International Piano and Strings Competition 2025
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.
Hundreds of talented musicians applied for this year’s Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 21 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Philippines, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, 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 receive a Winner’s Package by mail or to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the following dates:
- Sunday, April 20, 2025, 7:30 PM (Easter)
- Sunday, May 11, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, May 24, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Monday, May 26, 2025, 2:00 PM (Memorial Day)
- Monday, May 26, 2025, 8:00 PM (Memorial Day)
- Sunday, June 1, 2025, 1:00 PM
- Sunday, June 1, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, June 14, 2025, 1:00 PM
- Saturday, June 14, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, June 21, 2025, 1:00 PM
- Saturday, June 21, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, June 22, 2025, 1:00 PM
- Sunday, June 22, 2025, 7:30 PM
- Friday, June 27, 2025, 7:30 PM
* Applicants with large instruments (marimba, guzheng, harp) will be offered to perform only in November-December 2025 Recitals.Judges’ Distinction Award will be granted based on the judges’ recommendations.
Judges
Four qualified judges will evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent; their students are not allowed to apply this season. Dr. Sophya Genis was invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2025. 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 2025 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
Chinatsu Yamamoto, born in Japan, in June 2015 and raised in South Korea, is a young violinist. She began her violin studies at the tender age of three under the guidance of Eunsoo Kwak and Sangmi Ham. Throughout her young career, Chinatsu has garnered numerous accolades, showcasing her dedication toward music. In the 12 competitions she participated, she won 1st place at the General Trias International Music Competition, the Seoul National Student Music Scholarship Competition and Grand Prize in the Little Mozart Competition, Euro-Elite International Music Competition, US-Canadian International Music Competition claiming first place or gold in all remaining competitions. In addition to her competition successes, Chinatsu has performed as a soloist at prestigious events such as the 2025 Asia Suzuki Music Conference with the Chungnamdo Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in South Korea. As a proud member of the Seoul Prodigy Orchestra, she performed at Carnegie Hall in 2025.
Joshua Franke, a 16-year-old pianist from San Antonio, Texas, is a junior at Ronald Reagan High School and an emerging talent in the world of music. With 10 years of piano study under the guidance of Anne Howell, Joshua has earned recognition as a four-time National Guild winner. He has also been chosen to play for the Judges Choice Recital for Achievement Auditions, and showcased his versatility as the keys player for community theater productions of West Side Story and Jesus Christ Superstar. Joshua is also a gifted vocalist, winning 1st place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He has earned spots in the TMEA Mixed All-State Choir for two consecutive years and performs with Reagan’s show choir. He also enjoys performing in musical theatre productions including most recently a lead in both The Outsiders and Anastasia. Joshua wants to pursue a career of conducting and composing music.
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 | ||
| Ayano Hayashi, violin | 6 | Chuo-Ku, Japan |
| Student of Mami Teshigawara | ||
| Clarisse Estelle Tan, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Akkenzhe Bimyrzayeva | ||
| Lefei Gao, piano | 8 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Huajun Zhang | ||
| Leon Bi, cello | 8 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Beth Root Sandvoss | ||
| Minato Yoneyama, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Nathaniel Wang, piano | 8 | Epping, Australia |
| Student of Sam Subasic | ||
| Chinatsu Yamamoto, violin | 9 | Siheung-Si, South Korea |
| Student of Eunsoo Kwak and Sangmi Ham | ||
| Daphne Li, piano | 9 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Bettina Jiang | ||
| James Lin, cello | 9 | Newton Center, MA |
| Student of Eugene Kim | ||
| Jinglin (Jerry) Wang, piano | 9 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Lawrence Cai, piano | 9 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Siyuan Zhou | ||
| Marcus Jun-Hao Wang, cello | 9 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Min Hsuan Chu | ||
| Ran Watanabe, violin | 9 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Ayumi Sasaki | ||
| Daye Ko, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Chaeeun Laura Lee | ||
| Evelyn Hszieh, piano | 10 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Hee-Seung Lee | ||
| Farrah Lee, piano | 10 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Jane Won, violin | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Ji Young An | ||
| Justin Ho, piano | 10 | Camberwell, Australia |
| Student of Dr Michael Giddens | ||
| Mako Sasako, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Ryker Gao, piano | 10 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Hanzheng Li | ||
| Vyaas Sudarshan, piano | 10 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Dr. Chen Liang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Dabom Park | 8 | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Jihyun Byun | 8 | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Students of Hannah Lee | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Henry Xia | 9 | Chandler, AZ |
| Benjamin H. Chang | 10 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Lienne Seok, violin | 4 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Kendra Sobania and Tammie Joo | ||
| Aadya Pavithra Rajesh, piano | 6 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Mr. Trent Anderson | ||
| Aaron Zhang, piano | 6 | Santa Clarita, CA |
| Student of Quynh Le | ||
| Ella Lee, piano | 6 | Redondo Beach, CA |
