International Piano and Strings Competition 2023
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 record number of talented musicians applied for this year’s Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 16 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South, Korea, St. Maarten, 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 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 2023. 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 2023 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Henry Yao, 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 2019-2022 American Protégé Piano and Strings Competitions with Judge’s Distinction in 2021 and 2022, first-place winner in Competition of Romantic Music 2019-2022, multiple Outstanding Gold Medalist Awards with scholarships at US Open Music Competition, first place awards at International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso 2021-22, first place awards at 2019-2022 Elite International Music Competition, etc. Henry also excels at academics, with state and national awards in math, science, history, and creative writing.
Dustin Zhao began taking piano lessons with Professor Olga Bornovalova at the age of 5. Dustin has made several successful appearances at national and international competitions. Some of his successes include being the grand prize winner for intermediate level at 2019 Carmel Klavier international piano competition, the 1st place winner for Steinway Chicago junior piano competition division II (2019) and winning 2nd at the Costa Rica international piano Competition (2021).
Ashley Choi, 15, a 9th grader from Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), started her piano when she was 3 years old, and piano has been one of her major interests all the time. Ashley studied piano with Professor Dr. Peter Vinograde at Manhattan School of Music and Rebecca Plummer at Phillips Academy Andover. Among Ashley’s achievements are 1st places in: American Protégé 2017 and 2018; Manhattan International Music Competition 2016 and 2017; Forte competition and East Coast International Competition 2016, Rondo Young Artist Festival 2015, 2016; Rondo Vanguard Competition 2017; K-Radio Piano Competition 2018; IMO New York Piano Competition 2019 and Elite International Music Competition 2021. In 2021, Ashley was admitted To Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division (Piano). She is also interested in flute, history, biology, English, cooking and rowing.
David Gatien is 13 years old and from Bellevue, WA. At age 6 and just months after starting piano, David entered his first piano competition (USA Chopin Foundation NW Council Competition) and won a Gold Medal, the youngest in his division. Since then, David has received several top performance awards, including First Prize in the 2019 and 2020 Golden Classical Music Awards International Music Competition; First Prize in the 2020 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition; Gold Medals in the 2020 and 2021 AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival; First Prize in the 2022 Central Washington University Pianofest Sonata/Sonatina Festival; and Gold Medals in the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 NW Chopin Competition, among others. Most recently, he received First Prize and the Judges Distinction Award in the 2022 American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music. In his free time, David enjoys biking, watching movies, and listening to music.
Sara Nishimura is 11 years old and studies at the Seisen International School in Tokyo, Japan. She started playing violin at the age of three and has been playing for over eight years now. When she was 5 and 8 years old, she participated in volunteer concert groups with Suzuki Method Japan in Cremona, Italy, as well as in nursing homes and churches in Florence, Milan, and Rome. Sara was also featured on the Italian local news program. She has won First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special prize of “2022 Golden music Classical Music Awards” and went to Carnegie Hall to perform. She is also a first prize winner of “2023 International Music Competition ”Brussels and London” Grand Prize Virtuoso” and is scheduled to perform at the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels on April 22, 2023.
Emily Saito-Noble, 9 years old, resides in Western Australia studying under the tutelage of Dr. Raymond Yong. Her musical journey started at very young age growing up in an environment surrounded with beautiful music. She has absolute perfect pitch and began her piano study at the age of four. Emily’s hard work has begun to bear fruit as she has achieved first prize in various international competitions, interstate eisteddfods, local competitions and music festivals. Her most recent performance was during the winners concert held at Amphitheatre, Paris Philharmonie, France in 2022. She also plays violin and very much enjoys performing at local concerts and at her junior school ensemble. She strives to enter the competitions and festivals to gain the opportunity to perform and meet great musicians from all over the world.
Joston Liew is a 9 years old boy. He began learning the piano at the age of 5 with Karen Wong at Forte Musicademy. Joston won several awards in piano competitions over the last 3 years. The most recent competition he did was organised by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts which is Nanyang International Piano Academy 2022 where he was a Prizewinner (for 2 years consecutively) and was invited to perform at the Opening Gala Concert. He was awarded First Place in the 2020 Singapore International Piano Competition. He has also received Platinum awards in Le Petit festivals organised by The Singapore Music Teachers’ Association. He was awarded First Prize in the Muse2020 International Music Competition. He has attended piano masterclasses with Steinway Artists Mr. Congyu Wang and Dr. Abigail Sin as well as pianist Mrs. Junghwa Moon Auer. During his free time, Joston likes to swim and cycle.
Ximing Leon Chen, is a 10-year-old violin enthusiast from Sydney Australia. He got his first 1/16 size violin when he was 3 years old out of interest, and formally started learning violin when he turned 5. Since then, he has been showing strong passion in violin and received numerous awards in national and international competitions. Some of the achievements include 1st Prize in International Grande Music Competition in 2021, Gold award in 2021 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF) Violin Solo Competition, 1st prize in 2021 Melbourne International Piano and Strings Festival Competition, and 3rd prize in Leonid Kogan Competition in 2022. He is the concertmaster of one of his school string ensembles and also enjoys playing the piano.
Louis Gao is 9 years old. He started to play piano at the age of 5 with Professor Ludovica Tassani. Louis won many National and International competitions (Piano Star International Competition, The Princeton Festival piano competition, New York International young Musician competition, G. Henle Verlag competition, Bach Festival Seattle international Piano Festival). He has been invited to play at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is excited to make his first appearance on the Carnegie Hall stage on December 17th 2022. Louis loves to play with Legos, drawing and he also plays the violin.
