Congratulations to the 2024 Maestro Carnegie Debut Audition Winners
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Jia Li, Piano, 8, NY, USA, Student of Qi Zhang
Minjae Jeon, Piano, 12, MD, USA, Student of Dr. Jinha Park
ALTERNATE WINNERS
Luciano Gozzi , Piano, 16, VA, USA, Student of Eric Himy
Elena Kim, Cello, 16, MD, USA, Student of Dr. Alison Bazala Kim
Gyuri Cho, Sei Park, Yebin Kim, Piano Ensemble (6 hands), S. Korea, Coaching of Dr. Hyesoo Jeon
2023 MAESTRO CARNEGIE DEBUT AUDITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Zijing Zhang, Piano, CA, Student of Frank Levy
Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza, Viola, DE, Student of Kim Kashkashian
James Yi, French Horn, MD, Student of Javier Gandara
Daniel Lee, Alto Sax, MD, Student of Jason Mcfeaters
Heeyeong Kim, Minyoung Lee, Yuri Kim, Yumin Jang, Piano Chamber, S. Korea, Students of Hyesoo Jeon
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2023 METROPOLITAN LIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS (Live Festival)
Ethan Zhao, Piano (Student of San-Qing Lu-Bennaman)
Ryan Shin, Piano (Student of JeongEun Park kang)
Elena Kim, Cello (Student of Alison Bazala Kim)
Yixuan Li, Violin/ Caleb Fan, Cello/ Derek Yang, Piano (Student of Claudia Chudacoff)
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PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE K - 1
1st Place: Aiden Che
2nd Place: Vacheron Li
3rd Place: Fermi McChen
Honorable Mention: Alice Guan
Honorable Mention: Yixiao Li
GRADE 2 - 3
1st Place: Henry Wu
2nd Place: Selina Wang
3rd Place: Hairong Zhang
Honorable Mention: Mai Lan Do
Honorable Mention: Camille Li
Honorable Mention: Luna Liu
Honorable Mention: Grace Zhou
GRADE 4 - 5
GROUP A
1st Place: Tristan Wu
2nd Place: Elsa Tseng
3rd Place: Taotao Yang
Honorable Mention: Julian Ahn
Honorable Mention: Conor Kelley
GROUP B
1st Place: Caroline Li
2nd Place: Yuxin Jia
3rd Place: Alex Duan
Honorable Mention: Avery Li
Honorable Mention: Bella Li
Honorable Mention: Michelle Jiayi Zheng
Honorable Mention: DeRon Zhang
GRADE 6 - 7
GROUP A
1st Place: Zhiqing Tao
2nd Place: Sarah Shen
3rd Place: Rinzin Phuntsokyi
Honorable Mention: Michael Ahn
Honorable Mention: Lucas Cho
Honorable Mention: Hooman Moghimi
GROUP B
1st Place: Ethan Zhao
2nd Place: Jenny Wang
3rd Place: Ella Wan
Honorable Mention: Richy Shi
Honorable Mention: Tianyue Wang
GRADE 8 - 9
GROUP A
1st Place: Charles Zhao
2nd Place: Emery Que
3rd Place: Karen Pan
Honorable Mention: Nolan Chen
GROUP B
1st Place: Eileen Zhuge
2nd Place: Jaxton Lee
3rd Place: Aaron Hwang
Honorable Mention: Kyle Li
Honorable Mention: Evangeline Lin
GROUP C
1st Place: Sophia Wang
2nd Place: Jingyi Mao
3rd Place: Isabella Ugalde
GRADE 10 - 12
GROUP A
1st Place: Ryan Shin
2nd Place: Filipe Cantoni Ferreira
3rd Place: Rhema Du
Honorable Mention: Ian Ha
GROUP B
2nd Place: Nam Tran
3rd Place: Katherine Hua
Honorable Mention: Angelika Tzioumis
Honorable Mention: Evan Proudkii
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 4 - 5
1st Place: Hannah Park, Violin
GRADE 6 - 7
1st Place: Brandon Pino, Cello
2nd Place: Lena Wu, Violin
3rd Place: Allison Li, Violin
Honorable Mention: Peter Bruch, Cello
Honorable Mention: Dylan Pino, Cello
Honorable Mention: Vivian Tang, Violin
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GRADE 8 - 9
1st Place: Joshua Gwon, Violin
2nd Place: Yixuan Li, Violin
3rd Place: Vladislav Popov, Cello
Honorable Mention: Christopher Wang, Violin
Honorable Mention: Eileen Zhuge, Violin
GRADE 10 - 12
1st Place: Elena Kim, Cello
2nd Place: Whitney Bruch, Violin
3rd Place: Yuri Popov, Violin
Honorable Mention: Ethan Hahn, Cello
Honorable Mention: Irene Wiegand-Vera, Cello
SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 5 - 6
2nd Place: Joyce Liu, Clarinet
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GRADE 7 - 8
1st Place: Chloe Robertson, Bassoon
OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5 - 8
1st Place: Chloe Robertson, Violin, Nolan Chen, Cello, & Charles Zhao, Piano
2nd Place: Leilia McCabe, Flute, Kaylia McCabe, Cello, & Andrew L. Ding, Piano
GRADE 9 - 12
1st Place: Yixuan Li, Violin, Caleb Fan, Cello, & Derek Yang, Piano
1st Place: Sanya Bharti, Flute & Renee Kim, Flute
2nd Place: Yuna Chun, Violin, Doyoon Seol, Violin, Hannah You, Violin, Andrew Chi, Cello, & Alexandra Vinokurov, Piano
2023 METROPOLITAN ONLINE CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS (Online Classical Music Festival)
Benjamin Kyung, Piano (student of Mihyang Joo)
Kenneth Liu, Piano (student of Martin Labazevitch)
Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao, Piano Duet (student of Silva Blazquez)
Alexander Moon, Violin (student of Ko Sugiyama)
Winnie Chen, Flute (student of Carolyn Oh)
BEST PERFORMERS (Online Piano Concerto Music Festival)
Minjae Jeon (student of Jinha Park)
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PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE K - 1
1st Place: Lauren Chung
GRADE 2 - 3
GROUP A:
1st Place: Faith Reyes
2nd Place: Shaheer Khurram
3rd Place: Sakura Sasaki
Honorable Mention: Ashton Park
GRADE B:
1st Place: Allie Rui
2nd Place: Freddy Xin
3rd Place: Daniel Liu
Honorable Mention: Valerie Herr
Honorable Mention: Skye Wang
GRADE 4 - 5
GROUP A:
1st Place: Benjamin Kyung
1st Place: Anne Tang
2nd Place: Evan Jing
3rd Place: Malynda Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Lydia Lee
GROUP B:
1st Place: Nathan Nam
2nd Place: Sean Pan
3rd Place: Gavin Sinan Zhang
Honorable Mention: Isabella Lee
GROUP C:
1st Place: Ashley Lee
2nd Place: Chloe Cheng
3rd Place: Asher Youn
Honorable Mention: Callie Hu
GROUP D:
1st Place: Ryan Chen
2nd Place: Aaron Pick
3rd Place: Kyle Chun
Honorable Mention: Francis Kim
GROUP E:
1st Place: Karissa Lin
2nd Place: Ethan Yang
Honorable Mention: Yirui Allison Tang
Honorable Mention: Eunice Lee
Honorable Mention: Jimin Lee
GRADE 6 - 7
GROUP A:
1st Place: Serena Pan
2nd Place: Elisha Kang
3rd Place: Nicole Zheng
Honorable Mention: Chelsea Zeng
Honorable Mention: William Chung
GROUP B:
1st Place: Kevin Shen
2nd Place: Chloe Ng
3rd Place: Ethan Chen
Honorable Mention: Seou Kim
Honorable Mention: Joseph Lee
GROUP C:
1st Place: Ian Kim
2nd Place: Isabelle Wang
3rd Place: Olivia Herr
Honorable Mention: Leo Chen
Honorable Mention: Claire Ahn
GROUP D:
1st Place: Alice Deng
2nd Place: Jinger Xu
Honorable Mention: Olivia Lee
Honorable Mention: Caden Wang
GROUP E:
1st Place: Terry Sheiko
2nd Place: Bella In
3rd Place: Ethan, Cho
Honorable Mention: Chloe Chun
GROUP F:
1st Place: Jude Bruce
2nd Place: Aiden Ahn
3rd Place: Judy Liu
Honorable Mention: Daniel Xu
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GRADE 8 - 9
GROUP A:
1st Place: Sophia Wang
2nd Place: Minh Tran
3rd Place: Mengtong Xiang
Honorable Mention: Nitin Kalluru
Honorable Mention: Eric Zeng
GROUP B:
1st Place: Aidan Lee
2nd Place: Laila Chang
3rd Place: Anna Cho
Honorable Mention: Hyundong Cho
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GROUP C:
1st Place: Seojin Lee
2nd Place: Jaime Moon
3rd Place: Julian Lee
Honorable Mention: Kevin Shen
GROUP D:
1st Place: Kenneth Liu
2nd Place: Caroline Fu
2nd Place: Sonia Cupala
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Morato
GRADE 10 - 12
GROUP A:
1st Place: Serene Zhu
2nd Place: Yulania Wang
3rd Place: Shawn Wu
Honorable Mention: Anna Chen
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GROUP B:
1st Place: Sophie Huang
2nd Place: Luciano Gozzi
3rd Place: Liam Zhang
Honorable Mention: Christopher Jon Pishvaian
Honorable Mention: Ryan Shin
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GROUP C:
1st Place: Irene Park
2nd Place: Raymond Cheng
3rd Place: Halin Kim
3rd Place: Sanchali Banerjee
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE K - 4
1st Place: Elsa Tseng & Thorin Kao
2nd Place: Elin Youn & Asher Youn
3rd Place: Mary Sun & Skye Wang
GRADE 5 - 8
1st Place: Sean Pan & Serena Pan
2nd Place: Evan Jing & William Chung
3rd Place: Clara Eom & Elisha Kang
Honorable Mention: Chloe Lu & Caroline Xiao
PIANO CONCERTO CATEGORY
GRADE 1 - 3
1st Place: Sophia Chung
GRADE 4 - 6
1st Place: Minjae Jeon
2nd Place: Lillian Zhao
2nd Place: Winston Wang
GRADE 7 - 9
1st Place: Aria McCloskey
2nd Place: Christopher Ren
3rd Place: Ethan Cho
GRADE 10 - 12
1st Place: Chloe Lim
2nd Plcae: Hadriel Dayanim
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 2 - 3
1st Place: Ella Zhao, Violin
2nd Place: Lucia Yang, Violin
3rd Place: Adeline Kong, Cello
