International Piano and Strings Competition 2018
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition is open to school students and adults of all nationalities and countries. Musicians from 20 countries applied for this year’s Competition: different U.S. states, Canada, Costa Rica, Peru, Belize, England, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Azerbaijan, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia.
All instruments, including piano, strings, voice and winds are welcome to participate in the Competition.
Participants are required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition. Multiple winners will be chosen in each age category.
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 will take place on
Friday, March 30, 2018 (Good Friday)
Sunday, April 1, 2018 (Easter)
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018 (Mother’s Day)
Saturday, May 26, 2018 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Monday, May 28, 2018 (Memorial Day)
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Judges’ Distinction Award and other Special Awards may be 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 2018. 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 2018 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Pentasuite Quintet:
Cameron Jeppson, Caroline Durham, Bella Maher, Kimberly Lewin, Suzannah Rose
The members of Pentasuite live nestled at the base of the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Northern Utah. Some of them have been making music together since age six. Quintet members have performed in venues as far flung as Estonia, Tokyo, Japan, Palace Square at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach, Normandy, as well as other locations throughout the USA and Europe. The string players have participated in “Fry Street Days,” a chamber music workshop with the Fry Street Quartet and the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute for many years. Members of the quintet have also participated in the Salzburg Music Festival, Tanglewood Institute, National Cello Institute and the Gina Bachauer educational series
Jeremy Cha lives in New Jersey and is a junior in high school. He has been studying the cello since the age of 9. He currently attends the Manhattan School of Music precollege, studying with Madeleine Golz. He has won and performed for several competitions, such as the National League of Performing Arts (Grand winner) at Carnegie Hall, Vivo International Youth Competition (First prize) at Kaufman Music Center, International Virtuoso Competition (Silver Prize), Lyra Music Competition semi-finalist and YWCA NY Music competition (Third Place). During the summers, he has attended Oberlin Credo and Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s Young Artists Orchestra.
Dimitri Eugene Galterio, a native New Yorker, began his piano studies at the age of four at The School for Strings, and currently studies with Victoria Mushkatkol. He was a triple Gold Medal Winner of the Music Festival in 2017, a Vanguard Gold Medal Winner 2017 and 2016, First Place Winner of the 2015 and 2014 Young Artist Festival, and recipient of the Special Tour Presentation Award. Dimitri has received awards nationally and internationally, and has participated in the Adam Gyorgy Festival in Budapest, Hungary. Also, a student of composition, recently one of his pieces was performed at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy by the Trinity Madrigals. A sophomore at the Trinity School, Dimitri is chapel soloist, sectional director and accompanist, and serves on Chapel Council, Community Time Council, Model Congress and is political editor of the Trinity Times.
Andrew Yang, fifteen, is a high school freshman at The Seven Hills School. He was the concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras Concert Orchestra for the 2016-2017 season, and is currently a member of the CSYO Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2017, he was awarded Distinction in the Thirteenth International Competition “Young Virtuosos” in Bulgaria. He was a 1st place winner of the 2017 American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. Andrew won first place in the Jack & Lucille Wonnell Young Artist Concerto Competition in the junior section in 2015 and second place in the senior section in 2017. Andrew was also the state winner for the Junior Strings category of the Music Teachers National Association competition in Ohio for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. He has attended the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in 2016 and 2017. Andrew studies with Dr. Won-Bin Yim at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.
Piano Trio:
In August of 2017, Leo Liang, Kevin Hu, and Sunny Fan formed the piano trio group, Lehoffe. Kevin, the violinist, and the Sunny, the cellist, are both 1st chair in Oak Valley Middle School’s orchestra. Individually, Kevin and Sunny placed first in competitions throughout the world and locally. Leo, the pianist, sadly unable to join the orchestra, also placed first in international competitions as well as many local competitions. Seeing the achievement that one of them can attain, they decided that if they all joined together, the opportunities are endless. For such a young group, their achievements are already astonishing.
Bobby Boogyeom Park, a 12-year-old violinist, has performed with orchestras such as Russian Symphony Orchestra in Russia and New Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in China. Since his debut at the age of seven, Bobby has been invited as a guest solist to international concerts and festivals including Bucheon Music Association Concert in Korea in 2016, the 5-young Virtuoso Concert at Oriental Art Center during Shanghai International Art Festival in 2013 and Seeds of Hope Concert for Sichuan, Shanghai in 2014. He was the winner of International Competitions for youth such as The 14th IRRCMC (International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition) Moscow, Russia in 2016 and Allegro International Competition, Hong Kong in 2013.
Suhyeon Choi, born in 2006, lives in Seoul, South Korea. She started cello when she was 7 years old. Until now, she has gotten many awards not only in competitions held in Korea but also in Germany. She took 1st place at ‘Yewon Music Competition’ and ‘Eumagchunchu Music Competition’. In addition, recently she took 1st prize at ‘Rising Stars Grand Prix International Music Competition Berlin’ and performed in the winners’ award concert which was held at the Berliner Philharmonie. She performed at ‘Seoul Soloist Cello Ensemble Young Artist Special Concert’ and ‘Seoul Academy Ensemble’ with the orchestra.
