International Piano and Strings Competition 2020
The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition is 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 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.
The largest number of musicians in American Protégé history applied for this year’s Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 18 countries, including: different parts of the U.S., Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine and Vietnam.
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 performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Winners Concerts will take place in December 2020 and March – June 2021.
Judges’ Distinction Award 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 2019. 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 2020 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Yan Qi Ong, from Singapore, started learning violin at the age of four in the School of Young Talents (SYT), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She performed in ensembles and participated in local music competitions from seven years old, winning Best Performance Award in the Singapore Raffles International Festival (SRIF) 2015 and 2016, Silver Award in the 6th and 7th Singapore Performers’ Festival and Chamber Music Competition in 2016 and 2018, as well as Gold Award in the Singapore Western Music Championship in 2018. In 2019, Yan Qi won First Placing in Amsterdam, Salzburg and Brussels “Grand Prize Virtuoso” International Music Competition, as well as the “Golden Music Classical Award” International Competition 2019. In November 2019, she performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Yan Qi attained Distinction in ABRSM Grade 8 in 2018. She is now working on her ABRSM Diploma certification.
Alexandra Zavidova is 12 years old and hails from Moscow, Russia. She has started studying music at the age of 6. Since 2018, Alexandra has been studying with Professor Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin School of Music. Alexandra made her concert debut at the International Music Festival “Karelia White Nights”, Russia in 2017. In 2018, Alexandra became the Winner of Golden Key of Vienna International Music Festival audition. She was awarded to perform at the Prayner Conservatory and at the Mozarthaus. Alongside solo repertoire, Alexandra has performed concertos by Bach, Haydn and Mozart with orchestras. In 2019, Alexandra was selected to attend masterclasses in Toscana, Italy. She was also admitted to the Chamber music course&festival at the Musica Mundi School (Waterloo, Belgium), where she studied with Menahem Pressler.
Sky Wen is a 10-year-old violinist in the Elizabeth Faidley studio, NYC. Sky has won numerous competitions and performed solo internationally, including Lalo Symphonie Espagnol with an orchestra after winning First Prize in an international Music Organization New York Concerto competition, and performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Salzburg Cathedral, Saint Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and in Budapest. She has also performed in masterclasses with Augustin Hadelich, Rachel Barton Pine, Stefan Jackiw, and Carolin Widmann. Recently Sky was awarded First Prize of the VIVO International Music Competition and First Prize of Elite International Music Competition. In 2018, she took first place at the East Coast International Competition, as well as a top prize at ENKOR competition with judges from 73 countries.
Nesya Fertel, a 10-year-old violinist from Maryland, is bilingual. Music is her first language. Nesya has been a student of Emily Jane Price for 7 years and also studies with Professor Brian Lewis at The University of Texas Butler School of Music. In July 2016, Nesya performed at Stanford University Advanced Suzuki Honors Recital, won 1st Place in the 2017 MSMTA Spring Festival, and at 8 years old, attended HeifetzPEG (Program for Exceptionally Gifted String Players) Summer Institute. Apart from performing in public concerts, masterclasses, and music festivals, she rehearses and performs frequently with her chamber ensemble. When Nesya is not playing violin, she can be found dancing, singing, reading adventure books, or spying on her triplet teenage siblings.
Tracy Zhao from Melbourne, Australia. She is 9 years old. She has been learning violin since the age of five. She won 1st place in 2019 Sydney Northern Beaches Eisteddfod (Category 8 and Under). She won Gold Medal in 2019 Adelaide Eisteddfod (Category 12 and Under). She won 1st place for two consecutive years 2018/2019 in the Royal South Street Eisteddfod (Category 11 and Under). She won 1st place for two consecutive years 2018/2019 in the Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod (Category 10 and Under). She won multiple 1st places in the West Gippsland Performing Art Competition 2019 (Category 10,12,16,18 and Under).
Laura Jin is a 7-year- old violin player from Concord, Australia. She began her musical career by learning the piano at five and a half years old, transitioning to violin when she turned six and a half . As a result of her efforts, Laura has already amassed multiple Gold Awards for playing within just her first year of violin. Professor Peter Zhang (Shi Xiang Zhang) has witnessed Laura’s talent directly, as she was able to transition from playing “Violin: The First 100 Days” Beginner Program to perform the works of Accolay in 5 months and Mozart’s concertos within only 10 months. Zhang himself stated that Laura is the fastest student he’s witnessed to master some of the many complex skills in his teaching curriculum and is one of the most successful students he has ever taught.
Belinda Zhu is 6 years old. She is a 1st Grade student from North Potomac, Maryland. She has been learning piano with her Piano Teacher San-Qing Lu-Bennaman for 14 Month. She is a focused and hardworking girl. She enjoys performance so much, and especially like to participate in competitions. She enjoys the applause after her great performance and likes to work hard for it. This is her first international piano competition, she feels excited about it and practices hard for it. Because she understands she could like to have a chance to perform in Carnegie Hall and get her piano performance talent to be shown in New York City.
