International Piano and Strings Competition 2024
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 largest in history number of talented musicians applied for this year’s Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 22 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macedonia, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Réunion, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates 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 2024. 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 2024 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Caleb Sharkey studies with Golda Tatz at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division. In 2023, he won first prize at the 2023 International Grande Music Competition, first prize at the 2023 New York Young Virtuoso Competition, and was Gold Medalist at the 2023 Piano Star International Competition. He was also a finalist for the 2023 Claudette Sorel Piano Competition at SUNY Fredonia. Caleb has performed at venues such as Merkin Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Since 2016, Caleb has attended Interlochen Arts Camp, where he was the recipient of the Fine Arts Award in Piano in 2023. In addition to his piano studies, Caleb studies composition at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege, with Alexander Yagupsky.
Cooper Li, 13, is from Sydney, Australia. He began playing the violin at the age of five and a half with professor Yang. He is currently in the First Violin for the Knox Symphony Orchestra. He has received First Prize in the following competitions. In 2020: the 10th Hong Kong International Violin Competition. In 2021: American Protégé Romantic Competition, the Royal Sound Strings Competition in Canada, and Rocky Mountain Talent Music International Competition. In 2023: St George Instrumental Eisteddfod, violin, and the All-Strings junior championship categories. He was also awarded the platinum prize in the Global Genius Music Competition for age 11-12.
Jedidiah Kim, from Irvine, CA, is 11 years old and currently he is in 6th grade. He started playing piano at age 3 years old and began piano lessons under Ms. Maxine Gong at age 7. He has won Gold Award 2019 Franz Liszt International Youth Piano Competition, Also, won first place and Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in 2020 International Music Competition Salzburg “Grand Prize Virtuoso”. He won another first prize in preliminary round and gold prize in final round and ambassador award in 2021 Arista International Music Competition. Also, participated and won first prize and Exceptional Young Talent
Sean Ishikawa is 9 years old. He began his violin studies at the age of 3 with Ms. Mio Unosawa Herzog. He has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2022 and 2023 as a winner of First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in the Golden Music Awards International Competition and first prize of Golden Era of Romantic Music International. He has also performed at the Merkin Hall as a First Prize Winner of The International Grande Music Competition 2023. He has performed at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Amphithéâtre Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels, the Beethoven House in Bonn as a winner of First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition.
(STRINGS CATEGORY AWARD)
Sean Ishikawa is 9 years old. He began his piano studies at the age of 7. He has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2022 and 2023 and as a winner of First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in the Golden Music Awards International Competition and first prize of AFAF regular season International Competition in 2022. He has also performed at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Amphithéâtre Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels, the Beethoven House in Bonn as a winner of First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize in the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition. His most recent performance was at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan as a winner of the Junior Classical Music Competition in Japan in 2023.
(PIANO CATEGORY AWARD)
Caden Chan is seven years old and a native of San Francisco. He has been learning piano since age four with his piano teacher, Min Chao. In 2023, Caden was awarded first place in the US Open Music Competition, the American Protégé International Piano Competition, the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competitions, the Orbetello Piano Competition, the Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition, and the Elevato Piano Competition (Chopin Edition), among others. He was also placed second in both the 5th WPTA Finland IPC and Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition in the Piano Concerto category. As a result, Caden has performed at the Warsaw National Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw and the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland, the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Carnegie Hall in New York. He also performed with the Symphony Orchestra of the Zabrze Philharmonic in Poland.
Winners by Age Category
Young Musicians, 5 – 10
Junior, 11 – 14
Intermediate, 15 – 18
Professionals and Amateur
Young Musicians, 5 – 10
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alexander Wang Petrovic, piano | 5 | Newberry, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| Anton Xu, piano | 5 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Lydia Wang | ||
| Athena Huang, piano | 5 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr.Juliana Yap | ||
| Joshua Wang, piano | 5 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Angela Chen, piano | 6 | Brighton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Camille Bai, piano | 6 | Hercules, CA |
| Student of Qian Li | ||
| Yuhan Zhang, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yuri Didenko | ||
| Caden Chan, piano | 7 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Min Chao | ||
| Faye Wang, piano | 7 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Jacelyn Wong, piano | 7 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Ieong Wong | ||
| Leo Wong, piano | 7 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Wenjie Zhou and Hao Tang | ||
| Lexi Eugenie Hadirahardjo, cello | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Natasha Liu | ||
| Minato Yoneyama, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Nathaniel Wang, piano | 7 | Epping, Australia |
| Student of Sam Subasic | ||
| Olivia Hsu, violin | 7 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Aimee Kreston | ||
| Sophia Chen, violin | 7 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Qi Sheng | ||
| Emmanouil Koutsakis, piano | 8 | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Student of Dr.Inga Avetisova | ||
| Jinglin (Jerry) Wang, piano | 8 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Louis Ueki, violin | 8 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Arisa Ikeda | ||
| Albert Qin, piano | 9 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Olga Urick | ||
| Caden Zhang, piano | 9 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Dr. Minji Noh | ||
| Chloe Jiang, piano | 9 | Mckinney, TX |
| Student of Meiling Lin | ||
| Christopher Jin, piano | 9 | New Providence, NJ |