8-year-old Andrew Lun is a 3rd grader at St. Bernard’s School in New York City. He has been learning the piano under Mme. Fumiko Bauer since the age of five. In the past few years, he has received top prizes at numerous piano competitions. Andrew is a two times Grand Prix winner of the Rising Talents Festival and was invited to play at Carnegie Hall twice at age 6 and age 7. He won First Prize and Judges’ Distinction Award from the American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music in 2021. In February 2022, he was given an Encouragement Award from The 23rd Chopin International Competition in Asia. He has also received First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize at the Grand Virtuoso International Music Competition in Vienna, London and Paris, and made his Paris debut in December 2022 at the Amphitheatre Cite de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris.
Caden Chan is six years old and a native of San Francisco, USA. He started learning piano at the age of four with his current piano teacher, Ms. Min Chao. He actively participates in piano recitals and competitions, and in 2022 he was awarded first place in the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition, the SF International Innovative Music Competition, and the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition with the Judges’ Distinction Award. As a third-place winner in the Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition (Spring 2022), Caden performed publicly at the Winner’s Concert in June 2022 at the prestigious Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland. Apart from the piano, Caden also enjoys playing the ukulele and composing his own music. He is also an active chess and soccer player, and has a blue belt in Taekwondo.
Sophie Sherry-Yau, from Vancouver, Canada, is 6 years old and has been playing the piano since she was 3.5 years old. She entered The New York International Artists Praelusio Competition – her first competition – at the age of 5 and was the only award recipient in her age range and was subsequently invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. In that same year she was also awarded the Gold Medal at the AADGT International Young Musicians Festival and was again invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. Outside of piano, she enjoys soccer, ballet, gymnastics, coding, and creating her own art pieces.
Winners by Age Category
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Miah-Entong Kandel, piano | 5 | Singapore |
| Student of Leilei Ouyang | ||
| Articha Satavatin, piano | 6 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Onpavee Nitisingkarin | ||
| Caden Chan, piano | 6 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Min Chao | ||
| Elfie Tong, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Wendy Lim | ||
| Jacelyn Wong, piano | 6 | Union, NJ |
| Sophie Sherry-Yau, piano | 6 | West Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Aiko Ebitani | ||
| Ethelyn Liu, piano | 7 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Jinglin (Jerry) Wang, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Ming-Hao Tang, piano | 7 | Richmond, CA |
| Student of Su-Hui Yang | ||
| Andrew Lun, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Fumiko Bauer | ||
| Chloe Nari Wang, piano | 8 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Dr. Adam Aleksander | ||
| Haotian Yang, piano | 8 | Shaanxi, China |
| Student of Peng Cao and Pyoung Gang Kim | ||
| He Xin Joyce Tang, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Sarah-Yutong Kandel, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Leilei Ouyang | ||
| Sophia Liu, piano | 8 | Valley Stream, NY |
| Student of Michelle Li | ||
| Alexis Shih, cello | 9 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Sylvia Seunghee Kang | ||
| Bowen Yang, piano | 9 | Sewickley, PA |
| Student of Amaury Morales | ||
| Daniel Cui, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Yunfeng Cai | ||
| Emily Saito-Noble, piano | 9 | Wellard, WA |
| Student of Raymond Yong | ||
| Joston Liew Yi Xian, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Karen Wong | ||
| Louis Gao, piano | 9 | Huntersville, NC |
| Student of Ludovica Tassani | ||
| Muxi Zong, piano | 9 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Lixia Ma | ||
| Quynh Anh Tran Pham, piano | 9 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Doan Hoang Khanh Linh | ||
| Stephen Chen, piano | 9 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ruta Smedina-Starke | ||
| Tong (Alice) Wu, violin | 9 | Chiswick, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Trinity Min-Jie Tsai, piano | 9 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Yutong Xie, piano | 9 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Elizabeth Levine, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yukimi Song | ||
| Eric Cisyk, piano | 10 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Angelo Rondello | ||
| Ethan Xia, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Kyra Wang, piano | 10 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Dante Lorenzo Diianni | ||
| Ming Mei Sun, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Nikolas Rowland, guitar | 10 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Sean Satin | ||
| Ximing Leon Chen, violin | 10 | Turramurra, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Allen Hu, piano | 8 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Joshua Wang, piano | 4 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Corina Liu, piano | 6 | Chula Vista, CA |
| Student of April Lin | ||
| Jessica Zhang Song, violin | 6 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Kelly Hanyi Zhang, cello | 6 | Guangdong, China |
| Man Hu, piano | 6 | Bedford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| William Weizhi Huang, piano | 6 | Philipsburg, St. Maarten |
| Student of Irina Kaufman-Brookes | ||
| Aiden Saito-Noble, piano | 7 | Wellard, WA |
| Student of Naomi Saito | ||
| Asher Yang, piano | 7 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Emily Ang, violin | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Xu Jue Yi | ||
| Hannah Wei, piano | 7 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of I-Shan Su | ||
| Kim Siyun Maxi, piano | 7 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Dr. Seonmi Lee | ||
| Kyle Do, piano | 7 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Mm Lidia Kotlova | ||
| Gabby Weingard, piano | 8 | Long Island City, NY |
| Student of Dr. Kate Hyojin Rhim | ||
| Gina Yu, violin | 8 | Balwyn, Australia |
| Student of Julian Quirit | ||
| Isabella Yan, piano | 8 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Olivia Bao, piano | 8 | West Jordan, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Pichamon Tulachom, piano | 8 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Pangfun Junsawang | ||
| Yizhen Sophia Zhu, piano | 8 | Draper, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Jayata Tieanworn, Piano | 9 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Boonyakorn Opaspanwong | ||
