International Competition of Romantic Music 2021
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 2021 attracted the largest number of very competitive applicants on record from 6 countries, including the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea.
Awards
Since the situation with COVID-19 Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
Special prizes for best performances may be awarded 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 2021. 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 2021 Results:
Judges’ Distinction Award (Plaque Trophy) Winners:
WINNERS | ||
Name | Age | Country/State |
Young Musicians Category, Age 5 to 10: | ||
First Place Winners | ||
Olivia Yu, piano | 6 | Lincoln, NE |
Student of Dr. Feifei Jiang and Dr. Hua Jiang | ||
Andrew Lun, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
Student of Fumiko Honda Bauer | ||
Julia Gentry, piano | 10 | Newport Beach, CA |
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein | ||
Maxwell Brown, violin | 10 | Wilmington, DE |
Student of Shelley Beard Santore | ||
Ryusei Kobayashi, piano | 10 | Rolling Hills Estates, CA |
Student of Masumi Maeda | ||
Yi Ting Lim, cello | 10 | Singapore |
Student of Professor Natasha Liu | ||
Zoe Augusto Pook, piano | 10 | Semarang, Indonesia |
Student of Midya Wirawan, LRSM | ||
Second Place Winners | ||
River Brown, violin | 5 | Wilmington, DE |
Student of Shelley Beard | ||
Emma Zhou, piano | 8 | Getzville, NY |
Student of Dr. Violeta Arakelova and Diana Kezerashvili | ||
Jacob Frame, piano | 8 | Katy, TX |
Student of Alina Uddin | ||
Jundi Ke, piano | 8 | Hollywood, FL |
Student of Zheng Wang and Zhangqian Huang | ||
Lena Okada, piano | 8 | Rolling Meadows, IL |
Student of Midori Nagasaka | ||
Carissa Darmawan, piano | 9 | Austin, TX |
Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
Helun Yang, piano | 9 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Cheng Zhu | ||
Kyle Tanaka, piano | 9 | Palatine, IL |
Student of Midori Nagasaka | ||
Rachel Wang, piano | 9 | Acton, MA |
Student of Yidan Guo | ||
Yoojun Curtis Lee, violin | 9 | Singapore |
Student of Helena Dawn Yah | ||
Boyou Huang, piano | 10 | Champaign, IL |
Student of Jing Hao | ||
Katie Moon, violin | 10 | Harbor City, CA |
Student of Diana Kim | ||
Kaylah Liu, piano | 10 | Sandy, UT |
Student of Ya Liu | ||
Third Place Winners | ||
Daniel Frame, piano | 10 | Katy, TX |
Student of Alina Uddin | ||
Grace Guo, piano | 10 | Lexington, MA |
Student of Andrew Goodridge | ||
Mia Turakhia, violin | 10 | Hillsborough, CA |
Student of Alena Tsoi-Barantschik | ||
Selina Dong, piano | 10 | Draper, UT |
Student of Ya Liu | ||
Honorable Mention | ||
Steven Si, piano | 8 | Austin, TX |
Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
Leem Jia En, piano | 10 | Singapore |
Student of Khoong Shok Meng | ||
Junior Category, Age 11 to 14: | ||
First Place Winners | ||
Evangeline Lien, viola | 11 | La Verne, CA |
Student of Chu-Ping Lin | ||
Sarah Qistina Lim, voice | 11 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Student of Cha Seng Tiang | ||
Alex Kim, piano | 12 | Mountain View, CA |
Student of Jinhee Kim | ||
Gina Fanelli, piano | 12 | Morrow, OH |
Student of Takako Hayase Frautschi | ||
James Yan, piano | 12 | Champaign, IL |
Student of Jiafeng Yan and Jing Hao | ||
Katherine Yaya Wang, piano | 12 | Carmel, IN |
Student of Phoenix Park-Kim | ||
Cynthia Huang, cello | 13 | La Jolla, CA |
Student of Ruslan Biryukov | ||
Ryan Lee, cello | 13 | Dublin, CA |
Student of Brady Anderson | ||
David Deutsch, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Tatiana Stignev | ||
Gahyeon Yoon, clarinet | 14 | Los Gatos, CA |
Student of Katie Ryu | ||
Isaac Sohn, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Kookhee Hong | ||
James Tsaggaris, piano | 14 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Nataly Gingis | ||
Kenan Begovic, piano | 14 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA |
Student of Belinda Juang | ||
Oliver Kahng, violin | 14 | West Orange, NJ |
Student of Sharon Cho | ||
Theodore Tak, cello | 14 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
Piano Duo/ Four Hands: | ||
April Yang, piano | 14 | East Amherst, NY |
Kevin Yang, piano | 15 | East Amherst, NY |
Students of Violeta Arakelova | ||
Second Place Winners | ||
Akshatha Arunkumar, piano | 11 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Matt Wang | ||
Ethan Zhang, piano | 11 | Naperville, IL |
Student of JeongSoo Kim | ||
Angelina Wang, piano | 12 | Farmington, CT |
Benjamin Lim, piano | 12 | Beverly Hills, CA |
Student of Sung Eun Lee | ||