| Student of Kate J. Shim | ||
| Daye Ko, piano | 9 | Singapore, |
| Student of Iryna Vokhmyanina | ||
| Grace Joy Chee, cello | 9 | Singapore, SG |
| Student of Natasha Liu | ||
| Grace Zhang, piano | 9 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Jia Shi | ||
| Layla Guan, piano | 9 | Elk Grove, CA |
| Nathaniel Chen, violin | 9 | Singapore, |
| Student of Ms Sylvia Khoo | ||
| Sean Ishikawa, piano | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Sean Ishikawa, violin | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Mio Unosawa Herzog | ||
| Zoe Shen, violin | 9 | Burnaby, Canada |
| Student of Janet Liang | ||
| Allison Tung, piano | 10 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Athena Chakrabortty, piano | 10 | Summit, NJ |
| Student of Margarita Sturman | ||
| Brian YuHong Wu, piano | 10 | Kildeer, IL |
| Student of Yelena Balabanova | ||
| Elena Chen, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yu Carole Liu | ||
| Julia Zhi En Foo, piano | 10 | Singapore, |
| Student of Karen Wong | ||
| Lucas Li, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Daniela Bracchi | ||
| Seungwook Han, violin | 10 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Gi Yeon Koh | ||
| Siwoo Jeon, cello | 10 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Sophia Kong, violin | 10 | Ithaca, NY |
| Yutong Xie, piano | 10 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Amber Tyler, piano | 9 | Chandler, AZ |
| Jiaqi Zheng, piano | 10 | Tempe, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anaya Mehta, piano | 4 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Dr. Valerica Maican | ||
| Melody Li, piano | 5 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Jinwei Sun | ||
| Alina Lin, piano | 6 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Ariana Harada, violin | 6 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Nikki Ebisu | ||
| Julie Jia, piano | 6 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Liam Ian Gunawan, violin | 6 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Shienny Kurniawati Tjie | ||
| Scarlett Lee, cello | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Minji Kim | ||
| Chew Jay-En, piano | 7 | Singapore, |
| Student of Rosy Chua and Shannon Mok | ||
| Charles Han, piano | 7 | Haverford, PA |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Jihyun Byun, piano | 7 | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Student of Hannah Lee | ||
| Jude Levin, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Justin Zhang, piano | 7 | Manhasset Hills, NY |
| Student of Ma, Wenyan | ||
| Katherine Wei, piano | 7 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Yunzhi Guan | ||
| Katia Stahovic, cello | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Anne Martindale Williams | ||
| Leyi Frank Zhao-Jiang, piano | 7 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Hongge Du | ||
| Lezhan Gregory Zhao-Jiang, piano | 7 | Allston, MA |
| Student of Hongge Du | ||
| Lindsay Zhou, piano | 7 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Olivia Deng, piano | 7 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Dong Dongdong and Helen Cui | ||
| River Brown, violin | 7 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Hirono Oka | ||
| Asher Yang, piano | 8 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Claire Kim, cello | 8 | New york, NY |
| Student of Sarah Kwon | ||
| Elize Gao, piano | 8 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Jing Cui | ||
| Jessica Chen, piano | 8 | Brighton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Johan Hsiung, piano | 8 | Las vegas, NV |
| Student of Juliana Kuo | ||
| Julianne Kim, piano | 8 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Kent Rogers, violin | 8 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Ayumu Sasaki | ||
| Leah Koh, cello | 8 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Scarlett Lin, violin | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Hua Castille | ||
| Aimee Lee, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Michelle Seah | ||
| Alan Weilun Luo, piano | 9 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| August Xiao, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Catherine Lee, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Leilei Ouyang | ||
| Emma Liu, violin | 9 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Fan Ting | ||
| Fang Zhenyu Francis, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Ouyang lei lei | ||
| Farrah Lee, piano | 9 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Frank Liu, piano | 9 | Chadds Ford, PA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Hannah Yu, violin | 9 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Jeremy Tung, cello | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Li-Tsu Tsao | ||
| Masa Dormer, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sarah Gao | ||
| Mona Kitamura, piano | 9 | Nishinomiya, Japan |
| Student of Miyo Honya | ||
| Olivia Ziqi Ang, piano | 9 | Singapore, |
| Student of Ouyang Lei Lei | ||
| Ruoxin Ni, piano | 9 | Huntingdon Valley, PA |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Seojin Kim, violin | 9 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Sunkyung Yoo | ||
| Yuta Yoneyama, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Minh Nguyet Khue Vo, piano | 9 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Chenglin Ji, piano | 10 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Aiden Kwak, piano | 10 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Aiden Shim, piano | 10 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle | ||
| Alexis Xia, piano | 10 | San Marcos, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Chloe Wu, piano | 10 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| David Kuhadas, violin | 10 | Blackburn South, Australia |
| Student of Julian Quirit | ||
| Eliot Yin Wu, piano | 10 | New Berlin, WI |
| Student of Lam Wong and Emily Leung | ||
| Eyan Ang, violin | 10 | Singapore, |
| Student of Lin Ying-Chu | ||
| Jacob Smirnov, piano | 10 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Alla Nagorna | ||
| Lawrence Chen, piano | 10 | Ladera Ranch, CA |
| Student of Dr. Minji Noh | ||
| Ryan Fan, piano | 10 | Newark, DE |
| Tony Chen, piano | 10 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Jed Galant | ||
| Tyrone Yang, piano | 10 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Aram Ko | ||
| Ya-Pei Cai, piano | 10 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Yunjin (Lily) Chen, piano | 10 | Arcadia, CA |
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ayan Shah, piano | 8 | Glen Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Alan Zhuang, piano | 9 | Elkhorn, NE |
| Student of Dr. Feifei Jiang | ||
| Marko Andonov, violin | 7 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Yanyan Shi | ||
| Maximus Lam, piano | 7 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Zoey Wang, violin | 7 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Qi Sheng | ||
| Dominik Nagy, piano | 8 | Redding, CA |
| Student of Jeff Takemoto | ||
| Jayden Tan, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jacob Brodski | ||
| Julian Ryu, piano | 8 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Leon Lai, piano | 8 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Rick Ueno, violin | 8 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Dr. Seo Hee Byun | ||
