International Piano and Strings Competition 2016
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2016 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, United Kingdom, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia 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:
Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Monday, May 30, 2016 (Memorial Day) at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Friday, June 24, 2016, at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 11:30 AM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 3:30 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 2016. 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 2016 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Leo Bailey-Yang is a happy 8 year old boy who started to learn piano aged 6. A year later he became the world fastest and youngest person to pass ABRSM grade 8 piano, with a very high distinction (144 out of 150), having just turned 7. Leo appeared on TV’s Britain’s Got Talent, featuring in all the main UK newspapers. His act garnered 2 million viewers on YouTube, making him the most popular British pianist. In 2015, Leo gained his ATCL (Associate of Trinity College London) Diploma after just a few months’ practice, making him, at 7 years old, the world’s youngest to achieve a university music degree.
Nathaniel Zhang, from Folsom CA, is 8 years old and he has been learning piano since 5. He won 1st places in 2015 US Open Music Competition piano solo showcase category and in 2015 California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) Honors Auditions (Category 7 and Under). For two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), Nathaniel won 1st places in the International Piano Festival of California and in the Classical Master Music Festival. He was selected as one of the semi-finalists of 2015 Langlang Allianz Junior Music Camp from over 300 applicants of 49 countries.
Yoko Mukai (9 years old), born in Suzhou (Japan), is the youngest classical pianist reported by Japanese Kobe Shimbun. At the age of 4 and a half, she began to learn the piano, starting piano instructions at age 6 from Prof. Pangbo from the Zhou Guangren Piano Art Center in Beijing. When she was 8, Yoko Mukai received the piano instruction from Prof. Kikuchi Reiko of Tokyo College of Music. In 2014, Yoko attended the Summer Music Festival in Poland as the youngest star. She performed the Carnegie Hall Awards Concert in New York in 2015.
Jane Wei, 11, started her piano studies at age 6. In 2012, she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and started taking lessons from Tatyana Bayliyeva, a dedicated Russian trained instructor & soloist. Jane has attended and successfully completed the National Piano Guild Auditions four times. She has been working on music theory and has passed the Trinity theory exam. Jane participated in the Dennis Alexander Piano Competition in 2012, 2013, and 2015, and won first place each time. In 2015, she won first place in the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico Central District Honors Program and also took first place in the New Mexico State Honors competition.
Kelly Zheng is a sophomore at Avon High School. Starting her piano studies at age 4, Kelly won first and grand prizes in the levels 1-4 division at the 2006 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kelly studies with Sima Brodsky at the University of Hartford Hartt School Community Division. Her musical achievements include winning the CTSMTA Select Student and Audrey Thayer Competitions, 2008-2011; first place and Best Performance of Commissioned Work in the 2012 Renee B. Fisher Competition; best performance, prize and composer awards in the URI Piano Competition, 2009-2015; and first place in the Virtuoso Piano Competition, 2013-2014.
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Giulianna Hashemi-Asasi, 14, from La Jolla, CA, is a 9th grader and has been playing piano since the age of 4. She has participated in numerous local and regional competitions and most recently has won first place in the US International Duo Piano Competition in Colorado Springs in two categories, with her duo and quartet. She also plays the cello and has participated in various competitions and music festivals locally and abroad.
Nikki Wu, 13, from San Diego, CA, is an eighth grader at Oak Valley Middle School and has been studying the piano since the age of 5. She has participated in numerous competitions and most recently won first place with her duo at the US International Duo Piano Competition in Colorado Springs. Nikki also plays the violin in her school orchestra.
Ian Kim, 15, is currently a sophomore at Saratoga High School. Ian began playing the cello at age nine and is currently studying with Jonathan Koh. A winner of many competitions, Ian’s prizes in 2015 include the first places in the DVC/HNU Young Artist Strings Competition, the AFAF Golden Era of Romantic Music Competition, and the American Protégé International Concerto Competition, for which he performed at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall last December. Ian won this year’s Saratoga High School concerto competition and will make his solo debut with Saratoga Strings Orchestra in the spring of 2016.
Kevin Su, 15, from Boyds, Maryland, is studying piano under Dr. Marjorie Lee, and composition under Dr. Judah Adashi at Peabody Preparatory. Kevin started his piano at four with Elena Arseniev and has remained passionate about music although he had a severe finger injury. Kevin has won many piano and composition competitions such as 2014 VMTA state audition, the Best Performance Award in American Protégé Winners’ Recital in 2012, a national finalist in 2015 MTNA Composition. Kevin was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, DiCaprio Theater, Alden Theater, Kennedy Center, Department of State in Washington D.C, and Vienna, Austria. As a conductor, Kevin has directed his school orchestra club having performed successfully in the 2015 school winter concert.