David Mun, piano | 12 | Tenafly, NJ |
Student of Juny Jung | ||
Lemi Okada, piano | 12 | Rolling Meadows, IL |
Student of Midori Nagasaka | ||
Lucas Wang, violin | 12 | Los Altos, CA |
Student of Iskandar Widjaja | ||
Roy Wang, piano | 12 | Champaign, IL |
Student of Jing Hao | ||
Eleanor Yu, piano | 13 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Yo Han Kim | ||
Wendy Liu, violin | 13 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
Anna Lui, piano | 14 | South Jordan, UT |
Student of Ya Liu | ||
Annika Shivam, piano | 14 | Austin, TX |
Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
Beverlyn Tsai, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Jane Jung | ||
Claire Wang, piano | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
Daniel Mun, piano | 14 | Tenafly, NJ |
Student of Juny Jung | ||
Joseph Padalecki, piano | 14 | Concord, CA |
Student of Stephanie Pai | ||
Kristy Luk, piano | 14 | Hong Kong |
Maya Fu, piano | 14 | Superior Township, MI |
Student of Michele Cooker | ||
Sean Park, piano | 14 | Edgewater, NJ |
Student of Simon Juny Jung | ||
Zijing Zhang, piano | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
Student of Frank Levy | ||
Piano Duo/ Four Hands: | ||
Joshua Hana, piano | 10 | Austin, TX |
Samuel Hana, piano | 12 | Austin, TX |
Students of Julia Hsiao | ||
Third Place Winners | ||
Alex Xu, piano | 12 | Potomac, MD |
Student of Max Foster | ||
Alice Nadauld, piano | 12 | Salt Lake City, UT |
Student of Lindsey Wright | ||
Andrew Gong, violin | 12 | Saratoga, CA |
Student of Wangchen Long | ||
Chelsea Chen, piano | 12 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Miranda Wu | ||
Alexander Brown, piano | 14 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Minako Horimura | ||
Cara Kim, piano | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
Student of Junghee Park | ||
Clarissa Joy Lee, violin | 14 | Singapore |
Student of Andrea Lin | ||
Honorable Mention | ||
Siboney Oviedo-Gray, piano | 13 | Rye, NY |
Student of Peggy Reich | ||
Sofia Lee Lugo, cello | 13 | Wilton, CT |
Student of Dr. Sara Bennett Wolfe | ||
Intermediate Category, Age 15 to 18: | ||
First Place Winners | ||
Catherine Li, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Dr. Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
David Lee, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Student of John McCarthy and Richard Cionco | ||
Sophie Zhu, piano | 15 | Williamsville, NY |
Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
Chantale Tso, violin | 16 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Ker Qi | ||
Ellie Lee, violin | 16 | San Diego, CA |
Student of Michael Tseitlin and Irina Tseitlin | ||
Francesco Severino, piano | 16 | Porter Ranch, CA |
Student of Violette Hu and Robin Sharp | ||
Grace Yang, cello | 16 | San Ramon, CA |
Student of Jehah Han | ||
Julianna Owyang, Harp | 16 | Sunnyvale, CA |
Student of Linda Wood Rollo | ||
Nathan Mo, piano | 16 | Herndon, VA |
Student of Evelyn Mo | ||
Alyssa Wu, cello | 17 | Diamond Bar, CA |
Student of Ling Yan and | ||
Brandon Lee, flute | 17 | Riverside, CA |
Student of Yongmi Choi | ||
Grace Peng, piano | 17 | Alpharetta, GA |
Student of David Fung | ||
Grace Navarro, voice | 17 | San Marino, CA |
Student of Millicent Scarlett and Monica McCullough | ||
Grace Wang, piano | 17 | Andover, MA |
Student of Dr. Jonathan Bass | ||
Joshua Kave, viola | 17 | Tarzana, CA |
Student of Jonathan Moerschel | ||
John Matters, violin | 18 | Milton, MA |
Student of Naoko Tanaka and Lynn Chang | ||
Piano Trio: | ||
Jaehyun Lim, clarinet | 15 | Saratoga, CA |
Steven Jeon, viola | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Claire Lee, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Students of Sonyoung Kang | ||
Piano Trio: | ||
Frances Kueper, violin | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Seo Hee Byun | ||
Cindy Xu, viola | 16 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Yen-Yin Lee | ||
Sabrina Ning, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Maggie Lee | ||
Second Place Winners | ||
Audrey Fang, piano | 15 | Williamsville, NY |
Student of Violeta Arakelova | ||
Christina Huang, piano | 15 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Zhao Zhao Yang | ||
Dixon Yang, violin | 15 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Ker Qi | ||
Elisabeth Floyd, piano | 15 | Sunnyvale, CA |
Student of Erna Gulabyan | ||
Emily Kim, cello | 15 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Jenny Oh | ||
Emma Leifer, violin | 15 | New York, NY |
Student of Eriko Sato | ||
