International Piano and Strings Competition 2014
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2014 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.
Participants were required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition.
We invite school students and adults to participate in the Competition. There is no age limit for the adult participants.
Eligibility
Multiple winners will be 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
First, Second and Third Place winners performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Winners Concerts were held on
Sunday, April 20, 2014 (Easter) at 11:30 AM and 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Monday, May 26, 2014 (Memorial Day) at 11:30 AM and at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, November 29, 2014 (Thanksgiving weekend) at 11:30 AM, 3:30 M and 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Judges’ Distinction Award and other 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 2014. 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 2014 Results
| Name | Age | City, Country/State |
| Age Group 6 to 10: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Caroline Nagayumi, piano | 5 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Yoshie Akimoto | ||
| Ryan Wang, piano | 6 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Danial Hendi, piano | 6 | Webster, TX |
| Student of Dr Ying Zhang | ||
| Joel Ong Yi Herng, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Kong Wing Yan | ||
| Adam Yu, piano | 8 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Peter Takács | ||
| Ari Webb, cello | 8 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Helen Ford and Susan Moses | ||
| David Song, violin | 8 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Jisun Kang | ||
| Ariel Ziqian Wang, piano | 10 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Tanya Shevtsova | ||
| Julie Wu, piano | 10 | Surrey, BC |
| Student of Dr. Tanya Shevtsova | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alina Laraway, piano | 5 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Natalya Vornovitsky | ||
| Jasmine Horton, violin | 5 | Glencoe, IL |
| Student of Hyesun Lee | ||
| Jivan Ramesh, cello | 5 | Belle River, Canada |
| Student of Jeffrey Gartshore | ||
| Fiona Khuong Huu, violin | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Keiko Tokunaga and Katherine Gerson | ||
| Connor Roham, piano | 7 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Dr. Frank Levy and Ray Capiral | ||
| Hance Zhang, piano | 7 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shi Hong | ||
| Michael Richardson, violin | 7 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Jung, Jung Ho | ||
| Yunci Kaelyn Soh, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Joel Ong Yi Herng, cello | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Chan Wei Shing | ||
| Lea Lang, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Christine Yang | ||
| Zoe Lonsinger, violin | 8 | Sandy Hook, CT |
| Student of Joey Corpus | ||
| Sonia Zhang, piano | 8 | Houston, Tx |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Stana Choi, piano | 8 | Columbus, GA |
| Student of Dr. Betty Anne Diaz | ||
| Alexandra Maskoff, piano | 9 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Tatyana Pikayzen | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 9 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Antonio Brasileiro Johnson, piano | 9 | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Student of Inna Goncharova | ||
| Colin Toh, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Natalia Kurganova | ||
| Evelina Medvedko, piano | 9 | Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Student of Svetlana Pudovkina | ||
| Iris Wu, violin | 9 | Bayside Hills, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Isabelle Ong, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Wan Har Yah | ||
| Bethanie Liu, piano | 10 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Wendy Liu | ||
| Daniel Chen, piano | 10 | Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Skliouvtoski | ||
| Gideon Scheeler, piano | 10 | Saint Paul, MN |
| Student of Elena Piastro | ||
| Jasmine Farghaly, piano | 10 | Perth, Western Australia |
| Student of Ivy Chan and Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Jessica Li, piano | 10 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Hans Boepple and Julian Quirit | ||
| Justin Wang, piano | 10 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Katherine Tung, piano | 10 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Christie Skousen | ||
| Kevin Cho, piano | 10 | Valencia, CA |
| Student of Rufus Choi | ||
| Rhys Concessao, piano | 10 | Hillingdon, United Kingdom |
| Student of William Fong | ||
| Tarisa Chanpong, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Alexia Fang, piano | 6 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu and Linna Deng | ||
| Derek Lee, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| He Deng, piano | 6 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Wang Jue | ||
