International Piano and Strings Competition 2022
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.
A large number of talented musicians applied for this year’s Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 21 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand 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
Since the situation with COVID-19 Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
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 was invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2022. Mrs. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov Milstein and Yakov Zak.
American Protégé
International Piano and Strings Competition 2022 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Lim Yi Ting is a 10 years’ old cello student who has participated in competitions as a soloist and in ensemble. Recent 1st prize wins include American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2021, Vienna Virtuoso Competition 2021, London Young Musician 21-22 Season 2 Age Category and Performance Grade 8, 2nd prize wins in 3rd NIMC 2021, International Grande Music Competition 2021 and Muse 2021 International Music Competition, 1st prize wins in Chicago International Music Competition and Festival 2020, Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition 2020, Muse 2020 International Music Competition, Rising Star London Music Competition 2020.
To 10 year-old cellist Lucas Liow, music mastery is about the tenacity and courage to continue, the growth mindset, the sedulous efforts and the love for music that will transcend all limitations and stand the test of time. Lucas’s music journey started with the piano at five years old and the cello at eight years old. He is under the tutelage of cellist Professor Natasha Liu. Being passionate about music, he enjoys playing the cello as a way to express himself. Most recently, he took part in the London Young Musician 2020 – 2021, season 4, where he was awarded the Gold prize and the International Prestige Competition (Chamber) where he was awarded Distinction with Honours.
William Feng, from Sammamish, WA, is currently a fourth grade student. He started learning piano at the age of six with Dr. Christopher Bowlby from Chopin Academy of Music. William loves music and has a great passion for playing piano. Since 2020, William started to participate in regional festivals held by Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition (SIPF). He has won gold medals in SIPF Bach festivals 2020 and 2021, gold medals in SIPF Classical Viennese Festivals 2020 and 2021, and a gold medal in SIPF Virtuoso Festival 2021. Besides playing piano, William is interested in musical composition. He also enjoys reading music theory and history books.
Evelyn Hwang is 8 years old and a third-grade student at YISS in Seoul, Korea. She began her piano study at the age of 4. Evelyn won 1st place in Rondo Young Artist Festival Competition at the age of 6. She was the First Place Winner at the American Protégé International Competition of the Romantic Music 2020. She was also the First Place Winner at the New York Young Virtuoso Competition 2020 and 2021. Awards and honors that Evelyn has won include First Place Winner at VIVO International Music Competition 2021, First Place Winner of the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition 2021, Solo 3rd Place Winner at CAI Competition 2021, to list just a few
7-years-old Thai, born in U.S., Natchanok started learning piano at the age of three. She has been under tutelage of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa and Chirapa Wungkaom since 2019 in Thailand. Natchanok has won many prestigious competitions around the world: First Prize from 2021 Chicago International Music Competition, First Prize from The 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and Platinum and Best Youngest Virtuoso Award from WPTA SINGAPORE International Piano Competition, and many others.
Travis Li is 6 years old; he started his piano journey with his teacher, Ms. Fafan Xiao, at the age of four. He showed his great talent in music at his younger age and has been very passionate about giving back to the community through his music. Travis has been awarded many prizes including overall awards from Canada Steinway Piano Competition in 2020 & 2021; The first prize at Europe Music & Star International Piano Competition in 2020 & 2021; Grand prize in overall performance from Northern Lights Piano Competition 2021, to list just a few.
Chelsea Solis, from New York City, is a kindergarten student. She started her piano lessons with Dr. Tian Song from 4 years old. She has participated in a couple competitions since then. She won first place in AFAF Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition 2021, Fall selection. She won another first prize and exceptional young talent special prize in 2022 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. Her other interests include soccer, painting and singing.
Asher Liu was born in Houston Texas and began learning the cello and piano at 3 and half years old. He was born into a family of musicians. His mother is his teacher. As a toddler, he already demonstrated an incredible music talent that he caught the attention of the famous social media, such as “Classic Fm” and “Cello Society”. In 2021, he won the first place in Elite Music Competition, honorable prize in New York International Young Musician Competition and first place in Rocky Mountain Strings Competition. Aside from music, Asher is an avid reader, lego lover and enjoys swimming and playing soccer.
Oriana Wojciechowska (13) has been playing violin since she was 6. She studies violin with prof. Malgorzata Skorupa in General Education Music School in Gdansk, Poland. Oriana Wojciechowska attended many master class violin courses, when she has worked under internationally acclaimed violinists. Her big stage debut was in 2019, when she performed in the Great Concert Hall of Lancut Castle, Poland. She has cooperated with conductors: Dawid Jarzab, Maksym Dondalski, and Massimiliano Caldi. Her recent competition awards include: Platinum Award in 2021-2022 Canadian International Music Competition, January 2022, Canada; 1st Prize in King’s Peak Music Competition, 2022, USA; Absolute 1st Prize in VI Danubia Talents International Music Competition 2021, Hungary.
