International Concerto Competition 2018

International Concerto Competition is open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds.

Participants are required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.

Eligibility

We invite school students and adults to participate in the Competition. There is no age limit for the adult participants.

Multiple winners will be chosen in each of the following age groups:

School Students:	Adults (19 and older):
12 and under	Amateur without professional degree
13 – 18	College students and professional musicians

Awards

Winners will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on the following dates

Saturday, April 21, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Monday, May 28, 2018 (Memorial Day)
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Saturday, June 30, 2018

$300 Scholarship and other Special Awards may be granted based on the judges’ recommendations.

Judges

International panel of qualified judges will evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, and their students are not allowed to apply this season. The concert pianist and teacher Ms. Irina Kaufman-Brookes (U.K./Russia) is invited as a Chairwoman of the Concerto Competition 2018. A graduate from the Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, classes of Prof. E. Lieberman and Prof. L. Naumov, Ms. Kaufman-Brookes won a number of the International Competitions and performed as a solo and chamber ensemble pianist with the Bolshoi Theater, Stanislavskiy and Nemirovich – Danchenko Opera Theatre, and many orchestras across the Europe and USA.

American Protégé

International Concerto Competition 2018 Results

American Protégé Judges’ Favorite Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners

Sofia Sourkova is 12 years old, was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She began her piano study at the age of six with her teacher Inna Goncharova. She played her first piano concerto with orchestra at the end of her first piano study year. Now she has already at her portfolio 4 concertos with orchestra. Sofia won the 1-st place at American Protégé, International Concerto Competition, 2014. She played twice with Vilnius opera theatre orchestra in Klaipeda (Lithuania), in 2014 and 2016, in XXI century Art Competition, where she achieved 1-st place in three nominations. She’s winner of Resonance Competition, Paris, France. Sofia also regularly performs as many times winner and Grand prix awarded of International and Ukrainian competitions. She was also awarded as 1-st degree Laureate diplomas in musical competitions more than 50 times. She’s experienced not only in piano duet but in trio and quartet as well as in trio with cello and violin. Sofia is the graduate student of the Mayor’s of Kiev (Ukraine) scholarship last five years for the successful study and significant creative successes and achievements.

Ella Kim started learning to play the violin at age 5, quickly developing a love for music. As the winner of the 2016 Rivers Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, she made her debut as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Ella was a prizewinner in the 2017 Totenberg Young Strings State Competition as well the recipient of the Rivers Conservatory String Department Prize and Young Artist Diploma. She has served as Concertmaster of the Weston School Orchestras; Rivers Conservatory Youth Orchestras and she is one of the youngest members of the Boston Youth Symphony Senior BYS Orchestra. Ella enjoys sharing her music as a volunteer at the Weston Brook Apartments and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ella studied with Lilia Muchik and currently studies with Magdalena Richter. She is in the seventh grade at the Weston Middle School.

American Protégé Judges’ Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners

Born in Montana, Tanner Jorden, 15, began his musical career at seven. His current teacher, Dorothea Cromley, is the former Professor of Piano at MSU-B. In 2015, Tanner began winning competitions locally. In 2016, he competed in the LA International Liszt Competition. In 2017, he received first place in the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras Concerto Competition. He debuted with the Great Falls Symphony in 2017 and since has performed with the Billings, Helena and Glacier Symphonies. Tanner competed in the MTNA competition in 2016 and 2017, receiving honorable mentions in the Junior and Senior divisions at regionals. Tanner gave his debut recital at MSUB in 2017 and performed a recital in Wyoming sponsored by the Sheridan Arts Council. He attended Red Lodge Music Festival, BYU’s SummerFestival, and USU’s Piano Clinic and received the top award and a scholarship.

