International Concerto Competition 2013
International Concerto Competition 2013 was open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds.
Participants were required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
Awards
Winners performed on:
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Saturday, November 30, 2013 (Thanksgiving Weekend) at 3:30 PM and 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 3:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
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 2013. 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 2013 Results:
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize Winners (split)
Esther Liao, 16, from Houston, TX, began her piano studies at age four and won her first competition at age six. She was also the youngest participant and prize winner ever to the Houston Symphony League youth concerto competition at age of nine. Esther’s orchestral debut at age 9 with the Houston Symphony were followed by invitations to perform multiple times as the soloist with the Houston Symphony, and her Gold Medal awarded concert in 2010. In June 2012, after she captured the Gold Medal of the 10th Annual Lynn Harrell south regional concerto competition, Esther was invited as soloist to perform with the Dallas Symphony. Esther has appeared as a Houston Young Artist to perform at the Houston Miller Outdoor Theatre, the Stude Concert Hall at Rice University, and the International Festival of the Round Top Institute, TX. She was also invited by Chinese Education Center to present solo recitals at the Gulangyu Music Hall, Steinway Hall (NY) and Fort Bend Music Center in Houston. In 2012, Esther was featured on the National Public Radio program From the Top.
Sohyang Yoo, 24, from New Haven, CT, began to study cello at the age of 8. In 1997, she won the Suk-myung University competition. In 2000, she won the Eumak Chunchu competition and had winner recital at Ho-am Art Hall. Same year, She won Dahan Children music competition. In 2001, Ms. Yoo entered Yewon Arts Middle School and studied with Ji-sook Shin. In 2003, she won Ehwa and Kyunghyang competition and had winner recital at Kumho Art Hall. In 2004, Ms. Yoo entered Seoul Arts High School. In 2006, she got prizes at Baroque competition, Sekye illbo competition, The Music competition, Sung-shin University competition, and Han-kook illbo competition. In 2007, she entered Seoul National University and studied with Chung-shim Baeck. In 2010, Ms. Yoo won The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra competition and got second prize at Korean Herald Newspaper competition. She had a recital in Seoul national University. In 2012, Ms. Yoo entered Yale School of Music where she studies Master of Music with Aldo Parisot
$320 Scholarship Award Winner
Brielle Perez, 11, from Oradell, NJ, attends The Palisades School of Music in Fort Lee, NJ, and is a student of Michael Thomopoulos. Brielle’s past awards include a number of first and grand prizes at many competitions, such as Prima Artists Competition, Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition, The Greater Princeton Steinway Society Scholarship Competition, National League of Performing Arts Young Musicians Showcase, to list just a few.
Winners by Category
| Category 12 and under | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Dylan Wang, piano | 9 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Anna Nikolaevsky | ||
| Bach, Concerto No. 4, BWV 1055, I – III movements | ||
| Michelle Stern, violin | 9 | Douglaston, NY |
| Student of Anna Heifetz | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, V Mvt. Rondo-Allegro | ||
| John Zhao, piano | 10 | Midvale, UT |
| Student of Dr Ning Lu and Dr Jie Lu | ||
| Mozart, K459 No. 19, I Mvt. | ||
| Wiley Skaret, piano | 10 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 50, III Mvt. | ||
| Brielle Perez, piano | 11 | Oradell, NJ |
| Student of Michael Thomopoulos | ||
| Saint Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 22, I Mvt. | ||
| David Kwak, violin | 11 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole | ||
| Haeun Moon, violin | 11 | Woodway, TX |
| Student of Dr. Julia Hardie | ||
| Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto in C Major Op.48, II and II Mvt. | ||
| Hayoung Moon, cello | 11 | Woodway, TX |
| Student of Gary Hardie | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Masha Lakisova, violin | 11 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Drew Lecher | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Takumi Taguchi, violin | 11 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Mihoko Hirata and Simon James | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Joseph Wong, violin | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Mrs. Jenny Rudin | ||
| Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 | ||
| Juhee Kim, violin | 12 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Sunyoung Lee | ||
| Mozart, Violin Conceto No. 4, I Mvt. | ||
| Julia Angelov, violin | 12 | Washington, DC |
| Student of Olga Khroulevitch | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Matthew Hakkarainen, violin | 12 | Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
| Student of Huifang Chen and Maree Sawhney | ||
| Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto in G minor | ||
| Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto in C Major | ||