| Student of Mihyang Keel | ||
| Isaac Ho Yip Ming, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Evangeline Michalak-Yu, violin | 7 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Matthew Yu, piano | 7 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Peng | ||
| Wyatt Grayson Lin, piano | 7 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr. Juliana Yap | ||
| Alicia Zhu, piano | 8 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Rick (Li Zhen) Wu | ||
| Anica Huang, piano | 8 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Yifan Wu | ||
| Anne Kongoasa, piano | 8 | Brookhaven, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Jamie Loh, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Angela Ang | ||
| Liam Cui, piano | 8 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Marcel Vasilyev, piano | 8 | Costa Mesa, CA |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Selma Shabayeva, piano | 8 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Student of Vafa Ahmadova | ||
| Rei Watanabe, violin | 8 | Minato-Ku, Japan |
| Student of Ayumi Sasaki | ||
| River Brown, violin | 8 | Wilmington, DE |
| Arianna Oh, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jae Hee Min | ||
| Asher Yang, piano | 9 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Chase Wang, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Dominik Nagy, piano | 9 | Redding, CA |
| Student of Kristin Wolfe | ||
| Elliot Lee, piano | 9 | Redondo Beach, CA |
| Student of Joseph Keel | ||
| Grace Jin, violin | 9 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Fang Yuan | ||
| Lacey Seeley, violin | 9 | Riverton, UT |
| Student of Deborah Moench | ||
| Nylie Su, piano | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Quinn Hoole, piano | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Noe Baladad | ||
| Sarah Tenn, piano | 9 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Amelia Kim, violin | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Dr. Hwi-Eun Kim | ||
| Anh Dang, piano | 10 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Co Tran | ||
| Anna Phung, piano | 10 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Dr. Leah Yerim Rhee | ||
| Elsa Vasey, cello | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sangwon Cho | ||
| Godaa Hitesh, piano | 10 | The Woodlands, TX |
| Student of Dianne Kaldor and Shyla Narasimhan | ||
| Kaede Taguchi, piano | 10 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Leo Sun, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Huajun Zhang | ||
| Leo Xue, piano | 10 | Willowbrook, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Lexi Lydiksen, violin | 10 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Deborah Moench | ||
| Martin Tsao, piano | 10 | Cheshire, CT |
| Student of Irina Zayaruzny | ||
| Stephanie Tang, piano | 10 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Sejeong Jeong | ||
| Wenxuan Huang, piano | 10 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Hanna Cyba | ||
| Wenxuan Huang, violin | 10 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Yuan Fang | ||
| Yuta Yoneyama, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Zhang Jiang, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Miles Jiang, piano | 5 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Mya Yuxuan Qi, piano | 6 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Neysa Totade, piano | 6 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Reagan Presti, piano | 6 | Islip, NY |
| Student of Paulina Rubinson | ||
| Tarion Mo, piano | 6 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Charlie Taylor, piano | 7 | Ewa Beach, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Emmett Hoole, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Noe Baladad | ||
| Adeline Kong, cello | 8 | Annandale, VA |
| Student of Youbin Jun | ||
| Calista Sophie Tan, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Akkenzhe Bimyrzayeva | ||
| Calista Sophie Tan, violin | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Ying-Chu | ||
| Joseph Francis Lim, piano | 8 | Jakarta Utara, Indonesia |
| Student of Fitri Chan | ||
| Liam Cui, violin | 8 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Veronica Kim | ||
| Mackenzie Elias-Zhang, piano | 8 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Dr. Yuna Lee | ||
| Naomi Shi, piano | 8 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Neeranara Chongkriengkrai, piano | 8 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Onpavee Nitisingkarin | ||
| Siqi Angelina Wang, piano | 8 | Roslyn, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma-Can | ||
| Sophia Wang, piano | 8 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Danpei Han | ||
| Victoria Nguyen, piano | 8 | Omaha, NE |
| Student of Kyu Butler and Kim Pham | ||
| Ayan Shah, piano | 9 | Glen Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Chloe Anne Lim, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Ching Huey Lim | ||
| Edward Chen, piano | 9 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Jed Galant | ||
| Ishani Shanmugam, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Kellen Li, violin | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Melody Yang | ||
| Layla Aoki, piano | 9 | Cliffside Park, NJ |
| Student of Mr. Michael Yun | ||
| Samuel Zhang, piano | 9 | Lake Bluff, IL |
| Student of Wenlin Cheng | ||
| Victoria Won Sung, piano | 9 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Vincent Pei, piano | 9 | Elkhorn, NE |
| Student of Kyu Butler | ||
| Walker Boh Lin, piano | 9 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr. Juliana Yap | ||
| Yashas Totade, piano | 9 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Andrew Kongoasa, piano | 10 | Brookhaven, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Edison Li, piano | 10 | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Student of Joanie Lee | ||
| Emma Wang, piano | 10 | Raleigh, NC |
| Student of Helen Kang | ||
| Lexi Lydiksen, piano | 10 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Mariah Sam | ||
| Nicole Li, cello | 10 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Dora Misumu | ||
| Rachael Vasey, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Chloe Chiu | ||
