International Piano and Strings Competition 2026
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 this year for the Piano and Strings Competition. They hailed from 19 countries, including different parts of the U.S., Albania, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Eligibility
Multiple winners will be chosen in each of the following age groups:
| School Students: | Adults (18 and older): |
| Young Musicians, 5 - 10 | Amateur without professional degree |
| Junior, 11 - 14 | College Students and Professional Musicians |
| Intermediate, 15 - 18 |
18-year-old school students must enter in the Intermediate Category. 18-year-old college students must apply under the College Students/Professionals Category.
Awards
Since the situation with COVID-19 Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to receive a Winner’s Package by mail or to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the following dates:
- Sunday, March 22, 2026, 7:30PM
- Sunday, May 10, 2026, 7:30PM
- Monday, May 25, 2026, 2:00PM
- Monday, May 25, 2026, 8:00PM
- Sunday, May 31, 2026, 7:30PM
- Saturday, June 13, 2026, 1:00 PM
- Saturday, June 13, 2026, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, June 20, 2026, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, June 21, 2026, 1:00PM
- Sunday, June 21, 2026, 7:30PM
- Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:30PM
Judges’ Distinction Award will be granted based on the judges’ recommendations.
Judges
Four qualified judges were evaluating the 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 2026. 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 2026 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
James Yan is a junior at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School in Urbana and has studied piano since age five. He currently studies with Michael Berkovsky, with additional guidance from his parents, Jing Hao and Jiafeng Yan. His former teacher was Susan Crawford, and he has also worked with Ian Hobson and Timothy Ehlen. A five-time winner of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association Competition, James has earned top prizes at the Chambana International Music Competition, the Chicago International Music Competition, and the Carmel Clavier International Piano Competition. He is a two-time laureate of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition.
Kenneth Liu is a 16-year-old eleventh grader in the SMCS Magnet Program at Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland. He began studying piano at age five and is currently a student of Dr. Labazevitch. Kenneth has won the MTNA Senior Piano Competition State Round (2024), being named an alternate at the 2025 Maryland State Round, 2nd place in the E. R. Davis Memorial Piano Competition (2024), 1st place and the Best Performer Award at the YMIC Metropolitan Online Music Festival (2023) and 1st place at the Charleston International Piano Competition (2023). He has performed at the Embassies of Bulgaria, France, and Hungary in Washington, D.C.
Sixteen-year-old cellist Philip Jeong began his cello studies at the age of nine, and three years later made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Since then, Philip has performed as soloist with the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra, Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra, and Gwinnett County Youth Symphony Orchestra, earning each opportunity through concerto competition wins. Philip currently studies with Ji Young Lee and Dr. James Kim, and previously trained under Lluís Claret and Dr. Jesús Castro-Balbi. His musical development has further been shaped by participation in world-renowned programs including the Heifetz Institute Summer Program and the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute.
Julia Gentry of Connecticut, USA began formal piano training at the age of 3. Now, at 15 years old, Julia performed on prestigious stages like Carnegie Hall New York as well as Canada, Harvard University-Boston, Mozarteum – Salzburg, Austria, Los Angeles Disney Concert Hall, Spain, Salzburg-Austria, Barcelona Spain, Amsterdam, Paris, France, and Rome competitions. Julia has been featured on ABC News, AP News, and her recordings are available on Apple Store and Spotify. Julia is studying for the Level 10 out of 10 Certificate in Piano Studios from the Musica Teachers Association of California.
Leo Cohen is a passionate musician who has been playing piano for eight years. He attends high school in NJ as a freshman on a Music Scholarship. He has won multiple international piano competitions and performed several times at Carnegie’s Weill and Zankel Hall, Kaufman Music Center, and in Italy, the UK, and Austria. He was invited to perform in a winner’s recital in Hamburg, Germany and is excited to be expanding his reach into music composition. Leo loves to use his music to make people happy, which he does by writing and performing works for the elderly, his family, teachers, and friends.
Honoka Someno is 11 years old, originally from Japan and currently living in Taiwan. She began playing the violin at the age of five and currently studies under Jin Park. She has won numerous first prizes in both national and international competitions, including the Excellence Cup International Music Competition, Baque Cup, Emirates International Peace Music Competition, Wenhua Cup, and the Rising Stars Music Competition. Honoka is passionate about music and continues to grow as a young artist through dedicated practice and performance.
Michelle Gan is a remarkable seven-year-old pianist from California, USA, who began her musical journey at the age of three. For the past three years, she has studied under the guidance of teacher Le Yu. Michelle was a featured soloist at the “Ambassador of Tarnów” Maestro Krystian Tkaczewski and his Guests International Piano Festival, where she performed with an orchestra. Her competitive honors include winning First Prize and the “Exceptional Young Talent” Special Prize at the 2024 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. Beyond the keyboard, Michelle finds joy in dancing and singing.
Rhea Kim is a 7-year-old who began studying the violin at the age of four. Over the past three years, she has won international competitions, including top prizes in Asia, Korea, and the United States. In 2023, she received the Gold Prize at the 1st Strings Classic East Asia Competition, followed by First Prize at the 2024 Dream Art Music Competition in Korea. In 2025, she earned Second Prize at the New York International Music Competition and First Prize at the Little Mozarts International Music Competition in New York City. She made her first winners’ recital at Carnegie Hall last year.
