International Concerto Competition 2014
International Concerto Competition 2014 was open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds. Participants were required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
Participants from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany and Costa Rica have applied for the Competition.
Eligibility
We invite school students and adults to participate in the Competition. There is no age limit for the adult participants.
Multiple winners were 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 performed on:
Monday, May 26, 2014 (Memorial Day) at 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, December 20, 2014 (Christmas weekend) at 3:30 PM and 8:00 PM 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 2014. 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 2014 Winners:
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize Winners (split)

Lara Boschkor, 14, from Germany, began to study violin at the age of 4. At an early age, Lara won several international competitions including the Grand Prix at Concours Flame in Paris and the “Citta di Moncalieri” Cup at the European Music Competition in Turin, Italy. She is first Prize Winner of the International Paul Hindemith – Competition in Berlin and prize Winner of the International Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition in Fermo, Italy. In 2012 she won the Jeunesses International Violin Competition in Bucharest, Romania, and she became the youngest prize winner of the International Brahms-Violin-Competition in Austria. Lara` s orchestral debut was at age 8. Her 2013 season´s concerto highlights include her debut in Tokyo with the Kunitachi Symphoniker, her debut in Yerevan, Armenia, with the Armenian Philharmonic orchestra in the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall and her debut in Mexico with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra.

Elena Vlasova, 24, from Moscow, Russia, graduated from AMK at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2008, class of the V.M. Horoshina. In 2013 she graduated from GKA, class of Prof. V. G. Fedorovtsev. Elena is currently the assistant at GKA. Among her awards are: Laureate of International Contest after the name of M. Uydina in the piano duo category (2009), the Winner of the International Competition “Music Classics” in Ruza in 2010 and 2012 in the nomination of solo piano, the Winner of Grand Prix of the Festival-Competition of chamber ensembles after the name of V.P. Samoletov in 2013. Ms. Vlasova took a part in several festivals «Moscow meets friends». She participated in master-classes with B. Petryshansky, V. Rudenko, V. Viardo and others. Ms. Vlasova has a scholarship from the Lions Club “Moscow, South West, Family”.
$330 Scholarship Award Winner

Julia Choi, 16 , from Newport Coast, CA, is in 11th grade at the Orange County School of the Arts. She is Principal Clarinet in School’s Symphony Orchestra, the premier orchestra of the Instrumental Music Conservatory. Julia was principal clarinet also at the 2013 American High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in 2013, and won First Class Honors in the Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program in 2012. Ms. Choi has been accepted in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association All-Southern High School Honor Band and the California Band Directors Association All-State High School Honor Band since 2012. Julia has won First Place in the Musical Arts Club of Orange County Competition, Woodwinds Section, in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and received an honorable mention in the Orange County School of the Arts Concerto Competition in 2012.
NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
Age Group 12 and under: | ||
FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
Clare Bowler, piano | 7 | Orem, UT |
Student of Irene Peery-Fox | ||
Haydn, Piano Concerto in C Major, Mvt. III | ||
Sofia Sourkova, piano | 8 | Kiev, Ukraine |
Student of Inna Goncharova | ||
Berkovich, Concert No. 2, Mvt. II and III, in C Major, op.44 | ||
Abigail Leong, cello | 10 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto in A Minor Op. 33, Mvt. I | ||
Angela Choi, violin | 10 | Monroe, NY |
Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
Mozart, Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major | ||
Daniel Liu, piano | 11 | Salt Lake City, UT |
Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, K.271 | ||
Enako Matsumoto, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
Student of Lewis Kaplan and Renee Jolles | ||
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, Mvt. 1 | ||
Miray Ito, violin | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Student of Stephen Shipps | ||
Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto in C Major Op.48, Mvt. III | ||
Tyler Kim, piano | 11 | Temecula, CA |
Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Major, Mvt. III | ||
Hechen Sun, cello | 12 | Beijing, China |
Student of Liu Meijuan | ||
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Mvt. I | ||
SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
Alexandra Maskoff, piano | 9 | Westport, CT |
Student of Tatiyana Pikayzen | ||
Bach, Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052, Mvt. I | ||
Alicia Wu, violin | 12 | Scottsdale, AZ |
Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
Haydn, Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Mvt. I | ||
Anne Liu, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Mvt. III | ||
Gloria Lee, cello | 12 | Oradell, NJ |
Student of InHwa Lee | ||
Lalo, Concerto in D Minor Mvt. I | ||
Nikolay Marinov, piano | 12 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
Student of Svetlana Koseva | ||
Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488 Mvt. II and III | ||
Tiffany Sidney Mikova, piano | 12 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Student of Svetlana Kosseva | ||
Mendelsohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
Irene Yi, celllo | 13 | Tenafly, NJ |
Student of Inhwa Lee | ||
Dvorak, Concerto in B Minor, Mvt. I | ||
THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
Tinatin Narimanidze, piano | 7 | Brooklyn, NY |
Student of Merab Ebralidze | ||
Berkovich, Piano Concerto No. 2. Op.44 in C Major, Mvt. I – III | ||
Bianca Ciubancan, violin | 8 | Chicago, IL |
Student of Corina Lobont | ||
Haydn, Violin Concerto in G Major | ||
Kei Obata, violin | 8 | Mamaroneck, NY |
Student of Keita Fukushima | ||
Mozart, Concerto No.3 in G-Major K.216, Mvt. I | ||
Lim Roxan, cello | 10 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Student of Joy Tan | ||
Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C Major Mvt. I | ||
Nathan Sariowan, violin | 11 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Chi Yuan Chen | ||
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, Mvt. I | ||
Zoe Daphnee Lavoie Gagne, cello | 11 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
Jean-Chretien Bach, Cello Concerto in C Minor | ||
Nadia Jo, cello | 12 | McLean, Virginia |
Student of Daniel Levitov | ||
Boccherini, Cello Concerto in B Flat Major, Mvt. I | ||
Olivia Chen, violin | 12 | Potomac, MD |
Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor Op. 21, Mvt. I | ||
HONORABLE MENTION | ||
Oliver Wu, piano | 6 | Stony Brook, NY |
Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
Haydn, Piano Concerto in C Major, Mvt. III | ||
Kaylee Maeng, violin | 9 | Ridgefield, New Jersey |
Student of Sunyoung Lee | ||
Mozart, Violin Cpncerto in D | ||
Ren Yagawara, piano | 11 | Philadelphia, PA |
Student of Elena Jivaeva | ||
Rowley, Miniature Concerto. Mvt. I | ||
Zhi Jie Chen, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, New York |
Student of Merab Ebralidze | ||
Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No.3 in D Major Op. 50, Mvt. I | ||
Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
Bjon Li, piano | 13 | Markham, Canada |
Student of Aster Lai and Andras Weber | ||
Saint Saens, Piano Concerto No.2, Mvt. I | ||
Allison Park, cello | 14 | Dunn Loring, VA |
Student of James Lee | ||
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Jason Ma, cello | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
Student of Olive Chen | ||
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major | ||
Jiho Choi, cello | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, Mvt. I | ||
Lara Boschkor, violin | 14 | Kleve, Germany |
Student of Koh Gabriel Kameda | ||
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 35 | ||
Nathan Kim, piano | 14 | Newberg, OR |
Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
Prokofieff, Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, Mvt. I | ||
Strings Duo: | ||
Yulya Alekseeva, domra | 14 | Voronezh, Russia |
Daria Pikulina, domra | 15 | Voronezh, Russia |
Students of Irina Khripunova | ||
Skoryk, Melody | ||
Angie Gou, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
Mozart, Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K 467, Mvt. III | ||
Hannah Choi, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Jihee Kim | ||
Bloch, Schelomo | ||
Jeremy Tai, cello | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1, Mvt. III & IV | ||
John James Ahn, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
Student of Eric Sung | ||
Dvorak, Cello Concerto B Minor Op. 104, Mvt. I | ||
Julie Choe, violin | 15 | Wexford, PA |
Student of Hong-Guang Jia | ||
Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor Op. 26, Mvt. I | ||
Julie Lin, violin | 15 | Surrey, Other |
