International Piano and Strings Competition 2015
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2015 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.
Participants from across the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Srbija, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and South African Republic have applied for the Competition this year.
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
Winners Recitals took place on:
Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 7:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Monday, May 25, 2015 (Memorial Day) at 3:30 PM and 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Friday, July 3, 2015 (Independence Day Weekend) at 7:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, July 5, 2015 (Independence Day Weekend) at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, November 28, 2015 (Thanksgiving Weekend) at 11:30 AM, 3:30PM and 7:30PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, November 29, 2015 (Thanksgiving Weekend) at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
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 2015. 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 2015 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Janaya Lo, 8, from Mississauga, Canada, is a student of Dr. Andrea Botticelli at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. She has won top prizes and scholarships at many music festivals such as the CCC Toronto Piano Competition, including the Sonatina Trophy, the Age Achievement Trophy and the Young Artist Trophy; the North York Music Festival, and the Canadian Music Competition. Janaya was the national champion at the 2014 Canadian Music Competition in the 7 year old category. Janaya’s recent performances include the CCC Competition Gala concert, the North York Music Festival Gala concert and the RCM Showcase Concert. She has also been invited to perform as as a CMC Winner at the Mississauga Harbour Gallery of Arts in Ontario.
Leon Fei, 10, from Melbourne, Australia, is an enthusiastic music performer contributing at his primary school and within the community. He was invited to perform violin solo in an annual Christmas/NewYear charity concert in 2013 and 2014 in Melbourne, and performed for the residents at Strathdon Aged Care. Leon was awarded 1st place prizes and scholarships in various age group (8, 10, 12, 14) string competitions and Music Eisteddfods in Melbourne in 2013 and 2014. Leon has mostly attained HD (A+) for his 1-8 grade Violin and Piano AMEB examinations. He’s currently preparing for his Violin Associate Diploma (A. Mus) Exam later in 2015. Leon began studying violin with Wang Jin when he was 5.
Jessica Q. Ma, 11, from Edmonton, Canada, completed grade 10 from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada at the age of 8 and the ARCT performance diploma piano exam at the age of 10. Jessica participates in the Kiwanis Music Festival regularly and has won numerous scholarships. She was the first place winner in the 12 & under solo category at the Alberta Provincial Music Festival in 2013, as well as first place in the 16 and under solo category in 2014. Jessica was also a prize winner at the National Finals of the Canadian Music Competition in 2011, 2013 and 2014. In 2014, she won first prize in the senior category (age 24 & under) of the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition. This resulted in her performance with the Edmonton Youth Orchestra at the Winspear Centre, Edmonton in 2014.
Andrew Hong, 17, from Princeton, NJ, is currently a student at the Manhattan School of Music, where he is studying under Phillip Kawin, pupil of Dora Zaslavsky-Koch. Andrew started playing the piano at the age of 5, and since then, has developed a strong passion for music. He studied music in the United States throughout his childhood, and in 2009, he took his passion for music to Seoul, Korea, where he studied under Mi-Kyung Jang. In 2010, he was admitted into the Manhattan School of Music, and moved back to the United States. Throughout his musical career, Andrew has performed solo works in various places such as Carnegie Hall (NY), Merkin Hall (NY), Mozart Hall (Seoul, Korea), and Teatro Alfieri (Castelnuovo Di Garfagnana, Tuscany, Italy).
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 6 to 10: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Freya Pang, piano | 6 | Darien, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Jivan Ramesh, cello | 6 | Belle River, Canada |
| Student of Marion Feldman and Jenny Ramesh | ||
| Zoey Chia, piano | 7 | Perth, Australia |
| Student of Helene Lu | ||
| Amanda Chen, piano | 8 | Princeton Jct., NJ |
| Student of Jessica Tsai | ||
| Janaya Lo, piano | 8 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Andrea Botticelli | ||
| Phantharach Natnithikarat, piano | 8 | Tarang/Bangkhen, Thailand |
| Student of Narissara Pitaksereechai | ||
| Hana Taylor, violin | 10 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Andrew K. Taylor and Donald Weilerstein | ||
| Leon Fei, violin | 10 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Wang Jin | ||
| Natalie Zhang, piano | 10 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Nilly Shilo | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Casey Li Wei Xi, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Ralitsa Obretenova | ||
| Eiline Tai, cello | 6 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Jacob Rockower, piano | 6 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Jason Qian, piano | 6 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Matthew Brand, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Nicholas Wong, cello | 6 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Jing Chen | ||
| Saya Nishimura, violin | 6 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Andrea Byers | ||
| Zixuan Zhang, piano | 6 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shuwen Shen | ||
| Catherine Yoshikawa Powell, piano | 7 | Marianna, FL |
| Student of Dr. Christine Yoshikawa | ||
