International Concerto Competition 2016
International Concerto Competition 2016 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, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland, China, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, 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
Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 11:30AM and 3:30PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 3:30PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 7:30PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 1:00PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize, $350 Scholarship and other Special Awards were 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 2016. 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 2016 Winners:
$1,000 Grand Cash Prize Winners (split)
Caroline Fischer, 31, from Berlin, Germany, studied in Berlin, Mannheim, Geneva, Oslo, Hamburg and passed all eight final examinations with outstanding achievement, including two concert exams. Caroline has given concerts in major concert halls: Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin, Seoul Arts Center, Musikhalle Hamburg, Gumho Art Hall Seoul, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus. She has played with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Korean Chamber Ensemble, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra Berlin and at the International Steinway Piano Festival, EXPO Hanover and Yeosu, Schleswig Holstein-Musikfestival. Caroline gave concerts during the state visits of the former German Federal President Roman Herzog to South Korea and Mongolia and performed in “Bellevue” castle Berlin for former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has won 36 prizes and awards (first prizes, gold medals, public prizes) in national and international competitions: “Jugend musiziert” Competition, International Steinway Piano Competition Berlin, International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition, International Competition for Young People Berlin, Köster Classic Preis-Klassik Radio Hamburg, Lions Club Mannheim Music Competition, Vienna Grand Prize Virtuoso, Classic Superstar Award and has released two CDs (Label Genuin).
An accomplished violinist named as the Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year in 2006, Hong Kiu Mak has performed around the world including in London, Prague, Warsaw, Athens and Beijing. A regular performer in the Windsor Festival, Hong Kiu has most memorably performed before Queen Elizabeth II in Her Majesty’s Jubilee. More recently, he was selected to a masterclass by world-renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos. Hong Kiu’s success is marked by his winning both the violin concerto competitions for age 18 or under and for age 15 or under (at age 11 and 10 respectively) in the Hong Kong Music Festival. An accomplished pianist, he has also won the 13th and 14th Hong Kong (Asia) Piano Open Competitions. He obtained Grade 8 violin at the age of 8 and LTCL Advanced Diploma at the age of 11, all with distinction. Currently, he is under the tutelage of Prof. Maciej Rakowski.
Jury’s Favorite Award Winner (Scholarship and Plaque Trophy)
Darya List, 10, received her first violin lessons at age four at the Jehuda-Halevi-Center in Vienna. In 2012, she was admitted as youngest student into the University of Music Graz. Currently she is studying in Vienna with Nicolas Koeckert and Anna Kandinskaya. Darya attended master classes with Petru Munteanu, Kurt Sassmannshaus and Sergey Kravchenko. She won 8 first prizes at international competitions in Italy, Czech Republic, Romania, Belgium, and Slovenia. Her debut orchestra performance, Darya gave at the age of eight with NSO Berlin (Sarasate’s Introduction and Tarantella). 2015 she was a soloist with the Capella Istropolitana, the Orchestra Classica Alessandria. Recently, her four concerts with the Slovak Sinfonietta (Mendelssohn, Sarasate, and Saint-Saens) have all been given standing ovations. Darya has also performed at the International Summer Academy of Salzburg Mozarteum, in Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania and Estonia. She plays a ¾ Andreas Ferdinany Mayr violin.
Judges’ Distinction Award (Plaque Trophy) Winners
Nikolay Marinov was born on 8th April, 2001 in the town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2008 he started studying at the Plovdiv School of Music, where he has been taught piano by Svetlana Koseva. Nikolay has won more than 30 First Prizes and 5 GRAND PRIX from International Competitions all over the world. Until now he played with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra, State Opera Stara Zagora and Vratsa Symphony Orchestra. Nikolay was the winner of the prize of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria and the President of Republic Bulgaria for high creative success and a number of awards and prizes.
