International Music Talent Competition Spring 2023
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.
Talented musicians applied for this Spring’s Music Talent Competition. They hailed from 10 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Australia, Bermuda, China, England, Hong Kong, 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
Three qualified judges evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, their students are not allowed to apply this season.
International Music Talent Competition Spring 2023 Results:
Judges’ Distinction (Plaque Trophy) Award Winners
Piano Trio:
Chanul Kim is a clarinetist based in Los Angeles, California, where he currently study with Maestro Yehuda Gilad at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Prior to moving to California, he served as Principal Clarinetist with the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Fagen, David Neely, and Thomas Wilkins. His festival highlights include the Sarasota Music Festival, where he served as Principal Clarinetist in the orchestra alongside festival faculty members. He spent the Summer of 2019 at Philadelphia International Music Festival where he studied with Ricardo Morales and was the Grand Prize Winner of the festival-wide Concerto Competition. With the award, he performed with New York Session Symphony in Manhattan. He holds a Master of Music degree from Indiana University. His teachers include Ixi Chen, Principal Second Clarinet of Cincinnati Symphony, and Eli Eban, Former Principal Clarinetist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hyo Jin Park, an accomplished flutist born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, started studying music at the age of 18. She moved to Boston, USA, to pursue her education at both Walnut Hill School for the Arts and New England Conservatory Preparatory School, studying under Judy Grant, founder of Boston Flute Academy. Hyo Jin went on to earn her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the New England Conservatory, studying under Cynthia Meyers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Hyo Jin served as the Principal Flutist at Korail Symphony in South Korea before pursuing her Graduate Certificate program at the Thornton School of Music in USC, under the tutelage of Catherine Ransome Karoly, flutist from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Hyo Jin has won numerous awards, including the National Arts Competition and the Seoul National Symphony, and has performed solo with esteemed orchestras such as the Seoul National Orchestra and Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
Jeonghyun Lim is a highly acclaimed Korean solo pianist known for her outstanding musicianship and impressive career achievements. She graduated from Jeonju Art High School and Dankook University with honors and continued her studies at Azusa Pacific University with a scholarship. Jeonghyun has won several prestigious piano competitions and grants, including the Sejong Music Competition, Korea Piano Duo Competition, and Steinway Academy Rising Star Piano Competition. In addition, she competed at the Osaka International Competition in Japan and advanced to the finals and she won first prize at the 2023 American Protege International Piano & Strings Competition in the college students and professional musicians’ category. Jeonghyun has participated in the Montecito International Music Festival and has performed in masterclasses for renowned pianists such as Jean-Yves Thibaubet, Daniel Shapiro, Peter Takacs, and Kristin Merscher. In 2020, Jeonghyun made her LA debut with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Eleven-year-old Julia Mu is from Buffalo, New York. She has been taking piano lessons with Dr. Violeta Arakelova at the Royal Music Academy for five years. She has performed in multiple recitals and received many awards. She has won the first-place award three times at the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition (2020, 2021, 2022), gold award at the Golden Key Music Festival (2021), first-place award at the Rocky Mountain Canada Music Festival (2021), first-place award at the Red Maple Music Competition (2021), first-place award at the Piano Forum International Competition (London, 2021), first-place award at the Stamford Kiwanis Music Festival of Niagara Falls (Canada, 2019), and first-place award at the Imperial Music Festival of New York State (2020, 2021, 2022). She has been selected to perform at the Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, 2020, 2022), the Royal Alberts Music Hall (London, 2022), and Carnegie Hall (New York City, 2022, 2023).
Wenzhang Vazquez is a thirteen-year-old pianist with flying fingers and passion for piano that lead him to perform at the world’s most prestigious concert halls. An 8th grader at City Honors, Wenzhang started his piano journey with Dr. Violeta Arakelova at age 9. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall at age 10. He has won First Place several times in international classical music competitions in North America. Wenzhang was invited to perform a solo at the Royal Albert Hall in London in June, 2023. At age 10, he won the Nazareth College Baroque Piano Competition and successfully completed the college-level course “Introduction to Classical Music” at Yale University. In 2019, Wenzhang sang with the choir at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. A student at the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University, Wenzhang is a member of American Mensa, the largest high IQ society in the world.