| Sofia Margarint, piano | 7 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Lucy Chen | ||
| Andrew Tung, piano | 8 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Christie Skousen | ||
| Erik Midkiff, violin | 8 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Vladimir Kromin | ||
| Marcus Lee, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Vanessa Wong, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Aaron Yuan, piano | 9 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of N E Istomina | ||
| Nazariy Fesyk, piano | 9 | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Student of Inna Goncharova | ||
| Qilin Yu, piano | 9 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Tanya Shevtsova | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 10 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Ayushman Choudhury, piano | 10 | Ellington, CT |
| Student of Rebecca M. Calissi and Elisabeth Szjoika | ||
| Aloysius Wong, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Daniel Shen, piano | 10 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Gilda Ferrie, violin | 10 | Heathmont, Australia |
| Student of Fintan Murphy | ||
| Hannah Yang, piano | 10 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Jasmine Meyer, piano | 10 | Chester, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Alexander Beridze | ||
| Katelyn Ge, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Lim Roxan, cello | 10 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Student of Joy Tan | ||
| Michelle Chen, piano | 10 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Victoria Midkiff, piano | 10 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Sonya Ho and Nigar Najafova | ||
| Yue Ning Foo, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Liu Hao Yu | ||
| ZhuoEn Li, piano | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Teng Shi Chu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Vanessa Wong | 8 | Singapore |
| Aloysius Wong | 10 | Singapore |
| Students of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Xin Yi Zhu, piano | 6 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Eric Willis, violin | 6 | New Windsor, NY |
| Student of Donna Kushner | ||
| Janice Lee, violin | 7 | Ramsey, NJ |
| Student of Edward Lee | ||
| Kristen Cook, piano | 7 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Ludmila Meltzer | ||
| Kota Toda, piano | 8 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr.Kana Mimaki | ||
| Natalie Huang, piano | 8 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Ivy Chen | ||
| Mahi Vakil, piano | 9 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Frederick Minano | ||
| Carol Chen, violin | 9 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Yuanlin Chen | ||
| Isabella Sabatino, violin | 10 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Emily Jane Price | ||
| Matthew Cook, piano | 10 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Ludmila Meltzer | ||
| Si Ying Tan, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| JEM Trio: | ||
| Matthew Enriquez, cello | 9 | Sparta, NJ |
| Elizabeth Enriquez, violin | 9 | Sparta, NJ |
| Jonathan Enriquez, violin | 10 | Sparta, NJ |
| Students of Dawn Tedesco | ||
| Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Enako Matsumoto, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lewis Kaplan and Renee Jolles | ||
| Ivy Tan, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Tyler Kim, piano | 11 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Jackie Wong, violin | 12 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Ivana Tomášková | ||
| Jae Eun Kim, piano | 12 | New york, NY |
| Student of Seounghup Jeong | ||
| Cynthia Soto, piano | 13 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Ludmila Meltzer | ||
| Matthew Mu, piano | 13 | Cockeysville, MD |
| Student of Yong Hi Moon | ||
| Rachel Lin, cello | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Ryan Chung, cello | 13 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Minhye Clara Kim | ||
| Sung Chi Dorson Chang, violin | 13 | Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
| Student of Richard Lin | ||
| Jeffrey Liu, violin | 14 | Briarcliff Manor, NY |
| Student of Ann Setzer | ||
| Vivian Ni, piano | 14 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Michel Fournier | ||
| Yury Moiseyev, piano | 14 | Moscow, Russia |
| Student of Irina Salikhova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Yuri Taguchi | 11 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Jack Silvers | 11 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Students of Irena Portenko | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Alina Taratorin, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Era Lifshitz | ||
| Diane Ji, piano | 11 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Thomas Hansen | ||
| Ethan Wong, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Yah Wan Har | ||
| Isabelle BrownLyden, cello | 11 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Marcie Brown | ||