Student of Lawrie Hill and Prof. Andrew Dawes | ||
Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 | ||
Kevin Chen, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 | ||
Nathan Mo, cello | 15 | Rolling Meadows, IL |
Student of Hans Jorgen Jensen | ||
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major | ||
Meghan Leong, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, Mvt. I & II | ||
Tristan Murphy, piano | 15 | Perth, WA |
Student of Mark Coughlan | ||
Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 | ||
Alison Jin, Guzheng | 16 | Pepper Pike, OH |
He Zhan Hao, The Butterfly Lovers | ||
Allen Chang, Clarinet | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Student of Chad Burrow | ||
Von Weber, Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-Flat Major | ||
Charissa Leung, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
Iana Diakova, voice | ||
Dvorak, Violin Concerto in A Minor Op. 53, Mvt. I | ||
Julia Choi, clarinet | 16 | Newport Coast, CA |
Student of Yehuda Gilad and Ben Lulich | ||
Argento, Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra | ||
Minku Lee, cello | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Schumann, Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129, Mvt. I | ||
Hannah Geisinger, viola | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Helen Callus | ||
Walton, Concerto for Viola, Mvt. I | ||
Iana Diakova, voice | 17 | Samara, Russia |
Student of Ilves Nadezhda and Golik Anastasia | ||
Vivaldi, Aria from “Grizelda” : “Agitata da due venti… | ||
Justin Ma, piano | 17 | Palm Harbor, FL |
Student of Vladimir Khokhlov | ||
Grieg, Piano Concerto in a Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Sarah Quan, violin | 17 | Oak Hill, VA |
Student of Ronda Cole and Bryan Baldwin | ||
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major | ||
Andrew Yoon, piano | 18 | Portland, OR |
Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
Mendelssohn, Capriccio Brillant, Op. 22 | ||
Yuko Matsumoto, violin | 18 | Stockholm, Sweden |
Student of Djuro Zivkovic and Monika Kowalska | ||
Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47 | ||
SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
Daniel Seog, violin | 13 | TENAFLY, NJ |
Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Anna Boonyanit, piano | 14 | Redwood City, CA |
Student of Hans Boepple | ||
Chopin, Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Maryanne Lee, piano | 14 | San Marcos, CA |
Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
Kabalevsky, Concerto No. 3, Mvt. III | ||
William Lee, piano | 14 | Greenvale, NY |
Student of Jeffery Cohen and Jiaxin Tian | ||
Shostakovich, Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 | ||
Freya Irani, Viola | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
Walton, Viola Concerto, Mvt. II | ||
Lucy Kim, flute | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Teresa Orozco | ||
Griffes, Poem | ||
Omar Elabidin, marimba | 15 | Wall, NJ |
Student of Greg Giannascoli and Pablo Rieppi | ||
Hovhaness, Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints | ||
Anastasia Magamedova, piano | 16 | Murray, UT |
Student of Dr. Heather Conner | ||
Mendelssohn, Concerto in Minor, No. I | ||
Caroline Joyner, violin | 16 | Ridgefield, CT |
Student of James Buswell and Khullip Jeung | ||
Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major; Mvt. I | ||
Catherine Xue, flute | 16 | Potomac, MD |
Student of Carolyn Oh | ||
Nielsen, Concerto, Mvt. I | ||
Gordon Ma, violin | 16 | Cary, NC |
Student of Hsiao-mei Ku | ||
Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Finale | ||
Hyunnew Choi, violin | 16 | Newton, MA |
Student of Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas | ||
Ravel, Tzigane | ||
Jennifer Minsoo Jo, flute | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
Student of Dr. Kris Palmer | ||
Chaminade, Concertino Op. 107 | ||
Kathleen Wu, flute | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
Student of Brian Gordon | ||
Mozart, Flute Concerto in G Major, Mvt. I | ||
Sofia Schutte, violin | 16 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
Student of Caterina Tellini | ||
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole | ||
Stella Han, violin | 16 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Florence Huang | ||
Sibelius, Violin Concerto, Op. 47 | ||
Trenton Chang, piano | 16 | Logan, UT |
Student of Gary Amano | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Mvt. III | ||
Victoria Tu, violin | 16 | Northbrook, IL |
Bruch, Bruch concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
Mari Coetzee, cello | 17 | Calgary, Canada |
Student of John Kadz | ||
Dvorak, Concerto in B Minor | ||
Susan Wang, piano | 18 | Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA |
Student of Anli Lin Tong | ||