| Sara Chen, piano | 8 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Jing Cui | ||
| Stella Kwak, piano | 8 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Yashas Totade, piano | 8 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Amelia Stutsman, piano | 9 | West Chester, PA |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Cynthia Lin, piano | 9 | Little Neck, NY |
| Student of Xuran Zhao | ||
| Hana Dormer, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sarah Gao | ||
| Joseph Levin, piano | 9 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Mia Mai, piano | 9 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Peter Papiewski | ||
| Taylor Lee, violin | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sarah Lee | ||
| Wenxuan Huang, violin | 9 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Alexandra Ma, piano | 10 | Arlington, MA |
| Student of Seiko Matsuzaki | ||
| Alice Zheng, piano | 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Angela Zhang, piano | 10 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| Anran Zhang, piano | 10 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Chaseton Simons, violin | 10 | Villanova, PA |
| Student of Irina Rostomashvili | ||
| Ethan Luca Yieh, piano | 10 | Glen Cove, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Gavin Roth, piano | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Suki Guerrier | ||
| Ivan Liu, violin | 10 | Laurel, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Jae-In ForaxJo, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Kathy Zhong, piano | 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng and Shiqi Xiao | ||
| Kivelli Chen, piano | 10 | Corona, NY |
| Student of Xueran Zhao | ||
| Laurie Yang, piano | 10 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Leo Wang, piano | 10 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Leona Ding, piano | 10 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Nana Kwok | ||
| Mariia Merezhana, piano | 10 | Millburn, NJ |
| Student of Victoria Merezhana | ||
| Nicole Luo, piano | 10 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| Noah Gerhab, piano | 10 | Schwenksville, PA |
| Student of Hye Eun Choi | ||
| Richelle Yang, piano | 10 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Svetlana Arakelova | ||
| Shire Zhang, piano | 10 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Ryan McGaughey | ||
| Thomas Bovard, cello | 10 | Media, PA |
| Student of Amy Barston | ||
| Yoojin Shon, violin | 10 | Jeju-si, South Korea |
| Student of Yoojin Jo | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Chloe Bao, piano | 6 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-hui Chen | ||
| Youxi Chen, piano | 7 | Great Neck, NY |
| Jingshu Zhai, piano | 8 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Dr Yuhui Li | ||
| Preston Simons, violin | 8 | Villanova, PA |
| Student of Irina Rostomashvili | ||
| Ranran Li, violin | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Adelya Nartadjieva | ||
| Sanraphi Fuangkasem, piano | 8 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Kornchawan Lertthammakajorn | ||
| Siqi Wang, piano | 8 | Roslyn, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma-Can | ||
| William Ma, violin | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Castille | ||
| Aahana Banerjee, piano | 9 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Alan Han, piano | 9 | Haverford, PA |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Alisa Khitrova, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Marina Shepel | ||
| Bruce Han, piano | 9 | Lexington, MA |
| Beckett Chua, violin | 9 | Singapore, |
| Student of Ms Lily Pham | ||
| Cynthia Li, piano | 9 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Emma Lee, piano | 9 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Bonnie Black | ||
| Grace Yang, piano | 9 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rui Mei | ||
| Isaac Shih, violin | 9 | City of Whitehorse, Australia |
| Student of Yi Cheng Shih and Yi Wei Chu | ||
| Preston Yiu, piano | 9 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Xuran Zhao | ||
| Sachi Rastogi, piano | 9 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Sean Tang, piano | 9 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Liu Shih Kun | ||
| Sophie Lin, piano | 9 | Hockessin, DE |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Waverly Field, violin | 9 | Bismarck, ND |
| Student of Everaldo Martinez | ||
| Zack Xu, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Zhaoen Zhang, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Aditya Motivala, piano | 10 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Anika Neema Atikukke, piano | 10 | Allendale, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Anna Yang, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Athena Zhang, violin | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Xenia Deviatkina-Loh | ||
| Evan Lei, piano | 10 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty (Bing) Li | ||
| Kaylin Perez, violin | 10 | Miramar, FL |
| Student of Stephanie Firdman | ||
| Mok Jing Fan Ryan, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Olivia Chen, piano | 10 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Chelsea Guo | ||
| Penelope Kern, violin | 10 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Nobuaki Tanaka | ||
| Santino Antonini, piano | 10 | Dubai, OAE |
| Shannon Plangklang, piano | 10 | Pflugerville, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Sihyun Son, piano | 10 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Yebeen Kim | ||
| William Martinez, piano | 10 | Richmond, CA |
| Student of Elena Bai Pang | ||
| William Wu, piano | 10 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
Junior, 11 – 14
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ava Lou, piano | 11 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Jirisupa Varikarn | ||
| Elizabeth Levine, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yukimi Song | ||
| Felix Wang, violin | 11 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Hyun Lee, cello | 11 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| Student of Hyun-jin Kim | ||
| Jamie Sheng, piano | 11 | Mount Sinai, NY |
| Student of Michael Merolla and Linda Sinanian | ||
| Jedidiah Kim, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Ming-Mei Sun, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Nikolas Rowland, guitar | 11 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Sean Satin | ||
| Songyeon Choi, piano | 11 | Florham Park, NJ |
| Student of Julie Suh | ||
| Cindy Chen, violin | 12 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Eva Ai, guzheng | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Siyan Zhou | ||
| Grace Lam, piano | 12 | Garden Grove, CA |
| Student of Minji Noh | ||
| Jayden Choi, piano | 12 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Jayden Liu, violin | 12 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Fan Ting | ||
| Maxwell Brown, violin | 12 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Brian Lewis | ||
| Tyler Koh, cello | 12 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Abigail Na, piano | 13 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Kyoung Ah Yeom | ||