| James Zhu, piano | 11 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Roxanne Stevenson | ||
| Jeannette Kim, piano | 11 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Golda Tatz | ||
| Venus Yu, violin | 11 | Box HIll, Australia |
| Student of Eliza Quirit and Julian Quirit | ||
| Vishnu Srinivas, piano | 11 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Yuri Taguchi, piano | 11 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Student of Dr. Irena Portenko | ||
| Abigail Nishiwaki, violin | 12 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Chang and Tomoko Uchino | ||
| Ana Laura Sanchez, piano | 12 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Anne Liu, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Ivy Mao, piano | 12 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yushino | ||
| Joshua Teoh, violin | 12 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
| Student of Su Tzu Yuan | ||
| Daniel Seog, violin | 13 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Ford Christensen, cello | 13 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Norkio Kishi | ||
| Gillian Schneider, piano | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Dr. Efrem Briskin | ||
| Lee Dong, piano | 13 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Heather Riley | ||
| Manuela Avetisian, piano | 13 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| Student of Svetlana Ehrman | ||
| Nadja Dornik, harp | 13 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Student of Dijana Sretenovic | ||
| Nadja Dornik, piano | 13 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Student of Zeljka Vorkapic | ||
| Phoenix Avalon, violin | 13 | Santa Fe, NM |
| Student of Jan Mark Sloman and Carmelo de los Santos | ||
| Annelise Bui, piano | 14 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Susan Wong | ||
| Bernard Li, piano | 14 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Bryant So, violin | 14 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Student of Jeri Jorgensen | ||
| Cecilia Merli, violin | 14 | Rome, Italy |
| Student of Fulvio Leofreddi and Marco Fiorini | ||
| Cindy Chen, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Helen Yang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wei San Yue | ||
| Jaimee Cao, violin | 14 | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Nathan Kim, piano | 14 | Newberg, OR |
| Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
| Tigerwin Yang, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| April Chen | 12 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Machico Kobialka | ||
| Leyla Kabuli | 14 | Davis, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Tigerwin Yang | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Kevin Tao | 15 | Duluth, GA |
| Students of Ping Xu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Yi Yang Zhao | 13 | Midvale, UT |
| Julia Ma | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Annora Lee, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Darren Wei, piano | 11 | London, United Kingdom |
| Student of Graham Fitch | ||
| Shuei Min Charis Chua, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Natalia Kurganova | ||
| Sue Wang, piano | 11 | Coquitlam, Canada |
| Student of Carla Read | ||
| Zuleykha Abdullayeva, piano | 11 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Student of Mahizar Shabanbeyova and Nigar Najafova | ||
| Alicia Wu, violin | 12 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Hechen Sun, cello | 12 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Meijuan | ||
| James Wilson, piano | 12 | Laramie, WY |
| Student of Theresa Bogard | ||
| Joshua Carlon, piano | 12 | Woodland Hills, CA |
| Student of Edward Francis | ||
| Joshua Noronha, piano | 12 | Perth, Western Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Marc Gonzalez, piano | 12 | Southwest Ranches, FL |
| Student of Diana Heller | ||
| Moses Wang, piano | 12 | Athens, GA |
| Student of Joey Hokayem | ||
| Natasha Sutanto, violin | 12 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Shienny Kurniawati | ||
| Nikolay Dimitrov, piano | 12 | Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Student of Daniela Kyurkchieva | ||
| Ranfei Wang, piano | 12 | Burnaby, Canada |
| Student of Ellen Silverman | ||
| Rina Helt, cello | 12 | Aurora, CO |
| Student of Karen Terbeek | ||
| Rino Fujimoto, piano | 12 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| William He, piano | 12 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Albert Gong, violin | 13 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-Mei Ku and Hye-Jin Kim | ||
| Cindy Ji, piano | 13 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Benita Tse | ||
| Ho Tin Chan, cello | 13 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Na Mula | ||
| Jonathan Ge, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Laura Zhang, piano | 13 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Ping-yun Hsu | ||
| Barbara Xiong, piano | 14 | Brentwood, TN |
| Student of Ronald Schneller | ||