Winners by Age Category
| Young Musicians Category, Age Group 5 to 10: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Ben Furman, violin | 6 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Marina Shepel | ||
| Federico Gamboa, piano | 6 | Zapote, Costa Rica |
| Student of M.M. Ludmila Meltzer Yarov | ||
| Harry Horvick, piano | 6 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Student of Ani Gigauri | ||
| Raymond Zhou, cello | 6 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Henry Chen | ||
| Joshua Wang, piano | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Leonardo Yeung, piano | 7 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Yingwen Lewis | ||
| Michelle Gan, piano | 7 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Mion Takahashi, piano | 7 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Student of Yukino Kano | ||
| Rhea Kim, violin | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jihyun Baik | ||
| Yumu Wang, piano | 8 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Hanyan Zheng | ||
| Amelia Ma, piano | 9 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yi Wang | ||
| Bruce Daniels, violin | 9 | Brambleton, VA |
| Student of Akemi Takayama and Zhuo Diao | ||
| Daniel Wang, piano | 9 | Woodinville, WA |
| Student of Hanna Cyba | ||
| Elliott Moon, piano | 9 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Student of Sun Ah Choi | ||
| Gabriel Mantovani, piano | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Shay Slusky | ||
| Aaron Zhu, piano | 10 | Old Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Yuan Wang | ||
| Dominik Nagy, piano | 10 | Redding, CA |
| Student of Kristin Wolfe | ||
| Evelyn Mandigo, cello | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Alex Croxton | ||
| Hiram Zhou, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Irene Yu, piano | 10 | Buford, GA |
| Student of Sanghie Lee | ||
| Jinglin(Jerry) Wang, piano | 10 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Julianne Kim, piano | 10 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Leon Park, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Hyunjoo Choi | ||
| Olivia Yang, piano | 10 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Ji-Young Kim | ||
| Roy Li, piano | 10 | Woodbury, NY |
| Student of Huilan Jinli | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Bowen Jing | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Brian Jing | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Ian Shen, violin | 5 | Norwalk, CT |
| Student of Tal First | ||
| Koa Vanvelzer, piano | 5 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Teddy Gu, violin | 6 | New York, NY |
| Student of Michael Tropepe | ||
| Aadya Pavithra Rajesh, piano | 7 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Trent Anderson | ||
| Aaron Zhang, cello | 7 | Santa Clarita, CA |
| Student of Dr. Henry Chen | ||
| Aurora Mallawaarachchi, piano | 7 | Harpers Ferry, WV |
| Student of Yevgeniya Jenny Anderson | ||
| Kai Vanvelzer, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Luke Grinols, piano | 7 | Moraga, CA |
| Student of Christopher Martsolf | ||
| Simeng Shen, piano | 7 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Kayla Yuting Poon, piano | 8 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Lilian Kansal, piano | 8 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Dr. Cha Park | ||
| Matthew Zeng, piano | 8 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Mia Lu, piano | 8 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Pauline Yingyu Lin | ||
| Wyatt Grayson Lin, piano | 8 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr. Juliana Yap | ||
| Yeoleum Zhu, violin | 8 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Alexander Wajnberg, piano | 9 | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Student of Peggy Jordens and Aaron Wajnberg | ||
| Chloe Kang, piano | 9 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Gina Myung | ||
| David Wang, piano | 9 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Margaret Escobar | ||
| Ewan Park, piano | 9 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Violetta Zharkova | ||
| Hannah Lam, piano | 9 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Nagisa Ariza | ||
| Jason Wang, piano | 9 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu | ||
| Matthew Yu, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Peng | ||
| Maxim Rowland, guitar | 9 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Jason Jacob | ||
| Seoha Kwon, cello | 9 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Eunkyung You | ||
| Alexander Park, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Soojin Bae | ||
| Ayan Shah, piano | 10 | Glen Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Conrad Abrahams, piano | 10 | New Milford, CT |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Ethan Chen, piano | 10 | Waxhaw, NC |
| Student of Ludovica Tassani | ||
| Evan Triandafilou, piano | 10 | Oak Park, IL |
| Student of Pablo Valladares and Joann Cho | ||
| Joo-Wan Jahng, piano | 10 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Myer Gossage, piano | 10 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Rachel Jun, cello | 10 | Closter, NJ |
| Student of Hyewon Kim | ||
| Rachel Peng, piano | 10 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Sean Kim, piano | 10 | West Newton, MA |
| Student of Park Jung Yoon and Eric Schindler | ||
| Walker Boh Lin, piano | 10 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr. Juliana Yap | ||
| William Wang, piano | 10 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Szu-Yi Li | ||
| Violin Duo: | ||
| Wyatt Grayson Lin | 8 | Morgantown, WV |
| Walker Boh Lin | 10 | Morgantown, WV |
| Students of Catherine Baker | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Adalaide Sadilek, piano | 4 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Tatiana Charapova | ||
| Evelyn Wu, piano | 5 | Millburn, NJ |
| Student of Shan Sun | ||
| Jacqueline Leuyap Nzesse, piano | 5 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Ludovica Tassani | ||
| John Wang, piano | 5 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Waverly Anne Lin, piano | 5 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Dr. Juliana Yap | ||
| Ziya Mohs, piano | 6 | Wayzata, MN |
| Student of Julia Bigalke | ||
| Alexander Wang Petrovic, piano | 7 | Newberry, FL |
| Student of Nadia Mesey | ||