Winners by Age Category
Young Musicians, 5 – 10
Junior, 11 – 14
Intermediate, 15 – 18
Professionals and Amateur
Young Musicians, 5 – 10
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jinglin (Jerry) Wang, piano | 4 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Amelia Ly, piano | 5 | Peoria, IL |
| Student of Anna Nogaj and Aneta Youngblood | ||
| Angie Zhu, piano | 6 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of San Qing Lu Bennaman | ||
| Belinda Zhu, piano | 6 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of San Qing Lu-Brennaman | ||
| Eric Yang, piano | 6 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Albert Deng, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Alexander Moon, violin | 7 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Ji Hyun Bae | ||
| Calla Jin, piano | 7 | Carle Place, NY |
| Student of Joyce Ng | ||
| Kate Lee, piano | 7 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Laura Jin, violin | 7 | Concord, Australia |
| Student of Peter Zhang | ||
| Lilian Guo, piano | 7 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Claudia Xi | ||
| Lynn Ueno, piano | 7 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Anna Poklewski and Bianca Roesli | ||
| Ming-Mei Sun, piano | 7 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. ZhaoZhao Yang | ||
| Ziqi (Amy) Cui, piano | 8 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Feifei Jiang | ||
| Hillary O’Sullivan, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Kseniia Vokhmianina | ||
| Lucy Wang, piano | 8 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Maxwell Brown, violin | 8 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Shelley Beard | ||
| Chloe Ma, piano | 9 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Tracy Zhao, violin | 9 | Wantirna South, Australia |
| Student of Peter Wang | ||
| Yihan Zhang, piano | 9 | Norman, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| David Gatien, piano | 10 | Bellevue, WA |
| Kayla Kim, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yuki Mori and Min Jung Park | ||
| Kayley Xu, violin | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin and Pasha Tseitlin | ||
| Nesya Julie Fertel, violin | 10 | Baltimore City, MD |
| Student of Emily Jane Price | ||
| Reina Hisada, violin | 10 | Deerfield, IL |
| Student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke | ||
| Sky Wen, violin | 10 | Santa Monica, CA |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Zaliah Siva Kumaran, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Isaac Malkin | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Duoxuan Yuan, piano | 7 | Buffalo, NY |
| Ava Shu, piano | 9 | Williamsville, NY |
| Wenzhang Vazquez, piano | 10 | Buffalo, NY |
| Students of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ellie Tian, violin | 5 | Hickory, NC |
| Student of Will Freeman and Melissa Lesbines | ||
| Felix Zhang, piano | 5 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Qian Yin | ||
| Qiaoshan Wang, piano | 5 | Xi’an City, China |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| William Lee, violin | 5 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jungwon Yoon | ||
| Sara Gao, piano | 6 | Carlisle, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Vanessa Lo, piano | 6 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Dingquan Wang, violin | 7 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Jiun Kai Kuah, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Sutini Goh | ||
| Kaitong Ma, piano | 7 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Michelle Hamano | ||
| Kyle Lu, violin | 7 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Laura Broverman | ||
| Larisa Wangwittaya, piano | 7 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Luke Bambick, piano | 7 | Lenexa, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Mikkel Myer Lee, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Professor Helen Lin | ||
| Serena Zhang, piano | 7 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Olive Yau | ||
| Victoria Marie Ramos, piano | 7 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos | ||
| Abigail Wei Qi Koh, piano | 8 | Kardinya, Australia |
| Student of Helene Lu | ||
| Alicia You, piano | 8 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Bret Huang, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ana Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi and Bruno Bottazzi | ||
| Isabelle Yang, piano | 8 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Lucas Wang, piano | 8 | Rochester, MN |
| Student of Rosanna Nuguid | ||
| Michael Yang, piano | 8 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Anchie Donn | ||
| Nicky Ahn, piano | 8 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Runa Ueda, piano | 8 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Teppei Soeda | ||
| Tiffany Matsumoto, piano | 8 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Alan Cen-Wang, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Joan Behrens Bergman | ||
| Alex Yang, piano | 9 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Amanda Huang, piano | 9 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Arisa Wangwittaya, piano | 9 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Aurellia Yang, piano | 9 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Canyi Wang, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Yongmei Kang | ||
| Cooper Li, violin | 9 | Sydney, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Grace Shiu, piano | 9 | Roslyn, NY |
| Student of Joyce Ng | ||
| Jacqueline Zhao, piano | 9 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Yinyin Huang | ||
| Jayden Yoneyama, violin | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mizuki Noda | ||
| Nelson Ma, piano | 9 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Peter Parra, piano | 9 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Dante Lorenzo DiIanni | ||
| Qingxin Clare Liu, piano | 9 | Irvine, Califonia |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Richard Kim, violin | 9 | Swarthmore, PA |
| Student of Shelley Beard Santore | ||
| Andrew Lee, piano | 10 | Carmel, IN |
| Student of Svetlana Soleimani | ||
| Angela Morgan, piano | 10 | Blookfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Bethesda Yeh, piano | 10 | Waban, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Caleb Morae, piano | 10 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Dr. Rachel Taylor | ||
| Edie Park, piano | 10 | Wilmette, IL |
| Student of Christina Tio | ||
| Lucy Lanjin Cui, piano | 10 | WA, DC |
| Student of Yao Lin | ||
| Mana Asaka, piano | 10 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Dr. Alex McDonald | ||
| Svari Teya Tejacharoenanan, piano | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Bangternghansa | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Annabelle Hu, piano | 5 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Hai Jie Mao, piano | 6 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Ison Cheung | ||