Peter Wang, 16, from West Roxbury, MA, has been a dedicated musician and plays both piano and violin. He was the first place winner in both American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music and International Music Talent Competition. He has won the first prize for a Romantic Work and Special prize for a Sonata in New York International Piano Festival Competition. Peter won first prizes in Steinway Society piano competition, Bay State Piano Contest by Massachusetts Music Teacher Association and South Shore Conservatory piano competition. He was the winner of American Fine Arts Festival Competitions which resulted in a Weill Hall (Carnegie Hall) performances.
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Arthur Zhou, piano | 5 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Ava Pakiam, violin | 5 | Washington, DC |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Giselle Wu, piano | 6 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Clare Chiang | ||
| Eiline Tai, cello | 7 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Joshua Kovac, cello | 8 | Olathe, KS |
| Student of Daniel Veis | ||
| Leo Bailey-Yang, piano | 8 | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Student of Simon Bottomley | ||
| Meagan Lee, piano | 8 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Nathaniel Zhang, piano | 8 | Folsom, CA |
| Student of Tien Hsieh and Sylvia Hsieh | ||
| Weetiwat Siriwattanakorn, piano | 8 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Amanda Chen, piano | 9 | Princeton Jct, NJ |
| Student of Jessica Tsai | ||
| Daniel Lee, violin | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Papova | ||
| Hailey Kim, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Lanxiao Wu, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Cindy Yan | ||
| Yoko Mukai, piano | 9 | Kato, Japan |
| Student of Kikuchi Reiko | ||
| Abigale Wee, violin | 10 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Edward Wilcox | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 10 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| David Deutsch | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Theo Dearborn | 9 | La Mesa, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Julianne Zhou | 9 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Arthur Zhou | 5 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Students of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Jason Chen, piano | 5 | Orange, CT |
| Student of Felicia Zhang | ||
| Danica Scofield, piano | 6 | Blaine, MN |
| Student of Dr. Megan Wallace | ||
| David (D.J.) Wang, piano | 6 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Robin Scott | ||
| Aiden Kim, cello | 7 | Anaheim Hills, CA |
| Student of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Chloe Lee, violin | 7 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Chloe Palmes, piano | 7 | Morton Grove, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Elisabeth Lang, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Junko Ichikawa | ||
| Ethan Nie, piano | 7 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Joshuanne Su En Yeh, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Ye Lin | ||
| Kaitlyn, Yu Xin Tan, Harp | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| Matthew Brand, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Vincent Pham, piano | 7 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Vladimir Khokhlov | ||
| Xiting Liu, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Hui Juan | ||
| Zachary Kim, cello | 7 | Anaheim Hills, CA |
| Student of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Derek Lee, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Hailey Culp, piano | 8 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Ava Harhay, piano | 9 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Chloe, Yi Yin Liow, harp | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan Huey Wern | ||
| Darius Fan, piano | 9 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Pippa Borisy | ||
| Emily Wu, piano | 9 | West Chester, PA |
| Student of Joy Kiszely | ||
| Isabel Ho, Irish harp | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| Janaya Lo, piano | 9 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Andrea Botticelli | ||
| Leo Gennari, violin | 9 | Gabicce Mare, Italy |
| Student of Maurizio Sciarretta | ||
| Minji Kim, violin | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hoisu Ko | ||
| Renee Yadav, Pedal harp | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Rita Sari | ||
| Risa Kakizoe, violin | 9 | Washington , DC |
| Student of Henry Flory and Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Victoria Tan, piano | 9 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of William McNally | ||
| Ayla Kalbiyeva, piano | 10 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Student of Nigar Najafova | ||
| Catherine Kung, violin | 10 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Student of Jenny Gregoire | ||
| Conan Chang, violin | 10 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Jisun Kang | ||
| Daniel Chin, violin | 10 | Windham, NH |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Emma Erickson, piano | 10 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Emma Luo, piano | 10 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Grace Long | ||
| Isabel Mavrides, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Jaime Chew, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Benjamin Loh | ||
| Kathleen Gurning, piano | 10 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Lea Lang, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Keiko Tokunaga | ||
| Marcus Lee, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Neha Singaravelan, piano | 10 | Irving, TX |
| Student of Lay-Keng Chew | ||
| Nok Him (Mimi) Li, piano | 10 | Fort Worth, TX |
| Student of Vladimir Viardo and Yu-Ching Lily Hsu | ||
| Somang Lindsey Yang, piano | 10 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Andrew Zador | ||