| Chloe Xia, volin | 7 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Joy Pham, piano | 7 | Dacula, GA |
| Student of Francis Yao | ||
| Kendrick Lu, piano | 7 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Pauline Lu | ||
| Liam Li, piano | 7 | Staten Island, NY |
| Student of Selena Huang | ||
| Mia Kim, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Leung | ||
| Selena Zhao, cello | 7 | Wake Forest, NC |
| Student of Erica Leavell | ||
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 8 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Camilla Marie Lim, piano | 8 | Jakarta Utara, Indonesia |
| Student of Fitri Chan | ||
| Eejean Seo, viloin | 8 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Hyojin Kim | ||
| Nakshatra Koochana, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Desire Brown Lutch | ||
| Patrik Nagy, piano | 8 | Redding, CA |
| Student of Kristin Wolfe | ||
| Ryan He, piano | 8 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hai Jin | ||
| Aaron Zou, piano | 9 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Dr. Ji Eun Kim | ||
| Adele Prozorova, piano | 9 | Feasterville, PA |
| Student of Olena Haviuk-Sheremet | ||
| Joseph Francis Lim, piano | 9 | Jakarta Utara, Indonesia |
| Student of Fitri Chan | ||
| Olivia Kim, piano | 9 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Hagjae Lee | ||
| Asher Yang, piano | 10 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Boaz Gong, piano | 10 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Charlie Johnson, violin | 10 | Sandpoint, ID |
| Student of Ruth Klinginsmith and Marianne Wall | ||
| Elizabeth Nita, piano | 10 | Belmont, CA |
| Student of Alla Nagorna | ||
| Evelyn Kim, cello | 10 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Olga Ruvinov | ||
| Iris Zou, piano | 10 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Dr.Ji Eun Kim | ||
| Kexin Yi, piano | 10 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Julie Cai | ||
| Larina Shen, piano | 10 | Livermore, CA |
| Student of Layla Li | ||
| Lauren Tung, cello | 10 | San Marino, CA |
| Student of Margaret Edmondson | ||
| Leo Slobodnyak, violin | 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Oksana Tikhonova | ||
| Richard Jiang, piano | 10 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Menghua Lin | ||
| Sophia Yan, piano | 10 | Andover, MA |
| Student of Run Li | ||
| Winston Zhang, piano | 10 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Dr. Claire Chen | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Arlene Lu, violin | 5 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| David Sadilek, piano | 5 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Tatiana Charapova | ||
| Jinny Hayes, piano | 5 | Hull, MA |
| Student of Mijin Choi | ||
| Miles Jiang, piano | 5 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Winston S. Muraoka, piano | 5 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Eleanore Goh Juglair, piano | 6 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua and Shannon Mok | ||
| Cayden Lang, piano | 7 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Angelina Lu, piano | 8 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tao Li | ||
| Belinda Tang, violin | 8 | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Student of Xiaoguo Burton | ||
| Emerson Johnson, violin | 8 | Sandpoint, ID |
| Student of Ruth Klinginsmith and Marianne Wall | ||
| Millie Shan, piano | 8 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Vivian Chen | ||
| Sahana Shah, piano | 8 | Glen Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Victor Gen Chow, piano | 8 | Mcallen, Laos |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Aaid Alam, piano | 9 | Bensalem, PA |
| Student of Olena Haviuk-Sheremet | ||
| Ayden Yu, piano | 9 | North Bellmore, NY |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Bryan Hu, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Andrea Choi | ||
| Charlie Ren, cello | 9 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Pin Fei Tang | ||
| Chloe Kim, piano | 9 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Leung | ||
| Daria Radu, piano | 9 | Cranford, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Irene Ailin Tian, violin | 9 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Hyojin Kim | ||
| Renee Jiang, piano | 9 | Elk Grove, CA |
| Student of Eric Liu | ||
| Roman Krivocheia, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Simona Snitkovskaya | ||
| Sai Kundhana Poluparti, piano | 9 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Helen Kang | ||
| Abimbola Ogunsola, piano | 10 | Lagrangeville, NY |
| Student of Eunyoung (Becky) Park | ||
| Albert Dam, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Lidia Kotlova and Thuy Trinh | ||
| Hayes Clavelle, piano | 10 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Armen Martirosyan | ||
| Henry Sun, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Andrea Choi | ||
| Ivan To, piano | 10 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Jaiya Jariwala, piano | 10 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Marina Madoyan | ||
| Olivia Gan, piano | 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Olivia Yang, violin | 10 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Riyaan Mukherjee, piano | 10 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Charu Suri | ||
| Samaira Batra, piano | 10 | Short Hills, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Seojun Lee, piano | 10 | Seongnam, South Korea |
| Student of Kyungeun Lee | ||
| Taylor Nam, piano | 10 | Prosper, TX |
| Student of Jamie Kim | ||
| Yion Oh, piano | 10 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Hyun Mi Chung | ||
| Yuvaan Srivastava, piano | 10 | Morris Plains, NJ |
| Student of Emilie Filipek | ||
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Daye Ko, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Alexandre Moutouzkine and Albert Tiu | ||
| Eleanor Zilkie, piano | 11 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Julian Jaeyoung Kim | ||
| Honoka Someno, violin | 11 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Jin Park | ||
| Joshua Lee, piano | 11 | Westwood, MA |
| Student of Veda Kogan | ||
| Parker Renshaw, violin | 11 | Byron Center, MI |
| Student of Elizabeth Vanzytveld | ||
| Warren Park, cello | 11 | Aldie, VA |
| Student of Sunghee Choi | ||
| Jake Kim, cello | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jennifer Park | ||
