International Concerto Competition 2015
International Concerto Competition 2015 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, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Russia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Italy and Israel 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 were invited to perform on:
Monday, May 25, 2015 (Memorial Day) at 11:30 AM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, July 5, 2015 (Independence Day Weekend) at 11:30 AM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, December 19th, 2015 at 3:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, December 20th, 2015 at 3:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize, $330 Scholarship and other 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 2015. 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 2015 Winners:
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize Winners (split)
Gavin Jared Bala, 15, began playing the piano at age 4. In 2012, he was selected to perform for the President of the Republic of Singapore in the “President’s Young Performers Concert 2012” with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as a Piano Duo in Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival Of The Animals”. He has won several prizes in many international and local competitions. In July 2014, he attended Malta International Music Masterclasses (with Prof. Stefano Miceli) and Competition in Malta. Gavin Jared won 2nd prize in his category and was invited to play at various Maltese venues. In August 2014, he attended the Paderewski Piano Academy in Bydgoszcz, Poland, performing Chopin’s E minor concerto with the Torun Symphony Orchestra at Koronowo. He also attended Music Fest Perugia 2014 later in August and again performed Chopin’s E minor concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Alicante and gave several solo piano recitals.
Cellist, Cheyoon Lee, 16, was born in Seoul, Korea. She is a high-school Freshman at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA, where she has performed in master classes for cellist, Andrew Mark and the Boston Trio. Prior to coming to the United States, Ms. Lee was accepted into the Sun-Hwa Arts School in Seoul where she became a scholar student and received First Prize and Superior ratings three years in a row for her practical tests. Ms. Lee was invited to perform in the Youngsan Grace Hall Concert and received, both, Second Prize in the Yewon Competition and Third Prize in the Phone Classic Competition. At the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, Ms. Lee studies cello with cellist and pedagogue, Allison Eldredge.
Jury’s Favorite Award Winner ($330 Scholarship and Plaque Trophy)
10-year old Simon Hagopian-Rogers, a native of New York City, attends the Kaufman Center, Special Music School. A student of Viktor Basis, Simon has played since age four. In 2013, he won the second prize at the International Violin Competition in Cremona, Italy. In 2015, he won first prize in the Music Competition in New York City and was also awarded Best Performance Grand Prize. He has performed for violinists Joshua Bell, Gideon Kremer and Uto Ughi and attended master classes with Maxim Vengerov at La Foce Music Festival. Besides the violin, he studies piano with Irina Hovhanissyan and composition at Juilliard pre-college with Jared Miller.
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophy) Winners
Jinan Woo, 7, from Hong Kong is a year 3 student at the ESF Kennedy School. She was born in South Korea and started playing the violin at the age 3 there. She has been accepted in Junior Music Program at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2012 after she had moved to Hong Kong when she was 4 years old. Jinan won several international competitions including the first class honors in Youth division at the Osaka International Music Competition, the first place in the category of under age 8 in the Hong Kong Students Open Music Festival and Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and the gold medal in professional category at Hong Kong-Japan International Music Competition. And also she got the distinction mark with all full scores in three pieces for ABRSM grade 5 exam (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, UK) at age 6. She currently appeared as a soloist in numerous concert events including public concerts at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Gala concert in Thailand Suzuki Music Conference and Gala concert in Korean Suzuki Music School.
Ting Yan Fung, a 16 years old, from Hong Kong, is currently a junior at Interlochen Arts Academy where she is studying as a piano major with Dr. Michael Coonrod. Among her many accomplishments, Ting Yan won first place in the Inter-School International Performance Challenge Open Class (2011), first place in the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th HK Schools piano solo group. Recently, she has won first place in the MTNA state and district rounds for the Senior Piano Duet Competition (2015) and played with the Interlochen Arts Academy as a result of being one of the winners in the Academys Concerto Competition (2015). She also won first place in the MMTA Concerto Competition – Senior Division (2014). Ting Yan has been given and invited to performance opportunities, like in May 2010, she got invited to play with Lang Lang on stage in the “Lang Lang’s Charity Concert for UNICEF”in Hong Kong. She was also invited to play in the opening ceremony of the Michigan Youth Arts Festival (2014) and at the MMTA fall conference (2014).