| Rachelle Huh, violin | 12 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Ms. Sooji Oh | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, I Mvt. | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| François Gizycki, cello | 10 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Xue Wen Gao | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor | ||
| Joshua Lin, violin | 11 | Morganville, NJ |
| Student of Jung Won Yoon | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 | ||
| Alyssa Kim, violin | 12 | River Edge, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Bruch, Concerto in G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Eugene Choo, violin | 12 | Haymarket, VA |
| Student of Mr. Ricardo Cyncynates | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K.211 | ||
| Eugene Choo, piano | 12 | Haymarket, VA |
| Student of Dr. Artur Aksenov | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Mak Mihevc, piano | 9 | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Student of Lidija Malahotky Haas | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 12, in A Major, K414, I Mvt. | ||
| Sylvan Zhang, violin | 9 | Stillwater, OK |
| Student of Dr. Laura Talbott | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor, I – III Mvt. | ||
| Yuri Taguchi, piano | 10 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Student of Dr. Irena Portenko | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto K.V.466 in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Kevin Xu, piano | 11 | Shoreham, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 50, III Mvt. | ||
| Neerav Kumar, clarinet | 12 | White Plains, NY |
| Student of Larry Guy | ||
| Stamitz, Concerto No. 3 in B Flat Major, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Andrew Lin, piano | 8 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in C, I Mvt. | ||
| Augustin Wright, piano | 10 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Rebecca Kelly | ||
| Kabalevski, Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 50 | ||
| Hyun Gyu Seo, violin | 12 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Jungwon | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 4 In D major, K.218 | ||
| Rachel Cheng, piano | 12 | Monroe, NJ |
| Student of Robin Freund – Epstein and Hong Wang | ||
| Kabalevsky, Concerto No. 3 in D Major Op. 50 | ||
| Category 13 – 17 | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Mary Anne Lee, piano | 13 | San Marcos, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 50, I Mvt. | ||
| Joshua Henderson, violin | 14 | Raleigh, NC |
| Student of Mr. Lynn Chang | ||
| Saint Saens, Concerto in B minor Op. 61 No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Michael Xiao, piano | 14 | Pleasant Grove, UT |
| Student of Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Liszt, Totentanz | ||
| Sherry Tang, piano | 14 | Monterey Park, CA |
| Student of Michelle Jo Santoso | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Szuyu Su, piano | 14 | Tainan City, Taiwan |
| Student of Chaoyin Chen | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58, I Mvt. | ||
| Alison Jin, piano | 15 | Pepper Pike, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Flora Li, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Fei Fei Soong | ||
| Tschaikovsky, Violin Concerto, III Mvt. | ||
| Mimi Meng, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Yin, Yellow River Piano Concerto, IV Mvt. | ||
| Qingxi Meng, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 5 Op.43 | ||
| Ben Su, piano | 16 | Langley, Canada |
| Student of Bernard Duerksen and Leslie Janos | ||
| Mozart, Piano concerto No. 12 in A Major, K414 | ||
| Cathy Zhang, piano | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in D Minor | ||
| Christopher Gao, cello | 16 | Long Grove, IL |
| Student of Hans Jensen | ||
| Elgar, Concerto in E-minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Esther Liao, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mr. Scott Holshouser | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| James Chen, piano | 16 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Sheryl Canellakis | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, I. Mvt. | ||
| Lisa Dong, cello | 16 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Bloch, Schelomo (cut version) | ||
| Travis Chen, cello | 16 | Palo alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante, I Mvt. | ||
| Vinson Luo, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 2, III Mvt. | ||
| Yun Ta Tsai, cello | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Vahe Hayrikyan | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major Op. 101, I Mvt. | ||
| Daniel Karasik, piano | 17 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Gershwin, “I Got Rhythm” Variations for Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Hoseon Sue Choi, violin | 17 | Devon, PA |
| Student of Guillaume Combet | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Karen Asatryan, clarinet | 17 | Lubertsi, Russia |
| Student of prof. Rafael Bagdasaryan | ||
| Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op. 74, I – III Mvts. | ||
| Stephen Xi, violin | 17 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Ronald Neal | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Concerto in D Major Op. 35, I Mvt. | ||