Honorable Mention: Arianna Chang, Violin
Honorable Mention: Joshua Park, Violin
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GRADE 4 - 5
1st Place: Momo Sasaki, Violin
2nd Place: Natalie Al-Hajj, Violin
3rd Place: Chloe Kim, Violin
Honorable Mention: Aaron Chong, Violin
Honorable Mention: Japheth Lee, Violin
Honorable Mention: Bryan Wei, Violin
Honorable Mention: Abigail Lee, Violin
GRADE 6 - 7
1st Place: Alexander Moon, Violin
2nd Place: Hyunseo Lee, Violin
3rd Place: Jeremy Zhang, Viola
Honorable Mention: Ethan Zhang, Viola
Honorable Mention: Laura Lee, Violin
GRADE 8 - 9
1st Place: Olivia Mayer, Violin
2nd Place: Maylea Al-Hajj, Violin
3rd Place: Aaron Hwang, Cello
Honorable Mention: Vivian Kim, Cello
Honorable Mention: Chloe Chung, Violin
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Kim, Violin
Honorable Mention: Kate Cho, Viola
GRADE 10 - 12
GROUP A:
1st Place: David Wang, Violin
2nd Place: Sophia Lee, Violin
3rd Place: Yeju Kim, Viola
Honorable Mention: Birka Chen, Violin
GROUP B:
1st Place: Jingjing Wu, Violin
2nd Place: Jason Youm, Cello
3rd Place: Zabrina Lee, Violin
Honorable Mention: Steve Liang, Violin
GROUP C:
1st Place: Calvin Lee, Cello
2nd Place: Doyoon Seol, Violin
3rd Place: Elizabeth Wnek, Violin
Honorable Mention: Lindsey Lee, Violin
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SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 5 - 6
1st Place: Lucas Cho, Flute
GRADE 7 - 8
2nd Place: Malinda Zhu, Flute
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GRADE 9 - 10
1st Place: Theodore Lim, French Horn
2nd Place: Chloe Cho, Flute
3rd Place: Daniel Cho, Euphonium
GRADE 11 - 12
1st Place: Winnie Chen, Flute
2nd Place: Aidan Hwang, Trumpet
3rd Place: Haeeun Yun, Flute
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OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5 - 8
1st Place: Lyla Lim, Violin, Noemie Zeitlin, Violin, Aurora Wu, Viola, & Jules Amyot, Cello
2nd Place: Erin Kwak, Violin, Alexander Moon, Violin, Joel Sohn, Cello, & Connor Kim, Piano
GRADE 9 - 12
1st Place: Ellie Namkoong, Violin, Kayla Kim, Violin, Caleb Choi, Viola, Caleb Son, Cello, & Ian Kim, Bass
3rd Place: Jacob Kim, Flute, Anthony Koo, Clarinet, Jeremy Kang, Alto Saxophone, Aiden Kang, Trombone, Daniel Cho, Euphonium, & Luke Cho, Piano
2023 METROPOLITAN ONLINE GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS
Christopher Lee & Daniel Kwon, Piano Duet (Student of Eunice Ahn)
James Yi & Theodore Lim, French Horn Duet (Student of Seunghee Kucharski)
SOLO PIANO CATEGORY
GRADE 1 - 3
1st Place: Lucia Yang
2nd Place: Julia Yang
GRADE 7 - 9
1st Place: Enya Ma
2nd Place: Timothy Mitchell
3rd Place: Menghao Ren
Honorable Mention: Alice Zhang
Honorable Mention: Harold Lin
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5 - 8
1st Place: Howard Ren & Timothy Mitchell
2nd Place: Jayden Sanchez & Christopher Constancia
3rd Place: Alice Zhang & Alice Zhang
GRADE 9 - 12
1st Place: Christopher Lee & Daniel Kwon
1st Place: Christian Yoon & Anthony Yoon
2nd Place: Alyson Nguyen & Ashlee Nguyen
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 7 - 9
1st Place: Erin Kim, Violin
OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 9 - 12
1st Place: James Yi, French Horn & Theodore Lim, French Horn
2nd Place: Hannah Kim, Oboe ,Elissa Ahn, Violin, Aleena Kim, Violin, Erin Kim, Violin, Aaron Kim, Viola, Eunice Kim, Cello, Jake Kim, Cello, & Chase Kim, Keyboard
3rd Place: Hannah You, Violin, Jinsol Park, Violin, Somie Choi, Violin, & Rhema Du, Piano
Honorable Mention: David Kim, Flute, Jacob Kim, Flute, Anna Chinnam, Flute, Anthony Koo, Clarinet, Sashmika Veliveli, French Horn, Tanvi Nare, Guitar, &Divya Laddha, Piano
Honorable Mention: Ayden Kim, Violin & Joseph Kim, Violin
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2022 METROPOLITAN LIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS
Megan Lai, Piano (Student of Nancy Breth)
Jessica Wang, Piano (Student of San-Qing Lu Bennaman)
Anne Tang (Student of Margarita Gramaticova)
Sarah Cho (Student of JeongEun Park Kang)
Emma Zou, Viola (Student of Sungah Min)
HannahYou,Violin, Yuna Chun, Violin, Hannah Choi, Violin, Andrew Chi, Cello, & Alexandra Vinokurov, Piano (Students of Miae Jeon & Jinha Park)
Sean Ziyan Guo, Flute (Student of Carolyn Oh)
Andrew Guo, Flute & Stephen Zhang, Flute (Student of Michelle Cho)
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE K-1
LPA GROUP
1st place: Camille Li
2nd place: Yixiao Li
3rd place: Allie Rui
Honorable Mention: Grace Zhou
LPB GROUP
1st place: Aiden Che
2nd place: Vacheron Li
3rd place: Fermi McChen
GRADE 2-3
LPC GROUP
1st place: Olivia Haseley
2nd place: Adam Taotao Yang
3rd place: Xander Vignon
Honorable Mention: Winston Wang
Honorable Mention: Julian Ahn
LPD GROUP
1st place: Benjamin Kyung
2nd place: Minka Wu
3rd place: Chloe Hu
Honorable Mention: Luna Liu
Honorable Mention: Eileen Qiu
LPE GROUP
1st place: Yirui Allison Tang
2nd place: Melissa Shen
3rd place: Henry Wu
Honorable Mention: Sophie Zou
Honorable Mention: Gianna Song
GRADE 4-5
LPF GROUP
1st place: William Chang
2nd place: Yiran Xu
3rd place: Caroline Li
Honorable Mention: Claire Ahn
Honorable Mention: DeRon Zhang
LPG GROUP
1st place: Ethan Zhang
2nd place: Michael Ahn
3rd place: Frances Hu
Honorable Mention: Jolyn Niu
Honorable Mention: Callie Hu
LPH GROUP
1st place: Megan Lai
2nd place: Lawrence Ou
3rd place: Yuxin Jia
Honorable Mention: Madison Hu
LPI GROUP
1st place: Angie Zhu
2nd place: Ethan Chen
3rd place: Rachel Wu
Honorable Mention: Adeline Colavita
Honorable Mention: Avery Li
LPJ GROUP
1st place: Minjae Jeon
2nd place: Clara Eom
3rd place: Angeline Bone
Honorable Mention: Bella Li
Honorable Mention: Isabelle Wang
GRADE 6-7
LPK GROUP
1st place: Filipe Cantoni Ferreira
2nd place: Ethan Zhao
3rd place: Alice Deng
3rd place: Caleb Chang
Honorable Mention: Sonia Cupala
LPL GROUP
1st place: Andrew Nguyen
2nd place: Zoey Lee
3rd place: Ella Wan
Honorable Mention: Evan Suk
Honorable Mention: Claire Wang
LPM GROUP
1st place: Jenny Wang
2nd place: Joseph Lee
3rd place: Lauren Young
Honorable Mention: Richy Shi
Honorable Mention: Luca Starling
LPN GROUP
1st place: Emery Que
2nd place: Avery Haseley
3rd place: Terry Sheiko
Honorable Mention: Daren Feng
GRADE 8-9
LPO GROUP
1st place: Christopher Ren
2nd place: Chloe Lim
3rd place: Gabrielle Pham
Honorable Mention: Sophie Li
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hwang
LPP GROUP
1st place: Rhema Du
2nd place: Irene Park
3rd place: Angelika Tzioumis
Honorable Mention: Jaxton Lee
Honorable Mention: MengtongXiang
LPQ GROUP
1st place: Serene Zhu
2nd place: Liam Zhang
3rd place: Eileen Zhuge
Honorable Mention: Hadriel Dayanim
Honorable Mention: Luke Wang
LPR GROUP
1st place: Anna Zhou
2nd place: Seeyen Zeng
3rd place: Caroline Fu
Honorable Mention: Eva Song
Honorable Mention: One Choi
GRADE 10-12
LPS GROUP
1st place: Jessica Wang
1st place: Harrison Benford
3rd place: Aidan Mousavi
Honorable Mention: Tyler Song
LPT GROUP
1st place: Alice Yacubovich
2nd place: Evan Proudkii
3rd place: Irene Kim
LPU GROUP
1st place: Alexandra Vinokurov
2nd place: Collin Park
3rd place: Alexander Doan
Honorable Mention: Zoë Kaiser
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5-8
2nd Place: Jeremy Zhang&Lumina Zhang
3rd Place: Hannah Cho&Christine Jeon
SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 2-3
1st place: Caroline Li-Chang
GRADE 4-5
1st place: Jeremy Zhang
2nd place: Jules Amyot
3rd place: Audrey Lim
Honorable Mention: Chloe Kim
Honorable Mention: Peter Bruch
GRADE 6-7
GROUP A:
3rd place: Hannah Phillippy
Honorable Mention: Sofia R. Parra
Honorable Mention:Connor Kim
GROUP B:
1st place: Chloe Robertson
1st place: Claire Li-Chang
2nd place: Erin Yi
GRADE 8-9
GROUP A:
1st place: Lindsey Lee
1st place: Daphne Wen
2nd place: Whitney Bruch
Honorable Mention: Irene Kim
Honorable Mention:Audrey Weeks
GROUP B:
1st place: Aaron Hwang
2nd place: Valerie Lai
3rd place: Hannah Pangaribuan
Honorable Mention: Andrew Chi
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Emma Zou
2nd place: Yuna Chun
3rd place: Hannah You
Honorable Mention: Jinsol Park
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SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 5-6
1st place:Lucas Cho, Flute
GRADE 7-8
1st place:Sean Ziyan Guo, Flute
2nd place:Leilia McCabe, Flute
GRADE 9-10
1st place:Dan Huang, Flute
2nd place: Jeff Hou, Flute