| Steven Zhao, piano | 6 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Anika Yanala, violin | 7 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Athena Wang, piano | 7 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Aleksei Takenouchi | ||
| Damon Chan, piano | 7 | Bloomington, IN |
| Student of Paola Del Negro Plano | ||
| Eric Guo, piano | 7 | Thornwood, New York |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Ethan Xia, piano | 7 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Haochen Yu, piano | 7 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Angela Xu, piano | 8 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Huan Yang | ||
| Cheng-Jui Lu, cello | 8 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Carrie Tseng | ||
| Cindy Mou, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Jesse Kim, violin | 8 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Evelyn Kwark | ||
| Jessica Ma, piano | 8 | Leawood, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Sophie Wang, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Xuanlang Hu, violin | 8 | Kun Ming, China |
| Student of Zhuqing Zhang | ||
| Alexander Medvedev, piano | 9 | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Andrea Hu, piano | 9 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Hua Jiang | ||
| Annie Huang, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Choon Han Aaron Sim, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Hui Jien | ||
| Ethan Zhao, piano | 9 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of San-Qing Lu Bennaman | ||
| Fiona Kwan, piano | 9 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Frank Lèvy | ||
| Howard Luo, piano | 9 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ilona Rectenwald | ||
| Jiehua Shi, piano | 9 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Yinyin Huang | ||
| Lilou David, piano | 9 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Kathryn Brunner | ||
| Pham Minh Anh Nguyen, piano | 9 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Hoang Khanh Linh Doan | ||
| Rae En Shania Tay, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Monica Chen | ||
| Techin Nukulvutthiopas, piano | 9 | Bangkok,Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan | ||
| Felicia Huang, piano | 10 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Andrey Ponochevny | ||
| George Li, piano | 10 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| JiaJing Liang, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Kristina Kirakosyan, piano | 10 | Clarence Center, NeN |
| Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Lucas, Hao Bo Wang, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Sean Yusin, piano | 10 | Sierra Madre, CA |
| Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka | ||
| Yiru Chen, piano | 10 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Dr Feifei Jiang | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Averie Chang, violin | 6 | Mckinney, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Sophia Kong, piano | 6 | Ithaca, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Aubrey No, violin | 7 | Ashburn, VA |
| Student of Zhuo Diao | ||
| Dali Meng, piano | 7 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Feilin Lin | ||
| Luciana Gelber, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Sophia Zhang, piano | 7 | Colleyville, TX |
| Student of Dr. Yu-Ching Hsu | ||
| Abigail May Miller, violin | 8 | Crozet, VA |
| Student of Leonora Reesor | ||
| Emi Psalmuel Pipit, piano | 8 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Olivia Kwan, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Frank Levy | ||
| SiAn Qiu, piano | 8 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Bianca Baciu | ||
| Alicia Gu, piano | 9 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Castor Li, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Hengpin Chen | ||
| Kaito Mion, piano | 9 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Max Lin, piano | 9 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Shonna Foo, violin | 9 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Angeline Branson | ||
| YueYao Chen, piano | 9 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Zexi Xue, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of PingPing Song | ||
| Ziling Cheng, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Lu Wang | ||
| Eyan Gribble, piano | 10 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Grace Li, piano | 10 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Jeik Park, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Jill Wang, violin | 10 | Lake Forest, IL |
| Student of Xiaoguo Burton | ||
| Mark Nilsen, piano | 10 | Clifton, NJ |
| Student of Yi Xia | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 10 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Samuel Meyer Buch, piano | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Rita Shen | ||
| Scarlett Chen, piano | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Sebastian Morales, piano | 10 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Nozomi Yamaguchi | ||
| Sophie Li, piano | 10 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Uliana Romanova, piano | 10 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Elena Paradies | ||
Junior, 11 – 14
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jim Xia, piano | 11 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Kairun (Angelina) Yang, piano | 11 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Anchie Donn | ||
| Yan Qi Ong, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Alexandra Zavidova, piano | 12 | Moscow, Russia |
| Student of Tatiana Zelikman | ||
| Elisa Wu, viola | 12 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Alayna Yujia Shu, violin | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Calvin Ho-Kei Wong | ||
| Catherine Li, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Cecelia Ky-Lan Do, piano | 13 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Jesica Yap | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 13 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Dilanni and Shen-Ling Chuang | ||
| Iris Danek, violin | 13 | Granada Hills, CA |
| Student of Henry Gronnier | ||
| Jacob Lewis, violin | 13 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Lynn Chang | ||
| Sophie Zhu, piano | 13 | Buffalo, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Tane Kim, cello | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Hyunseung Oh | ||
| Abigale Wee, violin | 14 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Robin Sharp | ||
| Ethan Chia, violin | 14 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of On You Lee | ||
