International Music Talent Competition Fall 2024
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 2024 attracted a record number of very competitive applicants from 12 countries, including the United States, Canada, China, India, Japan, Makao, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
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
A panel of 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 2024 Results:
Judges’ Distinction (Plaque Trophy) Award Winners
Sarai Juarez Osorio, 19, is a Mexican American singer, songwriter, and producer born in CA, United States. Sarai has performed since age 5 and spent most of her childhood recording and producing music in service of her local church. She earned a degree in music ministry at Canzion Institute in 2021 graduating as the youngest student of her class. Her voice training began at the age of 15 with Amanda McFadden. She has directed several shows and concerts in high school at Sonoma Academy and became the founder of the first-ever Spanish show in the school’s history. She has received countless recognition and numerous awards, some include becoming one of American Protege’s First prize winners in the International Vocal Competition, and the We Sing Pop! Competition. This led her to perform at Carnegie Hall.
Anthony Kim is a 16-year-old violinist from San Diego, California, studying with Mr. & Mrs. Tseitlin at the California Institute of Music Conservatory. He is the Concertmaster for the San Diego Youth Symphony’s Ovation Symphony Orchestra and the Torrey Pines High School Orchestra. Anthony has won 1st Place in the 2024 Music Teachers Association of California Concerto Competition and Absolute First Prize in the 2024 UK International Competition. Last summer, he was awarded a $10,080 full-tuition scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Camp, where he served as Concertmaster. He has performed as a soloist with the University of San Diego’s Greater Chamber Orchestra and the MiraCosta [College] Symphony Orchestra.
Valentina Fayzullina is a Winchester High School student who has loved singing and creating music her entire life. She started her vocal lessons in the summer of 2021 and has since performed in numerous charity concerts. In May of 2024, Val participated in the International Grande Music Competition and won third place in the voice division. That same month, Val also participated in the CS Music Competition and went through to the quarter-final; this advancement gave her the opportunity to travel to D.C. for the next part of the competition. She is incredibly excited about the opportunity to participate in the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition and hopes that everyone will enjoy the performance!
Winners by Age Category
| Name | Age | City, state, Country |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Hope Wang, piano | 5 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Victoriya Kuzminska and Rozalie Levant | ||
| Aiden Tso, piano | 6 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Zoia Golofeeva | ||
| Melody Mei, piano | 6 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Vivian Liu Fang | ||
| Olivia Liu, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Siwan Wang, violin | 9 | Edgewater, NJ |
| Student of Miranda Cuckson | ||
| James Huang, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Kaitlyn Chang, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Huajun Zhang | ||
| Keva Jain, voice | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Mandi Xue, cello | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yao Zhao | ||
| Mandi Xue, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Nadia Darmawan, piano | 10 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Ruixuan He, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Helen Wei, piano | 11 | Claremont, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Lorenzo Tiapon, piano | 11 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Cindy Lee | ||
| Sanika Paigude, voice | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Minh Thai | ||
| Chi Ioi Alisha Cheong, piano | 12 | Macau |
| Student of Mandy Wong | ||
| Maethangkorn Darncholvichit, piano | 12 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Kant Lormsomboon | ||
| Tianze Liu, piano | 12 | Commack, NY |
| Student of Di Jiao | ||
| Victoria Wang, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Zhiyang Zhang, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Claire Son, piano | 13 | New Hill, NC |
| Student of Jae Kim | ||
| Ethan Hu, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Haniel Baek, cello | 13 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Kylee Zhang, piano | 13 | Rye Brook, NY |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Qianxun Hu, piano | 13 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 14 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jonathon Kirk and JeongSoo Kim | ||
| Jason Soomin Ham, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Michelle Lee | ||
| Lukas Koehler, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Matthew Fang, piano | 14 | Williamsville, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Reina Hisada, piano | 14 | Setagaya, Japan |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Sunny Gao, guzheng | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Elina Chatterjee, voice | 15 | Tomball, TX |
| Student of Zoia Golofeeva | ||
| Ema (Anyue) Sun, voice | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Zhenyu Liu | ||
| Lucas (Yichen) Jiao, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Efrem Briskin and Brandt Fredriksen | ||
| Olivia Jiang, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Yun Xi Jiang, voice | 15 | Maple Ridge, Canada |
| Student of Jessica Zhang | ||
| Anthony Kim, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael & Irina Tseitlin | ||