| Jiaqi Zheng, piano | 9 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Joy Burrows, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Efrem Briskin | ||
| Katrina Cheng, violin | 9 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Marissa Murphy | ||
| Madison Tedja, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
| Sophia Kong, violin | 9 | Ithaca, NY |
| Student of Suyeon Lee | ||
| Andy Chi, piano | 10 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Benjamin Zhang, piano | 10 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Wen Jing Liu | ||
| Christian Lin, piano | 10 | Claremont, CA |
| Student of Chun-Yi Wang | ||
| Da Hyun Lee, piano | 10 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Young Shin Kim | ||
| Emily Yuan, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| Hannah Sarah Wang, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Joelle He | ||
| Hillary Yao, piano | 10 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Marine Geladze | ||
| Katie Maben, violin | 10 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Yaeri Choi | ||
| Kit Wang Kevin Chan, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Ouyang Lei Lei | ||
| Lucas Tejada, cello | 10 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Dr. Chungsun Kim | ||
| Marina Zou, piano | 10 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Alice Zhao | ||
| Nathan Chung, piano | 10 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Annie Tang | ||
| Peter Noh, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yoojung Chung | ||
| Saloni Bhure, piano | 10 | Raleigh, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Zhiyu Su, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jingze Sarah Gao | ||
| Zimou Zhang, piano | 10 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Claire Chen, piano | 8 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Benjamin Zhang, piano | 10 | Fullerton, CA |
| Students of Wenjing Liu | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Joshua Guo, piano | 5 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Emma Feng, piano | 6 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Lyndon Wee, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhong Yang Choo | ||
| Ayan Shah, piano | 7 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 8 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Liwon Ahn, piano | 8 | Celina, TX |
| Student of Jikyoung Kim | ||
| Melody Ye, violin | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Castille | ||
| Alesa En Ting Wong, violin | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Loh Jun Hong | ||
| Ava Giragosian, piano | 9 | Calabasas, CA |
| Student of Anahit Sevoyan | ||
| Eileen Kang, piano | 9 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Junghee Lee | ||
| Esther Versluis, violin | 9 | Louisville, KY |
| Student of Dr. Geoffrey Herd and Marion Peraza | ||
| Kathy Zhong, piano | 9 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng | ||
| Lea Shin, cello | 9 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Bongshin Ko | ||
| Sara Gao, piano | 9 | Carlisle, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Sara Kojima, piano | 9 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Angela Du, violin | 9 | New York, New York |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Alice Polusmiak, piano | 10 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Sergei Polusmiak | ||
| Amanda Kongoasa, piano | 10 | Brookhaven, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Van Rensburg | ||
| Emili Stahovic, violin | 10 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Satoko Hoppo | ||
| John Foo, violin | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Chi and Alan Sharipov | ||
| Ron Huang, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Helen Lin | ||
| Sean Chen, piano | 10 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Terence Heng, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Su-Hui Yang | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Bruce Daniels, violin | 6 | Brambleton, VA |
| Student of Zhuo Diao | ||
| Katia Stahovic, violin | 6 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Satoko Hoppo | ||
| Aideen Roberts, piano | 7 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Dr. Valerica Maican | ||
| Chen Qianyu, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua and Shannon Mok | ||
| Chen Yongyan, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua and Shannon Mok | ||
| Yashas Totade, piano | 7 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Joshua Jayden Hoi Yan Toh, violin | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Ni Ta | ||
| Samantha Mykhnyak, violin | 8 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska and Inna Khalkidi | ||
| Toan “Harold” Nguyen, piano | 8 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Student of Eleonora Apostolidi | ||
| Dheetya Raghuram, piano | 9 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Hana Hashimoto, violin | 9 | Amarillo, TX |
| Student of Natalia Korenchuck | ||
| Irene Nikhompak, piano | 9 | Woodbridge, VA |
| Student of Pangfun Junsawang | ||
| Iris Deng, violin | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Jonathan Huang, piano | 9 | Corona, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma-Can | ||
| Katelyn Lee, piano | 9 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Advika Srikumar, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Meijie Wu | ||
| Alexander Pien, violin | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Keiko Tokunaga | ||
| Allysa Gribble, piano | 10 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Anika Yanala, violin | 10 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Gadiel Fernandez, piano | 10 | Sterling, VA |
| Student of Christina Devane | ||
| Haiyuan Li, piano | 10 | Oakville, Canada |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Joshua Lam, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Doris Ngai | ||
| Kendall Gribble, piano | 10 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Mason Wang, piano | 10 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Nicole Wang | ||
| Olivia Feng, violin | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Daphine Lin | ||
| Satya Lavana, piano | 10 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Sophia Zhang, piano | 10 | Colleyvillle, TX |
| Student of Dr. Yu-Ching Hsu | ||
| Zhi Ning Esther Chew, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Pey Chyi and Lee Hwan Meng | ||
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Audrey Cham, piano | 11 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Elijah Chang, piano | 11 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Olya Katsman | ||
| Isabelle Yang, piano | 11 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Kylie Kim, piano | 11 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Eun Jung Lee | ||
| Lisa Saito, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Sara Nishimura, violin | 11 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Ayumi Sasaki and Prof. Li Lin | ||
| Sara Tateshima, piano | 11 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Natalia Kartashova, Ph.D, Dma | ||