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OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5-8
1st Place: Walter, Brobson, Piano, Chloe, Robertson, Violin, & Nolan, Chen, Cello
2nd Place: Cindy Lin, Cello, Kaylia McCabe, Cello, & Andrew Lin, Piano
GRADE 9-12
GROUP A:
1st Place: Andrew Guo, Flute & Stephen Zhang, Flute
2nd Place: Sanya Bharti, Flute & Renee Kim, Flute
GROUP B:
1st Place: Hannah You, Violin, Yuna Chun, Violin, Hannah Choi, Violin, Andrew Chi, Cello, & Alexandra Vinokurov, Piano
2nd Place: Jinwoo Shin, Violin, Lindsey Lee, Violin, Matthew Guo, Viola, & Daisy Chen, Cello
3rd Place: Katie Hu, Violin, Mira Nair, Violin, Yohan Yun, Viola, Andrew Chi, Cello, & Luke Cho, Piano
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2022 METROPOLITAN ONLINE CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE K-1
1st place: Valerie Herr
2nd place: Faith Reyes
3rd place: Ryan Detrick
Honorable Mention: Mary Sun
GRADE 2-3
GROUP A
1st place: Sophia Chung
2nd place: Shaheer Khurram
3rd place: Elsa Tseng
Honorable Mention: Kate Detrick
GROUP B
1st place: Asher Youn
2nd place: Hairong Zhang
3rd place: Grace Zhuang
Honorable Mention: Siwoo Chung
GROUP C
1st place: Anne Tang
2nd place: Tristan Shaw
3rd place: Aaron Pick
Honorable Mention: Olivia Kang
GRADE 4-5
GROUP A
1st place: Eileen Kang
2nd place: Nathan Nam
3rd place: Elisha Kang
Honorable Mention: Kyle Ng
GROUP B
1st place: Lucas Cho
2nd place: Ian Kim
3rd place: Serena Pan
Honorable Mention: Sean Pan
GROUP C
1st place: Jude Bruce
2nd place: Chloe Cheng
3rd place: Sarah Shen
Honorable Mention: George Sun
GROUP D
1st place: Olivia Herr
2nd place: Chloe Lu
3rd place: Roy Kwak
GRADE 6-7
GROUP A
1st place: Kevin Shen
2nd place: Elizabeth Smith
3rd place: Olivia Lee
Honorable Mention: Daniel Kim
GROUP B
1st place: Jaime Moon
2nd place: Anna Cho
3rd place: Erin Kwak
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Wang
GROUP C
1st place: Adeline Middleton
2nd place: Christina Hou
3rd place: Elizabeth Morato
Honorable Mention: Yu Na Won
GRADE 8-9
GROUP A
1st place: Sean Wang
2nd place: Kate Lee
3rd place: Shawn Wu
Honorable Mention: Madison Chung
GROUP B
1st place: Sophia Wang
2nd place: Morgan Li
3rd place: Abigail Cho
Honorable Mention: Raymond Cheng
Honorable Mention: Jingyi Mao
GROUP C
1st place: Enya Ma
2nd place: Anthony (Tony) Yoon
3rd place: Krisalyn Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Genevieve Bogacki
GRADE 10-12
GROUP A
1st place: Ella Phillippy
2nd place: Christopher Pishvaian
3rd place: AuvaVaziri
Honorable Mention: Jacob Lee
GROUP B
1st place: Kenneth Duong
2nd place: Nam Tran
3rd place: Dylan Schenker
Honorable Mention: Sanchali Banerjee
GROUP C
1st place: Sarah Cho
2nd place: Ethan Tran
3rd place: Ethan Liu
Honorable Mention: Kara Wang
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 10-12
1ST Place: SashmikaVeliveli & Divya Laddha
2ND Place: Eunhae Jun, Ashlee Nguyen, & Carly Mew
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 2-3
2nd place: Helen Morton, Violin
GRADE 4-5
1st place: Justin Kijun Lee, Cello
2nd place: Brandon Pino, Cello
GRADE 6-7
1st place: Kate Cho, Viola
2nd place: Rebecca Kim, Violin
2nd place: Dylan Plno, Cello
3rd place: Hyunseo Lee, Violin
GRADE 8-9
1st place: Alvin Lee, Viola
2nd place: Angelin Cho, Viola
3rd place: Sophia Lee, Violin
GRADE 10-12
1st place: David Wang, Violin
1st place: Jason Youm, Cello
2nd place: Eujin Lee, Violin
2nd place: Lindsey Lim, Violin
3rd place: Yeju Kim, Viola
Honorable Mention: Birka Chen, Violin
Honorable Mention: Zabrina Lee, Violin
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SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 7-8
1st place: Chloe Cho, Flute
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OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5-8
1st place: Daniel Won, Violin, 5, Kate Cho, Viola, 7, & Hannah Phillippy, Cello, 6
GRADE 9-12
1st place: Kaitlyn Wong, Cello, Jacqueline Cao, Cello, Sarah Mei, Cello, Christopher Chow, Cello, Sophia Zhang, Cello, & Yunyi Ling, Cello
2nd place: Marina Elena Martin, Violin, Michelle Liu, Violin, Emily Hsieh, Viola, & Amir Barrage, Cello
3rd place: Jane Lee, Violin, Zeyuan Alex Zhao, Violin, Alice Song, Viola, & Jason Lee, Cello
2022 METROPOLITAN LIVE GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS
Calvin Lee, Cello (Student of Junghee Lee)
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PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Katelyn Park
2nd place: Christian Yoon
2022 METROPOLITAN ONLINE GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE 6-7
1st place: Timothy Mitchell
2nd place: Alice Zhang
GRADE 8-9
1st place: Howard Ren
2nd place: Anna Chinnam
3rd place: Tanvi Nare
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Eunhae Jun
2nd place: Jihae Jun
3rd place: Isadora Liu
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5-8
1st place: Timothy Mitchell & Howard Ren
2nd place: Christopher Constancia & Jayden Sanchez
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Calvin Lee, Cello
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SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 7-8
1st place: Anthony Koo, Clarinet
GRADE 9-10
1st place: Daniel Cho, Euphonium
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OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 9-12
1st place: Hannah You, Violin, Doyoon Seol, Violin, Chloe Choi, Viola, & Joelle Lee, Piano
2nd place: Edwin Cho, Violin & Samuel Lee, Violin
3rd place: Aleena Kim, Violin, Erin Kim, Violin, Elissa Ahn, Violin, Aaron Kim, Viola, Hannah, Kim, Oboe, Ethan Park, Shaker, Eunice Kim, Cello, & Jake Kim, Cello
2022 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Celine Chen, 18, Piano
Jieun Lee, 19, Piano
Ryan Shin, 14 / Sophie Q. Huang, 13, Piano chamber
Justin Yi, 18, Viola
Jessica Zhu, 17 / Faith Zhang, 17 / Anna Lee, 17 / Joseph Hsieh, 16, String Quartet
Yunah Kwon, 17, Oboe
SPECIAL JURY AWARD WINNERS
Rhema Du, 14, Piano
Junwen Liang, 26, Piano
Noah Lovold, 23, Piano
Victoria Tan, 15, Violin
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PIANO SOLO
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st Place: Ethan Huang, 12
2nd Place: Karissa Lin, 8
2nd Place: Angie, Zhu, 8
Honorable Mention: Anne Tang, 8
Honorable Mention: Emery Que, 12
EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jayden Sun, 7
Anna Zhou, 12
Ethan Zhao, 11
Anne Valerie Ter, 11
Andrew Lin, 11
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Chloe Ng, 9
Terry Sheiko, 10
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JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Rhema Du, 14
2nd Place: Davanee Li, 14
2nd Place: Felix Xu, 13
EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Issac Won, 13
Dylan Schenker, 14
Eileen Zhuge, 13
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Yunyi Ling, 15
Zicheng (Edward) Wang, 14
Henry Golden, 13
Alexandra Vinokurov, 15
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Celine Chen, 18
2nd Place: Nathan, Zhong, 16
3rd Place: Ian Sun, 17
3rd Place: Kenneth Duong, 17
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Vinokurov, 17
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Nathan Zhu, 16
Claire Deng, 17
COLLEGIATE DIVISION
1st Place: Jieun Lee, 19
PROFFESIONAL DIVISION
1st Place: Junwen Liang, 26
1st Place: Noah Lovold, 23
3rd Place: Xiaobo Liu, 27
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PIANO CHAMBER
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Ryan Shin, 14/ Sophie Q. Huang, 13
2nd Place: Irene Kim, 15/ Julie Kim, 15
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Victor Pan, 18/ Elaine Pan, 16
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STRING SOLO
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st Place: Justin Kijun Lee, 10, Cello
2nd Place: Christopher Yun, 9, Violin
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Ella Wu, 11, Cello
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place:Victoria Tan, 15, Violin
2nd Place: Raymond Lim, 13, Violin
3rd Place: Christopher Chung, 14, Cello
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Zeyuan (Alex) Zhao, 14, Violin
Katie Hwang, 14, Viola
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Justin Yi, 18, Viola
2nd Place: Allen Yoo, 17, Cello
3rd Place: Ian Lee, 16, Violin
Honorable Mention: Jane Lee, 16, Violin
Honorable Mention: Noah Kim, 17, Cello
STRING CHAMBER
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st Place: Laura Lee, 10, Violin / Daniel Won, 10, Violin