| Gabriel Tsai, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Samuel Fischer | ||
| Kadence Howell, piano | 14 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Marsha Perkins | ||
| Katharine Lee, piano | 14 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Ethan Dong | ||
| Lixuan Wang, piano | 14 | Beijing, China |
| Madison Yang, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Michael Wu, piano | 14 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Dr. Amy Wang | ||
| Nina Cruz, violin | 14 | Fredericton, Canada |
| Student of Aida Tisler | ||
| Raymond Hou, piano | 14 | Montgomery, AL |
| Student of Ronald Shinn | ||
| Samantha Low, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mizuki Noda | ||
| Wonyoung Song, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Yoo | ||
| Yinuo Lu, piano | 14 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Xiaohan Wang | ||
| Yung-Chieh Lee, violin | 14 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Jessica Poll | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sean Choi, piano | 11 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Daniel Choi, piano | 9 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Students of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 10 | Alameda, CA |
| Eric Koh, piano | 13 | Alameda, CA |
| Students of Heidi Hau | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Chenjia Ni, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Caleb Tang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Helaine Zhao, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Hannah Zhao, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Students of Dr. Bella Tseng and Yi Liu | ||
| Pascale Chamber Players: | ||
| Xola Owens, violin | 13 | Altadena, CA |
| Kayce Lee, violin | 8 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Aiden To, violin | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Jamie Lee, violin | 11 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Ian Teigen, violin | 12 | Pasadena, CA |
| Namika Wang, violin | 11 | La Crescenta, CA |
| Chloe Tsang, violin | 9 | Torrance CA |
| Sophia Liu, violin | 12 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Eliana Andrea, viola | 13 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Paulina Salazar, cello | 13 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Kezia Gavlak, cello | 12 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Matthew Mak, cello | 11 | Temple City, CA |
| Ezekiel Gavlak, bass | 14 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Students of Susan Pascale | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Audrey Zhang, piano | 11 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Ayako Hattori | ||
| Caleb Tang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Daniel Feng, violin | 11 | Burwood, Australia |
| Student of Phoebe Masel | ||
| Isaac Hoi Kit Ng, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Benjamin Loh | ||
| Jaynie Lee, violin | 11 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Heesun Choi | ||
| Jerry Li, piano | 11 | Fort McMurray, Canada |
| Student of Bianca Baciu | ||
| Joy Hu, cello | 11 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Carrie Tseng | ||
| Kate Shao, piano | 11 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Simon Kirjner, violin | 11 | Monte Sereno, CA |
| Student of Elizabeth MacCorquodale and Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Vichamai Nukulvutthiopas, piano | 11 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa | ||
| Zibo Wang, piano | 11 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Albert Hu, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Analise Chen, violin | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Popova | ||
| Cameron Oates, violin | 12 | La Palma, CA |
| Student of Mizuki Yamanaka Noda | ||
| Clara Zhang, piano | 12 | Highland Park, IL |
| Student of Soo Young Lee | ||
| Dominic Trindade, cello | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Jaden Li, piano | 12 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Jing Zhang | ||
| Jay Peng, piano | 12 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Feifei Jiang | ||
| Lucas Yeh, violin | 12 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Dr. SongYoung kim and Phil Lewis | ||
| Sissi Goh, piano | 12 | Hicksville, NY |
| Student of Fei-Ju Bradeen | ||
| Vincent Giancola, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Ronn Yedidia | ||
| Vivian Kao, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
| Alexander Benjamin, piano | 13 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Jeffrey Lavner | ||
| Benjamin Zaslavsky, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Emma Yin, piano | 13 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Feifei Jiang | ||
| Emmeline Wang, piano | 13 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Eric Feng, cello | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Zhou Long | ||
| Helen Wang, violin | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Elizabeth Maccorquodale | ||
| Juliet Southern, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Raffaella Wong, piano | 13 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Timothy Lin, cello | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Yasemin Ela Goktepe, piano | 13 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Oana Rusu Tomai and Jessica Choe | ||
| Alex Kuck, piano | 14 | Park City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Angel Wang, piano | 14 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu | ||
| Anthony Ginzburg, piano | 14 | Hewlett, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Anthony Luo, piano | 14 | Simsbury, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Calvin Chen, violin | 14 | Matthews, NC |
| Student of Dr. Ernest Pereira | ||
| Ellie Lee, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin and Irina Tseitlin | ||
| Eric Zhu, viola | 14 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Andrew Taylor | ||
| Gabriel Higbie, piano | 14 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Gabriel Tsai, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Grace Shum, piano | 14 | Broadview Heights, OH |
| Student of Dr. Shuai Wang | ||
| Julia Janknecht, piano | 14 | OK City, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Song | ||
| Mia Chen, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Igor Tchetchko | ||
| Peter Liu, piano | 14 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Ryan Wu, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Guodong Wang | ||
| Serin Myung, violin | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Hijung Lee | ||
| Shirley Xu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Thadeus Wong, piano | 14 | Hacienda Heights, CA |
| Student of Sharon Hsin-I Cheng | ||
| Tony Kim, piano | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Yali Luo | ||