| Spencer Chu, violin | 11 | London, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Brown | ||
| Abigail Na, piano | 12 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Kyoung Ah Yeom | ||
| Aurellia Yang, piano | 12 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 12 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jeongsoo Kim and Jonathon Kirk | ||
| Jaden Shim, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 12 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Nicolas Liu, piano | 12 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Yin C Chen | ||
| Allison Kwan, piano | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| David Gatien, piano | 13 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Nancy Jang | ||
| Hannah Zou, piano | 13 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Prof. Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| John Slaughter, piano | 13 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Olga Urick | ||
| Mika Kurosawa, cello | 13 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Xialing Zheng | ||
| Alice Baik, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miehee Rhee | ||
| Amber Lin, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Huang | ||
| Ching Ho Mike Wong, violin | 14 | Hong Kong |
| Daniel Feng, violin | 14 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Fintan Murphy | ||
| Evan Dan, piano | 14 | Solon, OH |
| Sophie Chan, piano | 14 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Yifan Ding, piano | 14 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Natalia Harlap and Alexander Korsantia | ||
| Yixuan Chen, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Yoonjin Kim, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Daphny Chen | ||
| Yuna Noh, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yoojung Chung | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Selina Dong, piano | 12 | Draper, UT |
| Mason Lui, piano | 11 | South Jordan, UT |
| Students of Ya Liu | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Cindy Lin, cello | 13 | Bethesda, MD |
| Kaylia Mccabe, cello | 12 | Cabin John, MD |
| Andrew Lin, piano | 11 | Bethesda, MD |
| Students of Ning Wang and Dmitri Nazarenko | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| You Wu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Brendan Nguyen | ||
| Dylan Ellis, violin | 14 | Chula Vista, CA |
| Student of Shen Yeh | ||
| O2 Piano Duet: | ||
| Olivia Xia, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Olina Xia, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Audrey Cham, piano | 11 | Austin, TX |
| Emma Hou, piano | 13 | Round Rock, TX |
| Joy Liu, piano | 14 | Leander, TX |
| Students of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kyle Liang, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Carrie Liang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Carrie Liang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ceren Sareyyupoglu, piano | 11 | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Hannah Chon, piano | 11 | Old Westbury, NY |
| Student of Dr. Hyojin Rhim | ||
| Melody Meixin Sun, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wenjing Liu | ||
| Olivia Kwan, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Frank Lèvy | ||
| Shengshan Tang, piano | 11 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Tatiana Shustova | ||
| Vincent Wang, piano | 11 | Mississauga, Canada |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 12 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Dr. Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| Anna Fitzgerald, piano | 12 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Dr. Ivona Kaminska Bowlby | ||
| Donna Chen, piano | 12 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Hyae-Jin Hwang | ||
| Fiona Kwan, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Frank Lèvy | ||
| Howard Luo, piano | 12 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ilona | ||
| Julia Lancman, violin | 12 | Blue Ash, OH |
| Student of Marion Peraza | ||
| Lauren Whang, piano | 12 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Adrienne Kim | ||
| Lion Ogino, violin | 12 | Fishkill, NY |
| Student of Heeja Questad | ||
| Nelson Ma, piano | 12 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Robert Schwartz | ||
| Rebecca Li, piano | 12 | Bothell, WA |
| Student of Dr. Hyejung Shin | ||
| Aidan Chien, cello | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Da Yoon Kang | ||
| Andy Shin, cello | 13 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Maria Shim | ||
| Angela Morgan, piano | 13 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Bernard Zhang, cello | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Chia-Wen Tsai and Sarah Koo | ||
| Claire Zhang, piano | 13 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of John Mccarthy and Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Eunseo Hong, piano | 13 | Oldtappan, NJ |
| Student of Sohui Kim | ||
| Harry Chen, violin | 13 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Liu, Ming | ||
| Madison Chung, piano | 13 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Esther Kwon | ||
| Sydney Wang, piano | 13 | Oyster Bay, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Theodore Shum, piano | 13 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Shiahnuo Wong | ||
| Zaliah Siva Kumaran, violin | 13 | Carolina Forest, SC |
| Student of Samantha Siva | ||
| Andrew Kao, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Castille | ||
| Chloe Wilkes, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Scott Holden and Lora Tchekoratova | ||
| Claire Lim, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Edward Ojard, piano | 14 | Two Harbors, MN |
| Student of Diana Shapiro | ||
| Ella Li, violin | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Hayden Chen, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yao Zhao | ||
| Ha-Yeon Kim, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jieun Kim | ||
| Isabella Liu, piano | 14 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Thomas Yee | ||
| Ishan Mysore, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ophelia Raboca | ||
| Jessica Jung, piano | 14 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Michael Esch | ||
| Jim Xia, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Jonathan Suh, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Justin Chan, piano | 14 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Justin Zeng, piano | 14 | Old Westbury , NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Kaden Zhao, violin | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Kelton Chen, piano | 14 | Coppell, TX |
| Student of Lay-Keng Chew | ||
| Kyle Liang, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Nathaniel Berman, guitar | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Hanan Harchol | ||
| Ray Tang, piano | 14 | Wading River, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Spencer Wang, piano | 14 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Nicole Wang | ||
| Tanya Daniel, piano | 14 | Bangalore, India |
| Student of Irina Morgan | ||
