International Piano and Strings Competition 2012
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2012 was open to school students and adults of all nationalities and countries. All instruments, including piano, strings, voice and winds are welcome to participate in the Competition.
Eligibility
Multiple winners were chosen in each of the following age groups:
| School Students: | Adults (18 and older): |
| Young Musicians, 5 - 10 | Amateur without professional degree |
| Junior, 11 - 14 | College Students and Professional Musicians |
| Intermediate, 15 - 18 |
Awards
Winners Concerts were held on
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 8:00PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 7:30 PM at the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 11:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Monday, May 28, 2012 (Memorial Day Weekend) at 7:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Special awards were granted based on the judges recommendations.
Judges
Four qualified judges will evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent; their students are not allowed to apply this season. Dr. Sophya Genis is invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2012. A graduate of the Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, Mrs. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov Milstein and Yakov Zak.
International Piano and Strings Competition 2012 Results
| Name | Age | Country/State |
| Age Group 6 to 10: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Michelle Stern, violin | 8 | Douglaston, NY |
| Student of Anna Heifetz | ||
| Caitlan Rinaldy, piano | 8 | Western Australia |
| Student of Yoo Sen Lee | ||
| Sylvan Zhang, violin | 8 | Stillwater, OK |
| Student of Dr. Laura Talbott | ||
| Aoden Teo Masa Toshi, cello | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Guo Hao | ||
| Iskandar Mamadaliev, piano | 9 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Student of Dilafruz Mamadalieva | ||
| Chase Onodera | 10 | Sacramento, CA |
| Student of Scott Cmiel | ||
| Jasper Heymann, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Cosmo Buono | ||
| Vi Nguyen, piano | 10 | Manvel, TX |
| Student of Dr. Clive R. Swansbourne | ||
| Meryl Vourch, cello | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Misha Quint | ||
| Sunny Zhai, piano | 10 | Ontario, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Dong-Dong Dong | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Paul Ji, piano | 8 | Fontainebleau, France |
| Esther Ji, piano | 9 | Fontainebleau, France |
| Students of Yinming Qin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Vi Nguyen, piano | 10 | Manvel, TX |
| Joyson Zhang , piano | 13 | Pearland, TX |
| Students of Dr. Clive R. Swansbourne | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Jeremy Andrei Ave, piano | 7 | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Student of Naomi Sison | ||
| Serin Isabelle Park, violin | 7 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Solim Shin | ||
| Sunny Kim, piano | 7 | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Student of Roxanne Michaelian | ||
| Paul Ji, piano | 8 | Fontainebleau, France |
| Student of Yinming Qin | ||
| Elijah Abraham, piano | 9 | Western Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Elliot Kim, piano | 9 | Cos Cob, CT |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| Esther Ji, piano | 9 | Fontainebleau, France |
| Student of Yinming Qin | ||
| Gregorius Kevin Gorat, piano | 9 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Jane Park, violin | 9 | Edgewater, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Shirley Wu, piano | 9 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Louise Liu | ||
| Stephanie Zou, piano | 10 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Li Wang | ||
| Michelle Li, violin | 10 | Centreville, VA |
| Student of Olga Khroulevitch | ||
| Winston Xu, piano | 10 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Julia Liu Fu, piano | 10 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Emily Zhang, piano | 10 | Sandy, UT |
| Julia Ma, piano | 12 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Shuqi Li, piano | 6 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Adrian Romoff, piano | 7 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Jinshu (Grace) Zhang, piano | 8 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Jessica Yam | ||
| Jason Guo, piano | 9 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| David Clarke, violin | 9 | Newton Square, PA |
| Student of Shelly Beard Schleigh | ||
| Rio Mangini, piano | 9 | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| Student of Gayane Sahakyan and Prof. Grace Han | ||