| Nealan Thevananther, piano | 12 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Preston Tsai, cello | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Yihan Duan, piano | 12 | Tucson, AZ |
| Student of Ji-Young Kim | ||
| Yui Nakamura, piano | 12 | Dublin, OH |
| Student of Manuel Vizurraga and Kaori Takizawa | ||
| Constantine Wang, piano | 13 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Winston Choi and Ani Gogova | ||
| Derick Wang, piano | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Hyunmin Ko, cello | 13 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Eun-Kyung Yoo | ||
| Ilyannie Gonzalez, piano | 13 | Port Orchard, WA |
| Student of Chelsea Bloomberg | ||
| Ming Mei Sun, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr Dante Diianni | ||
| Nikolas Rowland, guitar | 13 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Jason Jacob | ||
| Vera Goryunov, piano | 13 | Lake Forest, IL |
| Student of Dr. Soo Young Lee | ||
| Wendy Yan, piano | 13 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Julie Cai | ||
| Winton Gossage, piano | 13 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Xiyuan Zhang, violin | 13 | Brighton, Australia |
| Student of Mark Mogilevski | ||
| Adhijay Arvind, cello | 14 | Harrison, NY |
| Student of Peter Seidenberg | ||
| Alexander Zhang, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Huan Yang | ||
| Anastasia Joy Catanus, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Laszlo Mezo | ||
| Brennan Bosita, piano | 14 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Dr. Bret Serrin | ||
| Changbeom Nathan Cho, violin | 14 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Chloe Yoon | ||
| Cindy Chen, violin | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Daniel Jo, piano | 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Jenny Yeeching Chen | ||
| Emmeline Liu, harp | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Linda-Rose Hembreiker | ||
| Gwenyth Zhang, piano | 14 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Julia Gentry, piano | 14 | Lakeville, CT |
| Student of Professor Witkowski | ||
| Leo Cohen, piano | 14 | Old Tappan, NJ |
| Student of Dae Hyung Ahn | ||
| Louwyn An, piano | 14 | St Louis, MO |
| Student of Thomas Pandolfi | ||
| Mason Chang, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Dante Dilanni | ||
| Owen Lorimer, piano | 14 | Morgantown, WV |
| Student of Juliana Yap | ||
| Paul Joseph Naive, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Pitchaya Sukonlapuk | ||
| Rong-Rong Ko, cello | 14 | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Student of Min Hsuan Chu | ||
| Snow Xu, piano | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Jie Deng | ||
| William Jiang, piano | 14 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Ruta Smedina-Starke | ||
| Yuito Fujita, violin | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Josh Saito | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Angelina Lu | 8 | New York, NY |
| Jerry Lu | 11 | New York, NY |
| Yintao (Jason) Li | 14 | New York, NY |
| Students of Dr. Tao Li | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Hayes Clavelle | 10 | Miami, FL |
| Isaac Clavelle | 12 | Miami, FL |
| Students of Armen Martirosyan | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Hanyu Zhou, violin | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Dr. Sabrina Xiao He and Ker Qi | ||
| Sunny Li, cello | 11 | Newark, CA |
| Student of Dr. Sabrina He and Chii Yang | ||
| Sarah Li, piano | 9 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Dr. Sabrina He | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Jieyi Chang | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Kyler Ma | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Students of Yan Zhang | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Akira Endo, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Oldrich Teply | ||
| Amelie Wu, piano | 11 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Yin C Chen | ||
| Elisabeth Bacon, piano | 11 | Corvallis, OR |
| Student of Elena Istratova and Viktoriya Gerasymenko | ||
| Emilija Coric, piano | 11 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Dr. Fumei Huang | ||
| Farrah Lee, piano | 11 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Felicia Fang, cello | 11 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Elliot Mallard | ||
| Geneva Brunner, piano | 11 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Kathryn Brunner | ||
| Iris Soldea, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Helen Shin | ||
| Lucas Molosiu, piano | 11 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Huizhong Shen | ||
| Serena Du, piano | 11 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Sisira Phudech, violin | 11 | Richmond Hill, Canada |
| Viviana Kim, piano | 11 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Hagjae Lee | ||
| Alice Huang, piano | 12 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Yifan Wu | ||
| Arthur Fan, piano | 12 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Julie Cai | ||
| Catherine Zhu, cello | 12 | Kirkland, WA |
| Student of Olga Ruvinov | ||
| Connor Kobayashi, piano | 12 | Mckinney, TX |
| Student of Masako Narikawa | ||
| Denver Ming Chun Ng, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of John Gilmour | ||
| Ethan Ellis, piano | 12 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Jiayue Han, piano | 12 | Woodbury, MN |
| Student of Michael D. Min | ||
| Lucas Sun, piano | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Li Zhang | ||
| Riyansika Kondam, piano | 12 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Sophia Jing, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Summer Li, piano | 12 | Columbia, MD |
| Student of Hai Jin | ||
| Alan Yin, piano | 13 | Brookline, MA |
| Andy Shang, piano | 13 | Plano, TX |
| Angela Yoneyama, violin | 13 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Steven Moeckel and Naoko Yoneyama | ||
| Anya Parson, piano | 13 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of Maxwell C. Adkisson | ||
| Audrey Huang, harp | 13 | Barrington, RI |
| Student of Alysa Smith | ||
| Benjamin Birnbaum, piano | 13 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Evelina Puzaite | ||
| Bosco Zhou, piano | 13 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Yin C Chen | ||
| Christian Yoo, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Ruslan Biryukov and Peter Ko | ||