Felix Wang started taking violin lessons when he was four. He became a member of BYSO two years after and was the concertmaster of BYSO-JRO in 2021. Felix was the 1st place winner of the Bay State String Competition (2017), the Great Composer’s Competition (2019), the Elite International Music Competition (2019, 2020), the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition (2020), Growing Leaves Music Competition (2021), and the VIVO International Music Competition (2021). Felix was also the Grand Prix winner of the Concert Festival Orchestra International Concerto Competition in 2020. Felix was invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Vienna Musikverein, and Beethoven’s House in Bonn, Germany.
Joshua Lee (12 yrs) began playing the violin under the guidance of his mom, Jooyeon Han, at the age of 7. He is currently a member of the Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestra (PYSO) and the concertmaster of his school orchestra (BASIS Ahwatukee, AZ). He has won multiple awards in recent music competitions (junior division) including the 1st place at the 62nd Annual Young Musicians Concerto Competition by PYSO (2022), the 1st place at the American Protege Concerto Competition (2021), the 1st place at the String Competition of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Arizona chapter (2021) and also Southwest Division (2022), the Grand Prize and 1st Place Winner of the US New Star Strings Competition (2021), and many others.
Audrey Zhang was born in Cary, North Carolina. She has been playing piano since the age of 5 (she just turns to 11 in January 2022). Her piano teacher is Florence Ko and she really enjoy learning with her. She loves playing piano and has participated in numerous regional, state, national and international competitions. She won first place in NC Steinway Piano Competition (2019), received numerous awards in Intermediate I (2019), Intermediate II (2020) and Senior I (2021) Young Artist Auditions, and won second place in NCFMC state competition (2021). Playing piano also provides her opportunities to bring joy and love to local retirement communities through music. Aside from piano, Audrey likes making craft, watching k-pop dance, and playing golf.
Shihan Chen is a 15 years old girl who loves music. She started learning the violin at the age of four and has been practicing the instrument for 12 years. She played as the principal of the Hangzhou Children’s Symphony Orchestra of Zhejiang Province. As soloist, she played the “Liang Zhu” violin concerto at the Hamamatsu City Hall of Sino-Japanese Friendship, and have performed the same piece with orchestral accompaniment under other occasions. She participated in the filming of the “6.5 World Environment Day” Zhejiang Province promotional video as violin solo.
Shivshankar Prasad is a pianist from Elk Grove Village, IL, and he is currently a student of Dr. Soyoung Kee. He has been playing piano since the age of five, and has participated in numerous competitions at the regional, state, and national level. Some of his recent accomplishments include winning prizes at the Sejong Music Competition, the Illinois State Music Teachers Association Competition, and the Society of American Musicians Competition. Shivshankar made his solo debut with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra in November of 2021.
Sreedevi Prasad is a junior at Conant High School. She is currently a student of Dr. Soyoung Kee, and has been studying piano since the age of seven. Sreedevi has participated in numerous regional and national competitions, and recently won prizes at the Sejong Music Competition. In addition to piano, she plays violin in her high school orchestra, and likes to travel in her free time.
Henry Yao, fifteen, from Bay Area, California, began piano study at the age of six. He is a distinguished honor student and a dedicated musician. He is passionate about music, enjoys playing piano as a way to express himself. He has participated and performed in multiple regional, national, and international competitions, and has been active in performing at community events and local medical foundations to bring music to local community. Some of his achievements include first place winner at 2019-2021 American Protégé Piano and Strings Competition with Judge’s Distinction in 2021, 2019 & 2020 Competition of Romantic Music.
Natalie Kwok made her Carnegie Hall debut as first prize winner of the American Protégé International Competition and has performed as soloist at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Southern California, Chateau de Chambord, Chambord Castle, and La Madeleine Church in France. She appeared as a soloist with the Seraphim Orchestra and Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings, and was prizewinner in competitions including the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, the Los Angeles Violincello Society, and finalist in the Osaka International Music Competition. Her teachers include Wendy Liu and Sarah Koo.