| Abigail Nishiwaki, violin | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Chang | ||
| Clement Chan, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Isabel Kingston, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Brian Krinke | ||
| James Wilson, piano | 10 | Laramie, WY |
| Student of Dr. Theresa Bogard | ||
| William Tang, piano | 10 | Woodside, NY |
| Student of Will Lee | ||
| Michael Zainal Abidin, piano | 10 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Kelly Yip, piano | 7 | Bayside, NY |
| Darren Jung, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Kayla Cao, piano | 8 | Tulsa, OK |
| Roxan Lim, cello | 8 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Song Xue Hao, piano | 8 | Harbin, China |
| Dylan Giglio, piano | 9 | Pelham Manor, NY |
| Isabelle Brown-Lyden, cello | 9 | Alameda, CA |
| Man Wui Fung, piano | 9 | Hong Kong |
| Cedar Turek, violin | 10 | Steamboat Springs, CO |
| Wang Xiao Lu, piano | 10 | Harbin, China |
| Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| William Wong, piano | 11 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Annelise Bui, piano | 12 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
| Evelyn Zainal Abidin, piano | 12 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Sophia Steger, violin | 12 | Peekskill, NY |
| Student of Patinka Kopec | ||
| Elena Ariza, cello | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Geneva Lewis, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Aimee Kreston | ||
| Marie Kelly, piano | 13 | Napa, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Bolai Cao, piano | 14 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Mengcheih Liu | ||
| Dean Deng, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Faith Pak, viola | 14 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Heidi Castleman | ||
| Kaya Møller, violin | 14 | Hellrup, Denmark |
| Student of Alexander Zapolski | ||
| Shannon Wei, piano | 14 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alissa Yuki Kono, piano | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Elene Shaverzashvili, piano | 11 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Student of Tamar Kechkhuashvili | ||
| Haeun Kim, violin | 11 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Student of Julia Sakharova | ||
| Juventia Ie, piano | 11 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Sienny Putri Tanudjaja, piano | 11 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Adriana Bay, violin | 12 | Fairfield, CT |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Alina Zheng, cello | 12 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Matthew Herren | ||
| Petra Momcilovic, violin | 12 | Brookfield, WI |
| Student of Dr. Bernard Zinck | ||
| Isaiah Schrader, violin | 13 | Scarborough, NY |
| Student of Shirley Givens | ||
| Thomas Nickell, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Andrew Rim, cello | 14 | Yorktown Heights, NY |
| Student of Minhye Clara Kim | ||
| Eric Liu, piano | 14 | West Windsor, NY |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| Irene Jeong, cello | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh and Jenny Gregoire | ||
| Kevin Chen, piano | 14 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Jenny Joo Shin | ||
| Stephen Lee Wang, piano | 14 | Bellaire, YX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Jasmine Galante, piano | 11 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Kyonar Kyoung, piano | 11 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Shu Hao Pao | ||
| Maxamillion Simeone, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Mollie Nichols | ||
| Eliza Khokhar, piano | 12 | Trumbull, CT |
| Student of Dr. Qi Liu | ||
| Serfin Marcella, piano | 12 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Vicky Lan, piano | 12 | Summit, NJ |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Kathy Liu, piano | 13 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Xiao Yue Wong, violin | 13 | Quincy, MA |
| Student of Lilia Muchnik | ||
| Charissa Leung, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ron Waibel | ||
| David Nie, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Grace Lee, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Shu Hao Pao | ||
| Peter Vanderslice, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Spencer Sharp, violin | 14 | Marion, IL |
| Student of Dr. Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Suni Norman, violin | 14 | Tooele, UT |
| Student of Jack Ashton | ||
| Strings Quartet: | ||
| Jiaxing Liu, viola | 12 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Lauren Goodall, violin | 12 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Olivia Curtis, violin | 12 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Sophie Miller, cello | 13 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Students of Olga Romoff | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Zhao Zi Yue, piano | 11 | Harbin, China |
