International Piano and Strings Competition 2017
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2017 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. Multiple winners were chosen in each age category.
Musicians from 19 countries applied for this year’s Competition: different U.S. States, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, Bahrain, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia.
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 |
18 year old school students must enter in the Intermediate Category. 18 year old college students must apply under the College Students/Professionals Category.
Awards
Winners will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Winners Concerts took place on
Friday, April 14, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, May 14, 2017 (Mother’s Day) at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, May 27, 2017 (Memorial Day Weekend) at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Monday, May 29, 2017 (Memorial Day) at 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Saturday, July 1, 2017 (Independence Day Weekend) at 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, November 26, 2017 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 2017. 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 2017 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Charissa Ooi, 5-year old from Singapore, started her formal training with Karen Wong at the Forte Musicademy when she was four and a half. With her passion and an astonishing aptitude for music, Charissa mastered a wide range of repertoire within a year, which won her a Gold award at the 6th Singapore Performer’s Festival & Chamber Music Competition and Silver at the Kingsburg International Piano Competition. In December 2016, she performed solo at Victoria Concert Hall as 1st Prize winner of the Piano and Strings Competition as well as Top Scorer of the school. She is also actively involved in chamber music and performed at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Charissa has attended masterclasses with Adam Gyorgy and Seho Lee. An enthusiastic student with a love for performing, she enjoys experimenting with music. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, reading and cycling.
Born in 2011, Sophie Keong started learning piano at the age of 4. She eventually found her love on music after six months of learning the instrument. Sophie won the Gold with Excellence Award for Junior Category at Kingsburg International Piano Competition 2016, which was the highest award given for the competition despite she was the youngest participant. At that same year, Sophie also received Gold Award from 6th Singapore Performers’ Festival & Chamber Music Competition 2016 performing Kabalevsky Variations on a Russian Folk Song op.51 no.1 that took her only a week to learn the piece. Recently in December 2016, Sophie also won 2nd prize for internal Forte Musicademy binual Piano and Strings Competition. She had a debut in Singapore famous Victoria Concert Hall as part of the Winners’ Concert Recital. Besides playing the piano Sophie also enjoys reading, travelling, dancing and singing.
Daniel Alter, age 9, began studying piano when he was 3. He’s won multiple ‘best of class’ and age achievements awards, and In the past year was awarded the North York Music Festival “Best Grade 8 Piano” trophy, the CCC “Best Young Artist” trophy, and first place for under age 11 at the Ontario Music Festivals Association Provincial Finals in the category of Piano Concertos. He also performed at the 2016 CCC Gala Awards Concert, the Toronto Auto Show, and a 90 minute program with his brother as “The Alter Boys” at a fundraising Gala for the Paul Penna DJDS. He has played violin at the National Music Camp, is in grade 4 at the Toronto Claude Watson School for the Arts, and studies piano with Dr. Michael Berkovsky at the Taylor Performance Academy of the Royal Conservatory. His greatest passions, outside of music, are art, dance and tennis.
Henry Li, 10 years old, started piano at the age of five with Ms. Qi Ding. Ever since, his prestigious musical talent has only flourished. He has won numerous piano competitions and has been awarded first place at the American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music of 2015, The Ninth International Chopin Youth Competition, HMTA Annual piano Competition, and The International KAWAI-SNG. At age six, Henry was selected to perform for Houston Young Artist Outreach concert. Last year, Henry was invited to perform at the winner’s concert in Isaac Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall New York. As a team leader of MDG Volunteer group, Henry also performs for local community. Henry has captured his audiences with colorful tones, sensitive musicality and emotional depth in his music. Aside from music, Henry enjoys horse riding, he is a Greater Houston region Championship horse rider.
Isabel (Coco) Mavrides, 11, from New York City, has been playing the violin since she was 2.5 years old. She studies violin at Lucy Moses School and the studio of Olga Popova. She is the Concert Master at the ISO Carnegie Hill Orchestra, plays at the Horace Mann Strings Orchestra and is part of the New York Virtuosos Ensemble. Isabel has competed and won several awards in re-known Concerto Competitions; including American Protege (2015 and 2016), Fine Arts Festival (2015 and 2016) and the Concert Festival (2013, 2014 and 2015). Isabel has performed solo concerts at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space and the Kaufman Center. Isabel is part of the Concerts in Motion program and has performed in Nursing Homes and Hospitals around New York City.
Jonathan Alter,11, has played piano since he was 3 and has won many first place and “Best of Class” awards at Toronto Kiwanis, CCC and North York Festivals, and was awarded the 2016 “Best of Grades” trophy by the CCC. In the past year he also performed at the 2016 Toronto Auto Show, the CCC Gala Awards Concert, and with his brother as “The Alter Boys” at a fundraising Gala for Paul Penna DJDS, where he is in grade 6 and also serves as school president. He has played jazz piano at the National Music Camp, and currently studies with Dr. Michael Berkovsky at the Taylor Performance Academy of the RCM. Outside piano he particularly enjoys science and history, performing musical theatre, and avidly plays baseball, basketball, tennis and chess.