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Andrew Zhang, 12 and Jason Zhang, 10, from San Diego, CA, started their piano studies at the age of 8 and 7 with Tatiana Stignev. They were a first-place winner of the 2017 Classic Music Awards International Music Competition and were invited to perform in the winners’ recital at Carnegie Hall. Andrew also won second place in the 2017 American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and won the first place and the judges’ special award for Musicality in the 4th Hong Kong International Music Festival (HKIMF) SD Regional Competition. Most recently, Andrew won first place in the 2017 International Music Competition ‘Rome’ Grand Prize Virtuoso and performed in the winners’ concert at Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome.
Vincent Pham is 9 years old from Tampa, Florida. He started piano lesson at age 4. Vincent has attended many master classes and described as “extremely gifted” by renowned professor Rebecca Penneys. He has participated in many local, state, and international music competitions. Vincent has won numerous awards including competitions of HACA Spotlight on Talent: Second Place Winner 2015, First Place Winner 2016, First Place Winner 2017; Central Florida Concerto Competition FFMTA: First Place Winner 2017; FFMC Florida State Competition: Honorable Award Piano Solo FFMC 2015, First Place Winner Piano Solo FFMC 2016, First Place Winner Piano Concerto FFMC 2017; American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition: Second Place Winner 2016, and First Place Winner 2017.
Christine Koh began playing the violin in 2013, at the age of 4. She has participated in many competitions as a soloist both internationally and locally in Singapore. Most recently in January 2018, she won First Prize in the Classical Music International Competition with performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. In the inaugural Brilliant Talent Discovery Awards International Music Competition in 2017, she achieved the Gold Award in violin and performed at Esplanade in Singapore. She is also an active member of her school’s string ensemble. In 2016, she represented her school in the Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation for String Ensemble 2016 and the team achieved the highest award of Certificate of Distinction.
Ji-Eon Lee, 8 years old from Korea, began studying Cello when she was 4. With her passion for music, she won the Highest Award at City Philharmonic Orchestra Competition within 2 years. In 2016, she also won the 1st prize at Sejong, Ye-Eum, Yejeon and Yookyoung Competition. In 2017, she performed solo at Youngsan Art Hall as 1st prize winner of The Music Education News Competition and also received the 1st prize from Shinye Music and Eumyoun Competition. At the same year, Ji-Eon had a concert as a 1st winner of Eumak Journal Competition at University of Seoul and a debut on TV. She is going to play Haydn Concerto as a soloist with Youth Orchestra in March this year.
Yi-chen Hung, born in 2012, a native of Taiwan, started playing the piano at age three. A year later, he began competing in local and international competitions. At four, Yi-chen won Apollo Prize in 2016 PIARA Piano Competition in Hamamatsu, Japan (Category 7 and Under). He was the youngest contestant to compete in the final. At five, Yi-chen won first place in 2017 Taiwan Agean Sea Music Competition and Yi-Shang Music Competition. He was also selected as one of the semi-finalists of both 2017 NTD Asia Pacific Music Competiton (Category 8 and Under) and 27th Japan Classical Music Competiton (Category 6 and Under). Yi-chen currently studies piano with his mother, Junko Nishida.
Winners by Age Category
| Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10: | ||
| Name | Age | City, State/Country |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Yi-Chen Hung, piano | 5 | Taichung, Taiwan |
| Student of Junko Nishida | ||
| Elijah Chang, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Evelyn Liu, piano | 6 | Voorhees, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Thannapas Luanpitpong, piano | 6 | Bangkok , Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| David (D.J.) Wang, piano | 8 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Robin Scott | ||
| Ji Eon Lee, cello | 8 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Miyoung Woo | ||
| Angelina Wong, piano | 9 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Hans Boepple | ||
| Christine Koh, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Elza Nartadjieva | ||
| Vincent Pham, piano | 9 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Vladimir Khokhlov and Olga Glick | ||
| Ashley Choi, piano | 10 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Young Ae Park Do and Yun Kyung Choo | ||
| Caroline Mlynarczyk, piano | 10 | Vienna, Austria |
| Student of Elena Tolstykh | ||
| Conor McMillen, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Krzysztof Kuznik | ||
| Ella Cho, piano | 10 | La Habra Hts, CA |
| Student of Ory Shihor | ||
| Henry Auxenfans, violin | 10 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Stacia Spencer | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Koh | 11 | Alameda, CA |
| Katie Koh | 8 | Alameda, CA |
| Students of Amy Chiu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| David Deutsch | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Sashi Chuckravanen | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Eric Wang, piano | 5 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, piano | 5 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, violin | 5 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Tim Yip | ||
| Ellie Yang, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Selene Chen, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Yin Yinrong, violin | 6 | Beijing , China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Yuri Yasui, piano | 6 | Yokohama, Japan |
| Student of Chitoshi Kurokawa | ||
| Bang Tam Tran, piano | 7 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Linh Hoang Khanh Doan | ||
| Hailey Sun, piano | 7 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
| Jasper Y. Ng, piano | 7 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Joseph Fridman | ||
| Sebastian Herrera, piano | 7 | San José , Costa Rica |
| Student of Jason Arroyo | ||
| Zoe Aldana, piano | 7 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Elena Fomicheva | ||
| Grace Zengxi He, piano | 8 | Canning Vale, WA |
| Student of Ivy Chen and Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Lillian Chen, piano | 8 | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Student of Yi Fan-Chiang | ||
| Nick Cheng, piano | 8 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Student of Chu-Yen Ho | ||