| Aiden Ng, cello | 13 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Christie Chen | ||
| Aurellia Yang, piano | 13 | Parkton, MD |
| Cooper Li, violin | 13 | Sydney, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Hiroaki Suzuki, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Leenah Yoon, harp | 13 | Brea, CA |
| Student of JoAnn Turovsky | ||
| Leo Barrat, violin | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sarah Geller | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 13 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Luwen Zhang, piano | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Iryna Mikulich | ||
| Maggie Chen, guzheng | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Siyan Zhou and Meixuan Li | ||
| Sophia Fulton, piano | 13 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Golda Vainberg-Tatz | ||
| Tracie Liu, violin | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Allison Kwan, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Brian Ha, cello | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Kyeong Hwa Kim | ||
| Carissa Hahn, piano | 14 | Irivne, CA |
| Student of Hyunjeong Laura Lee | ||
| Claire Kim, violin | 14 | Yeonsu, South Korea |
| Student of Sunkyung Yoo | ||
| Inwoo Danny Yoo, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Judy Yoo | ||
| Jason Han, cello | 14 | Corvallis, OR |
| Jedd Li, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yun-yin Wu | ||
| Jimin Ha, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Chloe Chiu | ||
| Kayley Xu, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin and Pasha Tseitlin | ||
| Leon Jia Chen Yu, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Matthew Li | ||
| Rien Chen, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yu Carole Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Cole Kong, piano | 12 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Jessie Wang, piano | 11 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| Guzheng Quartet: | ||
| Shuwen (Sophia) Hu, guzheng | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Eva Ai, guzheng | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Maggie Chen, guzheng | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Sophia Liu, guzheng | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Siyan Zhou | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Agnes Chi Kei Kwan, piano | 11 | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Student of Yiyi Ku | ||
| Alexis Lee, piano | 11 | Orange, CA |
| Anshul Kumar, piano | 11 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Daniela Bracchi | ||
| Claire Bao, piano | 11 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-hui Chen | ||
| Daniel Ashida, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Elaine Sun, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hisu-Hui Chen | ||
| Emili Stahovic, violin | 11 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Satoko Hoppo | ||
| Eryll Callum Koh Kye En, piano | 11 | Singapore, |
| Student of Jay Goh Jun Hui | ||
| Gianna Kim, piano | 11 | Cresskill, NJ |
| Student of EunMi Moon | ||
| Jennifer Ju, harp | 11 | Flemington, NJ |
| Student of Elaine Christy | ||
| John Foo, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Alan Sharipov and Zhang Chi | ||
| Lucas Chen, piano | 11 | San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Martin Qu, piano | 11 | Oakland garden, NY |
| Student of Xuran Zhao | ||
| Nathan Zhang, piano | 11 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Nancy Jensen and Lywon Yeo | ||
| Nuojin Han, piano | 11 | Merion Station, PA |
| Student of Jing Ye | ||
| Shuwen (Sophia) Hu, guzheng | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Siyan Zhou | ||
| Aiden He-Gottschalk, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Marina Grudskaya | ||
| Bryan Zhao, piano | 12 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jing Hao | ||
| Cameron Perez, piano | 12 | Southlake, TX |
| Student of Angelo Rondello | ||
| Chloe Shen, piano | 12 | Anaheim, CA |
| Student of Minji Noh | ||
| Ethan Hu, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Jinyao (Audrey) Zhou, violin | 12 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Kyle Chen, piano | 12 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Xuran Zhao | ||
| London Chou, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Belle Kao | ||
| Mylana Romanova, piano | 12 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elena Paradies | ||
| Noel Jung, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Nora Feld, piano | 12 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Ekaterina | ||
| Quintin Cheung, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Aiden Fang, piano | 13 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Alex Yoon, violin | 13 | Marlborough, MA |
| Student of Tudor Dornescu and Hyunji Lee | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 13 | Oakwood, OH |
| Student of Nanyi Qiang | ||
| Arayanna Le, piano | 13 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Jennifer L. Hunt | ||
| Autumn Gilhooly, piano | 13 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Student of Jenny Yevgeniya Anderson | ||
| Bryan Tseng, cello | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Benjamin Lash | ||
| Cathy Chen, violin | 13 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Luna Chu | ||
| Charles Chen, piano | 13 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Ayako Hattori | ||
| Chonlapat Amornlertpinyo, piano | 13 | Mueang, Thailand |
| Student of Jirisupa Varikarn | ||
| Emma Zheng, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Emma Wu, piano | 13 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Esther Ahn, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Heesun Choi | ||
| Eva Akulova, piano | 13 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Sharapova | ||
| Joseph Guo, piano | 13 | Dublin, OH |
| Student of Nina Polonsky | ||
| Junho Lee, violin | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jinhye Shin | ||
| Kota Yoneyama, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Likang Jiang, piano | 13 | Nolensville, TN |
| Sawyer Chung, guitar | 13 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Kevin Ayers | ||
| Wenda Fan, cello | 13 | Oakville, Canada |
| Xinyan Fang, piano | 13 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Zachary Zheng, piano | 13 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Zion Levy, piano | 13 | Stallings, NC |
| Student of Irina Kornilova | ||
| Zixi (Dora) Yang, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Lanzo Luconi | ||
| Andrew Colburn, piano | 14 | Orinda, CA |
| Student of Elena Bai Pang | ||
| Angela Morgan, piano | 14 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Charissa Catanus, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Cheng Min Sun, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Yun Hee Han | ||
| Chloe Jeong, cello | 14 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Eunice Inhwa Lee | ||
| Daniel Bae, piano | 14 | Pike Road, AL |
| Student of Haein Kim | ||
| David Ahn, piano | 14 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Gina Hong | ||
| David Ahn, violin | 14 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Jihyun Bae | ||
| Djin Thornton, cello | 14 | Purdys, NY |
| Student of Dr. Chungsun Kim | ||