Phoebe Wang was born in Colorado in 2003. She began her piano study at age three and her cello study at age seven. Her current cello teacher is James Todd. She is a member of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra (DYAO) Conservatory Orchestra and has performed as principal cellist for the DYAO String Ensemble and the DYAO Conservatory Orchestra. She was the winner of the 2014 DYAO String Ensemble Concerto Competition. In 2015 Phoebe was featured on Colorado Public Radio’s “Spotlight” program where she performed Saint-Saëns’ Allegro Appassionato in B Minor. She was also the winner of the 2016 DYAO Conservatory Orchestra Concerto Competition, performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. She has held a solo piano and cello recital annually since 2008.
Matthew Hong, 14, from Montvale, New jersey. He has been attending Manhattan School Of Music for 3 years. Matthew is the pupil of Dr. Maria Radicheva who is a pupil of Dorothy DeLay. He has played violin with a passion since he was 4 years old and now plays viola with an even greater passion. He has participated in many competitions and recently won 1st place in Romantic Music Competition and was a winner in KRB (Korean Radio Broadcast international music competition), and music Fest. He also performed In Carnegie Hall(NY). Outside his music life, Matthew has a great interest in science and sports. He plays basketball as a hobby and participated in Science Olympiad and has gone to the National Competition with his team in Orlando Florida and in Lincoln Nebraska.
James Zheng is 14 years old and attends Garden City High School in Garden City, New York. He started playing piano at the age of 7, and has been taking private lessons since then. James has begun participating in competitions recently. The competitions he has attended were the 2016 Crescendo International Competition and the Forte International Music Competition. James received first place in the Crescendo competition and will be performing at Carnegie Hall in April. As for the Forte competition, James has been selected to enter the final round, which will be held at Carnegie Hall in February. James enjoys playing the piano and music in general, as he also plays the violin for his school orchestra.
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Julia Fu, 15, from Cottonwood Heights, UT, started her musical journey at age 5. At age 6, Julia was invited to tour around Chine in cities that include: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and many other cities. At 7, Julia Performed in the Libby Gardner Hall in the University of Utah. She also helped fundraise $6,000 by performing for earthquake victims. That same year, she won First place in the Con Brio Piano Competition. Julia has also won 1st place in the UMTA young-artist Competition when she was 7. Julia won 1st place in the DeBose National Piano Competition for 2009 and 2010. She has also won the Outstanding Evaluation for the Utah Music Teacher Association in 2012. In 2012, she won 2nd place in an International piano Competition. In 2013, she achieved 1st place in an International Solo Piano Competition. In 2014, she won 1st in an International Duo competition.
Emily Zhang, 15, has been studying piano for 10 years. She has participated in and has won many competitions at the local, national, and international level. She has won both the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and the International Competition of Romantic Music. Most recently, she received first place at the United States International Duo Piano Competition. She has passed Level 10 of the Achievement in Music Program, and is also a member of the Future Artists in Music program created by the Utah Music Teachers’ Association. Additionally, she plays flute as part of her school’s band program. She also formerly played viola in her school’s orchestra and was invited to play as part of the district’s honor orchestra. Outside of her musical interests, she enjoys playing tennis, and is a member of her school’s tennis team.
Matthew Hong, 14, from Montvale, New jersey. He has been attending Manhattan School Of Music for 3 years. Matthew is the pupil of Dr. Maria Radicheva who is a pupil of Dorothy DeLay. He has played violin with a passion since he was 4 years old and now plays viola with an even greater passion. He has participated in many competitions and recently won 1st place in Romantic Music Competition and was a winner in KRB (Korean Radio Broadcast international music competition), and music Fest. He also performed In Carnegie Hall(NY). Outside his music life, Matthew has a great interest in science and sports. He plays basketball as a hobby and participated in Science Olympiad and has gone to the National Competition with his team in Orlando Florida and in Lincoln Nebraska.
Lauren Jiang, 16, has been playing piano for 10 years in Boston, MA, studying under Mrs. Dorothy Shi. She attends Boston Latin School, where she also plays the flute. Along with several state and regional competition awards (MMTA Bay State Contest, Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition), in 2016 she received 1st place in the annual Russian Music Festival and the Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition, both of which also included a Winners’ Recital in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Christine Yang, 17, from Atlanta, Georgia, studies piano under Dr. Elena Cholakova and has been playing piano since age 5. As a freshman, she co-won the 2015 Atlanta Music Club Scholarship for the high school keyboard division. During summer of 2015 she studied piano at the prestigious Brevard Music Center and was subsequently invited to perform at several high profile events including a fundraising gala with platinum sponsors and served as a student ambassador of the program’s piano division.
Haemaru Chung, a 16 year-old native New Yorker, began his violin studies at the age of five. He currently studies with Dr. Ann Setzer. Haemaru was a grand-prize winner of the Concert Festival International Competition, a first place winner in Rondo Young Artist Festival in 2016 and a first place winner in American Protégé International Music Talent Competition in 2015. In addition, he has received numerous awards and recognitions nationally and internationally.
