International Piano and Strings Competition 2019
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 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.
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
Winners will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Winners Concerts will take place on
- Sunday, March 31, 2019
- Saturday, April 13, 2019
- Friday, April 19, 2019
- Sunday, April 21, 2019 (Easter)
- Sunday, May 12, 2019
- Monday, May 27, 2019 (Memorial Day)
- Sunday, June 9, 2019
- Sunday, June 16, 2019
- Sunday, June 23, 2019
- Saturday, June 29, 2019
Judges’ Distinction Award and other Special Awards may 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 is invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition 2019. A graduate of the Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, Mrs. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov Milstein and Yakov Zak.
International Piano and Strings Competition 2019 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winners
William Zhang is 6 years old, from Milton of Georgia. A current student of concert pianist and professor Raffi Besalyan, William began his piano studies at age of 4. William showed keen interest for music as early as he was two. William is a cheerful, passionate and inquisitive boy. He has participated in a variety of recitals in different venues, including local churches, schools, golf clubs and senior homes. American Protégé is William’s first piano competition. He worked hard through the process of rehearsal and enjoyed playing his favorite music. William also loves reading, drawing and swimming.
Xiaoyan Liu, from Great Neck, NY, began to learn piano at the age of 3. After a few months of study, she started to shine among the top winners of several talent shows held in Queens and Long Island of NY, and U.N. headquarter in Manhattan. Her talent also attracted media’s attention. She was featured in an interview on Sinovision TV, one of the most influential Chinese televisions in North America. When she was 4, she frequently appeared on various concerts and competitions. She was selected to showcase on a Leschetizky Association concert, and her first public ticket-selling performance was in a benefit concert in Flushing townhall.
Emma K. Liu has played piano since age 5 and has passed ABRSM grade 5 exam in piano with distinction. She has won the Steinway Society of South Jersey Young Pianist Competition for 3 consecutive years. Through various wins from International Piano Competitions, they have afforded her the privilege to perform at venues such as the Curtis Institute for Music and the Academy of Music at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center as well as Weill Recital Hall and Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Shaun Koumans, age 12, is from Irvine, CA. He started learning violin at age 6. He was the Grand Prize winner for the Satori Strings contest in 2018 and has won many awards from the Southwestern Youth Music Festival competitions. Shaun is also active as an orchestral player. Shaun has been playing at the Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings since 2017. He currently studies violin under Eunhee Kim.
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 | ||
| Xiaoyan Liu, piano | 5 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Jue Wang | ||
| Angelina Wu, piano | 6 | Blacksburg, VA |
| Student of Sonya Ho | ||
| Victoria Marie Ramos, piano | 6 | Seattle, WA |
| Student of Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos | ||
| William Zhang, piano | 6 | Milton, GA |
| Student of Raffi Besalyan | ||
| Amy Song, piano | 7 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| Cameron Renshaw, cello | 7 | Byron Center, MI |
| Student of Tina Renshaw | ||
| Jinnry Zhuang, piano | 7 | Stirling, Australia |
| Student of Yoon Sen Lee | ||
| Justin Lee, cello | 7 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of David Chentian | ||
| Logan Han-Wook Lee, cello | 7 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Hailey Kim | ||
| Enzo Matsuzawa, cello | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Helen Fang, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Mei Mei Gina Polfers, violin | 8 | Bonn, Germany |
| Student of Friederike von Gagern | ||
| Yushin Hirai, cello | 9 | Nishinomiya City, Japan |
| Student of Shohei Uwamori | ||
| Audrey Zhang, piano | 10 | Lexington, MA |
| Student of Ayako Hattori | ||
| Emma Liu, piano | 10 | Voorhees, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Kairun (Angelina) Yang, piano | 10 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Fonyue (Anchie) Donn | ||
| Seaena Kim, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of The Violin Studio of Mori & Park | ||
| Ye Seo Choi , violin | 10 | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Student of Hyang hee Lee and Go eun Kim | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Lucy Castro, piano | 5 | Bronx, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Sara Gao, piano | 5 | Bedford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Abigail Chen, piano | 6 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Student of Valentina Tumanova and Tamara Sklioutovskaya | ||
| Claire Bao, piano | 6 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Eben Hornung, piano | 6 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, violin | 6 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Byung Kim | ||
| Mervin (Han-Sun) Lee, cello | 6 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Hailey kim | ||
| Elijah Chang, violin | 7 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Theresa Woo | ||
| Ethan Chi, piano | 7 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Evelyn Liu, piano | 7 | Voorhees, NJ |
| Student of Eunju Kim | ||
| Jane Zhun Zhao, piano | 7 | New Rochelle, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Maxwell Brown, violin | 7 | Wilmington, DE |
| Student of Shelley Beard Santore | ||
| Michael Yang, piano | 7 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Fonyue (Anchie) Donn | ||
| Nicky Ahn, piano | 7 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Cynthia Crotty | ||
| Sara Corrales, piano | 7 | San José, Costa Rica |
| Student of Jason Arroyo | ||