| Tiancheng Chao, piano | 10 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Xiyu Deng | ||
| Youone Song, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jakyung Seong | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Lawton Lam, piano | 5 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Cayden Lang, piano | 6 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Chloe Bao, piano | 7 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Nakshatra Koochana, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Desire Brown | ||
| Yilia Song, piano | 7 | Powell, OH |
| Student of Huiwen Jiang | ||
| Alexander Yan, piano | 8 | La Canada Flintridge, CA |
| Student of Xia Zhao | ||
| Aria Bhari, piano | 8 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Sheila Pietono | ||
| Eli Lu, piano | 8 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Fang Liu | ||
| Alexander Park, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Sun Kyoung Tak | ||
| Alina Chen, piano | 9 | Lewis Center, OH |
| Student of Huiwen Jiang | ||
| Declan Wang, piano | 9 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Bae Minhee | ||
| Julian Ryu, piano | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Lanxuan Qi, piano | 9 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Lucas Kim, piano | 9 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Jihye Kim | ||
| Melody Liang, piano | 9 | Lewis Center, OH |
| Student of Huiwen Jiang | ||
| Riyaan Mukherjee, piano | 9 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| William Weili Wang, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Soh Lian Hong | ||
| Winston Zhang, piano | 9 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Dr. Claire Chen | ||
| Yuhan Cao, piano | 9 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Emily Wong | ||
| Emilija Coric, piano | 10 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Dr. Fumei Huang | ||
| Emma Liu, piano | 10 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Chia-Lin Yang | ||
| John Von Merz, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Chaden Yafi | ||
| Kylie Wen, piano | 10 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Sachi Rastogi, piano | 10 | Weehawken, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Svaksh Rajeev, piano | 10 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Brian Doherty | ||
| Sydney Kui, piano | 10 | Garden City, NY |
| Student of Annie Tang | ||
| Taylor Lee, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yeongmi Lee | ||
| Tristan Ma, piano | 10 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| Fatma Al Thani, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
Junior, 11 – 14
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aiden Shim, piano | 11 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle | ||
| Alice Huang, piano | 11 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Yifan Wu | ||
| Katelyn Janette Agussoegito, harp | 11 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Jessica Sudarta, B.M. | ||
| Tony Chen, piano | 11 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Jed Galant | ||
| Yutong Xie, piano | 11 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Ethan Xia, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Hannah Yoon, cello | 12 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Jenny Oh | ||
| Ming-Mei Sun, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Nathan Zhang, piano | 12 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Nancy Jensen and Philip Jung | ||
| Nikolas Rowland, guitar | 12 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Jason Jacob | ||
| Ron Huang, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Tabitha Tio, cello | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Zhou Long | ||
| Zi An, piano | 12 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Zixin (Andy) Wang, piano | 12 | Toronto, Canada |
| Student of Michael Berkovsky | ||
| Ariel Han, cello | 13 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Maria Shim | ||
| Caitlyn Min, cello | 13 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Eunice In Hwa Lee | ||
| Cindy Chen, violin | 13 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Erin Suh, cello | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Oh | ||
| Evelyn Chi, piano | 13 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Sang Hie Lee | ||
| Jiaxuan Zheng, violin | 13 | Newcastle, WA |
| Student of Prof. Fang Yuan | ||
| Aarush Joglekar, piano | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Marina Menyaylenko | ||
| Abigail Huang, violin | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jongwon Yoon | ||
| Aiden Lu, piano | 14 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Alexander Wasserman | ||
| Alina Liu, piano | 14 | Winnetka, IL |
| Student of Yumy Lee Kim | ||
| Amelia Kwok, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 14 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Dr. Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| Anna Kobayashi, piano | 14 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Akiko Sanai | ||
| Aurellia Yang, piano | 14 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Bochen Jiang, piano | 14 | Farragut, TN |
| Student of Meiling Martin and Fay Adams | ||
| Chloe Ma, piano | 14 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Eliya Wee, violin | 14 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Robin Sharp | ||
| Gracie Park, viola | 14 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Heesun Choi | ||
| Happy Li, piano | 14 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Song Song | ||
| Hassan Jina, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Samuel Louis | ||
| Kota Yoneyama, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Kanae Koshi | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 14 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Nathan Wong, cello | 14 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Kai Chen | ||
| Nurie Choi, violin | 14 | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Student of Trudi Miles | ||
| Rajit Pandey, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Michelle Lee | ||