Winners by Age Category
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Charissa Ooi, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Karen Wong | ||
| Sophie Keong, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Sheila Victoria Pietono | ||
| Jason Chen, piano | 6 | Orange, CT |
| Student of Felicia Zhang | ||
| Akira Ohyabu, piano | 7 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| David (D.J.) Wang, piano | 7 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Robin Scott | ||
| Jason Li, piano | 7 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Alina Laraway, piano | 8 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ruta Smedina-Starke | ||
| Elizabeth G. Lee, violin | 8 | Roslyn, NY |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Jacob Rockower, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Matthew Chang, piano | 8 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Dr. Kuei-I Wu | ||
| Rohan Saxena, piano | 8 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Vincent Pham, piano | 8 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Vladimir Khokhlov and Olga Glick | ||
| Xinchun Wu, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Hong Shi | ||
| Andrew Maskoff, piano | 9 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Tatiana Pikayzen | ||
| Ashley Choi, piano | 9 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Kim, Kyung Hee | ||
| Ayla Sophie Haberstock, piano | 9 | Munich, Germany |
| Student of Vladimir Vasilski | ||
| Daniel Alter, piano | 9 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Michael Berkovsky | ||
| Ashley Foong Shu Yan, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Luo Wei | ||
| Beatrice Low, violin | 10 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Asya Meshberg | ||
| Catherine Li, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Conrad Flake, piano | 10 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu | ||
| Henry Li, piano | 10 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Jaden Kim, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Park | ||
| Luyao “Zachary” Guo, cello | 10 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Kevork Parsamian | ||
| Luyao “Zachary” Guo, piano | 10 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Tema Blackstone | ||
| Naomi Rockower, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Sieun Moon, violin | 10 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Eunsoo Kwak | ||
| Tiffany Tsui, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Viktor Basis | ||
| Vincent Chen, violin | 10 | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Jian-Yin Zhou | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| David Deutsch, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Sashi Chuckravanen, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Ruoshui Jennifer Liu, violin | 10 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Xunyi Michelle Liu, violin | 9 | Sugar Land, TX |
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Deann Huang, violin | 5 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Yinglin Li | ||
| Chloe Tseng, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Natela Mchedlishvili | ||
| Ethan Feng, piano | 6 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Jasper Y. Ng, piano | 6 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Bianca Baciu | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Friedman | ||
| Rachel Tat, piano | 6 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Zisen Wang, violin | 6 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Guodong Wang | ||
| Eli Cui, piano | 7 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Nicole Wang | ||
| Eric Wang, piano | 7 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Evan Huey, piano | 7 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Jonah Lee, cello | 7 | Dunn Loring, VA |
| Student of John Kaboff | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 7 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Ryan Lu, piano | 7 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Theodore McGee, piano | 7 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Aiko Heidi Dillon, violin | 8 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Robert Davidovici and Keiko Tokunaga | ||
| Chloe Lee, violin | 8 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Dazhen Lu, piano | 8 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Ella Xu, cello | 8 | Aurora, Canada |
| Student of Mary Fisher | ||
| Emma Liu, piano | 8 | Voorhees, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Erika Hsu, piano | 8 | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Student of Cheng Yen, Peng | ||
| Jason Qian, piano | 8 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Jayden Wu, piano | 8 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Tian Song | ||
| Matthew Brand, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman and Jason Sager | ||
| Rosanna Foss, piano | 8 | Manhattan Beach, CA |
| Student of Gayane Sahakyan | ||
| Takaaki Suzuki, piano | 8 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Zhaoxuan Ping, piano | 8 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Andrea Botticelli | ||
| Zhaoxuan Ping, violin | 8 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Kelly Lindstrom | ||
| Anna Harper, piano | 9 | Minsk, Belarus |
| Student of Eleanora Ahremchik | ||
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 9 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Caden Lin, piano | 9 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Evelyn Joung, cello | 9 | Edgewater, NJ |
| Student of Misung Kang | ||
| Fiona Wang, piano | 9 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Vita Zharkova | ||
| JiaDong Zhang, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of ShiChu Teng | ||
| Leonardo Jia, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Livia Khoo-Lapointe, piano | 9 | Montreal, Canada |
| Student of Milena Trifonova | ||
| Paddini Vichean, cello | 9 | Bangkruai, Thailand |
| Student of Apichai Leamthong | ||
| Susanna Khubchandani, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Xunyi Liu, violin | 9 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Ava Harhay, piano | 10 | Annandale, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Emmeline Wang, piano | 10 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Dr. Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Gabriel Huang, violin | 10 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Vladimir Dyo | ||
| Jonathan Lin, violin | 10 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Student of Laura Simna | ||
| Parker Hernandez, piano | 10 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Puna Anantaprakorn, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Poom Prommachart | ||