| Tong Wang, piano | 17 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Bruce Brubaker and Boris Konovalov | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Sean Lim, violin | 13 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Olga Khroulevitch | ||
| Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 22, II Mvt. | ||
| Vikram Kalghatgi, violin | 13 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Deborah Buck | ||
| Bruch, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 26 | ||
| Billy Wu, piano | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Michi Hirata North | ||
| Grieg, Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Eugene Cho, piano | 14 | Ashland, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Evelyn Mo, piano | 14 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Thomas Mastroianni | ||
| Chopin, Concerto in E Minor Op. 11 | ||
| Juncen Wang, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in A Major, K. 488 | ||
| Kana Yoshigi, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Vera Oussetsukaia-Watanabe | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37, I Mvt. | ||
| Margaret Ivory, violin | 14 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Eugene Watanabe | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, III Mvt. | ||
| Irene Jeong, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Katie Zhou, violin | 15 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Asya Meshberg | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Concerto Op. 35, I Mvt. | ||
| Mikaela Chang, violin | 15 | Closter, NJ |
| Student of Yujeong Lee | ||
| Sibelius, Concerto in D Minor Op. 47 | ||
| Nicholas Suminski, piano | 15 | Williamsburg, MI |
| Student of Michael Coonrod | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in G minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Noe Baladad, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Thomas Yee | ||
| Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, I Mvt. | ||
| Samantha Lee, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Samuel Primack, Flute | 15 | Lodi, CA |
| Student of Carole Romans | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Stephen Wang, piano | 15 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Yejin Choi, Flute | 15 | Ellicott city, MD |
| Student of Rachel Choe | ||
| Chaminade, Chaminade Concertino for Flute | ||
| Yun Teng, violin | 15 | Camas, WA |
| Student of Katheryn Gray | ||
| Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Athena Tsianos, piano | 16 | Glendora, CA |
| Student of Bernadene Blaha | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Derek Cheung, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Irina Portenko | ||
| Rachmaninoff, First Concerto Op. 1 in F Sharp Minor | ||
| Yunheng Zhu, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Second Piano Concerto, Op. 18, I Mvt. | ||
| Juneho Kim, cello | 17 | Mobile, AL |
| Student of Alexander Russakovsky | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Sara Barone, piano | 17 | Providence, RI |
| Student of Ya-Fei Chuang | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto No. 1, I and III Mvts. | ||
| Solomon Oak, violin | 17 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, I Mvt. | ||
| Preston Jordan Lim, cello | 17 | Vancouver, BC |
| Student of Joseph Elworthy | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations Op. 33 | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Alina Zheng, cello | 13 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Edward Laut and Steven Elisha | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Brahms, Cello Sonata in E Minor, I and II Mvts. | ||
| Kayla Kim, cello | 14 | Saratoge, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Elgar, Concerto in E Minor, II Mvt. | ||
| Yoko Rosenbaum, piano | 14 | Santa Monica, CA |
| Student of Mary Ann Cummins | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor | ||
| Joanne Do, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yookyung Oh | ||
| Saint Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Nicole Chang, piano | 15 | Park City, UT |
| Student of Gary Amano and Cassandra Broadhead | ||
| Liszt, Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Luran He, piano | 16 | South Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, III Mvt. | ||
| Anna Schwartz, oboe | 17 | Longmeadow, MA |
| Student of Peter Smith | ||
| Besozzi, Oboe Concerto in C Major | ||
| Joana Gonzalez, piano | 17 | Southwest Ranches, FL |
| Student of Ana Rodriguez | ||
| Khachaturian, Piano Concerto Op. 38 No. 1 | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Michelle Hu, piano | 13 | South Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in G Minor Op. 25, I Mvt. | ||
| Sang Jun Park, piano | 15 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Student of Alexander Klepach | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54, I Mvt. | ||
| Grace Chen, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37, III Mvt. | ||
| Justin Lee, violin | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Mr. William Pu | ||
| Glazunov, I – III Mvts. | ||
| Vijay Reddy, cello | 16 | Anaheim Hills, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in C Major | ||
| Benjamin Lei, violin | 17 | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Student of Betty-Jean Hagen | ||
| De Bériot, Concerto No. 1 in D Major Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Category College students and professional musicians | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Amir Safavi, violin | 21 | New York, NY |