| Xinyan Lu, piano | 10 | Cypress, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jason Qian | 7 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Skylar Ewe | 9 | Snellville, GA |
| Students of Frances Yao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Ethan Nie | 7 | Marietta, GA |
| Hailey Culp | 8 | Suwanee, GA |
| Students of Ping Xu | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Shirley Xu, piano | 10 | |
| Annabelle Wang, piano | 10 | |
| Grace Sun, piano | 10 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Katelyn Pei, piano | 6 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Liliya Maslov | ||
| Natasha Francesca Paran, violin | 6 | Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Student of Dr Thia Sock Siang | ||
| Dazhen Lu, piano | 7 | Wuhan, China |
| Micah Chong, piano | 7 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Reuben E-Jay Loke, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Wendy Lim and Mac Chang | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 7 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Rose Bogossian | ||
| Angelina Hubertus, piano | 8 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Tatiana Kunik | ||
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 8 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Kyle Hahn, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Runhe Deng, piano | 8 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Jue Wang | ||
| Asher Jiang, piano | 9 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Ella Shen, piano | 9 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Frank Levy | ||
| Eugenie S. Lim, violin | 9 | Kennesaw , GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| Hsien En Shannen Tay, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Justina Wang, piano | 9 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Student of Dorothy Shi | ||
| Minchaya Sirilerdsacksakul, piano | 9 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Viphu Yamvinij and Pittipol Kantavat | ||
| Nikki Poon, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Xu Jueyi | ||
| Amolnut Vanichjakvong, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Irina Novikova | ||
| Angelica Frude, piano | 10 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Jane Oleshkevich | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Rimma Agami and Chiahsin Chu | ||
| Daniel Wang, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Emily Jiwon Hwang, viola | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Sujung Seok | ||
| Keith Maben, piano | 10 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Lawrence Zhang, piano | 10 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Marcus Lee, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Joanna Jenner | ||
| Michelle Qiu, piano | 10 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Natalie Huang, piano | 10 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Ivy Chen | ||
| Noel Jones, violin | 10 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Wenyuan Gu | ||
| Ram Narayanan, violin | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Ray Iwazumi | ||
| Tehila Setton, piano | 10 | Cooper City, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Vivian Zhu, piano | 10 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Wilson Li, piano | 10 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Yunseok Choi, piano | 10 | Auburndale, MA |
| Student of Inyoung Kim | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Eric Wang, piano | 6 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| George Li, piano | 6 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Nadia Mezey | ||
| Zian Yang, piano | 6 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| Zitong (Jessica) Zhao, piano | 6 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| Kiera Maben, piano | 7 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Lisa Wei, violin | 7 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng and Wei Chiu | ||
| Scot Fan, violin | 7 | Box Hill, Australia |
| Student of Cong Gu | ||
| Shin Robbie Koh, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Hannah Wang, piano | 8 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Mo-ah Kim | ||
| Robert Heims, piano | 8 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Ryan Ayers, piano | 8 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Ryan Chen, piano | 8 | Greenvale, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| ShengYi (Judy) Xu, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Tan TianHong | ||
| Tobi Clark, piano | 8 | Ferny Hills, Australia |
| Student of Lana Higson | ||
| York Zhou, piano | 8 | LaGrangeville, NY |
| Student of Peter Krauss | ||
| Alanna Crouch, piano | 9 | Romford, United Kingdom |
| Student of Tom Donald and Christine Croshaw | ||
| Edward Li, piano | 9 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Yuting Li | ||
| Emma Lai, piano | 9 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy and Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Hanzhang Sun, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Joey Zhu, piano | 9 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Julianne Zhou, piano | 9 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Jonathan Lin, piano | 9 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Maggie Yuan, piano | 9 | Edina, MN |
| Student of Jean Krinke | ||
| Prestin Kim, cello | 9 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Danielle Cho | ||
| Ruoyan Zhu, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Scarlett Kaplan, piano | 9 | Pelham, NY |
| Victoria Tan, violin | 9 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Jiajun Su and Annie Park | ||
| Amy Koo, piano | 10 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Andrew Huang, piano | 10 | Westlake, OH |
| Student of Shulamite Chu | ||
| Arsen Aslan Uulu, violin | 10 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Aslan Isabaev | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Natasha Makhijani and Chiahsin Chu | ||
| Daniel Oh, violin | 10 | North Wales, PA |
| Student of Yevgeniy Dyo | ||