| Delon Liao, piano | 13 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Edric Chun, claissical guitar | 13 | Rutherford, CA |
| Student of Scott Cmiel | ||
| Edward Han, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Eldridge Huang, violin | 13 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Ying Zhao | ||
| Emma Liu, piano | 13 | Pepper Pike, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Harry Shou, cello | 13 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Yao Zhao | ||
| Jessica Chan, piano | 13 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| Student of Mihyang Keel | ||
| Kailin Shen, piano | 13 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Jue He | ||
| Mason Wang, piano | 13 | Darien, CT |
| Student of Maxim Pakhomov | ||
| Michael Chang, piano | 13 | Crozet, VA |
| Student of Nicole Yang | ||
| Nathan Lee, piano | 13 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Szu-Yi Li | ||
| Seiya Sevestrian, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Irina Bendetsky | ||
| Sophia Wan, piano | 13 | Goldens Bridge, NY |
| Student of Nara Simonyan | ||
| Sophie Park, cello | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Katie Youn | ||
| Thomas Romero, piano | 13 | Wayne, NJ |
| Student of Edward M. Easse | ||
| Téa Su, piano | 13 | Falls Church, VA |
| Student of Valerica Maican | ||
| Victoria Wang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| ZhenTeng Kuang, piano | 13 | Roseville, CA |
| Student of Julian Jaeyoung Kim | ||
| Amy Han, piano | 14 | Columbia, MO |
| Student of Natalia Bolshakova | ||
| Anika Sadanand, piano | 14 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jeff Panko | ||
| Anouk Sriskandarajah, piano | 14 | Riverside, CT |
| Student of Evelina Puzaite | ||
| Brian Guo, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Chloe Xu | ||
| Charles Arbuckle, piano | 14 | McLean, VA |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Corrine Chen, piano | 14 | Washington Depot, CT |
| Student of Raymond Pierpont | ||
| Dylan Simon, piano | 14 | Peoria, IL |
| Student of Ji Hyun Kim | ||
| Emerson Ellis, piano | 14 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Grace Li, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Jason Yu, violin | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Jackie Gao | ||
| Jayden Lin, piano | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Hye Won Shin | ||
| Jeffrey Wan, piano | 14 | New Preston Marble Dale, CT |
| Student of Shichu Teng | ||
| Kevin Choi, viola | 14 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Liana Zaretsky | ||
| La-Eum Elizabeth Hwang, piano | 14 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Seong Hee, Choi | ||
| Luke Hsing-Shu Chen, cello | 14 | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Student of Anna-Marie Alloway | ||
| Natalie Johnson, piano | 14 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of Esther Yuen Keel | ||
| Noel Jung, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Peter Chen, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kyungha Kay Lee | ||
| Ruby Mouat, piano | 14 | Piedmont, CA |
| Student of Melinda Lee Masur | ||
| Serena Cai, piano | 14 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Zoe Wong, piano | 14 | Paradise Vly, AZ |
| Student of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Evan An, piano | 11 | Saint Louis, MO |
| Student of Thomas Pandolfi | ||
| Grace Yang, piano | 11 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rui Mei | ||
| Ishani Dasgupta, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Sophie Huang, piano | 11 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Mia Christine Chow | ||
| Alexis Richardson, piano | 12 | The Woodlands, TX |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| David Lin, piano | 12 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Claire Chen | ||
| Ethan Luca Yieh, piano | 12 | Glen Cove, NY |
| Student of Paner Ying | ||
| Fiona To, piano | 12 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Gavin Roth, piano | 12 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Suki Guerrier | ||
| Jessica Zhuang, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Lucas Patterson, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nico Sleator | ||
| Olivia Liu, piano | 12 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Dr. Hai Jin | ||
| Ryan Kim, violin | 12 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Chaeyeon Kim | ||
| Ziqian (Ryan) Zhou, cello | 12 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Henry Chen and Stephen Green | ||
| Kyungryang Park, violin | 13 | Newton, MA |
| Student of Eunmi Lee | ||
| Mia Rodriguez, piano | 13 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Ms. Paner Ying | ||
| Xinyu (Mia) Huang, cello | 13 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Coco Ya Nan Hu | ||
| Claire Du, piano | 14 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Aj Collins | ||
| Madeleine Kim, violin | 14 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Sang Mee Lee | ||
| Sanjith Singaravelan, piano | 14 | Irving, TX |
| Student of Ms. Chew | ||
| Sanvi Jain, piano | 14 | Shorthills, NJ |
| Student of Asen Doykin | ||
| Sarvesh Amatya, piano | 14 | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Student of Catherine Lan and Tao Lin | ||
| Shelley Blumin, piano | 14 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Alexis Wang, piano | 11 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Dr. Chaden Yafi | ||
| Anthony Z. Lin, piano | 11 | Plainview, NY |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Edward Avakian, piano | 11 | Studio City, CA |
| Student of Gayane Sahakyan | ||
| Jarvis Wang, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Jerry Lu, piano | 11 | New York, NY |
| Student of Tao Li | ||
| Matthew Cao, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Minji Kim, violin | 11 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Chaeyeon Kim | ||
| Wenxi Wang, piano | 11 | Roseville, Australia |
| Student of Sam Subasic | ||
| Aarav Shroff, piano | 12 | Andover, MA |
| Student of Dr. Olga Berkovich | ||
| Claire Lin, piano | 12 | Forest Hills, NY |
| Student of Burak Bedikyan | ||
| Cynthia Su, piano | 12 | Jamaica, NY |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Isaac Clavelle, piano | 12 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Armen Martirosyan | ||