Winners by Age Category
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Asher Liu, cello | 4 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Jessica Liu | ||
| Caden Chan, piano | 5 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Min Chao | ||
| Chelsea Solis, piano | 5 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Song Tian | ||
| Elfie Tong, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Wendy Lim | ||
| Ellie Liu, violin | 6 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Jamie Chao, violin | 6 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung | ||
| Jinglin (Jerry) Wang, piano | 6 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Lacey Seeley, violin | 6 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Olivia Li, piano | 6 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Penny Zhao | ||
| Travis Genpeng Li, piano | 6 | Langley, Canada |
| Student of Fafan Xiao | ||
| Aiden Dong, piano | 7 | Clyde Hill, WA |
| Student of Alexandra Tsirkel | ||
| Chloe Jung, piano | 7 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Gina Myung | ||
| Felix Suo, piano | 7 | Ormond, Australia |
| Student of Igor Machlak | ||
| George Cheng, piano | 7 | La Habra, CA |
| Student of Claudia Yun Xi | ||
| Karina Zhang, piano | 7 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Myongjoo Lee | ||
| Katelyn Wang, piano | 7 | Livingston, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Jessica Xylina Osborne | ||
| Layla Guan, piano | 7 | Elk Grove, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Natchanok Chonlacoop, piano | 7 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa and Chirapa Wungkaom | ||
| Evelyn Hwang, piano | 8 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Dr. Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Sara Gao, piano | 8 | Carlisle, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Xiaoqi Wang, piano | 8 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Austen Amley, piano | 9 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Tian Song | ||
| Haolin Jin, piano | 9 | East Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Howl Maciuca, piano | 9 | San Mateo, CA |
| Student of Jenny Q. Chai | ||
| Jade Holt, piano | 9 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Prof. Armen Babakhanian | ||
| Lauren Kang, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lora Tchekoratova | ||
| Ming-Mei Sun, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Rickie Lim, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Han Chen | ||
| Sarah Fernandes, piano | 9 | Omaha, NE |
| Student of Dr. Washington Garcia | ||
| Seoyoung Hong, cello | 9 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of YunCheong Boo | ||
| Trina Lee, piano | 9 | Union, KY |
| Student of Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| William Feng, piano | 9 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Dr. Christopher Bowlby | ||
| Amy Ren, piano | 10 | Reading, MA |
| Student of Davit Hovhannisyan | ||
| Kanyapat Dankul, piano | 10 | Bangpee, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa and Chirapa Wungkaom | ||
| Lucas, Jun Kai Liow, cello | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Natasha Liu | ||
| Ming-Yi Tang, piano | 10 | Richmond, CA |
| Student of Su-Hui Yang | ||
| Yi Ting Lim, cello | 10 | Singapore |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Duoxuan Yuan, piano | 9 | East Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Zimo Wen, piano | 9 | Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova and Diana Kezerashvili-Upton | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Ethan Xia, piano | 9 | San Diego, CA |
| Joann Xie, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Caleb Huang, piano | 5 | Windermere, FL |
| Juliette Leong, violin | 5 | Sparks, NV |
| Man Hu, piano | 5 | Bedford, MA |
| Student of Yee-Han Wu | ||
| Amber Shi, violin | 6 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Castille | ||
| Rui-Wen Lin, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yen-Ling Lin | ||
| Aiden Lee, cello | 7 | Belmont, MA |
| Alana Widha, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yvonne Lau | ||
| He Xin Joyce Tang, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Helen Lin | ||
| Qingyu Yang, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Ananya Balaji, violin | 8 | Noida, India |
| Student of Pallab Pramanick | ||
| Adalyn Ng, piano | 8 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Alexis Chao, violin | 8 | Hong Kong |
| Allison Lui, piano | 8 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Amber Wang, piano | 8 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Courtney Huang, piano | 8 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Jonathan Xu, piano | 8 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Serin Oh, piano | 8 | Long Island City, NY |
| Student of Daniela Bracchi | ||
| Sophia Kong, violin | 8 | Ithaca, NY |
| Student of Suyeon Lee | ||
| Sophie Cai, piano | 8 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Dr. Hua Jiang and Dr. Feifei Jiang | ||
| Stephen Chen, piano | 8 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ruta Smedina-Starke | ||
| Natalie Shen, piano | 8 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Malvina Potop | ||
| Wilson Zhang, piano | 8 | Morrisville, NC |
| Student of Alice Zhao | ||
| Yutong Xie, piano | 8 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Atticus Kwok, violin | 9 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Aimee Kreston | ||
| Bowen Wu, violin | 9 | Lindfield, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Damian Gadiyak, Guitar | 9 | Sykerville, MD |
| Student of Franco Platino | ||
| Ella Chow, piano | 9 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Layla Li | ||
| Haoming Yao, piano | 9 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Tyler Harrison | ||
| Hugo Lin, violin | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Bela Horvath | ||
| Nachanan Sethanandha, guitar | 9 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Kookiat Patramaneekan | ||
| Nikolas Rowland, guitar | 9 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Sean Satin | ||
| Olivia Pan, piano | 9 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Angela Deng, violin | 10 | Camberwell, Australia |
| Student of Tatiana Chudnovskaya | ||
| Elijah Chang, piano | 10 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Olya Katsman | ||
| James Tao, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Jiashan Wang, viola | 10 | Burwood, Australia |
| Student of James Wannan | ||
| Rohan Kai-Jin Sreesanthan, piano | 10 | Sungai Buloh, Malaysia |
| Student of Chong Lim Ng | ||
| Sarah Nazari, piano | 10 | Bronxville, NY |
| Student of Jon Klibonoff and Tomoko Sasaki | ||
| Tony Wu, violin | 10 | Northville, MI |
| Student of Kristina Zlatareva | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aiden Ye, piano | 7 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Ying Tang | ||
| Audrey Leanne Bautista, cello | 7 | Louisville, KY |
| Student of Paul York | ||
| Brahm Nicholas, piano | 7 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Elena Feng, cello | 7 | Burwood, Australia |
