International Concerto Competition 2019
International Concerto Competition is open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds.
Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition.
Eligibility
We invite school students and adults to participate in the Competition. There is no age limit for the adult participants.
Multiple winners will be 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 will perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Winners Concerts will take place on the following dates:
- Sunday, May 12, 2019
- Saturday, May 25, 2019
- Monday, May 27, 2019 (Memorial Day)
- Sunday, June 16, 2019
- Saturday, June 22, 2019
- Saturday, June 29, 2019
$300 Scholarship and other Special Awards may be 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 2019. 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 2019 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Kate Yunseo Lee is 6 years old. She was born in Fairfax, Virginia in 2012 and is now a kindergarten student at Saint Leo the Great Catholic School. She has been playing the piano and studying music since 2016 at the age of 4, under the direction of Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya. Kate won Honorable Mention in YMIC (Young Musicians Inspiring Change) 2018 Metropolitan Music Festival in Piano solo category. She has played various solo piano literature & concerto collaborations with accompanists from various composers & different styles.
Ashley Jimin Kim, from Seoul, South Korea, began to learn violin at the age of 6. She was selected for an audition at the age of 11 and sponsored by Kumho Asiana Group to hold a solo concert. Ashley was the winner of the 1st the Korean ilbo, Eumyeon, Korea Herald, and Haneum competitions. She collaborated with San Giorgio Orchestra of Italy, Gyeonggi-Pil Harmonic Orchestra, Cheongju-si-Okestra, and Madrid chamber orchestra of Spain.
Emilee Kitmahawong is a junior at the Bronx High School of Science, where she also serves as the Concertmaster for the school orchestra. She’s been playing the violin since age 4 and is currently furthering her violin studies at the Mannes Pre-College Music Program in New York City. Recently, she won a concerto competition there and has performed with the orchestra as a soloist. Emilee is also active with a Chamber music group that was selected to perform at Lincoln Center for Young Musician’s Concert. Emilee has performed at Carnegie Hall and with orchestras in Vienna, Prague, Tokyo and Bangkok.
Winners by Age Category
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 12 and under: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Kate Lee, piano | 6 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Dr. Anna Ouspesnkaya | ||
| Alec Rowley, Miniature Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| and Berkovich, Piano Concerto. Op. 44, II Mvt. | ||
| Yushin Hirai, cello | 9 | Nishinomiya, Japan |
| Student of Shohei Uwamori | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor Op.33 | ||
| Lena Kim, violin | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Daniel Yoonjae Park and Sara Jin | ||
| Vivaldi, ‘Summer’ from the Four Seasons | ||
| Andrew Y. Kim, cello | 11 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Ronald Lowry | ||
| Kabalevsky, Cello concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.49, I Mvt. | ||
| Joseph Darcourt, cello | 12 | Merrick, NY |
| Student of John Popham | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in C Major: Moderato | ||
| and Massenet, Meditación de Thais | ||
| Lillian Feng, piano | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K488 – I | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ellie Nguyen, piano | 10 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in D Major, K175, I Mvt. | ||
| Kristie Lu, violin | 10 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of I-Hao Lee | ||
| G. B. Viotti, Concerto No. 22 in A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Alana Gao, violin | 11 | Willoughby, Australia |
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Qi Chung, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21, I Mvt. | ||
| Zack Lam, piano | 11 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Bach, Keyboard Concerto No. 2, BWV 1053 in E major | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jihye Yun, violin | 6 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Klaudia Szlachta | ||
| Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor RV356, I Mvt. | ||
| and Oskar Rieding, Concerto in B minor Op.35, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Chieh-Yu Lan, piano | 10 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 12 in A major K.414, I Mvt. | ||
| He-You Chen, piano | 11 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Haydn, Concerto in D major, III Mvt. | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Shao-chi Lan, piano | 8 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 27 in B major K. 595, II Mvt. | ||
| Seth Thomas, piano | 12 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of John Mario | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 | ||
| Yen-Wei Lu, piano | 12 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko and Fong Chan Hsu | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto in C major Hob XVIII, F1: III Mvt. | ||
| Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| GiGi Chen, violin | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Ting Fan | ||