| Ethan Cho, piano | 14 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Hai Jin | ||
| Han-Ming Cai, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Haruka Ota, cello | 14 | Burlingame, CA |
| Student of Eric Sung | ||
| Jason Kim, cello | 14 | Dunn Loring, Va |
| Student of Inhwa Lee | ||
| Nathan Choi, piano | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Ryan Chou, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Belle Kao | ||
| Sophie Wang, piano | 14 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Grace Yang | ||
| Timothy Oh, violin | 14 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Ji Hyun Bae | ||
| William Cheng, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Harry Chen, violin | 14 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Ming Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Nicole Dong, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Elaine Sun, piano | 11 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Students of Hisu-Hui Chen | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Michael Buquo, piano | 11 | Pompano Beach, FL |
| Matthew Buquo, piano | 13 | Pompano Beach, FL |
| Students of Yvette Greene | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ancen Wang, piano | 11 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Jeffrey Tao, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Jiaze Yang, piano | 11 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Ke Lao | ||
| Lisa Dai, piano | 11 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Yan Shen | ||
| Luciana Gelber, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Steven Casano, M.A., MLISc, NCTM | ||
| Oliver Liu, piano | 11 | North Tustin, CA |
| Student of Dr. Minji Noh | ||
| Puihei Jia, piano | 11 | Xi’an City, China |
| Student of Hye Jin Yeom | ||
| Rachel Chen, piano | 11 | Moorestown, NJ |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Sarah Chen, piano | 11 | Belle Mead, NJ |
| Student of Grace Yang | ||
| Shi-Si Hung, piano | 11 | Richmond, TX |
| Student of Rachel Orloske | ||
| Anouk Sriskandarajah, piano | 12 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Evelina Puzaite | ||
| Darren Kim, piano | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Soyeon Kim | ||
| Grace Li, violin | 12 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu | ||
| Janelle Cheong Rui En, piano | 12 | Singapore, |
| Student of Rosy Chua and Vanesiah | ||
| Joanna Kang, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kay Lee | ||
| Katelyn B Chou, violin | 12 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Wendy H. Castille | ||
| Kylie Koh, piano | 12 | Roseville, CA |
| Student of Esther Judson | ||
| Marilyn Hu, piano | 12 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Patrick Ramirez, piano | 12 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Regina Moon, cello | 12 | Clarence Center, NY |
| Student of Jennifer Park | ||
| Ruby Mouat, piano | 12 | Piedmont, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy | ||
| Valerie Yiu, piano | 12 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Xuran Zhao | ||
| Zhichen Huang, piano | 12 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Meijie Wu | ||
| Zihan Wang, piano | 12 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Phyllis Pan | ||
| Adam Roth, piano | 13 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Suki Guerrier | ||
| Aidan, Yi Shao Yong, piano | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Ching Huey Lim | ||
| Grace Chun, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Joshua Hameenanttila, piano | 13 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Yali Luo | ||
| Julia Lee, violin | 13 | Ellicott city, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Karnik Prasad, piano | 13 | Lake Bluff, IL |
| Student of Dr. Yumy Kim | ||
| Matthew Li, cello | 13 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of August Lee | ||
| Muhan Yang, piano | 13 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Nathan Yan, piano | 13 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| Phoenix Cannavo, piano | 13 | Aurora, CO |
| Student of Dr. Julie Jiwon Baik | ||
| Siddha Gummadi, piano | 13 | Brentwood, CA |
| Student of Joseph Irrera | ||
| Alara Martin, piano | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Meijie Wu | ||
| Alina Mitev, piano | 14 | Ridgefield, CT |
| Student of Natalia Budionniy | ||
| Brianna Minton, piano | 14 | Lutherville, MD |
| Student of Irina Dvoynoy | ||
| Chloe Hong, piano | 14 | Fresh Meadows, NY |
| Student of Aram Ko | ||
| George Li, piano | 14 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| Jeffrey Dai, piano | 14 | Arvada, CO |
| Student of Ling McLaughlin | ||
| Kayden Ngo, piano | 14 | Huntington Beach, CA |
| Student of Tamara Matchkhaneli | ||
| Matthew Deng, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of ShuJu Y. Black | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 14 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Ridyansh Agrawal, piano | 14 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Daniela Bracchi | ||
| Samuel Hana, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Siqi Shi, violin | 14 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Sunny Pu, piano | 14 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Rachel Orloske | ||
| Theodore Chu, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
| Xuan Wang, piano | 14 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Mei Chi Chu | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Anita Kuzmina, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Ilya Blinov | ||
| Anna Feng, piano | 11 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng | ||
| David Drewery, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Ilya Blinov | ||
| Elaine Chen, violin | 11 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Isaac Wu, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Jiashen Liang, piano | 11 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Lucia Vasquez Xu, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Naoya Fukushi, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Brendan Nguyen | ||
| Ron Huang, piano | 11 | Singapore, |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Satya Lavana, piano | 11 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Sophie Chen, violin | 11 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Surata Lee, piano | 11 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Annie Tang | ||
| Suzanne Singh, piano | 11 | Saint Louis, MO |
| Student of Kara Yannon and Chris Thomas | ||
| Téa Su, piano | 11 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Valerica Maican | ||
| Yiming Sun, piano | 11 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Adam Lanzisera, piano | 12 | Cranford, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Audrey Jin, piano | 12 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Meng Han | ||
| Bella Giglio, piano | 12 | Clarence Center, NY |
| Student of Elvina Lyumanova and Nail Minlikeev | ||
| Chen Hsi Wei, piano | 12 | Zhubei City, Taiwan |
| Giada Skubic, piano | 12 | McAllen, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Karina Webber, piano | 12 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Lucas MacLaren, piano | 12 | Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ |
| Student of Steven Viola | ||