| Student of Yi Ding | ||
| Jairus Tan, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Loo Hui Xin | ||
| Jayden Pandy, piano | 7 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Adison Kim, piano | 8 | Demarest, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Chloe Pan, piano | 8 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Quynh Anh Tran Pham, piano | 8 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Doan Hoang Khanh Linh | ||
| Abigail Keum, violin | 9 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Michelle Shin | ||
| Ancen Wang, piano | 9 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Andrew Sun-zhuang, piano | 9 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Ange Zou, piano | 9 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Avaneesh Kumar Vinoth Kumar, piano | 9 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Dr. Peter Jiang and Dr. Feifei Jiang | ||
| Charlotte Jin, piano | 9 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Heather Thomas, violin | 9 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Zun Hin Woo | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, violin | 9 | Los Altos, CA |
| Jacqueline Liu, piano | 9 | Apex, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Kodchamon Peerapatmongkol, piano | 9 | Muang, Thailand |
| Student of Kakhanang Denkowit | ||
| Morgan Cui, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang and Jixiang Zhou | ||
| Rachel Zhou, violin | 9 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Abigail Miller, violin | 10 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Leonora Reesor | ||
| Agatha Dinata, piano | 10 | Sicklerville, NJ |
| Student of Svetlana Brigante | ||
| Andrew Xu, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Carrie Liang, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Elijah Huai-En, violin | 10 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Theresa Woo | ||
| Ethan Su, piano | 10 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Guan | ||
| Gabriel Jiang, piano | 10 | Piedmont, CA |
| Student of Shuyi Bai | ||
| Muhan Ma, piano | 10 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Prof. Armen Babakhanian | ||
| Sachet Abeysinghe, piano | 10 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Dr. Yuking Chou Brandenburg | ||
| Wilson Tian, piano | 10 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Aarav Raghavan, piano | 6 | Hoboken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Derren Luo, piano | 8 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Guan | ||
| Edeline Pribadi, piano | 8 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Gavin Roth, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Suki Gourrier | ||
| Gwenellyn Daphne Khoe, piano | 8 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Isabella Miller, violin | 8 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Leonora Reesor | ||
| Sean Edwin Tanadi, piano | 8 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Yi Rui Emily Tan, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Alvin Kong | ||
| Ai Guo, piano | 9 | Laguna Niguel, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Anya Thakkar, piano | 9 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Student of Hazel Choi | ||
| Daniel Ye, piano | 9 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Evan Lu, piano | 9 | Hangzhou, China |
| Student of Isabel Guan | ||
| Hechen Zhan, piano | 9 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, piano | 9 | Los Altos, CA |
| Kailani Fan-Moultair, piano | 9 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Annie Tang | ||
| Lucian Tan, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Chia Jung Lin | ||
| Luke Hong, piano | 9 | Hinsdale, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Olivia Foh, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Guan | ||
| Aadil Memon, piano | 10 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Jesse McMilin | ||
| Austin Liam Bautista, violin | 10 | Louisville, KY |
| Student of Peter Nguyen | ||
| Danielle Hu, violin | 10 | North Wahroonga, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Emily Chen, piano | 10 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Esha Kumar, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lidia Kotlova | ||
| Jun Yu Ethan Chew, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Pey Chyi and Lee Hwan Meng | ||
| Madeleine Kim, violin | 10 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Marvin Yang, piano | 10 | Concord, MA |
| Student of Olivia Chuang | ||
| Naia Nicolin Surya, piano | 10 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Student of Canzona Music School | ||
| Rick Wang, piano | 10 | West Windsor, NJ |
| Student of Jinghua Pu | ||
| Sara Alhajhusain, piano | 10 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Amaury Morales | ||
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: |
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alston Leung, violin | 11 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung and Margaret Lysy | ||
| Audrey Zhang, piano | 11 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Bella Li, piano | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Halle Leung, violin | 11 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Hyejin Chung and Margaret Lysy | ||
| Jessica Gui, piano | 11 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Andrei Lyle Bautista, piano | 12 | Louisville, KY |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| Frederick Tak, violin | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ann Kerobyan | ||
| Joshua Lee, violin | 12 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Jooyeon Han | ||
| Kayley Xu, violin | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin, Irina Tseitlin and Pasha Tseitlin | ||
| Mio Moser, piano | 12 | Smallwood, NY |
| Student of Janara Khassenova | ||
| Anika Chen, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Christine Lin Oates | ||
| Felix Wang, violin | 13 | Sharon, MA |
| Student of Jisun Kang | ||
| Ji Hyo Kim, violin | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Megan Kwok, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Oriana Wojciechowska, violin | 13 | Gdansk, Poland |
| Student of Prof. Malgorzata Skorupa | ||
| Aiden Suh, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Bernice Tang, piano | 14 | Richmond Hill, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Kui Min | ||
| Chloe Lin, piano | 14 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| David Deutsch, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Enya Yu, cello | 14 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Chungsun Kim | ||
| Katie Hwang, viola | 14 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min | ||
| Vivian Lu, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yuki Mori and Min Jung Park | ||
| Xinran Tong, violin | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Zuo Jun and Ingrid Ho | ||
| York Zhou, piano | 14 | LaGrangeville, NY |
| Student of Irina Edelman | ||
| Trio Con Brio: | ||
| Helene Lafourcade, cello | 11 | New York, NY |
| Abigail Kwon, violin | 11 | New York, NY |