| Brian Park, piano | 16 | Centreville, VA |
| Student of Dominique Shim | ||
| Jerry Zhang, piano | 16 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Chunyi Wang | ||
| Josie Hsu, guzheng | 16 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Bing Xia | ||
| Nathan Ahn, violin | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of SungHee Park | ||
| Valentina Fayzullina, voice | 16 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Victoria Avetisyan | ||
| Zihan Fang, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Zihe Huang, guzheng | 16 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Wang, Changyuan | ||
| Annelise Im, cello | 17 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Jehah Han | ||
| Elijah Chen, piano | 17 | Matthews, NC |
| Student of Dr. Paul Nitsch | ||
| Sarai Juarez Osorio, voice | 19 | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Student of Tom Lopez | ||
| Haeun Cho, piano | 22 | Huntington, NY |
| Student of Yeontaek Oh | ||
| Jueun Kim, piano | 22 | Huntington, NY |
| Student of Yeonteak Oh | ||
| Jiameng Su, piano | 26 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Pinyu Chen, piano | 28 | Cambridge, MA |
| Alirna Korieva, violin | 30 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Dmitri Berlinsky | ||
| Lily Jiaxuan Wang, piano | 30 | Columbus, OH |
| Yiwen Zhu, piano | 30 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Caroline Hong and Spencer Myer | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Olivia Liu, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Gloria Wang, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Britton, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Dominic Willis, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Yuna Seo, flute | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Sarah Bae, flute | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Aidan Kwon, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Anaya Mehta, piano | 5 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Dr. Valerica Maican | ||
| Jack Ye, piano | 6 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Alla Milshteyn | ||
| Charlene Deng, piano | 7 | Ontario, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Gloria Wang, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Lev Konstantinovsky, piano | 7 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Alla Milshteyn | ||
| Shulin Yu, voice | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Dominique Chen | ||
| Carina T Xiao, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Jeremy Tang, violin | 8 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Chia-Shan Hsu | ||
| Mark Davie, piano | 8 | Jupiter, Fl |
| Student of Scarlett Romoff | ||
| Melinda Xu, piano | 8 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Boaz Gong, piano | 9 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Julian Ryu, piano | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Olivia Wang, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Sophie Mao, violin | 9 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Tatum Lee, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Dr. Szu-Ying Huang | ||
| Max Prince, guitar | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Colin Fullerton and Lara Saldanha | ||
| Nandini Bhatt, piano | 10 | Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ |
| Student of Jongsun Lee | ||
| Wesley Yen, piano | 10 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Annie Gao, guzheng | 11 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Calvin Jiang, piano | 11 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Szu-Ying Huang | ||
| Jacob Frame, piano | 11 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Alina Uddin | ||
| Max Zhang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Milica Vugdragovic, piano | 11 | Williamsville, NY |
| Student of Diana Kezerashvili | ||
| Tien-Lung Tou, violin | 11 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Chia-Shan Hsu | ||
| Edward Han, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Elena ZhangWang, violin | 12 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Rossitza Goza | ||
| Ella Chen, piano | 12 | Twinsburg, OH |
| Student of Xiao-Ling Anderson | ||
| Eva Mather, voice | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Sonia Yon | ||
| Kristen Park, cello | 12 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Young Sook Lee | ||
| Lucas Chang, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Huajun Zhang | ||
| Maria Gosteva, piano | 12 | Lakeway, TX |
| Student of Scarlett Olga Romoff | ||
| Pranshi Mehta, piano | 12 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Victoria Stepanyan, voice | 12 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Victoria Avetisyan | ||
| Angel Toku, piano | 13 | Riverside, CA |
| Student of Yoko Hoshihara | ||
| Arella Chi Cheng Cheong, piano | 13 | Taipa, Macao |
| Student of Mandy Wong | ||
| Claire Du, piano | 13 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of A.J. Collins | ||
| Eudora Zhou, piano | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| Kabir Khanna, piano | 13 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Student of Iris Blanco-Urgelles | ||
| Rebecca Dasari, piano | 13 | Cedar Park, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Shelley Blumin, piano | 13 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Aiden Gao, piano | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Braydon Li, piano | 14 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Camille Chien, flute | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Chin-Fei Chan | ||
| Carina Chew, piano | 14 | Oakland, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Daniel Frame, piano | 14 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Alina Uddin | ||
