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International Competition of Romantic Music 2020
The American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music is open to instrumentalists (piano, piano duo, winds, strings, chamber orchestras, voice) of all nationalities and countries. Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition. Multiple winners will be chosen in each age category.
American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music 2020 attracted the largest number of very competitive applicants on record from 9 countries, including the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia.
Awards
Winners can choose to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City in December 2021 on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
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 2020. 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 Competition of Romantic Music 2020 Results:
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophy) Winner:
Lindsay Tao is now seven years old girl from San Jose, CA. She is a second-grade student at valley Christine School. She has been learning piano since the age of five. She is a sunny, bright, and happy girl. She loves drawing, singing, and Kungfu. But the piano is her favorite. After half a year learning piano, she began to perform at various concerts. She has been invited to perform in numerous piano concerts. She won the second place at 2019 American Protégé International Music Competition and she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall for Winter Gala Concert. She won the first place and been chosen Exceptional Young Musician Special Prize at the 2020 Golden Classical International Competition. In this summer, she also won the first place and been chosen Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize at 2020 Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition and first place at International Open Music Competition 2020.
WINNERS
Name
Age
Country/State
Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10:
First Place Winners
Tingchen Ding, violin
5
Kunming, China
Student of Maryna Kuchma
Lucas Yao, piano
6
Pitt Meadows, Canada
Student of Wayne Weng
Bentley Penn, piano
7
Fort Mcmurray, Canada
Student of Eunji penn
Evelyn Hwang, piano
7
New York, NY
Student of Dr. Sohyun Ahn
Jessica Hu, piano
7
Levittown, NY
Student of Joyce Ng
Lindsay Tao, piano
7
San Jose, CA
Student of Le Yu
Victoria Ramos, piano
8
Seattle, WA
Student of Marissa M. Rebadulla-Ramos and Peter Mack
Julia Gentry, piano
9
Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Sophie Yu, piano
9
Lincoln, NE
Student of Dr. Feifei Jiang
Vanessa Guan, piano
9
Austin, TX
Student of Julia Hsiao
Boxi Wang, violin
10
Kunming, China
Student of Maryna Kuchma
Cooper Li, violin
10
Sydney, Australia
Student of Yong Yang
Kathryn Loutzenheiser, cello
10
Irvine, CA
Student of Laszlo Mezo
Second Place Winners
Evelyn Wang, piano
5
Milpitas, CA
Student of Olivia Zhang
Victoria Cui, piano
6
Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin
Ruoyu Zhong, violin
7
Kunming, China
Student of Maryna Kuchma
Rosalind Pham, piano
8
Portland, OR
Student of Leslie Chen
Audrey Cham, piano
9
Austin, TX
Student of Julia Hsiao
Aeneas Yu, piano
10
Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan
Ava Shu, piano
10
Williamsville, NY
Student of Violeta Arakelova
Jiyool Kim, piano
10
New York, NY
Student of Sohyun Ahn
Joseph Yoon, piano
10
Centreville, VA
Student of Dominique Shim
Leon Crisan, violin
10
San Jose, CA
Student of Wangchen Long
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Vanessa Guan
9
Austin, TX
Audrey Cham
9
Austin, TX
Students of Julia Hsiao
Third Place Winners
Xinwei Liu, piano
7
Beijing, China
Student of Mary Ko
Emma Tseng, piano
8
Katy, TX
Student of Alina Uddin
Stephen Cui, violin
8
Bellevue, WA
Student of Christian Neascu
Audrey Chu, piano
10
Portland, OR
Student of Leslie Chen
Justin Liaw, piano
10
Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan and Natalie Chia
Honorable Mention
Albert Zhang, piano
9
Gilroy, CA
Student of Elena Paradies
Junior Category, Age 11 to 14:
First Place Winners
Annie Le, violin
11
Malvern, PA
Student of Jessie Jin
Beatrice Jean Consolata Gobang, voice
11
Bekasi, Indonesia
Student of Valentina Nova Aman
Chloe Frisco, cello
12
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Student of Clive Greensmith
Stella Seong, violin
12
Wyckoff, NJ
Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee
Chance Hattrick, piano
13
Clarcksburg, MD
Student of Jaewon Lee
David Deutsch, piano
13
San Diego, CA
Student of Tatiana Stignev
James Tsaggaris, piano
13
San Jose, CA
Student of Nataly Gingis
Nicole Rovniaguin, voice
13
San Jose, CA