| Tyler Koh, cello | 7 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Alan Cen-Wang, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Joan Behrens Bergman | ||
| Amartya Paul, piano | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Constance Almond | ||
| Brendan Koh, cello | 8 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Canyi Wang, piano | 8 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Yongmei Kang | ||
| Jasper Y. Ng, piano | 8 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Joseph Fridman | ||
| Lydia Zhang, piano | 8 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Yuting Li | ||
| Sophie Yu, piano | 8 | Lincoln, NE |
| Student of Dr. Feifei Jiang | ||
| Terence Liu, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Andrei Lyle Bautista, piano | 9 | Edmond, OK |
| Student of Jennifer Mihee Song | ||
| Angelina Dong, piano | 9 | Auburn, AL |
| Student of Jeremy Samolesky | ||
| David Gatien, piano | 9 | Bellevue, WA |
| Gareth Lee, piano | 9 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Jennifer Kang, viola | 9 | Mountain View, CA |
| Student of Su Jung Seok | ||
| Jiening Zhang, violin | 9 | Annandale, VA |
| Student of Claire Allen | ||
| Jingyi Sun, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Yunong Yan | ||
| Joshua Han-Dong Lee, cello | 9 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Hailey kim | ||
| Mika Kurosawa, cello | 9 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Nikolai Nyagolov, piano | 9 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Yoana Kyurkchieva | ||
| Richard Li, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Sophia Chen, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Yijia Ho | ||
| Vivian Zhang, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Zhen Chen | ||
| Yuchen Wei, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Zaliah Siva Kumaran, violin | 9 | New York, NY |
| Student of Samantha Siva and Jay Julio | ||
| Chloe Park, viola | 9 | Seoul, Korea |
| Student of Ji Eun Kim | ||
| Adrien Dai, piano | 10 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Meyer Nam | ||
| Aiden Yu, violin | 10 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Lucinda Ali Landing | ||
| Catherine Cummings, piano | 10 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel and Mihyang Keel | ||
| Christine Han, violin | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Kayoko Adachi | ||
| Claire Wang, violin | 10 | Princeton, NJ |
| Student of Siliang Meng | ||
| Florence Wei, cello | 10 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Dr Carrie Tseng | ||
| Helena Zhang, piano | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Zhen Chen | ||
| Jonah Burton, piano | 10 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Suanne Metz | ||
| Jun Qing Yu, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Benjamin Loh | ||
| Kaya Smith, piano | 10 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Akiko Sanai | ||
| Kunho Jang, piano | 10 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Student of Shawn Moh | ||
| Lucas Liu, violin | 10 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Matthew Brand, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Rebekah Sung, viola | 10 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Sujung Seok | ||
| Ronni Chang, violin | 10 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Andrew Taylor and Shane Chang | ||
| Sara Sariowan, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Shayla Feng, piano | 10 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Le Yu | ||
| Suining Huang, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Yan Shen | ||
| Takaaki Suzuki, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Tuyen Nguyen, piano | 10 | Burlington, MA |
| Student of Anna Yukho and Rose Bogossian | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andie Sparano, piano | 9 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 11 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Bryan Liu, piano | 5 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Li Liu | ||
| Ikkei Ohyabu, piano | 6 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Student of Jin Kyung Lim | ||
| Jihye Yun, violin | 6 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Klaudia Szlachta | ||
| Alwin Jing, piano | 7 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| He Tsz Ning, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Tan HuiYan and Alan Chin | ||
| Oliver Mar, cello | 7 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Lisa Chung | ||
| Alexander Medvedev, piano | 8 | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Alexander Wang, piano | 8 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Amanda Huang, piano | 8 | Unionville, CT |
| Student of Alexander Gurin | ||
| Anna Kobayashi, piano | 8 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Akiko Sanai | ||
| Chloe Song, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Chloe Tan, piano | 8 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Fiona Kwan, piano | 8 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Paul Mihaly | ||
| Lauren Whang, piano | 8 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Taeko Lay | ||
| Andie Sparano, piano | 9 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| Angela Jing, piano | 9 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Pingping Song | ||
| Annabeth Town, piano | 9 | Highlands Ranch, CO |
| Student of Jeanette Howell | ||
| Arelyn Ma, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| George Li, piano | 9 | Gainesville, FL |
| Student of Dr. Nadia Mezey | ||
| Isabelle Niu, piano | 9 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| James Yan, piano | 9 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Sue Crawford and Jiafeng Yan | ||
| Miles Schreiner, piano | 9 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Mirai Matsuzawa, violin | 9 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Evelyn Kwark | ||
| Nuan Xu, violin | 9 | Glen Waverley, Australia |
| Student of Cong Gu | ||
| Reina Hisada, piano | 9 | Deerfield, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Alice (Yuntong) Leng, cello | 10 | Skillman, NJ |
| Student of Sean Katsuyama | ||