| Kirana Widha, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Students of Yvonne Lau | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Feng, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Jeremy Feng, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Caleb Tang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Chenjia Ni, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Ryan Deng, piano | 12 | Chandler, AZ |
| William Deng, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 12 | Alameda, CA |
| Eric Koh, piano | 15 | Alameda, CA |
| Students of Heidi Hau | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 11 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Dr. Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| Anna Barnes, piano | 11 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Alexandra Tsirkel | ||
| Anna Kobayashi, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Akiko Sanai and Saya Kawashima | ||
| Claire Jeon, violin | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soojin Bae | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 11 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Kim JeongSoo | ||
| Junho Lee, violin | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Keiichiro Osumi, piano | 11 | Kobe-shi, Japan |
| Student of Tatsuko Fukui | ||
| Kyle Tse, piano | 11 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Myong-joo Lee | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 11 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska Bowlby | ||
| Annabella Dai, piano | 12 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Christine Tao, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Ethan Pei, piano | 12 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Eunseo Hong, piano | 12 | Old Tappan, NJ |
| George Li, piano | 12 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| Han-Ming Cai, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Harry Chen, violin | 12 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Liu Ming | ||
| Kou Shimizu, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yumi Tayama | ||
| Sarah Leng, piano | 12 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Yaxin Zheng, piano | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Ling Braun | ||
| Alice Yuntong Leng, cello | 13 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Amy Barston | ||
| Bethany Cheung, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Myong-Joo Lee | ||
| Clayton Fong, piano | 13 | San Gabriel, CA |
| Student of Carl Matthes | ||
| Cynthia Huang, cello | 13 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Daniel Kim, violin | 13 | Glendale, CA |
| Student of Shelly Ren and Margaret Chen | ||
| Ellen Kuchinski, violin | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Judy Blank and Jillienne Bowers | ||
| Evan Kaplan, piano | 13 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Hannah Miller, violin | 13 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Leonora Reesor | ||
| Hyuna Lee, violin | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Kyle Liang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Matthew Sakata, piano | 13 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Dr. Yoon Lee | ||
| Samuel Miller, violin | 13 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Leonora Reesor | ||
| Serena Wu, piano | 13 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 13 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Elenye German | ||
| Veronica Chen, violin | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Gian Paolo Peloso | ||
| Yan Qi Ong, violin | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Edward Tan | ||
| Yixuan Chen, piano | 13 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Agastya Batchu, piano | 14 | Hoboken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Aidan Yu, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yuerong Gong | ||
| Alexis Zou, piano | 14 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| Student of Renato Fabbro | ||
| Allison Kim, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyoung Um | ||
| Allison Xia, piano | 14 | Sugar Lang, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Alyssa Kwon, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Joeonghee Park | ||
| Austin Zhan, piano | 14 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Dr. Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| Claire Liu, piano | 14 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Yali Luo | ||
| Ella Jeon, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Ju-Yi Peng | ||
| Emilia Salistra, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Emily Cho, cello | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Emily Leung, piano | 14 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Evan Wu, piano | 14 | El Cerrito, CA |
| Student of Shu-Yi Pai | ||
| Harry Jo, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Ju-Yi Peng | ||
| Hollis Chan, piano | 14 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Luann Forell | ||
| Jack Lan, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Kaede Suzuki, piano | 14 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Dr. Polina Bespalko | ||
| Kedar Chintalapati, piano | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Alexandra Tsirkel | ||
| Luca Song, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Moca Takahashi, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Inna Gendler | ||
| Natchanun Siripong, piano | 14 | Muang, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornsiri Uthaicharoenpong | ||
| Nicholas Li, cello | 14 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Tracy Sands | ||
| Seungbeom Baek, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Silas Choi, cello | 14 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Joseph Kuipers | ||
| Sophia Cheng, piano | 14 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Yeming You, piano | 14 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
| Yifei Sun, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Yoonseo Jung, piano | 14 | Carbondale, IL |
| Student of Reiko Schoen | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Xu, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Ethan Hu, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Samuel Miller, violin | 13 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Hannah Miller, violin | 13 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Richard Lin, piano | 13 | Chandler, AZ |
| Joanna Dong, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ethan Hu, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ivy Xu, piano | 11 | Alamo, CA |
| Student of I-ling Chen | ||
| Sarah Zhou, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lidiya Kotlova | ||
| Soyul Kim, piano | 11 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Wayne Wang, piano | 11 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Adwita Ram, piano | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Akira Ohyabu, piano | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Isabel Lin, cello | 12 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Hailey Kim | ||