Mikhail Peysel, 17, Yekaterinburg, Russia, begun to play music since 10 years old. In four years of studies at the music school under Mrs. L. P. Nikitina, Mikhail has passed the entire school course and became the III-degree laureate of the II International Competition “Young Mozart” in Perm, Russia and I degree laureate of the International Festival-Contest “Mix-Art”. Since 2014, he continues the studies at the Urals College of Music, currently in the class of Prof. V.V. Clishyn. Mikhail has participated in masterclasses with A. Massarsky (St.-Petersburg), E. Rumyantsev (Moscow), A. Buzlov (Moscow), O. Bugaev (Moscow) and M. Katz (France). His awards in the competitions include 1st Places in Yekaterinburg city International Competition “The Urals are gathering friends”, “Tutte le corde” “Steps of Excellence” Competition, All-Russian Competition “The Magic of Sound” (solo and chamber ensemble categories), to name just a few. Mikhail performed with orchestras at Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Hall, The Ural College of Music, “Triumph” Philharmonic in Perm (Russia).

Winners:

NAME	AGE	CITY, STATE/COUNTRY
Age Group 12 and under:
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
Anthony Yang, piano	10	Charlotte, NC
Student of Irena Hramenkova
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 94
Ava Park, violin	10	Seoul, South Korea
Beriot, Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, I Mvt.
Catherine Li, piano	11	San Jose, CA
Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op.102, II Mvt.
and Bach, Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971, I Mvt.
Krystal Sun, violin	11	Closter, NJ
Student of Khullip Jeung
Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Fiona Tsang, cello	12	San Jose, CA
Student of Jihee Kim
Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme – Theme, I, II, Cadenza, VI, & VII
Sofia Sourkova, piano	12	Kyiv, Ukraine
Student of Inna Goncharova
Bach, Concerto in F Minor for piano and string orchestra, Part 1.

SECOND PLACE WINNERS
Annabelle Huang, piano	9	Taipei, Taiwan
Student of Mary Ko
Bach, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052, I Mvt.
Mariia Gasiuk, piano	10	Kyiv, Ukraine
Student of Inna Goncharova
Silvanskiy, Easy concert
Zachary Pan, violin	10	San Jose, CA
Student of Ann Kerobyan
Vivaldi, Concerto in G Minor, I Mvt.
Elene Mtchedlidze, piano	11	Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Student of Levan Inashvili
Polunin, Concertino in A Minor
James Birch, violin	11	Dover Heights, Australia
Student of Evgeny Sorkin
Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2, II Mvt.
Ani Anakidze, violin	12	Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia
Student of D. Pourtskhvanidze
Kabalevsky, Violin concerto in C Major, I Mvt.
Louie Tsai, violin	12	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Student of Gayaneh Kumar
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt.
and Wieniawski, Polonaise De Concert
Milan Rohatgi, violin	12	Stanford, CA
Student of Zhao Wei
Bach, Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003, III Mvt.
and Saint Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, I Mvt.
Srijani Bhattacharya, cello	12	La Canada Flintridge, CA
Student of John Walz
Saint-Saens, Concerto in A Minor

THIRD PLACE WINNERS
Lisa Wei, violin	9	Princeton, NJ
Student of Siliang Meng
Friedrich Seitz, Concerto No.3 in G Minor
Anna Lui, piano	10	South Jordan, UT
Student of Ya Liu
Miller, Concerto in A Minor, III Mvt.
Ashley Ng Rui En, piano	10	Singapore
Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Major KV414, II Mvt.
Jianna Kim, flute	11	Blue Bell, PA
Student of Michael Maizels
Quantz, Concerto in G Major, I Mvt.
Tara Kavtaradze, piano	11	Nescosent, NY
Student of Merab Ebralidze
Polunin, Concertino in A Major

HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS
Vivian Pham, piano	11	Tampa, FL
Student of Olga Glick
Mozart, Concerto Nj. 8, I Mvt.
Corona Chen, piano	12	Whitefish Bay, WI
Student of Margarita Kontorovsky
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major
Grace Li, Violin	12	San Diego, CA
Student of Darija Hodko
Vivaldi, Summer, I Mvt.
Jade Wong, violin	12	Glastonbury, CT
Student of Mickey Reisman
Bach, Violin Concerto in E Major