| Victoria Fang, piano | 7 | Guangzhou, China |
| Student of Claire Chu (Zhao Jin) | ||
| Andrew Gu, piano | 8 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Sasha Starcevich and Helen Jung | ||
| Connor Roham, piano | 8 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Jennifer Larsen | ||
| Eliza Podvalny, piano | 8 | Cortlandt Manor, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Wu Chen | ||
| Jinghan Xu, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shuwen Shen | ||
| Lea Lang, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Christine Yang | ||
| Naomi Rockower, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Yoko Mukai, piano | 8 | Kato, Japan |
| Student of Tamagotchi Onishi | ||
| Chloe Lam Zhuo Yi, harp | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Ms Katryna Tan | ||
| Elsie Lu, piano | 9 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Rada Bukhman | ||
| Jacqueline Schmeizl, piano | 9 | Simsbury, CT |
| Student of Houry Yapoujian Schmeizl | ||
| LeAnn Tai, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Esther Yoon | ||
| Ryan Liu, piano | 9 | Arlington Heights, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Alejandra Sarmiento, piano | 10 | Lighthouse Point, FL |
| Student of Maria Gomez | ||
| Alexandra Maskoff, piano | 10 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Tatiana Pikayzen | ||
| Ariya Laothitipong, piano | 10 | Yannawa, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Carey Byron, piano | 10 | Roswell, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Chloe Chen, cello | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Guo Hao | ||
| Cihan Sahin, piano | 10 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Student of Thiago Bertoldi and Tamas Reti | ||
| Iris Wu, violin | 10 | Bayside Hills, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Johanna Tam, piano | 10 | Parkland, FL |
| Student of Irena Kofman | ||
| Katherine E. Liu, piano | 10 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Dorothy Shi and Fumei Huang | ||
| Tobias Liu, violin | 10 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Zi Meng Chu, piano | 5 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Luo Hai Yue, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Allison Xia, piano | 7 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Audrey Yin, piano | 7 | Rolling Meadows, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Jiaxi Sun, piano | 7 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shuwen Shen and Mikhail Aleksandrov | ||
| Kyle Hahn, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Friedman | ||
| Stephanie Seow, piano | 7 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Eileen Chen, piano | 8 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| James Yen, piano | 8 | Missouri City, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Katie Lee, piano | 8 | Сhalfont, PA |
| Student of Sonyi Gwon | ||
| Sophie Zhu, piano | 8 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Zichun Ma, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shuwen Shen | ||
| Alyssa Gabrilovich, piano | 9 | Villanova, PA |
| Student of Igor Resnianski | ||
| Cadee Lee, piano | 9 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Young Park | ||
| Daniel Chin, violin | 9 | Windham, NH |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 9 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Isabel Mavrides, violin | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Jennifer Jang Jang, piano | 9 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Dae Hyung Ahn | ||
| Neha Singaravelan, piano | 9 | Irving, TX |
| Student of Lay-Keng Chew | ||
| Qianyuhong Shen, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Naifan Shen and Chunnuan Lu | ||
| Sean Lee, violin | 9 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Desirée Ruhstrat | ||
| Sophia Si, piano | 9 | Houston, TX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Tehila Setton, piano | 9 | Cooper City, FL |
| Student of Yevette Greene | ||
| Zhou Rong Isaiah Hui, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Leilei Ouyang | ||
| Aaron Yuan, piano | 10 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of N. Vornovitsky (Istomina) | ||
| Cherie Chung, violin | 10 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of SooJi Oh | ||
| Chin-Hung Lin, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Jamorn Supapol | ||
| Daniel Kang, violin | 10 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Elisabeth Szojka | ||
| Daniel Zhang, piano | 10 | Baldwin Place, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Wu Chen | ||
| Desmond Ng, piano | 10 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Hannah Wong, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Jessica Wu, violin | 10 | College Point, NY |
| Student of Yonitte Ryger | ||
| Jimin Yu, piano | 10 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Naifan Shen and Chunnuan Lu | ||
| Justin Yi, viola | 10 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Sung Ah Min | ||
| Kaiyi See, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Lehoang Haivan | ||
| Lavinia Tsai, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Cindy Yan | ||
| Miyabi Henriksen, violin | 10 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Natalie Hahn, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Friedman | ||
| Ovie Nirgudkar, piano | 10 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Xiao Yi Li, piano | 10 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Tanya Shevtsova | ||
| Yi Xuan Loi, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Amelia Wong | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Caroline Mlynarczyk | 7 | Vienna, Austria |
| Herbert Weissenbaeck | 10 | Vienna, Austria |
| Students of Elena Tolstykh | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Daniel Weinstok | 9 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Emma Weinstok | 9 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Students of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Alan Zhang, piano | 10 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Ashley Tsang, violin | 10 | Ardross, Australia |