| Peniel Kpelevi, piano | 12 | Byron, MN |
| Student of Dr Catherine Kim | ||
| Srikrish Raman, piano | 12 | Bengaluru, India |
| Student of Ananth Kumar and Shashishekhar Rajannah | ||
| Adeline Clarisa Suhendra, piano | 13 | Jakarta Utara, Indonesia |
| Student of Fitri Chan | ||
| Andrew Li, piano | 13 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Nicole Yang | ||
| Bangyi Pan, piano | 13 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Alice Yeung | ||
| Isabella Ge, piano | 13 | Hacienda Heights, CA |
| Student of Yixuan Xu | ||
| Isabella Ruyu Feng, piano | 13 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of I-Ling Chen | ||
| John Joaquin Lim, piano | 13 | Jakarta Utara, Indonesia |
| Student of Fitri Chan | ||
| Joshua Raphael, piano | 13 | Walnut Creek, CA |
| Student of Dr. Joseph Irrera | ||
| Maya Kansal, piano | 13 | Arlington, VA |
| Student of Dr. Cha Park | ||
| Nicolas De La Fuente, piano | 13 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Yelena Sulima | ||
| Suzanne Singh, piano | 13 | St. Louis, MO |
| Student of Dr. Jorge Luis Modolell | ||
| Viho Chen, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Michelle Peng | ||
| Alexa Duckworth, piano | 14 | Islip, NY |
| Student of Paulina Rubinson | ||
| Asmanideep Singh, piano | 14 | Encino, CA |
| Student of Anne Ciastko and Hamdeep Singh | ||
| David Drewery, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Ilya Blinov | ||
| Ethan Zhang, piano | 14 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Student of Kyungju Lee | ||
| Hee Geon Lee, piano | 14 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Seong Hee, Choi | ||
| Hudson Scotti, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Ireene Lu, piano | 14 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Pauline Yingyu Lin | ||
| Nathaniel Chung, violin | 14 | Sammamish, WA |
| Student of John Kim | ||
| Siavash Naderpour Ardestani, piano | 14 | Richmond Hill, Canada |
| Student of Leonid Spirkut | ||
| Vivienne Brown, piano | 14 | Wytheville, VA |
| Student of Ivy Blair | ||
| Yintao (Jason) Li, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tao Li | ||
| Zoe Quan, piano | 14 | Clarksburg, MD |
| Student of Hai Jin | ||
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Abigail Han, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joon Sung Jun | ||
| Abigail Kwon, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Teresa Jones | ||
| Amy Hu, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Jie Lu and Ning Lu | ||
| Angelina Dong, piano | 15 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Yien Wang | ||
| Brandon Kim, cello | 15 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Maria Shim | ||
| Bryan Tseng, cello | 15 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Sarah Koo | ||
| Junho Lee, violin | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Jiyoung Lee | ||
| Lucas Lee, piano | 15 | Issaquah, WA |
| Student of Ivona Kaminska | ||
| Tianyi Ren, piano | 15 | Maple Grove, MN |
| Student of Julia Bigalke | ||
| Wroten Mcquirter, piano | 15 | Burke, VA |
| Student of Jenny Kong | ||
| Alexander Ahn, piano | 16 | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Student of Sung Lee | ||
| Alexander Wang, violin | 16 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Kurt Sassmannshaus | ||
| Alice Li, piano | 16 | Simsbury, CT |
| Student of Malgosia Lis | ||
| Angela Song, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Anqi Pan, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Eric Liu | ||
| Christian Chow, piano | 16 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Yukiko Sekino | ||
| David Hsu, cello | 16 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Hyojin Lee | ||
| Elle Eliason, violin | 16 | New York City, NY |
| Student of Peiwen Liao | ||
| Hannah Zou, piano | 16 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Ingrid Clarfield | ||
| Ho Ching Clara Lam, piano | 16 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Wenjing Liu | ||
| James Yan, piano | 16 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Michael Berkovsky and Jiafeng Yan | ||
| Kenneth Liu, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Martin Labazevitch | ||
| Liong Tiek Koh, cello | 16 | Singapore |
| Student of Xu Zhong | ||
| Noah Shukla, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Maria Asteriadou | ||
| Philip Jeong, cello | 16 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Jiyoung Lee | ||
| Raymond Kwon, cello | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Daeyoun Kim | ||
| Regina Cho, violin | 16 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Tammy Chang and Esther Noh | ||
| Sathvik Subramanian, piano | 16 | Vincent Lane, NJ |
| Student of Beatrice Long | ||
| Anjali Thevananther, piano | 17 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Claire Lim, piano | 17 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Eunice Ahn | ||
| Howard Lu, cello | 17 | East Brunswick, NJ |
| Student of Hyojin Lee | ||
| Jinwoo Park, piano | 17 | Seongnam-Si, South Korea |
| Student of Daehyung Ahn | ||
| Martin Kwon, piano | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Kevin Fitz-Gerald | ||
| Shannon Chia, cello | 17 | Singapore |
| Student of Leslie Tan | ||
| Lisa Wolf, violin | 18 | Greiz, Germany |
| Student of Olaf Adler | ||
| Michelle Yeh, piano | 18 | Markham, Canada |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| William Sun | 14 | Livingston, NJ |
| Enya Li | 15 | Livingston, NJ |
| Students of Alla Iovel | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Luke Wagner | 15 | Glendale, AZ |
| Sean Wagner | 15 | Glendale, AZ |
| Students of Snezana Krstic | ||
| Fourtissimo Quartet: | ||
| Chanseop Yoon, violin | 16 | Clyde Hill, WA |
| Nathaniel Chung, violin | 15 | Sammamish, WA |
| Aiden Carl, viola | 15 | Bellevue, WA |
| Hayoon Kang, cello | 15 | Sammamish, WA |
| Students of John Kim | ||
| Piano Duo: | ||
| Katie Koh | 16 | Oakland, CA |
| Eric Koh | 19 | Oakland, CA |
| Students of Amy Chiu | ||
| Allegro Piano Trio: | ||
| Emma Maini, violin | 16 | Greenwich, CT |
| Zihan Zhao, cello | 15 | Andover, MA |
| Alexander Tartaglia, piano | 15 | Rye, NY |
| Students of Michiko Ichimura | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Aaron Zhang, viola | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Aaron Shao, piano | 15 | Corcoan, MN |
| Student of Julia Bigalke | ||