| Phatsacha Leowattana, piano | 8 | Bangkruai, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Yuchen Wei, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Adrien Dai, piano | 9 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Bridget Tran, piano | 9 | Cliffside Park, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Daniela Mejia, piano | 9 | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Student of Alexandr Sklioutovski and Tamara Sklioutovskaia | ||
| Emma Liu, piano | 9 | Voorhees, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Ethan Nie, piano | 9 | Merietta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Hailey Culp, piano | 9 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Jonathan Weng, piano | 9 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Nikola Markovic | ||
| Phatthicha Leowattana, piano | 9 | Bangkruai, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Tristen Chen, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Alex Lu, piano | 10 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Amber Chow, piano | 10 | Markham, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Michael Berkovsky | ||
| Analise Chen, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Eunice Kim, cello | 10 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Jekeun Yoo | ||
| Gloria Ma, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Jeffrey Yang, violin | 10 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Alex Shiozaki | ||
| Katina Pantazopoulos, cello | 10 | Dresher, PA |
| Student of Amy Sue Barston | ||
| Lucy Woo, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Park | ||
| Max Hong, piano | 10 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu | ||
| Michelle Zhou, piano | 10 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Rita Reichman | ||
| Rachelle Qin, violin | 10 | Oak Brook, IL |
| Student of Jin Zhang | ||
| Robert Wang, piano | 10 | Greenwich, CT |
| Sarah Park, violin | 10 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Philip Pan | ||
| Vivian Lu, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mizuki Noda | ||
| Zack Lam, piano | 10 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Scarlett Stewart, piano | 9 | Englewood, NJ |
| Jacqueline Stewart, piano | 9 | Englewood, NJ |
| Students of Mizuho Uchiyama | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Oliver Ding, piano | 10 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Olivia Ding, cello | 10 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Students of Ning Wang and Yoon Huh | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Tianze Liu, piano | 5 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Di Jiao | ||
| Aaron Ye, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Dr. Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Alan Cen-Wang, piano | 7 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Joan Behrens Bergman | ||
| Alexander Medvedev, piano | 7 | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Cadence Park, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hitomi Honda | ||
| Carrie Liu, piano | 7 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Roger Lord | ||
| Catherine Wang, piano | 7 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Mike Chiu | ||
| Chloe Song, piano | 7 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Jingyi Tang, piano | 7 | Beijing , China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Alexander Sun, violin | 8 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Andie Sparano, piano | 8 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| Andy Mo, piano | 8 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Joshua (Han Dong) Lee, cello | 8 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Haily Kim | ||
| Saya Uejima, piano | 8 | Uniontown, OH |
| Student of Sebastian | ||
| Zaliah Siva Kumaran, violin | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ina Litera and Samantha Siva | ||
| Aika Oki, violin | 9 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Bethesda Yeh, piano | 9 | Waban, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Chloe Woo, violin | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Park | ||
| Gina Fanelli, piano | 9 | Morrow, OH |
| Student of Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| Kanade Noda, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Matthew Kim, violin | 9 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Christie Abe-Earl | ||
| Patchubun Panjamapirom, piano | 9 | Phichit , Thailand |
| Student of Sek Thongsuwan and Laszlo Zoltan Kovad | ||
| Pravin Balasingam, piano | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Victoria Vanderslice, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Li-Chen Hwang | ||
| Zuriel Te, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Ass. Prof. Simon Browne | ||
| Aidan Yu, piano | 10 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Aien Du, piano | 10 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Alina Uddin | ||
| Alex Zhao, violin | 10 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Richard Chang | ||
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 10 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| Brian Lin, piano | 10 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Christy Ma, piano | 10 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Emilie Zajfe, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of I-Hao Lee and Diana Kim | ||
| Hyunmin Yoo, violin | 10 | Seoul , South Korea |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Justin Chan, piano | 10 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Kamina Becker, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dmitriy Kosovskiy | ||
| Michelle Lu, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Nicole Lai, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Sashi Chuckravanen, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Victoria Chang, piano | 10 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Wendy Bradeen | ||
| William He, piano | 10 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Zachary Xu, piano | 10 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andie Sparano, piano | 8 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 10 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Students of Hsini Chou | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Colin Fuller, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Connie Tao, piano | 8 | Irvington, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| George Li, piano | 8 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| Lang Ren, piano | 8 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 8 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Paolo David Zamora, piano | 8 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Rita Chen, Voilin | 8 | Mount Waverley, Australia |
| Student of Cong Gu | ||
| Yuxuan He, piano | 8 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Grace Merchant, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Jackson Li, piano | 9 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Ryan Kim, piano | 9 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Elena Fomicheva | ||