| Student of Lucas O’Brien and Paul Tsang | ||
| Caroline Mlynarczyk, piano | 7 | Vienna, Austria |
| Student of Tolstykh Elena | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Doris Ngai | ||
| Christopher Chan, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kathryn Kienke | ||
| Daphne Wen, violin | 7 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of Doree Huneven | ||
| Dellara Sheibani, violin | 10 | Ashland, OR |
| Student of Faina Podolnaya | ||
| Eric Willis, violin | 7 | New Windsor, NY |
| Student of Donna Kushner | ||
| Haowen Xiao, piano | 7 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Jessica Zhong, piano | 10 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Katherine Wang, piano | 10 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Yelena Fridman | ||
| Kayleigh Kim, violin | 10 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Keith Maben, piano | 9 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Kristina Sorochan, piano | 10 | Monmouth Beach, NJ |
| Student of Lydia Megale | ||
| LeAnn Tai, violin | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Tasha Salsido | ||
| Paulina Faizulin, violin | 8 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Oleg Pavlov | ||
| Pranav Ramesh, piano | 10 | South Windsor, CT |
| Student of Rebecca M.Calissi | ||
| Reese Wang, violin | 7 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Yang Zheng | ||
| Renee Liou, piano | 10 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Robert Heims, piano | 7 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Run He Deng, piano | 7 | Zhabei Qv, China |
| Student of Jue Wang | ||
| Ryan Xu, piano | 10 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Shi En Grace Wun, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Ralitsa Obretenova | ||
| Skylar Ewe, piano | 8 | Snellville, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Sophia Yan, violin | 10 | Pully, Switzerland |
| Student of Stephanie Park Poyard | ||
| Sophie Deng, cello | 8 | Stillwater, OK |
| Student of Dr. Meredith Blecha-Wells | ||
| Tasha Piyabongkarn, piano | 9 | Medina, MN |
| Student of Dr. Megan Wallace | ||
| William Zhu, piano | 10 | Lincolnshire, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Xin Cheng Xu, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Aldartugs Lut, violin | 6 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Student of Dugarmaa | ||
| Alan Canby, violin | 10 | Martinsburg, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Rosanna Foss, piano | 6 | Manhattan Beach, CA |
| Student of Laura Cook | ||
| Reese Basham, violin | 8 | Senoia, GA |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Niyah Amezqua, piano | 7 | Tyrone, GA |
| Student of Olga Romoff | ||
| Alexis Choi, piano | 6 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Han Choi | ||
| Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Celena Ho, piano | 11 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Jessica Q. Ma, piano | 11 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Wolfram Linnebach | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 11 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Douglas Dyer, violin | 12 | Rockledge, FL |
| Student of Dr. Alvaro Gomez and Dr. Perven Murdova | ||
| Sanurak Natnithikarat, piano | 12 | Tarang/BangKhen, Thailand |
| Student of Narissara Pitaksereechai | ||
| Rachel Broweleit, cello | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison | ||
| Anna Lee, violin | 14 | Tauranga, New Zealand |
| Student of Urszula Kint | ||
| Dylan Liu, piano | 14 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Vladimir Viardo | ||
| Francesco Tirri, violin | 14 | Rome, Italy |
| Student of Maurizio Sciarretta | ||
| Gabrielle Li, cello | 14 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of James Lee | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Phoebe Liu, violin | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| Roy Xiong, piano | 14 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Cathy Lysinger | ||
| 2020 String Quartet: | ||
| Anna Shin, viola | 12 | Rockville, MD |
| Leah Mitchell, violin | 12 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Piper Suk, cello | 13 | Bethesda, MD |
| Zoe Fong, violin | 12 | Bethesda, MD |
| Students of Jorge Orozco and Maria Montano | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anthony Tan, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Hannah Gehrt, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Jarell Tang, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Winnie Tay | ||
| Justin Wang, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Kayla Cao, piano | 11 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Tatyana Lantos and Dr. Thomas Lanners | ||
| Michael Guo, cello | 11 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Zhen-lun Li | ||
| Mitchel Wang, violin | 11 | Paradise Valley, AZ |
| Student of Danwen Jiang | ||
| Alex Zhang, piano | 12 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishivili | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 12 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Esteban Castro, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Prof. Phillip Kawin | ||
| Faith Nixon, piano | 12 | Orem, UT |
| Student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Iman Bulbulia, piano | 12 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Student of Mario Nell | ||
| Masato Chang, violin | 12 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Noah Lee, piano | 12 | Woodbridge, CT |
| Student of Hyun-Sook Park | ||
| Abigail Lo, piano | 13 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Dr. Hyun-Sook Park | ||
| Adela Tran, piano | 13 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Michelle Jo Santoso | ||
| Andra Rosca, piano | 13 | Bucharest, Romania |
| Student of Gabriela Enasescu | ||