Ziqian Liu is seven years old. His parents sent him for his first piano lesson aged five after they realized he could hear a tune and dance to the beat. One year later, he began learning piano with Florence Ko, a pianist who opens Ziqian’s imagination world toward different styles of piano playing. Ziqian has won several prestigious awards in past 2 years. He was the youngest 1st place winner in history in senior I division in the Young Artist Auditions (YAA) 2023. He has also won the 1st place in District Royalty Competition of NC State in 2023. In 2022, he won the Concerto division in the YAA 2022 as the youngest first place winner. He enjoyed his moment in the spotlight and can’t wait to create some more stories through music. Music is a fun experience that he shares with his family.
| Name | Age | City, state, Country |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Maximilian Ouyang, piano | 4 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Brigitte Xie, piano | 5 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Camilla Lin, piano | 5 | Whitestone, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Adelynn Li, piano | 6 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Nathaniel Wang, piano | 6 | Epping, Australia |
| Student of Sam Subasic | ||
| Ziqian Liu, piano | 7 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Aiden Pham, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Alice Sun, violin | 8 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| August Xiao, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Bella Sun, piano | 8 | Newington, Australia |
| Student of Natalie Wong | ||
| Caressa Peng, Harp | 8 | Castle Hill, Australia |
| Student of Natalie Wong | ||
| Panitcha Daomukda, piano | 8 | Nongpure, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Vanessa Mai, piano | 9 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Du, Pangji | ||
| Brandon Yang, piano | 10 | Fremont, CA |
| Ravelio Prasetya, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Evangeline Zhao, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Jaehyeok Lee, piano | 12 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Jeesoo Kim | ||
| Julia Gentry, piano | 12 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Mason Chang, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Dante DiIanni | ||
| Steven Chen, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Ava Shu, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Esther Chae, piano | 13 | Creskill, NJ |
| Student of Sohee Hwang | ||
| Kelly Shi, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Lisa Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Olivia Zeng, piano | 13 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| Seunghyun Lee, cello | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Evelyn Gao, piano | 14 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Hongrui Qiu, piano | 14 | Tianjin, China |
| Student of Yunjie Chen | ||
| Liu Jacky Yi Huan, cello | 14 | Shenzhen City, China |
| Student of Liwei Qin | ||
| Luke Seo, violin | 14 | Gyunggi-do, South Korea |
| Student of Eunbi Kang | ||
| Tiara Wang, guzheng | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Aika Oki, violin | 15 | Brookline, MA |
| Allison Zhang, piano | 15 | Palatine, IL |
| Student of Soo Young Lee | ||
| Hannah Kusumo, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Jeremy Choi, violin | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Joan Martin-Doike | ||
| Junnie Niu, guzheng | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Siyan Zhou | ||
| Kayla Tan, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Taeseong Shin, piano | 15 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Joanna Fan | ||
| Calix Xia, piano | 16 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Christopher Park, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Daniel Hon, piano | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Irina Piliposyan | ||
| Jiayi Shi, piano | 16 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Cindy Lee | ||
| Naomi Jansson, flute | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Liling Chen | ||
| Sabrina Liu, flute | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Bolin Pan | ||
| Sophie Tung, violin | 16 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky and Jing Wang | ||
| Claire Lee, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Bukyung Shin | ||
| Gene Chang, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Sun Yung Cho | ||
| Alyssa Hartman, Alto saxophone | 18 | Dublin, OH |
| Grace Priest, violin | 18 | Sarasota, FL |
| Student of Xiaolin Li | ||
| Matthew Lin, piano | 18 | Wantagh, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| SeungHyun Seo, flute | 26 | Avon, CT |
| Yuan Zhu, voice | 27 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Runwen Zhang | ||
| Yumi Jang, piano | 29 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kyung Kim and Ellen Mack | ||
| Bomi Moon, piano | 31 | Jeonju-si, South Korea |
| Student of Young-shin Kim | ||
| Yiskah Wedekind Lopez, voice and harp | 32 | Tuttle, OK |
| Shinkyu Kim, piano | 37 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Yan Lu, voice | 42 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Dr. Peng Wu and Prof.Xiaoping Gong | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Julia Mu, piano | 11 | East Amherst, NY |
| Wenzhang Vazquez, piano | 13 | Buffalo, NY |
| Students of Dr. Violeta Arakelova and Deana Kezerashvili | ||