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 12 and under: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jinan Woo, violin | 7 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Russell Kan Wang To | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 K. 216, I Mvt. | ||
| and Accolay, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Miriam Smith, cello | 8 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Sarah Kim | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb., I Mvt. | ||
| Nathan Jiang, piano | 9 | Downingtown, PA |
| Student of Joy M. Kiszely | ||
| Mozart, Concerto K. 450, III Mvt. | ||
| Artem Kopylov, piano | 10 | Burlington, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Olga Chichova | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Hana Taylor, violin | 10 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Andrew Kohji Taylor | ||
| Paganini, Concerto no. 1 | ||
| LiYu Chen, violin | 10 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng and Wei Chiu | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Lynn Nam, violin | 10 | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Student of Dong Hyun Kim and Sung Sook Kim | ||
| Haydn, Violin Concerto in C Major | ||
| Simon Hagopian-Rogers, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Viktor Basis | ||
| Drdla, Carmen Fantasy | ||
| Angela Tsang, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Peykwan Kuan and Anny Cheng | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op. 19, I Mvt. | ||
| Beatrice Chen, viola | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Desiree Ruhstrat | ||
| Stamitz, Concerto in D Major Op. 1 | ||
| Chizuru Tanaka, violin | 11 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Desiree Ruhstrat | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Ethan Chaves, violin | 11 | Charlton, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, I, II, III Mvt. | ||
| Ashley Kim, violin | 12 | Paramus, NJ |
| Student of Jisun Kang | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| and Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Daniel Bae, violin | 12 | Lubbock, TX |
| Student of Annie Chalex Boyle | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor Op. 21, I Mvt. | ||
| Irene Lee, cello | 12 | Palisades Park, NJ |
| Student of Inwha Lee | ||
| Saint -Saens, Concerto No.1, I Mvt. | ||
| Jessica Ma, piano | 12 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Wolfram Linnebach | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
| Kevin Xu, cello | 12 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Inhwa Lee | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 33 | ||
| Ryan Gannon, piano | 12 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto No. 2 in F Major Op. 102, I Mvt. | ||
| Vera Hong, violin | 12 | Simi Valley, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Danial Hendi, piano | 7 | League City, TX |
| Student of Dr. Ying Zhang | ||
| Bach, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052, I Mvt. | ||
| Bynn Nam, violin | 8 | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Student of Sung Sook Kim and Hyang Hee Lee | ||
| Vivaldi, Concert in G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Matthew Phan, piano | 9 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in C, K. 246, I Mvt. | ||
| Iris Wu, violin | 10 | Bayside Hills, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major K. 216, I Mvt. | ||
| Sabine Kwon, piano | 10 | Haverford, PA |
| Student of Anna Kislitsyna | ||
| Handel, Concerto No. 4 | ||
| Victor Pan, piano | 11 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Faith Nixon, piano | 12 | Orem, UT |
| Student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2, III Mvt. | ||
| Frank Wang, violin | 12 | Sharon, MA |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 19 | ||
| Nathan Sariowan, violin | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chi Yuan Chen | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 26, I Mvt. | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Hristina Panova, violin | 7 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Seitz, Violin concerto Op. 13 | ||
| Ani Panova, violin | 9 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Rode, Violin Concerto No. 7 in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Patrick Lu, piano | 9 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Ronald Kmiec | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Bilegtugs Lut, violin | 9 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Student of Tumenjargal Chuluun | ||
| Paganini, Caprice No. 20 | ||
| Nahoko Okamoto, violin | 10 | Wynnewood, PA |
| Student of Tatiana Ivanova | ||
| Haydn, Violin Concerto in G major, I Mvt. | ||
| Amanda Chao, violin | 11 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Joey Corpus | ||
| Kabalevsky, Concerto in C Major Op. 48, I Mvt. | ||
| Anne Mania, piano | 11 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Merab Ebralidze | ||
| Balanchivadze, Piano Concerto No. 3 in A Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Horace Gao, piano | 12 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Gary Amano and Luke Hancock | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in D Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Jack Silvers, piano | 12 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Bach, Concerto in D Minor | ||
| Joanne Chan, violin | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Ang Chek Meng | ||
| Vitali, Chaconne in G | ||
| Sophia Molina, violin | 12 | Coral Gables, FL |
| Student of Andres Trujillo | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Mayor | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| LeAnn Tai, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Esther Yoon | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in C Major KV 246 No. 8, III Mvt. | ||
| McKayla Ro, piano | 9 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Heejung Kang | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in C Major, K 246 | ||