3rd Place: Christine Kim, 10, Violin / Yunseong Kim, 8, Violin
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Nikhita Bhatt, 15, Cello / Elena Kim, 14, Piano
3rd Place: Anne Valerie Ter, 11/ Eileen Maloney Cunningham, 14/ Valerie M. Lai, 13, Piano Trio
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Jessica Zhu, 17 / Faith Zhang, 17 / Anna Lee, 17 / Joseph Hsieh, 16, String Quartet
2nd Place: Sonny Jung, 17 / Edwin Cho, 15, Violin Duet
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WIND/BRASS
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st Place: Sean Ziyan Guo, 11, Flute
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Adam Tang, 14, Bassoon
2nd Place: Issac Won, 13, Trumpet
2nd Place: Joseph Ahn, 15, Clarinet
Honorable Mention: Kelly Shi, 15, Flute
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Yunah Kwon, 17, Oboe
2nd Place: Kevin Wu, 16, Clarinet
2nd Place: Catherine Nan, 16, Flute
3rd Place: James Yi, 16, French Horn
3rd Place: Yifan Li, 16, Flute
Honorable Mention: Grace Yu, 18, Flute
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2021 METROPOLITAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
BEST PERFORMERS
Angie Zhu (Student of San Qing Lu Bennaman)
Felix, Xu (Student of Margarita Gramaticova)
Ryan Shin (Student of JeongEun Park Kang)
Matthew Chang (Student of Kuei-I Wu)
Claire Deng (Student of San-Qing Lu-Bennaman)
Nicole Papenfuss (Student of Silva Blazquez)
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GRADE K-1
PAI GROUP
1st Place: Henry Wu
2nd Place: Sophia Chung
3rd Place: Elody Chen
Honorable Mention: Luna Liu
Honorable Mention: Shaheer, Khurram
PBI GROUP
1st Place: Ellie Chen
2nd Place: Grace, Zhou
3rd Place: Gina Chuai
Honorable Mention: Hairong Zhang
GRADE 2-3
PCI GROUP
1st Place: Ashley Lee
2nd Place: DeRon Zhang
3rd Place: Asher Youn
Honorable Mention: Yirui Allison
Honorable Mention: Bella Li
PDI GROUP
1st Place: Angie Zhu
2nd Place: Yuxin Jia
3rd Place: Belinda Zhu
Honorable Mention: Avery Li
Honorable Mention: Abby Jang
PEI GROUP
1st Place: Caroline Li
2nd Place: Ethan Yao
3rd Place: Minka Wu
Honorable Mention: Camellia Wu
Honorable Mention: Frances Hu
PFI GROUP
1st Place: Anne Tang
2nd Place: Roy Kwak
3rd Place: Joseph Chen
Honorable Mention: Joanne, Choi
Honorable Mention: Ted Oh
PGI GROUP
1st Place: Charlene Bolan
2nd Place: Callie Hu
3rd Place: Madison Hu
Honorable Mention: Lynn Kim
Honorable Mention: Eunice Lee
PHI GROUP
1st Place: Chloe Cheng
2nd Place: Olivia Haseley
3rd Place: Aaron Pick
Honorable Mention: Melissa Shen
Honorable Mention: Chuanqian Gao
PII GROUP
1st Place: Chloe Hu
2nd Place: Eileen Hong
3rd Place: Timothy Yang
Honorable Mention: Nathan Nam
Honorable Mention: Chloe Lu
PJI GROUP
1st Place: Winston Wang
2nd Place: Erin Kwon
3rd Place: Malynda Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Anna Ruan
GRADE 4-5
PKI GROUP
1st Place: Joshua Chen
2nd Place: Sarah Shen
3rd Place: Bella In
Honorable Mention: Richy Shi
PLI GROUP
1st Place: Ethan Cho
2nd Place: Hilo Hsin
3rd Place: Hannah Hwang
Honorable Mention: Kaylee Gibson
PMI GROUP
1st place: Daniel Chung
2nd Place: Ethan Zhang (VA)
3rd Place: Ethan Zhang (MD)
Honorable Mention: Joseph Yu
PNI GROUP
1st place: Heidi Hu
2nd Place: Kevin Shen
3rd Place: Jolyn Niu
Honorable Mention: Jessica Joung
Honorable Mention: Aaron Eom
POI GROUP
1st place: Ethan Zhao
2nd Place: Evan Suk
3rd Place: Clara Eom
Honorable Mention: Chloe S. Chun
Honorable Mention: Bili Zhu
PPI GROUP
1st place: Ethan Chen
2nd Place: Michael Ahn
Honorable Mention: Daniel Zou
Honorable Mention: Leo, Chen
Honorable Mention: Georgia Thompson
PQI GROUP
1st place: Andrew Lin
2nd Place: Claire, Wang
3rd Place: Terry, Sheiko
Honorable Mention: Yiran Xu
Honorable Mention: Sophie Ji
PRI GROUP
1st place: Erin Kwak
2nd Place: Anika Long
3rd Place: Angela Zhang
Honorable Mention: Hooman Moghimi
Honorable Mention: Isabelle Wang
PSI GROUP
1st place: Ella Wan
2nd Place: George Sun
3rd Place: Avery Haseley
Honorable Mention: Danielle Bolan
Honorable Mention: Elisha Kang
PTI GROUP
1st place: Ian Kim
2nd Place: Jenny Wang
3rd Place: Lucas Cho
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Wang
Honorable Mention: Hope Sun
PUI GROUP
1st place: Rachel Wu
2nd Place: Christina Hou
3rd Place: Nathan Kim
Honorable Mention: Jude, Bruce
Honorable Mention: Chaemin Kim
GRADE 6-7
PVI GROUP
1st place: Adeline Middleton
2nd Place: Jingyi Mao
3rd Place: Lawrence Kim
Honorable Mention: Vincent Q Thai
Honorable Mention: Jaxton Lee
PWI GROUP
1st place: Anna Zhou
2nd Place: Kenneth Liu
2nd Place: Sophia (Lulu) Wang
Honorable Mention: Nathan Park
Honorable Mention: Jaime Moon
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hwang
PXI GROUP
1st place: Emery Que
2nd Place: Eileen Zhuge
3rd Place: Zoey Lee
Honorable Mention: Faith Sun
Honorable Mention: Kyle Li
Honorable Mention: Andrew Nguyen
PYI GROUP
2nd Place: Anna Cho
3rd Place: Tony Yoon
3rd Place: Christopher Ren
Honorable Mention: Daren Feng
Honorable Mention: Sophia Wang
PZI GROUP
*1st place: Felix, Xu
2nd Place: Madison Chung
3rd Place: Elizabeth Morato
Honorable Mention: Caroline Fu
Honorable Mention: Aiden Lu
GRADE 8-9
PAII GROUP
*1st place: Ryan Shin
2nd Place: Cameron Merrill
3rd Place: Kyler Lee
Honorable Mention: Abigail Cho
PBII GROUP
1st place: Rhema Du
2nd Place: Serene Zhu
3rd Place: Raymond J Cheng
Honorable Mention: Sanchali Banerjee
PCII GROUP
1st place: Chenchang Zhang
2nd Place: Ethan Tran
Honorable Mention: Sophie Li
Honorable Mention: Amber Chang
PDII GROUP
1st place: Gabrielle Pham
2nd Place: Zicheng (Edward) Wang
Honorable Mention: Lumina Zhang
Honorable Mention: Hannah Choi
Honorable Mention: Michael Zhou
PEII GROUP
*1st place: Matthew Chang
2nd Place: Rayna Kim
3rd Place: Irene Park
Honorable Mention: Morgan Li
Honorable Mention: Zabrina Lee
PFII GROUP
1st place: Dylan Schenker
2nd Place: Yunyi Ling
3rd Place: Collin Park
Honorable Mention: Jiaying Ying
Honorable Mention: Angelika Tzioumis
GRADE 10-12
PGII GROUP
1st place: Sarah Cho
2nd Place: Maximilian Meer
3rd Place: Naveen Ramamurthy
Honorable Mention: Isadora Liu
Honorable Mention: Ariel Yang
PHII GROUP
1st place: Madeline Xu
2nd Place: Jonathan Park
3rd Place: Karen Yhim
Honorable Mention: Kathleen Wang
PIII GROUP
*1st place: Claire Deng
2nd Place: Kenneth Duong
3rd Place: Ethan, Schenker
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Fan
Honorable Mention: Anastasia Leonidov
PJII GROUP
*1st place: Nicole Papenfuss
2nd Place: Susie Park
3rd Place: Samuel Gwon
Honorable Mention: Christopher Pishvaian
Honorable Mention: Helen Zhang
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
BEST PERFORMER
Rayna Kim & Ian Kim (Student of Mihyang Joo)
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GRADE 1-4
1st place: Ted Oh & Nathan Nam
2nd Place: Clara Eom & Bella In
GRADE 5-8
*1st place: Rayna Kim & Ian Kim
2nd Place: Sophia Wang & Sophia Wang
GRADE 9-12
1st place: Ellin Kwak & Gyurin Kim
2nd Place: Kenneth Duong & Ethan Tran
3rd Place: Irene Kim & Julie Kim
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SOLO STRING CATEGORY
BEST PERFORMER
Yixuan Li, Violin (Student of Lya Stern)
Cynthia Ma, Violin (Student of Olga Khroulevitch)
Brandon Kim, Cello (Student of Miron Yampolsky)
Kyle Ryu, Cello (Student of Kenneth Law)
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GRADE 2-3
1st place: Aaron Chong
2nd Place: Ninghui Zhan
GRADE 4-5
GROUP 1
1st place: Jules Amyot
2nd Place: Justin Kijun Lee
3rd Place: Ella Wu
GROUP 2
1st place: Chloe Robertson
2nd Place: Emma Hahn
3rd Place: Jeremy Zhang
GRADE 6-7
GROUP 1
*1st place: Brandon Kim
2nd Place: Vivian Kim
3rd Place: Samuel Ko
GROUP 2
*1st place: Yixuan Li
2nd Place: Joshua Gwon
3rd Place: Erin Yi
Honorable Mention: Eunice Lee
Honorable Mention: Nignahao Zhan
Honorable Mention: Andy Wu
GRADE 8-9
GROUP 1
1st place: Ethan Hahn
2nd Place: Christopher Chow
3rd Place: Caleb Fan
Honorable Mention: Calvin Lee
Honorable Mention: Jason Youm
GROUP 2
1st place: Lina Seo
2nd Place: Angelin Cho
GROUP 3
1st place: David Wang
2nd Place: Daphne Wen
GRADE 10-12
GROUP 1
1st place: Noah Pan Stier
2nd Place: Faith Zhang
3rd Place: Hana Lee
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Choi
GROUP 2
*1st place: Cynthia Ma
2nd Place: Ian Lee
3rd Place: Eujin Lee
GROUP 3
1st place: Matthew Kim
2nd Place: Alvin, Guo
GROUP 4
*1st place: Kyle Ryu
2nd Place: Mo-Fei Murphy Chuang
3rd Place: Joshua Fan
OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