| Flute and Guitar Duo: | ||
| Penelope Chung, flute | 14 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Rayo Furuta | ||
| Sawyer Chung, guitar | 12 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Kevin Ayers | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jessica Li, piano | 13 | Hockessin, DE |
| Zimo Liu, piano | 15 | Hockessin, DE |
| Students of Le Yu | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Difei Zhu, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Stanley Wang | ||
| Cayden Shi, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Xuefeng Wang | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Chanul Kim, clarinet | 34 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jeonghyun Lim, piano | 29 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Hyo Jin Park, flute | 28 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Students of David Howard | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alan Lu, violin | 6 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Melinda Xu, piano | 6 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Sophia Gu, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Robert and Chaz Fautch | ||
| Ella Lin, piano | 7 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Bernice Chan | ||
| Ethan Joon Byeon, Piano | 7 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Cindy Lee | ||
| Joji Lewicki, violin | 7 | Reminderville, OH |
| Student of Koko Watanabe | ||
| Siyu Vivian Pei, violin | 7 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Candice Kyan, piano | 8 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Kaili Cheng | ||
| Gaeun Choi, piano | 8 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Dr. Jayoung Hong | ||
| Ian Shu Ai, cello | 8 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Dr. Yang Lu | ||
| Olivia Liu, piano | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Stella Meng | ||
| Sophie Hwang, piano | 8 | Claremont, CA |
| Student of Fei Guo | ||
| Lucas Niu, piano | 9 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Pham Quynh Anh Tran, piano | 9 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Doan Hoang Khanh Linh | ||
| Derrick Chen, piano | 10 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Alla Bell | ||
| Helen Wei, piano | 10 | Claremont, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Rosalina Xue, piano | 10 | Upland, CA |
| Student of Chun Chen Chan | ||
| Shelton Cai, piano | 10 | Millbrae, CA |
| Student of Tammy Lin | ||
| Stelly Fong, piano | 10 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Dorothy Su | ||
| Weichen Duan, piano | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| XinChen Zhou, piano | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Anastasia (Stasya) Voronenko, piano | 11 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Benjamin Birnbaum, piano | 11 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Evelina Puzaite | ||
| Noah Choi, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sayaka Tanikawa | ||
| Sophia Wu, piano | 11 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Jenny Li, guzheng | 12 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Cookie Zhao | ||
| Ryan Hsieh, cello | 12 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Sofia Nowik | ||
| Sandy Shao, piano | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo Diianni | ||
| Scarlett Dougherty, violin | 12 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Mia Kelso | ||
| Anthony Somers, violin | 13 | Plymouth Meeting, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Bennett Chow, piano | 13 | Roswell, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Isabel Yang, piano | 13 | Bothell, WA |
| Student of Shaoming Greene | ||
| Lars Jimin Han, voice | 13 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Jennie Byun | ||
| Lijunxi Xie, violin | 13 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Kun Dong | ||
| Raphael Tao, piano | 13 | Blue Bell, PA |
| Student of Michael Sheadel | ||
| Edric Zhang, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Elijah Choi, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sayaka Tanikawa | ||
| Jiacong Yu, piano | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying | ||
| Ronni Chang, violin | 14 | Brookline, MA |
| Serena Wu, piano | 14 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| Simon Fass, piano | 14 | Williamsburg, VA |
| Student of Sharon Stewart | ||
| Sophie Gao, piano | 14 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Svetlana Arakelova | ||
| Ted Ma, violin | 14 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Mevlan Mecid | ||
| Tiffany Lin, harp | 14 | Little Elm, TX |
| Student of Wen Ling | ||
| Aijia (Emily) Zhang, guzheng | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Xiaomei Zhu | ||
| Anastasia Kril, piano | 15 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Alena Tsemnova | ||
| Daniel Ding, piano | 15 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Irina Sadovnikov | ||
| David Lin, violin | 15 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Prof. Cristian Neacsu | ||
| Elijah Kao, piano | 15 | Sunnivale, CA |
| Student of Anjela Asryan | ||
| Gary Yang, violin | 15 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Zi Jun Huang | ||
| Ian Szeto, piano | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodskaya | ||