Student of Vagharshak Ohanyan
Tane Kim, cello
13
Irvine, CA
Student of Jenny Hyunseung Oh
Catherine Li, piano
14
San Jose, CA
Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang
Emanuel Luo, piano
14
San Jose, CA
Student of Nataly Gingis
Henry Yao, piano
14
Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Dr. Dante Dilanni and Shen-Ling Chuang
Isabella Jung, violin
14
Leonia, NJ
Student of Dr. Yu Jeong Lee
Kayleen Kim, cello
14
Irvine, CA
Student of Jenny Oh
Second Place Winners
Annabel Rae Ng, violin
11
Singapore
Student of Le Hoang Hai Van
Claira Nguyen, piano
11
Fremont, CA
Student of Le Yu
Albena Deneva, piano
12
Sofia, Bulgaria
Student of Milena Pavlova
Claire Jin, piano
12
Irvine, CA
Student of Miranda Wu
Ivo Ivanov, piano
12
Sofia, Bulgaria
Student of Milena Pavlova
Qiao Zhang, piano
12
Temple City, CA
Student of Vera Hoalim
Serena Wu, piano
12
Solon, OH
Student of Xiaoling Anderson
Amber Lee, piano
13
San Jose, CA
Student of Agnes Mah
Katie Liu, piano
13
Portland, OR
Student of Leslie Chen
Seone Ahn, violin
13
Seoul, South Korea
Student of Najeong Kim
Wilson Song, violin
13
Irvine, CA
Student of Sorah Myung
Yue Zhang, cello
13
Shanghai, China
Student of Benjamin Larsen
Zijing Zhang, piano
13
Saratoga, CA
Student of Frank Levy
David Lee, piano
14
San Jose, CA
Student of John McCarthy
Devon Chang, violin
14
Irvine, CA
Student of Eunhee Kim
Joshua Bold, piano
14
Gainesville, VA
Student of Aglaia Koras
Ryan Feng, piano
14
San Jose, CA
Student of Le Yu
Shirley Xu, piano
14
San Diego, CA
Student of Tatiana Stignev
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Joy Liu
12
Leander, TX
Amelia Spielman
14
Austin, TX
Students of Julia Hsiao
Third Place Winners
Maya Jade Tantang, piano
11
Singapore
Student of Angela Ang
Sahana Manikandan, Oboe
12
Princeton, NJ
Student of Barbara Witmer
Darren Hung, piano
13
Henderson, NV
Student of Dr. Emily Hung
Winston Mahendra, violin
13
Fremont, CA
Student of Jing Yang
Rebecca Tang, violin
14
Chesterbrook, PA
Student of Jessie Jin
Piano Duo/Four Hands:
Paras Nijhawan
14
Austin, TX
Henrik Chan
15
Austin, TX
Students of Julia Hsiao
Honorable Mention
Shogo Huang, violin
12
San Jose, CA
Student of Wangchen Long
Corey Zhang, piano
13
Sammamish, WA
Student of Joyce Tang
Romil Bhatt, piano
13
Fremont, CA
Student of Dorothy Su
Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18:
First Place Winners
Alexa Chen, harp
15
Pleasanton, CA
Anthony Mattson, voice
15
Forest Hills, NY
Student of Vago Ohanyan
Brian Lee, cello
15
Belmont, MA
Student of Eugene Kim
Ethan Chen, cello
15
Davis, CA
Student of David Chen
Honor Frisco, violin
15
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Student of Elmer Su
Ivan Smaltsuga, flute
15
Kunming, China
Student of Denis Savelyev
Jayden Yeung, piano
15
Irvine, CA
Student of Lanzo Luconi
Jayden Yeung, violin
15
Irvine, CA
Student of Sam Fischer
Jeslyn Cai, piano
15
Spokane, WA
Student of Peter Mack and Karlyn Brett
Hwa Lang Cho, violin
16
Irvine, CA
Student of Heesun Choi
Jonathan Backues, piano
16
San Diego, CA
Student of Xiao-yan Sui
Nichatorn Tangkuptanon, harp
16
Bangkok, Thailand
Student of TongJuan Wang
Audrey Liu, piano
17
Cupertino, CA
Student of Tamami Honma
Henry Hsiao, voice
17
Princeton, NJ
Joanna Wang, piano
17
Scarsdale, NY
Student of Adam Kent
AYM-Octet2020:
Aidan Kwon, violin
11
San Jose, CA
Dongwoo Kang, violin
14
San Jose, CA
Erica Song, violin
15
San Jose, CA
Seyeon Rah, violin
16
San Jose, CA
Bomin Kim, viola
14
San Jose, CA
Brandon Kwon, viola
16
San Jose, CA
Donghyung Kang, cello
16
San Jose, CA
Andrew Kang, cello
17
San Jose, CA
Students of Sonyoung Kang
Second Place Winners
Amanda Wang, violin
15
Guilford, CT
Student of Shan Jiang
Anna Jun, violin
15
San Jose, CA
Student of Davis Law
Ellie Lee, violin
15
San Diego, CA
Student of Michael Tseitlin and Irina Tseitlin
Emily Kim, violin
15
Glendale, CA
Student of Shelly Ren
Eric S. Huang, piano
15
Katy, TX
Student of Alina Uddin
Gwyneth Gherzan, violin
15
Highland Park, NJ
Student of Sharon Gayoung Cho
Honor Frisco, piano
15
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Student of Esther Keel
Ira Hsiao, piano
15
Austin, TX
Student of Julia Hsiao
Jaeyee Jung, violin
15
Raleigh, NC
Student of Rebekah Binford
Kelly Hung, piano
15
Henderson, NV
Student of Dr. Emily Hung
Luke Qiao, piano
15
San Diego, CA
Student of Dr. TingTing Zhang
Nathan Kim, piano
15
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Student of Esther Keel
Nellie Nguyen, piano
15
Westminster, CA
Student of Ting Huang
Amber H Wang, cello
16
Irvine, CA
Student of Jenny Oh
Carolyn Nguyen, piano
16
Irvine, CA
Student of Elaine Lin
Catherine Chen, piano
16
Valencia, CA
Student of Agnes Kim
Mary Zimmer, piano
16
Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Yi Jia Ho
Simon Ahn, piano
16
Lansdale, PA
Student of Sonyi Gwon
Christine Youn, cello
17
Lake Oswego, OR
Student of Jae Choi
Eric Zhuo, piano
17
Murray, UT
Student of Ya Liu
Meilin Yen, voice
17
Cupertino, CA
Student of Haruna Shiokawa-Mo
Minji Kim, violin
17
San Jose, CA
Student of Elbert Tsai
Phillip Jeong, piano
17
Porter Ranch, CA
Student of Soyun Kim
Yvonne Kim, cello
17
Salt Lake City, UT
Student of Anne Francis Bayless
String Duo:
Natalie Nef, violin
17
Pleasant View, UT
Zach Benton, viola
17
Salt Lake City, UT
Students of David Porter
Third Place Winners
Darian Liu, piano
15
San Jose, CA
Student of William Wellborn
Derrick Liu, piano
15
Cupertino, CA
Student of Amy Hwang
Jaeyee Jung, piano
15
Raleigh, NC
Student of Debbie Kim
Lucas Chen, piano
15
East Rutherford, NJ
Bo Sun, violin
16
Exton, PA
Student of Jessie Jin
Joseph Mathew, piano
16
Coppell, TX
Student of Hwa Lee
Joseph Zhang, piano
16
Cupertino, CA
Student of Nataly Gingis
Miles Chen, piano
16
Beaverton, OR
Student of Mauro Bertoli
Zhenjie He, voice
16
Vancouver, Canada
Student of Opus Academy
David Hu, piano
17
San Jose, CA
Student of Nataly Gingis
Sunoo Jeong, piano
18
Thousand Oaks, CA
Student of Soyun Kim
Honorable Mention
Ryan Cheng, violin
15
San Jose, CA
Student of Jing Yang
Trinity Lee, violin
15
Fremont, CA
Student of Jing Yang
Eric Wang, piano
16
Palo Alto, CA
Student of Zhaoni Chen
Seoyeong Hwang, piano
16
Yorba Linda, CA
Student of Soyun Kim
Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals
First Place Winners
Kseniia Vokhmianina, piano
29
Singapore
Hyojeong Kim, piano
31
Frisco, TX
Student of Pamela Mia Paul
JIn Ah Kwon, piano
35
Lewisville, TX
Winners Recital Information
1. Each Winner will perform at one Recital. Recital date and time will be offered to the Winner based on the Competition results.
2. Only ONE piece from the audition repertoire within a time limit will be performed at the Winners Recital.
3. To change a performance repertoire (including the shortened version of the piece for string performers), a $55 fee must be submitted on the Contact Us page no later than two months prior to the Recital.
4. Extra performance time of up to 1 minute can be accepted for the Winners Recital with an additional fee of $100.
5. Only piano accompaniment can be used at the Winners Recital. No acoustic system will be provided.
6. Participants must bring their own piano accompanist. American Protege does not provide piano accompanist, but can recommend one after enrollment into the program.
7. Photo or video recording during the recital is strictly prohibited per the Carnegie Hall policy. A professional photographer will be taking pictures of the performers.
8. The total Recital and Photo Fee for Solo Participants is $400 and includes: Recital booklets with all Recital performers’ biographies and photos (for the booklet sample please click here), Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, two (2) guests’ tickets and 20-30 digital photos taken by professional photographer during participant’s performance on stage. Participants and piano accompanists do not need tickets to be admitted to the backstage.
9. For Ensemble Member, Recital Fee is $250 per member plus $100 Photo Fee per group. The Recital and Photo Fees include: Recital booklets with all Recital performers’ biographies and photos (for the booklet sample please click here), Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, two (2) guests’ tickets and 20-30 digital photos taken by professional photographer during ensemble’s performance on stage. Ensemble Members do not need tickets to be admitted to the backstage.
10. Recital and Photo Fees are not refundable.
11. During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to take a risk to travel to NYC for the Recital, may request a Competition Winner’s Package with a non-refundable $300 fee. The Package includes online recognition, Winner’s Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four Booklets with biographies and photos, and participation Plaque Trophy. International participants may arrange a Package pickup or request a shipment to the friends or relative residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
12. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
13. Detailed Winners Recital Guidelines will be emailed to the participants.
To pay a $300 Winners Package fee online please click on the button below. A transaction fee of $20 will be added to the fee amount. By clicking on the button you will be re-directed to PayPal.
American Protégé Organizational Committee reserves the rights to make any changes into the rules, dates, schedules and other information related to the Competitions or published on this site.