| Caroline Huang, violin | 10 | Decatur, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Eric Song, piano | 10 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| Jake Hu, piano | 10 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Tammy Lin | ||
| Kane Shum, violin | 10 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Cong Gu | ||
| Rajdeep Roy, piano | 10 | Mason, OH |
| Student of Sergei Polusmiak | ||
| Spencer Wang, piano | 10 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Tessla Chan, piano | 10 | Roslyn, NY |
| Student of Jenny Huang | ||
| Tommy Kang, violin | 10 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Kyu Won Choi and Seo Eun Jung | ||
| Tygesen Yoon, piano | 10 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Ahana Paul, violin | 5 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Darija Hodko | ||
| Darma Boey, piano | 7 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Akshatha Arunkumar, piano | 8 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Amartya Paul, violin | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Darija Hodko | ||
| Arick Khanna, piano | 8 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Taeko Rothstein | ||
| Colin Fuller, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Rachel Li, piano | 8 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Matt Wang | ||
| Benjamin Gao, piano | 9 | Midlothian, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Chloe Lee, violin | 9 | Vienna, VA |
| Student of Hyunji Lee and Tian Rulona | ||
| Robert Kong, piano | 9 | Ithaca, NY |
| Student of Charlie Albright and Jean Radice | ||
| Zhao Zimo, piano | 9 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Liu chao and Yan yunong | ||
| Albert Wu, violin | 10 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Yu, Zhen | ||
| Anya Dalal, piano | 10 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| Grace Merchant, piano | 10 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou | ||
| Julian Rife, violin | 10 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Lacey Bowen | ||
| Nicholas Boey, piano | 10 | Singapore |
| Student of Rosy Chua | ||
| Suri Ahn, violin | 10 | Paoli, PA |
| Student of Yevgeniy Dyo | ||
| Zhengyu Yin, piano | 10 | Rowland Heights, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
Junior, 11 – 14
| Junior Category, Age Group 11 to 14: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alex Lu, piano | 11 | North Bellmore, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Eddy Zhou, piano | 11 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Yifei Hu | ||
| Gloria Ma, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Matthew Hahn, piano | 11 | Lake Forest, IL |
| Student of Dr. Christina Tio | ||
| Nicole Lai, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Qi Chung, violin | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Zhang Ying | ||
| Qingyuan Hu, piano | 11 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shichu Teng | ||
| Alexander Pham, piano | 12 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Alvin Wang, piano | 12 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Young Yoo | ||
| Annabelle Mar, piano | 12 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Lisa Chou | ||
| Annalise Mak, harp | 12 | Hong Kong |
| Student of Dan Yu | ||
| Emmeline Wang, piano | 12 | Hamel, MN |
| Student of Jiyoung Kim | ||
| Henry Yao, piano | 12 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Dr. Dante Dilanni and Dr. Yu-Jane Yang | ||
| Lillian Feng, piano | 12 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Shaun Koumans, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Eunhuee Kim | ||
| Hong Ji yu, violin | 13 | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Student of Hyang hee Lee and Eui Jung Hong | ||
| Kadence Howell, piano | 13 | San Antonio, TX |
| Student of Marsha Perkins | ||
| Kathleen Gurning, piano | 13 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Rodriguez | ||
| Louisa Pang, violin | 13 | Wahroonga, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Peter Liu, piano | 13 | Stamford, CT |
| Student of Felicia Feng Zhang | ||
| Ryan Stover, piano | 13 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Fei Xu | ||
| Anthony Lee, piano | 14 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Sangyoung Kim and Sinhye Kim | ||
| Iris Wu, violin | 14 | Bayside, NY |
| Student of Khullip Jeung | ||
| Marcus Cosentino, piano | 14 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Regina Syrkin | ||
| Marianna Narita, violin | 14 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Stacey Woolley | ||
| Ryan Liu, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Emily Hung | ||
| Sarah Qi, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
| Student of Susan Groves | ||
| Sein Yun, violin | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yuki Mori | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katie Koh, piano | 9 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Eric Koh, piano | 12 | Alameda, CA |
| Student of Amy Chiu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Rachel Dai, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Yali Luo | ||
| Nathan Lam, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Dr. Yali Luo | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Chance Hattrick, piano | 11 | Germantown, MD |
| Student of Jaewon Lee | ||
| Jason Yan, piano | 11 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Sue Crawford and Jing Hao | ||
| Justin Chan, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Sophie Zheng, piano | 11 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Tina Zhang, piano | 11 | Concord, Australia |
| Student of Dr. Natalia Andreeva | ||
| Victoria Chang, piano | 11 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| York Zhou, piano | 11 | LaGrangeville, NY |
| Student of Peter Krauss and Lucas Zhou | ||
| Albert Hu, piano | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Chen | ||
| Amanda Lau, piano | 12 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Dorothy Su | ||
| Caroline Chang, piano | 12 | Duluth, GA |
| Student of Ping Xu | ||
| Eddy Jiang, piano | 12 | Stilwell, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Ethan Lee, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Meiqi Chen, piano | 12 | Seatac, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying Tan | ||