| Elena Tong, piano | 14 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Anika Geyer | ||
| Lucas Xu, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Matthew Kang, piano | 14 | Moraga, CA |
| Student of Elena Bai Pang | ||
| Shreya Rajeev, voice | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Michael Kiesling | ||
| Skye Skjorshammer, piano | 14 | Orinda, CA |
| Student of Elena Bai Pang | ||
| Yue Yu, violin | 14 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Cristian Neacsu | ||
| Arjun Selvam, piano | 15 | Livingston, NJ |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Darren Qian, violin | 15 | White Plains, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Gia Linh (Jolie) Nguyen, piano | 15 | Great Barrington, MA |
| Student of Trang Minh Trinh | ||
| Isabel De Pool, piano | 15 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Yadelia Leyva | ||
| Kathleen Wang, marimba | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Tammy Chen | ||
| Kayla Lee, flute | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Tina Kim | ||
| Lars Jimin Han, voice | 15 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Boram Kim | ||
| Lily He, piano | 15 | Aurora, OH |
| Student of XiaoLing Anderson | ||
| Meiling Hou, guzheng | 15 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Shirley Wang Phung | ||
| Peihan Yu, Chinese flute | 15 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Xiaoqing Yu | ||
| Shujun Han, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lucy Chiang | ||
| Trisha Kim, cello | 15 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Young sook Lee | ||
| Aadarsh Vikram, piano | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Lesli Hanson | ||
| Awnik Roy, violin | 16 | Dayton, OH |
| Student of Jamie Whitmore | ||
| Dingyu Ji, piano | 16 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Gurchit Singh, viola | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Ker Qi | ||
| Jasleen Lu, violin | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ker Qi | ||
| Michelle Zhu, violin | 16 | Shenzhen, China |
| Student of Wang Duo | ||
| Rena Jair, viola | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Yire Pak, violin | 16 | Shenzhen City, China |
| Student of Erin Lee | ||
| Evan Wu, piano | 17 | El Cerrito, CA |
| Student of Shuyi Pai | ||
| Sijia Lin, guzheng | 17 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Liusha zou | ||
| Sophia Wong, guzheng | 17 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Jiaxiang Li | ||
| Ashley Jisue Hong, violin | 18 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Olivia Wang, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Ruixuan He, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Levi Lavelle, piano | 12 | Poway, CA |
| Michael Song, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Xu, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Ethan Hu, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Chanyoung You, clarinet | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Woobin Jang, clarinet | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Jason Soomin Ham, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Aideen Roberts, piano | 9 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Dr. Valerica Maican | ||
| Claire Chang, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Chen | ||
| Emma Grace Packer, piano | 9 | Park Ridge, IL |
| Student of Dr. Christina Tio | ||
| Hannah Yin, piano | 9 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Linh Nguyen Hoang Gia, piano | 9 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Student of Prof. Phu Mai Hien | ||
| Matilda Tan, voice | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Dominique Chen | ||
| Avianna Janjam, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sasha Sound and I-Lin Tsai | ||
| Ethan Ye, piano | 11 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Lea Lipworth, voice | 12 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Student of Eddie Kam | ||
| Aratrika Pal, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Ling Shi | ||
| Brandon Du, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Temirzhan Yerzhanov | ||
| Lasya Rao, voice | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Anne Chen, violin | 16 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Dario Hodko | ||
| Ayden Fang, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Kanae Komugi | ||
| Chenyu Li, voice | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Sara Ttak | ||
| Amelia Im, violin | 17 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Esther Kim | ||
| Chloe Kwan, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ling Shi | ||
| Rishi Gunturi, piano | 17 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Violin and Guitar Duo: | ||
| Joel Lee, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Caleb Kim, guitar | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Lukas Cordoba, voice | 14 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Lissa Petit, violin | 16 | Sunrise, FL |
| Lyubov Shevchuk, piano | 44 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Students of Scarlett Romoff | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Selena Li, violin | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Abigail Campiglia, piano | 10 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Rasleen Sra, piano | 14 | Tracy, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Piano Quartet: | ||
| Jo-Yi Chan, voice | 16 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Allegra Arias-Neumeyer, voice | 12 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Daniel Kim, cello | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Kaya Mew, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Students of Nicole Asadon and Steve Yang | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!