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!