| Bruch, Concerto No.1 in G Minor | ||
| Jennifer Kim, violin | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Concerto No. 3 Op. 61 in B Minor | ||
| Louisa Pang, violin | 13 | Wahroonga, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| and Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Emily Lai, piano | 14 | Palos Verdes Estates, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Kailey Suh, violin | 14 | Glendale, CA |
| Student of Daniel YoonJae Park | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K. 219 | ||
| Lizi Basiladze, piano | 14 | Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Angela Dolaberidze | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 22, I mvt. | ||
| Lucas Chen, cello | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jihee Kim | ||
| Boccherini, Cello Concerto in B flat, I Mvt. | ||
| Theodore Pan, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 in D minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Alanna Li, violin | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley and Holly Hamilton | ||
| Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22 | ||
| Andrew Chang, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Concerto No. 1 in A minor | ||
| Anjeli Macaranas, violin | 15 | Fresno, CA |
| Student of William Barbini | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, III Mvt. | ||
| Ashley Jimin Kim, violin | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Suny Lee | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35, III Mvt. | ||
| Kyle Wang, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Feifei Soong | ||
| Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 | ||
| Sebin Bok, violin | 15 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26 | ||
| Timothy Liang, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 22 | ||
| Amy Suwannatat, piano | 16 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Pippa Borisy | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.2 -1st Movement | ||
| April Chung, violin | 16 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Phillip Lewis | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major | ||
| Brenton Zhang, cello | 16 | Orlando, FL |
| Student of David Bjella | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Emilee Kitmahawong, violin | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Min Sun Kim | ||
| Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen | ||
| Gvantsa Butskhrikidze, violin | 16 | Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Ekaterine Giorgadze and Nino Tkeshelashvili | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| and Machavariani, Violin Concerto in D Minor, II Mvt. | ||
| John Zhao, piano | 16 | Midvale, UT |
| Student of Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op. 23, I Mvt. | ||
| Sophia Zhang, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Joy Pan | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op. 61 | ||
| Susan Le, piano | 17 | Westminster, CA |
| Student of Molly Nguyen | ||
| Chopin, Chopin Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11, 3rd movement | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| William Lu, violin | 13 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Sandy Yamamoto | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, I and III Mvt. | ||
| Albert Su, piano | 14 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 102, I Mvt. | ||
| Ivy Liang, flute | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Carolyn Oh | ||
| Reinecke, Concerto in D Major, Op. 283, III Mvt. | ||
| Jessica Lin, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K. 413 | ||
| Timothy Chu, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-yan Guo | ||
| Boccherini, Boccherini Cello Concerto in Bb major | ||
| Vivian Xiao, piano | 15 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413 | ||
| Ellie Chae, cello | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor Op. 30, I Mvt. | ||
| Emily Qian, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Guihao Zhang, piano | 16 | Jeju-do, South Korea |
| Student of Kim Jin | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto III | ||
| Kazuki Tayama, cello | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lucinda Lenicheck | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Maggie Chen, piano | 16 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto Op.15 in C Major, III Mvt. | ||
| Natalie Nef, violin | 16 | Pleasant View, UT |
| Student of David Porter | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Concerto D Major 3rd movement | ||
| Wenyu Chen, flute | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Ming Li | ||
| Doppler, Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy | ||
| Yu-Hsiang Wu, cello | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Amy Hsieh | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, IV Mvt. | ||
| Daphne Nie, violin | 17 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Hongguang Jia | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Noni Patchett, violin | 17 | Pasco, WA |
| Student of Qian Yin | ||
| Barber, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jeff Kim, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Yoonjae Choi and Mijin Park | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor | ||
| Mei-Chun Lin, piano | 14 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko and Hui-pin Hsu | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto in c minor No.2, Op.18 2nd mvt | ||