| Ruoshui Jennifer Liu, violin | 10 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Lilan Zhang | ||
| Trinity Jantarach, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Vivian Ma, violin | 10 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Teri Einfeldt | ||
| Yeram Lee, viola | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Jieun Kim | ||
| Zachary Shieh, cello | 10 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Rosanne Hunt | ||
| Zuyuan Chen, piano | 10 | Orange, CT |
| Student of Kaisaer Ainiwaer | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Koh, piano | 10 | Alameda, CA |
| Katie Koh, piano | 7 | Alameda, CA |
| Students of Heidi Hau | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sophie Scharer, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Cedric-Daniel Scharer, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andie Sparano, piano | 7 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 9 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sarah Gao, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| William Gao, piano | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alan Wang, piano | 6 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Gary S Hammond | ||
| Carrie Liu, piano | 6 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Janet Clarke | ||
| Stephanie Zhao, piano | 6 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Ruby Zhou | ||
| Andy Mo, piano | 7 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Annabel Rae Ng, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Tatyana Todorova | ||
| Cheok Fung Andreas Li, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Sim Peiling | ||
| Enzo Zhao, piano | 7 | University Place, WA |
| Student of Oksana Ezhokina | ||
| Shuma Hoppo, violin | 7 | Sewickley, PA |
| Student of Satoko Hoppo | ||
| Tingshuo Li, piano | 7 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| Zaliah Siva Kumaran, violin | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ina Litera | ||
| Cleo Lim, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Pey Chyi and Lee Hwan Meng | ||
| Hannah Miller, violin | 8 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Erica Shirts | ||
| Helena Brain, piano | 8 | North Reading, MA |
| Student of Rose Bogossian | ||
| Lisa Wei, violin | 8 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Xin Yi Shi, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Hui Juan | ||
| Alina Qian, piano | 9 | Lake Zurich, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Brian Lin, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Casey Yi, piano | 9 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Celina Zhang, piano | 9 | West Chester, PA |
| Student of Sharon Bedford | ||
| Karin Hoppo, violin | 9 | Sewickley, PA |
| Student of Satoko Hoppo | ||
| Kevin Chen, piano | 9 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Kevin Lee, cello | 9 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Sam Ou | ||
| Robert Heims, piano | 9 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Anchie Donn | ||
| Run He (Kelly) Deng, piano | 9 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Wang Jue | ||
| Shirley Zhang, piano | 9 | Lyndhurst, OH |
| Student of Nella Kamerman | ||
| Yinuo Fan, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Huijuan | ||
| York Zhou, piano | 9 | LaGrangeville, NY |
| Student of Peter Krauss and Peter Krauss | ||
| Albert Hu, piano | 10 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Chen | ||
| Banu Taghiyeva, piano | 10 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Student of Nigar Najafova | ||
| Claire Wang, piano | 10 | Twinsburg, OH |
| Student of Yuka Nakayama | ||
| Cristina Baron, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson | ||
| Crystal Cheng, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Daniel Qiu, piano | 10 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Denise Cheng, piano | 10 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Elliot Xu, piano | 10 | Wayland, MA |
| Student of Lu Lu | ||
| Eric Koh, piano | 10 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Fiona Li, piano | 10 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Jonathan Lin, piano | 10 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Paula Faizulin, violin | 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Oleg Pavlov | ||
| Sofiya Doroshenko, piano | 10 | Mahwah, NJ |
| Student of Ron Levy and Maria Galipchak | ||
| Zidaan Kapoor, violin | 10 | Redwood Shores, CA |
| Student of Heidi Yoo | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Samantha Hung, piano | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Xennie Liu, piano | 6 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Olivia Zhu, piano | 7 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| Samuel Miller, violin | 8 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Erica Shirts | ||
| Danica Madan, violin | 9 | Tiburon, CA |
| Student of Tuula Cotter | ||
| Ester Leng, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Justin J. Ng, violin | 9 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Frank Ho | ||
| Ryan Ayers, piano | 9 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Eliza Tan, piano | 10 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Natalya Vornovitsky | ||
| Evelyn Xie, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Huang | ||
| Katie Chin, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Isabel Mavrides, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Jonathan Alter, piano | 11 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Michael Berkovsky | ||
| Kathleen Gurning, piano | 11 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez | ||
| Zehavi Rodriguez, cello | 11 | Swarthmore, PA |
| Student of Amy Barston | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 12 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Maximilian Haberstock, piano | 12 | Munich, Germany |
| Student of Prof. Thomas Böckheler and Vladimir Vasilski | ||
| Tony Wei, piano | 12 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Cristina Casero, piano | 13 | Buñol, Spain |
| Student of Joseph Mardon and Enrique Lapaz | ||
| Ethan Jiang, piano | 13 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 13 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez | ||
| Maxwell VanHoeij, violin | 13 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Phoebe Wang, cello | 13 | Englewood, CO |
| Student of James Todd | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 14 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Isabelle Hebert, violin | 14 | Kanata, Canada |
| Student of Axel Strauss | ||
| Jiayi Liu, cello | 14 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Weixi Luo | ||
| James Zheng, piano | 14 | Garden City, NY |
| Student of Fang Luo | ||
| Joshua Facello, violin | 14 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Dr. Fabian Lopez | ||