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GRADE 5-8
1st place: Madison Bae, Jaime Moon & Brandon Kim
GRADE 9-12
1st place: Annabel Lee, Aleesha Khurram & Kevin Shan
SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
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BEST PERFORMER
Yunah Kwon, Oboe (Student of Katherine Needleman)
GRADE 4-6
1st place: Lucas Cho
GRADE 7-8
1st place: Tyler Jeong
2nd Place: Diane Liu
3rd Place: Daniel Cho
Honorable Mention: Cailyn Oh
GRADE 9-10
GROUP 1
1st place: Joseph Ahn
2nd Place: Michelle Pan
3rd Place: Hannah Park
GROUP 2
1st place: Joanne Fan
2nd Place: Annie Jung
3rd Place: Rachel Yi
GRADE 11-12
*1st place: Yunah Kwon
2nd Place: Hyun June Cho
2021 METROPOLITAN GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL
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BEST PERFORMER
Kyle Ryu, Cello (Student of Kenneth Law)
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SOLO PIANO CATEGORY
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1st Place: Ken Xu
1st Place: Hope Sun
1st Place: Faith Sun
2nd Place: Natalene Dawood
2nd Place: Harold Lin
2nd Place: Victoria Sun
2nd Place: Anthony Ren
3rd Place: Angela Ren
3rd Place: Rachel Wu
3rd Place: Howard Ren
SOLO STRING CATEGORY
1st Place: Calvin Lee (Cello)
1st Place: *Kyle Ryu (Cello)
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st Place: Hailey Kim & Tyler Kim
1st Place: Chloe S. Chun & Ethan Cho
2nd Place: Ken Xu & Osborn Liu
2nd Place: Naveen Ramamurthy & Anthony Ren
3rd Place: Isadora Liu & Howard Ren
Honorable Mention: Christopher Constancia & Ethan Sibulo
2021 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Angie Zhu, Piano, 7 – Potomac, MD
Jiin Kim, Piano, 24 – Baltimore, MD
Leena Hocutt Duarte, 17/ Hrishikesh Ram, 18/ Sophia Knappe, 18, Piano trio– Cary, NC
Hyunjoo Lee, Flute, 17 – Seoul, KR
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st place: Angie Zhu, 7 – Potomac, MD
1st Place: Junyuan (Jeremy) Liu, 9 –Naperville, IL
3rd Place: Keira Chen, 12 – New York, NY
4th Place: Belinda Zhu, 7 – North Potomac, MD
5th Place: Anne Valerie Ter, 10 – Alexandria, VA
Honorable Mention: Victoria Huang, 10 – San Jose, CA
Honorable Mention: Ethan Zhao, 10 – Frederick, MD
Honorable Mention: Hanchi Yao, 10 – Germantown, MD
Honorable Mention: Claire Rong, 12 – Vernon Hills, IL
Honorable Mention: Annie Yuan, 12 – Ellicott City, MD
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Henry Tushman, 14 – Wellesley, MA
2nd Place: Claire Deng, 15 – Gaithersburg, MD
3rd Place: Audrey Yin, 13 – Vernon Hills, IL
Honorable Mention: Amber Li, 15 – Herndon, VA
Honorable Mention: Amanda Chen, 14 – New York, NY
Honorable Mention: Dylan Schenker, 13 – Bethesda, MD
Honorable Mention: Kana Puttkammer, 14 – Bethesda, MD
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Jieun Lee, 18 – Seoul, KR
2nd Place: Victor Pan, 17 – Vienna, VA
3rd Place: Daniel Y. Kim, 16 – Burke, VA
Honorable Mention: Susie Park, 16 – Woodbine, MD
Honorable Mention: Howard Dai, 16 – Northbrook, IL
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Vinokurov, 16 – Poolesville, MD
Honorable Mention: Ethan Benadon, 16 – Dickerson, MD
COLLEGIATE DIVISION
Honorable Mention: Jiazhe Zhang, 22 – Shandgong Province, CN
Honorable Mention: Kaleria Orlova, 21 – Ijamsville, MD
Honorable Mention: Jin Joo Hur, 21 –Seoul, KR
PROFFESIONAL DIVISION
1st Place: Jiin Kim, 24 – Baltimore, MD
2nd Place: Hye-Jin Park, 26 – Cheonan, KR
3rd Place: Cecilia SaKong, 31 – State College, PA
4th Place: Wonkyung Kim, 37 – Iowa City, Iowa
5th Place: Jihyun Park, 23 – Gyeongggi, KR
Honorable mention: Jookhyun Kim, 27 – Chungcheongbuk-do, KR
Honorable Mention: Meejee Lee, 25 – Seoul, KR
Honorable Mention: Yery Jo, 27 – Seoul, KR
Honorable Mention: Heegyeong Jeong, 23 – Seoul, KR
Honorable Mention: Youngsun Lee, 23 – Seoul, KR
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Annie Yuan, 12/ Ammy Yuan, 16 – Ellicott City, MD
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Victor Pan, 17/ Elaine Pan, 15 – Vienna, VA
2nsd Place: Sarah Cho, 16/ Ella Phillippy, 15/ Danielle Lee, 17 – Silver Spring, MD
3rd Place: Sarah Cho, 16/ Danielle Lee, 17 – Rockville, MD
Honorable Mention: Ariana Strasser-King, 15/ Joyce Wu, 16 – Germantown, MD
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1st Place: Jihyun Ryu, 31/ Hyesoo Chun, 49 – Gyeonggi-do, KR
2nd Place: Youn-na Lee, 30/ Ji-Yeon Lee, 29 – Daejeon, KR
Honorable Mention: Yechan Lim, 23 /You Jin Park, 43 – Chantilly, VA
STRING SOLO CATEGORY
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st place: Yixuan Li, Violin, 11 – Rockville, MD
2nd Place: Chloe Chung, Violin, 11 – Marriottsville, MD
3rd Place: Amelia Baisden, Cello, 10 – Washington, DC
Honorable Mention: Dohyoung Kim, Cello, 10 – Potomac, MD
Honorable Mention: Edwin Chung, Cello, 12 – Fairfax, VA
Honorable Mention: Raymond Lim, Violin, 12 – Gaithersburg, MD
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Noah Pan Stier, Violin, 15 – Washington, DC
2nd Place: Joshua Fan, Cello, 15 – Rockville, MD
3rd place: Jiwon Kim, Cello, 14 – North Potomac, MD
4th place: Yuna Chun, Violin, 15 – Silver Spring, MD
Honorable Mention: Ian Lee, Violin, 15 – Fairfax, VA
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Justin Yi, Viola, 17 – Boyds, MD
2nd Place: Alexandra Lukashuk, Cello, 17 – Annandale, VA
3rd Place: Sebastian Gobbels, Harp, 18 – Aurora, ONT
4th place: Ava Rosenbaum, Cello, 17 – Mercer Island, WV
Honorable Mention: Jason Lu, Violin, 17 – Bethesda, MD
Honorable Mention: Faith Zhang, Violin, 16 – Potomac, MD
Honorable Mention: Sumin Lee, Violin, 18 – Bethesda, MD
Honorable Mention: Noah Kim, Cello, 16 – Chantilly, VA
COLLEGIATE DIVISION
2nd Place: Kelsey Payne, Violin, 19 – King George, VA
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1st Place: Yonatan Grinberg, Violin, 34 – Baltimore, MD
STRING CHAMBER
ENSEMBLE: PIANO TRIO
1st Place: Leena Hocutt Duarte, 17/ Hrishikesh Ram, 18/ Sophia Knappe, 18 – Cary, NC
2nd Place: Ethan Oh, 18/ Alena Hu, 17/ Hannah Zhang, 16 – Potomac, MD
WIND/BRASS
YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION
1st Place: Issac Won, Trumpet, 12 – Boyds, MD
2nd Place: Sean Ziyan Guo, Flute, 10 – Bethesda, MD
Honorable mention: Diane Liu, Flute, 12 – North Potomac, MD
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Chayeun Kim, Flute, 13 – Seoul, KR
2nd Place: Juha Park, Flute, 13 – Seoul, KR
3rd Place: James Yi, French Horn, 15 – Boyds, MD
3rd Place: Antonio Galan Vendrell, Trombone, 14 – Valencia, ES
Honorable Mention: Adam Tang, Bassoon, 13 – Potomac, MD
Honorable Mention: Junwoo Kim, Clarinet, 15 – Potomac, MD
Honorable Mention: Solmin Lee, Flute, 15 – Shanghai, CN
SENIOR DIVISION
1st Place: Hyunjoo Lee, Flute, 17 – Seoul, KR
2nd Place: Kennedy Leehealey, Oboe, 17 – Newport Coast, CA
3rd Place: Jimmy Yeum, Clarinet, 18 – McLean, VA
Honorable Mention: Emily Wang, Flute, 17 – Potomac, MD
COLLEGIATE DIVISION
1st Place: Jia Lee, Flute, 21 – Seoul, KR
2nd Place: Won Seok Choi, Flute, 20 – Seoul, KR
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2020 METROPOLITAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
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BEST PERFORMER AWARD
Invited to perform at Carnegie Hall (July 3, 2021 @ 1:00 PM)
Daniel Y. Kim, Piano (Wen-Yin Chan)
Allen Yoo, Cello (Tanya Anisimova)
Joshua Kucharski, Trumpet (Raymond Mase)
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SPECIAL JURY AWARD (previously awarded as "Best Performer-Alternate")
Invited to perform at the Winners' Concert at Strathmore Mansion (July 2021, TBA)
Anh Vu, Piano (Jaewon Lee)
Andrew Lin, Piano (Kuei-I Wu)
Hanchi Yao, Piano (San-Qing Lu Bennaman)
Jiwon Ahn, Piano (Eunjung Kim)
Sarah Cho, Ella Phillippy & Danielle Lee, Piano Chamber (JeongEun Park Kang)
Kyle Ryu, Cello (Kenneth Law)
Joshua Fan, Cello (Laurien Laufman)
Sean Ziyan Guo, Flute (Carolyn Oh)
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PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE K-1
1st Place: Anne Tang
1st Place: Belinda Zhu
1st Place: Kinsley Ahn
2nd Place: Anna Ruan
2nd Place: Ken Xu
2nd Place: Chuanqian Gao
3rd Place: Sophia Chung
3rd Place: Minka Wu
3rd Place: Kelly Ye
Honorable Mention: William Wang
Honorable Mention: Shaheer Khurram
Honorable Mention: Theodore Sheiko
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GRADE 2-3
1st Place: Aiden Jang
1st Place: Ian KIm
1st Place: Angie Zhu
1st Place: Karissa Lin