| Isabel Lin, piano | 12 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Syon Kim | ||
| Jady Zhang, piano | 12 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Mingzhu Guan | ||
| Jialin Peng, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Shaylin Bau, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Park | ||
| Jesse Yan, piano | 13 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Elena Istratova | ||
| Joseph Lim, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Kingston Wang, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Matthew Kim, violin | 13 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Michelle Zhou, piano | 13 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Vanessa Seah, piano | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Inna Gendler | ||
| Xiaoxi Wang, piano | 13 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Aishwaryalakshmi Saravanan, piano | 14 | Sharon, MA |
| Student of Daniel Neyman | ||
| Alexa Lu, violin | 14 | Hangzhou, China |
| Student of Bihan Li and Conghao Tian | ||
| Alice Nadauld, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Lindsey Wright | ||
| Anabelle Lin, piano | 14 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Austin Moon, piano | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Chenyang Hu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Handong Zhang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Hasan Alhajhusain, piano | 14 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Amaury Morales | ||
| Lauren Kim, piano | 14 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| Natalie Cheng, piano | 14 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Feifei Jiang | ||
| Natalie Tran, violin | 14 | Santa Ana, CA |
| Student of Noriko Yamaga | ||
| Samuel Yuan, piano | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Selina Xi, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Wenzhe Li, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Feng Liu | ||
| Zixi Zhao, piano | 14 | Cypress, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Claire Qi, piano | 11 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Miah Li, piano | 11 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Maria Khavin | ||
| Nannacha Sethanandha, guitar | 11 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Kookiat Patramaneekan | ||
| Neil Thakkar, piano | 11 | Chester Springs, PA |
| Student of Hazel Choi | ||
| Rachelle Amelia Tan, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Odesa Tay | ||
| Roselyn Lee, piano | 11 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Sophie Wang, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| KiKi Wenren, violin | 12 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Fan Ting | ||
| Ria Kumar, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lidia Kotlova | ||
| Sofie Pan, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Isabelle Guan | ||
| Sourish Mukherjee, piano | 12 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Lidia Kotlova | ||
| Vikas Iyer, piano | 12 | Livingston , NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Anya Dalal, piano | 13 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Linh Nguyen, piano | 13 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Trang Minh Trinh | ||
| Matthew Atticus Tan, viola | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Odesa Tay | ||
| Safiya Bhuiyan, piano | 13 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Student of Jennifer Barsamian | ||
| Vera Grivennikova, violin | 13 | La Canada Flintridge, CA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Yuheng Li, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Aadish Kachhal, piano | 14 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Kellen Chang, piano | 14 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Nantacha Sethanandha, guitar | 14 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Kookiat Patramaneekan | ||
| Nicholas Chong, piano | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Rachel Franklin | ||
| Renee Duan, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Rishi Gunturi, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Saniha Dsouza, violin | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: |
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Tang, piano | 15 | Lisle, IL |
| Student of Mirela Luarasi | ||
| Christine Kim, piano | 15 | La Crescenta, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Elizabeth Wei, viola | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Eric Chen, piano | 15 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 15 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb | ||
| Joshua Bold, piano | 15 | Gainesville, VA |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Natalie Kwok, cello | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Nathan Lee, piano | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Yoo Jung Chung | ||
| Rachel Oh, piano | 15 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Rebecca Sun, piano | 15 | Issaquah, WA |
| Sabrina Li, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yu Carole Liu | ||
| Shihan Chen, violin | 15 | Hangzhou, China |
| Student of Bihan Li and Conghao Tian | ||
| Xinchun Audrey Zhang, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Pamela Worcester | ||
| Yoonji Lee, violin | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Jooyeon Han | ||
| Alex Kuck, piano | 16 | Park City, UT |
| Caitvya Tseng, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Katherine Lee | ||
| Esther Cho, viola | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Isobel Andersen, violin | 16 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Jaemin Song, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Yoo | ||
| Kevin Chen, Double Bass | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Prof. Bing Lou | ||
| Logan Yuan, piano | 16 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pihsun Shih | ||
| Shirley Xu, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Steven Wu, piano | 16 | Camas, WA |
| Student of Dr. Renato Fabbro | ||
| William Li, piano | 16 | Lilburn, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Yuki Matsui, viola | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Asuka Firdaus, piano | 17 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Brian Yong, violin | 17 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Steven Moeckel | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Christopher Tillen, piano | 17 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Erin Lindsey | ||
| Taehee Yoon, piano | 17 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Jeeae Kim | ||
| Yichen Li, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Michelle Lee | ||
| Yoon Lee, viola | 17 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of John Kim | ||
| Yu Xia, violin | 17 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of KeGong Zhang | ||
| Charles Yang, cello | 18 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Coco Hu | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Songzhou Xie, violin | 15 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Liu Ming and Wei Liang | ||