| Laura Wang, violin | 10 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Sheri Neubaue and Charles Parker | ||
| Simona Itkin, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatyana Stignev | ||
| Tasha Piyabongkarn, piano | 10 | Medina, MN |
| Student of Dr. Megan Wallace and Dr. Christopher Wallace | ||
| Xuai Darby, piano | 10 | United Kingdom |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Youngsung Sim, piano | 10 | Hopewell Junction, NY |
| Student of Becky Park | ||
| Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jane Wei, piano | 11 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Nathan Vidhayasirinun, piano | 11 | Samuthprakarn, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Tretip Kamolsiri | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 12 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Agatha Hou | ||
| Chelsea Ahn, piano | 14 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Jennifer Mok | ||
| Christabelle Wan Yu Sheum, harp | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| Herman Liu, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Jason Tam, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Kelly Zheng, piano | 14 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Sima Brodsky | ||
| Ryan Cho, violin | 14 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Zina Gendel | ||
| Shelley Choi, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Prof. Yookyung Min | ||
| Trio Etoile: | ||
| Jian Mostaghim, cello | 12 | McLean, VA |
| Carina Kong, piano | 11 | Herndon, VA |
| Kayleigh Kim, violin | 11 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Students of Amy Beth Horman and Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | Oakville, Canada | |
| Eric Tan | 12 | |
| Ethan Liu | 12 | |
| Students of Olga Chichova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Giulianna Hashemi-Asasi | 14 | La Jolla, CA |
| Nikki Wu | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Arizona Sunshine Trio: | ||
| Angela Kan, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Johnathan Pak, cello | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Belle Wang, violin | 14 | Mesa, AZ |
| Students of Yali Luo and Danwen Jiang | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Holly Lam, violin | 14 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich and Yakov Shapiro | ||
| Collin Wong, violin | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Yakov Shapiro | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Christina Dong, piano | 11 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Justin Yi, viola | 11 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Melody Chang, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Judy Huang | ||
| Ryan Chun, piano | 11 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Dr. Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Sparsh Johri, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Tina Algeri, piano | 11 | Perth, Australia |
| Student of Stephanie Huang and Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| William Graf, piano | 11 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Darya Gabay | ||
| Xianzhi Lei, piano | 11 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Jingzhuang Yao | ||
| Ethan Jiang, piano | 12 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Isabella Yuan, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sam Fischer | ||
| Julianne Huang, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Philip Hoover, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sheila Keats | ||
| Sz Tsit Liu, piano | 12 | Hong Kong, China |
| Weixuan Zhang, guitar | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 13 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Campbell Herring, violin | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sean Lee | ||
| Daniel Chang, piano | 13 | Pearland, TX |
| Student of Alicia Shirley | ||
| Eric Luo, piano | 13 | Valencia, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Isabelle Brown-Lyden, cello | 13 | Alameda, Ca |
| Student of Marcie Brown and Andy Luchansky | ||
| Jadis Chen, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Rose Chen | ||
| Jason Lee, piano | 13 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Kevin Ou, piano | 13 | Rowland Heights, CA |
| Student of Jeffrey Lavner | ||
| Melody Miao, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Sabina Su, cello | 13 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Dan Levitov and Ning Wang | ||
| Vera Hong, violin | 13 | Simi Valley, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Victoria Graf, piano | 13 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Darya Gabay | ||
| Anna Fang, violin | 14 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of Zun Xian Zhou | ||
| Belle Wang, violin | 14 | Mesa, AZ |
| Student of Danwen Jiang | ||
| Benjamin Shih, viola | 14 | Santa Clara , CA |
| Student of Yenyin Lee | ||
| Caroline Ma, piano | 14 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Maggie Francis | ||
| Christabelle Junaidi, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Devin Lai, violin | 14 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Hong-Guang Jia | ||
| Holly Lam, piano | 14 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Jerry Peng, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Joy Quan, piano | 14 | Parkland, FL |
| Student of Irena Kofman | ||
| Sally Han, violin | 14 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Vera Ann Yap Min Hui, Harp | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| William Gu, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Katherine Zhao, piano | 10 | |
| Leo Liang, piano | 11 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Andrew Pu | 11 | |
| Sunny Fan | 11 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| David Su | 12 | East Amherst, NY |
| Vivian Zheng | 12 | Amherst, NY |
| Students of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Avelyn Kulsomphob | 12 | Holladay, UT |
| Richard Niu | 13 | Sandy, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Patricia Hsieh | 13 | |