| Sidhant Khurana, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Terence Li, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng and Shiqi Xiao | ||
| Ashton Jones, piano | 13 | Pyeongtaek, South Korea |
| Student of Eunsun So | ||
| Jin Ha Kim, piano | 13 | Camden, DE |
| Student of Dalaie Choi | ||
| John Wang, violin | 13 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Joseph Chen, violin | 13 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Keziah Chen, piano | 13 | Round Rock, TX |
| Student of Guan YunZhi | ||
| Olivia Weatherby, piano | 13 | Mableton, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse van Rensburg | ||
| Priscilla Chang, violin | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Daphne Lin | ||
| Ruben Yoon, piano | 13 | Magnolia, DE |
| Student of SeongSil Kim and Dalaie Choi | ||
| Soyoon Park, piano | 13 | Dover, DE |
| Student of Dalaie Choi | ||
| Takuma Huang, violin | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Wangchen Long | ||
| Allison Pan, piano | 14 | Livingston, NJ |
| Student of Jinsil Lee | ||
| Danna Choi, piano | 14 | Dover, DE |
| Student of Dalaie Choi | ||
| Gavin Josh Macatangay, piano | 14 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Denise Gonsiewski | ||
| Hannah Lee, violin | 14 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Eugenia Song | ||
| Isabelle Yang, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Ji-Yeon Lee | ||
| Jacob Abramovich, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Anna Vasilyeva | ||
| Jocelyn Zhang, violin | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Kimberly Davis, piano | 14 | Mission, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Landon Zhang, piano | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Joyce Yang | ||
| Maksim Miocinovic, piano | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Lyudmila Shakhman | ||
| Rik Deb, piano | 14 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Ross Mitchell | ||
| Rithvik Suraj, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsaio | ||
| Wenshi Zhang, piano | 14 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Nicole Yang | ||
| Ysabella Borromeo, piano | 14 | Sterling Heights, MI |
| Student of Vanessa Schwarz | ||
Intermediate, 15 – 18
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Allison Kim, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyoung Um | ||
| Andrew Kao, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Wendy Castille | ||
| Bright Ye, piano | 15 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of K. K. Sum | ||
| Daniel Yi, cello | 15 | Frisco, TX |
| Emil Ma, violin | 15 | Berkeley, CA |
| Student of Lei Fang | ||
| Geonwoo Seo, violin | 15 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Yuna Kim | ||
| Hanz Baek, violin | 15 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Byung-Woo Kim | ||
| Hayden Park, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Hae Young Moon | ||
| Justin Wu, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Lois Xu, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Mason Lee, viola | 15 | Tarrytown, NY |
| Student of Karen Ritscher and Monica Gerard | ||
| Owen YuTong Wu, piano | 15 | Kildeer, IL |
| Student of Yelena Balabanova | ||
| Serena Wu, piano | 15 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Xiaoling Anderson | ||
| Tianwei (Elizabeth) Yao, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Katerina Loudermilk | ||
| Timothy Deng, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of ShuJu Y. Black | ||
| Yueun Hong, piano | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Zihan Fang, violin | 15 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Alyssa Lee, violin | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Nadir Khashimov | ||
| Anna Lu, piano | 16 | Johnston, IA |
| Student of Cyndie Caruth | ||
| Austin Moon, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Bolin Miao, piano | 16 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Jayoung Kim | ||
| Daniel Chu, piano | 16 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Sofi Dediashvili | ||
| David Deutsch, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ethan Cha, cello | 16 | Westfield, NJ |
| Student of Emirhan Tunca | ||
| Ga Eun Nam, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Helen Wu, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sandra Shen and Megan Chen | ||
| Jacob Liu, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Jer-Shyan Chang, piano | 16 | Mill Creek, WA |
| Student of Tien-Yin Chen | ||
| Kevin Lee, cello | 16 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Eugene Kim | ||
| Leo Zhang, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Lisa Jin, viola | 16 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Carol Rodland | ||
| Merrill Lee, violin | 16 | Oak Brook, IL |
| Student of Jin Zhang | ||
| Sean Powell, piano | 16 | Cataula, GA |
| Student of Ksenia Kurenysheva | ||
| Sophia Cheng, piano | 16 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Viola Huang, piano | 16 | Singapore, |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Whitney Lin, piano | 16 | Manhasset, NY |
| Ann-Mei Sun, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Caleb Sharkey, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Golda Tatz | ||
| Franziska Diefenbach, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Mark Pakman | ||
| Joylyn Wei, violin | 17 | Orange, Connecticut |
| Student of Marina Kitaychik | ||
| Love Li, piano | 17 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Song Song | ||
| Rachel Oh, piano | 17 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Elena Cholakova | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Claire Yang, violin | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Sabrina (Xiao) He | ||
| Kyle Chen, cello | 17 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Sabrina He and Chii Yang | ||
| Vera Lin, piano | 16 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Sabrina Xiao He | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kaden Wu, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Chenjia Ni, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Koh, piano | 17 | Oakland, CA |
| Katie Koh | ||
| Students of Amy Chiu | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Son, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yeongmi Lee | ||
| Audrey Zhu, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
| Bryan Zheng, piano | 15 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Evan Mitchell | ||
| Cate Le, piano | 15 | Huntington Beach, CA |
| Student of Tamara Matchkhaneli | ||
| Charlize Tan, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kyungmi Nam | ||
| Claire Lim, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Clark Fan, cello | 15 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Alan Black | ||
| Crystal Huang, piano | 15 | Singapore, |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Irmina Choi, piano | 15 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Jee Eun Wada | ||
| Joseph Lim, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Jiaqi Huang, piano | 15 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Jim Xia, piano | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Ken Liu, piano | 15 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Jennifer Lin Hunt | ||