| Christine Wu, cello | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Tsai Changyu and Liu Ming | ||
| Marco Chen, piano | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Wang Xilan and Liu Ming | ||
| Trio: | ||
| Tiffany Tsui, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| John Critelli, cello | 16 | New York, NY |
| Samuel Fisher, piano | 15 | New City, NY |
| Students of Yvonne Lau | ||
| Quartet: | ||
| Chaeeun Kwon, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Joseph Lee, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Steven Jeon, viola | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Theodore Tak, cello | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Jocelyn Tsai, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ann Shiau Tenney and Jamie Lin | ||
| Nathan Ouyang, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jamie Lin | ||
| Nathan Tatsuta, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jamie Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sreedevi Prasad, piano | 17 | Elk Grove Village, IL |
| Shivshankar Prasad, piano | 17 | Elk Grove Village, IL |
| Students of Dr. Soyoung Kee | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aaron Liu, piano | 15 | Chantilly, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Aja Zou, piano | 15 | San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| Student of Dr. Seonghyang Kim | ||
| Alicia Bai, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Qing Qing Ye | ||
| Angela Zhou, piano | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Ann-Mei Sun, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Audrey Zheng, piano | 15 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Dr. Jun Yang | ||
| Bridgette Lai, piano | 15 | Elk Grove, CA |
| Student of Natsuki Fukasawa | ||
| Bryan Wang, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Galina Lay | ||
| Daniel Yang, piano | 15 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| David Chung, violin | 15 | Riverside, CA |
| Student of Kwangjae Woo | ||
| Dion Wang, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Erica Yang, violin | 15 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Clarisse Atcherson | ||
| Henry Campbell, piano | 15 | Fort Thomas, KY |
| Student of Dr. Yuking Chou Brandenburgh | ||
| Julia Pearson, piano | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Kaden Chang, piano | 15 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Kristy Luk, cello | 15 | Hong Kong |
| Love Li, piano | 15 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Song Song | ||
| Nikita Istratov, piano | 15 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Elena Istratova | ||
| Raymond Cheng, piano | 15 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Qingqing Ye | ||
| Sarah Li, piano | 15 | Midland, MI |
| Student of Amy Cheng | ||
| Seth Thomas, piano | 15 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of John Mario | ||
| Sophie Zheng, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Timothy Lin, viola | 15 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susane Rothaar | ||
| Yitong Sun, violin | 15 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Hsiao-Mei Ku | ||
| Cristina Elena Baron, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Annika Lin, violin | 16 | Hercules, CA |
| Student of Eric Chin | ||
| Avery Gross, piano | 16 | Calabasas, CA |
| Student of Regulo Martinez-Anton | ||
| Calista Wilk, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of John Haggard | ||
| Eric Yang, violin | 16 | Getzville, NY |
| Student of Zijun Huang | ||
| Fuyi Yang, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe | ||
| Han Lim, piano | 16 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Hanna Park | ||
| Ian Park, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Myong Joo Lee | ||
| Jayna Yoon, violin | 16 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Ronald Neal | ||
| Jeffrey Kulsomphob, piano | 16 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Jessie Gu, piano | 16 | Johnson City, TN |
| Student of Carol Stone | ||
| Jiyu Yang, cello | 16 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| Student of Maria Shim | ||
| Junyi Zhong, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Madeleine Kim, cello | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Coco Yanan Hu | ||
| Marco Chen, piano | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Wang Xilan | ||
| Matthew Lin, piano | 16 | Wantagh, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Natalie Kim, piano | 16 | Paramus, NJ |
| Student of Juny Jung | ||
| Nazaneen Colton, piano | 16 | Laguna Niguel, CA |
| Student of Joan Lai | ||
| Neha Singaravelan, piano | 16 | Irving, TX |
| Student of Lay-Keng Chew | ||
| Seoyeon Moon, cello | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Eunha Kim | ||
| Sungjoon Kang, violin | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Sooha Kim | ||
| Travis Lee, piano | 16 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Xiaoyu Geng, piano | 16 | Manvel, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin Pratt | ||
| Youngsung Sim, piano | 16 | Seongnam-si, South Korea |
| Student of Eunyoung (Becky) Park | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Justine Choi, violin | 17 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Lucas Aleman and Jina Aleman | ||
| Kelley Lu, piano | 17 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Lynn Koschnitzke, harp | 17 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Susanna Pavon and Jeehye Yu | ||
| Sarah Samson, piano | 17 | Sanford, FL |
| Student of Zinaida Gendler | ||
| Sipanyi Yu, cello | 18 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Mingzhu Li | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Elijah Chen, cello | 14 | Matthews, NC |
| Calvin Chen, piano | 16 | Matthews, NC |
| Students of Phyllis Teague | ||
| String Theory: | ||
| Celina Rodrigues, violin | 14 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| James Liao, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Arthur Cao, viola | 16 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Isaac Shen, cello | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Students of Yunyang Lin | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Claire Lin, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Fonny Chandra | ||
| Edward Huang, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Natalia Hanukai | ||
| Joshua Kim, piano | 15 | West Lafayette, IN |
| Student of Nadya Dubikovsky | ||
| Lev Mizukovski, piano | 15 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Lina Kim, piano | 15 | Acton, MA |
| Student of SooJ Lee-Martone | ||
| Matthew Nam, piano | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Nicole Lin, piano | 15 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Syon Kim | ||
| Ryan Chin, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Zezhen Lu, piano | 15 | Danville, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Claire Lee, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Bukyung Shin | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Jing Zeng | ||
