International Music Talent Competition Fall 2022
The American Protégé International Music Talent Competition is open to all instrumentalists (piano, winds, strings, brass, traditional, etc.), vocalists and traditional folk and jazz groups of all nationalities and countries. Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition. American Protégé is looking for genuinely talented people, who have creativity and stage charisma.
We invite talented performers of any age and genre to participate in the Competition.
All applicants who are signed with the manager or producer must submit via email a General Representation and Release Form signed by the Manager/Producer to be eligible for the Competition.
American Protégé Music Talent Competition Fall 2022 attracted a record number of very competitive applicants from 11 countries, including the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand.
Awards
Winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
Star Performer Award, Judges’ Favorite Award Trophy, Judges’ Distinction Award Trophy and other Special Awards may be granted based on the judges recommendations.
Judges
Three qualified judges evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, their students are not allowed to apply this season.
American Protégé
International Music Talent Competition Fall 2022 Results:
Judges’ Distinction (Plaque Trophy) Award Winners
Jianyu “Julia” Wang is a senior at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. She started learning opera with Chiuli Wang, a professor of Voice and Opera at The Central Academy of Drama of China, at the age of 12. In 2016, she received 1st Prize at the International Festival of Children and Youth Arts (Mezinárodní Festival Umêní Mládeže) in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2018, she received 1st Prize at the 19th Beijing Students Arts Festival. Julia was then invited to perform at the 2019 Changchun Summer Music Festival. In 2020, she won 2nd place in the Concurso Internacional De Música La Estrella de Oro Chinese Región Final. In the proceeding year, she received the Honor Prize of 2021 Concurso Internacional De Música La Estrella de Oro. Besides singing opera, Julia, combining contemporary music with her operatic voice, also composes and arranges her own songs of different music genres—experimental, rock, and blues.
Yubo Wang is a ten years old and are currently taking 5th grade in elementary. He is originally from China, Yunnan, and moved to Pasadena, Los Angeles, 3 years ago. James is very passionate about music, especially in singing and piano. He has been practicing singing for more than 3 years. In all the songs James specifically loves aria the most because it can utterly bring out his strength and vocal skills. He can even manage to sing the Italian aria like ‘o sole mio. He joined “Cultures of China Water Cube Cup” and won the third place. He is also interested in popular song and classical music. James’ biggest dream is to be a professional singer one day.
True El Deeb is 9 years old and a primary three student. True showed a passion for Singing since the age of five. She successfully auditioned and joined the Voices of Singapore (VOS) choir in late 2019. This was abruptly interrupted by the pandemic in early 2020. With restrictions relaxed in March 2022; True restarted her journey singing with VOS and participated in their inaugural public performances at the Capital Theater. In July she was selected for the official recording of Singapore’s National Anthem; later gave her first solo vocal performance at the Singapore Conference Hall. In August from 800 applicants, she was one of 29 finalists for the NYC Sound of Music production in Singapore for the role of Louisa. August 28 she was back on stage as Louisa Van Trap at the Esplanade Theatre. In September she participated as a solo vocalist at the Voices of Singapore Festival.
Kimber Wu started to learn violin with Amy Liu at age of 4 and fell in love with it. She has won several national and international competitions since she was 5. She was selected to Camerata Orchestra – Golden State Youth Orchestra at age of 6. She loves playing violin, reading, ballet dancing, and playing table tennis.