| Yvan Grinspan, piano | 14 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Benny Yu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Zachary Wang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Alexander Pease, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Aidan Yu, piano | 12 | Chandler, AZ |
| Carrie Ma, piano | 12 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Alexander Zhao, piano | 13 | Chandler, AZ |
| Carrie Ma, piano | 12 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katelyn Chen, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Lauren Chen, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Anthony Ginzburg, piano | 14 | Hewlett, NY |
| Benjamin Zaslavsky, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Students of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Christina Lee, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Cindy Chen, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katherine Zhao, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Shirley Xu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Yiju (Dylan) Chen, piano | 15 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Jiuxi (Tom) Wang, piano | 13 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Anthony Jiang, piano | 13 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| The Pascale-Larco String Quartet: | ||
| Jamie Lee, violin | 11 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Ian Teigen, viola | 12 | Pasadena, CA |
| Aiden To, violin | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Kezia Gavlak, cello | 12 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Students of Susan Pascale and Michael Larco | ||
| The Pascale Vivaldi Septet: | ||
| Kayce Lee, violin | 8 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Jamie Lee, violin | 11 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Matthew Mak, cello | 11 | Temple City, CA |
| Kate Masuda, violin | 9 | Monterey Park, CA |
| Megan Mak, violin | 9 | Temple City, CA |
| Eliana Andrea, viola | 13 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Paulina Salazar, cello | 13 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Students of Susan Pascale | ||
| The Pascale-Walz String Trio: | ||
| Xola Owens, violin | 13 | Altadena, CA |
| Student of Susan Pascale | ||
| Eliana Andrea, viola | 13 | South pasadena, CA |
| Student of Susan Pascale | ||
| Paulina Salazar, cello | 13 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of John Walz and Susan Pascale | ||
| String Quartet: | ||
| Dongwoo Kang, violin | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Donghyung Kang, cello | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Brandon Kwon, viola | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Aidan Kwon, violin | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Eva Rios, piano | 11 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Evan Kaplan, piano | 11 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Grace Li, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. ZhaoZhao Yang | ||
| Hannah Court, piano | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Red Burns, piano | 11 | West Newton, MA |
| Student of Emily Burns | ||
| Serena Wu, piano | 11 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| Spencer Wang, piano | 11 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 11 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Elenye German and Rose Bogossian | ||
| Yutong Hua, piano | 11 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu Chao | ||
| Abigail Jin, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Andrew Zhou, piano | 12 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Dr. Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| Arav Santhanam, piano | 12 | Auburndale, MA |
| Student of Helena Vesterman | ||
| Chenjia Ni, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Emilia Salistra, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Emily Chen, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Luca Song, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo DiIanni | ||
| Nash Tsai, piano | 12 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Peter Lin, piano | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Run He (Kelly) Deng, piano | 12 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Wang Jue | ||
| Shangyang Xia, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsui-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Sophia Cheng, piano | 12 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Spencer Sun, piano | 12 | Rochester Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Andy Wang, piano | 13 | Mount Sinai, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Claire Wang, piano | 13 | Novi, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Eddy Kang, piano | 13 | Edmond, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| Ethan Chen, piano | 13 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Hsin-I Sharon Cheng | ||
| Joshua Bold, piano | 13 | Gainesville, VA |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Joyce Wang, piano | 13 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Lincoln Haggart-Ives, violin | 13 | Vaughan, Canada |
| Student of Peter Seminovs | ||
| Nicholas Zhu, piano | 13 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of David Kosutic | ||
| Rohan Dalal, piano | 13 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Andrew Huang, piano | 14 | Westlake, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Arthur Yeh, piano | 14 | Carmel, IN |
| Student of Ada Shebanova | ||
| Callum Lorimer, piano | 14 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Juliana Yap | ||
| Cindy Xue, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Cindy Yang, piano | 14 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Daniel Wang, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Han Lim, piano | 14 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Hanna Park | ||
| Jessica Sheng, piano | 14 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Irene Yong | ||
| Jonathan Wang, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Kevin Joo, violin | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Timothy Krohn and Solomia Soroka | ||
| Kyle Fleming, piano | 14 | Olathe, KS |
| Student of Ying-Yu Emily Yeh | ||
| Logan Yuan, piano | 14 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pihsun Shih | ||
| Matthew Lin, piano | 14 | Wantagh, New York |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Michelle Li, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Richard Bai, piano | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Yu-Ting Chen | ||
| Shani Su, piano | 14 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Bohan Sung | ||
| Vidipt Someshwar, piano | 14 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Xiaoyu Geng, piano | 14 | Manvel, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin Pratt | ||