Joon-Hyung Noh, voice | 15 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Sang Keun Chang | ||
Maxwell Huang, piano | 15 | Natick, MA |
Student of Faina Kofman | ||
Tiffany Lim, piano | 15 | Fremont, CA |
Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
Alan Ma, piano | 16 | Portland, OR |
Student of Elena Istratova | ||
Alexa Chen, harp | 16 | Pleasanton, CA |
Alicia Lee, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Zhaoni Chen | ||
Benjamin Who, piano | 16 | Sugar Land, TX |
Student of Jenny Undercofler | ||
Brian Nguyen, piano | 16 | Santa Clara, CA |
Student of Anna Poklewski | ||
Christopher Tillen, piano | 16 | Weston, MA |
Student of Erin Lindsey | ||
Cindy Xu, viola | 16 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Yen-yin Lee | ||
Cody Zheng, piano | 16 | St. Louis, MO |
Student of Oksana Shpringman | ||
Katie Guo, violin | 16 | Los Gatos, CA |
Student of Zheng Zeng | ||
Matthew Wang, piano | 16 | Arcadia, CA |
Student of Yinyin Huang | ||
Mehana Ellis, piano | 16 | Palo Alto, CA |
Student of Annamarie McCarthy | ||
Pravin Agrawal-Chung, piano | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
Student of Maggie Lee | ||
Youngsung Sim, piano | 16 | Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
Student of Eunyoung Park | ||
Jimin Kim, cello | 17 | Avon, CT |
Student of Pablo Issa | ||
Joseph Mathew, piano | 17 | Coppell, TX |
Student of Hwa Lee | ||
Joshua Lim, viola | 17 | Newton, MA |
Student of Kyoko Horowitz | ||
Sandra Chan, piano | 17 | Huntington Beach, CA |
Student of Jane Jung | ||
Sangwoo You, cello | 17 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Jenny Oh | ||
Third Place Winners | ||
Annie Ye, piano | 15 | Mason, OH |
Student of Luba Fedorov | ||
Anoushka Pandit, piano | 15 | Dublin, CA |
Student of Sofia Biktimir | ||
Claire Choe, piano | 15 | Boston, MA |
Student of Mami Ienaga | ||
Devin Chan, piano | 15 | Irvine, CA |
Student of Miranda Wu | ||
Shaunak Pandey, piano | 15 | Austin, TX |
Student of Julia Hsiao | ||
Ryan Wang, piano | 16 | Champaign, IL |
Student of Jiafeng Yan | ||
Shreyas Verma, piano | 16 | Fremont, CA |
Vaibhav Mishra, piano | 16 | Dublin, GA |
Student of Nancy Claxton | ||
Cindy Chen, flute | 17 | San Jose, CA |
Student of Cecily Lan | ||
Joshua Kim, violin | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Johnny Nam and Yun Hee Lee | ||
Piano Duo/ Four Hands: | ||
Aditi Dangi, piano | 17 | Austin, TX |
Henrik Chan, piano | 16 | Austin, TX |
Students of Julia Hsiao | ||
Honorable Mention | ||
Meiyi He, piano | 15 | San Gabriel, CA |
Student of Lin Liu | ||
Victoria Zhang, piano | 15 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Student of Yangwei Situ | ||
David Lee, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Soyun Kim | ||
Edward Cao, voice | 16 | Princeton, NJ |
Student of Sally Gu | ||
Janice Nam, piano | 16 | Porter Ranch, CA |
Student of Soyun Kim | ||
Lina Chang, piano | 16 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Soyun Kim | ||
Luca Focella, piano | 16 | Little Falls, NJ |
Student of Yuka Yanagi | ||
Mahir Siddiqui, piano | 16 | Tampa, FL |
Student of Mickey Chien | ||
Niranjan Girish, cello | 16 | Pepper Pike, OH |
Student of Rebecca Konow | ||
Daniel Youn, piano | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
Student of Soyun Kim | ||
David Choi, piano | 17 | Porter Ranch, CA |
Student of Soyun Kim | ||
Advanced Category, College Students and Professionals | ||
First Place Winners | ||
Jeesoo Kim, piano | 28 | Tallahassee, FL |
Nayun Shin, piano | 27 | Seoul, South Korea |
Voice and Violin Duo: | ||
Hannah Nielsen, voice | 31 | Monroe, WA |
Sydnee Hinrichsen, violin | 23 | Provo, UT |
Student of Monte Belknap | ||
Second Place Winners | ||
Jingjing Shao, piano | 31 | Salt Lake City, UT |
Student of Dr. Jie Lu | ||
Tsai-Yun Kuo, piano | 31 | Columbia, MD |
Student of Tsai-Yun Kuo |
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 Protégé 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. During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. participants, who are unable to or unwilling to travel to NYC for the safety reasons, may request a Competition Winner’s Package with a non-refundable $300 fee. The Package includes online recognition, Winner’s Certificate, Teacher’s Diploma, four Booklets with biographies and photos, and participation Plaque Trophy. International participants may arrange a shipment to the friends or relatives residing in the U.S. We do not mail packages internationally.
9. All participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, housing accommodations, etc.).
10. 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. |