International Concerto Competition 2023
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.
The largest number of musicians in American Protégé history applied for this year’s Concerto Competition. They hailed from 11 countries, including: different parts of the U.S., Australia, China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
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
Since the situation with Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
$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) was invited as a Chairwoman of the Concerto Competition 2023. A graduate from the 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.
American Protégé
International Concerto Competition 2023 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Aimee Okagawa is currently a Junior at ‘Iolani School in Honolulu, HI. She has been playing piano since she was four years old and studies with Dr. Wendy Yamashita. Aimee was a winner of 2021 Young Artist Concerto Competition at Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra and awarded to play in their educational concert in 2022. She was also chosen as a finalist of U.S. Marine Band Concerto Competition for High School Musicians in 2022. Aside from piano, Aimee plays the bassoon in her school Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Orchestra as well as her local Youth Symphony.
Nicholas Li, cellist, pianist, and composer, is the winner of Lincolnʼs Symphony Orchestraʼs Young Artist Competition. He took the stage with LSO at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, performing the first movement of Elgar’s Cello Concerto on March 11, 2023. He was a past cello principal of the Youth Ensemble of Strings, Junior Youth Orchestra, Lincoln Homeschool Senior Orchestra, and the 2022 Nebraska All-State Orchestra. Li currently performs with the Lincoln Youth Symphony as the cello principal. Li is active in honors ensembles and competitions both locally and internationally, participating in UNLʼs Cellobration, String Fling, and Spring Strings Honors Festival, UNOʼs BOCH Festival, the, Hastings College Honors Orchestra, NWUʼs Honors Festival and the Lied CenterPiano Academy. Li has earned many top prizes, including Rocky Mountain Music Competition, the American Protege International concerto competition, MAP International Music Competition, the Charleston International Romantic Music Competition, etc.
Dania Bressler, fifteen years old, studies with Miranda Cuckson at the Mannes School of Music Pre-College in New York City. She started the violin at age four at Third Street Music School Settlement and at age seven, was accepted to Mannes Prep, where she is part of the Clara Mannes Scholars Program. Dania is a member of the Philharmonic orchestra and has been in multiple chamber ensembles coached by Adria Benjamin, Eileen Buck, Tatjana Rankovich, and Alex Croxtan. Dania is a sophomore at Stuyvesant High School and plays in the Stuyvesant Symphonic Orchestra. She is part of a piano trio that will be playing in the regional concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2023 Young Musicians program. In addition to violin, Dania loves everything science-related and has participated in neuroscience classes at Burke Neurological Institute and the NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Science Summer Program for Talented Youth.
Zhang Sencheng is a boy who has dreams and loves life. At the age of 3, he began to study piano under the guidance of his mother, Mr. Wang Lulu. At age 10, he received an admission notice from the Juilliard School Pre-College as a Plano major in the United States. Now he is under the guidance of Professor Matti Raekallio. At the age of 9, he signed a contract with the European KNS Classic Singing Company. His first album is “True Love”. In September 2022, he was invited to perform with Wuhan Symphony Orchestra in Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall and achieved great success. In November 2022, in WTPA Singapore International Piano Competition, he won the Piano Concerto Platinum Best Classical Music Award and was invited to perform at Singapore’s YST Conservatory of Music.
Julie Chen, age 12, is a 7th grader at Valley Forge Middle School in Pennsylvania. She began her cello studies at the age of 8 at The Lawrence Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College in New York. When she was 9, she moved to Pennsylvania and started studying with Hai-Ye Ni, the principal cellist of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Julie is currently the principal cellist of PRYSM Strings of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and her school orchestra. She also won 3rd place in the 8-11 division of the Philadelphia International Music Festival’s (PIMF) online concerto competition in 2021. She won 1st place in the 11-13 division and overall runner-up in PIMF’s summer camp concerto competition in 2022 which earned her a spot in the Winners Circle Concert this March with the Philadelphia Orchestra members. Her other interests include dancing, singing, playing the piano, swimming, and playing squash.
Arianna Lu began playing piano since she was 4 years old. Arianna won the Gold Award in the Global International Music Competition. She also was chosen as a First Prize and Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. She won First Prize and Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition. She passed the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) piano performance Grade 8 with Distinction at age of 5. And she was selected as a FIRST PRIZE winner for the 2023 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Amphithéâtre Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris, and Barbro Osher Recital Hall at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She loves big stages and she wants to play with Orchestra. She is intelligent, athletic, and loves to learn new things and explore new things.