| Tiantong Yang, violin | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Evelyn Kwark | ||
| Yulia Golger-Kajimoto, piano | 14 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Hitomi Koyama | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Kevin Wu, violin | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Constantine Li, violin | 12 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Students of Joan Kwuon and Amanda Yang | ||
| Two Rabbits and a Tiger Trio: | ||
| Chloe Robertson, violin | 11 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Jasmin Lee and Jennifer Lee | ||
| Nolan Chen, cello | 12 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Jasmin Lee and Jennifer Lee | ||
| Walter Brobson, piano | 11 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Edvinas Minkstimas and Jennifer Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Michelle Tan, piano | 13 | Longmont, CO |
| Sarah Zhou, piano | 13 | Boulder, CO |
| Students of Ling Yu Mcloughlin | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Arnold Zou, piano | 11 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Estella Yung, piano | 11 | Oakland Gardens, NY |
| Student of Annie Tang | ||
| Grace Chung, piano | 11 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Jeffrey Qingyang Wan, piano | 11 | Torrington, CT |
| Student of Shichu Teng | ||
| Justin Guo, piano | 11 | Raleigh, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Madeleine Melancon, violin | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Tina Zhang | ||
| Natalie Fang, piano | 11 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Ludovica Tassani | ||
| Nathan Ye, piano | 11 | Raleigh, NC |
| Student of Alice Zhao and Teddy Robie | ||
| Serena Tang, piano | 11 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Mina Furmansky | ||
| Ashlee Chen, piano | 12 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma | ||
| Audrey Fan, piano | 12 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Alice Zhao | ||
| Bryan Tseng, cello | 12 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Dr. Benjamin Lash | ||
| Jason Liu, piano | 12 | Woodside, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma-Can | ||
| Justin Pyo, piano | 12 | La Crescenta, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Likang Jiang, piano | 12 | Nolensville, TN |
| Liya Milman, piano | 12 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Rachelle Amelia Tan, viola | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Odesa Tay | ||
| Yvonne Liu, piano | 12 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of I Ling Chen | ||
| Abby Yingze Zhao, piano | 13 | Ivanhoe, Australia |
| Student of Chinghuey Lim | ||
| Arihao Wang, piano | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Ardeshir Adhami | ||
| David Cameron, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Emily Vu, piano | 13 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Chen | ||
| Erin Kim, piano | 13 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Eunmi Moon | ||
| Joshua Chung, piano | 13 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Lukas Koehler, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Mrs Chloe Xu | ||
| Miles Liao, piano | 13 | Fairfield, CT |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Sanjit Konda, violin | 13 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Orit Beder | ||
| Sylvia Johnson, violin | 13 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Yitong Li, piano | 13 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Rebecca Happel | ||
| Advay Chavan, piano | 14 | Hillsborough Township, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Hannah Johnson | ||
| Aiden Lee, piano | 14 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Sung Eun Lee | ||
| Amelie Heine, violin | 14 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Brown | ||
| Angela Bryan, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Anshul Sharma, piano | 14 | Orange, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Aureliano Silvero, piano | 14 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Student of Santiago Piñeirua | ||
| Ben Kalmin, piano | 14 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Natale Farrell | ||
| Caleb Su, cello | 14 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Maxim Kozlov and Tatianna Mann | ||
| Chloe Barlow, piano | 14 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Daren Zhong, piano | 14 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Rachel Bradeen | ||
| Elina Suri, piano | 14 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
| Ella Xing, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Luba Ugorski | ||
| Janak Bhuta, cello | 14 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Janet Witharm | ||
| Jeremin Hu, piano | 14 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Seonhee Cho | ||
| Jessica Li, violin | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Joshua Shi, piano | 14 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Jennifer Chen | ||
| Martin Pena, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Ludovica Tassani | ||
| Max Yang, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chi-Yuan Chen | ||
| Pranay Gadikota, violin | 14 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Jueun Kim Warf | ||
| Raymond Kuang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Bella Tseng | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 14 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Elenye German | ||
| Xinyao Wang, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ryan Chan | ||
| Zeyu Wang, piano | 14 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Myong-Hoo Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Melody Meixin Sun, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Miao Zeng, piano | 14 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Students of Wenjing Liu | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Chloe Lee, violin | 11 | Eden Prairie, MN |
| Claire Lee, violin | 14 | Eden Prairie, MN |
| Students of Yeseul Kim | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Amanda Leung, violin | 11 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Dhiti Karthikeyan, piano | 11 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Isaac Lee, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Mark Borokhovich, piano | 11 | Hewlett Harbor, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Olivia Wan, piano | 11 | Mount Laurel, NJ |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Sanvi Jain, piano | 11 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Asen Doykin | ||
| Terrance Tianyi Zhang, violin | 11 | Guangdong, China |
| Aidan Yi Shao Yong, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Ching Huey Lim | ||
| Andrew Giragosian, piano | 12 | Calabasas, CA |
| Student of Anahit Sevoyan | ||
| Gabriel Gorevoy, piano | 12 | Richboro, PA |
| Student of Zina | ||
| Jia Lee, viola | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Jill Van Gee and Pei-Ling Lin | ||
| Kavya Jogiraju, piano | 12 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Vaibhav Sitaraman, piano | 12 | Edison, NJ |