| Sebin Jeung, violin | 14 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Student of Ann Setzer | ||
| Vivienne Shiao, violin | 14 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Alexander Kalman | ||
| Yixi Hou, piano | 14 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of A.J. Collins-Thompson | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Michelle Huo, violin | 11 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Hannah Yoon, cello | 12 | Brea, Ca |
| Angela Lin, piano | 10 | Brea, CA |
| Students of Chloe Yoon | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| Junyu Huang, viola | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Junjin Huang, viola | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Students of Lynn Hsu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jerry He | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
| Jason He | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Students of Helena Ma | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anna Yang, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Caroline Hu, piano | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Christopher Elias-Zhang, piano | 11 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Yuna Lee | ||
| Connor Kim, piano | 11 | Glendale, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Gavin Zhang, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Su-Hui Yang | ||
| Jiyool Kim, violin | 11 | Seoul, Korea |
| Joshua Chong, piano | 11 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Alex Chung | ||
| Julia Shu, piano | 11 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Katherine Andrea Harris, piano | 11 | Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia |
| Student of Stefanie Tio | ||
| Lucas Sun, piano | 11 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Li Zhang | ||
| Pierce Liu, violin | 11 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Suzanne Rothaar | ||
| Yimo Wang, piano | 11 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Astin Fu, piano | 12 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Student of Artemis Bedros | ||
| Benjamin Birnbaum, piano | 12 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Evelina Puzaite | ||
| Claire Bao, piano | 12 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Derick Wang, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Derrick Li, piano | 12 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Anjela Asryan | ||
| Ethan Li, violin | 12 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Debra Zadinsky | ||
| Jacob Recknagel, cello | 12 | Middletown, NY |
| Student of Sarah Kwon | ||
| Jeremiah Ming, cello | 12 | Tustin, CA |
| Student of Lila Yang | ||
| Jin Ryu, cello | 12 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Bobae Lee | ||
| Lucian Lao, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dongdong Dong | ||
| Luciana Gelber, piano | 12 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Steven Casano, M.A., Mlisc, Nctm | ||
| Marvin Wang, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Julia Wang | ||
| Mary Chen, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Helena Ma | ||
| Shuyu Mao, cello | 12 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Dora Misumi | ||
| Sophia Kong, piano | 12 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Arnold Zou, piano | 13 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Ashley Xu, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| George Zhao, piano | 13 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Regina Syrkin | ||
| Jingning Zhuang, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Julia Burger, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Landon Li, piano | 13 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Nurit Barlev | ||
| Kristy Wen, piano | 13 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Sufei Zhao | ||
| London Chou, cello | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eddie Chang Yue | ||
| Patrick Thomas Carreño, violin | 13 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Pangfun Junsawang | ||
| Peter Chen, violin | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Ruby Mouat, piano | 13 | Piedmont, CA |
| Student of John Mccarthy and Hyun Joo Chung | ||
| Yael Pinchuk, piano | 13 | Montvale, NJ |
| Student of Ji Na Kim | ||
| Yilang Han, piano | 13 | Los Altos Hills, CA |
| Student of Yi Yang | ||
| Alex Yoon, violin | 14 | Marlborough, MA |
| Student of Hyun Ji Lee and Liliya Milcheva | ||
| Amy Hu, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Jie Lu and Ning Lu | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 14 | Oakwood, OH |
| Student of Nanyi Qiang | ||
| Anna Cho, piano | 14 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Junghee Lee | ||
| Arthur Zhou, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Dr. Mei Rui | ||
| Ashley Fang, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rinna Livshin | ||
| Autumn Gilhooly, piano | 14 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Jenny Anderson | ||
| Bhavya Machineni, piano | 14 | The Woodlands, TX |
| Student of Zoia Golofeeva | ||
| Bryan Tseng, cello | 14 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Claire Jeon, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Seohee Byun | ||
| Daniel Razminia, piano | 14 | Oakbrook, IL |
| Student of Jeff Panko and Mary Sauer | ||
| David Hwang, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Michelle Lee | ||
| Harrison Shin, piano | 14 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Soojung Jeon | ||
| Jay Cole Devinney, piano | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hsiao Pei Huang | ||
| Kaito Mion, piano | 14 | Long Grove, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Karis Lee, piano | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Jenny Chen | ||
| Katherine Huang, piano | 14 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Joyce Tang | ||
| Kevin Lew, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Lila Yang | ||
| Koen Chen, piano | 14 | Rego Park, NY |
| Student of Simone Ferraresi | ||
| Likang Jiang, piano | 14 | Nolensville, TN |
| Student of Dan Lin | ||
| Liya Milman, piano | 14 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Lorelai Hong, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Julia Wang | ||