Serena Yen Ming Chao, age 5, is a K3 student studying in the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. She started playing violin at the age of 4 and is currently studying with Ms. Hyejin Chung at Takako Nishizaki Violin Studio. Serena won First Place at the International Youth Music Competition Spring Music Festival 2022 Violin aged 5 or under and performed at Winners’ Recital at the Hong Kong Space Museum in July 2022. Serena also won Strings Children Junior Second Place from the 7th Hong Kong Talent Music Competition 2022. Serena earned ABRSM Grade 3 Violin certificate with Distinction. She participated in the Child Development Matching Fund Christmas charity concert in December 2021, sharing her love and passion for music in our community. Aside from playing music, Serena enjoys drawing, playing soccer and spending time with her sisters.
| Name | Age | City, State, Country |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Serena Yen Ming Chao, violin | 5 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Chelsea Chen, piano | 6 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Zhiyu Xu | ||
| Diana Gao, piano | 6 | Ontario, CA |
| Student of Dmitry Rachmanov | ||
| Ella Legasto, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Kimber Wu, violin | 6 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Tiffany Chen, piano | 6 | Savoy, IL |
| Student of Tatiana Shustova | ||
| Alice Chen, piano | 7 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Bernice Chan | ||
| Keisha DSouza, voice | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Tr Paulo | ||
| Eunice Yeung, violin | 9 | Hayward, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| True El Deeb, voice | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Melody Nodado | ||
| Alexandria Shieh, piano | 10 | Medina, WA |
| Student of Nancy Kim | ||
| Peihan Francesca He, violin | 10 | Cambridge, Great Britain |
| Yubo Wang, voice | 10 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Suhua Ni | ||
| Julia Mu, piano | 11 | East Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova and Diana Kezerashvili | ||
| Lucy Wang, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Puri Puengpipattrakul, piano | 11 | Hang Dong, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa and Remi Namtep | ||
| Amelia Kwok, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Bojun Yang, guzheng | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Oi Yee Roselyn Siu, violin | 12 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Guo Ru, violin | 13 | Turramurra, Australia |
| Student of Kimberly Fisher | ||
| Jumpei Morita, cello | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Anna Kusakabe | ||
| Karen Kobayashi, flute | 13 | Palatine, IL |
| Student of Hideko Amano | ||
| B. Andrew Lee, violin | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Nadir Khashimov | ||
| Jasmine Sung Yee Siu, violin | 14 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Alexander Lee, piano | 15 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Dr. Valerica Maican | ||
| Ciel Yasukawa, piano | 15 | Naples, FL |
| Student of Malda Kiri | ||
| Raymond Tangning Zhang, piano | 15 | Burnaby, Canada |
| Student of Leo Zhenyu, Liu | ||
| David Hsieh, marimba | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Tammy Chen and Anthony Cirone | ||
| Francesca Ricciarini, voice | 16 | Bronxville, NY |
| Student of Sun Young Chang and Mary Marcel | ||
| Kate Kim, violin | 16 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Nadir Khashimov | ||
| Maya Brown, voice | 16 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Student of Daniel Bates | ||
| Dylan Khangsar, marimba | 17 | Lewisville, TX |
| Student of Dr. Adam Davis | ||
| Max Tao, cello | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yao Zhao | ||
| Yaqi Li, piano | 17 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Jianyu Wang, voice | 18 | Milton, MA |
| Student of Chiuli Wang | ||
| Joy Tan, flute | 20 | Livingston, NJ |
| Student of Judith Mendenhall | ||
| Sojeong Kim, oboe | 27 | Boston, MA |
| Student of John Ferrillo | ||
| Alina Cherkasova, voice | 28 | Aberdeen, NC |
| Laura Farré Rozada, piano | 31 | Barcelona, Spain |
| Malou Beauvoir, voice | 59 | Brussels, Belgium |
| Student of Chris Dilley and Carmen Cancel | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Bryant Li, piano | 8 | Amherst, NY |
| Emma Zhou, piano | 9 | Amherst, NY |
| Students of Violeta Arakelova and Diana Kezerashvili | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Eric Zhang, piano | 13 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Andrew Xu, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Ethan Hu, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Olivia Xia, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Olina Xia, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| String Sextet: | ||
| Lilian Zeng, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Aria Hajali, cello | 14 | Poway, CA |
| Ethan Diep, cello | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Brandon Diep, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Lucy Mandegar, violin | 16 | Poway, CA |
| Joy Shen, cello | 12 | Poway, CA |