| Ryka Chopra, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Spencer Wang, piano | 9 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Tygesen Yoon, piano | 9 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Anthony Michael Zamora, piano | 10 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Bea Isoebel Cariaso, piano | 10 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopoloz | ||
| Chloe Lin, piano | 10 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Justin J. Ng, violin | 10 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Frank Ho | ||
| Nareeco Amadea William, piano | 10 | Jakarta , Indonesia |
| Student of Mutia Hartono | ||
| Nikka Gershman-Pepper, flute | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Anastasia Petanova | ||
| Run He (Kelly) Deng, piano | 10 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Wang Jue | ||
| Ryan Ayers, piano | 10 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Sharon Wu, piano | 10 | Markham, Canada |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Sophia Lin, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yuhui Jen | ||
| Sophie Chan, piano | 10 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Junior Category, Age 11 to 14: | ||
| Name | Age | City, State/Country |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Natalie Kwok, cello | 11 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Wendy Liu | ||
| Suhyeon Choi, cello | 11 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jeongeun Choi | ||
| Ari Webb, cello | 12 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Sarah Kim | ||
| Bobby Boogyeom Park, violin | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Catherine Cho and Yulee Choi | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 12 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Kathleen Gurning, piano | 12 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez | ||
| Michael Wu, piano | 12 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Dr. Amy Wang | ||
| Andrew Bailey, cello | 13 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Marnie Kim Jones | ||
| Andrew Zeng, piano | 13 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Dr. Sean Schulze | ||
| Derek Lu, piano | 13 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Elanna Mak, viola | 13 | Hong Kong , China |
| Student of Kaori Wilson and Katrina Rafferty | ||
| Ethan Chen, cello | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of David Chen | ||
| Iris Wu, violin | 13 | Bayside, NY |
| Kevin Lu, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Tony Wei, piano | 13 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Benjamin Yang, piano | 14 | Springfield, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien and Angela Mitchell Simonson | ||
| Emily Chan, piano | 14 | Hinsdale, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Ethan Jiang, piano | 14 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Gabriel Sun, piano | 14 | Greenacres, FL |
| Student of Olga Konovalova | ||
| Julianne Huang, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Katherine Wong, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Judy Huang | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 14 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez | ||
| Rae Yue Pung, piano | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Albert Tiu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Jason Zhang, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katherine Zhao, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Sunny Fan, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Kevin Hu, violin | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Alexander Palamidis | ||
| Leo Liang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Sunny Fan, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu Yan Guo | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Avelyn Kulsomphob, piano | 14 | Holladay, UT |
| Hannah Yang, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alexander Pham, piano | 11 | Cottonwood Heights City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Arya Vignesh Babu, piano | 11 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Daniel Lee, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Elaine See Toh, piano | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Sharon Peng Love | ||
| Emmeline Wang, piano | 11 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Fang-heng Du, violin | 11 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Jason Rea, piano | 11 | Long Beach, NY |
| Student of Kim Colucci | ||
| Onyu Lee, Viola | 11 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jieun Kim | ||
| Sidney Eric, piano | 11 | Rossmoyne, Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Tiffany Qiu, piano | 11 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Rachel Bradeen | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ariella Katz, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Choi | ||
| Felicia Ambrogi, piano | 12 | Rye, NY |
| Student of Efrem Briskin | ||
| Gabriel Tsai, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Gabriel Tsai, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Chan Ho Yun | ||
| Illarion Gershkovich, cello | 12 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Sergei Riabchenko | ||
| Jenna Seohyeong Kang, violin | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Evelyn Kwark | ||
| Lucy Will, piano | 12 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Madison Yang, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Michelle Skylar, Voice | 12 | London, England |
| Student of Marika Rauscher | ||
| Ray Chen, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Rohan Tirumala, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Sarah Li, piano | 12 | Midland, MI |
| Student of Amy Cheng | ||
| Andrew Han, violin | 13 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 13 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Christina He, piano | 13 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pihsun Shih | ||
| Crystal Tang, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Einstina Wang, piano | 13 | Seal Beach, CA |
| Student of Shun-Lin Chou | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Ethan Yu, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
| Ethan Zhang, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Jade Xu, piano | 13 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Jonathan Backues, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Xiao-yan Sui | ||
| Maxwell Fairman Fairman, violin | 13 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Marion Peraza de Webb | ||
| Nicholas Khong, piano | 13 | Balwyn North, Australia |
| Student of Cheng Ling Chua | ||
| Norah Fong, cello | 13 | Redondo Beach, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo Freeman | ||
| Richard Zhang, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Zera Te, violin | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Ass. Prof. Simon Browne | ||