| Candice Estrada, piano | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Qingqing Ye | ||
| Derek Zhang, piano | 16 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Mikyung Lim | ||
| Emma Gan, piano | 16 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Rebecca Kelly | ||
| Leilani Lee, piano | 16 | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Student of Ubaldo Acosta – Diaz | ||
| Rosalyn Weng, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Piju Liao | ||
| Patrick Kwon, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soojin Bae | ||
| Selena Wang, piano | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Vidipt Someshwar, piano | 16 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Benjamin Chen, piano | 17 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Jennifer Chen | ||
| Enoch Chang, piano | 17 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Anna Semyanovsky | ||
| Florence Wang, piano | 17 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Isabella Peng, viola | 17 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Yenyin Lee | ||
| Jinjeong Kim, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jacyln Kim | ||
| Maxwell Zhang, piano | 17 | Conyers, GA |
| Student of Nancy Elton | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Chenxin Ni, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Michelle Cai, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Wei Xu | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Ellen Kim, violin | 15 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Kwang Jae Woo | ||
| Julia Kim, violin | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Lale Dean, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Mert Kiran, piano | 15 | Montclair, NJ |
| Student of Yi Xia | ||
| Mia Shin, violin | 15 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Jueun Kim Warf | ||
| Rohan Dalal, piano | 15 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Swathi Ravi Shankar, piano | 15 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Lidia Kotlova | ||
| Uno Yanagi, piano | 15 | Studi City, CA |
| Student of Alla Arutyunyan | ||
| Zhong Zhang, piano | 15 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Aditi Palavalli, piano | 16 | Union City, CA |
| Allison Su, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| Ashley Tosado, piano | 16 | West New York, NJ |
| Student of Yi Xia | ||
| Avelyn Liang, piano | 16 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Bonnie Huynh, piano | 16 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Alice Huang | ||
| Danae Painter, piano | 16 | Harlingen, TX |
| Student of Carolyn Schwartz | ||
| Daniel Grivennikov, violin | 16 | La Canada Flintridge, CA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Janani Ramamoorthy, piano | 16 | Irving, TX |
| Student of Lay-Keng Chew | ||
| Kaitlyn Hetsko, piano | 16 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Michael Wang, piano | 16 | Sharon, MA |
| Student of Cholong Park | ||
| Ryan Zhang, piano | 16 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Xiaoming Zhu | ||
| Alexi Lei Casco, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Jason Wang, piano | 17 | Hudson, OH |
| Kiran Shay, piano | 17 | Satellite Beach, FL |
| Student of Irina Wolynez | ||
| Zoei Toh, piano | 17 | Loma Linda, CA |
| Student of Helen Laipang | ||
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: |
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Huixian Wu, piano | 27 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Stijn De Cock | ||
| Hyejin Ju, piano | 33 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Joseph Banowetz | ||
| Hyojin Kim, viola | 31 | Boston , MA |
| Student of Michelle LaCourse | ||
| Jiuri Yu, violin | 30 | Quincy, MA |
| Student of Elizabeth Chang | ||
| Jooyi Jung, piano | 34 | Citrus Heights, CA |
| Juelin Zhao, piano | 25 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Laura Farré Rozada, piano | 31 | Barcelona, Spain |
| Yihao Zhang, piano | 28 | New York, NY |
| Student of Phillip Kawin and Vladimir Viardo | ||
| Ying-Li Pan, violin | 34 | Novi, MI |
| Student of Yvonne Lam | ||
| Yoo Min (Lina) Lee, piano | 30 | Madison, WI |
| Yunhee Ko, piano | 32 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Boaz Sharon and Gila Goldstein | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Ezekiel Sokoloff, violin | 16 | North Salt Lake, UT |
| Aryanna Holmes, violin | 19 | North Salt Lake, UT |
| Students of Eugene Watanabe | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Sohyun Koo, piano | 27 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Daniel Pollack | ||
| Yalan Piao, piano | 33 | Novi, MI |
| Yury Moiseev, piano | 22 | Moscow, Russia |
| Student of Sergei Glavatskih | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Evelyn Davenport, piano | 19 | Thunder Bay, Canada |
| Student of Evgeny Chugunov | ||
| Ni Zhan, piano | 26 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Olivia Konig, piano | 19 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Barbara Stoutenburgh | ||
| Rojan Javaheri, piano | 20 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Danial Pollack and YoungSook Kang | ||
| Amateur Category: |
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| James Li, piano | 25 | Dayton, OH |
| Student of Daira Skriblis | ||
| Maarij Bashir, piano | 25 | The Colony, TX |
| Student of Dr. Gustavo A. Tolosa and Dr. David Karp | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Akiko Gomez, violin | Rockville, MD | |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
1. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results.
2. To change a performance repertoire, a $55 fee must be submitted on the Contact Us page no later than two months prior to the Recital.
3. Extra performance time of up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with an additional fee of $100.
4. Only piano accompaniment can be used at the Winners Recital. Only one grand piano will be available at the Weill Recital Hall. No acoustic system will be provided.
5. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protégé does not provide piano accompanist, but can recommend one (contact the office).
6. Organizational Committee collects short biographies to introduce the performers at the Winners Recitals. American Protégé reserves the rights to edit, reduce and re-format any submitted biographies as it seems appropriate and fit into the Recital Brochure.
7. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
8. During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to take a risk to travel to NYC for the Recital, may request a Competition Winner’s Package with a non-refundable $300 fee. The Package includes online recognition, Winner’s Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four Booklets with biographies and photos, and participation Plaque Trophy. International participants may arrange a Package pickup or request a shipment to the friends or relative residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
9. Photography and video/audio recording is not permitted for audience at Carnegie Hall.
10. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.