| Students of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Bryant Lin, piano | 6 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Juliette Leong, violin | 6 | Sparks, NV |
| Student of Danielle Charboneau | ||
| Bethany Zhang, piano | 7 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| Ethan Lu, piano | 7 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| Jiahong Lin, piano | 7 | Cypress, TX |
| Student of Yan Shen | ||
| Angie Hu, piano | 8 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| Ethan Yin, cello | 8 | Wayne, PA |
| Student of Lily Eckman | ||
| Edison Gong, piano | 9 | Lubbock, TX |
| Student of Hye-Gyung Ji | ||
| Huiyi Ho, pipa | 9 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Carrie Wang | ||
| Isabelle Qin, piano | 9 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan | ||
| Logan Clendenen, piano | 9 | Santa Ana, CA |
| Student of Myong-joo Lee | ||
| Michelle Huo, piano | 9 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Mia Christine Chow | ||
| Amaris Gracia Jap, piano | 10 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Martha Noviana | ||
| Ming Mei Sun, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Sara Tateshima, piano | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Natalia Kartashova, Ph.D, DMA | ||
| Adrian Fong, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Alliana Lili Yang, voice | 11 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Lora Libby and Katie Kerwin-Gielniak | ||
| Allyson He, piano | 11 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Clara Bonner, violin | 11 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Enyo Cai, piano | 11 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Yiming Jin and Joyce Lee | ||
| Josh Kurniawan, voice | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Jean Ong | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 12 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of JeongSoo Kim and Jonathon Kirk | ||
| Kaylee Wang, piano | 12 | Storrs Mansfield, CT |
| Student of Kamilla Mammedova | ||
| Lucas Tsui, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Romanovsky | ||
| Selina Dong, piano | 12 | Draper, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Audrey Lee, violin | 13 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Nadir Kashminov | ||
| David Lin, piano | 13 | Ontario, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| Eric Tao, violin | 13 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Maya Jade Tantang, piano | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Angela Ang | ||
| Mia Ji, piano | 13 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| Tina Yu, voice | 13 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Eugene Brancoveanu and Lin Pan | ||
| Carrie Ma, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Claire Shen, guzheng | 14 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Joanna Li | ||
| Crystal Huang, piano | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Ethan Yu, piano | 14 | Bangor, ME |
| Student of Ling McLoughlin | ||
| Ian Bang, viola | 14 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Kiara Zhou, voice | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Eugene Brancoveanu | ||
| Olivia Park, flute | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Joo Youn Shin | ||
| Penelope Chung, flute | 14 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Rayo Furuta | ||
| Ryan Shi, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yu-Hui Jen | ||
| Sophia Ren, flute | 14 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Bolin Pan | ||
| Xiaomeng Lyu, pipa | 14 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Yang Wang | ||
| Chenyang Hu, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Christine Nam, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Angel Huang | ||
| Jonathan Zhang, erhu | 15 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of He, Churong and Kartdontchik, Libby | ||
| Tina Hou, piano | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Mia Christine Chow | ||
| Vinca Lu, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Alexander Vereshagin | ||
| Zihua Wang, marimba | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Joy Liu | ||
| Irene Hong, violin | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Sunghee Park | ||
| Joning Wang, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Anna Stoytcheva | ||
| Shianna Chi, guzheng | 16 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Ella Phillippy, piano | 17 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Dr. JeongEun Park Kang | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Chloe Yan, piano | 10 | Lafayette, CO |
| Melody Zhang, piano | 10 | Longmont, CO |
| Michelle Ning, piano | 10 | Longmont, CO |
| Students of Ling Mcloughlin | ||
| Violin and Guzheng Duo: | ||
| Sunny Gao, violin | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Pat Burnham | ||
| Annie Gao, guzheng | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Zephan Shivam, piano | 11 | Austin, TX |
| Annika Shivam, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Students of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Anthony Pan, piano | 12 | Brighton, MA |