| Hannah Ronghua Chen, violin | 12 | Fairfield, CT |
| Hanliang Andrew Tang, piano | 12 | Murrieta, CA |
| Jeffrey Weiner, piano | 12 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Sebastian Barrientos Espeleta, piano | 12 | Costa Rica |
| Younghu Park, violin | 12 | San Marino, CA |
| Lynn Liu, piano | 13 | Orange, CT |
| Chong Lih Yoong, piano | 14 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Hyeri Bae, piano | 14 | Suwanee, Gab |
| Oishi Bhattacharya, piano | 14 | Princeton JCT, NY |
| Sienna Marie Tabron, piano | 14 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Age Group 15 to 17: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Alan Cha, piano | 15 | Cortland Manor, NY |
| Student of Tatiana Goncharova | ||
| Angela Kim, violin | 15 | Franklin Lakes, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Ann Setzer | ||
| Chen Haoguo, piano | 15 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Ling Yuan | ||
| Alexandra Zhang, violin | 16 | Bernin, PA |
| Student of Vladimir Dyo and Prof. Edward Schmieder | ||
| Cherie Hu, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yoheved Kaplinsky | ||
| Jack Chai, piano | 16 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Xiao Li | ||
| Natalie Lee, violin | 16 | Okemos, MI |
| Student of Dmitry Berlinsky | ||
| Aekyung Jane Kim, viola | 17 | Hicksville, NY |
| Student of Toby Appel | ||
| Arisa Ogino, piano | 17 | Monterey Park, CA |
| Student of Akiko Hasunuma | ||
| Chuqi Zhen, piano | 17 | Brooklyn NY |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| Francisco Chomnalez, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Ricky Song, piano | 17 | Ontario, Canada |
| Student of Yaroslav Pugach | ||
| “Talla Trio”: | ||
| Aria Cheregosha, viola | 16 | Durham, NC |
| Melody Lin, violin | 16 | Cary, NC |
| Zijing Michael Gao, piano | 15 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Students of Shelley Livingston | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jerry Fu, piano | 16 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Ruyan Zhang, piano | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alexander Zhang, piano | 15 | Jamison, PA |
| Student of Joy M. Kiszely | ||
| Andrew Chan, piano | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Catherine Xie, piano | 15 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Erica Chemtob, violin | 15 | Winter Park, FL |
| Student of Dr. Alvaro Gomez | ||
| Graziella Jasmine Lovell, piano | 15 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Hendrata Prasetia | ||
| Victoria Gu, piano | 15 | Alhambra, CA |
| Student of Prof. Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Yuhao Dong, viola | 15 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of I-Hao Lee | ||
| Danli Liang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tao Chang | ||
| Jonathan Li, piano | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Jae Won Hyun, violin | 17 | Palisades Park, N |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Joyce Lee, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Michelle Suh, violin | 15 | Paramus, NJ |
| Student of Yujeong Lee | ||
| Vinson Luo, piano | 15 | Aliso Viejo, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Chomchat Silarat, piano | 16 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Jenna Yunsu Lee, violin | 16 | Milton MA |
| Student of Ricardo Cyncynates | ||
| Joe Parnell, piano | 16 | Mendota Heights, MN |
| Student of Dr. Catherine Kim | ||
| Leo Khudyak, piano | 16 | Brooklyn NY |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| Silas Ferrao, violin | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Prof. Cyrus Forough | ||
| Wu Love | 16 | Albany, CA |
| Student of Scott Cmiel | ||
| Yuzhou Lin, piano | 16 | Sands Point, NY |
| Student of Chuan Qin | ||
| Aoi Senju, piano | 17 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Dr. Stephanie Shi-yu Cheng | ||
| Halam Kim, viola | 17 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of I-Hao Lee | ||
| Sandra Zupanski, violin | 17 | Fort Collins, CO |
| Student of Alvaro DeGranda | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Amir Malek, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| David Weiner, piano | 15 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Edward Lee Yoon, piano | 15 | River Edge, NJ |
| Timur Seckin, piano | 15 | Brooklyn NY |
| Uma Li, piano | 15 | Middletown, DE |
| Erica Lee, piano | 16 | Burnsville, MN |
| Richard Lee, piano | 16 | Bayside, NY |
| George Pidvysotski, piano | 17 | West Hartford, CT |