| Jessica Liao, piano | 11 | South Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Major K. 37, I Mvt. | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Isabella Lin, piano | 9 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Hummel, Piano Concerto in G Major Op. 73, III Mvt. | ||
| James DePorre III, piano | 10 | Conover, NC |
| Student of Chad Leatherman | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Paris Arin, piano | 10 | Southwest Ranches, FL |
| Student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Mozart, Concert No. 8 In C Major | ||
| Alkrena Gjeli, violin | 12 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Vivaldi, Concert in A minor, I Mvt | ||
| Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Gloria Lee, cello | 13 | Oradell, NJ |
| Student of In Hwa Lee | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Rachel Broweleit, cello | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison | ||
| Bruch, Kol Nidrei | ||
| Cassandra Liu, cello | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Ford Christensen, cello | 14 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Pegsoon Whang | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 | ||
| Ian Kim, cello | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Isabella Spinardi, violin | 14 | Milan, Italy |
| Student of Maria Caterina Carlini | ||
| Paganini, Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Jason Xu, clarinet | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Wei Wei Xu | ||
| Weber, Zweites Konzert fur Klarinette | ||
| Mark Xu, violin | 14 | Weston, CT |
| Student of Ann Setzer and Stephan Tieszan | ||
| Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3, III Mvt. | ||
| Min Chul Cho, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, IV Mvt. | ||
| Zechariah Zhu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto Op. 37, III Mvt. | ||
| Clara Truong, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K466, III Mvt. | ||
| Gavin Bala, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Rita Sze and Prof. Stefano Miceli | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto in E Minor Op. 11, II Mvt. | ||
| Jaehoon (Kevin) Jung, cello | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Donna W. Rogers | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D minor | ||
| and Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Jiaxu Chang, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto No. 2 Op. 102 | ||
| Kang Min Shin, classical guitar | 15 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Tali Roth | ||
| Villa-Lobos, Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra | ||
| Kevin Li, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Elgar, Concerto Op. 85 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Luming Chan, cello | 15 | Hastings on Hudson, NY |
| Student of Wolfram Koessel | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, IV Mvt. | ||
| Vivian Ni, piano | 15 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Michel Fournier and Anne Marie Murphy | ||
| Grieg, Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Vivian Ni, violin | 15 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Atis Bankas and David Adams | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No. 1 D Major Op. 19, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Wangrui Xu, violin | 15 | Guangzhou, China |
| Student of Kaiyi Ma | ||
| Brahms, Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| and Mendelsshon, Concerto in E Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Wing Man Christy Leung, harp | 15 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Sze Ying Lam Barbara | ||
| Handel, Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6 | ||
| Cheyoon Lee, cello | 16 | Natick, MA |
| Student of Allison Eldredge | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto No. 1, III Mvt. | ||
| Erin Kim, violin | 16 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No. 1 Op. 19 in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Faye Yang, violin | 16 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yumi Okada | ||
| Mozart, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4 in D Major | ||
| Jeffrey Chiu, cello | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Samantha Silverstein, violin | 16 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47, III Mvt. | ||
| Steven Ahn, violin | 16 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Lynn Chang | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, I and III Mvt. | ||
| Taiga Murooka, violin | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Wei He and Nicolas Dautricourt | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Ting Yan Fung, piano | 16 | Interlochen, MI |
| Student of Michael Coonrod | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op. 15 | ||
| Yurie Minamiya, violin | 16 | Garden City, NY |
| Student of Lara Lev and Naoko Tanaka | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 22, I Mvt. | ||
| Ian Yiran Huang, violin | 16 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Prof. Huang Xiaoshao | ||
| Bruch, Concerto Op. 26, I Mvt. | ||
| Angela Tang, violin | 17 | West Linn, OR |
| Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Caroline Haines, Harp | 17 | Rockville, VA |
| Student of Lynnelle Ediger | ||
| Debussy, Dances | ||
| Crystal Kim, cello | 17 | Plainview, NY |
| Student of Jeong Yoon Park | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Jenny Chen, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Pasha Tseitlin | ||
| Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5, I Mvt. | ||
| Joanna Gorska, violin | 17 | London, CA |
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 3 Op. 61, I Mvt. | ||
| Lev Roshal, violin | 17 | Hartsdale, NY |
| Student of Lewis Kaplan and Muneko Otani | ||
| Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Yoo Jin Ahn, violin | 17 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Hsin Lin Tsai | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64 | ||
| Gregory Lewis, violin | 18 | Thunder Bay, CA |