| Student of Catherine Cho | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Cheng Gu, violin | 21 | Oberlin, OH |
| Student of Milan Vitek | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto | ||
| Jordan Thomas, harp | 22 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Ruth Inglefield | ||
| Ginastera, Harp Concerto, I – III Mvts. | ||
| Alvin Lane, Marimba | 23 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Ben Wahlund and James Campbell | ||
| Sejourne, Concerto for Marimba and Strings | ||
| Suvida Neramitaram, piano | 24 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Mack McCray | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, I Mvt. | ||
| Sohyang Yoo, cello | 24 | New Haven, CT |
| Student of Aldo Parisot | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto Op. 85 | ||
| Sho Omagari, violin | 25 | New York, NY |
| Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Op. 77, I Mvt. | ||
| Jinghua Pu, piano | 26 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Dr. Ivo Kaltchev | ||
| Britten, Piano Concerto Op. 13, I Mvt. | ||
| Seo Hee Byun, violin | 26 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Nelson Lee | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Ah Yeon Jung, piano | 27 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Gila Goldstein | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 73, I – III Mvts. | ||
| Hsiao Ying Lin, piano | 29 | Baltimore, MD |
| Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 3 | ||
| Jinseo Joo, piano | 29 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Emile Naoumoff | ||
| Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major | ||
| SeHee Jin, piano | 29 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Natalya Antonova and Jean Barr | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Concerto in D Minor No. 3 | ||
| Heeyeon Chi, piano | 30 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Prof. Boaz Sharon | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto Op. 37 No. 3 in C Minor | ||
| Takeaki Miyamae, flute | 46 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Ibert, Flute Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Sheeyoun Woo, cello | 22 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Hai-ye ni and Udi Bar-David | ||
| Schumann, Cello Concerto Op. 129, I Mvt. | ||
| Yao Lin, piano | 25 | DeKalb, IL |
| Student of William Goldenberg and William Koehler | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 | ||
| Yu Yin Wang, piano | 28 | Athens, GA |
| Student of Evgeny Rivkin | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Op. 54 | ||
| Gyuhyun Han, violin | 29 | Westerville, OH |
| Student of Kia-hui Tan and Leonid Polonsky | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto, III Mvt. | ||
| Hyunah Chang, violin | 30 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Busoni, Violin Concerto Op. 35a in D Major | ||
| Alexander Chernov, piano | 37 | Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Student of Evgeny Levitan | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 9 Es-dur for Piano and Orchestra | ||
| Dmitri Peysel, violin | 43 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Mendelssohn, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, II and III Mvts. | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Joohyun Lee, violin | 18 | Hopewell Jct, NY |
| Student of Susan Waterbury | ||
| Barber, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, I Mvt. | ||
| Hye Bin Song, piano | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Natalya Antonova | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No. 3 | ||
| Kyung Min Kang, cello | 28 | Little rock, AR |
| Student of Myunghee, Jeon | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor Op. 104, III Mvt. | ||
| Soo Eun Choi, piano | 29 | Iowa City, IA |
| Student of Uriel Tsachor and Rene Lecuona | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor | ||
| Minhyuk Kim, trumpet | 30 | Denton, TX |
| Nepomuk Hummel, Concerto for Trumpet in E Flat Major | ||
| Pang Yen Chang, piano | 34 | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2, I – III Mvts. | ||
| Honorable Mention Winners | ||
| Mihyun Lee, piano | 28 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Prof. Caroline Hong and Prof. Maria Staeblein | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Op. 43 | ||
| Amateur Category | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Christine Ciuffreda, piano | 25 | Watchung, NJ |
| Student of Beatrice Long | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Op. 43 | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Yuka LaTulippe, piano | 25 | League City, TX |
| Student of Dr. Martha Braswell | ||
| Grieg, Concerto in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Finalists: | ||
| Allison Jiang, violin | 8 | Glenview, IL |
| Student of Zhengyu Wu and Desiree Ruhstrat | ||
| Cameren Williams, viola | 12 | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Student of Belen Clifford and Nancy Beebe | ||
| Maureen Rendon, piano | 14 | Laredo, TX |
| Student of Yu-Mei Huang | ||
| Suproteem Sarkar, piano | 15 | Wayne, PA |
| Student of Joy Miller Kiszely | ||
| Brandon Juhyeok Kim, french horn | 17 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Patrick Hughes and Li Zhi Yeoh | ||
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!