| Kevin Xu, piano | 14 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Lindsey Chu, harp | 14 | Bayside, NY |
| Matthew Hong, viola | 14 | Montvale, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Maria Radicheva | ||
| Zoe-Daphnee Lavoie-Gagne, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Bongshin Ko | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kevin Zhou | 11 | Williamsville, NY |
| Ross Mantsurov | 12 | Williamsville, NY |
| Students of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| James Harper, piano | 13 | Minsk, Belarus |
| Natasha Harper, piano | 11 | Minsk, Belarus |
| Students of Eleanora Ahremchik | ||
| Incantando Trio: | ||
| Matthew Kim, clarinet | 13 | Los Altos, CA |
| Elliott Kim, cello | 11 | Los Altos, CA |
| Riku Sakai, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Students of Youson Park and Hye Yun | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Valerie Nguyen, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Sophia Li, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Claire Jiang, piano | 13 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Titonix Trio: | ||
| Nicole Kim, Bb clarinet | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Eunice Cho, cello | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Hannah Schendel, piano | 13 | Palo Alto , CA |
| Students of Irina Rosinzonsky | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Patricia Hsieh, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Brian Hsiao, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Adele Wee, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Sylvia Khoo | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Angela Qian, piano | 11 | Lake Zurich, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Ariella Rose Katz, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Choi | ||
| Brian Ling, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Chenming Liu, piano | 11 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Heidi Li, piano | 11 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Linda Barone | ||
| Madison Carlon, piano | 11 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Edward Francis | ||
| Milton Lin, piano | 11 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Sonia Zhang, piano | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Stana Choi, piano | 11 | Columbus, GA |
| Student of Dr. Jeremy Samolesky and Dr. Betty Anne Diaz | ||
| Sydney Lee, piano | 11 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Judy Huang | ||
| Tehila Setton, piano | 11 | Cooper City, FL |
| Albert Su, piano | 12 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Alexandra Maskoff, piano | 12 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Tatiana Pikayzen | ||
| Chanelle Chu, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Rose Chen | ||
| Claire Huang, violin | 12 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Jung Sook Yoon | ||
| Jungwook Lee, piano | 12 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Sinhye Kim | ||
| Natalie Hahn, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman and Kate Shim | ||
| Ovie Nirgudkar, piano | 12 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Ryan Wang, piano | 12 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jing Hao | ||
| Alexander Ye, piano | 13 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Ruby Zhou | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 13 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Christopher Kim, violin | 13 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Shelley Livingston | ||
| Claire Ku, piano | 13 | Tualatin, OR |
| Student of Monica Ohuchi | ||
| Emily Kang, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| James Song, violin | 13 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Oleg Pavlov | ||
| Kaitlyn Lee, piano | 13 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Magen Zeng, piano | 13 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Mina Kim, cello | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Hwa Kyung Cho | ||
| Seoyoung Lee, piano | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Sinhye Kim | ||
| Sung-Lin Hsieh, violin | 13 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Vanessa Jan, piano | 13 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Rose Chen | ||
| Vivian Guo, violin | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Angela Deng, violin | 14 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Anthea Luo, piano | 14 | Simsbury, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Hshi | ||
| April Cheng, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| Audrey Vanderslice, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Skavish | ||
| Caroline Zhu, violin | 14 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Mary Page Block and Dr. Nicholas DiEugenio | ||
| Dylan Lee, piano | 14 | Granada Hills, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Edward Dan, piano | 14 | Solon, OH |
| Elizabeth Li, piano | 14 | Superior Township, MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Grace Lee, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Jack Silvers, piano | 14 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Jessica Wu, piano | 14 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Scott Beard | ||
| Joyce Li, piano | 14 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Lauren Yang, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Helen Tan | ||
| Malaina Kapoor, Voice | 14 | Redwood Shores, CA |
| Student of Christine Abraham | ||
| Tiffanie Huang, cello | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Andrew Gao, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Sarah Gao, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| William Gao, piano | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sophia Cha, piano | 13 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Natalya Lundtvedt and Lena Grozman | ||
| Spencer Cha, piano | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Lena Grozman | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Christine Yang, piano | 12 | La Jolla, CA |
| Naomi Deokule, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Gao, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Sarah Gao, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jessica Wong, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Christine Ma, piano | 14 | Milpitas, CA |
| Students of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Clara Keller, piano | 11 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Daniel Neathery, piano | 11 | Chantilly, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Edi Du, piano | 11 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Iliana Rong, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| Jeff Minjae Kim, violin | 11 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Mi Jin Park | ||