| Michelle Choi, piano | 12 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Jiwon Han | ||
| Nolan Tu, piano | 12 | Vancouver, WA |
| Student of Renato Fabbro | ||
| Pinn Mahasaranond, piano | 12 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr.Pornphan Banternghansa and Dr.Christopher Janwong Mckiggan | ||
| Sophia Romo, piano | 12 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Steven Lu, violin | 12 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Charles Krigbaum | ||
| Abigail Dawn Baobaoen, piano | 13 | Tawau, Malaysia |
| Student of Linda Koh Fui Tze | ||
| Alan Lee, cello | 13 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Ji-hee Kim | ||
| Alyssa Neu, violin | 13 | Singapore |
| Student of Joanne Wong | ||
| Anthony Ginzburg, piano | 13 | Hewlett, NY |
| Student of Natasha Khrapina | ||
| Brendan Wong, piano | 13 | Kitchener, Canada |
| Student of Michael Berkovsky | ||
| Eva Wu, cello | 13 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Student of Dr. Lisa Chung | ||
| Jeffrey Kulsomphob, piano | 13 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Leon Quin, piano | 13 | Rohnert Park, CA |
| Student of Esther Judson | ||
| Matthew Chanwai, cello | 13 | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Student of Sally-Anne Brown | ||
| Nazaneen Colton, piano | 13 | Laguna Niguel, CA |
| Student of Joan Lai | ||
| Richard Wang, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Ryan Wu, violin | 13 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Guodong Wang | ||
| Sage Shurman, piano | 13 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Roger Wright | ||
| Alexander Chan, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Marcia Eckert | ||
| Allison Moon, piano | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Alyssa Wong, violin | 14 | Wantirna, Australia |
| Student of Lisa Grosman | ||
| Alyssa, Yi Jie Poon, piano | 14 | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| Student of Shuenda Wong | ||
| Angela Jia, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Dr. Liang-Yun You | ||
| Angela Zhang, piano | 14 | Foster City, CA |
| Student of Jing Yuan Cui | ||
| Anna Wang, piano | 14 | Westford, MA |
| Student of Yeehan Wu | ||
| Chloe Tjangnaka, cello | 14 | Irvine, CA |
| Crystal Tang, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Roldofo Morales | ||
| Daniel Young-Hwan Kim, piano | 14 | Burke, VA |
| Student of Wen-Yin Chan | ||
| David Lee, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| David Su, piano | 14 | East Amherst, NY |
| Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
| Elizabeth Song, violin | 14 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Sarah Washburn | ||
| Emma Hu, violin | 14 | Johns Creek, GA |
| Student of Que Yang | ||
| Firmiana Wang, cello | 14 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Sylvia Liu | ||
| Iris Ho, piano | 14 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Ivan Li, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin | ||
| Jairus Rhoades, piano | 14 | Mililani, HI |
| Student of Joana Zane Fan | ||
| Katherine Wang, piano | 14 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Yelena Fridman | ||
| Keira Konson, piano | 14 | Oakton, VA |
| Student of Faith Zuniga | ||
| Kellen Cao, piano | 14 | Cedar Park, TX |
| Student of Susan Groves | ||
| Mei Dickinson, piano | 14 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Rhys Moon, piano | 14 | Rolling Hills, CA |
| Student of Esther Keel | ||
| Sarah Ryu, viola | 14 | Menlo Park, CA |
| Student of Sujung Seok | ||
| Sebastian Orlando, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of James Behr | ||
| Taylor Shi, piano | 14 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Warren Chang, cello | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| William Xiao, piano | 14 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Gloria Zhai, piano | 10 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Alexander Zhai, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Anna Lui, piano | 11 | South Jordan, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Sophie Zheng, piano | 11 | Sandy, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Audrey Zhou, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Michelle Liang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Emily Nguyen, piano | 13 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Yelena Brusilovskaya | ||
| Ava Yu, piano | 13 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Yelena Brusilovskaya | ||
| String Sextet: | ||
| Rebecca Wei, violin | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo and Fei Fei Soong | ||
| Rachel Wei, string bass | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Sunny Fan, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Brandon Diep, cello | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Ethan Diep, cello | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Katherine Zhang, violin | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| String Duo: | ||
| Justin Yi, viola | 14 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min and Yoojin Baik | ||
| Hawon Lee, violin | 14 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min and Yoojin Baik | ||
| Cinco Estrellas: | ||
| Sophia Rodrigues, violin | 14 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun Yang Lin | ||
| Benjamin Boisoneau, double bass | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Francesco Ossino, cello | 14 | South Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun Yang Lin | ||
| Rachel Ha, viola | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Sarah Washburn and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Nora Printy, violin | 14 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Samantha Drake and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Annabel Sparano, piano | 11 | Manasquan, NJ |
| Student of Hsini Chou | ||
| Daren Zhong, piano | 11 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Rachel Bradeen | ||
| Emilia Salistra, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Justin J. Ng, piano | 11 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Student of Joseph Fridman | ||
| Satina Guo, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Sophie Chan, piano | 11 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Wendy Yamashita | ||