| Angela Pan, piano | 12 | Brighton, MA |
| Students of A. J. Colins | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Isaac Luo, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Adrian Fong, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Michael Song, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Mowen Zhao, violin | 7 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Ilya Shpigelman | ||
| Daniel Lilja, piano | 8 | Boynton Beach, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Avery Zhao, piano | 9 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Tina Tsai | ||
| Charlotte Gao, voice | 9 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Henry Chen | ||
| Ruixi Zhao, violin | 9 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Ilya Shpigelman | ||
| Isabel Pang, piano | 10 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Natalia Kartashova | ||
| John Foo, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Chi and Alan Sharipov | ||
| Ron Huang, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Elaine Zhao, voice | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Taylor Husted and Lin Pan | ||
| Marianna Golan, piano | 11 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Caden Chau, piano | 12 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Dr. Li-Cheng Anna Hung | ||
| Caroline Yu, piano | 12 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Lin Pan | ||
| Lukas Cordoba, piano | 12 | Coconut Creek, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Selena Yue, voice | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Taylor Husted and Lin Pan | ||
| Sunny Yu, pipa | 12 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Yang Wang | ||
| Anya Lu, voice | 13 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Eugene and Lin Pan | ||
| Audrey Shieh, piano | 13 | Medina, WA |
| Student of Nancy Kim | ||
| Shriya Dharan, voice | 13 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Daniel Brevik and Jill Edwards | ||
| Anika Gupta, guitar | 14 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Travis Johnson | ||
| Janie Luo, piano | 14 | Orinda, CA |
| Student of Elena Pang | ||
| Akash Vasan, bassoon | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Kerry Taylor and Daniel Chrisman | ||
| Annelise Im, cello | 15 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Jehah Han | ||
| Anthony Ratchkov, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ekaterina Gueorguieva-Ledford | ||
| Benoit Pelchat, voice | 15 | Moraga, CA |
| Student of Min-Sheng Yang | ||
| Hayoon Joe, voice | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Ji Hyun Hwang | ||
| Srilakshmi Venkatesan, piano | 15 | Hopkinton, MA |
| Student of Eleanor McLaughlin | ||
| Sarah Gao, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Boyuan Su, guitar | 17 | Hamden, CT |
| Student of Xiaobo Pu | ||
| Tongtong Guo, piano | 17 | Ashburnham, MA |
| Student of James Brawn and Piotr Tomasz | ||
| Amartya Kallingal, violin | 18 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Nadir Khashimov | ||
| Piano Quartet: | ||
| Lissa Petit, violin | 15 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Avia Kesler, violin | 14 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Clara Bonner, violin | 11 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Sofia Grishkina, piano | 12 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Students of Olga Romoff | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Ethan Jecroy, violin | 6 | Beverly Hills, MI |
| Student of Daria Hodko | ||
| Charlotte Gillespie, violin | 11 | Shohola, PA |
| Student of Daria Hodko | ||
| Zakariya Fazliyev, violin | 11 | Elkins Park, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Jerry Wang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Alfi (Alfredo) Cordoba, piano | 18 | Coconut Creek, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Krista Lilja, piano | 32 | Boynton Beach, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
1. Each participant will be notified about the Competition results after the Chairwoman releases the Competition placements. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results.
2. Only ONE piece from the audition repertoire within a time limit will be performed at the Winners Recital.
3. Extra performance time of up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with an additional fee of $100.
4. Only piano accompaniment can be used at the Winners Recital. Only one grand piano will be available at the Weill Recital Hall. No acoustic system will be provided.
5. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protégé does not provide piano accompanist, but can recommend one after enrollment into the program.
6. 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.
7. Recital and Photo Fees are not refundable.
8. During the COVID-19 Health Crisis, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to take a risk to travel to NYC for the Recital, 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 Package pickup or request a shipment to the friends or relative residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
9. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
10. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.