| Leanna Lo, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jennifer Fung | ||
| Matthew Koo, violin | 15 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Melody Chen, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Yunyin | ||
| Mia Zavoiu, piano | 15 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Helen Shin | ||
| Raylen Zhang-Wang, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Takaaki Suzuki, piano | 15 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Yufei Lin, violin | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Zimo Nan, cello | 15 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Egil Rostad | ||
| Aditya Subramanian, piano | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Iryna Makhortikova and Dr. Axel Schmitt | ||
| Amy Xu, piano | 16 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Ruth Ann Hoffman | ||
| Andrea Li, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Fang Yuan | ||
| Angela Rao, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Wei Coglio | ||
| Anya Clemente, piano | 16 | issaquah, WA |
| Student of Dr. Christopher Bowlby | ||
| Anya Pramanick, piano | 16 | Foothill Ranch, CA |
| Student of Insook (Irene) Chong | ||
| Daisy Shi, piano | 16 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Annika Borrmann | ||
| Doyoon Kim, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Youson Park | ||
| Elvis Hou, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Huang | ||
| Hannah Liaw, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sandra Wright Shen | ||
| Isaac Qian, piano | 16 | Carmel, IN |
| Student of Ada Shebanova | ||
| James Chen, piano | 16 | Taichung, Taiwan |
| Student of Sally Yen | ||
| Leah Almeida, cello | 16 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Maria Shim | ||
| Maanasi Keralapura, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Maiya Kothari, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Lorenz Gamma | ||
| Maximiliano Hughes, piano | 16 | Shawnee, KS |
| Student of Maya Tuylieva | ||
| Maxwell Akash Tuteja, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Anika Geyer | ||
| Michelle Dong, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
| Paul Chan, violin | 16 | Singapore, |
| Student of Joelle He | ||
| Paul Lee, cello | 16 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Paul Wingert | ||
| Preston Xie, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Roan Holmes, guitar | 16 | Livermore, CA |
| Student of Scott Cmeil | ||
| Ryan Park, piano | 16 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Julian Yu | ||
| Samanyu Ganesh, cello | 16 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Alexis Lee | ||
| Sophia Wang, violin | 16 | Dubliln, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Tyler Chew, piano | 16 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
| Veronica Kuo, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Yobin Kim, violin | 16 | Lakeville, CT |
| Student of Hyojung Yoo | ||
| Yoonseo Linda Lee, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Albert Zhang, piano | 17 | Roswell, GA |
| Student of Keli Xu | ||
| Amanda Chen, piano | 17 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Andrew Wang, piano | 17 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Yijia He | ||
| Benjamin Hsieh, violin | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Pasha Tseitlin | ||
| Carolyn Fu, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Chih-Yu Chang, cello | 17 | Newport Beach, CA |
| Student of Coco Yanan Hu | ||
| Claire Ha, viola | 17 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Aekyung Kim | ||
| Elijah Luzginov, violin | 17 | North Port, FL |
| Student of Ivan Dankanich | ||
| Ellen Dai, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Zoia Golofeeva | ||
| Franny Huang, cello | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Carrie Tseng | ||
| Jiaxun Weng, piano | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Katharine Yao, piano | 17 | Spring, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Matthew Nam, piano | 17 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Rachel Qi, violin | 17 | Peoria, IL |
| Student of Jin Zhang | ||
| Sakura Nakanishi, piano | 17 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Naoko Watanabe | ||
| Sophia Chen, violin | 17 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Vivian Ooi, piano | 17 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Minna Han | ||
| Kang Duo: | ||
| Ian Kang, violin | 15 | Baltimore, MD |
| Aidan Kang, violin | 15 | Baltimore, MD |
| Students of Emily Jane Price Magin | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Neeta Yechoor, piano | 15 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Yalkin Kaynar, violin | 15 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Students of Sung-Im Kim | ||
| Fortissimo String Quartet: | ||
| Tony Gao, violin | 17 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Amanda Yi, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Iyeon Kim, viola | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Ella Kim, cello | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Students of YunYang Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Vanessa Seah, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Talus Leong, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Inna Gendler | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Avelyn Liang, piano | 18 | Foster City, CA |
| Selina Liang, piano | 15 | Foster City, CA |
| Students of Betty Li | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aarika Biswas, piano | 15 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Pi-Hsun Shih | ||
| Aidan Kang, violin | 15 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Emily Jane Price Magin | ||
| Alexander Ramirez, piano | 15 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Jenny Chen | ||
| Alexey Nekrasov, piano | 15 | Millstone, NJ |
| Student of Yelena Fridman | ||
| Angela Bryan, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Annabelle Chen, piano | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Shan-I Lin | ||
| Bowen Wu, piano | 15 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Wenjing Liu-Hallberg | ||
| Brielle Cheung, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miranda Wu | ||
| Chloe Chung, piano | 15 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of Tina Kim | ||
| Derek Zhao, piano | 15 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying Tan | ||
| Dylan Kim, piano | 15 | Plymouth, MN |
| Student of Soojung Hong | ||
| Emma Zheng, piano | 15 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Evan Kaplan, piano | 15 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Natalia Budyonny | ||
| Francis Anthony Valisno, piano | 15 | Coram, NY |
| Student of Rowena Arrieta | ||
| Ishaan Kumar, piano | 15 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Daniela Bracchi | ||
| James Gallivan, piano | 15 | Somers, NY |
| Student of Arlene Portney | ||
| Jessica Li, violin | 15 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Jessica Lou, piano | 15 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Kevin Li, viola | 15 | Kaysville, UT |
| Student of Shuo Diao | ||
| Larry (Yuheng) Li, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang | ||