| William He, piano | 11 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Xinyu Zhuang, piano | 11 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Shichu Teng | ||
| Benjamin Zaslavsky, piano | 12 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Nataliya Khrapina | ||
| Christina Huang, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
| Elise Liu, piano | 12 | Richmond, Canada |
| Student of Elizabeth Lee and Kathy Chen | ||
| Emma De Felippo, violin | 12 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Mizuki Noda | ||
| Geoff Liu, violin | 12 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Student of Julian Quirit | ||
| Jocelyn Tian, piano | 12 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Noah Court, piano | 12 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Regan Birk, piano | 12 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Natalya S. Thran | ||
| Victor Cai, piano | 12 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Richard Marshall | ||
| Wyatt Oh, piano | 12 | Arroyo Grande, CA |
| Student of Vera Kong | ||
| Alex Zhang, piano | 13 | Oakwood, OH |
| Student of Yunting Lee | ||
| Ashley Kou, violin | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Celine Tseng, piano | 13 | Yorba Linda, CA |
| Student of Dr. Mia C. Chow | ||
| Cherie Liu, flute | 13 | Overland Park, KS |
| Eddie Wei, piano | 13 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Tingting Hang | ||
| Hannah Deng, violin | 13 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Student of Chunyan Gao | ||
| Jonathan Jia, piano | 13 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Melody Hsiao, piano | 13 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sharon Cheng | ||
| Michelle Yeoh, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rowena Asuncion | ||
| Selena Wang, piano | 13 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Frances Yao | ||
| Tiffany kang, violin | 13 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Kyu Won Choi and Seo Eun Jung | ||
| Yung-Chieh Lee, violin | 13 | Milpitas, CA |
| Student of Jessica Poll | ||
| Alexandra Vesselinov, violin | 14 | Port Washington, NY |
| Student of Roslyn Huang | ||
| Avery Deng, piano | 14 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Rachel Bradeen | ||
| Brendan Konigsberg, piano | 14 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos and Nancy Konigsberg | ||
| Catherine Chu, piano | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of John McCarthy and Chia-Hsin Chu | ||
| Clara Kleindorfer, cello | 14 | Sierra Madre, CA |
| Student of Rainer Crosset | ||
| Danielle Najarian, violin | 14 | Milton, GA |
| Student of Sonja Foster | ||
| Elizabeth Song, piano | 14 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Anchie Donn | ||
| Elizabeth Zhang, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Emilie Nagayama, piano | 14 | Huntington Beach, CA |
| Student of Dr. Hee Seung Lee and Lanzo Luconi | ||
| Emily Cai, piano | 14 | Kingsport, TN |
| Student of Carol Stone | ||
| Hannah Chong, piano | 14 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Matthew Loudermilk | ||
| Hubert Phan, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rowena Asuncion | ||
| Leah Reinhard, piano | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Irina Prilipko and Inna Gendler | ||
| Madison Draizin, piano | 14 | Plantation, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Michelle Kim, violin | 14 | Fort Lee, NJ |
| Student of Jungwon Yoon | ||
| Sabrina Doll, piano | 14 | Richmond, KY |
| Student of Dr. Rachel Taylor | ||
| Stephen Morris, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Yinuo Tang, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Sunny Fang, piano | 10 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Sara Fang, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Katelyn Wang, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Ellen Wang, piano | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Julia de Andrade, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Katherine Ge, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Kaavya Senthil, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Scarlet Zhao, piano | 13 | Carlsbad, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Jade Wong, violin | 13 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Keumok Heo | ||
| Su Li, violin | 14 | Farmington, CT |
| Student of Keumok Heo | ||
| Alexandros Cooke-Politikos, piano | 13 | West Hartford, CT |
| Students of Keumok Heo | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Carine Suherman, piano | 11 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Pauline YingYu Lin | ||
| Reha Patel, piano | 11 | Melbourne, Fl |
| Student of Caroline Rosen | ||
| Ann-Mei Sun, piano | 12 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dr. Zhaozhao Yang | ||
| Caroline Kartman, piano | 12 | Edgewater, NJ |
| Student of So Hyun Ahn | ||
| Claire Choe, piano | 12 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
| Hailey Swyter, violin | 12 | North Wales, PA |
| Student of Yevgeniy Dyo | ||
| Nadya Anaya Yong, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Fiona Chin Pei Fang and Mildred Tan Wei Xuen | ||
| Rohan Dalal, piano | 12 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Irina Carrenca | ||
| William Luu, violin | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Darla Hodko | ||
| Bonnie Huynh, piano | 13 | Canton, MI |
| Student of Alice Huang | ||
| Catherine Chong, piano | 13 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Enoch Chang, piano | 13 | Campbell, CA |
| Student of Anna Semyanovsky | ||
| Ganesh Kumar, piano | 13 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Nicole Heart Layo, piano | 13 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Olivia Han, piano | 13 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jing Hao | ||
| Rojauhn Pakdel, piano | 13 | Bath, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Sol Rivera, piano | 13 | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Student of Dr. Shuai Wang | ||
| Zachary Keirstead, piano | 13 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Evan Chu, violin | 13 | Los Altos , CA |
| Student of Tim Yip | ||