| YunHan Shen, piano | 14 | St. Johns, FL |
| Student of Kamila Shahtakhtinski and Shi-gu Zhang | ||
| Piano Quartet: | ||
| Alyona Chernikova, piano | 15 | Alamo, CA |
| Jacob Shusteff, piano | 12 | Piedmont, CA |
| Emma Osnovikov, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Daria Kryuchkova, piano | 12 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Students of Agnes Avoyan | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Anya Dalal, piano | 11 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Danielle Lee, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Grayson Lee, piano | 11 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
| Gwyneth Frank, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Choi | ||
| Isabel Xiong, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Jiahan Li, violin | 11 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Hsin-Lin Tsai | ||
| Leah Thomas, piano | 11 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Majhon Phillips | ||
| Leo Ying, piano | 11 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Nia Zagar, violin | 11 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Min Sun Kim | ||
| Sofia De la Cruz, piano | 11 | Chagrin Falls, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Alice Nadauld, piano | 12 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Lindsey Wright | ||
| Anisa Chang, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Arjun Lokesh, piano | 12 | Aurora, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Bella Michael Provo, piano | 12 | Roswell, GA |
| Student of John Bennett and Johnson Gouvêa | ||
| Bernice Tang, piano | 12 | Richmond Hill, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Kui Min | ||
| Chloe Lin, piano | 12 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Elina Suri, piano | 12 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Lenaga | ||
| Emilia Salistra, voice | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Simona Snitkovskaya | ||
| Grace Kim, cello | 12 | Westbury , NY |
| Student of Jaydn Ryu | ||
| Josephyn Liao, piano | 12 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Julia Young, piano | 12 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Seth Raphael, piano | 12 | Walnut Creek, CA |
| Student of Joseph Irrera | ||
| Twyla Morrison, violin | 12 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Ruth Giauque | ||
| Alexander Zhao, piano | 13 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Amanda Chen, piano | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Ann-Mei Sun, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. ZhaoZhao Yang | ||
| Bella Giauque, violin | 13 | Queen Creek, AZ |
| Student of Monte Belknap and Monte Belknap | ||
| Briana Butera, piano | 13 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Mami Lenaga | ||
| Elise Liu, piano | 13 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Elizabeth Lee | ||
| Fiona Yan, piano | 13 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Hsien En Shannen Tay, piano | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Monica Chen | ||
| Roma Shah, piano | 13 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Elena Paradies | ||
| Ruoshui Hu, piano | 13 | Danville, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Ryan Chin, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Scarlett Kaplan, piano | 13 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Alex Li, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Amy Liu, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Carrie Tseng | ||
| Benjamin Amidei, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Catherine Chong, violin | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Richard Chang | ||
| Claire SooHoo, piano | 14 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Sanaz Rezai | ||
| Jameel Maayah, piano | 14 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Kaitlyn Hetsko, piano | 14 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Katie Zhang, piano | 14 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Leilani Lee, piano | 14 | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Student of Ubaldo Diaz-Acosta | ||
| Liam Resnick, violin | 14 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Student of Zhannet Martirosyan | ||
| Rena Wang, piano | 14 | Sudbury, MA |
| Student of Irina Vorderer | ||
| Rodrigo Landa Romero, piano | 14 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Student of Rosa Maria Torner and Margarita de la Mora | ||
| Shishir Vargheese, piano | 14 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Siyi Xu, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Huang | ||
| Sophia Mugin, piano | 14 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Natalya Borodulina | ||
| Sresth Gupta, viola | 14 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Paul Manulik | ||
| Yi Tian Zhang, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
Intermediate, 15 – 18
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Katherine Yang, piano | 15 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Alexander Wasserman | ||
| Kathryn Guo, violin | 15 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Won-Bin Yim | ||
| Louisa Ma, violin | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Melody Chang, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Huang | ||
| Adrian Zaragoza, piano | 16 | Davis, CA |
| Student of Richard Cionco | ||
| Austin Xie, piano | 16 | Wilton, CT |
| Student of Svitlana Fiorito | ||
| Christopher Yao, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Su-Hui Yang | ||
| Julianne Huang, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Jennifer Liu, piano | 17 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Skyler Feng, piano | 17 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Dailing Wu, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Dennis Wang, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Dr. Irina Prilipko-Morgan | ||
| Helios Quartet: | ||
| Ava Cho, violin | 15 | Weston, CT |
| Kyle Shin, cello | 17 | Hamden, CT |
| Sarah Roberts, viola | 17 | Weston, CT |
| Noah Stein, violin | 16 | Guilford, CT |
| Students of Robert Smith | ||
| String Trio: | ||
| Donovan Williams, violin | 16 | Sandy Hook, VA |
| Student of Jocelyn Vorenburg | ||
| William Bullock, violin | 16 | Richmond, VA |
| Student of Helen Coulsen | ||
| John Mintz, violin | 17 | Richmond, VA |
| Student of Helen Coulsen | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Derek Bao, piano | 14 | Rancho Mission Viejo, CA |
| Student of Ashot Hayrapetyan | ||
| Amy Palm, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Lila Yang | ||
| Audrey Zhang, piano | 15 | Northville, MI |
| Student of Christopher Harding | ||
| Avyay Menon, violin | 15 | Trumbull, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Caitlyn Stocki, Harp | 15 | Downers Grove, IL |