| Alan Zhang, cello | 14 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of James Lee | ||
| Alyssa Wang, piano | 14 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Angela Huang, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ayako Sugaya | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Anthony Tan, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Cassi Chen, guzheng | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Lei Gu | ||
| Christian Yang, cello | 14 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Pinfei Tang | ||
| Cynthia Chingyi Or, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Brian Lam | ||
| Erica Hooshi, piano | 14 | Old Westbury, NY |
| Student of Fei Bradeen | ||
| Isabella Yuan, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sam Fischer | ||
| Janice Hu, violin | 14 | Jupiter, FL |
| Student of Maree Sawhney | ||
| Jeffrey Zhou, piano | 14 | Greenwood Village, CO |
| Jessica Zeng, piano | 14 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Lucy Chen | ||
| Jonathan Ma, piano | 14 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Justin Wang, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yosnogorodsky | ||
| Maria Sofia Catania, violin | 14 | Treviso , Italy |
| Student of Maria Caterina Carlini | ||
| Melody Gawon Choi, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Hyun-Ju Sung | ||
| Melody Gawon Choi, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jayden Kim, piano | 10 | Chicago, IL |
| Noah Kim, piano | 11 | Indian Creek, IL |
| Students of Yumy Lee Kim | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Lin, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Andrew Gao, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jeffrey Chen, piano | 14 | Lafayette, CO |
| Matthew Chen, piano | 14 | Lafayette, CO |
| Students of Ling Yu McLoughlin | ||
| Cello Sextet: | ||
| Timothy Chu, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Brandon Diep, cello | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Ethan Diep, cello | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Ellen Xu, cello | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Kate Xu, cello | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Sabrina Feng, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Lu Yan Guo | ||
| Cello Sextet: | ||
| Sunny Fan, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Jeslyn Fan, cello | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Andrew Pung, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Natasha Mar, cello | 11 | Poway, CA |
| Claire Jiang, cello | 14 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Anthony Jiang, cello | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Lu Yan Guo | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Albert Hu, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Amy Chen, piano | 11 | Setauket, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Cristina Elena Baron, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson | ||
| Collins Tanujaya, piano | 11 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Mutia Hartono | ||
| Daniel Qiu, piano | 11 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| David Guo, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Yao Xiao Yun | ||
| Elise Liu, piano | 11 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Lee Elizabeth | ||
| Hannah Fong, cello | 11 | Redondo Beach, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo Freeman | ||
| Julia Kim, violin | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Christie Abe-Earl | ||
| Tyler Zhou, piano | 11 | Davie, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Ashley Ryoo, cello | 12 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Bongshin Ko | ||
| Charline Chen, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Derrick Liu, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Huang | ||
| Fiona Shangguan, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen Peng | ||
| Jean Yu, piano | 12 | Rochester Hills, MI |
| Student of Mary Si | ||
| Nancy Waldman, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irena Bendetsky | ||
| Tristan Wan, piano | 12 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Yelena Fridman | ||
| Daniel Nykamp, piano | 13 | St. Paul, MN |
| Student of Jean Krinke | ||
| Duc Vu, piano | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Kyan Li, violin | 13 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Petra Johnson, piano | 13 | Culver City, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Tiffany Huang, violin | 13 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Victoria Whatley, violin | 13 | Fairhope, AL |
| Student of Jose Sunderland | ||
| William Xiao, piano | 13 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Zhaohan Sun, piano | 13 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jiafeng Yan | ||
| Alana Yang, piano | 14 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Hong Wang | ||
| Austin Wang, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kayoko Adachi | ||
| Ethan Man, piano | 14 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Evan Xia, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Feiyang Wang, piano | 14 | Saline, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Fiona Luo, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Inna Gendler | ||
| Helen Sun, piano | 14 | Boulder, CO |
| Student of Ling Yu McLoughlin | ||
| Liam Ryan, piano | 14 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Alexandra Tsirkel | ||
| Lorelai Lee Swanek, piano | 14 | New Milford, CT |
| Student of Roxane Lee | ||
| Mayan Bhagavan, piano | 14 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Nathan Napier, piano | 14 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Robert Ratin, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Victor Klimin | ||
| Tianjian Bai, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Vivian Zheng, piano | 14 | Williamsville, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Theresa Yung, piano | 11 | East Williston, NY |
| Tiffany Yung, piano | 11 | East Williston, NY |
| Students of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Christine Yiu, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Anne Zhou, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Students of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Cello Duo: | ||
| Natasha Mar, cello | 11 | Poway, CA |
| Perry Fang, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Cello Duo: | ||
| Sunny Fan, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Timothy Chu, cello | 14 | San diego, CA |
| Students of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Benjamin Zaslavsky, piano | 11 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Kraphina | ||
| Cindy Xue, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Student of Hsiu- Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Clarise Wu, piano | 11 | Pacifica, CA |
| Student of Dr. Lilian Chen | ||