Woojin Nam, 15, lives in San Ramon, CA, and attends Dougherty Valley High School. She started Cello at the age of 7. Nam has been studying with Jonathan Koh since 2013. Starting 2013, Nam has competed in a multiple of competitions such as the VOCE competition (San Francisco Branch, 1st place, 2015) USIMC (2nd- place 2015, 3rd- place 2014), and Classic Alive Young Artists and have received numerous awards. She had the opportunity to perform as a soloist at the Peninsula Youth Orchestra concert as a winner of its annual concerto competition in 2015. She has also been a part of the Cal Music Prep chamber music program since 2014 and is expanding her experiences in chamber music- related competitions and concerts. In addition to cello, Nam also enjoys playing piano and guitar and in her free time, she enjoys listening to music.
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 12 and under: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Lauren Yoon, violin | 7 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Nicolette Solomon | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major | ||
| Hannah Park, violin | 8 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Kang, Yull Hee | ||
| Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12, No. 1 | ||
| Yoko Mukai, piano | 9 | Kato, Japan |
| Student of Kikuchi Reiko | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No.5 in D Major, K 175 | ||
| Darya List, violin | 10 | Vienna, Austria |
| Student of Prof. Nicolas Koeckert and Prof. Anna Kandinskaya | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto op. 64 | ||
| Ian Maloney, cello | 11 | Hackensack, NJ |
| Student of Madeleine Golz | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt | ||
| Julia Jones, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Viktor Basis | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No.3 in B, I Mvt | ||
| Matthew Chang, violin | 11 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Elmer Su | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Beatrice Chen, viola | 12 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Desiree Ruhstrat | ||
| Walton, Viola Concerto | ||
| Sean Kim, cello | 12 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Alicia Ward | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb. 1 | ||
| Susan Lee, violin | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Paganini, Concerto No. 1 in D Major | ||
| Cello Duo: | Anaheim Hills, CA | |
| Aiden Kim | 7 | |
| Zachary Kim | 7 | |
| Students of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Kummer, Three Duets Opus 22, for Two Cellos | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Leo Bailey-Yang, piano | 8 | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Student of Simon Bottomley | ||
| Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66 | ||
| Grace Chen, piano | 9 | Garnet Valley, PA |
| Student of Jennifer Chen | ||
| Mendelssohn , Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40, Mvt. III | ||
| Sophie Deng, cello | 9 | Stillwater, OK |
| Student of Dr. Meredith Blecha-Wells | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I Mvt | ||
| Sophia Zhao, violin | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 in D Minor. I Mvt | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Scot Fan, violin | 7 | Box Hill, Australia |
| Student of Cong Gu | ||
| Komarovsky, Concerto No. 2 | ||
| Emily Meimei Ai, cello | 9 | Karaka, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, I Mvt | ||
| Tasha Piyabongkarn, piano | 10 | Medina, MN |
| Student of Dr. Megan Wallace and Dr. Christopher Wallace | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 23 In A Major K. 488, I Mvt. | ||
| Anastasia Crosier, violin | 11 | Richland, WA |
| Student of Frank Lu | ||
| Accolay, Concerto number 1 in A Minor | ||
| and Bach, Concerto number 1 in A Minor | ||
| Daniel Kang, violin | 11 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Bill van der Sloot | ||
| Haydn, Concerto No. 2 in G Major | ||
| Noah Chen, cello | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Hans Jurgen Jensen | ||
| Lalo, Allegro Vivace | ||
| Emily Tong, piano | 12 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Joan Forsyth | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in D Major Hob. XVIII:11, III Mvt | ||
| Gabriel Sun, piano | 12 | Greenacres, FL |
| Student of Olga Konovalova | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 | ||
| Mak Mihevc, piano | 12 | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Student of Prof. Zoltan Peter | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto | ||
| Vatsal Vemuri, piano | 12 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Dr. Bret Serrin | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto No. 1, I Mvt | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Erik Midkiff, violin | 10 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Vladimir Kromin | ||
| Bach, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, III Mvt | ||
| Isaac Lee, cello | 11 | Parkville, Australia |
| Student of Zoe Knighton | ||
| Boccherini, Concerto in G Major I and II Mvt | ||
| Lian Levine, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Joan Forsyth | ||
| Kabalevsky, Concerto No. 3, Op. 50 | ||