| Student of Lisa Boggess | ||
| Caroline Ma, viola | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Crystal Tang, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Doyoon Kim, violin | 15 | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| Student of Tammie Joo | ||
| Elizabeth Song, piano | 15 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Anchie Donn | ||
| Jade Xu, piano | 15 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Joanna Cheng, piano | 15 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Nathan Mo, piano | 15 | Oak Hill, VA |
| Student of Evelyn Mo | ||
| Richard Sheng, piano | 15 | Pocatello, ID |
| Sarika Ahire, Harp | 15 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Yumiko Schlaffer | ||
| Albert Chen, piano | 16 | Hinsdale, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Avelyn Kulsomphob, piano | 16 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Benjamin Yang, piano | 16 | Springfield, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien and Angela Mitchell-Simonson | ||
| Chiao Hsing Wang, double bass | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Stephen Tramontozzi | ||
| Daniel Kim, viola | 16 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Edward Kong, cello | 16 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Dmitry Kouzov and Patrycja Likos | ||
| Eric Kim, cello | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Hyun-Seung Oh and Joslynne Blasdel | ||
| Hannah Noh, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Joseph Matthews | ||
| Jessica Tang, piano | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Kelly Gu, Guzheng | 16 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Lei Gu | ||
| Kristen Hung, piano | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Joyce Yang and Megan Chen | ||
| Laura Chen, piano | 16 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Ning An | ||
| Shirley Wang, viola | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Sophia Hanner, violin | 16 | Pressbaum, Austria |
| Student of Prof. Arkadij Winokurow and M.Mag. Veronika Weber | ||
| Yiyi Ouyang, cello | 16 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Yanni Chen | ||
| Alex Dong, piano | 17 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Jack Szymanski, piano | 17 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Brian Doherty | ||
| Michelle Wang, piano | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Minseo Kim, violin | 17 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Dani Shraibman and Baruch Meir | ||
| David Ban, piano | 18 | Wexford, PA |
| Student of David Allan Wehr | ||
| Kevin Rhee, cello | 18 | Fort lee, NJ |
| Student of Jungjoo Choi and Philo Lee | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| Hyeri Chun, violin | 16 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Chaehong Lim, violin | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Students of Hanna Shin | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Abigail Pak, piano | 15 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Junghee Lee | ||
| Brandon Lee, viola | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Fiona McBride, piano | 15 | San Mateo, CA |
| Student of Jing Yuan Cui | ||
| Harry Zhang, piano | 15 | Highland Park, IL |
| Student of Soo Young Lee | ||
| Jay Ren, piano | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Jessica Chung, piano | 15 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Jiarui Li, piano | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Joshua Cai, piano | 15 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Michelle Ho, piano | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Joanna Kim | ||
| Rachel Shim, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joe Cho | ||
| Sabrina Doll, piano | 15 | Richmond , KY |
| Student of Rachel Taylor | ||
| Sarah Liau, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Dr. Betty Mallard | ||
| Selena Yao, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Shengxin Tang | ||
| Shen Khai Wong, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Dr. Khoo Hui Ling | ||
| Caroline Cubillos, piano | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Christina Long | ||
| Carson He, piano | 16 | East Brunswick, NJ |
| Daniel Cao, violin | 16 | Trumbull, CT |
| Student of Shan Jiang | ||
| Dean Zhang, violin | 16 | Sutcliffe Park, MA |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Emily Cai, piano | 16 | Kingsport, TN |
| Student of Carol Stone | ||
| Eric Chow, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Erin Fitzgerald, piano | 16 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Shearon Horton | ||
| Eurie Seo, piano | 16 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Mihee Lee | ||
| Jason Louie, piano | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Irina Morgan and Grant Kondo | ||
| Joy Ruo Nan Li, piano | 16 | San Ramon, Califonia |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Kara Tao, piano | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Kate Aizin, Guitar | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Andrey Chuguev | ||
| Nathan Mu, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Nathan Napier, piano | 16 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Nicholas Meeker, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Natalya Lundtvedt | ||
| Norman Zhao, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Samuel Katz, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sarkis Baltaian | ||
| Kateryna Tarnopolska, piano | 16 | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Student of Honcharova Inna | ||
| Tianjian Bai, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Victoria Lam, violin | 16 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Evelyn Kwark | ||
| William Baik, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Andrea Shang, piano | 17 | Wayland, MA |
| Brian Hsiao, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Isabel Yi, violin | 17 | Ann Arbor, Mi |
| Student of Judy Blank | ||
| Lila Schweinfurth, violin | 17 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Clarisse Atcherson | ||
| Minha Kim, violin | 17 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Min Park | ||
| Mitchell Litvinov, piano | 17 | Friendswood, TX |
| Student of Rodolpho Morales | ||
| Peter Choi, piano | 17 | Ontario, CA |
| Student of EunJung Lee | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Elise Kwon, piano | 15 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of EunJung Lee | ||
| Evan Greenberg, piano | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Dilbar Khashimov | ||
| Gwendolyn Clores, piano | 15 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Heather Wang, Guitar | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Tali Roth | ||
| Jack Bennett, piano | 15 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Dan Rufolo | ||