| Angela Yang, piano | 14 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Keli Xu | ||
| Ethan Shen, piano | 14 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Gilbert Tsui, piano | 14 | Weston, CT |
| Student of Yoshie Akimoto | ||
| Li Shun, violin | 14 | Guangzhou, China |
| Student of Kaiyi Ma | ||
| Kalya Orlova, piano | 14 | Ijamsville, MD |
| Student of Dr. Scott Beard | ||
| Megan Grieser, violin | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Ryan Grieser, viola | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Sharon Jin, piano | 14 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Daniel Shen, piano | 10 | Cumming, GA |
| Ethan Shen, piano | 14 | Cumming, GA |
| Students of Keli Xu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Yoana Delimarkova | 11 | Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Nikolay Dimitrov | 12 | Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Students of Daniela Kyurkchieva | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Amilia Hildahl, violin | 11 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Isabelle Knyazeva and Elisabeth Szjoika | ||
| Atesh Camurdan, piano | 11 | Sandy Hook, VA |
| Student of Natalya Vornovitsky | ||
| Felipe Rojas, piano | 11 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Ludmila Melzer and Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski | ||
| Feng Kai Pung, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Jessica Du, piano | 11 | Jackson, NJ |
| Student of Ronn Yedidia | ||
| Max Lim, violin | 11 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Student of Kiki Tan | ||
| Anna Zhao, piano | 13 | Midvale, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Jiho Jamie Song, cello | 13 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Julia Kim | ||
| Jude Javillo, piano | 13 | Rockville Centre, NY |
| Student of Evelyn Layug-Morin | ||
| Keven Zhang, piano | 13 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Michael Song, cello | 13 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Michail Gelfandbein | ||
| William Seth Bertiz, piano | 13 | Valley Syteam, NY |
| Student of Evelyn L. Morin | ||
| Angela Luo, piano | 14 | South Windsor, CT |
| Student of Sima Brodsky | ||
| Annie Chang, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dana Freeman | ||
| Arthur Dvorkin, piano | 14 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Natalia Borodulin | ||
| Brandon Jiang, piano | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Feng Yi Pung, piano | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Raymond Zhu, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Age Group 15 to 17: | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Danilo Kulisic, piano | 15 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Student of Dragomir Bratić | ||
| Ellim Kim, piano | 15 | Millburn, NJ |
| Student of Daniel Epstein | ||
| Gyuri Lee, violin | 15 | Plainview, NY |
| Student of Chin Kim | ||
| Ka Yuk Yam, piano | 15 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Student of Tang Nga Sum | ||
| Michael Bennett, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ernest Barretta and Frederic Chiu | ||
| Samantha Silverstein, violin | 15 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Tracy Tang, piano | 15 | Vaucresson, France |
| Student of Aquiles Delle Vigne and Noel Flores | ||
| Tristan Murphy, piano | 15 | Perth, WA |
| Student of Mark Coughlan | ||
| Andrew Peeples, cello | 17 | Brighton, CO |
| Student of Thomas Heinrich | ||
| Dain Song, piano | 17 | Sugar Hill, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Minku Lee, cello | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Paul Maxwell, cello | 14 | Vista, CA |
| Haley Schricker, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Adrian Liu, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Irina Tseitlin and Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Adrian Liu, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Daniel Yoon, piano | 15 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Dr. Scott Beard and Faye Bonner | ||
| Edward Oh, cello | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Jamie Lee, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| John James Ahn, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Mia Pattillo, piano | 15 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Otgonbulgan TumurOchir, piano | 15 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Student of Zanaa Gombojav | ||
| Robert Carlson, piano | 15 | Rustburg, VA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Yap Chua | ||
| Sarah Yang, violin | 15 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Almita Vamos and Que Yang | ||
| Taeho Kim, violin | 15 | Westlake, OH |
| Student of Eugenia Poustryeva | ||
| Alice Lin, violin | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Joseph Wu, violin | 16 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Kevin Chen, piano | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Kevin Zhang, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Lee Hsieh, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Kaichi Zhu | ||
