia Ye, piano | 8 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Anne Bader | ||
| Avery Armstrong, piano | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Elizabeth Levine, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yukimi Song | ||
| Seoyoung Hong, cello | 9 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of YunCheong Boo | ||
| Jancis Xu, piano | 10 | Dix Hills, NY |
| Student of Joyce Ng | ||
| Jessica Xu, violin | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Charlotte Ngo, Harp | 10 | Escondido, CA |
| Student of Olga Shevelevich | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Quinn Hoole, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Noe Baladad | ||
| Vivian Wang, piano | 7 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Ziwen Zhang, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Natalie Shen, piano | 8 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Malvina Potop | ||
| Nathan Jiao, piano | 8 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Joyce Tang | ||
| Scarlett Wang, piano | 8 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Charlotte Gao, piano | 9 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Jiarong Li | ||
| Kangmin Cho, violin | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Nikki Routman Ebisu | ||
| Yunjin (Lily) Chen, piano | 9 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Abigail Yang, voice | 10 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan and Mahsheed Massarat | ||
| Carissa Darmawan, piano | 10 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Derick Wang, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Chaz Fautch | ||
| Leila Choi, viola | 10 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Minjung Chun | ||
| Louis Shen, cello | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of CoCo Yanan Hu | ||
| Sara Tateshima, piano | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Natalia Kartashova, Ph.D, DMA | ||
| Zoe Chung, piano | 10 | Jericho, NY |
| Zooey Chen, piano | 10 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Tatiana Shustova | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Leyou Huang, piano | 8 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jing Hao | ||
| Esther Huang, piano | 9 | Windermere, FL |
| Student of Yun-Ling Hsu | ||
| Richard Zhang, piano | 9 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Steven Si, piano | 9 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Tommy Ji Yang, piano | 9 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu | ||
| Yvaine Wang, piano | 9 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Joyce Tang | ||
| James Li, violin | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Kimberly Junus, voice | 10 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Mr. Delon Thamrin | ||
| Lewis Wu, piano | 10 | Stony Brook, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Minliwen Shi, piano | 10 | Danville, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Phoebe Rose Claeys, piano | 10 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Vincent Wang, piano | 10 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Rachel Wang, violin | 6 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Tiffany Chen, piano | 6 | Savoy, IL |
| Student of Tatiana Shustova | ||
| Jayden Li, violin | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Ian Kim, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ray Wong | ||
| TongYuCi Lu, piano | 10 | Dublin, CA |
| Junior Category, Age 11 to 14: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Alyssa Teo, cello | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Natasha Liu | ||
| Jason Sliwowski, piano | 11 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Akiko Yamazaki | ||
| Peyton Yang, piano | 11 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Olga Urick and Adam Wibrowski | ||
| Emma Sophie Luo, violin | 12 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Andrew Lee, piano | 13 | Carmel, IN |
| Student of Elena Nesterenko | ||
| Charlotte Xing-er Ji Dressel, cello | 13 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Hyojin Lee | ||
| David Gatien, piano | 13 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Nancy Jang | ||
| Jumpei Morita, cello | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Anna Kusakabe | ||
| Evan Yao, piano | 14 | Rowland Heights, CA |
| Student of Masako Okamura-Klassen | ||
| Kenneth Ma, cello | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Sadie Wang, cello | 14 | Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
| Student of Ouyang, Ling-yi | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Maggie Gulis | 11 | State College, PA |
| Ben Gulis | 12 | State College, PA |
| Students of Cecilia Grillo and Alessio Quaresima Escobar | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Mason Lui, piano | 11 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Yunju Cho, violin | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Nikki Routman Ebisu | ||
| Alina Hang, voice | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan and Taylor Husted | ||
| Amelia Bauernschmitt, piano | 12 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Violetta Zharkova | ||
| Catherine Wang, piano | 12 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu and Frederick Chiu | ||
| Harry Gao, piano | 12 | South Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Oi Yee Roselyn Siu, violin | 12 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Alex Xu, piano | 13 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Max Foster | ||
| Changrun Wang, piano | 13 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu | ||
| Cherry Chen, voice | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan and Eugene Brancoveanu | ||
| Evan Kaplan, piano | 13 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Guo Ru, violin | 13 | Turramurra, Australia |
| Student of Kimberly Fisher | ||
| Jordan Gwon, viola | 13 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Minjung Chun | ||
| Joyce Xu, piano | 13 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei-Ju Bradeen | ||