| Nathan Pak-Yin Lee, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Rebecca Kelly | ||
| Nelson Ma, piano | 14 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Lena Schuman | ||
| Rachel Rizk, violin | 14 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Gianni Calvert | ||
| Sarah Zhou, piano | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Helena Ma | ||
| Seoyeon Alicia Kim, violin | 14 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Sonyoung Kang | ||
| Shiv Sitaram, guitar | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Scott Cmiel | ||
| Siddha Gummadi, piano | 14 | Brentwood, CA |
| Student of Joseph Irrera | ||
| Steven Sadlowski, violin | 14 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Lu Friedman | ||
| Swapnil Chaudhuri, sitar | 14 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Pandit Partha Bose | ||
| Trevor Hsu, violin | 14 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Songyoung Kim | ||
| William Yu, piano | 14 | London, Great Britain |
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Caleb Jian Reid Hechanova, piano | 11 | Davao City, Philippines |
| Student of Jana Grace Saligan | ||
| Chloe Feng, piano | 11 | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Student of Shawn Yu | ||
| Ella Li, piano | 11 | Mercer Island, WA |
| George Zhao, piano | 11 | London, Great Britain |
| Ivy Cui, piano | 11 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Layla Li | ||
| Jayden Szeto, piano | 11 | Pasadena, CA |
| Katherine Chen, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Joyce Yang | ||
| Mario Ma, piano | 11 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Alex Jahyoung Chung | ||
| Nina Nirschl, piano | 11 | Vienna, Austria |
| Student of Prof. Rosabianca Merico | ||
| Oliver Chu, violin | 11 | London, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Clara Yoon | ||
| Quintus Li, piano | 11 | Elmhurst, NY |
| Student of Wenyan Ma-Can | ||
| Shire Zhang, piano | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Axel Schmitt | ||
| Amanda Kongoasa, piano | 12 | Brookhaven, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Ancen Wang, piano | 12 | New Canaan, CT |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Anna Zhu, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaoni Chen | ||
| Ashwin Gautam, violin | 12 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Victoria Gorpin and Lucas Raulino | ||
| Elena ZhangWang, violin | 12 | Tulsa, OK |
| Student of Rossitza Jekova-Goza | ||
| Emily Bai, piano | 12 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Heather Thomas, piano | 12 | Murrieta, CA |
| Student of Anthony Kim | ||
| Howard Liu, piano | 12 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Chia-Lin Yang | ||
| James Simic, piano | 12 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Feifei Jiang | ||
| Kayla Kim, piano | 12 | Amherst, MA |
| Student of Christina Choi | ||
| Kyungryang Park, violin | 12 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Eunmi Lee | ||
| Mason Wang, piano | 12 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Robert Levinger | ||
| Natan Shumakher, violin | 12 | Mt Carmel, TN |
| Student of Bykhovskaya Evgenia Rafailovna | ||
| Sophia Zhang, piano | 12 | Colleyville, TX |
| Student of Lili Chen | ||
| Tea Su, piano | 12 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Valerican Maican | ||
| Thomas Romero, piano | 12 | Wayne, NJ |
| Student of Edward M. Easse | ||
| Tiffany Tsang, piano | 12 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Sheila Pietono | ||
| Aadil Poojary Memon, piano | 13 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Jesse Mcmilin | ||
| Agatha Dinata, piano | 13 | Sicklerville, NJ |
| Student of Svetlana Brigante | ||
| Claire An, piano | 13 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Elan Wang, piano | 13 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Lina Jiang | ||
| Eloise Xia, cello | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Nancy Kim | ||
| Evelyn Huie, piano | 13 | Woodside, CA |
| Student of Vivian Chen | ||
| Isaac Tsai, violin | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Fei-Fei Soong | ||
| Jessica Guo, piano | 13 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Yushin Kim, piano | 13 | Mahwah, NJ |
| Student of Siyuan Zhang | ||
| Choon Han Aaron Sim, piano | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Lim Hui Jien | ||
| Dennis Zhao, piano | 14 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Emily Gwynne Hartono, piano | 14 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Rosanne Halin | ||
| Emma Feng, piano | 14 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Ethan Zheng, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Faith Park, piano | 14 | Prosper, TX |
| Student of Jamie Kim | ||
| Jaewoo Lee, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Lee | ||
| Joanna Lee, piano | 14 | Villa Park, CA |
| Student of Yin Yin Huang | ||
| Jude Cuomo, piano | 14 | Old Tappan, NJ |
| Student of Sohui Kim | ||
| Lav Chajka Todorovski, piano | 14 | Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Student of Ajhan Kurtov | ||
| Sean Zhou, piano | 14 | Atherton, CA |
| Student of You Liang and Jessica Kelly | ||
| Soliven Kim, cello | 14 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Yusuf Saadi, piano | 14 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Lillian Yu, violin | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
| Zoey Zi Yao Shan, violin | 14 | Los Altos, CA |
| Students of Jingwen Xu | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Anika Neema Atikukke, piano | 11 | Allendale, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Cailyn Jiang, piano | 11 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Taylor Rongsuwan, piano | 11 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Pangfun Junsawang | ||
| Charisma Shum, piano | 12 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Shiahnuo Wong | ||
| Emmy Zhu, piano | 12 | Powell, OH |
| Student of Huiwen Jiang | ||
| Henry Ramey, violin | 12 | Spokane, WA |
| Student of Mariana Dimitrova | ||
| Johanna Weatherby, piano | 12 | Mableton, GA |