| Ryan Lee, piano | 11 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anabella Cheong, piano | 13 | Aliso Viejo, CA |
| Student of Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37, I Mvt | ||
| Edward Jung, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5 Op. 37 | ||
| Joshua Kim, violin | 14 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Wieniawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22, I and III Mvt | ||
| Nikolay Marinov, piano | 14 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Student of Svetlana Koseva | ||
| Saint- Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Bjon Li, cello | 15 | Markham, Canada |
| Student of Andras Weber and Aster Lai | ||
| Elgar, Concerto in E Minor, I and II Mvt | ||
| Brendan Bourges-Sevenier, cello | 15 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Kim Kyeong-Hwa | ||
| Elgar, Cello concerto E Minor Op. 85 | ||
| Celine Tseng, piano | 15 | Buena Park, CA |
| Student of Molly Nguyen | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Mov. 3 | ||
| Chae Yoon (Gemma) Baek, B♭ Clarinet | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Vladimir Goltsman | ||
| Von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major Op.74 | ||
| Daniel Liu, flute | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of David Huang and Lilin Chen | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, I Mvt | ||
| Jason Xu, clarinet | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Weiwei Xu | ||
| Weber, Concerto No. 1 in F Minor. III Mvt | ||
| Ji Heon Kim, clarinet | 15 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Larry Guy | ||
| Kovacs, Hommage a M. de Falla | ||
| Katie Sesi, violin | 15 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Wieniawski, Polonaise de Concert, Op. 4 | ||
| Kevin Su, piano | 15 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2, I Mvt | ||
| Max Bobby, cello | 15 | Larchmont, NY |
| Student of Sieun Lin and Richard Aaron | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme | ||
| Megan Chang, violin | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Elmer Su | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, I Mvt | ||
| Ryan Su, cello | 15 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major | ||
| Vikram Iyer, violin | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Saint Saens, Violin concerto No.3, Op 61, 3rd Mvt. | ||
| Woojin Nam, cello | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, IV Mvt | ||
| Daniel Yang, cello | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Saint Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Diane Jo, violin | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Ju-Yi Peng | ||
| Korngold, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 | ||
| Elvin Hsieh, violin | 16 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Chen Zhao | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto Op. 35 in D Major, III Mvt | ||
| and Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 48, II Mvt | ||
| Emma Wernig, viola | 16 | Woodland Hills, CA |
| Student of Helen Callus | ||
| Walton, The Viola Concerto, I Mvt | ||
| Hong Kiu Mak, violin | 16 | Windsor, United Kingdom |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor | ||
| James He, violin | 16 | Woodbridge, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor, I Mvt | ||
| Joey Lau, violin | 16 | Singapore |
| Student of Edward Tan | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64 I Mvt | ||
| John Skiera, cello | 16 | Armonk, NY |
| Student of Deborah Park | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, II Mvt | ||
| Johnathan Wu, violin | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Jan M Sloman | ||
| Dvorak, Violin Concerto A Minor | ||
| Ming-Yu Hsu, viola | 16 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Hsin-Yun Huang and Hung-Wei Huang | ||
| Bach, Suite No.4 Prelude, Courante | ||
| Vivian Xu, piano | 16 | East Brunswick, NJ |
| Student of Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Tchaikovsky , Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23, III Mvt | ||
| Allison Kao, piano | 17 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor | ||
| Maia Schmidt, violin | 17 | Caldwell, NJ |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, I Mvt | ||
| Samantha Silverstein, violin | 17 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 19, I Mvt | ||
| Sofia Hashemi-Asasi, violin | 17 | La Jolla, CA |
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto Op. 35, III Mvt | ||
| Wangshu Xiang, cello | 17 | Natick, MA |
| Student of Allison Eldredge | ||
| Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, III Mvt | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Angela Ryu, violin | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
| Benjamin Shih, viola | 14 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Yen-yin Lee | ||
| Martinu, Rhapsody-concerto | ||
| Claire Kim, cello | 14 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Dr. Richard Naill | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 | ||
| Eirena Li, piano | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Mozart, Allegro Assai, Concerto in D Major, K451 | ||
| Kyle Shin, piano | 14 | Akron, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23, I Mvt. | ||