| Aarush Joglekar, piano | 15 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Marina Menyaylenko | ||
| Aiden Gao, piano | 15 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Annamaria Mccarthy | ||
| Alex Yoon, violin | 15 | Marlborough, MA |
| Student of Hyunji Lee and Sophia Park | ||
| Alice Shao, piano | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Andrew Zhang, piano | 15 | Oakwood, OH |
| Student of Nanyi Qiang | ||
| Anna Kobayashi, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Akiko Sanai | ||
| Aurellia Yang, piano | 15 | Parkton, MD |
| Student of Maja Blagojevic | ||
| Autumn Gilhooly, piano | 15 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Anderson | ||
| Caroline Yu, piano | 15 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Yizhou Luo | ||
| Christine Lin, violin | 15 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Hsiang-Chun Chien | ||
| Ethan Lee, cello | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Ashley Kim | ||
| Fayfay He, cello | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Jamie Kellogg | ||
| Francis Hong, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Hannah Xu, piano | 15 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Joshua Shue and Hwee Boon Ng | ||
| Kaosoluchi Anene-Umeh, piano | 15 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Helen Kang | ||
| Kevin Shi, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Lingxi Xu, piano | 15 | Sunrise, FL |
| Student of Zhangqian Huang | ||
| Olivia Lee, piano | 15 | Akro, OH |
| Student of Sungeun Kim | ||
| Olivia Hung, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of I-Shan Su | ||
| Raymond Chai, piano | 15 | Midland, MI |
| Student of Catherine Rollin | ||
| Riho Kunai, violin | 15 | Arlington, MA |
| Student of Fudeko Cohler | ||
| Siddha Gummadi, guitar | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Bryan Andrews | ||
| Siddha Gummadi, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Joseph Irrera | ||
| Soeun Nam, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Heejung Kim | ||
| William Chang, piano | 15 | Melrose, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Amy Liu, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Inga Kapouler Gartner | ||
| Annie Sun, piano | 16 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Jeanie Lee | ||
| Avery Jiang, piano | 16 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Eleanor Kim, piano | 16 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| Eunseo Nam, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jungsun Kim | ||
| Gunhee Kim, cello | 16 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Olga Ruvinov | ||
| Hanae Grunwald, violin | 16 | Los Gatos, CA |
| Student of Wangchen Long | ||
| Isabel Cristina De Pool, piano | 16 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Yadelia Leyva and Gustavo Ponzoa | ||
| Kate Ha, piano | 16 | Anaheim, CA |
| Student of Yoojung Chung | ||
| Mika Matsuyama, piano | 16 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jeff Panko | ||
| Nathan Nie, piano | 16 | Malden, MA |
| Student of Yu Wang | ||
| Ruoxi Chen, piano | 16 | Chinohills, CA |
| Student of Danyun Cai | ||
| Ryan Deng, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Shihan Cheng, violin | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Nan Zhou | ||
| Yitong Li, piano | 16 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Angela Lee, violin | 17 | Apex, NC |
| Student of Tiffany Kang | ||
| Annie Lin, piano | 17 | Highland, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Emmett Freeman, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Alicia Shirley | ||
| Richard Zhuang, piano | 17 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Grace Xia Zhao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Xu, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Ethan Hu, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| String Theory Trio: | ||
| Melinda Cao, cello | 16 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Arjun Ramnath, cello | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Teddy Shin, cello | 14 | Hamden, CT |
| Students of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Arco String Quartet: | ||
| Jacob Sanchez, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Noah Pyo, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Joanna Ha, viola | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Matthew Siciliano, cello | 16 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Students of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| Madison Yau, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Kaylee Lin, viola | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| Ryan Pak, cello | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Ethan Pak, viola | 16 | Duluth, GA |
| Students of Heejung Jung and Ayoung Ryu | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Adam Roth, piano | 15 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Suki Guerrier | ||
| Adelynn Henderson, cello | 15 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
| Student of Evonne Yi and Dorothy Muggeridge | ||
| Alex Yang, piano | 15 | Burlingame, CA |
| Andrew Li, piano | 15 | Berkeley, CA |
| Student of Shuyi Pai | ||
| Ashley Fang, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Chaling Huynh | ||
| Bradley Cai, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Jiang, Zhou | ||
| Emily Ahn, piano | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Ahram Shin | ||
| Emma Wu, piano | 15 | Redwood City, CA |
| Student of Betty Li | ||
| Emma Feng, piano | 15 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Joy Xu | ||
| Gowri Vinay, viola | 15 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Hailey Kim, piano | 15 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Han Na Park | ||
| Kayden Chang, viola | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Noriko Iwamoto | ||
| Lucas Cecil, piano | 15 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Annamarie Mcarthy | ||
| Michela Chou, piano | 15 | Auburn, GA |
| Student of Jee Eun Wada | ||
| Nicole Shin, piano | 15 | Ashburn, VA |
| Student of Jenny Kong | ||
| Renee Liu, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yanzi Lin | ||
| Ronnie Wang, cello | 15 | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Swapnil Chaudhuri, sitar | 15 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Pandit Partha Bose | ||
| Thalia Mao, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Lee | ||