| Aiden Huang, violin | 14 | Morgan Hill, CA |
| Student of Victoria Morton and Majhon Phillips | ||
| Brad Chen, violin | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Powei Lai | ||
| Calista Suherman, piano | 14 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Pauline YingYu Lin | ||
| Catherine Chu, violin | 14 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Davis Law and Chia-Hsin Chu | ||
| Gwendolyn Clores, piano | 14 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Harrison TC Le, piano | 14 | Tampa, FL |
| Student of Alice Tietjen | ||
| Meira Wang, piano | 14 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
| Samantha Deng, piano | 14 | Seatac, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying Tan | ||
| Samuel Perrott, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Sophia Cornicello, piano | 14 | West Hartford, CT |
| Student of Elaine Silbereis | ||
| Sophia Liu, piano | 14 | Cincinnati, OH |
| Student of Yuting Li | ||
| Terrance Pai, violin | 14 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Evelyn Kwack Jiwon | ||
Intermediate, 15 – 18
| Intermediate Category, Age Group 15 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alyssa Wang, piano | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich | ||
| Annie Li, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Daniel Hwang, violin | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of James Stern | ||
| Ethan Oh, cello | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Laurien Laufman and Miron Yampolsky | ||
| Matthew Gurning, piano | 15 | Fontana, CA |
| Student of Dr. Elvin Rodriguez | ||
| Mitchel Wang, violin | 15 | Paradise Valley, AZ |
| Student of Danwen Jiang | ||
| Seoyoung Lee, piano | 15 | Brookline, MA |
| Student of Sangyoung Kim and Sinhye Kim | ||
| Chris Lee, violin | 16 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Irang Nam | ||
| David S. Kim, cello | 16 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Inhwa Lee | ||
| Elizabeth Tsitron, violin | 16 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Alexander Rees | ||
| Hoon Hee(Ryan) Rhew, violin | 16 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee | ||
| John Zhao, piano | 16 | Midvale, UT |
| Student of Dr Irene Peery-Fox | ||
| Joseph Dong, cello | 16 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Vahe Hayrikyan | ||
| Kevin Xu, piano | 16 | Cary, NC |
| Student of Florence Ko | ||
| Maya Sheehy, violin | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Andy Didorenko and Dr. Paula Washington | ||
| Michelle Fu, violin | 16 | Richland, WA |
| Student of Frank Lu and Xiao-po Fei | ||
| Seungho Lee, violin | 16 | Pine Brook, NJ |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Sophia Chang, cello | 16 | Portland, OR |
| Student of Jamie Clark | ||
| Andrew Wang, piano | 17 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Nino Merabishvili | ||
| Christina Park, cello | 17 | Torrance, CA |
| Student of In-Kyu Lee | ||
| Eumin Hong, cello | 17 | New York , NY |
| Student of Sieun Lin | ||
| Michelle Yue, piano | 17 | VA Beach, VA |
| Student of Marjorie Lee | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Stephanie Liao, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Angela Huang and Jamie Lin | ||
| Nicholas Ouyang, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jamie Lin | ||
| Annie Li, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jamie Lin and Angela Huang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Patricia Hsieh, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Brian Hsiao, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Alyssa Huang, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of HeeSeung Lee | ||
| Anant Malpani, violin | 15 | Austin, TX |
| Student of William Fedkenheur | ||
| Anna Guan, piano | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Liza Yasnogorodsky | ||
| Aurora Lee, piano | 15 | Lincolnshire, IL |
| Student of Winston Choi | ||
| Charleston Chen, piano | 15 | Toronto, Canada |
| Elvin Ko, piano | 15 | Harrington Park, NJ |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Eric Zhuo, piano | 15 | Murray, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Erin Jeon, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Jenny Oh | ||
| Ethan Jiang, piano | 15 | Gates Mills, OH |
| Student of Ella Karasik | ||
| Fiona Luo, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Jason Li, viola | 15 | Kaysville, UT |
| Student of Shuo Diao and Helen Watts | ||
| Jesse Dong, piano | 15 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Jessica Zeng, piano | 15 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Lucy Chen | ||
| Lauren Cho, cello | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Marie Yamamoto, violin | 15 | Norwood, NJ |
| Student of Jungwon Yoon | ||
| Michael Chu, piano | 15 | Chino Hills, CA |
| Student of Irene Yong | ||
| Mira Hu, cello | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Nancy Masaki Hathway | ||
| Tonya Hu, piano | 15 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Qi Ding | ||
| Vivian Guo, violin | 15 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Alexander Choi, violin | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Davis Law | ||
| Alexander Oh, cello | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Alexander Croxton and Troy Stuart | ||
| Ami Kitajima, piano | 16 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Masako Narikawa and Adam Wodnicki | ||
| Bradley Hu, violin | 16 | Alpharetta, GA |
| Student of Nadir Khashimov | ||
| Cecilia Chen, piano | 16 | Bolingbrook, IL |
| Student of JeongSoo Kim | ||
| Christina Chang, piano | 16 | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Student of Fei Xu | ||
| Christopher Zhu, piano | 16 | West Roxbury, MA |
| Student of Helena Vesterman | ||
| Ethan Hsiao, piano | 16 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Dmitri Nazarenko | ||
| Ethan Lee, violin | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Jiyoung Um | ||
| Jordan Shi, piano | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Julia Tsien | ||
| Lauren Kim, violin | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Juyi Peng | ||
| Matthew Ao, piano | 16 | Richmond Hill, Canada |
| Student of Li Wang | ||