| Isaac Yicong Tan, violin | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Jaeho Lee, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Jayoung Hong | ||
| Jiaming Zhang, hulusi | 15 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| Lillian Ma, violin | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Sanja Jing, piano | 15 | Chula Vista, CA |
| Selina Zhang, violin | 15 | Sarasota, FL |
| Student of Sean O’Neil | ||
| Sophie Lu, cello | 15 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Esther Back | ||
| Valerie Liou, Bb clarinet | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Juliana Tzeng | ||
| Ariana Zhao, guzheng | 16 | Sunnivale, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Cana Fass, piano | 16 | Williamsburg, VA |
| Student of Sharon Stewart | ||
| Chloe Zhong, flute | 16 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Judy Grant | ||
| Erica Qin, viola | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Gavin Chen, piano | 16 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Chun-Chen Chan | ||
| Irene Kim, piano | 16 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of Jeong Eun Park | ||
| James Xue, cello | 16 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Vicky Wang | ||
| Junyu Qian, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| Lucas Du, piano | 16 | Millbrae, CA |
| Student of Heng Li | ||
| Max Ziyao Tian, piano | 16 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Jennifer Wu-Miller | ||
| Sanjna Shah, voice | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Meere Kim | ||
| Alexis Kwon, flute | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Yuna Kim | ||
| Anyan Lyu, guzheng | 17 | Austin, TX |
| Student of JingQun Shao | ||
| Benjamin Amidei, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Eliza Shaw, violin | 17 | Bountiful, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Neola Low, violin | 17 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Carol Kushner | ||
| Selina Zhang, cello | 17 | London, England |
| Student of Michal Kaznowski | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Adriana Wong, piano | 7 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Dr. Wen Ling Chua | ||
| Eva Lavallee, piano | 8 | New Hartford, NY |
| Jessie Wang, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Erin Cho, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang and Viann Yu | ||
| Gisele Chang, violin | 9 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Hope Ting, piano | 9 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Manda Hao, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Bjorn Hsiung, Piano | 10 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Cindy Lee | ||
| LiQian Audrey Zhang, paino | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Alma Pinzon, Trombone | 11 | Coral Gables, FL |
| Student of José Enrique García | ||
| Clement Leung, voice | 11 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Jeffie Leung | ||
| Jake Roush, piano | 11 | Westfield, NJ |
| Student of Nancy Modell | ||
| Zoe Ishaque, violin | 11 | Allen, Texas |
| Student of Ronald Houston | ||
| WenXuan Xian, piano | 12 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| YiChen Zhou, piano | 12 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| HaDa Hao, piano | 13 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Lila Peoples, harp | 13 | Richmond, VA |
| Student of Trey Nunnally and Lynelle Ediger | ||
| Roger Yao, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Justin Li, piano | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying Tan | ||
| Michael Kim, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Junghee Park and Joanne Kim | ||
| Nathaniel Berman, guitar | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hanan Harchol | ||
| Wen Yu Tan, cello | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Natasha Liu | ||
| Benjamin Yang, piano | 15 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Benoit Pelchat, voice | 15 | Moraga, CA |
| Student of Min-Sheng Yang | ||
| Gavin Chen, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Leela Rajagopal, piano | 15 | Berwyn, PA |
| Student of Michael Sheadel | ||
| Miaomiao Yu, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kuei Kuan Chen | ||
| Alicia Peng, voice | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Fang Hong | ||
| Benjamin Klick, piano | 16 | Penn Valley, PA |
| Student of Dr. Michael Sheadel | ||
| Jonathan Lin, piano | 16 | Little Elm, TX |
| Student of Wen Ling | ||
| Armaan Dev, piano | 17 | Sterling Heights, MI |
| Student of Vanessa Schwarz | ||
| Krishna Nathan, piano | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Siyi Xu, piano | 17 | Ashburnham, MA |
| Student of Emily Huang | ||
| Constance Ridley-Smith, piano | Smith’s Parish, Bermuda | |
| Student of Rebecca Carda-Leigh and Patrick Kreeger | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Anthony Jin, piano | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Stella Meng | ||
| Ethan Lavallee, violin | 10 | New Hartford, NY |
| Emma Zhang, cello | 12 | Sarasota, FL |
| Student of Kai Chen | ||
| Genevieve Chang, violin | 12 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Haowen Yu, cello | 14 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Kai Chen | ||
| Diya Sreedhar, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Yoichiro Etsuki | ||
Honorable Mention Winners and other participants will be notified of their standing via email.
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.