| Dimitri Galterio, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Herman Liu, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Tian Song | ||
| Hiromichi Nagayumi, piano | 13 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Yoshie Akimoto | ||
| Joshua Carlon, piano | 13 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Edward Francis Jr. | ||
| Liz Yeo, violin | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Yah Wan Har | ||
| Megan Chang, piano | 13 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Sylvia Ho | ||
| Michelle Li, violin | 13 | Centreville, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Sabrina Shuster, violin | 13 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Aaron Dou, piano | 14 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Yaroslav Pugach | ||
| Christabelle Junaidi, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Gillian Schneider, piano | 14 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Dr. Efrem Briskin | ||
| Jack Shao, piano | 14 | Glenview , IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Joshua Li, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Laura Zhang, piano | 14 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Ping-yun Hsu | ||
| Linna Yao, violin | 14 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Michelle Gan, piano | 14 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Clara Yang | ||
| Nadja Dornik, harp | 14 | Beograd, Srbija |
| Student of Dijana Sretenovic | ||
| Nicholas Abrahams, violin | 14 | Highland Beach, FL |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Nur Shaheen Zainudin, violin | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Chen Shen | ||
| Richard Xie, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| Roger Sun, violin | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu | ||
| Shaw Phillips, piano | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishvili | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Yerin Kim, violin | 14 | Northvale, NJ |
| Student of Ji Sun Kang | ||
| Trio Nuage: | ||
| Aimee Feng, piano | 12 | Great Falls, VA |
| Masato Chang, Violin | 12 | Vienna, VA |
| Colin S. Hill, Cello | 13 | Fairfax, VA |
| Students of Amy Beth Horman and John Kaboff | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Hannahlise Wang, violin | 11 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| JoAnnie Shia, piano | 11 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Carole Kriewaldt and Dr. Scott Beard | ||
| Lina Hisada, piano | 11 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Michelle Chen, piano | 11 | Overland park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Peniel Ku, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Ralitsa Boneva Obretenova | ||
| Sean Chia, piano | 11 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of KyungMi Nam | ||
| Ashley Kim, violin | 12 | Paramus, NJ |
| Student of Jisun Kang | ||
| Chaithawat Atiphophai, piano | 12 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr.Indhuon Srikranon | ||
| Julianne Huang, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Jerzy Stryjniak | ||
| Nicholas Xie, piano | 12 | Athens, GA |
| Student of Anatoly Sheludyakov | ||
| Olga Gostioujeva, piano | 12 | Maple, Canada |
| Student of Larisa Niurenberg | ||
| Van-Anh (Elizabeth) Nguyen, piano | 12 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Jackson Pope, violin | 13 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Jiayi Geng, piano | 13 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shuwen Shen and Mikhail Aleksandrov | ||
| Joshua Yu, piano | 13 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Kristian Todorov, piano | 13 | Gorna Malina, Bulgaria |
| Student of Binka Georgieva | ||
| Rina Helt, cello | 13 | Aurora, CO |
| Student of Karen Terbeek | ||
| Ryuichi Haneda Nishimura, piano | 13 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Vallan Roan, violin | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Chantal Peng, piano | 14 | Wolfville, Canada |
| Student of John Hansen | ||
| Cheryl Liang, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Tchetchko | ||
| Christopher Zou, violin | 14 | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Jessica Zhang, piano | 14 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Jonathan Li, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Timothy Yip | ||
| Katerina Paravalos, piano | 14 | Ottawa, Canada |
| Student of Ioulia Brechun | ||
| Lauren Huang, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Nathan Tseng, violin | 14 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Stefanie Wyszkowski, piano | 14 | Wadsworth, OH |
| Student of Dr. Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Tyler Maignan, violin | 14 | Wes Palm Beach, FL |
| Student of Antonio Rincon | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Jessica Tan, violin | 14 | Cheshire, CT |
| Tyler Tan, violin | 10 | Cheshire, CT |
| Students of Shan Jiang | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Austin Xie, piano | 11 | Wilton, CT |
| Student of Galina Rothschild | ||
| Emma Yang, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Amy Gustafson | ||
| Isabelle Brown-Lyden, cello | 11 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Marcie Brown | ||
| Julius Yoh, violin | 11 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Jiang Ying | ||
| Katherine Wong, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Janelle Kim | ||
| Kyle Shuler, violin | 11 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Emily Price | ||
| Yuliana Fartachuk, violin | 11 | Levittown, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Aditya Sivakumar, cello | 12 | Bridgewater, NJ |
| Student of Joseph Simon and Remo Denizi | ||
| Aleena Li, piano | 12 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Edward Dan, piano | 12 | Canal Fulton, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| John Mauro, piano | 12 | New Milford, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza, violin | 12 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Shelley Beard | ||
| Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza, viola | 12 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Shelley Beard | ||
| Ryan Mulrenan, piano | 12 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Ainslie Matthew, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Monica Lee | ||
| Alice Cai, piano | 13 | Cortlandt Manor, NY |
| Student of Shen Hui Wu-Chen | ||
| Ananya Muthukrishnan, violin | 13 | West Chester, PA |
| Student of Shelley Beard | ||
| Arik Katz, piano | 13 | Sarasota, FL |
| Student of Debbie Dunnick | ||
| Ayushi Uppal, piano | 13 | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Cemre Tugcu, piano | 13 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Jung Eun Kim | ||
| David Peng, piano | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Houpu Dou, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Jimin Hwang, piano | 13 | Tuckahoe, NY |
| Student of Kyung-Mi Nam | ||
| Kenny Liou, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Megan He, violin | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao and Hsiu-Hsiang Yang | ||
| Palita Ouyang, piano | 13 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Varinthara Varikarn | ||
| Ryan Chen, cello | 13 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of George Ginovker | ||
| Alvaro Montoya, piano | 14 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Ananya Pani, piano | 14 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Heather Rogers Riley | ||
| Andy Luo, piano | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Emily Sumpena, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Jamie Jiho Song, cello | 14 | Seoul , South Korea |
| Student of Julie Park | ||
| Jiayuan Han, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Clive Swansbourne | ||
| Katie Sesi, violin | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Keven Zhang, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Lauren Jiang, viola | 14 | Wayne, PA |
| Student of Sarah Sutton | ||
| Minhie Kwak, violin | 14 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Catherine Cary | ||
| Salvador Sanchez, piano | 14 | Elche, Spain |
| Student of Pedro Vera | ||
| SeEun Hyung, cello | 14 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Sonal Gupta, viola | 14 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Paul Manulik | ||
| Stacey Chen, piano | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
| William Seth Bertiz, piano | 14 | Valley Stream, NY |
| Student of Evelyn Layug Morin | ||
| Zhou Yijun, piano | 14 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Dr. Xi Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Cynthia Lin | 11 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Olivia Lin | 10 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Students of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Carlos Raphael Cornelio, piano | 14 | Paranaque City, Philippines |
| Student of Mae Esperanza Mencias and Clarita S. Torralba | ||
| Christina Huang, violin | 14 | Marietta , GA |
| Student of Sinisa Ciric | ||
| Sairandri Sathyanarayanan, piano | 14 | Chennai, India |
| Student of Philomena Mathew | ||
| Age Group 15 to 17: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Adriana Bay, violin | 15 | Fairfield, CT |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Albert Chen, piano | 15 | Winnipeg, Canada |
| Student of David Moroz | ||
| Ben Rhee, violin | 15 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Ann Setzer | ||
| Felicia Guo, piano | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Ho Man Cheung, piano | 15 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Liu Ming Fei | ||
| Catherine Ma, piano | 16 | North York, Canada |
| Student of James Anagnoson | ||
| Ellim Kim, piano | 16 | Millburn, NJ |
| Student of Daniel Epstein | ||
| Hannah Choi, cello | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison and Jihee Kim | ||
| Seraphin Maurice-Lutz, piano | 16 | Bamberg/Stegaurach, Germany |
| Student of Prof. Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy | ||
| Sophia Su, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Andrew W. Hong, piano | 17 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Phillip Kawin | ||
| Daniel Thorell, cello | 17 | Åkersberga, Sweden |
| Deepa Rajan, violin | 17 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Stephen Miahky and Eri Lam | ||
| Dominic Lee, cello | 17 | Tauranga, New Zealand |
| Student of Inbal Megiddo and Urszula Kint | ||
| Gennaro Cardaropoli, violin | 17 | Bracigliano, Italia |
| Student of Pavel Berman and Salvatore Accardo | ||
| Macintyre Taback, cello | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Nathalie Schmalhofer, violin | 17 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Student of Ida Bieler | ||
| Gregory Lewis, violin | 18 | Thunder Bay, Canada |
| Student of Oleg Pokhanovski | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Claire Kyoung, piano | 14 | Katy, TX |
| Grace Lee, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Students of Shu Hao Pao | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Roger Sun, violin | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu | ||
| Allie Quan, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ann Setzer | ||
| Andrew Ying, violin | 15 | Greenwood Village, CO |
| Student of Linda Wang | ||
| Angela Tran, piano | 15 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Michelle Jo Santoso | ||
| Carolyn Wong, violin | 15 | Morristown, NJ |
| Deborah Kim, violin | 15 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Shelley Livingston | ||
| Hanliang Andrew Tang, piano | 15 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Angela Wu | ||
| Hiroki Kasai, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Anna Rabinova | ||
| Jenna Wang, Cello | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Jennifer Park, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Yoo | ||