| Nancy Waldman, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Alyssa Wong, piano | 12 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Chloe Shieh, violin | 12 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Michael Loftus-Hills | ||
| Daniel Colaner, piano | 12 | Akron, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Daniel Fu, piano | 12 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| David Lee, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Elaine Cui, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Ethan Lin, piano | 12 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Rose Chen | ||
| Fiona Zhang, piano | 12 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Natasha Borodurin | ||
| Harshita Krupadanam, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Henry Dallman, violin | 12 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Jin-Kyung Joen | ||
| Keira Konson, piano | 12 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Madison Draizin, piano | 12 | Plantation, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Michelle Ho, piano | 12 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Nelson Kanda, violin | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Tim Yip | ||
| Veronica Kogan, piano | 12 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Zera Te, violin | 12 | West Moorings, Trinidad & Tobago |
| Student of Ass. Prof. Simon Browne | ||
| Chan Ning, piano | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Karen Wong Guo Nie | ||
| Christopher Ramsey, piano | 13 | Shawnee, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Crystal Niu, cello | 13 | Potomac, MD |
| Emily Kang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Emily Qian, piano | 13 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Ethan Ouyang, violin | 13 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Chien-mo Wu and James Stern | ||
| Eve Sullivan, piano | 13 | Bronxville, NY |
| Student of Kanako Koyama | ||
| Feiyang Wang, piano | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Grant Mao, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Mara Balke | ||
| James Williamson, piano | 13 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Jingyi Wang, cello | 13 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Zhenlun Li | ||
| Ludwika Cantero, violin | 13 | Guadalupe, Mexico |
| Student of Lilia Lvovna Naydenova | ||
| Melody Gawon Choi, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Hyun-Ju Sung | ||
| Melody Gawon Choi, violin | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung-Woo Kim | ||
| Richard Yan, piano | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Hong Wang and Chung-Hsi Hsieh | ||
| Ryan Chou, violin | 13 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Amy Beth Horman | ||
| Tianjian Bai, piano | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Carol Jiang, violin | 14 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Huifang Chen | ||
| Christina Keller, piano | 14 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Ethan-Rygl Ato, piano | 14 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Hyerin Noh, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ines Yoo | ||
| James Xiu, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Jiapeng Chen, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| John F. Mauro, piano | 14 | New Milford, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Lina Zhu, piano | 14 | Chadds Ford, PA |
| Student of Iris Blanco | ||
| Meera Navale, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Phillip Lee, cello | 14 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Laurien Laufman | ||
| Sarah Chung, piano | 14 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Tiffany Phan, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rowena Asuncion | ||
| Vincent Lin, violin | 14 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Student of Laura Simna | ||
| Yash Vij, piano | 14 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Yixuan (Lucy) Zhou, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Tian Song | ||
| Young Seo Lee, violin | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kaavya Senthil, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Kasie Leung, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| “Chinatown Dragons” Piano Trio: | ||
| Hank Rong, piano | 8 | Overland Park, KS |
| Max Rong, piano | 12 | Overland Park, KS |
| Sky Rong, piano | 11 | Overland Park, KS |
| Students of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Aidan Hartenstein, piano | 11 | Eastchester, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Ally Negulescu, piano | 11 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Ee-Jun Ng, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Cindy Yan | ||
| Tingzhou Li, piano | 11 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Chao Liu | ||
| Tobias Urban, piano | 11 | West Windsor, NJ |
| Student of Irine Carman | ||
| Vienna Guo, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of John MaCarthy and Jason Chu | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jason Chu | ||
| Fiona Guo, piano | 12 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Mahi Vakil, piano | 12 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Frederick Minano | ||
| Mimansa Bhalla, piano | 12 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Nelson Kanda, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Richard Yao, piano | 12 | Sudbury, MA |
| Student of Lu Lu | ||
| Christina Yi, violin | 13 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Karen Galvin | ||
| Grace Yan, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Isean Bhalla, piano | 13 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Julia Zhu, piano | 13 | East Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Mayan Bhagavan, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Nathan Napier, piano | 13 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Rich Soong, piano | 13 | Avon, CT |
| Amanda Tran, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ayushi Bhatnagar, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Bridget Foley, piano | 14 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Hong Wang | ||
| Bridget Lee, piano | 14 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Carolyn Wang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Michelle Yao, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Vincent Lin, piano | 14 | Olmsted Township, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Vivian Wu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| Zachary Chen, violin | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Timothy Yip | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Belle Wang, violin | 15 | Mesa, AZ |
| Student of Danwen Jiang | ||
| Grace Choi, viola | 15 | Old Tappan, NJ |