| Student of Oleg Pokhanovski | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47, III Mvt. | ||
| Pierre Viallant, cello | 18 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Dmitry Kouzov and Brandon Vamos | ||
| Khachaturian Cello Concerto | ||
| Richard Li, cello | 18 | Bolingbrook, IL |
| Student of Gilda Barston | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor | ||
| Sophie Wang, violin | 18 | Columbus, GA |
| Student of Sergiu Schwartz | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47 | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aldric Matthew Gozon, piano | 13 | Fillerton, CA |
| Student of Molly Nguyen | ||
| Chopin, Maestoso from Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 in F Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Claire Kim, cello, Trio Veritas | 13 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of YunHee Lee | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 1 | ||
| Alicia Hou, piano | 14 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Mary Lou Krosnick | ||
| Weber, Konzertstuck Op. 79 in F Minor | ||
| Daniel Liu, flute | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of David Huang | ||
| Stamitz, Allegro from Concerto in G Major Op. 29 | ||
| Daniel Choo, violin | 14 | Knoxville, TN |
| Student of Dr. Miroslav Hristov | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, I Mvt. | ||
| Edward Lee, violin | 14 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Semo Adrian | ||
| Sibelius, Concerto in D minor, Op 47, I Mvt. | ||
| Ji Hoon Woo, piano | 14 | Broadview Heights, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 25 | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Alicia Lee, violin | 15 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Zhao Wei | ||
| Sarasate, Ziguenerweisen | ||
| Elvin Hsieh, violin | 15 | Montain View, CA |
| Student of Ian Swensen | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Concerto in D major Op. 35, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Ian Huang, violin | 15 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Cohler | ||
| Sarasate, Zigeuner Weisen Op. 20 No. 1 | ||
| Leonardo Tang, cello | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Daniel Laufer | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major Hob. VIIb, I Mvt. | ||
| May Gao, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ernest T. T. Yen | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Theresa Lee, cello | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jihee Kim | ||
| Schumann, Cello Concerto in A Minor Op. 129, I Mvt. | ||
| William Wang, violin | 15 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Yoko Moore and Holly Barnes | ||
| Dvorak, Concerto in A Minor | ||
| Rahee Shin, cello | 15 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Inhwa Lee | ||
| Lalo, Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Anthony Cheng, piano | 16 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Gary Amano | ||
| Liszt, Hungarian Fantasy Concerto | ||
| Sophia Lee, violin, Trio Veritas | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of YunHee Lee | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 1 | ||
| Jennifer Ban, piano | 16 | Logan, UT |
| Student of Luke Hancock | ||
| MacDowell, Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 23, I Mvt. | ||
| Jillian Johnson, violin | 16 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Ara Sarkissian | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14, I Mvt. | ||
| Camille Riopel, piano | 17 | Blainville, Canada |
| Student of Suzanne Goyette | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto Op. 54, I Mvt. | ||
| Emily Lin, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yulia Atoyan | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto No. 1, III Mvt. | ||
| Joseph Gray, violin | 17 | Waterford, MI |
| Student of Ara Sarkissian and Katherine Dunham | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor | ||
| Moriah Somers, viola | 17 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Walton, Concerto for Viola, I Mvt. | ||
| Olivia Espericueta, viola | 17 | Tempe , AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Hoffmeister, Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Rachel Guen, violin | 17 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Jinhee Kim | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Samuel Primack, flute | 17 | Lodi, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Chapuis | ||
| Reinecke, Flute Concerto | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Piper Suk, cello | 13 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Mark Evans | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Shinwho Kwun, viola | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ondrej Lewit | ||
| Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto in D major, I Mvt. | ||
| Alvin Chung, flute | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Chin Fei Chan | ||
| Stamitz, Rondo-Allegro from Concerto Op. 29 in G Major | ||
| Daniel Seog, violin | 14 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Dvorak, Violin Concerto in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Jodi Dunn, violin | 14 | Fort Plain, NY |
| Student of Leo Milman | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Michael Yen, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Po Wei Lai | ||
| Saint Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor Op. 61, III Mvt. | ||
| and Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major K. 218, I Mvt. | ||
| Alisha Luo, violin | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Ying Zhao | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Andrea Hwang, cello | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor | ||
| Isabel Chomnalez, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Isaac Malkin | ||
| Bruch, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 26, III Mvt. | ||
| Samantha Yoon, cello | 15 | Los Angeles , CA |
| Shostakovich, Concerto No.1 | ||
| Alice Kuan, cello | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Yoon Nah Cho | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme | ||