| Brian Hsiao | 13 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Cello Quintet: | Glastonbury, CT | |
| Madeleine Hong, cello | 14 | |
| Esther Shen, cello | 13 | |
| Alexander Richter, cello | 14 | |
| Olivia Lee, cello | 12 | |
| Allen Zheng, cello | 12 | |
| Students of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | San Diego, CA | |
| Melody Miao | 12 | |
| Simran Deokule | 15 | |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | Johns Creek, GA | |
| Eileen Liu | 14 | |
| Emilie Lin | 14 | |
| Students of Frances Yao | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aaron Yuan, piano | 11 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Natalya Vornovitsky (Istomina) | ||
| Avelyn Kulsomphob, piano | 11 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Howard Dai, piano | 11 | Northbrook, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Kayla Lang, violin | 11 | Andover, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Kayleigh Kim, violin | 11 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Miyabi Henriksen, violin | 11 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Natalie Hahn, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Rebecca Gao, piano | 11 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Sippakorn Vikornvongvanich, piano | 11 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Varinthara Varikarn | ||
| Xinan Liu, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Hui Juan | ||
| Daniel Chen, piano | 12 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishvili | ||
| Eva Shen, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Frank Levy | ||
| Justin Wang, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Robert Ratin, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Victor Klimin | ||
| Thanh Cong Xuan, piano | 12 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Tran Van Co | ||
| Alisha Jayamohan, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matthew Lewis Wang | ||
| Anna Hu, violin | 13 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Cynthia Chen, violin | 13 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Asya Meshberg | ||
| Isaac Moorman, piano | 13 | Melbourne, FL |
| Student of Anne Louis Turgeon | ||
| Janhavi Kulkarni, piano | 13 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Tasha Pais, piano | 13 | Metuchen, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Alexander Beridze | ||
| Wenson Tang, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Alexander Lin, violin | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Ryan Chen | ||
| Alexandra Nantier, cello | 14 | Fairfax Station, VA |
| Student of Dr. John Gevorkian | ||
| Aman Jina, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of David Vandereyk | ||
| Angela Ryu, violin | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Byungwoo Kim | ||
| Collin Wong, piano | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Isabella Pu, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Nancy Elton | ||
| Jennifer Deng, violin | 14 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| Jewel Han, violin | 14 | Ashland, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Katherine Sparling, piano | 14 | Media, PA |
| Student of Iris Blanco | ||
| Sehong Park, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Teddi Yoo, violin | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Lya Stern | ||
| Wesley Luh, Viola | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yen-Yin Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Clara Keller | 10 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Christina Keller | 13 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Students of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| BERC String Quartet: | ||
| Rebecca Lee, violin | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin and Katalin Viszmeg | ||
| Euann Gu, viola | 13 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin and Steve Larson | ||
| Brant Barbera-Hwang, cello | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Claire Lee, violin | 13 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin and Seulye Park | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Calista Suherman, piano | 11 | South San Francisco, CA |
| Gabriel Madan, piano | 11 | Tiburon, CA |
| Student of Ronald McFarland | ||
| Jeffrey Wu, piano | 11 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Ella Kromin | ||
| Katherine Yue, piano | 11 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishvili | ||
| Keira Konson, piano | 11 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Lillian Li, piano | 11 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Samuel Krem, violin | 11 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Cohler | ||
| Andrea Shang, piano | 12 | Wayland, MA |
| Student of Lu Lu | ||
| Asia Hickman, piano | 12 | West Point, NY |
| Student of Yuvonne Lau | ||
| Austin Zhu, piano | 12 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Isabella Geraci, piano | 12 | Cooper City, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Miya Babchuk, piano | 12 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Keren Neeman | ||
| Roopa Ranganath, piano | 12 | Melbourne, FL |
| Student of Pervin Muradov | ||
| Victoria Levy, piano | 12 | Fort Salonga, NY |
| Yu Ze Ethan Tan, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Anni Zhang, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Audrey Vanderslice, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Charlie Liu, piano | 13 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Lena Zuiff | ||
| Dakota Betts, piano | 13 | Glenview, IL |
| Student of Dr. Akiko Konishi | ||
| Dylan Giglio, piano | 13 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Emilee Kitmahawong, violin | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Min Sun Kim | ||
| Isabella Wu, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Jazmin Adachi, piano | 13 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Jessica Pan, piano | 13 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Brent Runnels | ||