| Tianrui Hu, piano | 15 | Great Falls, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Tiger Liao, piano | 15 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Zixiang Zheng, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Brendan Chew, piano | 16 | South Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Carlos Gardels | ||
| Carabella Richardson, piano | 16 | The Woodlands, TX |
| Student of Annamarie Mccarthy | ||
| Chiori Kondo, piano | 16 | Castro Valley, CA |
| Student of David Olachea and Mizuho Umegatani | ||
| Daniela Tang, piano | 16 | Berkeley, CA |
| Student of Libby Mclaren | ||
| David Wang, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Lin Lin | ||
| Eesha Kondam, piano | 16 | Katy, TX |
| Student of Katarina Loudermilk | ||
| Elise Ahn, piano | 16 | Northbrook, IL |
| Student of Soo Young Lee | ||
| Isaac Son, violin | 16 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Janna Lower | ||
| Olivia Xia, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Xinyu Yang, piano | 16 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Jun Yang | ||
| Anni Tong, piano | 17 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Jie Lu | ||
| Felicia Lin, piano | 17 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Jessica Lou, piano | 17 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
| Katelin Zappe, piano | 17 | High View, WV |
| Student of Yevgeniya Jenny Anderson | ||
| Kyle Vanngo, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dante Lorenzo Diianni | ||
| Leonidas Vandapel, piano | 17 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Kazumi Petinaux | ||
| Mai-Lynn Nguyen, piano | 17 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Hyae-Jin Hwang | ||
| Rajdeep Roy, piano | 17 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Sergei Polusmiak | ||
| Tygesen Yoon, piano | 17 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Vincent Hsiao, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Xuanxuan Li, piano | 17 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| David Tang | 14 | Berkeley, CA |
| Daniela Tang | 16 | Berkeley, CA |
| Students of Libby Mclaren | ||
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Anik Bhattacharjee, piano | 15 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jeff Panko | ||
| Benjamin Cho, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jiyeon Lee | ||
| Benjamin Pham, violin | 16 | Hesperia, CA |
| Student of Julie Mae | ||
| Kathryn Anderson, violin | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Edward Park | ||
| Mauricio Rocha, piano | 15 | Edinburg, TX |
| Student of Francisco Rocafuerte | ||
| Megan Healey, violin | 15 | Oakville, Canada |
| Student of Janet Pasila | ||
| Owen Chan, piano | 15 | Westwood, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Tigris Chang, piano | 15 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Tina Tan | ||
| Ayaan Adhav, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Colleen Celeste Guerrero | ||
| Cameron Barry, piano | 16 | Wellesley, MA |
| Student of Winston Feliz and Vivian Tsang | ||
| Crystal Chen, piano | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Emma Singel, violin | 16 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Cheryl Larson | ||
| Grace Li, piano | 16 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Student of Nicole Yang | ||
| Sylvia Liang, viola | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mandy Liang | ||
| Varada Chirag Vichare, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Karine Burch | ||
| Yitong Li, viola | 16 | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Ziying Susanna Chen, piano | 16 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Ms. Zhou Bingjie | ||
| Chikaluoge Anene-Umeh, piano | 17 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Helen Kang | ||
| Lucas Blatt, piano | 17 | Miami, FL |
| Student of Armen Martirosyan | ||
| Nicholas Adams, piano | 17 | Breese, IL |
| Student of Leah Loddeke | ||
| Seowoo Rhee, piano | 17 | Rockville, MD |
| Shangyi Zhou, piano | 17 | West Bend, WI |
| Student of Kaii Tien and Zachary Roeglin | ||
| Sofia Pavlovic, piano | 17 | Bethesda, MD |
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| First Place Winners | ||
| Leonard Buta, piano | 20 | Huntsville, TX |
| Student of Dr. Ilonka Rus | ||
| Sicheng He, piano | 30 | Harrisonburg, VA |
| Student of Paulo Steinberg | ||
| Sujin Cho, piano | 34 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Alexander Braginsky | ||
| Yan Zheng, piano | 37 | Cumming, GA |
| Student of Hung-Kuan Chen and Deborah Moriarty | ||
| Amy Fetherolf, violin | 40 | Mclean, VA |
| Natalija Šaver, piano | 40 | Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| Student of Eleonora Ipavec Šaver and Benjamin Šaver | ||
| Candy Crush String Trio: | ||
| Shannon Boutwell, violin | 22 | Helena, AL |
| Student of Dr. Letitia Jap and Mayumi Masri | ||
| Shahin Kooshiar, cello | 20 | Pelham, AL |
| Student of Wendy Warner and Hellen Weberpal | ||
| Ella Goggans, violin | 19 | Nolensville, TN |
| Student of Latitia Jap | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Yingqi Wang, piano | 29 | Hopkinton, MA |
| Elise (Yige) Liu, piano | 33 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Student of Pavel Nersessian | ||
| Yiling Li, piano | 33 | Tampa, FL |
| Nina Kidd, piano | 44 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Third Place Winner | ||
| Michelyn Jefferson Chow, piano | 23 | Singapore |
| Student of Victor Ong | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| First Place Winner | ||
| Maarij Bashir, piano | 29 | The Colony, TX |
| Student of Dr. Hyunjung | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Richard Yeh, piano | 22 | Markham, Canada |
| Ayako Hirasawa, piano | 42 | Yonkers, NY |
| Seung Lee, piano | 61 | Aurora, CO |
| Student of Jiwon Baik | ||
| Third Place Winner | ||
| Katherine Tan, violin | 36 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Jackie Gao | ||
| Joyce Maeng, piano | 45 | Aurora, CO |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| Ava Asaro, piano | 19 | Piney Flats, TN |
| Student of Ivy Blair | ||
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. Only one piece could be performed at the Winners Recital. Set of different works is not acceptable for the Winners 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 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.