| Student of Karen Ritscher and Jin Kyoung Park | ||
| Julia Fu, piano | 15 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Kevin Won, cello | 15 | New York, NY |
| Rachel Broweleit, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison | ||
| Verna Yin, piano | 15 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Svitlana Fiorito | ||
| Christopher Lee, cello | 16 | Wexford, PA |
| Student of Anne Martindale Williams | ||
| Danielle Liu, violin | 16 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Eugene Rhee, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mie Hee Park | ||
| Haemaru Chung, violin | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ann Setzer | ||
| James Sinigalliano, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi | ||
| Justin Nguyen, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Jerzy Kosmala | ||
| Lauren Jiang, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Dorothy Shi | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Christine Yang, piano | 17 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Julia Jorgensen, piano | 17 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Annett Ho, violin | 18 | New York, NY |
| Lorenzo Bagnati, piano | 18 | Venice, Italy |
| Student of Gabriele Carcano | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Julia Fu, piano | 15 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Emily Zhang, piano | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| String Quartet: | ||
| Sabrina Kim, violin | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Waverly Long, violin | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Antoine van Dongen | ||
| Yingnan Li, viola | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Craig Bate | ||
| Rachel Broweleit, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stephen Harrison | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Lauren Chen, piano | 18 | Athens, GA |
| Linsey Chen, piano | 18 | Athens, GA |
| Students of Jonathan Klein | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Catherine Shih, piano | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Eirena Li, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Elaina Comia, piano | 15 | Weatogue, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Eric Lin, violin | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Gabriella Kogan, piano | 15 | John’s Creek, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| George Shum, piano | 15 | Broadview Hts, OH |
| Student of Haewon Song | ||
| Jack Liu, piano | 15 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Roger Lord | ||
| Jasmine Zhang, piano | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Anna Gingis | ||
| Jeff Yi, violin | 15 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Karen Galvin | ||
| Joshua Chung, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Ken Chen, piano | 15 | Wyoming, OH |
| Student of Yuting Li | ||
| Luke Huang, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Soyoung Cho, violin | 15 | Rochester, MI |
| Student of Haewon Oh | ||
| Albert Zhang, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Amy King, piano | 16 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Bella Fong, viola | 16 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Jessica T Chang | ||
| Channing Lee, piano | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Judy Huang | ||
| Christopher Yang, viola | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| David Zeng, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of George Katz and Cho-Hyun Park | ||
| Edward Lee, violin | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Adrian Semo | ||
| Grace Wei, piano | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Irina Casasnovas, violin | 16 | Evanston, IL |
| Student of Almita Vamos | ||
| Justin Hung, piano | 16 | Kensington, MD |
| Student of Jane Oleshkevich | ||
| Lauren Park, piano | 16 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Marissa He, piano | 16 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pihsun Shih | ||
| Michelle Gan, piano | 16 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Clara Yang | ||
| Richard Xie, piano | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Cholakova | ||
| Roger Sun, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu and Ryan Chen | ||
| Teresa Xie, piano | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Olga Ridgeway | ||
| Thao My Pham, piano | 16 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Van Co Tran | ||
| Trevor Jensen, violin | 16 | Sunnyside, NY |
| Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Yuki Kono, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| David Xu, violin | 17 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu | ||
| Heejun Cho, violin | 17 | Rochester, MI |
| Student of Haewon Oh | ||
| Ian Yi, violin | 17 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Isabella Chang, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Jessie Lee, violin | 17 | Metuchen, NJ |
| Joseph Linde, violin | 17 | Kennewick, WA |
| Student of Meredith Arksey and Sarah Russell | ||
| Krishna Sinha, piano | 17 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Lesli Hanson | ||
| Mina Park, cello | 17 | Perry Hall, MD |
| Student of Alicia Ward | ||
| Lee Argir, violin | 18 | Chelsea, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Tracy Lang, cello | 18 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Richard Naill | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Sophia Jin, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ayako Sugaya | ||
| Eric (Sung min) Lim, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Stan Sharp | ||
| Chloe Harsojo, piano | 16 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Irene Yong | ||
| Eccentric Trio: | ||
| Leonard Tang, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Sofia DiNatale, cello | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Sophia Arruda, piano | 18 | Marlborough, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin and Anne Cassarino | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ananya Sahoo, piano | 15 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Alexandra Tsirkel | ||
| Animesh Agrawal, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Daniel Shu, violin | 15 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Hannah Kim, piano | 15 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Gi Na Nam | ||
| Jiyuan Dong, piano | 15 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Wen Zao Chen | ||
| Justin Zhang, violin | 15 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Longwei Ge, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Ryan Chen, piano | 15 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Alla Bell | ||
| Sophia Jin, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ayako Sugaya | ||