| Thomas Lim, cello | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, I Mvt | ||
| Erin Suh, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hannah Choi | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, I Mvt | ||
| Jenny Wang, clarinet | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Janet Averett | ||
| Von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor Op. 73, III Mvt | ||
| Jenny Yao, piano | 15 | Mount Pleasant, SC |
| Student of Ran Dank | ||
| Schumann, Concerto in A Minor Op. 54, I Mvt. | ||
| Jessica Kuo, cello | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme, Theme, Var 1, 2, Cadenza, 6, 7 | ||
| Mimi Konieczny, violin | 15 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Jessica Shuang Wu | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, III Mvt | ||
| Shang Chen Chen, piano | 15 | Wellington, FL |
| Student of Irena Kofman | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 2 Op. 19, I Mvt | ||
| Annie Zhao, flute | 16 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Dr. Carolyn Oh | ||
| Reinecke, Flute Concerto in D Major | ||
| Daniel Meling, violin | 16 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Igor Kalnin | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
| Jocelyn Chen, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 | ||
| Maho Morikawa, harp | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Elena Mashkovtseva | ||
| Boieldieu, Concerto for Harp in C Major | ||
| Melissa Yamada, violin | 16 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Magdalena Richter | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14, I Mvt | ||
| Peter Wang, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Natalia Harlap | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto, in A Minor, Op. 54, I Mvt | ||
| and Saint-Saens, Piano concerto, No. 2 in G Minor, Op 22, I Mvt. | ||
| Christopher Tang, piano | 17 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle | ||
| Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor | ||
| Derek Kartalian, marimba | 17 | Great Falls, VA |
| Student of Doug Wallace | ||
| Miyoshi, Torse III, IV Mvt | ||
| Jonathan Lai, double bass | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Eugene Levinson | ||
| Simandl, Concerto in G Major | ||
| and Dittersdorf, Concerto No. 1 in D Major, I Mvt | ||
| Maggie Nawyn, piano | 17 | Brigham City, UT |
| Student of Luke Hancock and Gary Amano | ||
| Shostakovich, Concert No. 2, I Mvt | ||
| Sarah Hoffman, violin | 18 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Ara Sarkissian | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14, I Mvt | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ankur Mukhopadhyay, piano | 13 | Lake Elsinore, CA |
| Student of Dr. Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 1 Op. 15, I Mvt | ||
| Alexander Kim, violin | 13 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Johnny Nam | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, II Mvt | ||
| and Vivaldi, Concerto in A Minor RV 356 Op. 3 No. 6 | ||
| Kyoko Saito, violin | 13 | Eastchester, NY |
| Student of Muneko Otani | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto Op. 64 | ||
| William Wang, violin | 14 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Monique Mead | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 | ||
| Daisy Lee, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Pat Burnham | ||
| Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy | ||
| Emma Cockerell, violin | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Pat Burnham | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14 | ||
| Alexa Shin, piano | 16 | Akron, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Christine Cho, Piano | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in G Minor Op. 25 | ||
| John Hsu, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev and Mao Ronald | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 25 in G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| TImothy Chang, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Wei | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt | ||
| Chisato Fuji, piano | 17 | Walton, KY |
| Student of Hitomi Koyama | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, I Mvt | ||
| Leo Kitano, cello | 17 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto No.1, I Mvt | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Flora Hon, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt | ||
| Jennifer Lin, violin | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Joanna Becker | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, I Mvt | ||
| Phoebe Aaronson, flute | 15 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Chin-Fei Chan | ||
| Mozart, Concerto K. 314, III Mvt | ||
| Hayes Way, piano | 17 | Hawkinsville , GA |
| Student of Jane Bickley and Jonathan Baker | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Major | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Tyra Shin, piano | 13 | Akron, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1, I Mvt. | ||
| Eduardo Chocron, violin | 14 | Aventura, FL |
| Student of Rosa Rabinovich | ||
| Mozart , Concerto No. 3 | ||