| Mahati Geetla, piano | 13 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Phoonseeraah Tieanworn, piano | 13 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Jayanat Wisaijorn | ||
| Alyssa Kuang, piano | 14 | Spring, TX |
| Student of Yan Shen | ||
| Jacob Lee, piano | 14 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Julia Hwakyu Lee | ||
| Jasmine Sung Yee Siu, violin | 14 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Kate Xu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Magdi Bornemisza | ||
| Michael Liu, violin | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ker Qi | ||
| Ryan Shi, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yoichiro Yetsuki | ||
| Samuel Kim, cello | 14 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Jenny Oh | ||
| Saya Schmitigal, guitar | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Andrey Chuguev | ||
| Seunghoon (Ryan) Pi, cello | 14 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Elaine Shin | ||
| Somerset Seidenberg, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Wendy Liu, violin | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Wilson Li, piano | 14 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu and Frederick Chiu | ||
| Yixuan Chen, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Yuna Noh, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mi Park | ||
| Zihan Fang, violin | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Audrey Cham | 11 | Austin, TX |
| Joy Liu | 14 | Leander, TX |
| Students of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Annette Kishinevsky, piano | 11 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Ludmila Yasinetskaya | ||
| Audrey Wu, voice | 11 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan and Taylor Husted | ||
| Joyce Xie, violin | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Chen-Wen Su | ||
| Tia Cerrone, piano | 11 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Alina Uddin | ||
| Yunfei Huang, piano | 11 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Aleksander Winward, violin | 12 | Washingtonville, NY |
| Student of Olga Dusheina-Dougherty | ||
| Dylan Chua, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Claire Chen | ||
| Lucas Li, piano | 12 | Huntersville, NC |
| Student of Michael Adams | ||
| Tianzhang (Tate) Yu, piano | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Arihao Wang, piano | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Ardeshir Adhami | ||
| Jayson Li, piano | 13 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu | ||
| Mia Wentz, piano | 13 | Shoreham, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Quentin Miao, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily | ||
| Victoria Ye, piano | 13 | East Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Corrina McNevin, piano | 14 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| Ray Tang, piano | 14 | Wading River, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Catherine Hu, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sabrina Xiao He | ||
| Audrey Zhu, violin | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Brian Jin Chai, piano | 13 | Hillsboro, OR |
| Student of Maxwell Foster | ||
| Emily Lin, piano | 14 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Yakub Saputra | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| David Deutsch, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Dixon Yang, violin | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ker Qi | ||
| Erin Chen, voice | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Alexandra Novicova | ||
| James Tsaggaris, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Licheng Xiao, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sabrina He | ||
| Sissi Goh, piano | 15 | Hicksville, NY |
| Student of Fei Bradeen | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb | ||
| Nathaniel Su, piano | 16 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Niva Fried | ||
| Anthony Mattson, voice | 17 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Vago Ohanyan | ||
| Hannah Chun, oboe | 17 | Cambridge, MA |
| Sungkyu Ryu, clarinet | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Juliana Tzeng | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alexander Lee, cello | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jiyeon Hwang | ||
| Anna Lui, piano | 15 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| DJ Shin, piano | 15 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Hyunsoo Kim | ||
| Hayoon Joe, voice | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Alexandra Novicova | ||
| Kaede Suzuki, piano | 15 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Dr. Jackson Leung | ||
| Oliver Wu, piano | 15 | Stony Brook, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Steven Yoon, cello | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kyeong H. Kim | ||
| Anna Huang, piano | 16 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Dr. Mia Chow | ||
| Ethan Song, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Hongyu Ma, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva | ||
| June Kim, viola | 16 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Minjung Chun | ||
| Maxwell Yen, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Elain Lin | ||
| Mia Kim, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rowena Asuncion | ||
| Michael Wang, piano | 16 | Davis, CA |
| Student of Natsuki Fukasawa | ||
| Michelle Ji, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| William Y. Feng, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Alissa Shen, piano | 17 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Dr. Susan Groves | ||
| Caleb Zhao, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Claire Li, piano | 17 | Sierra Madre, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Joshua Tio, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Iris Hsu | ||
| Ryan Choi, Bb clarinet | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Hyemin Yun | ||
| Ryan Wang, piano | 17 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jiafeng Yan | ||