| Joel Mathew, piano | 11 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Khoi Vu, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Mark Zhu, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu Hiu Chen | ||
| Nidhi Ram, piano | 11 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Student of Tim McKinstry | ||
| Robert Gao, piano | 11 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Timothy Ehlen | ||
| Shayla Kumaresan, piano | 11 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Sophia Somers, violin | 11 | Plymouth Meeting, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Victor Li, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Ashley Ma, piano | 12 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Benjamin Amidei, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Benjamin Who, piano | 12 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin Pratt | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Christine Yiu, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Diana Ayers, piano | 12 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Edison Liu, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Haejoo Chang, piano | 12 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Han | ||
| Ishaan Jain, piano | 12 | Jersey City , NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Johnny Li, piano | 12 | Woodhaven, NY |
| Student of Lianhua Chi | ||
| Nathaniel Scott, Piano | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Peter Woo, violin | 12 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Yevgeniy Dyo | ||
| Renee Qin, piano | 12 | Oak Brook, IL |
| Student of Juliet Sun | ||
| Sasha Balasingam, piano | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Youngsung Sim, piano | 12 | Hopewell Junction, NY |
| Student of Eunyoung (Becky) Park | ||
| Youngsung Sim, cello | 12 | Hopewell Junction, NY |
| Student of Kenny Silvern | ||
| Aico Miao, violin | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Ally Wang, piano | 13 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Alice Huang | ||
| Amy Li, violin | 13 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Timothy Yip | ||
| Arjun Bharadhwaj, piano | 13 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Majhon Philips | ||
| Axel Baltuch, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Choi | ||
| Brendan Konigsberg, piano | 13 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos and Nancy Konigsberg | ||
| Claire Li, piano | 13 | Sierra Madre, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Gabriel Madan, piano | 13 | Tiburon, CA |
| Student of Joseph Bloom | ||
| George Lyon, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Gwendolyn Clores, piano | 13 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Jack Bennett, Piano | 13 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Dan Rufolo | ||
| Jonathan Ho, piano | 13 | Poway, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Judy Wang, violin | 13 | Geneva , Switzerland |
| Student of Wendy James | ||
| Kayla Bello, piano | 13 | Miramar, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Marianna Narita, violin | 13 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Stacey Woolley | ||
| Maxim Podgayetsky, violin | 13 | Richboro, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Samuel Kornstein, piano | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Yuqiao Zou, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hitomi Honda | ||
| Adalina Ma, piano | 14 | Aliso Viejo, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Anastasia Bozhenova, piano | 14 | North Miami Beach, FL |
| Student of Elena Fomicheva | ||
| Angelina Tran, classical guitar | 14 | Goodyear, AZ |
| Student of Ed Anderson | ||
| Anneka Murdoch, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Siyi Fang | ||
| Annie Lu, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Christina Zhang, violin | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of An Pang | ||
| Claire Huang, piano | 14 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Majhon Phillips | ||
| Isabella Geraci, piano | 14 | Cooper City, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Leonard Pan, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Umida Avloni | ||
| Michelle Ding, piano | 14 | Missouri City, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Shaurir Ramanujan, violin | 14 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Chiafei Lin and Mike Arbucci | ||
| Skyler Li, violin | 14 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Tim Yip | ||
| Vivian Hir, piano | 14 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Julia Wang | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18: | ||
| Name | Age | City, State/Country |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Allison Zheng, piano | 15 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 15 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Emre Alptuna, piano | 15 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Ronn Yedidia | ||
| Michelle Tang, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Katerina Zaitseva | ||
| Vera Hong, Violin | 15 | Simi Valley, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Dimitri Galterio, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Victoria Mushkatkol | ||
| Sally Han, violin | 16 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Allen Chun, violin | 17 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Rachel Kim | ||
| Amy King, piano | 17 | Torrance, CA |
| Bella Fong, viola | 17 | San Francisco, CA |
| Brittney Nichols, violin | 17 | Mesa, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Christopher Yang, viola | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Jeremy Cha, cello | 17 | Westfield, NJ |
| Student of Madeleine Golz | ||
| Stephen Yang, cello | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Trevor Jensen, violin | 17 | Sunnyside, NY |
| Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Judy Qin, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Ernest Lin, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Sharon Liou | ||
| Luke Huang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Trio Vivo: | ||
| Esther Jung, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rebekah Yoon | ||
| Chan Park, cello | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Laszlo Mezzo | ||
| Kaitlyn Wang, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Pentasuite Quintet: | ||
| Kimberly Lewin, cello | 17 | Draper, UT |
| Student of Carey Cheney and Asheley Watabe | ||
| Bella Maher, viola | 17 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Caroline Durham, violin | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe and Eugene Watanabe | ||
| Cameron Jeppson, violin | 17 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Suzannah Rose, piano | 17 | Riverton, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe and Gary Amano | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sarah Huang, piano | 15 | South Barrington, IL |
| Thomas Huang, piano | 17 | South Barrington, IL |