| Jasper Li, piano | 15 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Jordan Zukoff, piano | 15 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Kevin Spencer Kendrick | ||
| Mei-Chun Lin, piano | 15 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Neela Gooty, piano | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Raymond Lou, piano | 15 | Millbrae, CA |
| Student of Dr. Liang You | ||
| Roxie Curcuru, piano | 15 | Arlington, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Stacie Mach, piano | 15 | Rowland Heights, CA |
| Student of Sharon H. Cheng | ||
| Zhicheng Zhao, piano | 15 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Dr. Yao Lin | ||
| Ayanav Roy, piano | 16 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Sergei Polusmiak | ||
| Ellie Park, piano | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Freya Nair, piano | 16 | Wanaque, NJ |
| Student of Elisabeth Nosal | ||
| Irene Yoh, violin | 16 | Makanda, IL |
| Ishani Spanier, violin | 16 | Knoxville, TN |
| Student of Mary Ann Fennell | ||
| Janine Jiang, piano | 16 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Yu-Ting Chen | ||
| Jayson Kim, piano | 16 | Carlsbad, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Jingyi Zhao, piano | 16 | Seal Beach, CA |
| Student of Shun-Lin Chou | ||
| Joy Wan, piano | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Esther Chang | ||
| Keshav Ramesh, piano | 16 | South Windsor, CT |
| Student of Rebecca M. Calissi | ||
| Lara Panda, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Stella Shi | ||
| Lucas Zhu, piano | 16 | Lakeville, CT |
| Student of Wei Zhou | ||
| Patrick Zhang, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Rijul Jain, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Seo-Young (Kelly) Hwang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Skyler Goldin, piano | 16 | Pleasantville, NY |
| Student of Arlene Portney | ||
| Sydney Lemley, piano | 16 | Morgantown, West VA |
| Student of Juliana Yap | ||
| Yung-sheng Lin, piano | 16 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Aditya Vargheese, piano | 17 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Alec Tauscher | ||
| Belle Bridgewater, piano | 17 | Allen, TX |
| Student of Christina Long | ||
| Charlie Nadauld, piano | 17 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Lindsey Wright | ||
| Christina Cheng, piano | 17 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Jacob Brodski | ||
| Eric Chen, cello | 17 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Guang Wang | ||
| Iliana Cruz, piano | 17 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Ann Howell | ||
| Julianne Tai, piano | 17 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Trudy Emerick | ||
| Lisa Meng, piano | 17 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Richard Marshall and Richard Marshall | ||
| Michelle Hsu, piano | 17 | Locust Valley, NY |
| Student of Hui-Yin Hsu | ||
| Minseo Kim, piano | 17 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Min Park | ||
| Nolan Small, piano | 17 | Stafford, VA |
| Student of Susan Flinn | ||
| Jason Zeng, piano | 18 | Novi, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Riddhi Mehta, piano | 18 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Liu | ||
Professionals and Amateur
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aristotelis Papadimitriou, piano | 26 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Student of Prof.Barbara Szczepanska | ||
| Bora Ryu, piano | 35 | Urbana, IL |
| Chen Wang, piano | 26 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Doyoung Park, piano | 24 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Daniel Pollack and Korzhev Mikhail | ||
| Edoardo Turbil, piano | 31 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yoheved Kaplinsky | ||
| Gimin Hong, piano | 31 | New York, NY |
| Student of John Perry | ||
| Jiyoon Jeong, piano | 34 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Adam Wodnicki | ||
| Keke Luo, piano | 22 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Bernadene Blaha | ||
| Lethicia Caravello, Harp | 28 | Brighton, MA |
| Student of Ina Zdorovetchi | ||
| Minju Lee, violin | 33 | Denton, TX |
| SeaKyung Hur, violin | 34 | Boston, MA |
| Student of I-fu Wang | ||
| Soojin Kang, piano | 32 | Interlochen, MI |
| Xiting Yang, piano | 26 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Logan Skelton | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Chia-Li Wang, piano | 29 | Boston, MA |
| Fengchen Li, piano | 26 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Haemin Park, piano | 23 | Springfield, MO |
| Student of Hye-Jung Hong | ||
| Jason Chiu, piano | 43 | Albany, CA |
| Kriti Williams, violin | 18 | Braintree, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Takahashi Cohler | ||
| Peir-Shiuan Tang, piano | 29 | Austin, TX |
| Shuk Ki Wong, piano | 28 | Madison, WI |
| Student of Christopher Taylor | ||
| Soyeon Kang, piano | 34 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Margarita Shevchenko and Gila Goldstein | ||
| Trevor Natiuk, piano | 19 | Battle Ground, WA |
| Student of Dr. Jinhyang Park | ||
| Wan-Chun Hu, violin | 25 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of I-Hao Lee | ||
| Yera Kim, piano | 27 | State College, PA |
| Student of Christopher Guzman | ||
| Butterfly Duo: | ||
| Nayoung Choi, piano | 26 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Student of Dr. Willis Delony and Dr. Kenneth Boulton | ||
| Unusdian Errandonea, cello | 31 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Student of Dennis Parker | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Alexander Ronoyudo, piano | 20 | Malang, Indonesia |
| Student of Benjamin Loh | ||
| Sandhya Kilambi, piano | 19 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Gurevich | ||
| Seung-Hyun Lee, piano | 23 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jung-Eun Kim | ||
| Siwoon Park, piano | 22 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Eun Jung Lee | ||
| Tanya Vegvary, piano | 50 | Sacramento, CA |
| Trent Ransom, violin | 23 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of I-Hao Lee | ||
| Veronika Weber, violin | 28 | Vienna, Austria |
| Xinshuang Jin, piano | 26 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anson Hui, piano | 21 | Markham, Canada |
| James Ye , piano | 23 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Dr. Christina Long | ||
| Melanie Richardson, piano | 22 | Melbourne, FL |
| Student of Jasmin Arakawa | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Mary Yoon, piano | 26 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Dr. Hyojin Rhim | ||
| Qiannan Zhao, viola | 27 | Wurtsboro, NY |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Kristina Ayanian, piano | 22 | Burlington, MA |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!