Winners by Age Category
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 12 and under: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Arianna Lu, piano | 5 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Yuri Polunin, Concertino in A Minor | ||
| Arthur Scott, piano | 7 | Saint Paul, MN |
| Student of Irina Elkina | ||
| Mozart, (cadenza Arthur Scott), Concerto in C Major K. 246, Allegro Aperto | ||
| Trinity Min-Jie Tsai, piano | 10 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K246 | ||
| Yuanjun Ji, cello | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof Natasha Liu | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, III Mvt. | ||
| Julie Chen, cello | 12 | Chesterbrook, PA |
| Student of Hai-ye Ni | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No 1 in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Max Shen, flute | 12 | Bothell, WA |
| Student of Jia Lu | ||
| Chaminade, Concertino pour flûte, Op. 107 | ||
| Sencheng Zhang, piano | 12 | Guangzhou, China |
| Student of Lulu Wang and Matti Raekallio | ||
| Mozart, Piano concerto KV537, III Mvt. | ||
| Yenna Kang, cello | 12 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of In Hwa Lee | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Po Cheng Hsu, Paino | 7 | Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
| Student of Ming Yu Chiu | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto in F Major Hob XVIII, F1, III Mvt. Presto | ||
| Averie Chang, violin | 9 | Mckinney, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, I Mvt. | ||
| Mijo Chang, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Rollin, Concerto in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Nathaniel Kuo-Hsu, cello | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Mark Humburg | ||
| Goltermann, Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 65: III Mvt. Allegro Molto | ||
| Ethan Guo, violin | 10 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Bach, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, S.1041, I Mvt. | ||
| Kelly Wang, violin | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Tina Minn | ||
| Seitz, Student Concerto No. 4, III Mvt. Allegretto | ||
| Serena Cai, piano | 11 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Shostakovich, Concerto Op. 94 | ||
| Edward Pan, piano | `12 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Luke Hancock | ||
| Mozart, Allegro from Concerto No. 17 | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 12 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of JeongSoo Kim and Jonathon Kirk | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’ | ||
| Shelby Gan, piano | 12 | North Logan, UT |
| Student of Luke Hancock | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414, I Mvt. | ||
| Shonna Foo, violin | 12 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Angeline Branson | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K 216 Allegro | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Valentina Montesino, violin | 9 | Homestead, FL |
| Student of Fidel Garcia | ||
| Vivaldi, Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, I Mvt. | ||
| and Seitz, Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, I Mvt. | ||
| Austin Williams, clarinet | 12 | El Macero, CA |
| Student of Ann Lavin | ||
| Weber, Concertino | ||
| Hyojo Chang, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Rollin, Concerto Romantique | ||
| Timothy Kern, violin | 12 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Nobuaki Tanaka | ||
| Bach, Concerto No. 2 in E Major: Allegro assai | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Mir Hung, piano | 8 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII: F2, III Mvt. | ||
| John Foo, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Chi and Alan Sharipov | ||
| Reiding, Concerto in G Major, Op. 24, I Mvt. | ||
| and Vivaldi, Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, I Mvt. | ||
| Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Christine Deng, violin | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ernest Ting-Ta Yen and Dr. Chuong Vu | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| and Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Minsoo Chae, violin | 13 | Sharon, MA |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Vitali, Chaconne | ||
| Wing Tsun Cho, violin | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Zhuang Sheng | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Cynthia Huang, cello | 14 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Elgar, Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 | ||
| Ethan Lo, cello | 14 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Wendy Warner and Perry Holbrook | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, I Mvt. Adagio-Moderato | ||
| Lynzie Lim, flute | 14 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Yong mi Choi | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Vincent Ji, cello | 14 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Eunice In Hwa Lee | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33, I Mvt. | ||
| Yuhan Gu, violin | 14 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Kun Dong | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Calene Lee, harp | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Mindy Ball | ||
| Handel, Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294, I Mvt. Andante Allegro | ||
| Christina Yum, violin | 15 | College Station, TX |
| Student of Marianne Henry | ||
| Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2, III Mvt. | ||
| Dania Bressler, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Miranda Cuckson | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor: I Mvt. Vorspiel. Allegro moderato | ||
| Daniel Lee, cello | 15 | Rociville, MD |
| Student of Youbin Jun | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| David Kim, viola | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yunsun Kim | ||
| Cecil Forsyth, Viola Concerto in G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Derek Lee, piano | 15 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37, Allegro con brio | ||
| Jayden Chen, cello | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Dvorak, Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 – Mvt. 1 | ||
| and Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, II Mvt. | ||
| Jayden Lee, flute | 15 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Beth Bentley | ||
| Chaminade, Flute Concertino in D Major, Op. 107 | ||
| Lisa Jin, viola | 15 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Carol Rodland | ||
| Weber, Andante e Rondo Ungarese | ||