1st Place: Nathan Kim
1st Place: Roy Kwak
2nd Place: Elissa Ahdi
2nd Place: Chloe Cheng
2nd Place: Hilo Hsin
2nd Place: Bella In
2nd Place: Claire Ahn
2nd Place: Isabelle Wang
3rd Place: Jolyn Niu
3rd Place: Yuxin Jia
3rd Place: Ethan Yao
3rd Place: Lucas Cho
3rd Place: Clara Eom
3rd Place: Ted Oh
Honorable Mention: Angeline Bone
Honorable Mention: Kaylee Gibson
Honorable Mention: Leo Chen
Honorable Mention: Hailey KIm
Honorable Mention: Claire Feng
Honorable Mention: Yiran Xu
Honorable Mention: Ethan Chen
Honorable Mention: Rachel Wu
Honorable Mention: Olivia Herr
Honorable Mention: Ethan Zhang
GRADE 4-5
1st place: erry Sheiko
1st place: Anh Vu*
1st place: Daren Feng
1st place: Yunbo Li
1st place: Andrew Lin*
1st place: Finley Chong
1st place: Aiden Ahn
1st place: Henchi Yao*
1st place: Ella Wan
2nd place: Forest Lan
2nd place: Ethan Zhao
2nd place: Ethan Cho
2nd place: Jenny Wang
2nd place: Elly Zhou
2nd place: Felicia Chen
2nd place: Timothy Oh
2nd place: Kevin Shen
2nd place: Lena Wu
3rd place: Sonia Cupala
3rd place: Emery Que
3rd place: Suah Kwon
3rd place: Evan Suk
3rd place: Walter Brobson
3rd place: Benjamin Wandow
3rd place: Zoey Lee
3rd place: Sanjeer Belle Trichur
3rd place: Damian Lee
Honorable Mention: Sophia Wang
Honorable Mention: Avery Haseley
Honorable Mention: Christina Hou
Honorable Mention: Adeline Middleton
Honorable Mention: Emily Ye
Honorable Mention: Jamie Moon
Honorable Mention: Sophia Chang
Honorable Mention: Iris Yao
Honorable Mention: Seine Lee
Honorable Mention: Hannah Do
Honorable Mention: Claire Wang
Honorable Mention: Erin Kwak
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Wang
GRADE 6-7
1st place: Madison Chung
1st place: Tristan Park
1st place: Jiaying Ying
1st place: Ryan Shin
1st place: Eileen Zhuge
1st place: Rhema Du
1st place: Issac Won
1st place: Caroline Fu
1st place: Sophie Huang
2nd place: Sophie Zhao
2nd place: Richard Lee
2nd place: Divya Laddha
2nd place: Ian Ha
2nd place: Christopher Ren
2nd place: Michael Zhou
2nd place: Enya Ma
2nd place: Anna Zhou
2nd place: Raghav Belle Trichur
3rd place: Serena Zhu
3rd place: Jason Chang
3rd place: Samuel Ko
3rd place: Tony (Anthony) Yoon
3rd place: Irene Park
3rd place: Sophia Wang
3rd place: Sophie Li
3rd place: Morgan Li
3rd place: Paige Zhu
Honorable Mention: Jocelyn Yuan
Honorable Mention: Isabella Kang
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hwang
Honorable Mention: Chloe Sim
Honorable Mention: Anna Chinnam
Honorable Mention: Allison Hwang
Honorable Mention: Alyson Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Evangeline Lin
Honorable Mention: Daisy Lin
Honorable Mention: Luke Wang
Honorable Mention: Ruby Diao
Honorable Mention: Nori Hsin
Honorable Mention: Fernando Joaquin Meza
Honorable Mention: Zijing Wu
Honorable Mention: Audrey Wandow
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GRADE 8-9
1st place: Chance Hattrick
1st place: Josie Chong
1st place: Irene Kim
1st place: Chloe Middleton
1st place: Julia Young
1st place: Kyle Cho
2nd place: Dylan Schenker
2nd place: ames Yoon
2nd place: Ashley Ding
2nd place: Ethan Tran
2nd place: Josh Chen
2nd place: Christopher Pishvaian
3rd place: Yunyi Ling
3rd place: Jihae Jun
3rd place: Christian Yoon
3rd place: Johanna Shin
3rd place: Collin Park
3rd place: Zabrina Lee
Honorable Mention: Naomi Omori
Honorable Mention: Alex Hwang
Honorable Mention: Xinyi Xie
Honorable Mention: Naveen Ramamurthy
Honorable Mention: Sanchali Benerjee
Honorable Mention: Ashlee Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Katelyn Park
Honorable Mention: Clara Kim
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GRADE 10-12
1st place: Esther Tang
1st place: Claire Deng
1st place: Michael Canady
1st place: Daniel Y. Kim*
1st place: Rebecca Fan
1st place: Alex Phan
1st place: Jiwon Ahn*
2nd place: Elaine Chang
2nd place: Daniel Fu
2nd place: Karen Yhim
2nd place: Nicole Papenfuss
2nd place: Jason Wang
2nd place: Elsa Li
2nd place: Ethan Phan
3rd place: Theodore Yi
3rd place: Kenneth Duong
3rd place: Daniel Wu
3rd place: Ethan Asael Benadon
3rd place: Ariel Yang
3rd place: Anastasia Leonidov
3rd place: Samuel Veliveli
Honorable Mention: Luke Frankel
Honorable Mention: Daniel Mitchell
Honorable Mention: Phoebe Hong
Honorable Mention: Ethan Schenker
Honorable Mention: Hyun June Cho
Honorable Mention: Michael Sun
Honorable Mention: Ahan Patani
Honorable Mention: Alicia Kang
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SOLO STRINGS CATEGORY
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GRADE 2-3
1st place: Yuni Lee
2nd place: Taeeun Kim
3rd place: Audrey Lim
Honorable Mention: Hayden KIm
Honorable Mention: Ayman Bourar
GRADE 4-5
1st place: Amelia Baisden
1st place: Laura Lee
2nd place: Abigail Yi
2nd place: Andy Wu
3rd place: Angel Li
3rd place: Euna Kim
Honorable Mention: Ella Wu
Honorable Mention: Madison Yi
GRADE 6-7
1st place: Caleb Fan
1st place: Raymond Lim
1st place: Edwin Chung
2nd place: Sofia Burbano
2nd place: Lindsey Lee
2nd place: Aaron Hwang
3rd place: Samuel Ko
3rd place: Irene Kim
3rd place: Benjamin Kwon
Honorable Mention: Valeria Lai
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GRADE 8-9
1st place: David Wang
1st place: Emma Zou
1st place: Kyle Ryu*
1st place: Joshua Fan*
2nd place: Yuna Chun
2nd place: Yunyi Ling
2nd place: Mona Zhu
3rd place: Kaitlyn Kim
3rd place: James KIm
3rd place: Calvin Lee
Honorable Mention: Katherine Song
Honorable Mention: Jinsol Park
Honorable Mention: Joseph Kim
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Gracie Yoon
1st place: Rachel Choo
1st place: Allen Yoo*
2nd place: Brandon Yoon
2nd place: Adrian Kim
2nd place: Jihwan Kim
3rd place: Rachel Lee
3rd place: Josephine Lee
Honorable Mention: Sarah Kang
Honorable Mention: Felix Lawall
Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Cao
SOLO WOODWINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
GRADE 5-6
1st place: Sean Ziyan Guo*
2nd place: Diane Liu
3rd place: Sophie Zhao
Honorable Mention: Issac Won
GRADE 7-8
1st place: Emma Li
2nd place: Kyle Cho
3rd place: Yeo "Daniel" Yeum
Honorable Mention: Rachel Yi
Honorable Mention: Nathan Le
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GRADE 9-10
1st place: Angela Shen
1st place: Jason Lee
1st place: Catherine Nan
1st place: Hyun June Cho
2nd place: Joseph Ahn
2nd place: Joanne Fan
2nd place: Yeinn Kim
2nd place: James Yi
3rd place: Junwoo Kim
3rd place: Yifan Li
3rd place: Jiwoo Hwang
3rd place: Brayden Wang
Honorable Mention: Christopher Chong
Honorable Mention: Rachel Wang
Honorable Mention: Juri Sho
Honorable Mention: Charlie Renze
GRADE 11-12
1st place: Joshua Kucharski*
2nd place: Emily Wang
3rd place: Sami Kang
Honorable Mention: Yoshiki Shimokawa
Honorable Mention: Jimmy Yeum
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Sarah Cho, Ella Phillippy & Danielle Lee*
2nd place: Stefanie Wang & Anne Wang
3rd place: Daniel Mitchell & Yolanda Li
Honorable Mention: Naveen Ramamurthy & Yolanda Li
Honorable Mention: Kylie Gong & Isadora Liu
Honorable Mention: Stefanie Wang & Naveen Ramamurthy
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OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Noel Jones, Brickman Jones & Lincoln Jones
2nd place: Brandon Yoon & Tyler Yoon
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2020 METROPOLITAN GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMER AWARD
Collin Park, Piano (Ju Young Lee)
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SPECIAL JURY AWARD (previously awarded as "Best Performer-Alternate")
Susie Park, Piano (Ju Young Lee)
Erin Yi, Violin (Sarah Lee)
Kyle Ryu, Cello & Ellin Kwak, Piano (Mi Hyang Joo)
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PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
GRADE 1-3
1st place: Nathan KIm
2nd place: Bella In
3rd place: Clara Eom
3rd place: Meena Oliver
3rd place: Elisha Kang
3rd place: Ken Xu
3rd place: Heelle Jang
GRADE 4-6
1st place: Samuel Rhee
2nd place: Rachel Wu
3rd place: Aaron Eom
3rd place: Harold Lin
GRADE 7-9
1st place: Collin Park*
2nd place: Irene Park
3rd place: Naveen Ramamurthy
GRADE 10-12
1st place: Susie Park*
2nd place: Rachel Park
3rd place: Kylie Gong
3rd place: Anthony Ren
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SOLO STRINGS CATEGORY
1st place: Erin Yi*
2nd place: Gracie Yoon
SOLO WOODWINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
1st place: Heewon Jang
TRADITIONAL PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GRADE 5-8