FINALIST
Gabriel Zhang, violin	12	Redding, CA
Student of Daria Hodco
Mozart, Sonata in E Minor, K.304

Age Group 13 to 18:
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
Bowen Ying, violin	13	Wynnewood, PA
Student of Tanya Ivanova
Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, I Mvt.
Ella J. Kim, violin	13	Weston, MA
Student of Magdalena Richter
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64, I Mvt.
Kevin Zephyrin, bassoon	13	Fresh Meadows, NY
Student of Nanci Belmont
Weber, Bassoon Concerto Op. 75, I Mvt.
Louis Auxenfans, piano	13	Chicago, IL
Student of Laura Fenster
Bach, Piano Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt.
Moonhee Kim, violin	13	Beachwood, OH
Student of Eugenia Poustyreva
Vieuxtemps, Concerto No. 5
Nicole Ho, piano	13	Arcadia, CA
Student of Molly Nguyen
Mendelsohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in g Minor (third mvmt)
Norah Fong, cello	13	Redondo Beach, CA
Student of Sarah Koo Freeman
Elgar, Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, IV Mvt.
Matthew Gurning, piano	14	Fontana, CA
Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3 Op.26 Andante-Allegro
Richard Niu, cello	14	San Jose, CA
Student of Kyeong Kim
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33, III Mvt.
Celena Ho, piano	15	Brooklyn, NY
Student of Dr. Tian Song
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, Op 73 in E-flat Major, I. Mvt.
Christy Chang, violin	15	Ridgewood, NJ
Student of Yu Jeong Lee
Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, I Mvt.
Connor Tsui, cello	15	New York, NY
Student of Ole Akahoshi
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107, I Mvt.
Daniel Son Son, viola	15	Ridgewood, NJ
Student of Sophie Arbuckle
Walton, Viola Concerto
Evan Zhou, violin	15	San Diego, CA
Student of Hernan Constantino
Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy Op. 25
Jenna Tu, piano	15	Vancouver, WA
Student of Renato Fabbro
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in c Minor, Op. 18, III Mvt.
Megan Chen, viola	15	Phoenix, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Bach, Concerto in C Minor
Tanner Jorden, piano	15	Billings, MT
Student of Dorothea Cromley
Grieg, Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, I Mvt.
Taylor Chen, violin	15	South Windsor, CT
Student of Solomiya Ivakhiv
Mozart, Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K.218
Andrew Lin, cello	16	San Jose, CA
Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor
Anwesha Mukherji, flute	16	Palo Alto, CA
Student of Isabelle Chapuis-Starr
Mozart, Concerto in G Major, K. 313
Chaehyun Kim, violin	16	Pittsburgh, PA
Student of Irene Cheng
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole (Allegro non troppo)
Gemma Tung, cello	16	Brookline, MA
Student of Chungson Kim
Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme (Variations 6 and 7)
Gyuhwan Choi, viola	16	Wellesley, MA
Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto in D Major
Hannah Lee, flute	16	Silver Spring, MD
Student of Carolyn Oh
Reinecke, Concerto in D Major, Op. 283
Heran Zhao, guzheng	16	Ontario, Canada
Wang Huiran, Dance of the Yao
Rabia Brooke, violin	16	Chicago, IL
Student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Sibelius , Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, Allegro-moderato
and Wieniawski, Polonaise de Concert No. 1, Op. 4 in D Major
Shannon Zhuang, violin	16	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Student of Jerzy Kosmala
Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No 3
Allison Huang, marimba	17	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Student of Dr. Kuo-Hsuan Wu
Séjourné, Concerto for Marimba and Strings, I Mvt.
Christy Cheung, piano	17	Brooklyn, NY
Student of Dr. Tian Song
Beethoven, Concerto in B Flat Major Op. 19, I Mvt.
Christopher Yoon, piano	17	Portland, OR
Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro
Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major
Haemaru Chung, violin	17	New York, NY
Student of Ann Setzer
Dvorak, Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, I Mvt.
Mikhail Peisel, cello	17	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Student of Prof. Vadim Klishin
Saint-Saëns, Concert in A Minor for cello, Part 1
Yiyang Zhao, piano	17	Midvale, UT
Student of Ya Liu
Richard Addinsell, Warsaw Concerto