| John Mauro, piano | 13 | New Milford, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Samuel Li, piano | 13 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Timothy Qian, viola | 13 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min and Georg Philipp Telemann | ||
| Trisha Nair, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Deborah Bruns-Cook | ||
| Andy Lo, piano | 14 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Rose Bogossian | ||
| Christina Huang, violin | 14 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Sinisa Ciric | ||
| Christina Gong, violin | 14 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Demi Wang, violin | 14 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-Mei Ku | ||
| Jack Liu, piano | 14 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Roger Lord | ||
| Janice Kasiman, cello | 14 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Jiddu Vega, violin | 14 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Rosa Rabinovich | ||
| Katie Joo, violin | 14 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Menaka Fernando, piano | 14 | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Chunli Xu | ||
| Neha Sandesh, piano | 14 | Hopewell Junction, NY |
| Student of E.Y.Park | ||
| Rachel Gu, violin | 14 | Belmont, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Serena Lee, piano | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Vivian Lee, violin | 12 | New York, NY |
| Ajita Bala, Violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Students of Olga Papova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Timothy Dang | 13 | Westlake, OH |
| Vincent Lin | 13 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Students of Esther Chu | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Joyce Liang, piano | 13 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Julia Zhao, piano | 13 | Satellite Beach, FL |
| Student of Pervin Muradov | ||
| Belinda Wang, violin | 14 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-Mei Ku | ||
| Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Danyoung Kim, viola | 15 | Montvale, NJ |
| Student of Jin Kyung Park and Karen Ritscher | ||
| Ian Kim, cello | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Jenny Yao, piano | 15 | Mount Pleasant, SC |
| Student of Ran Dank | ||
| Joon Kyun, cello | 15 | Concord, MA |
| Student of Allison Eldredge | ||
| Kevin Su, piano | 15 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| McCall Andersen, violin | 15 | Brigham City, UT |
| Student of Eugene Watanabe | ||
| Nathaniel Zhang, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of John Weems | ||
| Raffaella Cardaropoli, cello | 16 | Bracigliano, Italy |
| Student of Ilie Ionescu and Sollima Giovanni | ||
| Jacqueline Hahn, viola | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Toby Appel | ||
| Peter Wang, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Natalia Harlap | ||
| Sabrina Tsoi, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Samuele Cocchi, violin | 16 | San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy |
| Student of Sciarretta Maurizio | ||
| Jonathan Lai, Double Bass | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Eugene Levinson | ||
| Kristine Choi, violin | 17 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Ronald Patterson | ||
| Andrew Hahn, Bassoon | 18 | New York, NY |
| Student of Marc Goldberg | ||
| Gun Chaikittiwatana, piano | 18 | Kanchanaburi, Thailand |
| Student of Eri Nakagawa | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Alison Xin, piano | 15 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Amy Dunphy, cello | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Angie Zheng, piano | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Antoniu Nagy, piano | 15 | Brescia, Italy |
| Student of Stefano Miceli | ||
| Dylan Liu, piano | 15 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Dr. Vladimir Viardo and Yu-Ching Lily Hsu | ||
| Emily Wang, piano | 15 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Joan Behrens Bergman | ||
| Erica Kan E Shan, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Octaviani | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Jason Zheng, piano | 15 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Joanne Kim, piano | 15 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Jonathan Zhi, piano | 15 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Christina Long | ||
| Julia Yuan, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sam Fischer | ||
| Kejun Chen, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarah Lee | ||
| Lauren Nguyen, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Joanna Zane Fan | ||
| Minjee Jung, viola | 15 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Shawn Chen, piano | 15 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Tatyana Lantos | ||
| Alexis Ren, piano | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Catharine Lysinger | ||
| Alice Zhang, piano | 16 | Dallas, TX |
| Barbara Xiong, piano | 16 | Brentwood, TN |
| Student of Roland Schneller | ||
| Christine Cho, piano | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Debra Grace Jia-En Lim, piano | 16 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Student of Shuenda Wong | ||
| Esther Chae, viola | 16 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Yen-yin Lee | ||
| Ivan Yumagulov, piano | 16 | Syracuse, NY |
| Student of Charis Dimaras | ||
| Jada Campbell, piano | 16 | Parkland, FL |
| Student of Dr. Irena Kofman | ||
| Jarom Martineau, piano | 16 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Jonathan Huang, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ming-I Chen | ||
| Kenneth Han, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mie Hee Park | ||
| Megan Low, harp | 16 | Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| Minju Kim, piano | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
| Roger Sun, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Ryan Chen and Aimei Liu | ||
| Samuel Chaffee, piano | 16 | Macedonia, OH |