| Student of Hannah Johnson | ||
| Brianna Lee, violin | 13 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Caleb Morae, piano | 13 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Rachel Taylor | ||
| Charles Desorcy, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Raymond Wong and Steven Mann | ||
| Elizabeth Chung, violin | 13 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Chienmo Wu | ||
| Emma Singel, violin | 13 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Cheryl Larson | ||
| Eyan Gribble, piano | 13 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 13 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Rafaela Babenko, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Aaron Kou, violin | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Anshi Kothari, violin | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Anya Dalal, piano | 14 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Arielle Tien, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng | ||
| Asher Wu, piano | 14 | Pullman, WA |
| Ashley Xu, violin | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Christopher Jeong, viola | 14 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Jueun Kim Warf | ||
| David Fu, piano | 14 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying and Sun Hui | ||
| Elisa Lee, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yachin Lan | ||
| Emerson Nannenga, piano | 14 | Kingsport, TN |
| Student of Carol Stone | ||
| Guadalupe Garza, piano | 14 | Mission, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Gwyneth Frank, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Vivian Choi | ||
| Hasan Saadi, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Howard Lu, cello | 14 | East Brunswick, NJ |
| Student of Jordan Enzinger | ||
| Jessica Lee, piano | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Meera Desawale, piano | 14 | Briarcliff Manor, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Miao Zeng, piano | 14 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Wenjing Liu | ||
| Nathan Becker, piano | 14 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Natalia Borodulin | ||
| Sarah Liu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Mei Yin | ||
| Tygesen Yoon, piano | 14 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aiden Suh, violin | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Annie Rhew, cello | 15 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Hyun-Jin Kim | ||
| Ashley Choi, piano | 15 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Peter Vinograde and Rebecca Plummer | ||
| Benny Wang, piano | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Yana Reznik and Silvana Sokolov-Grubb | ||
| Clara Zhang, piano | 15 | Highland Park, IL |
| Student of Matthew Hagle | ||
| Daniel Lee, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jocelyn Zhu | ||
| Dustin Zhao, piano | 15 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Olga Bornovalova | ||
| Ga Eun Nam, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Jeffery Tong, cello | 15 | Lisle, IL |
| Student of Tanya Carey | ||
| Joshua Kim, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Nadya Hitomi, piano | 15 | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| Student of Yin Yin Huang | ||
| Reina Hewes, piano | 15 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Deborah H. How | ||
| Richard Feng, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Yunfeng Cai | ||
| Yun-Tsai Yeh, violin | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Dia Nawathe, violin | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Ann Mei Sun, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Daniel Kang, piano | 16 | Laveen, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Edelweiss Pak, cello | 16 | Orange, CA |
| Student of Yanan Coco Hu | ||
| Edward Huang, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Natalia Hanukai | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb | ||
| Julia Kim, violin | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Lawrence Wen, piano | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Hong Zhu | ||
| Love Li, piano | 16 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Song Song | ||
| Madison Chung, violin | 16 | Nashville, TN |
| Student of Christina Mcgann | ||
| Shayda Oliaei, cello | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Yuanduo Li, piano | 16 | Apex, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Ocean Xie, violin | 17 | Corinth, TX |
| Student of Chuong Vu | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 13 | Alameda, CA |
| Eric Koh, piano | 16 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Heidi Hau | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Joanna Dong, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Tyler Wong, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Caleb Tang, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Chenjia Ni, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Cellestial Cello Quartet: | ||
| Kayson Chen, cello | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
| Natan Long, cello | 18 | Arcadia, CA |
| Jasper Liu, cello | 17 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Bernard Zhang, cello | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Chia-Wen Tsai | ||
| The Lumina Trio: | ||
| Julia Kim, violin | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Caleb Sim, cello | 17 | Northbrook, IL |
| Samuel Kim, piano | 16 | Libertyville, IL |
| Student of Soo Young Lee and Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Piano Quintet: | ||
| Marco Chen, violin | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Julia Glenn and Ming Liu | ||
| Songzhou Xie, violin | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Liang Wei and Ming Liu | ||
| Amanda Xu, viola | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Li Chen and Ming Liu | ||
| Christine Wu, cello | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Changyu Tsai and Ming Liu | ||
| Zihan Weng, piano | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Wenjin Ma and Ming Liu | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aidan Yu, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Erin Haris | ||
| Allison Kim, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyoung Um | ||
| Allison Xia, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Ansel Tseng, violin | 15 | Taichung City, Taiwan |
| Student of Po Wei Lai | ||
| Austin Moon, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Christine Nam, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Angel Huang | ||
| David Kim, viola | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yunsun Kim | ||
| Emay Kong, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Howard Zhou, violin | 15 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Julian Quirit | ||
| Hyunbin Seo, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jeeae Kim | ||
| Isaac Heo, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Lee | ||
| Jayden Kim, piano | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Yumy Kim | ||