1st place: Daniel Mitchell & Timothy Mitchell
GRADE 9-12
1st place: Stefanie Wang & Anne Wang
2nd place: Stefanie Wang & Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: Naveen Ramamurthy & Yolanda Li
3rd place: Kylie Gong & Isadora Liu
3rd place: Daniel Mitchell & Yolanda Li
3rd place: Anthony Ren & Isadora Liu
TRADITIONAL OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Kyle Ryu & Ellin Kwak*
1st place: Sarah Kang & Clara Kim
VIRTUAL PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Isabella Tang & Flora Ye
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2019 METROPOLITAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS
Andrew Jiang, piano (San-Qing Lu Bennaman)
Brian Kim , piano (Jaewon Lee)
Bryan Hsu, violin (Ricardo Cyncynates)
Krystal Wu, clarinet (Albert Hunt)
BEST PERFORMERS - ALTERNATE
Jinghan Savitski, piano (Artur Aksenov)
Alice Yacubovich, piano (Miri Frenkel-Yacubovich)
Daniel Wu, piano (Dr. JeongEun Park Kang)
Andrew Gray, violin (Lya Stern)
Cheryl Zhang, flute (Amal Gochenour)
Emily Zhang & Mark Li, piano chamber (Olga Kuperstein )
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
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GROUP A
1st place: Belinda Zhu
2nd place: Angie Zhu
3rd place: Ethan Yao
Honorable Mention: Claire Feng
GROUP B
1st place: Ken Xu
1st place: Nora Ma
2nd place: Maya Guo
3rd place: Madeline Wang
Honorable Mention: Grace Yue
GROUP C
1st place: Alexander Liu
2nd place: Andrew Lin
3rd place: Alice Xue
Honorable Mention: Amy Xu
Honorable Mention: Bella In
GROUP D
1st place: Clara Eom
2nd place: Benjamin Wandow
2nd place: Christina Hou
2nd place: Claire Ahn
Honorable Mention: Casey Yoon
Honorable Mention: Elisha Kang
GROUP E
1st place: Connor Kim
1st place: Ella Si
1st place: Ethan Zhao
3rd place: Evan Suk
Honorable Mention: Erin Kwak
Honorable Mention: Genevieve Simpson-Sundell
GROUP F
1st place: Ian Kim
2nd place: Hanchi Yao
3rd place: Iris Yao
Honorable mention: Hannha Tang
Honorable mention: Harmony kim
GROUP G
1st place: Jenny Wang
2nd place: Jaden Kwak
3rd place: James Villareal
Honorable Mention: Charles Golden
Honorable Mention: Isabelle Wang
GROUP H
1st place: Jinghan Savitski
2nd place: Julia Qu
3rd place: Judy Liu
Honorable Mention: Jenny Yu
Honorable Mention: Joy Liang
GROUP I
1st place: Lewei He
2nd place: Kaylia McCabe
3rd place: Kaelyn Jia
Honorable Mention: Matthew Chan
GROUP J
1st place: Melinda Wang
3rd place: Rachel Wu
Honorable Mention: Nathan Liu
Honorable Mention: Rachel Shin
GROUP K
2nd place: Suah Kwon
3rd place: Samuel Rhee
Honorable Mention: Randy Wang
Honorable Mention: Rinzin Phuntsokyi
GROUP L
1st place: Daniel Chung
2nd place: Youran Wang
3rd place: Terry Sheiko
Honorable Mention: Yuan Fu
GROUP M
1st place: Brandon Liu
2nd place: Enya Ma
2nd place: Henry Golden
3rd place: Emery Que
Honorable Mention: Ashley Liu
Honorable Mention: Russell Dlugosz
GROUP N
1st place: Adeline Middleton
2nd place: Anna Zhou
3rd place: Christopher Ren
Honorable Mention: Ann Zhu
Honorable Mention: Caitlyn Kim
GROUP O
1st place: Eileen Zhuge
2nd place: Claire Sim
3rd place: Daisy Lin
3rd place: Daren Feng
Honorable Mention: Claire Hong
GROUP P
1st place: Elly Zhou
2nd place: Jaime Moon
2nd place: Sophie Zhao
3rd place: Finley Chong
3rd place: Issac won
GROUP Q
1st place: Joseph Yoon
2nd place: Jonathan Kwun
3rd place: Kyle Li
Honorable Mention: Kaylynn Yuan
Honorable Mention: Luke Wang
GROUP R
1st place: Madison Chung
2nd place: Mina Chang
3rd place: Olivia Kwun
Honorable Mention: Nicholas Le
Honorable Mention: Nishant Kandadai
GROUP S
1st place: Paige Zhu
2nd place: Timothy Oh
3rd place: Ray Zhao
Honorable Mention: Reyna Kim
Honorable Mention: Ryan Kim
GROUP T
1st place: Andrew Jiang
2nd place: Alexander Doan
3rd place: Antan Fenley
Honorable Mention: Mahilan Guha
Honorable Mention: Audrey Wandow
GROUP U
1st place: Clara Kim
2nd place: Brian Park
3rd place: Collin Park
Honorable Mention: Bella Kang
Honorable Mention: Christopher Tu
GROUP V1
1st place: Dylan Schenker
2nd place: Irene Park
3rd place: Jocelyn Yuan
Honorable Mention: Eric Zhang
Honorable Mention: Halin Kim
GROUP V2
1st place: Kyle Cho
2nd place: Morgan Li
3rd place: Julian Freisinger
Honorable Mention: Leah Wu
GROUP W
1st place: Sophie Huang
2nd place: Serene Zhu
3rd place: Phu Tran
Honorable Mention: Sanchali Banerjee
GROUP X
1st place: Hannah Choi
1st place: Yiting Sun
2nd place: Danielle Carr
3rd place: Sophie W. Huang
Honorable Mention: Xinyi Xie
GROUP Y1
1st place: Alice Yacubovich
2nd place: Arushi Srinivasan
3rd place: Evan Proudkii
Honorable Mention: Mandy Guo
GROUP Y2
1st place: Claire Deng
2nd place: Chloe Middleton
3rd place: Bentham Hu
GROUP Y3
1st place: Hyun June Cho
2nd place: Eric Zeng
3rd place: Susie Park
Honorable Mention: Ethan Schenker
GROUP Y4
1st place: Julia Yue
2nd place: Katelyn Park
3rd place: Karen Yhim
Honorable Mention: Irene Kim
Honorable Mention: Julie Kim
GROUP Y5
1st place: Richard Luo
2nd place: Rebecca Fan
3rd place: Han-min Cho
GROUP Y6
1st place: William Lu
2nd place: Ahan Patani
3rd place: Alexander Hwang
Honorable Mention: Naveen Ramamurthy
GROUP Z1
1st place: Brian Kim
2nd place: An Tran
3rd place: Antara Hebbar
Honorable Mention: Anastasia Leonidov
Honorable Mention: Bertrand Zhu
GROUP Z2
1st place: Daniel Wu
2nd place: Fei Collins
3rd place: Emily Liu
Honorable Mention: Chelsea Tu
Honorable Mention: Daniel Chen
GROUP Z3
1st place: Grace Chen
2nd place: Michael Canady
3rd place: Jason Wang
Honorable Mention: Pascal Sossou
GROUP Z4
1st place: Phoebe Hong
2nd place: Stefanie Wang
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
FLUTE
1st place: Cheryl Zhang
2nd place: Grace Yu
3rd place: Ashley Liu
3rd place: Joanne Fan
Honorable Mention: Jessica Wang
Honorable Mention: Lydia Yeh
CLARINET
1st place: Krystal Wu
1st place: Sophie Zhao
3rd place: Phoebe Hong
OBOE
1st place: Daniel Yeum
2nd place: Kyle Cho
Honorable Mention: Faith Cheung
TRUMPET
2nd place: Issac Won
3rd place: Eli Kim
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STRINGS CATEGORY
VIOLIN
1st place: Chloe Kim
1st place: Bryan Hsu
1st place: Andrew Gray
2nd place: Raymond Lim
2nd place: Faith Zhang
3rd place: Lawrence Du
3rd place: Irene Kim
3rd place: Yixuan Li
3rd place: Lindsey Lee
3rd place: Emily Liu
3rd place: Hana N. Lee
3rd place: Jason Lu
3rd place: Noel Jones
3rd place: Alyssa Kim
3rd place: Benjamin Choi
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Kim
Honorable Mention: Yuri Popov
Honorable Mention: Hannah Choi
Honorable Mention: Isabelle Park
Honorable Mention: Adeline Yu
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VIOLA
3rd place: Garam Kim
3rd place: Rachel Choo
3rd place: Sumin Choi
CELLO
1st place: Ella Wu
1st place: Christopher Chung
1st place: Joshua Fan
2nd place: Amelia Baisden
2nd place: Caleb Fan
2nd place: Olivia Bond
3rd place: Athena He
3rd place: Kathryn Choi
3rd place: Rebecca Du
3rd place: Joseph Kim
Honorable Mention: Vladislav Popov
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hwang
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Kwon
Honorable Mention: Ian Chen
Honorable Mention: Irene Wiegand-Vera
Honorable Mention: Valerie Lai
Honorable Mention: Haram Kim
Honorable Mention: Jacob Shields
VOICE CATEGORY
1st place: Andy Lu
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GROUP A1
1st place: Chloe Kim / Connor Kim
2nd place: Clare Hwang / Clara Eom
3rd place: Eric Kwon / Aaron Eom
GROUP A2
1st place: Audrey Liu / Ken Xu
2nd place: Timothy Mitchell / John Cao / Alice Zhang
3rd place: Patrick Yin / Audrey Liu
GROUP B
1st place: Emily Zhang / Mark Li
2nd place: Hannah Choi / Clara Kim
3rd place: Anne Wang / Naveen Ramamurthy
Honorable Mention: Alexander Hwang / Allison Hwang
Honorable Mention: Alina Yin / John Cao
GROUP C
1st place: John Cao / Alice Zhang
2nd place: Anthony Ren / John Cao / Alice Zhang
3rd place: Anthony Ren / Harold Lin
Honorable Mention: Kylie Gong / Alice Zhang
Honorable Mention: Anthony Ren / John Cao
GROUP D
1st place: William Lu / Alex Yang
1st place: Naveen Ramamurthy / Ahan Patani
2nd place: Naveen Ramamurthy / Flora Ye
2nd place: Stefanie Wang / Ahan Patani
3rd place: Danny Mitchell / Naveen Ramamurthy
GROUP E
1st place: Stefanie Wang / Liwen Tran
2nd place: Danny Mitchell / Liwen Tran
3rd place: Ahan Patani / Liwen Tran
Honorable Mention: Anne Wang / Stefanie Wang / Ahan Patani
Honorable Mention: Anne Wang / Kylie Gong
GROUP F1
1st place: Anne Wang / Stefanie Wang
