International Concerto Competition 2012
International Concerto Competition 2012 was open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds. Participants were required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
Awards
The Competition Winners performed on
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 1:00PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Special awards were granted based on the judges recommendations.
Judges
International panel of qualified judges evaluated audition materials. All judges were independent, and their students were not allowed to apply this season.
The concert pianist and teacher Ms. Irina Kaufman-Brookes (U.K./Russia) was invited as a Chairwoman of the Concerto Competition 2012. 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.
International Concerto Competition 2012 Winners:
| Category 12 and under |
| 1st Place |
| Bethanie Liu, recorder, 9 y.o., Hong Kong |
| Student of Chan Ho Yan |
| Vivaldi, Concerto in A Minor, RV108, I Mvt |
| Michael Chen, piano, 11 y.o., San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin |
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1, III Mvt |
| Cynthia Soto, piano, 11 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Kabalevsky, Concerto No. 3, I Mvt |
| Andrew Liu, flute, 11 y.o., Hong Kong |
| Student of Ivy Chuang |
| Danzi, Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Op. 43, I Mvt |
| Nicholas Abrahams, violin, 11 y.o., Pembroke Pines, FL |
| Student of Maree Sawhney |
| Haydn, Violin Concerto, No. 2 in G Major, I Mvt |
| Alexander Goldberg, violin, 11 y.o., Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Bettina Mussumeli |
| Bruch, Concerto in G Minor, Op. 26, I Mvt |
| Sophia Steger, violin, 12 y.o., Peekskill, NY |
| Student of Patinka Kopec |
| Kabalevsky, Concerto for Violin in C Major, Op. 48, I Mvt |
| Samantha Yoon, cello, 12 y.o., Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Sylvia SeunHee Kang |
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33, I Mvt |
| Sarah Kim, violin, 12 y.o., Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Dr. Christian Tremblay |
| Kabalevsky, Concerto in C Major, Op. 48, I and II Mvts |
| Julia Lee, cello, 12 y.o., Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Chungsun Kim |
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, I Mvt |
| 2nd Place |
| Meagan Cook, piano, 7 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Ludmila Melzer |
| Haydn, Concerto in C, I – III Mvts |
| Michelle Stern, violin, 8 y.o., Douglaston, NY |
| Student of Anna Heifetz |
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt |
| Andra Rosca, piano, 10 y.o., Bucharest, Romania |
| Student of Adriana Balaj and Venera Babes |
| Mozart, Rondo in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, KV382 |
| Bjon Li, piano, 11 y.o., Markham, ON, Canada |
| Student of Aster Lai |
| Mozart, Concerto No. 19 in F Major, I Mvt |
| Mabelle YoungEun Park, violin, 11 y.o, McLean, VA |
| Student of Olga Khroulevitch |
| Bruch, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, I Mvt |
| Mariana Saenz, piano, 12 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Luis Monge |
| Mozart, Concerto No. 15 in B Flat Major K450, I Mvt |
| 3rd Place |
| Hui Ren Pang, violin, 5 y.o., Singapore |
| Student of Natalia Kurganova |
| Seitz, Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, III Mvt |
| Sara Yamada, violin, 7 y.o., Villanova, PA |
| Student of Vladimir Dyo |
| Haydn, Violin Concerto in G Major, H. VIIa: 4, I Mvt |
| Lynn Gong, piano, 10 y.o., Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Mozart, Concert-Rondo K382 |
| Category 13 – 17 |
| 1st Place |
| Breuce Vourch, violin, 15 y.o., New York, NY |
| Student of Lewis Kaplan |
| Mendelssohn, Viloin Concerto in E Minor, I Mvt |
| Hillary Lin Santoso, piano, 15 y.o., San Marino, CA |
| Student of Bernadene Blaha |
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, I Mvt |
| Scott Greene, clarinet, 15 y.o., Highland Park, IL |
| Student of Walter Grabner and Jack Marquardt |
| Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2, I Mvt |
| Ines Guanchez Mercado, piano, 15 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Ludmila Melzer |
| Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2, I Mvt |
| Sophia Sun, violin, 16 y.o., New York, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Chang and Martin Canin |
| Walton, Viola Concerto |
| Daniel Eras Saborio, piano, 16 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18, III Mvt |
| Charles Seo, cello, 16 y.o., Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Brinton A. Smith |
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, IV Mvt |
| Chas Barnard, cello, 17 y.o., Ashland, OR |
| Student of Thomas Stauffer |
| Saint-Saens, Concerto in A Minor |
| 2nd Place |
| Angela Kim, violin, 15 y.o., Franklin Lakes, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Ann Setzer |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, I – III Mvts |