| JiaXu Chang, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Maryanne Lee, piano | 15 | San Marcos, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Natasha Saputra, piano | 15 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Dr. Takako Hayase Fraustchi | ||
| Sherry Hu, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Vivian Ni, violin | 15 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of David Adams | ||
| Wangrui Xu, violin | 15 | Guangdong, China |
| Student of Kaiyi Ma | ||
| Andrew Byun, cello | 16 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Emmanuel Feldman and Yeesun Kim-Kitchen | ||
| Caitlin Lee, cello | 16 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Malkhaz Dediashvili | ||
| Emily Lin, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yulia Atoyan | ||
| Grace Jin, piano | 16 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Yeeha Chiu | ||
| Jeeyoon Lee, violin | 16 | Alexandria, VA |
| Ka Yuk Yam, piano | 16 | Hong Kong, |
| Student of Ms Tang Nga Sum | ||
| Nathan Goldrich, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Joan Bergman | ||
| Neel Nagarajan, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elena Belli | ||
| Nicholas Kim, violin | 16 | Clarksville, MD |
| Student of Mathew Horwitz-Lee | ||
| Taiga Murooka, violin | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Wei He and Nicolas Dautricourt | ||
| Theron Masters, piano | 16 | Great Falls, VA |
| Student of Dr. Scott Beard | ||
| Vivian Liu, piano | 16 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Berlin Chen, violin | 17 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Li Lin | ||
| John Mori, piano | 17 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Edith Schiff | ||
| Kevin Huang, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Wai Lok Yim, piano | 17 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Ms Tang Nga Sum | ||
| Jeremy Rosenstock, piano | 18 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu and Ava Soifer | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jennifer Zou | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Connie Xiao | 17 | Duluth, GA |
| Students of Lois Finlay | ||
| Northview String Quartet: | ||
| Raymond Zhu, viola | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Yi-Chang Jeon, cello | 17 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Sarah Yang, violin | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Alice Lin, violin | 17 | Suwanee, GA |
| Students of Que Yang and Martin Gueorguiev | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Daniel Lee, viola | 15 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Daniel Oh, cello | 15 | La Canada, CA |
| Student of Eric Cha | ||
| Elaine Huang, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Grace Tu, piano | 15 | Glenview, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Manya Aronin, violin | 15 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Quinlan Facey, piano | 15 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Daredjan (Baya) “Kakouberi” and Albert Avadyayev | ||
| Ramya Muthukrishnan, violin | 15 | West Chester, PA |
| Student of Shelley Schleigh | ||
| William Wang, violin | 15 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Yoko Moore | ||
| Amrit Rau, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Catherine Li, piano | 16 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Julian Yu | ||
| Diana Wang, violin | 16 | Richland, WA |
| Student of Siyuan Lu and Jennifer Bai | ||
| Emily Kim, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Felix Tao Chang | ||
| Jacqueline Ching, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Anna Ching | ||
| Jennifer Zou, piano | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Joshua Yurtsever, piano | 16 | Altadena, CA |
| Student of Dr. Robert Ward | ||
| Noah Stone, piano | 16 | Atlantic Beach, FL |
| Student of Peggy Edwards | ||
| Rintaroh Shima, piano | 16 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Samantha Kao, piano | 16 | Holmdel, NJ |
| Student of Elena Belli | ||
| SeoHyun (Christina) Lee, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Scott Beard | ||
| Xiaoxuan (Emily) Chen, piano | 16 | Smithtown , NY |
| Student of Sarah Hyojung Lee | ||
| Connie Xiao, piano | 17 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Seung Yoon Lee, cello | 17 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of HyeJin Park | ||
| NJYS String Quartet: | ||
| Alex Wang, violin | 17 | Scotch Plains, NJ |
| Alec Tonno, violin | Scotch Plains, NJ | |
| Aidan Garrison, viola | Scotch Plains, NJ | |
| Iris Peng, cello | Scotch Plains, NJ | |
| Students of Philip Setzer and Milan Milinkovic | ||
| Piano Duo (Two Pianos) | ||
| Rose Hong | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| April Xie | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Nova Xu | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Nicolas Xu | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Students of Regina Syrkin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| YiYang Zhao, piano | 14 | Midvale, UT |
| Julia Ma, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Chang, violin | 15 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Barbara Xiong, piano | 15 | Brentwood, TN |
| Student of Roland Schneller | ||
| Eshwari Bhide, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Jaehoon (Kevin) Jung, cello | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Donna W Rogers | ||
| Jocelyn Hsieh, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Kevin Kang, violin | 15 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Elisabeth Szojka | ||
| Kevin Li, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Megan D’Souza, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Melika Buza, piano | 15 | Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Student of Lejla Alajbegović Šećerović | ||
| Michael Peng, violin | 15 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Leechen Zhu, piano | 15 | Delmar, NY |
| Student of Bella Brusilovsky | ||
| William Yin, piano | 15 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Svitlana Fiorito | ||
| Winston Way, piano | 15 | Hawkinsville, GA |