| Samuel Lang, violin | 16 | Bakersfield, CA |
| Student of Suli Xue | ||
| Yuri Kim, piano | 16 | North Andover, MA |
| Student of Kyong Han Kim | ||
| Zhiguang Yang, piano | 16 | Xia Men, China |
| Student of Yang Ming | ||
| Andrew Chan, piano | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Jewon Hwang, piano | 17 | Atlant, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Jonathan Lin, violin | 17 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Mr. Ryan Chen | ||
| Kevin Lee, cello | 17 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Sofia Paez, piano | 17 | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Spencer Kim, cello | 17 | Piedmont, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Enrique Rangel, piano | 18 | Laredo, TX |
| Student of AJ Collins-Thompson | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Amrit Rau, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Andrew Fu, violin | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Jackie Du, piano | 15 | Jackson, NJ |
| Student of Ronn Yedidia | ||
| Kathryn Jian, piano | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Lisa Yang, piano | 15 | Perth, Western Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Melissa Cui, piano | 15 | Devon, PA |
| Student of Dr. Katarzyna Marzec – Salwinski | ||
| Teresa Yu, violin | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Angela Liu, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng and Wei-san Yue | ||
| Ester Choi, piano | 16 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Irina Edelman | ||
| Helli Fang, violin | 16 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Jonathan Jiang, piano | 16 | Wayne, PA |
| Student of Joy M. Kiszely | ||
| Kevin Chang, cello | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Lawrence Cheng, violin | 16 | La Canada, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Leina Sheehy, violin | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Min Sun Kim | ||
| Maximilian Bui, piano | 16 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Susan Wong | ||
| Quinn Tai, violin | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Chienmo Wu | ||
| Shiying Lin, piano | 16 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Stella Han, violin | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Florence Huang | ||
| William Xin, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Xinge Ren, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Luis Castillo, piano | 17 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski and M.M. Irina Kaufman-Brookes | ||
| Shuang Teng, piano | 17 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Daniel Cataneo | ||
| Sophia Yang, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Timothy Oak, cello | 17 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Earl Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Olivia Long | 15 | St Louis, MO |
| Adam Wang | 17 | MD Heights, MO |
| Students of Wen Shen | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Daniel Yoon | 15 | Frederick, MD |
| Micah Tsoi | 15 | Jefferson, MD |
| Students of Dr. Scott Beard and Faye Bonner | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Joyson Zhang, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Clive Swansbourne | ||
| Nellie Taratorin, piano | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Era Lifshitz | ||
| Raymond So, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Li Lin | ||
| Gerry Chen, violin | 16 | Cheswick, PA |
| Student of MaryBeth Schotting and Mairi Cooper | ||
| Gordon Ma, violin | 16 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-mei Ku | ||
| Jared Winograd, piano | 16 | Morganville, NJ |
| Student of Lillian Sakowski | ||
| Kristofer Apellido, piano | 16 | Oceanside, NY |
| Student of Evelyn Layug-Morin | ||
| Kylie Ting, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Rita Loffredo, piano | 16 | Hagaman, NY |
| Student of Gioacchino Longobardi | ||
| Wan Jiang, violin | 16 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of David Rosin and Ming Wang | ||
| Jerin Tomy, cello | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Hannah Kim, cello | 15 | Palo alto, Ca |
| Student of Kyeongwha Kim | ||
| Allison Kao, piano | 15 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Freya Irani, Viola | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| James Li, piano | 15 | Woodbury, Minnesota |
| Student of Jane McLain-Rondeau and Kelly Karow | ||
| Juncen Wang, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Joy niu, cello | 15 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Hong Li | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| First Place Winners | ||
| Thomas Cooper, viola | 20 | Lincoln, MA |
| Student of Peter Slowik | ||
| William Shaub, violin | 21 | New York, NY |
| Student of Cho-Liang Lin and Stephen Clapp | ||
| Jocelyn Lai, piano | 22 | New York, NY |
| Student of Julian Martin | ||
| Sarah Atwood, violin | 22 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Bayla Keyes | ||