| Suwon Kim, violin | 15 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Wenjun Wang, piano | 15 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Wen Zao Chen | ||
| Wesley Luh, viola | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Craig Bate | ||
| William Chang, piano | 15 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Dr. Robert Schwartz | ||
| William He, piano | 15 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Anna Taglioli, piano | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Grace Long | ||
| Avik Jain, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Erica Oh, cello | 16 | New York, NY |
| Grace Park, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| Helir Hernández, piano | 16 | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Student of Antonina Dragan | ||
| Jovi Koh, piano | 16 | Singapore |
| Student of Benjamin Loh | ||
| Justine Cho, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Hye Jin Har | ||
| Navin Ahire, viola | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Ronald Houston | ||
| Ng Qian Yao, cello | 16 | Johor Bahru, Malaysia |
| Student of Isabella Kerk | ||
| Tongxu Bai, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Ye Jin Kim, violin | 16 | Palisades Park, NJ |
| Amanda Jin, piano | 17 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Grace Long | ||
| Amberlee Woodhouse, piano | 17 | Spanish Fork, UT |
| Student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Ellen Tsao, piano | 17 | Brighton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Nhi Pham, piano | 17 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Van Co Tran | ||
| Silvia Huang, violin | 17 | La Verne, CA |
| Student of Ouyang Lu | ||
| Yiyang Zheng, piano | 17 | Sugarland, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Grace Chen, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Simran Deokule, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Ayushi Uppal, piano | 15 | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Grace Mao, piano | 15 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Mara Balke | ||
| Haiyun Du, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Isabelle Lee, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Max Zuo, piano | 15 | Sudbury, MA |
| Student of Lu Lu | ||
| Nathan Mann, cello | 15 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Student of John Koen and Cassia Harvey | ||
| Nicholas Wang, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Rojan Javaheri, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Young-Sook Kang | ||
| Srija Pamujula, piano | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Ananya Pani, piano | 16 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Heather Riley | ||
| Andy Luo, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Qianyi Ma, piano | 16 | Deerfield, MA |
| Student of Felix Margolin | ||
| You Kyung Kim, cello | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Sung Eun Ahn | ||
| Yacun (Aimee) Shen, piano | 17 | Wayland, MA |
| Student of Lu Lu | ||
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Akiko Yamazaki, piano | 33 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of John Salmon | ||
| Ann JunYoung, cello | 24 | Gongju, South Korea |
| Student of Gangho Lee | ||
| Chorong Ryou, piano | 31 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Alexander Svyatkin and Alla Blatow | ||
| Claudia Irene Tessaro, violin | 21 | Castelfranco Veneto, Italy |
| Student of Pavel Berman | ||
| Daniel Neyman, piano | 22 | New Haven, CT |
| Student of Prof. Melvin Chen | ||
| Eunsol Lee, violin | 24 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Dmitri Berlinsky | ||
| Hsin-Ju Yu, violin | 30 | Okemos, MI |
| Hyun Joo Park, piano | 33 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of David Allen Wehr | ||
| Iris Blanco-Urgelles, piano | 36 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Maria Kiosseva, piano | 36 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Student of Karl-Wilhelm Berger | ||
| Maria Victoria Pedrero, cello | 30 | Valladolid, Spain |
| Minji Kim, piano | 30 | Savoy, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen and Daniel Shapiro | ||
| Sarah Page, violin | 24 | Cleveland, OH |
| Student of William Preucil | ||
| Sebastian Silen, violin | 32 | Espoo, Finland |
| Xiao Chen, piano | 28 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Inna Faliks | ||
| Yeon Sun Choi, cello | 34 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Michael Reynolds | ||
| Yuan Jiang, piano | 27 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Walter Cosand | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Muli Yu, piano | 18 | La Mirada, CA |
| Kate Bode, piano | 19 | Hamilton, VA |
| Student of Lishan Hung | ||
| Cello and Piano Duo: | ||
| Suah Kim, cello | 30 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Michael Reynolds | ||
| Hanna Song, piano | 32 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Shiela Kibbe and Javier Arreola | ||
| Violin and Viola Duo: | ||
| Yuan Qi, viola | 27 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Choong-Jin ( C.J.) Chang | ||
| Hanbing Jia, violin | 28 | Middle River, MD |
| Student of Herbert Greenberg | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Cheng Wei Lim, harp | 18 | Singapore |
| Student of Huang Yu-Hsin | ||
| Elena Chupakhina, piano | 30 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Hangyu Bai, piano | 26 | Purchase, NY |
| Student of Eric Huebner and Paul Ostrovsky | ||
| Hyunah Song, piano | 28 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Prof. Panayis Lyras | ||
| Jieun Lee, piano | 24 | Springfield, MO |
| Kai Ono, piano | 21 | Lawrence, KS |
| Student of Dr. Scott McBride Smith | ||
| Katena Dinas, piano | 28 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Katherine Miller, piano | 21 | Boston, MA |
| Scott Alex Lavine, cello | 18 | Greenville, NC |
| Student of Emanuel Gruber | ||
| Sehwa Beom, violin | 32 | Yongin Kihueng gu, South Korea |
| Seonghwan Bae, piano | 21 | Busan, South Korea |
| Student of Alexey Lebedev and Jun Kwon | ||
| Songhwa Chae, piano | 41 | Wilmore, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Tong Zhang, piano | 24 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen | ||
| Yoomin Jung, piano | 29 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Desireé González, piano | 28 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Dr. Vedrana Subotic | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Meril Deniece Thomas, piano | Greenville, MS | |
| Student of Robert Stephens | ||
| René Marines, piano | 21 | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Student of Antonina Dragan | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Jesica Suwiji, piano | 25 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Lystia Christianti | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!