| Natalie Horioglu, piano | 15 | Sands Point, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Nicole Yang, piano | 15 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Shu Fang Lee | ||
| Rachael Ye, piano | 15 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Olina Chu | ||
| Shogo Huang, violin | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Wangchen Long | ||
| Sofia Figuera, piano | 15 | Panama, Panama |
| Student of Lanzo Luconi | ||
| Terren Davis, piano | 15 | Berkeley, CA |
| Student of Joseph Irrera | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 15 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Elenye German | ||
| Victoria Vanderslice, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Elizabeth Skavish | ||
| Vincent Hsiao, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Alina Duan, piano | 16 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Ashoke Yogaratnam, piano | 16 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Wen Ling Chua | ||
| Elizabeth Chen, piano | 16 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Tsai-Lan, Chen | ||
| Hoi Chiu Cheung, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Zifeng Michael Zheng | ||
| Jacob Chan, piano | 16 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Virginia Whitehead | ||
| Jiani Gao, piano | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Jose Garcia | ||
| Jiann Kim, violin | 16 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Miehee Rhee | ||
| Jiawei (Julia) Sun, piano | 16 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Joshua Kim, piano | 16 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Dr. Daniela Bracchi | ||
| Kaylee Chung, violin | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Ji-Hyun Yoon | ||
| Remy Sisman, viola | 16 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Ellen Rose and Misha Galaganov | ||
| Samuel Yuan, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Sanchali Banerjee, piano | 16 | Herndon, VA |
| Student of Mihyang Joo | ||
| Xinyan Shi, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Lixin Chen | ||
| Yian Deng, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Maxine Gong | ||
| Daniel Ke, piano | 17 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Chris Hong | ||
| Evan Huang, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Bella Tseng | ||
| Hana Kim, violin | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Jason Yin, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Minghao Zou, piano | 17 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Wei Coglio | ||
| Sunho Lee, piano | 17 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Jeong Yun Yang | ||
| Yihan Hong, piano | 17 | Oakville, Canada |
| Student of Ruta Vaivade | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kexin Zhu | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lucy Chiang | ||
| Hannah Ying | 15 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Irina Morgan | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Aashrita Banerjee, piano | 15 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Allison Yun, violin | 15 | Orange, CA |
| Student of Kwangjae Woo | ||
| Ebun Odelowo, piano | 15 | Mableton, GA |
| Jeffery Jiang, piano | 15 | Cleveland, OH |
| Student of Shui Sophia Wang | ||
| Jinghan Li, violin | 15 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Aimei Liu | ||
| Lakshitha Vengadeswaran, piano | 15 | Leander, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Larry ( Yuheng) Li, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Rixiang Huang and Yue Qian | ||
| Leo Shi, piano | 15 | Mayfield Heights, OH |
| Student of Sophia Shuai Wang | ||
| Megan Luo, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Ritu Sivakumar, piano | 15 | Flower Mound, TX |
| Student of Alice Huang | ||
| Sophie Chen, piano | 15 | Palatine, IL |
| Student of Dr. Soo Young Lee | ||
| Yeraz Melconian, piano | 15 | Hewlett, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Aidan McDonagh, piano | 16 | Pearl River, NY |
| Student of Steven Viola | ||
| Alyona Deb, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Ross Mitchell | ||
| Amanda Roach, piano | 16 | Orinda, CA |
| Student of Elena Bai Pang | ||
| Ananth Kini, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Irina Sadovnikova | ||
| Jason Guo, violin | 16 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of Betty Yau | ||
| Kanika Rawat, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Maria Brodsky | ||
| Lydia Thomas, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soyeon Kim | ||
| Muying Zhu, piano | 16 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Dr. Huang | ||
| Saron Amsalu, piano | 16 | Cedar Park, TX |
| Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
| Serene Cha, piano | 16 | Sanford, NC |
| Student of Helen Kang | ||
| Shirley Tian, piano | 16 | Waxhaw, NC |
| Student of Paul Nitsch | ||
| Sophia Morrison, piano | 16 | McAllen, TX |
| Student of Francisco | ||
| Yashwin Kunam, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Student of Nella Kamerman | ||
| Anna Finlinson, violin | 17 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Benjamin Hsieh, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Elaine Chen, piano | 17 | Jericho, NY |
| Ethan Chen, piano | 17 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Sharon Cheng | ||
| Hengrui Chen, piano | 17 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Lejandrei Xavier Contereras, piano | 17 | Mission, TX |
| Student of Dr. Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Leonardo Moro-Ochoa, piano | 17 | McAllen, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Lillian Yeh, viola | 17 | Andover, MA |
| Student of Sam Kelder | ||
| Reeya Duvvuri, piano | 17 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Romil Bhatt, piano | 17 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Dorothy Su | ||
| Sanvi Gupta, piano | 17 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Olya Katsman | ||
Professionals and Amateur
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Dasom Kwon, piano | 35 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Caroline Hong | ||
| Hayoung Cho, violin | 29 | Metairie, LA |
| Jackie Biggs, piano | 34 | Provo, UT |
| Student of Scott Holden | ||
| Seonju Jo, piano | 26 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Gregory Allen | ||
| Yanqi Wang, piano | 27 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu | ||
| Yimiao Fang, piano | 26 | Hartford, CT |
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anastasia Bryant, piano | 42 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Katsiaryna Yazhova, piano | 32 | Duesseldorf, Germany |
| Student of Tobias Koch | ||
| Yijia Guo, piano | 23 | New York, NY |
| Student of Joanne Polk | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Christian Davila, piano | 24 | Pharr, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Natasha Mar, cello | 18 | Poway, CA |
| Student of Lu Yan Guo | ||
| Samantha Barton, piano | 24 | O’Fallon, MO |
| Veronika Weber, viola | 32 | Vienna, Austria |
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Wenjun Wang, piano | 26 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Yulia Roubtsova | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Akiko Gomez, violin | Rockville, MD | |
| Edna Nerona, piano | Escondido, CA | |
| Student of Dr. Rowena Asuncion | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!