| Zerlina Lai, violin | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Alan Chen | ||
| Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen | ||
| Carol Jiang, violin | 16 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Huifang Chen | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Mvt. 1 | ||
| Cassidy Chen, violin | 16 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Sarkis Gyurgchyan | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K.219, I Mvt. | ||
| Jiwon Shim, cello | 16 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Kim Jones | ||
| Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor | ||
| Minchae Kim, flute | 16 | Alhambra, CA |
| Student of Grace Shin | ||
| Saverio Mercadante, Flute Concerto in E Minor | ||
| Yunbeen Bae, cello | 16 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Jinsun Choi | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D minor Mvmt 1 | ||
| Nuka Mtchedeladze, piano | 17 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Merab Ebralidze and Mtvarida Kipiani | ||
| Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G-minor Op.22 | ||
| Ariel Law, piano | 18 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yali Luo | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, I Mvt. | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Jia-You Lu, piano | 13 | Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko and Fong Chan Hsu | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No.12 in A major K. 414, III Mvt. | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Davis Law and Jason Chu | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Jonathan Wang, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto No 1 in G Minor Op. 25 | ||
| Michelle Ding, piano | 15 | Missouri City, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 20 In D minor | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Brandon Kelley, alto saxophone | 39 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Dr. Eric Nestler | ||
| Erland von Koch, Concerto for Alto Saxophone, I Mvt. | ||
| and Jindrich Feld, Concerto for Alto Saxophone, I Mvt. | ||
| Elizabeth MacCorquodale, violin | 31 | Mountain View, CA |
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnol, III Mvt. | ||
| Kyuwon Yoo, viola | 22 | Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Student of Jeffrey Irvine | ||
| Hindemtith, Der Schwanendreher Viola Concerto | ||
| and Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto in D Major, III Mvt. | ||
| Marita Pataraia, clarinet | 18 | Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of David Jishkariani | ||
| Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Major Op. 73, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Michael Min, piano | 29 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Dr. Kyung Kim | ||
| Tchaikowsky, Piano Concerto No.1 | ||
| Sendi Vartanovi, violin | 21 | Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Ketevan Tushmalishvili | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto D Major Op. 35, I Mvt. | ||
| SeongKyeong Kim, piano | 27 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Paul Shaw | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 | ||
| Xiaodi Xu, harp | 27 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Michelle Gott | ||
| Debussy, Danses sacrée et profane | ||
| Xin Zhang, piano | 32 | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Student of Irina Voro and Joanne Polk | ||
| Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Zhe Deng, violin | 24 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Timothy Lees and Gabriel Pegis | ||
| Sibelius, Violin Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Zhuqing Zhang, viola | 26 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Michelle LaCourse | ||
| Walton, Concerto | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Hui Lam Mak, flute | 21 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mary Karen Clardy | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in D. II Mvt. | ||
| Jorge Ramos, piano | 30 | Lubbock, TX |
| Student of William Westney | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Lile Emnadze, piano | 20 | Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Nino Chirakadze and Leda Kankava | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K.488, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Wanyi Wang, piano | 26 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Gila Goldstein | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor Op. 30, I Mvt. | ||
| Garden Wall Duo: | ||
| Carolyn Johnston, oboe | 30 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Lara Dahl | ||
| Cameron Richardson, violin | 23 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Christos Galileas | ||
| Bach, Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Myeongho Lee, piano | 29 | New York, NY |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| Mozart, Concerto K. 466 | ||
| Saba Salagishvili, piano | 20 | Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Nino Katamadze | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Amateur | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNER | ||
| Akiko Gomez, violin | Thousand Oaks, CA | |
| Prokofiev, Concerto No. 1, III Mvt. and Sibiliuse, Concerto, III Mvt. | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!