| Myra Puri, violin | 15 | Addison, TX |
| Student of Lucas Aleman and Jina Aleman | ||
| Bruch, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, III Mvt.- Allegro energico | ||
| Nicholas Li, cello | 15 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Tracy Sands | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85, I Mvt. | ||
| Nolan Woo, cello | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Charisse Qin, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor | ||
| Ethan Zheng, piano | 16 | Lake Zurich, IL |
| Student of Marta Aznavoorian | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 | ||
| Evette Um, flute | 16 | Van Nuys, CA |
| Student of Yoori Kim | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K.313, I Mvt. | ||
| Isaac Wong, cello | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Leslie Marckx | ||
| Elgar, Cello concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, I Mvt. Adagio | ||
| Joylyn Wei, violin | 16 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Marina Kitaychik | ||
| Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor | ||
| Levana Lai, flute | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Xuemei Zou | ||
| Hisatada Otaka, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, II Mvt. | ||
| Preston Wong, cello | 16 | Trumbull, CT |
| Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 33, III Mvt. | ||
| Samuel Lee, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Jonathan Swartz | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, I Mvt. | ||
| Sherry Du, violin | 16 | Hudson, OH |
| Student of Eugenia Poustyreva | ||
| Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 | ||
| Ye-Ju Kim, flute | 16 | La Habra, CA |
| Ibert, Flute Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Aimee Okagawa, piano | 17 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16, I Mvt. | ||
| Benjamin Joo, piano | 17 | La Mirada, CA |
| Student of Kookhee Hong | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Caleb Graupera, cello | 17 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Emmanuel Feldman | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme | ||
| Christopher Smith, piano | 17 | Port Jefferson, NY |
| Student of Delana Thomsen | ||
| Kurt Atterberg, Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor | ||
| James Lee, cello | 17 | Carrollton, TX |
| Student of Jinsun Choi | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Joelle Kim, flute | 17 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Diana Morgan | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto in G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Maya Matsui Mccabe, violin | 17 | Concord, MA |
| Student of Magdalena Richter | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 13 | Alameda, CA |
| Eric Koh, piano | 16 | Alameda, CA |
| Students of Amy Chiu | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat Major, K. 365, III Mvt. Rondo: Allegro | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Katelyn Deng, violin | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ernest Ting-Ta Yen and Dr. Chuong Vu | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, I Mvt. | ||
| Kiki Wenren, violin | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kenneth Renshaw and Fan Ting | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Matthew Vallero, voice | 13 | Davis, CA |
| Student of Bernadette Mondok Keller | ||
| Handel, V’adoro, Pupille | ||
| Gianna Affatato, violin | 14 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Larissa Broverman and Matthew Gelfer | ||
| Ten Have, Allegro Brilliant | ||
| Guanzhong Cheng, violin | 14 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Zhuang Sheng | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto E- Minor, II Mvt. | ||
| Jane Kim, flute | 14 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Yong mi Choi | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto in G Major | ||
| Justin Chan, piano | 14 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Beeethoven, Concerto No. 3, Op. 37, III Mvt. Rondo Allegro | ||
| Kaden Zhao, violin | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto, Op.14, I Mvt. | ||
| Rashmi Chelliserry, flute | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Vivian Bergova and Dr. September Payne | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in G Major | ||
| William Jin, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. V In E-Flat Major, III Mvt. | ||
| Analise Chen, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lynelle Smith | ||
| Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto in C Major, Allegro molto con brio | ||
| Aritro Dasgupta, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Caroline Beckstrom, violin | 15 | Centerville, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Barber, Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, I Mvt. | ||
| Daniel Feng, violin | 15 | Burwood, Australia |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor Mov. 3 | ||
| Daniel Woo, violin | 15 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Christina Khimm | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor | ||
| Haocheng Zhu, violin | 15 | Franklin Lakes, NJ |
| Student of Ke Gong Zhang | ||
| He Zhan-hao, The Butterfly Lovers | ||
| Ian Jin, cello | 15 | Glenmont, NY |
| Student of David Bebe | ||
| Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Jamie Lee, flute | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Tina Kim and Mason Kimont | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto in G | ||
| Laura Cheunkarndee, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major | ||
| Sophie Chan, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 21 in C Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Yun-Tsai Yeh, violin | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14, I Mvt. Allegro | ||
| Ann Mei Sun, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37 | ||
| Jason Youm, cello | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Alina Lee | ||
| Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, I Mvt. | ||
| Jerry Li, cello | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Zhou Yi and Jennifer Ma | ||
| Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto No. 1, I Mvt. | ||
| Kayson Chen, cello | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Vardan Gasparyan and Chia-Wen Tsai | ||
| Saint-Saëns, 1. Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 33, I Mvt. | ||
| Nino Chanadiri, piano | 16 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Merab Ebralidze and Nodar Nakaidze | ||
| Taktakishvili, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Sean Kang, cello | 16 | Suwon, South Korea |