| Student of Jane Bickley | ||
| Younghu Park, violin | 15 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Sam Fischer and Jennifer Choi Fischer | ||
| Alexander Gilzon, piano | 16 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Svetlana Smolina | ||
| Alice Tang, piano | 16 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Cassia Wang, piano | 16 | Saint Johns, FL |
| Student of Laurent Boukobza and Kamila Shahtakhtinski | ||
| Cheyoon Lee, cello | 16 | Natick, MA |
| Student of Allison Eldredge | ||
| Jamie Maignan, piano | 16 | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Student of Yoko Sata Kothari | ||
| Jeffrey Weiner, piano | 16 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Jung Eun Kim | ||
| Laura Street, piano | 16 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Nancy Elton | ||
| Nicholas Bednar, piano | 16 | Wadsworth, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Rebecca Chuang, piano | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Natasha Borodulin | ||
| William Soong, piano | 16 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Alison Edwards | ||
| Xingyu Yang, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Alan Lee, violin | 17 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Jessie Xiao, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Kyung Eun (Christina) Baek, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rebekah Yoon | ||
| Moriah Somers, viola | 17 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Muhammad Fasbi Baharudin Yusuf, piano | 17 | Bumiayu, Indonesia |
| Student of Levi Gunardi and Dewi Argawa | ||
| Olivia Espericueta, viola | 17 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Peter Vanderslice, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Thomas Osuga | ||
| Ryan Roggenkemper, violin | 17 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Ziqi Meng, violin | 17 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Hong-Guang Jia | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Meredith Cox | 16 | Durham, NC |
| Noah Cox | 14 | Durham, NC |
| Students of Tanya Smirnov | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Miranda Chang | 14 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Young Kim | 16 | Flushing, NY |
| Students of Shufen Huang | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| George Asokumar, piano | 15 | Pelham Manor, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Hanven Yang, piano | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Ricky Cutlip, piano | 18 | Fairlawn, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Ruchy Aggarwal , piano | 15 | Massapequa, NY |
| Student of Eugenia Roszczenko-Kurianowicz | ||
| Ryan Douglas, piano | 17 | Davie, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Arthur Tang, piano | 19 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Edward Auer | ||
| Maryam Kheirbek, piano | 22 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Natalya Antonova | ||
| Chanyeong Yang, piano | 23 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Kyung seon pee | ||
| Ravenna Lipchik, violin | 23 | New York, NY |
| Student of Laurie Smukler | ||
| Da Young Kim, violin | 24 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ronald Copes and Luarie Smukler | ||
| Li Zuo, piano | 25 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen | ||
| Paul-Edouard Senentz, cello | 25 | Union City, NJ |
| Student of Richard Aaron and Denis Severin | ||
| Sansung Aum, piano | 25 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Enrico Elisi | ||
| Gayoung (Sharon) Cho, violin | 27 | New Brunswick, NJ |
| Seunghyun Kang, cello | 27 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Dan Zhang, viola | 28 | Leesburg, VA |
| Student of Doris Lederer and Ettore Causa | ||
| Jing Yang, violin | 28 | New Haven , CT |
| Student of Hyo Kang | ||
| Lin Chang, doublebass | 28 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Jack Budrow | ||
| Wenjing Liu, piano | 28 | Iowa City, IA |
| Student of Dr. Ksenia Nosikova and Prof. Gellert Modos | ||
| Sungwon Jung, violin | 29 | Evanston, IL |
| Student of Nelson Lee and Almita Vamos | ||
| Hye Jin Yeom, piano | 30 | Lexington , KY |
| Student of Dr. Irina Voro | ||
| Iejin Rhee, piano | 30 | Rochester, NY |
| Misun Moon, piano | 30 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| Yeonwoo Seo, cello | 30 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Dmitry Kouzov | ||
| Jonghun Park, piano | 31 | East Landsing, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| So Young Kwon, violin | 31 | South Easton, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Yeonhee Park, piano | 31 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Pavel Nersessian | ||
| Yun-Ae Ok, piano | 32 | Okemos, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| Heecheong Boo, viola | 35 | Alexandria, VA |
| Aleksander Liszka, violin | 36 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Dr. Piotr Milewski and Dr. Wonbin Yim | ||
| Igor Kalnin, violin | 38 | Champaign, IL |
| FangFang Shi Inouye, piano | 41 | Cerritos , CA |
| Viva Quartet: | ||
| Jiwon Jun, violin | Seoul, South Korea | |
| Mijung Kim, violin | ||
| Yeaseul Kim, viola | ||
| Kisun Hur, cello | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Jaehyeon Ha, cello | 32 | Chelsea, MA |
| Student of Rhonda Rider | ||
| Joo Young Moon, piano | 36 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
| Piano Quartet: | ||
| Heecheong Boo, viola | 35 | Alexandria, VA |
| JinYoung Chang, piano | 34 | Falls Church, VA |
| Minsun Kang, violin | 33 | Alexandria, VA |
| Jongbin Kim, cello | 33 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Amit Peled and Michael Mermagen | ||
| Eclat Piano Trio: | ||
| Heejung Jung, cello | 34 | Fairfax, VA |
| Jie Hyue Kim, violin | 35 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Emil Chudnovsky | ||
| Janghyo Yoo, piano | 35 | Alexandria, VA |
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Alberto Tessarotto, piano | 19 | Oderzo (Treviso), Italy |