| Student of Andrew Focks and Yuka Nakayama | ||
| Susannah Cowley, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Taehyoung Roh, violin | 16 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Yoojin Jang | ||
| Bianca Beng, harp | 17 | Singapore |
| Student of Katryna Tan | ||
| Daniel Fulop, piano | 17 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Student of Jozsef Sarmai | ||
| Gabriel Ramos, cello | 17 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Rosalind Leavell and Sonny Enslen | ||
| Hans Chan, piano | 17 | St. Louis, MO |
| Student of Annette Burkhart | ||
| Orly Rubinfeld, violin | 17 | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Ruoxi Ni, piano | 17 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Jessica Tsai | ||
| Wangshu Xiang, cello | 17 | Natick, MA |
| Sunghyun Kim, piano | 18 | Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Student of Inyoung Kim | ||
| Yun Cao, piano | 18 | Hudson, OH |
| Student of Andrew Focks | ||
| Piano and cello Duo: | ||
| Angie Zheng | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Vivian Tran | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Albert Zhang, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Bibiana Miškolciová, piano | 15 | Alekšince, Slovakia |
| Student of Aleš Solárik | ||
| Goodman Li, piano | 15 | Copley, OH |
| Isaac Yoo, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mie Hee Park | ||
| Johnna Lee, piano | 15 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Joshua Jensen, piano | 15 | Gilbert , AZ |
| Student of Fei Xu | ||
| Kara Li, piano | 15 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Christina Choy | ||
| Mario Ruiz, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Tim Yip | ||
| Matthew Lee, piano | 15 | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Steven Lim, piano | 15 | La Habra, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| YoonJae Shin, violin | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Joanna Lee and YunHee Lee | ||
| Angelus Matthew Roxas, piano | 16 | Leawood, KS |
| Student of Emily Yeh-Meyers | ||
| Benjamin Firester, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Daniel Lee, viola | 16 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Hanna Choi, piano | 16 | East Longmeadow, MA |
| Student of Youngju Lee | ||
| Helen Xu, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Anna Marie Poklewski | ||
| Jaehoon (Kevin) Jung, cello | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Donna W Rogers | ||
| Jocelyn Chen, violin | 16 | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Justine Du, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Fonny Chandra | ||
| Ning McKenzie, piano | 16 | Berkeley, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Richard Wang, viola | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Sarah Shipp, piano | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Luke Hancock | ||
| Shinji Rho, piano | 16 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Soyoun Park | ||
| Tiffany Yang, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Joyce Liu | ||
| Min Ji Koh, viola | 17 | Andover, MA |
| Student of Holly Barnes and Jin Mi Choi | ||
| Yasheen Gao, piano | 17 | Johns Creek , GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| Yu Han, Guzheng | 17 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Bing Xia | ||
| Samuel Schwartz, cello | 18 | Longmeadow, MA |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Christopher Sien, piano | 15 | San José, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| David Ye, piano | 15 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Harlan Tsui, violin | 15 | Mission Viejo, CA |
| Jacey Song, piano | 15 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Bella Volkova | ||
| Jude Javillo, piano | 15 | Rockville Centre, NY |
| Student of Evelyn Layug | ||
| Kevin Qian, viola | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Krishna Sinha, piano | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Lesli Hanson | ||
| Michelle Xu, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Rithika Meka, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matthew Wang | ||
| Sonal Gupta, viola | 15 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Paul Manulik | ||
| Anna Kurianowicz, violin | 16 | Lindenhurst, NY |
| Student of Anton Polezhayev | ||
| Bryant Huang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Grace Chen | ||
| Chandra Xu, piano | 16 | Broomfield, CO |
| Student of Andrew Cooperstock | ||
| Emily Kim, piano | 16 | Mercer Island, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishvili | ||
| Hannah Kwong, violin | 16 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Alexander Woods | ||
| Hayes Way, piano | 16 | Hawkinsville, GA |
| Student of Jane Bickley | ||
| Jane Vourlekis, violin | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of David Strom | ||
| John Hsu, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Justin Kim, piano | 16 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of JeongEun Park Kang | ||
| Katie Li, piano | 16 | Woodbury, MN |
| Student of Jean Krinke | ||
| Kenneth Han, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| Kevin Du, piano | 16 | Copley, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Kristina Boylan, violin | 16 | Monroe, NY |
| Student of Keita Fukushima | ||
| Mary Lou, violin | 16 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Minjee Kim, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Teresa de Jong Pombo | ||
| Phillip Diouf, piano | 16 | Willow Grove, PA |
| Student of Karina Adriano | ||
| Tin Li (Angel) Shen, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Anna Chowaniec, piano | 17 | Legnickie Pole, Poland |
| Student of Marzena Łętowska-Darska | ||
| Rachel Silverman, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Sherry Chen, violin | 17 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-mei Ku | ||
| FINALISTS | ||
| Isaac Stokes, piano | 16 | Kent, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Jacqueline Girardin, piano | 16 | Rego Park, NY |