| Student of Dr. Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Sebastian Guevara, piano | 12 | Mcallen, TX |
| Student of Dr. Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Seunghwi Lee, piano | 12 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Soyeon Kim | ||
| Alexa Duckworth, piano | 13 | Islip, NY |
| Student of Paulina Rubinson | ||
| Eva Platonov, piano | 13 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Iris Kim, piano | 13 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Lucia Liu, piano | 13 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Dun Liu | ||
| Sarkis Demirjian, piano | 13 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Rita Shen | ||
| Theo Kim, piano | 13 | Moraga, CA |
| Student of Kristal Kim | ||
| Alekh Desai, piano | 14 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Adam Salas | ||
| Celeste Beaty, piano | 14 | Smyrna, GA |
| Student of Adriana Van Rensburg | ||
| Charlotte Abraham, piano | 14 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Nicole Yang | ||
| Eileen Lee, violin | 14 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Vera Rubin | ||
| Esther Ahn, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Chloe Chiu | ||
| Jane Vietas, piano | 14 | Hill Country Village, TX |
| Student of Aj Collins | ||
| Justin Yee, piano | 14 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Vivian Fang Liu | ||
| Sahana Solai, piano | 14 | Chesterfield, MO |
| Student of Jeff Vetter | ||
| Shaarda Krishna, violin | 14 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Lemuel De La Cruz | ||
| Sophia Siyi Jackels, piano | 14 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
Intermediate, 15 – 18
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alex Huang, piano | 15 | Watkinsville, GA |
| Student of Joey Hokayem | ||
| Alexander Diefenbach, cello | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of David Geber | ||
| Angela Morgan, piano | 15 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Angelina Dong, piano | 15 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Yien Wang | ||
| Benjamin Mandigo, cello | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Alex Croxton | ||
| Brian Kim, viola | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Solim Shin | ||
| Gaiyatri Mathew, piano | 15 | Sudbury, MA |
| Student of Jeanie Lee | ||
| Hanna Suzuki, piano | 15 | Bedford, MA |
| Student of Hitomi Koyama | ||
| Hannah Zou, piano | 15 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Jade Wang, piano | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Hong Zhu | ||
| Sophia Kim, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhee Kim | ||
| Sunny Fangqing Shen, piano | 15 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Matthew Ming Li | ||
| Tinson Xu, violin | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jin Zhang | ||
| Andrew Kim, piano | 16 | Watertown, CT |
| Student of Raymond Pierpont and T. J. Thompson | ||
| Annie Li, violin | 16 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Hong Cheng | ||
| Brooklyn Jang, violin | 16 | Belle Mead, NJ |
| Student of Hirono Oka | ||
| Guo Ru, violin | 16 | Turramurra, Australia |
| Student of Peter Zazofsky | ||
| Jonathan Suh, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Samuel Fischer | ||
| Jonathan Szeto, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Natalia Hanukai | ||
| Joshua Franke, piano | 16 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Ann Howell | ||
| Kirsten Choi, cello | 16 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Ronald Lowry | ||
| Landuoer Wu, violin | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Antoine Van Dongen | ||
| Micah Lai, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soyeon Kim | ||
| Niko Yang, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Jenny Chai | ||
| Richard Wang, piano | 16 | Dallas, TX |
| Ryan Kim, cello | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Bobae Lee | ||
| Yerang Kim, piano | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Yoonjin Kim, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Daphny Chen | ||
| Tianwei (Elizabeth) Yao, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Yerang Kim, violin | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| David Deutsch, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Erica Enrile, piano | 17 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Ruzanna Faramazyan | ||
| Joshua Abrams, piano | 17 | Montclair, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Inesa Sinkevych and Dr. Pamela Levy | ||
| Lynn Sung, violin | 17 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Nathan Wong, piano | 17 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Joseph Keel | ||
| Yulania Wang, piano | 17 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of Margarita Gramaticova | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Carrie Liang | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Kyle Liang | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Meagan Wang, viola | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Connie Lu, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Students of Sabrina Xiao He | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| David Wong, viola | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Maxwell Lee, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Students of Solim Shin | ||
| Piano Duo/Two Pianos: | ||
| Eric Koh | 18 | Oakland, CA |
| Katie Koh | 15 | Oakland, CA |
| Students of Amy Chiu | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Aden Lee, piano | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Inga Kapouler Gartner | ||
| Aidan Hodges, violin | 15 | Denver, CO |
| Student of James Maurer | ||
| Alexandra Popova, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Era Lifschitz | ||
| Brian Chen, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Brooks Xia, piano | 15 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Peter Jiang | ||
| Calvin Stucki, piano | 15 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Desiree Gonzalez-Miller | ||
| Caroline Park, piano | 15 | Fairfax, VA |
| Student of Alex Chung | ||
| Daniel Zhang, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Julia Huynh | ||