| Strings Quartet: | ||
| Christina Xu, violin | 14 | Katy, Texas |
| Spencer Taylor, cello | 14 | Katy, Texas |
| Rachel Jang, viola | 15 | Katy, Texas |
| Jiwoo Lee, violin | 15 | Katy, Texas |
| Adults (18 and older) | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Sarah Greene | 19 | Highland Park, IL |
| Student of Carol Rodland | ||
| Aileen Li, piano | 20 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Marilyn Nonken | ||
| Yeyoung Yoon, violin | 20 | New York, NY |
| Student of Patinka Kopec | ||
| Aram Hyun, piano | 24 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Edward Auer and Junghwa Moon Auer | ||
| Seohyun Hong, cello | 24 | New York, NY |
| Student of Fred Sherry | ||
| Linda Choi, violin | 25 | Port Jefferson Station, NY |
| Student of Soovin Kim | ||
| Soyoung Lim, piano | 26 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of William Heiles | ||
| Yue Albert Cheng, violin | 27 | Hong Kong |
| Diane Hunger | 28 | Buffalo, NY |
| Student of Prof. Chien-Kwan Lin | ||
| Heesun Yun, piano | 28 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Adam Wodnicki | ||
| Kristie Janczyk, piano | 28 | Dallas, Tx |
| Student of Alfred Mouledous | ||
| Misael Sánchez, piano | 28 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Aleksandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Sophie Christian, piano | 28 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Lydia Artymiw | ||
| Yawei Zhao, piano | 28 | Skokie, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen | ||
| Yoon Kyung Shin, viola | 29 | New York, NY |
| Student of Samuel Rhodes | ||
| Chih-Jung Hsu, violin | 30 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Victor Danchenko and Piotr Milewski | ||
| Yu-wen Yang, piano | 30 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| Sae Rom Kwon, cello | 31 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Yehuda Hanani | ||
| Chia-Jen Chang, violin | 32 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sibbi Bernhardsson | ||
| Bouna Kim, piano | 33 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Haichuan “Jack” Li, piano | 36 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Dr. William Westney and Dr. Jane Magrath | ||
| Hannah Lee, piano | 36 | West Lafayette, IN |
| Student of Natalya Antonova | ||
| Strings Duo: | ||
| Kevin Bishop, viola | 24 | New Britain, CT |
| Student of Steve Larson | ||
| Sean Fischer, cello | 22 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of David Garrett | ||
| Duo “Sublimation”: | ||
| Simon Hoffmann, cello | 24 | Berlin, Germany |
| Student of Prof. J. P. Maintz | ||
| Alexandra Schmiedel, piano | 27 | Berlin, Germany |
| Student of Prof. Jacques Rnveis | ||
| Violin and Piano Duo: | ||
| Akane Kubota, piano | 26 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Miyoko Lotto | ||
| Yue Albert Cheng, violin | 27 | Hong Kong |
| Violin and Piano Duo: | ||
| John Irrera, violin | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Joseph Irrera, piano | 29 | Rochester, NY |
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Eunice Ahn, piano | 19 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Edward Auer | ||
| Stefanos Melas, violin | 22 | New York, NY |
| Student of Naoko Tanaka | ||
| Greg Perrin, violin | 23 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Zvi Zeitlin | ||
| Jee Young Yang | 24 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jong Hwa Park | ||
| Sun Joo In, piano | 24 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Kuang-Hao Huang | ||
| Monica Chiyoung Yoon, piano | 29 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Robin McCabe | ||
| Xuan Liu, piano | 31 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Robert Hamilton | ||
| Haerim Yoo, piano | 32 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Dr. William Goldenberg | ||
| Mi Ryoung Kim, violin | 36 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Dr. Walter Verdehr | ||
| Yeook Kim, piano | Sungnam City, South Korea | |
| Student of Richard Cass | ||
| Duo: | ||
| Soo Jin Kim, violin | 33 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Min Kyung Kang, piano | 33 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Chee Hyeon Choi, piano | 36 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Dr. Ian Hobson | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Peisi Lo, piano | 19 | Zhongshan City, China |
| Abel Prasetyo, piano | 21 | Chicago, IL |
| Bonnie Huor, piano | 25 | Montreal, Canada |
| Amateur Category: | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Yuka Latulippe, piano | 24 | League City, TX |
| Student of Dr. Martha Braswell | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Joshua Crohn, piano | 31 | Chandler, AZ |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!