SECOND PLACE WINNERS
Angela Suet Kee Ng, piano	13	Winnipeg, Canada
Student of Jane Petroni
Mozart, Concerto K466 in D Minor, I Mvt.
Amy Suwannatat, piano	14	Port Washington, NY
Student of Pippa Borisy
Beethoven, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2, I. Mvt.
Cynthia Wang, violin	14	San Diego , CA
Student of Fei Fei Soong
Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Jonathan Ma, piano	14	Holladay, UT
Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I. Mvt.
Alicia Yang, viola	15	Chandler, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Walton, Concerto for Viola, III Mvt.
April Chung, violin	15	Frisco, TX
Student of Phillip Lewis
Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor
Jimin Kim, cello	15	Andover, MA
Student of Jan Müller-Szeraws
Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, III Mvt.
Natalie Nef, violin	15	Pleasant View, UT
Student of Peggy Wheelwright
Tchaikovsky, Concerto in D Major 3rd Mvt.
Alicia Wu, viola	16	Scottsdale, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Walton, Concerto for Viola, I Mvt.
Ethan Resnik, piano	16	Bedford, NY
Student of Arlene Portney
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23, III Mvt.
Eirena Li, piano	16	Potomac, MD
Student of Hyun Park
Mendelssohn, Concerto in D Minor, Op. 40 Allegro appassionato
Melody Yu, violin	16	Walnut, CA
Student of Tatevik Yaghubyan
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Brittney Nichols, violin	17	Mesa, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole
Constance Horng, violin	17	Saratoga, CA
Student of Chen Zhao
Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22, I Mvt.
Ian Wagman, piano	17	Park City, UT
Student of Dr. Vedrana Subotic
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10
Isabel Friedrichs, violin	17	Escondido, CA
Mozart, Concerto Number 4 in D Major
Jennifer Lin, violin	17	Houston, TX
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21, I Mvt.
Karthik Ganapathy, marimba	17	Troy, MI
Student of Adam James
Séjourné, Concerto for Marimba and Strings, I Mvt.
Tu Trinh, piano	17	Irvine, CA
Student of Molly Nguyen
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2, III Mvt.

THIRD PLACE WINNERS
Celine Chien, violin	14	Saratoga, CA
Student of Elizabeth Park
Bruch, Concerto in G Minor, Op. 26, III Mvt.
Anabella Cheong, violin	15	Aliso Viejo, CA
Student of Noriko Yamaga
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, I. Mvt.
Caroline Cowley, violin	15	Phoenix, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Lalo, Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21. I Mvt.
Felix Tse, piano	15	Portland, OR
Student of Renato Fabbro
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, I Mvt.,
Tae Kyu Kim, cello	15	Cupertino, CA
Student of Alan Yang
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 Op. 33 in A Minor, I Mvt.
Charisse Vu, piano	16	Fountain Valley, CA
Student of Molly Nguyen
Beethoven, Concerto No. IV Op. 58
Iris Cheng, viola	16	Phoenix, AZ
Student of Susanne Rothaar
Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto in D Major
Lucia Lin, piano	16	Oakland Gardens, NY
Student of Yu Lu
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Maggie Chang, cello	16	Irvine, CA
Student of David Garrett
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1, Op.33, I Mvt.
Ryan Lee, trumpet	18	Brea, CA
Student of Ohtae Kwon
Peskin, Trumpet Concerto, I Mvt.

HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS
Brian Zhang, violin	13	San Diego, CA
Student of Darija Hodko
Bach, Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
Jonathan Wang, piano	13	Charlotte, NC
Student of Irena Hramenkova
Mozart, Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, III Mvt.
Cloe Coker, piano	14	Richland, WA
Student of Dr. Jinhyang Park
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, I Mvt.
Jason Ren, piano	15	Sugar Land, TX
Student of Yanzi Lin
Mozart, Concerto No. 21 in C Major
Claire Wang, piano	16	Charlotte, NC
Student of Irena Hramenkova
Brahms, Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 D Minor, I. Mvt.
Ian Shin, clarinet	16	Palo Alto, CA
Student of Justine Hamlin
Mozart, Clarinet concierto
Yoosung Lee, violin	16	South Pasadena, CA
Student of Johnny Nam
Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Andrew Yung, violin	17	Granite Bay, CA
Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 22

FINALISTS
Nayan Murthy, Violin	14	Portland, OR
Student of Elizabeth Peyton
Mozart, Mozart Concerto 3 (G Major) (All three Mvt.s)
John Lee, voice	17	Los Angeles, CA
Student of Jang Sang Kun
Wagner, “O du, mein holder Abendstern”

College Students and Professional Musicians
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
Emma Pin Hsiu Liu, piano	26	New York, NY
Student of Kathryn Brown and Nelita True
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Hyojin Lee, cello	37	Highland Park, NJ
Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major
Jiwon Kim, piano	30	Boston, MA
Student of Gila Goldstein and Joanne Polk
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Justin Park, trumpet	23	Los Angeles, CA
Student of Ohtae Kwon
Tomasi, Tomasi Trumpet Concerto
Ya-Ju Chuang, piano	28	East Lansing, MI
Liszt, Piano Concerto No 2 in A Major, S. 125

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Fei Tong, violin	25	Mount Pleasant, MI
Student of Fangye Sun
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No.1 Scherzo

HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS
Sarah Dunbar, saxophone	24	Lewisville, TX
Student of Dr. Eric Nestler
Demersseman, edited by Hemke, Introduction and Variations on Le Carnaval de Venise
Taylor Franks, piano	20	New Smyrna Beach, FL
Student of Irena Kofman
Franz Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII, III Mvt.

Amateur
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Renee Roberts, violin	52	Bethesda, MD
Student of Holly Hamilton
Saint Saens, Concerto No. 3

SECOND PLACE WINNERS
Xinchen Ye, Piano	25	Mountain View, CA
Student of Matt Wang
Mozart, Piano Concerto in D Minor
Akiko Koide Gomez, violin	50	Westlake Village, CA
Khachaturian, Violin Concerto

THIRD PLACE WINNER
Vijay Reddy, cello	21	Anaheim, CA
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, I Mvt.

HONORABLE MENTION WINNER
Catherine Stay, violin	28	Garland, UT
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!

Other participants will receive Diploma of Participation

Winners Recital Information

1. Winners will be selected from each of the four instrument categories (piano, strings, voice, winds) and in each age group. Multiple winners will be chosen. Special prizes may be awarded based on judges’ recommendations.

2. Winners of the Competition will perform one solo piece from the audition repertoire with the following performance time limit:

School students 6 to 12 years old – 5 minutes;

School students 13 to 18 years old – 6 minutes;

Amateur without professional degree – 6 minutes;

College students and professionals – 7 minutes.

3. Extra performance time up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with $100 additional fee.

4. Concertos with full orchestra can’t be performed at the Winners Recital. For vocalists, strings and wind instruments, performance at the Weill Recital Hall will be with piano accompaniment. Only one grand piano will be available at the Weill Recital Hall. In case of any doubt as to selection, please contact the American Protégé Organizational Committee.

5. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results.

6. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protege 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. The total Recital and Photo Fee for Solo Participants is $400:

– $300 Recital Fee, includes admission for participant and piano accompanist (if needed), Recital booklets with all Recital performers’ biographies and photos (for the booklet sample please click here), Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four guests’ tickets.

– $100 Photo Fee, includes set of digital photos taken by professional photographer during participant’s performance on the stage. Average set is 20-30 digital photos.

9. Recital Fee for Ensemble Members is $230 per Member plus $100 Photo Fee per group. Recital Fee includes admission for Ensemble Member, Recital booklets with all Recital performers’ biographies and photos (for the booklet sample please click here), Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four guests’ tickets per Member.

10. Recital and Photo Fees are not refundable.

11. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).

12. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.