| Ariel Leong, violin | 16 | East Setauket, NY |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, I Mvt. | ||
| Cassia Wang, piano | 16 | Saint Johns, FL |
| Student of Kamila Shahtakhtinski | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Christina (Seo Hyun) Lee, piano, Trio Veritas | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of YunHee Lee | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 1 | ||
| Emily Chow, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No.1 Op. 25 in G Minor, II Mvt. | ||
| Jesse Chung, violin | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Po-Wei Lai | ||
| Barber, Concerto Op. 14 in G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Xingyu Yang, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor | ||
| Yusha Sun, piano | 16 | College Station, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Bailey Yang, violin | 12 | Bluffton, SC |
| Student of Na You and Dorothy Mauney | ||
| Accolay, Concerto in A Minor | ||
| Aimee Xu, cello | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme | ||
| Alice Wu, piano | 16 | Broadview Heights, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor | ||
| Kevin Chen, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Concerto No 2, III Mvt. | ||
| Ruoning Xu, piano | 16 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Scott Holshouser | ||
| Grieg, Concerto in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Deborah Oh, piano | 17 | La Canada, CA |
| Student of Yung Mee Rhee | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 21, I Mvt. | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Amber Liu, violin | 16 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Handel, Sonata No. 2 in G-minor, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Elisabeta Racolta, voice | 16 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Pamela Murray | ||
| Menotti, “Black Swan” from “The Medium” | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alon Petrilin, piano | 20 | Haifa, Israel |
| Student of Prof. Vadim Monastyrsky and Dr. Daria Monastyrsky | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto Op. 16 in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Bailey-Siamone Mason, harp | 20 | Houston , TX |
| Student of Paula Page | ||
| Gliere, Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E Flat Major | ||
| Federica Severini, violin | 19 | Salerno, Italy |
| Student of Sonig Tchakerian and Gabriele Pieranunzi | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, I, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Haeshin Shin, piano | 28 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No.2 in G, Op.16, I- IV Mvt. | ||
| Ibrahim Babayev, tar | 17 | Khirdalan, Azerbaijan |
| Student of Alekber Alekberov | ||
| Khanmammadov, 1st Concerto, Part 1 | ||
| Igor Do Amaral, piano | 24 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Shostakovitch, Piano Concerto No. 1, III and IV Mvt. | ||
| Ji Hae Hwang, piano | 34 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Alan Chow and Christopher Taylor | ||
| Shostakovitch, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 | ||
| Julia Brzhezitskaya, voice | 19 | Taganrog, Russia |
| Student of Glafira Koroleva | ||
| Puccini, aria Liu from the “Turandot”” | ||
| Maxim Kinasov, piano | 21 | Moscow, Russia |
| Student of Sergei Dorensky | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major, Op.10 | ||
| Natalia Kholmanskikh, voice | 22 | Kirov, Russia |
| Ukrainian folk song “At an early hour” | ||
| and Russian folk song “The Widow’s Lament” | ||
| Natavan Hasanova, qanun | 32 | Baki, Azerbaijan |
| Xanmemmedov, Concerto for Harp | ||
| Samantha Cho, piano | 28 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415 | ||
| Sungwon Jung, violin | 30 | Evanston, IL |
| Student of Nelson Lee | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, I Mvt. | ||
| Ying Tang, piano | 24 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Jack Winerock | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Yuri Kim, piano | 30 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F, I and III Mvt. | ||
| Yurika Mihara, piano | 30 | New York, NY |
| Chopin, Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 in F Minnor, I Mvt. | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aadam Ibrahim, viola | 19 | Addison, IL |
| Student of Roland Vamos and Likuo Chang | ||
| Walton, Viola Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Hae Sol (Amy) Hur, clarinet | 19 | Auburn, WA |
| Student of Kenneth Grant | ||
| Copland, Clarinet Concerto | ||
| and Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Jiwon Ha Ha, piano | 25 | Purchase, NY |
| Student of Paul Ostrovsky and Stephen Buck | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto Op. 58 No. 4, III Mvt. | ||
| Mei-Chun Chen, viola | 30 | Kansas City, MO |
| Student of Scott Lee | ||
| Walton, Concerto for Viola and Orhcestra | ||
| Tiezheng Shen, viola | 27 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Hong-Mei Xiao | ||
| Schnittke, Viola Concerto | ||
| Younggyo Lee, piano | 30 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Pavel Nersessian | ||
| Gershwin, Concerto in F | ||
| Yura Boyoung Hyun, violin | 31 | Watertown, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ekaterina Beldei, voice (soprano) | 22 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Student of Galina Kiseleva and Tatyana Zincenko | ||
| Bellini, Eccomi in Lieta Vesta | ||
| and Puccini, O Mio Babbino Caro | ||
| Eun Kyung Noh, cello | 27 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Theme on Rococo Variation Op.33 | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Chun Leong Ho, violin | 30 | Hong Kong |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor | ||
| Amateur Category | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Maolun Zhang, violin | 31 | Beijing, China |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Elena Zagvazdina, voice | 33 | Moscow, Russia |
| Bellini, Casta diva | ||
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!