| Megan Luo, piano | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Michelle Wang, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen | ||
| Minzae Kim, violin | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Yong Joo Ahn | ||
| Patricia Hsieh, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Rachel Martini, piano | 16 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Umbaldo Diaz-Acosta | ||
| Schwinn Saereesitthipitak, piano | 16 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Rithi Jantararat | ||
| Sherlene Su, piano | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Jenny Shin | ||
| Taemin Kim, violin | 16 | Avon, CT |
| Student of Annie Trepanier | ||
| Wenson Tang, piano | 16 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Rodolfo Morales | ||
| Hannah Greenstein, cello | 17 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Student of Mina Fisher | ||
| Huyen-Vi Vianna Phung, piano | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Dante Lorenzo Dilanni | ||
| Jack (Zhi Jie) Williams (Yang), piano | 17 | Sheboygan, WI |
| Student of Diana Shapiro | ||
| Jonathan Wing, violin | 17 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Lisa Shihoten | ||
| Sarah Di, guzheng | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Bing Xia | ||
| Shirin Dinasan, piano | 17 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Felix Chang | ||
| Peiyi Jiang, piano | 18 | Garden City, NY |
| Student of Xitong Ma | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Alyssa Wong, piano | 14 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Amanda Wong, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Eric Zhuo, piano | 15 | Murrary, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Alan Pham, piano | 15 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Aurora Quartet: | ||
| Krystian Pawlowski, violin | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Lucas Kim, viola | 15 | S. Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Steven Larson and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| Olivia Lee, cello | 15 | Glastonbury, CT |
| Student of Yun-Yang | ||
| Hannah Kim, violin | 15 | Glastonbury , CT |
| Student of Annie Trepanier and Yun-Yang Lin | ||
| String Quartet: | ||
| Daniel Hwang, violin | 15 | Rockville, MD |
| Student of James Stern and Dietrich Paredes | ||
| Jaewoo Chung, violin | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Peter Sirotin and Dietrich Paredes | ||
| Justin Yi, viola | 14 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Sungah Min and Dietrich Paredes | ||
| Ethan Oh, cello | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Miron Yampolsky and Dietrich Paredes | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Thalia Liu, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Abby Liu, piano | 16 | Chandler, AZ |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Andrew Kang, cello | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Katie Youn | ||
| Audrey Lin, violin | 15 | Hercules, CA |
| Emily Yu, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Feiyang Wang, piano | 15 | Saline, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Hannah Yang, piano | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ya Liu | ||
| Julia Lin, piano | 15 | North Bellmore, NY |
| Student of Fei Ju Bradeen | ||
| Juliet Jiang, piano | 15 | Winchester, MA |
| Student of Tingting Hang | ||
| Kate Aizin, guitar | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Andrey Chuguev | ||
| Kristen Hung, piano | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Megan Chen and Joyce Yang | ||
| Maggie Chen, piano | 15 | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Naomi Kobayashi, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Joanna Zane Fan | ||
| Oliver Rivera, piano | 15 | Armonk, NY |
| Student of Cory Delin | ||
| Sophie Nguyen, piano | 15 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Joanna Zane Fan | ||
| Tuong-Vi Tran, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Victoria Levy, piano | 15 | Fort Salonga, NY |
| Student of Olga Kundius | ||
| Wenyu Shi, piano | 15 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Yash Vij, piano | 15 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Yichi Zhang, piano | 15 | North Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Albert Ai, piano | 16 | Pelham, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Alex Moon, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Angeline Nguyen, piano | 16 | Garden Grove, CA |
| Audree Melekyan, violin | 16 | Northridge, CA |
| Student of Gayaneh Kumar | ||
| Brian Yeung, piano | 16 | Wixom, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Carol Jiang, piano | 16 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Roxanne Stevenson | ||
| Chris Zhang, piano | 16 | Sheboygan, WI |
| Student of Diana Shapiro | ||
| Cosette Wu, piano | 16 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Joanna Fan | ||
| Eliot Hodges, cello | 16 | Denver, CO |
| Student of Matthew Zalkind | ||
| Eric Lee, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Tina Minn | ||
| Ethan-Rygl Ato, piano | 16 | Bayonne, NJ |
| Student of Paul Vazopolos | ||
| Evelyn Anne Davenport, piano | 16 | Thunder Bay, Canada |
| Student of Dr. Evgeny Chugunov | ||
| Faranaz Colton, piano | 16 | Laguna Niguel, CA |
| Student of Joan Lai | ||
| Feina Niu, piano | 16 | Naperville, IL |
| Student of Esther Chang | ||
| John Mauro, piano | 16 | New Milford, NJ |
| Student of Eunjung Ahn | ||
| Kaitlyn Wang, piano | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Kevin Lin, piano | 16 | San Francisco, CA |
| Student of Dun Yin Liu | ||
| Kristine Zheng, piano | 16 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Student of Hsiu-Hui Peng Chen | ||
| Kristy Kim, violin | 16 | Fullerton, CA |
| Lisa Chee Meng, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
| Student of Prof. Richard Marshall | ||
| Minha Kim, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Jonathan Swartz | ||
| Minseo Kim, violin | 16 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Jonathan Swartz | ||
| Samantha Shelffo-McGrath, piano | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Willy Jiang, piano | 16 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of David Tauscher | ||
| Derek Chang, violin | 17 | Acton, MA |