| Christopher Yang, viola | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Bartok, Viola Concerto, III Mvt | ||
| Ann Nan Yan, piano | 16 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2, I Mvt | ||
| Johanna Alstott, oboe | 16 | Guilford, CT |
| Student of Olav van Hezewijk and Marta Boratgis | ||
| Mozart, Oboe Concerto in C Major, III Mvt | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Francesca Bonaita, violin | 18 | Milan, Italy |
| Student of Sergej Krylov and Salvatore Accardo | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin concerto Op. 35, I Mvt | ||
| Annelle Gregory, violin | 20 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Glenn Dicterow and Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto, Op. 47 | ||
| Hsin-Jou Lee, piano | 21 | Indiana, PA |
| Student of Sun Min Kim | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt | ||
| Namuun Tsend-Ayush, violin | 21 | Decorah, IA |
| Student of Igor Kalnin | ||
| Prokofiev, Concerto No.2, I Mvt. | ||
| Jakub Fraczek, Marimba | 23 | Cracow, Poland |
| Student of Jan Pilch | ||
| Sejourne, Concerto for Marimba and Strings | ||
| Brian Lam, piano | 24 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Adam Kent | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto in E Minor, p. 11, I Mvt | ||
| and Bach, Italian Concerto in F, II Mvt | ||
| Bingqing Xia, violin | 25 | Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Student of Fangye Sun | ||
| Barber, Violin concerto, Op. 14, I Mvt | ||
| Xingni Xiao, Harp | 25 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Paula Page | ||
| Ginastera, Harp Concerto | ||
| Zhulinzi Wen, piano | 25 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Gila Goldstein | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 | ||
| Eun Kyung Oh, flute | 26 | Shinpyung Dangjin, South Korea |
| Student of Min Park | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No.2 | ||
| Ting Yao, violin | 26 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Piotr Milewski and Cheng Xiong | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Youbin Jun, cello | 26 | New York, NY |
| Student of Paul Katz and Julia Lichten | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B min | ||
| Jiyeon Choi, piano | 28 | Providence, RI |
| Student of Luiz de Moura Castro | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, II and III Mvt | ||
| Yuting Li, piano | 28 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, I and II Mvt | ||
| Youngki Lee, flute | 30 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Thomas Robertello | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto No.1, I and II Mvt | ||
| Caroline Fischer, piano | 31 | Berlin, Germany |
| Student of Prof. Pascal Devoyon and Prof. Einar Steen-Nakleberg | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto op. 16 in A Minor | ||
| Hwayoung Noh, piano | 31 | Lubbock, TX |
| Student of William Westney | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, I Mvt | ||
| Flute and Marimba Duo: | ||
| Kalina Majewska, flute | 22 | Bialograd, Poland |
| Student of Dr. Elzbieta Wolenska and Aleksandra Golaj | ||
| Magdalena Myrczik, percussion | 22 | Ruda Śląska, Poland |
| Student of Prof. Jacek Wota and Aleksandra Golaj | ||
| Schnyder , Concerto for Flute, Percussion and Strings | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Georgia Lazaridou, piano | 18 | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Student of Christos Noulis and Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in D Major | ||
| Munkhshur Enkhbold, piano | 24 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Roberta Rust | ||
| Ravel , Piano Concerto | ||
| Mo Xu, piano | 27 | Coralville, IA |
| Student of Uriel Tsachor | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 16, I Mvt | ||
| Yi-Qing Tang, piano | 27 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Dr. John Milbauer | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 16, I Mvt | ||
| Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin | 28 | Wichita, KS |
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto Op. 47, I Mvt | ||
| Bora Lee, piano | 30 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of William Heiles and Sedmara Rutstein | ||
| Kapustin, Jazz Concert Etude No. 1 | ||
| Mo-ah Kim, piano | 31 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 30, I Mvt | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Daniel Johnson, violin | 21 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Wei He | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major | ||
| Bomin Park, piano | 28 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| Chopin , Piano Concerto No. 1, I Mvt. | ||
| Chloe Rice, piano | 36 | Silver Spring, MD |
| Student of Dr. Nikita Fitenko | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Taylor Zinn, violin | 20 | Laguna Niguel , CA |
| Student of Rocky Lee | ||
| Dvorak, Violin Concerto in A Minor, I Mvt | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Zhaoyang Wang, Vocal | 19 | Liuyang, China |
| Student of Lanqing Lu and Lei Lu | ||
| Handle, Ombra Mai Fu | ||
| Mingyang Song, Voice | 22 | Kiamusze, China |
| Student of Lanqing Lu | ||
| Puccini, E Lucevan Le Stelle | ||
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!