| Derek Li, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Elias Kolb, cello | 15 | Newtown, CT |
| Student of Chungsun Kim | ||
| Elizabeth (Ellie) Chong, piano | 15 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Hyae-Jin Hwang | ||
| Eric Feng, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Evelyn Monzyk, piano | 15 | Chesterfield, MO |
| Student of Mihyun Lee | ||
| Hannah Nguyen, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Solim Shin | ||
| Jaden Tan, piano | 15 | Haverford, PA |
| Student of Natalia Varlashova | ||
| Jaeyoon Kim, piano | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Youson Park | ||
| Jessica Shu, piano | 15 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Kevin Xue, piano | 15 | Willowbrook, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Lindsey Lee, piano | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Minhee Bae | ||
| Maxwell Lee, violin | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Solim Shin | ||
| Noah Shukla, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Olivia Rush, piano | 15 | Makati, Philippines |
| Student of Hyun Joo-Lee | ||
| Rita Dan Wu, guzheng | 15 | Ontario, CA |
| Student of Lingyu Zhao | ||
| Ruei-Shin Yeh, viola | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Samuel Shek, piano | 15 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Sophia Liu, piano | 15 | Chantilly, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Sylvia Johnson, violin | 15 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Nina Li | ||
| Theodore Shum, piano | 15 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Shiahnuo Wong | ||
| Zenryu Yee, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Pei-Ling You Forster | ||
| Alexander Ma, piano | 16 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Sandra Wright Shen | ||
| Alice Baik, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Youngsook Kang | ||
| Benjamin Ahn, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Solim Shin | ||
| Bill Wang, piano | 16 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Hong Liu | ||
| Catherine Dick, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Ekaterina Laudermilk | ||
| Chloe Wilkes, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Scott Holden | ||
| Crystal Huang, piano | 16 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Ethan Lam, violin | 16 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Carol Kushner and Esther Noh | ||
| Grace Ji, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of I Shan Su | ||
| Guadalupe Garza, piano | 16 | Mission, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Isabela Margain, piano | 16 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Soyeon Kim | ||
| Jaeeun Lee, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Lee | ||
| Jessica Lou, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Kenzo Yamashita, cello | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Carter Dewberry | ||
| Kevin Li, viola | 16 | Kaysville, UT |
| Student of Shuo Diao | ||
| Madison Bae, piano | 16 | Hacienda Heights, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Max Yu, viola | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Sophie Arbuckle | ||
| Melissa Wu, piano | 16 | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Michael Shi Huang, piano | 16 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Alina Uddin | ||
| Olina Xia, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Sean Chung, cello | 16 | Riverside, CA |
| Student of Ashley Kim | ||
| Siyuan Huang, piano | 16 | La Verne, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Sophia Zheng, viola | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jin Zhang | ||
| Veda Ganesan, piano | 16 | Flower Mound, TX |
| Student of Danielle Creider | ||
| Vincent Hsiao, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Xenia Lee, piano | 16 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Hyunju Casey Yu | ||
| Yun Oh, piano | 16 | Flower Mound, TX |
| Elise Kim, piano | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Jack Herman, piano | 17 | Walpole, MA |
| Student of Matthew Xiong and Vivian Tsang | ||
| Jared Chang, piano | 17 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Hubert Chang | ||
| Louis Liang, piano | 17 | Flushing, NY |
| Student of Siyuan Zhang and Violet Wang | ||
| Niklas Stasko, piano | 17 | Olathe, KS |
| Student of Maya Tuylieva | ||
| Oliver Clarke, piano | 17 | Astoria, NY |
| Student of Asen Doykin | ||
| Poonnapat Swatmethakul, piano | 17 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Miss Jaruda Tirachomsri | ||
| Ryan Park, piano | 17 | La Canada, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Samuel Mishulovich, piano | 17 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Dr. Cha Park | ||
| Shicheng Ding, harp | 17 | Marion, MA |
| Shwetanshu Chakraborthy, piano | 17 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Dr. Michael Lehtinen | ||
| Viola Huang, piano | 17 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Olivia Xia | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Olina Xia | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Annie Sun, piano | 15 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Emily Vu, piano | 15 | Chappaqua, NY |
| Student of Sheng-Hui Wu Chen | ||
| Ewan Kim, violin | 15 | Mahwah, NJ |
| Student of Joanna Ruth Tumpalan | ||
| Isabella Xu, piano | 15 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Jayden Cheung, piano | 15 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Eve Chen | ||
| Katie Yau, viola | 15 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Quinn Humber, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Steven Casano | ||
| Samuel Buch, piano | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Gottfried Neumeister | ||
| Stella Talcott, piano | 15 | Los Altos, CA |
| Student of Era Lifschitz | ||
| Ashley Ahn, piano | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Ahram Shin | ||
| Annalia Henderson, cello | 16 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
| Student of Evonne Yi and Dorthy Muggeridge | ||
| Danielle Lee, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Dristi Roy, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lesia Houk | ||