| Students of Soyoung Kee | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alicia Yang, viola | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| E Ju Ro, violin | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Eileen Kim, viola | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miehee Park | ||
| Jessica Wu, piano | 15 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Scott Beard | ||
| Julia Pepper, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Michael Song, viola | 15 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Karen Ritscher | ||
| Michelle Hsu, piano | 15 | Locust Valley, NY |
| Student of Wendy Bradeen | ||
| Raunak Kumar, violin | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| Ronald Liu, piano | 15 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Stephanie Liao, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Stephen Nishi, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Taylor Chen, violin | 15 | South WIndsor, CT |
| Student of Solomiya Ivakhiv | ||
| Uno Kakegawa, violin | 15 | Surfers Paradise, Australia |
| Student of Kerry Smith | ||
| Wenson Tang, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Yijun Wang, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Alex Lim | ||
| Alicia Wu, viola | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susuanne Rothaar | ||
| Alina Guo, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Bach Nguyen, piano | 16 | Oxford, MS |
| Student of Ian Hominick and Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Erin Han, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rachel Kim | ||
| Ethan Resnik, piano | 16 | Bedford, NY |
| Student of Arlene Portney | ||
| Iris Cheng, viola | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Jack Liu, piano | 16 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Roger Lord | ||
| Jared Wang, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yan-zi Lin | ||
| Jasmine Zhang, piano | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Maggie Wang, piano | 16 | Washington, DC |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Percy Chen, violin | 16 | South WIndsor, CT |
| Student of Solomiya Ivakhiv | ||
| Renny Gong, violin | 16 | Wincheseter, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Sara Min, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Namiq Sultanov | ||
| Alison Xin, piano | 17 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Jacey Song, piano | 17 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Bella Volkova | ||
| Jonathan Staley, piano | 17 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Sonya Ribner, piano | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Helen Park | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Thalia Liu, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Abby Liu, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| The Apollo Quintet: | ||
| Adam Kim, double bass | 17 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Kyle Shin, cello | 15 | Hamden, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Gabe Galley, viola | 16 | South WIndsor, CT |
| Student of Gabriel Remillard and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Sofia DiNatale, piano | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Elaine Silbereis and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Annie Chin, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yung-Yang Lin | ||
| Noctem Quartet: | ||
| Claire Lee, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Annie Trépanier and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Vincent Kaverud, violin | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Michael Wheeler and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Francesca Tavano, viola | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Melinda Daetsch and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Brant Barbera-Hwang, cello | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Eric Dahlin and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Patricia Hsieh, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Brian Hsiao, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Strings Duo: | ||
| Clarisse Pierre, viola | 15 | Suffern, NY |
| Dorisse Pierre, violin | 15 | Suffern, NY |
| Students of Olga Dusheina-Dougherty | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Annie Zhi, piano | 15 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Christina Long | ||
| Audrey Vanderslice, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Skavish | ||
| Caleb Kim, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Caroline Cowley, violin | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Caroline Zhu, violin | 15 | Cary, NC |
| Darren Chen, piano | 15 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Sharon H. Cheng | ||
| Ekta Karkala, flute | 15 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Chapuis | ||
| Hilary Zen, piano | 15 | New York , NY |
| Student of Wei Chiu | ||
| Jasmine Shum, piano | 15 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Ivy Chen | ||
| Kyra Hooshi, piano | 15 | Old Westbury, NY |
| Student of Vivian Chan | ||
| Megan Chen, viola | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Nathan Ng, piano | 15 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Katie Gueorguieva | ||
| Soleil Tseng, violin | 15 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Tristin Saito, viola | 15 | Henderson, NV |
| Student of Jason Bonham and Sharon Street-Caldwell | ||
| Warren Xu, piano | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Winnie Ip, piano | 15 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Valentina Tumanova | ||
| Adam Zhang, piano | 16 | Audubon, PA |
| Student of Ning Xiaoman Zhang | ||
| Alexander Deutsch, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Audrey Quinn, violin | 16 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi | ||
| Bailey Yang, violin | 16 | Bluffton, SC |
| Student of Na You | ||
| Christina Gong, violin | 16 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Claire Yu, piano | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Dr. Jeong Soo Kim | ||
| David Nam, cello | 16 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Dimitri Trifunac, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Emily Uh, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Yoo | ||
| Ergene Kim, piano | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Haolin Li, piano | 16 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Ruby Zhou | ||
| Jane Kim, piano | 16 | Buena Park, CA |
| Student of Dr. Hye Kyung Lee | ||
| Jim Wang, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Julie Ye, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Vitaly Leykin | ||
| Nicholas Hong, piano | 16 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Ryan Liu, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Andy Luo, piano | 17 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Daria MacAuslan, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Ben | ||