| Jeffrey Wang, piano | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Dr. Soo Youg Lee | ||
| Jenna Gilhooly, piano | 15 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Jenny Anderson | ||
| Jennifer Pan, piano | 15 | American Canyon, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Joanna Wang, violin | 15 | Columbus, GA |
| Student of Ruslan Apostolov | ||
| Kangjia Huang, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Chen | ||
| Ke Yuan, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Park | ||
| Kyuhyun Kim, piano | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Hyejin Har | ||
| Leo Zhang, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Michael Chuang, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sofi Dediashvili | ||
| Sebastian Olsa, piano | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Tomas Kaco | ||
| Sophia Cheng, piano | 15 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Spencer Sun, piano | 15 | Rochester Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Yihan Hong, piano | 15 | Oakville, Canada |
| Student of Ruta Vaivade | ||
| Yuqi Wang, piano | 15 | Knoxville, TN |
| Student of Fay Adams | ||
| Benjamin Fulop, piano | 16 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Student of József Sármai | ||
| Caroline Amber Chang, piano | 16 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Charisse Qin, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Charles Zhu, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Christina Xin, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Donggyu Lee, piano | 16 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Gina Hong | ||
| Emmeline Wang, piano | 16 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Nicole Wang | ||
| Jason Youm, cello | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Alina Lee | ||
| Joelle Lee, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Lev Mizukovski, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Matthew Nam, piano | 16 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Megan Lee, piano | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Nicholas Chong, piano | 16 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Temirzhan Yerzhanov | ||
| Philip Tan, piano | 16 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Rouzan Vanesian | ||
| Samuel Kim, piano | 16 | Libertyville, IL |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Seojin Kim, cello | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dapheny Chen | ||
| Swansea Siu, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Xika Huang | ||
| Taiga Nishida, piano | 16 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Sean Tang-Wang | ||
| U.N. Vo, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Young Sook Kang | ||
| William Y. Feng, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Amaia Schmitigal, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Shu Xiang Quintero | ||
| Andrew Ngo, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Andrew Yang, violin | 17 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Jing Zeng | ||
| Christian Kang, violin | 17 | Porter Ranch, CA |
| Student of An, Ji Young | ||
| John Mcphie, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Susan Bana | ||
| Joshua Tio, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Iris Hsu | ||
| Kristen Fu, piano | 17 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Shangyun Piao, piano | 17 | Fort Worth, TX |
| Student of Yuching Hsu | ||
| Siyu Duan, piano | 17 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Alayna Hill, piano | 18 | Marlow, OK |
| Student of Yiuka Little | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Chang, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Caroline Amber Chang, piano | 16 | Atlanta, GA |
| Students of Ping Xu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Richard Lin, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Duncan Stafford, piano | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Abigail Cho, piano | 15 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Junghee Lee | ||
| Adora Xiao, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Alvin Lee, viola | 15 | Clarksville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min and Justin Yi | ||
| Ari Shamy, viola | 15 | Herriman, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Bryan Fan, piano | 15 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Shiahnuo Wong | ||
| Carine Suherman, piano | 15 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Pauline Lin | ||
| Daphne Chao, piano | 15 | Woodbridge, CT |
| Student of Michelle Peng | ||
| Ian Ha, piano | 15 | Takoma Park, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Kota Sato, violin | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Lily Zhang, piano | 15 | Riverside, IL |
| Student of Svetlana Belsky | ||
| Matthew Wu, piano | 15 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Shiahnuo | ||
| Paul Lee, cello | 15 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Paul Wingert | ||
| Sebastian Jeong, violin | 15 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Jueun Kim-Warf | ||
| Viola Huang, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Helen Lin | ||
| Yancin Chen, piano | 15 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Peggy Edwards | ||
| Yi-An Liao, piano | 15 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Adriana Zhou, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Alvin Guo, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Arisa Chanpong, piano | 16 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Eri Nakagawa and San Jittakan | ||
| Calvin Lee, cello | 16 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Kerry Van Laanen | ||
| Ellis Kim, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| En-Lih Wang, piano | 16 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Student of Christopher Carlon | ||
| Ethan Zhao, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chi-Yuan Chen | ||
| Jason Yin, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun J. Park | ||
| Jiani Gao, piano | 16 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Jose Manuel Garcia | ||
| Rio Caine, piano | 16 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Ryan Rao, piano | 16 | Boca Raton, FL |
| Student of Raisa Isaacs | ||
| Senuka Abeysinghe, piano | 16 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Dr. Richard Van Dyke | ||
| Tai Karir, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Christopher Carlon | ||
| Triston Yu, piano | 16 | Great Falls, VA |
| Student of Dr. Jun Yang | ||
| Xinya Zhou, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Yifan Wei, piano | 16 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Tamila Azadaliyeva | ||
| Ian Macdonald, piano | 17 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Christopher Carlon | ||
| Morgan Kuo, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Mei Rui | ||
| Roxana Olivier, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Wenjing Liu | ||
| Tongtong Guo, piano | 17 | Ashburnham, MA |
| Student of James Brawn and Piotr Tomasz | ||
| Yiyun Su, violin | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Bihan Li and Wenli Ji | ||
