International Music Talent Competition Fall 2012
The American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music is open to instrumentalists (piano, piano duo, winds, strings, chamber orchestras, voice) of all nationalities and countries. Participants are required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2014 attracted applicants from across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia.
Awards
First and Second Place Winners performed on
Saturday, November 24, 2012 (Thanksgivings Weekend) at 11:30 AM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 11:30 AM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Judges
Three qualified judges evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, their students are not allowed to apply this season.
Music Talent Competition Fall 2012 Results:
Winners by Age:
| $300 Scholarship, Judges’ Favorite Award and First Place Winner: | ||
| Rujia Teng, guzheng | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Bing Xia | ||
| Judges’ Distinction Award and First Place Winners: | ||
| JiaXu Chang, piano | 13 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Justin Yew, piano | 17 | La Canada, CA |
| Student of Kevin FitzGerald | ||
| Piano and Marimba Duo: | ||
| María Quirós, piano | 21 | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Dr. Luis Monge | ||
| Luis Chavarría, marimba | 23 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Juanmanuel López | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Anna Tan, violin | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Clara Tan | ||
| Elizabeth Russell, recorder | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Pazel Lim, flute | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Dominic Pang, piano | 8 | Folsom, CA |
| Student of Dr. William Wellborn and Catherina Wong | ||
| Rayna Aden De Guzman, flute | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Yihsuan Chao | 9 | Taichung City, Taiwan |
| Student of Jessie Huang and John Vaughan | ||
| Pung Rae Yue, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Albert Tiu | ||
| Roger Xia, piano | 10 | Elk Grove |
| Student of Natsuki Fukasawa | ||
| Shyer Wern Goh, flute | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Cynthia Soto, piano | 11 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Kevin Su, piano | 12 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee | ||
| Justin Koga, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Yuchun Cheng, viola | 14 | Tainan City, Taiwan |
| Student of Tomizawa Naoko | ||
| Trisha Doo, cello | 15 | Surrey, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Xuelong Mu, Piano | 16 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Student of Margarita Kotlyarova | ||
| Andrew Chan, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Timothy Huang, French horn | 17 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Sharon Moe | ||
| Claudia See, clarinet | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Vladimir Goltsman | ||
| Sheila Houlahan, voice | 21 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Neil Semer and Erich Parce | ||
| Liana Paniyeva, piano | 27 | Hartford, CT |
| Student of Phillip Kawin | ||
| Andrea Fan, piano | 29 | Berlin, Germany |
| Student of Prof. Hamish Milne | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Mia Soto, piano | 5 | Liberia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Patricia Zhuge, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Qi Kai and Yu Na | ||
| Piano Duo: | San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| Danny Shih Gould, piano | 6 | |
| Annie Shih Gould, piano | 8 | |
| Students of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Dhyana Srinivasan, flute | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Ana Laura Sanchez Retana, piano | 10 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Clea Cristobal, flute | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Larisa Tupitsina | ||
| Nina Yang, piano | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Emma Lee, cello | 13 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!