| Student of Stefano Fiuzzi and Alberto Miodini | ||
| Sofia Gelsomini, violin | 19 | Rovigo , Italy |
| Student of Ilya Grubert | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jakub Dubik, cello | 19 | Warsaw, Poland |
| Student of Prof. Tomasz Strahl | ||
| Jane Liu, piano | 19 | Sydney, Australia |
| Karolina Tomaszewska, piano | 21 | Lublin, Poland |
| Student of Edward Wolanin | ||
| Yeri Roh, violin | 21 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hyo Kang | ||
| Alexandria Midcalf, violin | 22 | Mt. Pleasant, MI |
| Student of Dr. Fangye Sun | ||
| Maria Isabel Perez Dobarro, piano | 22 | New York , NY |
| Evelyn Wing-Yan Lam, piano | 23 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Natalya Antonova | ||
| Hyewoon Chang, piano | 23 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of John Perry | ||
| Katarzyna Olszewska, violin | 23 | Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Student of Sławomir Tomasik | ||
| Anna Kosinska, violin | 24 | Jelenia Gora, Poland |
| Student of Bogdan Szczerkowski | ||
| Hanzheng Li, piano | 24 | Medford, MA |
| Student of Victor Rosenbaum | ||
| Wing Yi Cheung, piano | 24 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Christopher Harding | ||
| Igor Do Amaral, piano | 25 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Pui Kei Lau, piano | 25 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Sungah Kim, violin | 25 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Mark Kaplan | ||
| Huan Yang, piano | 26 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Krystyna Raczyńska, piano | 26 | Warsaw, Poland |
| Student of Ewa Poblocka | ||
| Mina Koike, piano | 26 | New York, NY |
| Student of Victor Rosenbaum | ||
| Soobin Lee, piano | 26 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Yunjin Lee, piano | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Enrico Elisi | ||
| Eun Kyung Noh, cello | 27 | East lansing, MI |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Xing Rong, piano | 27 | Denton , TX |
| Student of Joseph Banowetz and Alexander Korsantia | ||
| Eunbi Kim, piano | 28 | New York, NY |
| Student of Anthony de Mare | ||
| Han Wang, piano | 28 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Steven Spooner | ||
| Minjae Kim, piano | 28 | East lansing, MI |
| Student of Minsoo Sohn | ||
| Siu Yin Lie, piano | 28 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Uriel Tsachor | ||
| Christopher Schoelen, guitar | 29 | Randolph Center, VT |
| Student of Eliot Fisk | ||
| Dion Cunningham, piano | 30 | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Student of Dr. Cleveland Page and Marian Hahn | ||
| Michelle Cho, cello | 30 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Hyejin Jo, piano | 31 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Panayis Lyras and Gabriel Chodos | ||
| Junghyun Son, piano | 31 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Hyunki Yoon, piano | 33 | Kansas City, MO |
| Student of Robert Weirich | ||
| Moonhyuk Choi, piano | 33 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Shenhua Hu, violin | 33 | Riverside, CA |
| Student of Suli Xue | ||
| Blandine Waldmann, piano | 39 | Le Vesinet, France |
| Ji Hyun Hong, piano | 39 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Andrew Park | ||
| Bach Trio: | San Jose, CA | |
| Matt Wang, piano | ||
| August Lee, cello | ||
| Tim Yip, violin | ||
| “Duo Synaesthetic”: | ||
| Natalia Korenchuk, violin | 28 | Wichita, KS |
| Student of Selim Giray | ||
| Michael Carp, marimba | 22 | Wichita, KS |
| Student of Robert McCormick and Gerald Scholl | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Krystyna Raczyńska, piano | 26 | Warsaw, Poland |
| Oriana Masternak, violin | 28 | Krakow, Poland |
| Trio Zhong: | ||
| Yanyan Lin, cello | 19 | Shanghai, China |
| Wenqi Li, piano | 25 | Shanghai, China |
| Boyang Tian, violin | 22 | Shanghai, China |
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Christopher Banka, piano | 19 | Maplewood, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Joel Hastings | ||
| Maria Chiara Mazza, piano | 19 | Albavilla, Italy |
| Student of Stefano Fiuzzi and Claudia Boz | ||
| Darren Chen, piano | 20 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Dokyung Oh, piano | 20 | Murray, UT |
| Student of Dr. Ning Lu | ||
| Matthew Peavoy, piano | 21 | Red Deer, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Michael Kim | ||
| Monika Miodragovic, piano | 21 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Christopher Harding and Rebecca Penneys | ||
| Soeun Lee, piano | 22 | Rochester, NY |
| Aleksandra Koziol, piano | 23 | Warszawa Wesola, Poland |
| Student of Elzbieta Karas | ||
| Sunghwan Suk, piano | 25 | Huntington, NY |
| Minghong Sun, piano | 28 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Mei Liang | ||
| Sunhwa Hong, piano | 30 | Bayside, NY |
| Darren Wirth, piano | 32 | Aurora, CO |
| Bin Xu, piano | 34 | Beijing, China |
| Photos Hadjiloizou, piano | 35 | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Hyun Hee Park, piano | 44 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Roger Lord | ||
| Kristina Foltz, piano | 45 | San Francisco, CA |
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Eun Ha Kwon Kwon, violin | 18 | Changwon, South Korea |
| Heari Na, violin | 20 | Busan, South Korea |
| Amateur Category: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNER | ||
| Andrew Chung, cello | 19 | La Crescenta, CA |
| Thomas Dobrovich, piano | 20 | Georgetown, Canada |
| Student of Yaroslav Pugach | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ho Chun Chan, piano | 23 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Tang Nga Sum | ||
| Peikang Song, piano | 28 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Pen-Shan Hu | ||
| Winnie Leung, piano | 24 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Tang Nga Sum | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Milla Nyaga, piano | 30 | Houston, TX |
| Miguel Balleza, violin | 22 | |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!