| College students and professional musicians: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Carolina Blaskovic, violin | 20 | London, United Kingdom |
| Student of Radu Blidar | ||
| Javier Iglesias Martin, cello | 23 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Paul Katz and Amit Peled | ||
| Megumi Terry, violin | 23 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Monte Belknap and Bonnie Romkey | ||
| Attila Ökrös, violin | 25 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Student of Valery Oistrakh | ||
| Sabina Im, piano | 25 | Sydney, Australia |
| Student of Rustem Hayroudinoff and Christine Logan | ||
| E-Na Song, piano | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Rebecca Penneys | ||
| Koki Tanaka, violin | 26 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Mikhail Kopleman | ||
| Zidong Zhou, piano | 26 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Jinhyun Kim, cello | 27 | East lansing, MI |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Soomi Song, piano | 27 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| Carlos Gardels, piano | 28 | South Pasadena , CA |
| Hokyong Choi, piano | 28 | Cambridge, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon and Yong Hi Moon | ||
| Hyeji Seo, piano | 28 | East Lansing, MI |
| Li Liu, piano | 28 | Secaucus, NJ |
| Student of Derek Polischuk and Yuan Xie | ||
| Sejeong Jeong, piano | 28 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Awadagin Pratt | ||
| Yanjue Wang, piano | 28 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Student of Sergio Monteiro and Yunxian Chen | ||
| Yerym Kwak, piano | 28 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Elisi Enrico | ||
| Yuting Li, piano | 28 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Hyae-jin Hwang, piano | 29 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Logan Skelton | ||
| Ji Eun Lee, violin | 30 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Walter Verdehr | ||
| Jieun Park, violin | 31 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Grigory Kalinovsky and Oleh Krysa | ||
| Mo-ah Kim, piano | 31 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Nikola Markovic, piano | 32 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Sergio Gallo | ||
| Chi-Hui Kao, cello | 33 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Suren Bagratuni | ||
| Kalim Alvarez Campos, cello | 35 | Columbia, SC |
| Student of Dr. Robert Jesselson and Nelson Campos | ||
| Yueh-Cheng Wang, piano | 35 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Thomas Schumacher | ||
| Sung-Yun Kim, piano | 36 | Andong-si, South Korea |
| In Seub Joeng, piano | 37 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Adam Wodnicki | ||
| CitiDuo: | ||
| Tsz To Wong, cello | 22 | Cleveland, OH |
| Shelley Ng, piano | ||
| Students of Mark Kosower and Katya Apekisheva | ||
| Piano and Cello Duo: | ||
| DoYeon Kim, cello | 36 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Hyo Jung Song, piano | ||
| Students of Michael Chertock and Yehuda Hanani | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Hannah Zhang, violin | 18 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Li Lin | ||
| Rachel Chon, piano | 18 | Centreville, VA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Edward Yoon, piano | 20 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Dr. Scott Beard | ||
| Eleonora Apostolidi, piano | 20 | Purchase, NY |
| Student of Paul Ostrovsky | ||
| Gayoun Suk, piano | 21 | Busan, South Korea |
| Student of Prof. Alexey Lebedev | ||
| Harold Bailey, piano | 21 | Radford, VA |
| Student of Kwan Yi | ||
| Hsin-Jou Lee, piano | 21 | Indiana, PA |
| Student of Sun Min Kim | ||
| Soojeong Oh, piano | 21 | Markham, Canada |
| Xue Gong, piano | 24 | Rochester, NY |
| Student of Enrico Elisi | ||
| Hyeeji Kim, piano | 27 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Shiqi Gu, piano | 27 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Tannis Gibson | ||
| Yuhuan Xu, piano | 28 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Dr. Ning Lu | ||
| Ahyeon Yun, piano | 29 | Mesa, AZ |
| Student of Walter Cosand | ||
| Chaeyoung Lee, piano | 29 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| Kiryang Kim, piano | 31 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Pamela Mia Paul | ||
| Xiaoni Shen, piano | 31 | Brandon, Canada |
| Student of Megumi Masaki | ||
| Zhui Zhang, piano | 31 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Yuchi Sophie Wang, piano | 32 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of James Tocco | ||
| Jaesung Kim, piano | 34 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Awadagin Pratt | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| James Carl Osorio, piano | 19 | Santa Ignacia, Philippines |
| Student of Mary Anne Espina and Adam Neiman | ||
| Katelyn Tan, piano | 19 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Frank Wiens | ||
| Hao Qin, piano | 20 | Radford, VA |
| Student of Kwan Yi | ||
| Minjeong Kim, piano | 21 | New York, NY |
| Jaegyeong Byun, cello | 23 | Huntington, NY |
| Marina Bengoa Roldán, piano | 24 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Sergio Gallo | ||
| Gerald Mora, cello | 25 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of Elena Kharina | ||
| Manuel Vizurraga, piano | 26 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Read Gainsford | ||
| Moo Hyun Cho, piano | 34 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras and Antonio Pompa-Baldi | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Wes Olsen, piano | 26 | Kitchener, ON |
| Student of Merle Langs | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Kristina Yau, piano | 18 | Montreal, Canada |
| Student of Martin Karlicek | ||
| Suzuka Kokubu, piano | 20 | Chestertown, MD |
| Student of Matthew Brower | ||
| Phoebe Yan Ting HUI, Harp | 24 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Joey Lau | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Arabella Zito, piano | 38 | Brooklyn, NY |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!