| Su Hyun Kim, piano | 23 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Enrico Elisi | ||
| Zhi Qiao, piano | 24 | Oberlin, OH |
| Student of Peter Takacs | ||
| Pei Sin Chen, piano | 25 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Steven Glaser | ||
| Ji Eun Yook, violin | 26 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Dmitri Berlinsky | ||
| Cha Young Park, piano | 28 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Emile Naoumoff and Bradford Gowen | ||
| Elena Endeberya, piano | 28 | Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Student of Prof. A. Sevidov and Prof. N.Atlas | ||
| Haram Kim, piano | 28 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
| Minyoung Yoon, piano | 29 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Ian Hobson and Tammie Walker | ||
| Ping Feng, piano | 29 | New York, NY |
| Student of Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Sunbeam Choi, piano | 30 | Orem, UT |
| Student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Eun Yung Lee, piano | 31 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Jiyoung Kim, piano | 31 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| Soo Yoen Kim, piano | 31 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Tannis Gibson | ||
| Jin Hwa Lee, piano | 32 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Arthur Greene | ||
| Soojin Lee, Viola | 36 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Dr. Chatharine Carroll | ||
| and Mr. Masao Kawasaki | ||
| Grace Duo: | ||
| Yoojin Lee, piano | 27 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Pavel Nersessian | ||
| Young Sook Lee, cello | 31 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Michael Reynolds | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Hyeri Choi, violin | 30 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Mikhail Kopelman | ||
| Narae Joo, piano | 33 | Troy, MI |
| Student of Jean Barr | ||
| Wakarusa Trio: | ||
| Puyin Bai, Clarinet | 24 | Lawrence, KS |
| Shokhrukh Sadikov, Viola | 26 | Lawrence, KS |
| Kai Yin Crystal Lam, piano | 27 | Lawrence, KS |
| Students of Dr. Scott McBride Smith and Stephanie Zelnick | ||
| Strings Duo: | ||
| Hyeyean Jung, Viola | 29 | Suwon, Korea |
| Student of Martha Katz | ||
| Eun Jung Lee, violin | 32 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Joshua Burca, violin | 18 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Cyrus Forough | ||
| Preston Jordan Lim, cello | 18 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Alex Lim and Alberto Parrini | ||
| Jiaying Ding, piano | 19 | New York, NY |
| Student of Julian Martin and Yong Hi Moon | ||
| Patrycja Mynarska, violin | 20 | London, United Kingdom |
| Student of Krzysztof Śmietana | ||
| Szu Chen Huang, violin | 21 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lewis Kaplan | ||
| Xiaoyang Zhou, piano | 22 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu | ||
| Xixi Xiang, piano | 23 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Randall Hodgkinson and Victor Rosenbaum | ||
| Huyen Khanh Do, piano | 23 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Emile Naoumoff and Alison Edwards | ||
| Cecilia Ratna, piano | 24 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Edmund Battersby | ||
| Patrycja Slomczynska, violin | 24 | Myszkow, Poland |
| Student of Bartosz Bryla | ||
| Jongsun Lee, piano | 27 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Christopher Harding and Katherine Collier | ||
| Soojin Kim, piano | 29 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Steven Spooner | ||
| Susan Ha, piano | 29 | Wilmington, DE |
| Moon Kyoung Kim, piano | 30 | Busan, Korea |
| Student of Logan Skelton | ||
| Seungyeon Baek, piano | 31 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Jack Winerock | ||
| Leah Kang, piano | 33 | Bellflower, CA |
| Student of Arnaldo Cohen | ||
| Jason Chiu, piano | 37 | El Cerrito, CA |
| Student of Sharon Mann | ||
| Solee Lee Clark, piano | 41 | Muskegon, MI |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Ichinkhorloo Batnasan, piano | 19 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Student of Zanaa Gombojav | ||
| Corinne Penner, piano | 21 | La Mirada, CA |
| Student of Li-shan Hung | ||
| James Matthews, piano | 24 | Pensacola, FL |
| Student of Hedi Salanki-Rubardt | ||
| Victoria Park, piano | 31 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Lydia Frumkin and Dr. Anna Balakerskaia | ||
| Sunsil Lee, piano | 33 | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Student of Einar Steen-Nokleberg | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Wan Ju Ho | 27 | Lawrence, KS |
| Daniel Chia Te Liu | 30 | Lawrence, KS |
| Students of Dr. Scott McBride Smith | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| First Place Winner | ||
| Stella Tu, piano | 19 | Northbrook, IL |
| Second Place Winner | ||
| Mingran Li, piano | 23 | Washington, DC |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Millie Luk, piano | 54 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Student of Boris Zarankin | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!