| Wynnie Chan, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chi-Yuan Chen | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Kyle Ke, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Skyler Wu, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Feifei Song | ||
| Jonathan Lee, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Timothy Dang, piano | 15 | Westlake, OH |
| Joyce Liang, piano | 15 | Beachwood , OH |
| Students of Esther Chu | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Glennon, piano | 15 | West Babylon, NY |
| Student of Michael Readinger | ||
| Daisy Wang, piano | 15 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Heather Riley | ||
| Edward Wang, piano | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Ethan-Rygl Ato, piano | 15 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Ian Morgan, piano | 15 | Medina, OH |
| Student of Karen Campo and Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Jihyun Hwang, violin | 15 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Rachel Oh | ||
| Julia Cheatham, violin | 15 | Canton, OH |
| Student of Linda Dragomire and Bodin Subchak | ||
| Liliana Taraban, piano | 15 | Funchal, Portugal |
| Student of Cristina Pliousnina | ||
| Noa Noh, piano | 15 | Chino, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Han | ||
| Pascal Sossou, piano | 15 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Jung Hee Lee | ||
| Sanjay Gollapudi, viola | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Peter Thompson | ||
| Seyon Kim, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Pat Burnham | ||
| Zeyu Zhao, violin | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Richard Chang | ||
| Amber Tsao, violin | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Tatevik Yaghubyan | ||
| Chae Hyun Kim, piano | 16 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Haewon Min | ||
| Charley Cai, piano | 16 | Burnaby, Canada |
| Student of Michael Chen | ||
| Cong Li, piano | 16 | Midland, MI |
| Student of Amy Cheng | ||
| Debarun De, piano | 16 | Malvern, PA |
| Student of Maria Bucco | ||
| Diego Chavez, piano | 16 | Wellington, FL |
| Student of Madalina Garcia and Dr. Gastesi | ||
| Elya Lavi, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Peggy Reich | ||
| Inthat Boonpongmanee, piano | 16 | Richland, WA |
| Student of Hania Dec | ||
| Jake Yasonik, piano | 16 | Mequon, WI |
| Justin Zhou, cello | 16 | Richmond Hill,Canada |
| Student of Paul Widner | ||
| Mark Thivierge, piano | 16 | Lutz, FL |
| Max Khanmamedov, piano | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Lois Finlay | ||
| Menaka Fernando, piano | 16 | Cherry hill, NJ |
| Student of Lenka Lazorikova | ||
| Mindy Jun, piano | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Nicole Chen, piano | 16 | Monte Sereno, CA |
| Student of Daniel Cheng | ||
| Talia Beyer, piano | 16 | Mill Valley, CA |
| Student of Natasha Borodulin | ||
| Aidan Reeves, piano | 17 | South Orange, NJ |
| Student of David Easton | ||
| Ethan Wang, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Jenny Tan, piano | 17 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Joy Lee-Shi, piano | 17 | Belize City, Belize |
| Student of Gina Scott | ||
| Lolita Nazarov, piano | 17 | Nesconset, NY |
| Student of Esther Chung Marks | ||
| Mark Ma, piano | 17 | Wallingford, CT |
| Student of Thomas Martin | ||
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| Name | Age | City, State/Country |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ahyoung Cho, piano | 30 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras and Emile Naoumoff | ||
| Christie Sowby, piano | 31 | Lehi, UT |
| Eun Young Lee, piano | 30 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Christopher Harding | ||
| Eunsun So, piano | 35 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Gabriel Quenneville-Belair, piano | 28 | Montreal, Canada |
| Hyojin Lee, cello | 37 | Highland Park, NJ |
| Juhyun Kim, violin | 32 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Philip Lewis | ||
| Minkyung Song, piano | 33 | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Student of Dean Kramer and Claire Wachter | ||
| Minsil Choo, piano | 33 | Athens, GA |
| Student of Evgeny Rivkin | ||
| Sunhaeng Lee, cello | 33 | Murray, KY |
| Student of Yehuda Hanani | ||
| S.O.Y. Piano Trio: | ||
| Seulye Park, violin | 41 | Suwon-si, South Korea |
| Okon Hwang, piano | 57 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Yun-Yang Lin, cello | 42 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Po-Chuan Chiang | 35 | Macomb, IL |
| I-Ying Lin | 32 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alice Kubo, piano | 20 | Mill Valley, CA |
| Student of Victoria Neve | ||
| Chutikan Chaikittiwatana, piano | 24 | Evanston, IL |
| Student of Sylvia Wang | ||
| Daniel Padovan, piano | 22 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Sergio Gallo | ||
| Eleena Gelfgatt, piano | 44 | Marblehead, MA |
| Ellen Sirower, piano | 19 | New York, NY |
| Student of Amy Cheng | ||
| Jinah Choi, piano | 36 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Gabriel Chodos | ||
| Mimi Chun, piano | 27 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras | ||
| Shiyu Wang, piano | 24 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Alexander Shtarkman | ||
| Shota Homma, piano | 20 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Inna Faliks | ||
| Sooji Han, piano | 29 | Okemos, MI |
| Student of Panayis Lyras and Alexander Shtarkman | ||
| Subin Lee, piano | 26 | Lansing, MI |
| Student of Margarita Shevchenko | ||
| Wenran Meng Meng, viola | 25 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Steven Ansell and Doris Lederer | ||
| Yezhou Tan, piano | 33 | Oviedo, FL |
| Student of Abbey Simon | ||
| Cello and Piano Duo: | ||
| Jelena Cingara, piano | 41 | North York, Canada |
| Student of Vedrana Subotic | ||
| Zoltan Csikos, cello | 30 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Dr. Nikola Ruzevic | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Gayoung Han, piano | 34 | Namyangju-si, South Korea |
| Student of Hyunjung Gloria | ||
| Hyunjung Kim, piano | 36 | Seoul, South Korea |
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Abraham Wilson, piano | 26 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Anna Christine Gramza, piano | 31 | Billings , MT |
| Student of Jen Bratz | ||
| Eliza Tsailin, piano | 40 | Allen, TX |
| Student of Prof. Alfred Mouledous | ||
| Tyler Kivel, piano | 25 | Chicago , IL |
| Student of Dr. Alexandra Mascolo-David | ||
| Xiaoyi Zhong, piano | 21 | Zigong, China |
| Student of Claire Chiu | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alice Li, piano | 20 | Lexington, KY |
| HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS | ||
| Keeyana Harris, piano | 23 | Bronx, NY |
| Student of Robert Stephens | ||
| Jessica Chan, piano | 28 | New York, NY |
| Student of Michael Gordon | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!