| Elisa Kim, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Gurnho Park, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Pasha Tseitlin and Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Jaime Yeung, piano | 16 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Jessica Lee, piano | 16 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Yi Jia Ho | ||
| Jim Xia, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Jindong Sha, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jun Zhu | ||
| Jing Xuan Lam, piano | 16 | Singapore |
| Student of Lin Huijuan | ||
| Joseph Lim, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jaclyn Kim | ||
| Lucas (Zihe) Wang, piano | 16 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Irina Morgan | ||
| Madison Chen, cello | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chia-Ling Chien | ||
| Madison Joo, piano | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Soo Youn Chung | ||
| Spencer Wang, piano | 16 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Robert Levinger | ||
| Tygesen Yoon, piano | 16 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Aaron Kim, piano | 17 | La Crescenta, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Chloee Yang, piano | 17 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Sherry Hou and Melody Wu | ||
| Ethan Cai, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Angela Wu | ||
| Jack Paiva, piano | 17 | North Kingstown, RI |
| Student of Nonetta Shatakhtsian | ||
| Jason He, piano | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Helena Ma | ||
| Joel Nam, piano | 17 | Van Nuys, CA |
| Student of Soyun Kim | ||
| Justin Zhang, piano | 17 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Kota Sato, violin | 17 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Lin Zhang, cello | 17 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
| Henry Hui, piano | 18 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Irena Hramenkova | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Andy Zhou | 15 | Bountiful, Utah |
| Cooper Goff | 18 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Anderson Fan, piano | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Aston Tan, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Ayda Balci, piano | 15 | Mcallen, TX |
| Student of Dr. Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Carabella Richardson, piano | 15 | The Woodlands, TX |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Drisha Mishra, piano | 15 | Parker, CO |
| Student of Kelly Blakeney | ||
| Grace Cho, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soon Ja Hong | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 15 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Noah Jang, viola | 15 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Jueun Warf | ||
| Patricia Li, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Anjela Asryan | ||
| Allison Li, piano | 16 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Angela Yu, piano | 16 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Sharon Zhao | ||
| Anirudh Muralidharan, piano | 16 | Dublin, CA |
| Student of Tajmeel Sherif | ||
| Avia Kesler, violin | 16 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Student of Tony Huang | ||
| Hasan Saadi, piano | 16 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Adriana Janse Van Rensburg | ||
| Kaelyn Jin-Britt, piano | 16 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Miah Zabala, piano | 16 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Peggy Reich | ||
| Mikoto Araki-Siegenfeld, piano | 16 | Westport, CT |
| Student of Tatyana Pikayzen | ||
| Sophie Yu, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Gia Salazar, piano | 17 | Mcallen, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Nancy Zhang, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Yosef Herrera, piano | 18 | Mission, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
Professionals and Amateur
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Danting Zhang, piano | 23 | Nanyang, China |
| Student of William Wolfram | ||
| Minyoung Rho, piano | 29 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Ian Hobson | ||
| Pufan Wang, piano | 31 | Columbus, OH |
| Student of Steven Glaser | ||
| Cheng Wang, piano | 34 | Hefei, China |
| Student of Andrew Brownell | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Mariaclara Welker, piano | 21 | Huntsville, TX |
| Student of Diego Caetano | ||
| Natalija Saver, piano | 39 | Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| Student of Benjamin Saver | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNER | ||
| Peter Shea, piano | 20 | St Charles, MO |
| Student of Mihyun Lee | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Ganesh Kumar, piano | 19 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Yongyu Gao | ||
| Ryan Dickey, piano | 34 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Chaden Yafi | ||
| Seung Lee, piano | 60 | Aurora, CO |
| Student of Dr. Jiwon Baik | ||
| Soyoung Cho, violin | 23 | New Haven, CT |
| Student of Haewon Oh and Yoonshin Song | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Javier Trejo-Kelly, piano | 32 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Chaden Yafi | ||
| Larisa Yarczower, piano | 58 | Mt Top, PA |
| Student of Andrea Bogusko | ||
| Xin Liu, piano | 40 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Shota Homma | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNER | ||
| Alla Arutyunyan, piano | 33 | Simi Valley, CA |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
1. Each participant will be notified about the Competition results after the Chairwoman releases the Competition placements. 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 travel to NYC for the health safety reasons or due to other restrictions, 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 shipment to the friends or relatives residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
9. All fees are not refundable.
10. Photography and video/audio recording is not permitted for audience at Carnegie Hall.
11. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.