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | ||
THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
Cristina Ciubancan, violin | 14 | Chicago, IL |
Student of Corina Lobont | ||
Mozart, Violin Concerto in G Major | ||
Jasmine Sun, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
Student of Jeffrey Cohen | ||
Mendelssohn, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Anddrew Fu, violin | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
Student of Que Yang | ||
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt. | ||
Caroline Ho Ho, piano | 15 | Santa Monica, CA |
Student of Anders Martinson | ||
Grieg, Piano Concerto in Minor, Op.16, Mvt. I | ||
Jeff Chow, violin | 15 | Walnut, CA |
Student of Sarkis Salamanyan | ||
Mendelssohn, Concerto in Minor, Op. 64 | ||
Raymond So, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Li Lin | ||
Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3, Mvt. III | ||
Tianbo Chen, piano | 16 | Tampa, FL |
Student of Vladimir Khokhlov | ||
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, Mvt. III | ||
Jasmine Weiss, piano | 17 | Orem, UT |
Student of Irene Peery-Fox | ||
Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2, Mvt. III | ||
HONORABLE MENTION | ||
Edward Lee, violin | 13 | Boyds, MD |
Student of Mr. Adrian Semo | ||
Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No.2 in D Minor Op. 22 | ||
Ryan Grieser, Viola | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
Hummel, Fantasie for Viola and Orchestra | ||
Yuka Suzuki, piano | 14 | Fairlawn, OH |
Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Major | ||
Yusha Sun, piano | 15 | College Station, TX |
Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, Mvt. I | ||
Katherine Park, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Dana Freeman | ||
Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22, Mvt. III | ||
Lilia Chang, violin | 16 | Weston, MA |
Student of Lynn Chang | ||
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor | ||
College students and professional musicians | ||
FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
LingYu Lee, piano | 19 | Ogden, UT |
Student of Yu-Jane Yang | ||
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Meng Yuan, piano | 19 | Calgary, Canada |
Student of Charles Foreman | ||
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Op. 11, Mvt. I | ||
Eric Roundy, marimba | 20 | Cookeville, TN |
Student of Dr. Eric Willie and Dr. Colin Hill | ||
Chin Cheng Lin, Marimba Concerto No. 1, Mvt. I | ||
Sandra Bailey, bassoon | 21 | Evanston, IL |
Student of Chris Millard and Lwis Kirk | ||
Hummel, Concerto for Bassoon in F Major | ||
Chun Lok Lee, chromatic harmonica | 22 | Hong Kong |
Student of Hang Hay Wai | ||
Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy | ||
Gregory Cardi, violin | 22 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Robert Lipsett and Naoko Tanaka | ||
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Mvt I | ||
Da Young Kim, violin | 23 | New York, NY |
Student of Ronald Copes | ||
Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No.1, Mvt. II | ||
Huyen Khanh Do, piano | 23 | Bloomington, IN |
Student of Emile Naoumoff and Alison Edwards | ||
Saint-Saens, Africa Fantaisie | ||
Hyein Beom, violin | 23 | New York, NY |
Student of Patinka Kopec | ||
Sibelius, Violin Concerto Op. 47, Mvt. I | ||
Elena Vlasova, piano | 24 | Moscow, Russia |
Student of Vadim Fedorovtsev | ||
Schumann, Concerto in A Minor, Mvt. II & III | ||
FangChing Tu, piano | 24 | Boston, MA |
Student of Veronica Jochum | ||
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op. 37, Mvt. I | ||
Josanne Francis, steelpan | 25 | DeKalb, IL |
Student of Liam Teague and John Wooton | ||
Jan Bach, Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra | ||
Ruda Lee, violin | 26 | New Haven, CT |
Student of Syoko Aki | ||
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No.2, Mvt. I | ||
Seohee Choi, cello | 26 | Cleveland, OH |
Student of Richard Weiss | ||
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107 | ||
Jamina Gerl, piano | 27 | Bonn, Germany |
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 Op.30 | ||
Xue Chen, cello | 28 | Redlands, CA |
Student of Kyle Champion | ||
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, Mvt. IV | ||
Lucy Chen, piano | 29 | Brookline, MA |
Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
Franck, Symphonic Variations | ||
Minyoung Yoon, piano | 29 | Champaign, IL |
Student of Ian Hobson | ||
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26, Mvt. I | ||
Qian Yin, violin | 29 | Urbana, IL |
Student of Stefan Milenkovich | ||
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, Mvt. I | ||
Daniel Chia Te Liu, piano | 30 | Lawrence, KS |
Student of Scott Mcbride Smith | ||