| Youngsung Sim, piano | 17 | Hopewell Jct, NY |
| Student of Eunyoung (Becky) Park and Dustin Jackson | ||
| Evan Wu, piano | 18 | Westbury, NY |
| Student of Yoshino Yuka | ||
| Seohyun Lee, violin | 18 | Troy, NY |
| Student of Yunhee Han | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Abigail John, piano | 15 | Marlborough, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Adahlia Xu, piano | 15 | Bloomfield Township, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Angel Li, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Chaitra Jogiraju, piano | 15 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Chuyan Wang, piano | 15 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Pangfun Junsawang | ||
| Cindy Long, violin | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Chloee Yang, piano | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Sherry Hou and Melody Wu | ||
| Delphia Huang, piano | 15 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Dongwoo Kim, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jeeae Kim | ||
| Dylan Mac, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Lily | ||
| Elizabeth Chen, piano | 15 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Tsai-Lan, Chen | ||
| Emily Chao, piano | 15 | Ashburn, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Gustav Singel, piano | 15 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Darja Koehler | ||
| Hanna Jung, violin | 15 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
| Karissa Wong, piano | 15 | Little Elm, TX |
| Student of Wenling Chua | ||
| Kevin Chen, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Looji Lee, violin | 15 | East Setauket, NY |
| Student of Jung Hee Park | ||
| Nicholas Thanopoulos, piano | 15 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Simone Ferraresi and Youmei Cai | ||
| Norah Lin, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jessie Snoke | ||
| Samskrith Raghav, piano | 15 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Heng-Pin Chen | ||
| Samuel Hacker, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Siboney Oviedo-Gray, piano | 15 | Rye, NY |
| Student of Peggy Reich | ||
| Talus Leong, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Inna Gendler | ||
| Winfred Lin, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Xinke Wang, piano | 15 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Hyae-Jin Hwang | ||
| Anthony Shustef, piano | 16 | Marlboro, NJ |
| Student of Lana Sokurenko | ||
| Arjun Ahya, piano | 16 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Jenny (Yen Yu) Chen | ||
| Arjun Pai, piano | 16 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Axel Schmitt | ||
| Cloris Shi, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wei-San Yue | ||
| Dustin Rood, violin | 16 | Mansfield Center, CT |
| Student of Gabriel Remillard | ||
| Elizabeth Hu, piano | 16 | Pearland, TX |
| Student of Eka Tvaladze | ||
| Ethan Bai, violin | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Ethan Chen, piano | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Hsin-I Sharon Cheng | ||
| Jessie Ko, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Verony Yang | ||
| Lejandrei Contreras, piano | 16 | McAllen, TX |
| Student of Dr. Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Madison Lee, piano | 16 | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Student of Lynn Nakamura | ||
| Pranaya Malkani, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Leighanne Walker | ||
| Rishab Anand, violin | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Riya Rajesh, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yochiro Etsuki | ||
| Ruoshui Hu, piano | 16 | Danville, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Sadie Walker, violin | 16 | Centerville, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Sophia Chen, piano | 16 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Yitong Fiona Xie, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Zihan Lin, piano | 16 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Yulia Soboleva | ||
| Aniketh Arvind, piano | 17 | Harrison, NY |
| Student of Mikhail Zeiger | ||
| Constantine Krenteras, piano | 17 | West Orange, NJ |
| Student of Asen Doykin | ||
| Jonathan Daniel, piano | 17 | Smyrna, GA |
| Student of Adriana Van Rensburg | ||
| Justin Shao, piano | 17 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Gail Lew | ||
| Lalitha Prabhahar, piano | 17 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Wenling Chua | ||
| Lucy Mandegar, violin | 17 | Poway, CA |
| Student of Fei-Fei Soong | ||
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Chaela Franck, harp | 25 | Berlin, CT |
| Student of Gretchen Van Hoesen | ||
| Hengyue Su, piano | 39 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Dr. Irina Voro and Daniel Epstein | ||
| Hyemin Kim, piano | 35 | Interlochen, MI |
| Hyerim Lee, piano | 27 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Christopher Harding | ||
| Hyun-Woo Jung, piano | 31 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Patti Wolf and Gregory Allen | ||
| Jeong Yun Yang, piano | 31 | Watertown, MA |
| Jeonghyun Lim, piano | 28 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Natasha Kubit, violin | 25 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Dmitri Berlinsky | ||
| Qiu Chen, piano | 28 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Santiago Rodriguez and Jung-Ja Kim | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sanghie Lee, piano | 37 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Joanna Kim, piano | 44 | Suwanee, GA |
| Students of Joanna Kim | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Annalicia Loveridge, violin | 22 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Donna Fairbanks | ||
| Noah Guzman, cello | 22 | Bountiful, UT |
| Student of Gerta Wiemer | ||
| Maren Daynes, piano | 20 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Gerta Wiemer | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alexander Bryan, piano | 22 | Denver, CO |
| Ke An, piano | 28 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Kevin Lin, Piano | 20 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Dunyin Liu | ||
| Yuriko Umeda, piano | 19 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Nobuhito Nakai and Miyo Honya | ||
| Anna-Thérèse Mehra, cello | 20 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Raisa Kagramanova and Dr. Gail Mehra | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Saasha Gidwani, piano | 19 | New York, NY |
| Student of Nadine Crasto | ||
| Naomi Sestak, piano | 28 | North Brunswick Township, NJ |
| Student of Szonyi Zoltan | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Julian Cardenas, violin | Houston, TX | |
| Student of Adrian Iliescu and Florin Iliescu | ||
| Serena Anthony, piano | Bangalore, India | |
| Student of Irina Morgan | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| 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 Health Crisis, 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 of the Winner’s Package 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.