| Student of Dr. Hsin-Lin Tsai | ||
| Haruka Noguchi, piano | 17 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Wendy Yamashita | ||
| Irin Toh, piano | 17 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Kana Mimaki | ||
| Joshua Ye, piano | 17 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Steven Gong, piano | 18 | San Francisco, CA |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Nathan d’Abreu Noronha, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Irina Prilipko-Morgan | ||
| Daniel d’Abreu Noronha, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Irina Prilipko-Morgan | ||
| Piano Trio/Six Hands: | ||
| Takaaki Suzuki, piano | 10 | Houston, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Aditya Prasad, piano | 15 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Nicholas Dinius, piano | 15 | Bellaire, TX |
| Student of Dr. Kana Mimaki | ||
| Piano Trio: | ||
| Jeongeon (Eric) Hwang, violin | 14 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Dr. Kookhee Hong and Sakura Tsai | ||
| Jihyun (Olivia) Hwang, violin | 16 | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Student of Dr. Kookhee Hong and Sakura Tsai | ||
| Yoojin Jo, piano | 14 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Dr. Kookhee Hong and Sakura Tsai | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Alex Ma, violin | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Ryan Chen | ||
| Allison Lee, violin | 15 | Fullerton, CA |
| Student of Kwange Jae Woo | ||
| Ethan Chin, piano | 15 | Eastvale, CA |
| Student of Sharon Cheng | ||
| Isabella Geraci, piano | 15 | Hollywood, FL |
| Student of Yvette Greene | ||
| Laya Iyer, piano | 15 | Novi, MI |
| Student of Irene Steyman | ||
| Michele Zheng, piano | 15 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Joyce Lee | ||
| Naomi Wang, piano | 15 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
| Norman Zhao, piano | 15 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Ryan Gonzales, piano | 15 | Fords, NJ |
| Student of Christine Kang | ||
| Weihao Lin, piano | 15 | Seatac, WA |
| Student of Xiaoying Tan | ||
| Xavier Mountford-Chu, piano | 15 | New York, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Yeyoung Ju, piano | 15 | Altadena, CA |
| Student of Hanna Park | ||
| Adam Cui, violin | 16 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Huifang Chen | ||
| Aditya Vargheese, piano | 16 | Overland Park, KS |
| Student of Alec Tauscher | ||
| Allison Kim, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Miehee Rhee | ||
| Brandon van der Donk, piano | 16 | Champaign, IL |
| Student of Jing Hao | ||
| Charlie Nadauld, piano | 16 | Holladay, UT |
| Student of Lindsay Wright | ||
| Deniz Inel, piano | 16 | Newport Coast, CA |
| Student of Dr. Emily Hung | ||
| Devraj Duttagupta, piano | 16 | Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Student of Christine Ciufrada | ||
| Edward Dan, piano | 16 | Solon, OH |
| Karina Patel, piano | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Soo Lee | ||
| Kelly Wang, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Susan Chiu | ||
| Maria Sofia Rogari, piano | 16 | Gubbio, Italy |
| Student of Rosabianca Merico | ||
| Medha Palavalli, piano | 16 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Mingzhen Qi, piano | 16 | Aliso Viejo, CA |
| Student of Yan Zhang | ||
| Shannon Soh, piano | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Amy Hwang | ||
| Elya Lavi, piano | 17 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Leke salihu | ||
| Julia Binstock, piano | 17 | Bronx, NY |
| Student of Sohyun Ahn | ||
| Nathanael Bailey, violin | 17 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Byung Woo Kim | ||
| Sandhya Kilambi, piano | 18 | New York, NY |
| Student of Olga Gurevich | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Yunhao Li, piano | 16 | Rowland Heights, CA |
| Student of Anna Alikhanov | ||
| Kyle Chao, piano | 16 | Walnut, CA |
| Student of Anna Alikhanov | ||
Professionals and Amateur
| College Students and Professional Musicians Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Daniel Kaler, cello | 21 | Beachwood, OH |
| Student of Mark Kosower | ||
| Hyun Jeong Ahn, piano | 27 | Urbana, IL |
| Student of Ian Hobson and Yong Hi Moon | ||
| Jishuang Yan, violin | 27 | Denton, TX |
| Student of Dr. Felix Olschofka and Prof. Glenn Basham | ||
| Joanna Ruth Tumpalan, violin | 31 | Pompton Plains, NJ |
| Kathy Tai-Hsuan Lee, piano | 30 | Woodside, NY |
| Student of Karen Shaw | ||
| Kyung-Jun Park, piano | 33 | Saint Paul, MN |
| Mariacristina Buono, piano | 28 | Adelfia, Italy |
| Student of Fabio Bidini and Benedetto Lupo | ||
| Meiling Jin, piano | 32 | Lubbock, TX |
| Student of William Westney | ||
| ShinHyung Kim, piano | 31 | Iowa, IA |
| Student of Ksenia Nosikova | ||
| Wenlin Cheng, piano | 31 | Lake Bluff, IL |
| Student of Margarita Shevchenko | ||
| Yunghsuan Lo, violin | 29 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Dmitri Berlinsky | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Anita Chang, piano | 56 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Morley Grossman | ||
| Cade Roberts, piano | 22 | Highland, UT |
| Student of Stephen Beus | ||
| Changpeng Ti, piano | 32 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Jingying Pang, piano | 24 | Lexington, KY |
| Student of Irina Voro | ||
| Johnson Gouvea, piano | 25 | Atlanta, GA |
| Student of Dr. Sergio Gallo | ||
| Rui Gao, piano | 27 | Springfield, MO |
| Student of Dr. Wei-Han Su | ||
| Seung Hyun Yoo, piano | 19 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Rosa Park and Hyojin Shin | ||
| Yana Avedyan, piano | 31 | Fitchburg, WI |
| Yearim Yi, piano | 24 | Marietta, GA |
| Student of Read Gainsford | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Angela Gosselin, piano | 37 | Calgary, Canada |
| Mengyuan Liu, piano | 21 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Guanhua Su | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Helen Tran, piano | 38 | Temecula, CA |
| Student of Yiyi Ku and Carol Levin | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Jubin Pakdel, piano | 22 | Bath, OH |
| Student of Tatsuya Nagashima | ||
| Karen Salicath Jamali, piano | 50 | Greenwich, CT |
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!