Liszt, Totentanz | ||
Saewon Oh, violin | 31 | Urbana, IL |
Student of Nelson Lee | ||
Brahms, Violin Concerto Op.77 | ||
Young Sook Lee, cello | 31 | Boston, MA |
Student of Michael Reynolds and Mihail Jojatu | ||
Barber, Cello Concerto Op.22 | ||
Ketevan Kartvelishvili, piano | 33 | South Bend, IN |
Student of Alexander Toradze | ||
Liszt, Piano Concerto No.1 E Flat Major | ||
Kwan Seop Shim, piano | 35 | Brookline, MA |
Student of Prof. Gila Goldstein | ||
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3. Op.26 in C Major, Mvt. I | ||
Hyorim Lee, piano | 41 | Athens, GA |
Student of Dr. Richard Zimdars | ||
Liszt, Totentanz | ||
SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
Ledah Finck, violin | 19 | Chapel Hill, NC |
Student of Jennifer Curtis | ||
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major | ||
Nihat Inan, piano | 19 | Beaverton, OR |
Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 1, Mvt. I | ||
Chim Jung Hsieh, piano | 20 | Ogden, UT |
Student of Yu-Jane Yang | ||
Ravel, Concerto in G Major, Mvt. III | ||
Miles Norman, cello | 20 | Bloomington, IN |
Student of Erik Kim and Susan Moses | ||
Elgar, Cello Concerto Op. 85 in E Minor, Mvt. I | ||
Vocal Duo: | ||
Natalia Toroptseva, voice | 21 | Krasnogorsk, Russia |
Alexandra Malchenkova, voice | 20 | Krasnogorsk, Russia |
Student of TatyanaTikhomirova and Svetlana Abzalova | ||
Gioachino Rossini, Rowing Race in Venice | ||
Azariah Tan, piano | 22 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Student of Logan Skelton | ||
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue | ||
James Brinkmann, flute | 24 | Chicago, IL |
Student of Christina Smith | ||
Hue, Fantasie | ||
Patrycja Slomczynska, violin | 24 | Myszkow, Poland |
Student of Prof. Bartosz Bryla | ||
Karlowicz, Violin Concerto in A Major | ||
Zhi Qiao, piano | 24 | Oberlin, OH |
Student of Peter Takacs | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 | ||
Minjung Chun, Viola | 28 | Allston, MA |
Student of Michelle LaCourse | ||
Forsyth, Concerto G Minor | ||
Min Jung Kim, piano | 29 | Allston, MA |
Student of Gila Goldstein and Arkady Aronov | ||
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No.2 op.18 in C Minor. Mvt. I | ||
Iejin Rhee, piano | 30 | Rochester, NY |
Student of Thomas Schumacher | ||
Rachmaninoff, Concerto in F Sharp Minor, Op.1, No.1 | ||
Hyeyeon Jung, piano | 31 | Urbana, IL |
Student of Ian Hobson and Reid Alexander | ||
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.16, Mvt. I | ||
MeiHsuan Huang, piano | 32 | Ames, IA |
Chopin, Barcarolle Op. 60 | ||
Yu Jung Park, piano | 33 | Knoxville, TN |
Student of Dr. Charles Abramovic | ||
Saint Saens, Piano Concerto | ||
THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
Baolu Chen, piano | 31 | Cleveland Heights, OH |
Student of Steven Glaser and Yongzhen Chen | ||
Beethoven, Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major, Op.73 | ||
HONORABLE MENTION | ||
Sunsil Lee, piano | 33 | Seoul, Korea |
Student of Einar Steen-Nokleberg | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18 | ||
MyungJin Yang, piano | 34 | Madison, WY |
Student of Todd Welbourne | ||
Chopin, Piano Concerto Op.11 in E Minor. Mvt. I | ||
Amateur Category: | ||
FIRST PLACE WINNER | ||
Georgy Yufa, cello | 38 | Moscow, Russia |
Student of Sergey Peshkov | ||
Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 | ||
THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
Hyejin Lee, violin | 21 | Huntington, NY |
Student of Jaram kim | ||
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op.21, Mvt. III | ||
Kuan Chuen Wu, piano | 40 | Ames, IA |
Student of Dr. Mei-Hsuan Huang | ||
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18, Mvt. III | ||
Diploma of Participation: | ||
Luka Coetzee, cello | 9 | Calgary, Canada |
Student of John Kadz | ||
J. Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, III Mvt. | ||
Nova Meng, piano | 11 | Copley, OH |
Student of Christina Choy | ||
Mozart, Concerto # 5 In D, K.175 -3 Allegro | ||
Isabel Kingston, violin | 12 | New York, NY |
Student of Brian Krinke and Marcelo Gonzalez | ||
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, 3rd movement | ||
John Alstott, piano | 14 | Guilford, CT |
Student of Erika Schroth | ||
J.S. Bach, Piano Concerto in F Minor | ||
Vivian Cheng, violin | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
Student of Jun-Ching Lin | ||
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, 3rd Movement | ||
Francesca Abusamra, violin | 16 | Rochester Hills, MI |
Student of Sonia Lee | ||
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, 1st Movement | ||
Monique Medina, violin | 17 | Westport, CT |
Student of Wendy Sharp | ||
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole |
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!