| Youngsung Sim, piano | 17 | Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Student of Eunyoung (Becky) Park and Jimin Lee | ||
| Young Saint-Saëns Piano Trio: | ||
| Claire Kim, flute | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Inseo Kim, clarinet | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Sungmin Lee, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Cello Sextet: | ||
| Jacqueline Cao, cello | 17 | North Potomac, MD |
| Yunyi Ling, cello | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Sarah Mei, cello | 14 | North Potomac, MD |
| Kaitlyn Wong, cello | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Sophia Zhang, cello | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Christopher Chow, cello | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Students of Ning Wang | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Ameya Kiwalkar, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva | ||
| Helen Li, piano | 15 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Ying Li | ||
| Jacqueline Zhou, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sheve-Hwa Su | ||
| Kate Qian, piano | 15 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Kaycee Kim, voice | 15 | Draper, UT |
| Student of Patrick Tatmen | ||
| Lisa Tao, piano | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Peter Yoon, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung W. Kim | ||
| Preston Xie, violin | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Amelia Spielman, piano | 16 | Austin, TX |
| Ella Wen, piano | 16 | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Kayla Tran, piano | 16 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Luotong (Eva) Du, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Max Wang, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Zhaoni Chen | ||
| Mia Yen, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Elaine Lin | ||
| Nicolas Pantangco, piano | 16 | Rocklin, CA |
| Student of Dr. Bella Tseng | ||
| Stephen Gwon, piano | 16 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Younggyo Lee | ||
| Yunu Yang, flute | 16 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Yong Mi Choi | ||
| Aurea Michael, piano | 17 | Apex, NC |
| Student of Sangeetha Michael | ||
| Christopher Salha, piano | Houston, TX | |
| Student of Allina Uddin | ||
| Edward Cao, voice | 17 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Sally Gu | ||
| Elisa Kim, piano | 17 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Lucas Zhou, piano | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Tamriko Siprashvili | ||
| Miles Singer, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ray Wong | ||
| Nathaniel Cheung, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Tommy Carty, piano | 17 | West Hartford, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shi | ||
| Tongtong Guo, piano | 17 | Ashburnham, MA |
| Curtis Lou, piano | 18 | Millbrae, CA |
| Student of Dr. Liang You | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Owen Lu, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Patrick Baginski, piano | 15 | Lindenhurst, NY |
| Student of Eugenia Roszvzenko-Kurianowicz | ||
| Aidan Lee, piano | 16 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Ada Shebanova | ||
| Kelvin Jou, violin | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Qi Ker | ||
| Scarlett Kaplan, piano | 16 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Seohyun Lee, violin | 18 | Troy, NY |
| Student of YunHee Han | ||
| Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Hye-Gyung Ji, piano | 45 | Lubbock, TX |
| JAMS String Quartet: | ||
| Josenir Junior, violin | 23 | Canyon, TX |
| Sydney Buckner, violin | 20 | Canyon, TX |
| Anna Ng, cello | 18 | Amarillo, TX |
| Jasmin Caldera, viola | 19 | Amarillo, TX |
| Students of Evgeny Zvonnikov | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Adrianna Wu, piano | 30 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kelly Lin | ||
| Charlotte Peng, piano | 19 | Wolfville, Canada |
| Student of Chantal Peng | ||
| Second Place Winner | ||
| Aleksandre Naskidashvili, voice | 25 | Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Vago Ohanyan and Tamara Chotiridze | ||
| Third Place Winner | ||
| Tina Kushnir, piano | 19 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina and Nataliya Khrapina | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
1. Each participant will be notified about the Competition results after the Chairwoman releases the Competition placements. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results.
2. Only ONE piece from the audition repertoire within a time limit will be performed at the Winners Recital.
3. To change a performance repertoire (including the shortened version of the piece for string performers), a $55 fee must be submitted on the Contact Us page no later than two months prior to the Recital.
4. Extra performance time of up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with an additional fee of $100.
5. Only piano accompaniment can be used at the Winners Recital. Only one grand piano will be available at the Weill Recital Hall. No acoustic system will be provided.
6. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protégé does not provide piano accompanist, but can recommend one after enrollment into the program.
7. Photo or video recording during the recital is strictly prohibited per the Carnegie Hall policy. A professional photographer will be taking pictures of the performers.
8. During the COVID-19 Health Crisis, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to travel to NYC for the safety reasons, may request a Competition Winner’s Package with a non-refundable $300 fee. The Package includes online recognition, Winner’s Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four Booklets with biographies and photos, and participation Plaque Trophy. International participants may arrange a shipment to the friends or relatives residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
9. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
10. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.