| Student of Yena Jung | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33, I Mvt. | ||
| Sihyeon Yoon, cello | 16 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Kyonghwa Kim | ||
| Korngold, Cello Concerto | ||
| Tanya Ganesh, oboe | 16 | Hawthorn Woods, IL |
| Student of Marissa Lefevre | ||
| Mozart, Oboe Concerto in C, K.314, I Mvt. | ||
| and Marcello, Oboe Concerto in C Minor, III Mvt. | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Elaine Chang Lee, piano | 14 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Sandy Chang Lee, piano | 16 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Students of Jonathan Jack Cáceres Miranda and Carmen Méndez Navas | ||
| Mario Alfagüell, Schwestern Concertino Stück Op. 538 | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Dylan Kim, piano | 14 | Plymouth, MN |
| Student of Soojung Hong | ||
| Mozart, K.466 Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Janice Ko, flute | 14 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of Tina Kim and Keita Hasegawa | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in D Major | ||
| Mack Jones, violin | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Suzie Collier and Ruth Giauque | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21 | ||
| Minji Kim, cello | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Park Sojin | ||
| Saint-Saëns, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 | ||
| Parvathy Iyer, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Richard Addinsell, Warsaw Concerto | ||
| Annelise Im, cello | 15 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Jehah Ahn | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Katrina Lee, cello | 16 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Hyojin Lee | ||
| Elgar, Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 | ||
| Kota Sato, violin | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto, III Mvt. | ||
| Wesley Chen, violin | 15 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Tunde Gaal | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Ethan Zhao, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chi-Yuan Chen | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26, I Mvt. | ||
| Oliver Cahnman, piano | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Francisco Ybarra and Jeffrey Panko | ||
| Mozart, Concerto in AM, No. 23 Mvt. 1: Allegro | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Joshua Lee, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Ji-Hyang Gwak | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19. I Mvt. Allegro conbrio | ||
| Kate Winarta, voices | 16 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Debussy, Beau Soir | ||
| and Puccini, Quando me’n vo’ | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Eunha Kwon, viola | 26 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Martha Katz | ||
| Bartok, Viola Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Eunhye Lee, piano | 39 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Hengyue Su, piano | 40 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Dr. Irina Voro and Daniel Epstein | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.54 | ||
| Jiyoung Lee, flute | 42 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Elizabeth Buck and David Cramer | ||
| Mozart, Concerto G Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Yunseo Chang, piano | 20 | Edina, MN |
| Student of Dr. Timothy Lovelace and Michael Min | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 37, I Mvt. | ||
| Yu-Ting Huang, viola | 29 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Choong-Jin Chang | ||
| Hindemith, Viola Concerto “Der Schwanendreher”, I Mvt. | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Giorgi Turabelidze, voice | 35 | Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia |
| Student of Tamuna Chotiridze and Irma Turabelidze | ||
| Puccini, La Boheme, che gelida manina | ||
| and Cilea, L’arlesiana, e la solita storia del pastore | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Akiko Gomez, violin | Rockville, MD | |
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
1. Winners will be selected from each of the four instrument categories (piano, strings, voice, winds) and in each age group. Multiple winners will be chosen. Special prizes may be awarded based on judges’ recommendations.
2. Winners of the Competition will perform one solo piece from the audition repertoire with the following performance time limit:
School students 6 to 12 years old – 5 minutes;
School students 13 to 18 years old – 6 minutes;
Amateur without professional degree – 6 minutes;
College students and professionals – 6 minutes.
3. Extra performance time up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with $100 additional fee.
4. Concertos with full orchestra can’t be performed at the Winners Recital. For vocalists, strings and wind instruments, performance at the Weill Recital Hall will be with piano accompaniment. Only one grand piano will be available at the Weill Recital Hall. In case of any doubt as to selection, please contact the American Protégé Organizational Committee.
5. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results. Each participant will be notified about the Competition results after the Chairwoman releases the Competition placements.
6. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protégé does not provide piano accompanist, but can recommend one after enrollment into the program.
7. Photo or video recording during the recital is strictly prohibited per the Carnegie Hall policy. A professional photographer will be taking pictures of the performers.
8. Organizational Committee collects short biographies to introduce the performers at the Winners Recitals. American Protégé reserves the rights to edit, reduce and re-format any submitted biographies as it seems appropriate and fit into the Recital Brochure.
9. During the COVID-19 Health Crisis, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to travel to NYC for the health safety reasons or due to the restriction, may request a Competition Winner’s Package with a non-refundable $300 fee. The Package includes online recognition, Winner’s Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four Booklets with biographies and photos, and participation Plaque Trophy. International participants may arrange a shipment of the Winner’s Package to the friends or relatives residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
10. All fees are not refundable.
11. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
12. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.