| Jessica Wu, violin, 16 y.o., Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi |
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47 |
| Danli Liang, piano, 16 y.o., San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tao Chang |
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 2, I Mvt |
| 3rd Place |
| Rosalie Doerksen, piano, 16 y.o., Oxford, MS |
| Student of Dr. Ian Hominick |
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, I Mvt |
| Honorable Mention |
| Pamela Beine, piano, 13 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Mendelssohn, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, I Mvt |
| Anastasia Shalyapina, violin, 14 y.o., Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Student of Olga Horcheva |
| Shpor, Concerto in G Major, No. 11, I Mvt |
| Mirhee Kim, violin, 15 y.o., Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Student of Betty-Jean Hagen |
| Bruch, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, I Mvt |
| Erica Chemtob, violin, 15 y.o., Winter Park, FL |
| Student of Dr. Alvaro Gomez |
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21, IV Mvt |
| Alexandra Zhang, violin, 16 y.o., Bernyn, PA |
| Student of Vladimir Dyo and Edward Schmieder |
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor |
| Category 18 and older |
| 1st Place |
| Giuseppe Gil Cano, piano, 19 y.o., Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Liszt, Totentanz |
| Shotaro Matsumoto, piano, 19 y.o., Montebello, CA |
| Student of Dr. Joel Clifft and Nobuyo Nishizaka |
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15, I Mvt |
| Michael Stewart, piano, 22 y.o., Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Susan Duehlmeier |
| Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23, I Mvt |
| Eun Young Seo, piano, 26 y.o., Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Andre Watts |
| Liszt, Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major |
| Heesun Yun, piano, 28 y.o., Denton, TX |
| Student of Adam Wodnicki |
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37 |
| Magdalina Melkonyan, piano, 31 y.o., Gaithersburg, MD |
| Liszt, Concerto No. 2 |
| Yihong Wen, piano, 33 y.o., Beijing, China |
| Student of Chunshan Piao and Dr. Shigu Zhang |
| Mozart, Concerto in A Major KV414, I Mvt |
| Vahagn Hovhannisyan, voice, 38 y.o., Gyumri, Armenia |
| Student of Gohar Gasparian |
| Puccini, Aria “Crucifixus” from “Gloria” |
| 2nd Place |
| Coral Solomon, piano 18 y.o., Cleveland, OH |
| Student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi |
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, I Mvt |
| Ji Eun Park, piano, 20 y.o., Talahassee, FL |
| Student of Dr. Read Gainsford |
| Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, I Mvt |
| Estuardo Hernandez, piano, 20 y.o., Guatemala |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Chopin, Concerto No. 1, I Mvt |
| William Hernandez, voice, 22 y.o., Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Ernesto Rodriguez |
| Mozart, Hai gia vinta la causa |
| Chih-Jung Hsu, violin, 30 y.o., San Jose, CA |
| Student of Victor Danchenko and Piotr Milewski |
| Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, Op. 37, I – III Mvts |
| Soo Jung Lee, piano, 30 y.o., Columbus, OH |
| Student of Prof. Steven Glaser |
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I – III Mvts |
| Clinton Velman, piano, 33 y.o., Chicago, IL |
| Student of Monique Duphil |
| Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 |
| 3rd Place |
| Mauricio Fernández Picado, piano, 24 y.o., San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski |
| Chopin, Concerto in E Minor Op. 11, I Mvt |
| Seohyun Hong, cello, 24 y.o., New York, NY |
| Student of Fred Sherry |
| Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1, IV Mvt |
| I-Hang Lin, piano, 30 y.o., Weymouth, MA |
| Student of Gila Goldstein |
| Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op. 23, I – III Mvts |
| Honorable Mention |
| David Bhasin, violin, 29 y.o., Port Jefferson, NY |
| Student of Soovin Kim |
| Sibelius, violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, I Mvt |
| Concerto Competition Finalists |
| Deanna Neff, piano, 9 y.o., Framingham, MA |
| Daniel Cho, piano, 10 y.o., Rochester, NY |
| Mikhail Peisel, cello, 11 y.o., Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Daniel Rim, violin, 12 y.o., Yorktown Heights, NY |
| Nathan Rim, violin, 12 y.o., Yorktown Heights, NY |
| Zijing Gao, piano, 15 y.o. Chapel Hill, NC |
| Rachel Rodgers, flute, 16 y.o., South Salem, NY |
| David Wang, piano, 16 y.o., Moreland Hills, OH |
| Aileen Li, piano, 20 y.o., Flushing, NY |
| John Wilson, piano, 24 y.o., Baltimore, MD |
| Yan Shen, piano, 33 y.o. |
| Takeaki Miyamae, flute, 45 y.o., Pittsburgh, PA |
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!