1st place: Danny Mitchell / Yolanda Li
2nd place: Anne Wang / Stefanie Wang / Naveen Ramamurthy
2nd place: Anne Wang / Isadora Liu / Anthony Ren
3rd place: Kylie Gong / Yolanda Li
GROUP F2
1st place: Sarah Cho / Danielle Lee
2nd place: Anthony Ren / Isadora Liu
3rd place: Kylie Gong / Yolanda Li / Danny Mitchell
Honorable Mention: Anne Wang / Anthony Ren
OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Yuri Popov, violin / David Wang, violin / Rachel Grace Alcazar, viola / Elena Claire Bazala Kim, cello
1st place: Olivia Bond, cello / Noah Portner, clarinet / Daniel Lee, piano
1st place: Sarah Yi / Sara Manzano / Holly Zhao / Amanda He, flute quartet
2nd place: Emily Liu, violin / Lindsey Lim, violin / Michael Wang, viola / Joey Hsieh, cello
2nd place: Adeline Yu, violin / Sabrina Su, cello / Ian Yu, piano
3rd place: Bryan Hsu, violin / Vladislav Popov, cello / Evan Proudkii, piano
2019 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
String: Romain-Olivier Gray (Cello), student of David Hardy
Woodwind/Brass: Angela Shen (Clarinet), student of Albert Hunt
BEST TEACHERS
David Hardy
Albert Hunt
Olga Khroulevitch
Susan Brandt
STRING CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Lilia Li (Violin), student of Swiatoslaw Kuznik & Amy Beth Horman
2nd place: Claire Li-Chang (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
3rd place: Yui Puttkammer (Violin), student of Lya Stern
Honorable Mention:Rebecca Du (Cello), student of Vasily Popov
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ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Bryan Hsu (Violin), student of Ricardo Cyncynates
2nd place: Julia Li (Violin), student of Swiatoslaw Kuznik & Amy Beth Horman
3rd place: Chloe Lee (Violin), student of Lya Stern
Honorable Mention: Yuri Popov (Violin), student of Irina Briskin
Honorable Mention: Eon Jeong (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
JUNIOR
1st place: Hannah Jeong (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
2nd place: Nicole Leonidov (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
3rd place: Melody Qian (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
Honorable Mention: Yuna Chun (Violin), student of Miae Jeon
SENIOR
1st place: Romain-Olivier Gray (Cello), student of David Hardy
2nd place: Yanglan Xu (Violin), student of Olga Khroulevitch
3rd place: Anna Shin (Viola), student of Maria Montano
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Kim (Violin), student of Lya Stern
Honorable Mention: Daniel Hwang (Violin), student of James Stern
CHAMBER MUSIC CATEGORY
1st place: Charlene Shiu & Preston Steimel (Violin/Piano), coached by Alice Ma
2nd place: Evan Proudkii, Bryan Hsu, & Vladislav Popov (Piano/Violin/Cello), coached by Ralitza Patcheva
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Kyle H. Cho (Oboe), student of Julia Allal
2nd place: Daniel Yeum (Oboe), student of Trevor Mowry
3rd place: Ella Liu (Flute), student of Susan Brandt
Honorable Mention: Sophie Zhao (Clarinet), student of Albert Hunt
JUNIOR
1st place: Angela Shen (Clarinet), student of Albert Hunt
2nd place: Amy Hwang (Flute), student of Leah Arsenault Barrick
3rd place: Jimmy Yeum (Clarinet), student of Albert Hunt
Honorable Mention: Junwoo Kim (Clarinet), student of Emily Coile
SENIOR
1st place: Daniel Coile (Clarinet), student of Emily Coile
2nd place: Mei Yuzuki (Flute), student of Susan Brandt
3rd place: Romita Chattaraj (Flute), student of Susan Brandt
Honorable Mention: Tsach C. Mackey (Clarinet), student of Albert Hunt
2019 WASHINGTON NATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION
BEST PERFORMERS
Kana Puttkammer, student of Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko (Piano Solo)
Julia Jones - Violin, student of Viktor Basis & Teresa Jones (String Solo)
Amy Hwang - Flute, student of Leah Arsenault-Barrick (Wind Solo)
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
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1-2 DIVISION
1st place: Ella Si - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
2nd place: Stella Li - student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Sophia Li - student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Terry Sheiko - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
Honorable Mention: Richard Huangfu - student of Dr. Artur Aksenov
Honorable Mention: Chloe Ng - student of Vivian Kwok
Honorable Mention: Connor Kim - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
3-4 DIVISION
1st place: Lucy Cui - student of Dr. Deborah Brown
2nd place: Joseph Yoon - student of Dominique Shim
3rd place: Paige Zhu - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
3rd place: Madison Chung - student of Esther Kwon
Honorable Mention: Mina Chang - student of Ka Nyoung Yoo
Honorable Mention: Henry Golden - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
Honorable Mention: Nathan Park- student of Dominique Shim
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5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Kana Puttkammer - student of Dmitri Nazarenko
2nd place: Julia Young - student of Jaewon Lee
2nd place: Andrew Jiang - student of San-Qing Lu Bennaman
3rd place: Ellin Kwak - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
3rd place: Aidan T. Hwang - student of BokHwa Kim
Honorable Mention: Kyle Cho- student of Dr. Jeongseon Choi
Honorable Mention: Chance Hattrick- student of Jaewon Lee
Honorable Mention: Brian Park- student of Dominique Shim
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Rebecca Fan - student of San Qing Lu Bennaman
2nd place: Brandon Kwon - student of Dominique Shim
2nd place: Petrina Steimel - student of Ping Steimel
3rd place: Julia Yue - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
Honorable Mention: Christopher Pishvaian - student of Mary Kading
Honorable Mention: Sol Jun - student of Yousun Choi
Honorable Mention: Jenny Jie Zheng - student of Vivian Kwok
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Hana Wang - student of Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt
2nd place: Abigail Pak - student of Junghee Lee
2nd place: Victoria Chai - student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Kevin Seo - student of Hyun Sook Kim
3rd place: Melissa Wu - student of Lisa Emenheister Sarrat
Honorable Mention: Pascal Sossou - student of Jung Hee Lee
Honorable Mention: Ethan Phan - student of Dr. Catherine Lim
Honorable Mention: Alex Phan - student of Dr. Catherine Lim
11-12 DIVISION
1st place: Grace Chen - student of Dr. Jeongseon Choi
2nd place: Christopher Saba - Pamela Mullins & Dr. Paul Nitsch
3rd place: Cao Linh Pham - student of Cecilia Cho & Sam Post
Honorable Mention: Caleb M. Kim - student of Jaewon Lee
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1-4 DIVISION
1st place: Paige Zhu & Sophie Zhao - coached by Svetlana Volkova
5-8 DIVISION
1st place: Andrew Hang , Joyce Wu & Charisse Fung - coached by Alice Ma
2nd place: Maxmillian Belyantsev, Svetlana Semenova, Olesia Soukhoveev & Alexandra Soukhoveev - coached by Lara Parris
3rd place: Samuel Veliveli & Sashmika Veliveli - coached by Dr. Catherine Lim
STRINGS SOLO CATEGORY
1-2 DIVISION
1st place: Amelia Baisden - Cello, student of Maxfield Wollam-Fisher
2nd place: Alexander Moon - Violin, student of Hyunjung Allen
3rd place: Jinghan Savitski - Violin, student of Tzu-Ying Chen
3-4 DIVISION
1st place: Raymond Lim - Violin, student of Miae Jeon
2nd place: Yui Puttkammer - Violin, student of Lya Stern
3rd place: Aaron Hwang - Cello, student of Jongbin Kim
Honorable Mention: Mira Nair - Violin, student of Boyeon Brown
5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Katherine Song - Violin, student of Olga Khroulevitch
2nd place: Chloe Lee - Violin, student of Lya Stern
3rd place: Hanna Hong -Violin, student of Jorge Orozco & Jennifer Lee
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Amy Huang - Violin, student of Leo Sushansky
2nd place: Noah Kim - Cello, student of Sunghee Choi
3rd place: Kenneth Duong - Cello, student of Sunghee Choi
Honorable Mention: Yuna Chun - Violin, student of Miae Jeon
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Julia Jones - Violin, student of Viktor Basis & Teresa Jones
1st place: Romain-Olivier Gray - Cello, student of David Hardy
2nd place: Ethan Oh - Cello, student of Miron Yampolsky
3rd place: Justin Yi - Viola, student of Sungah Min
Honorable Mention: Julien Berman - Violin, student of Leslie Silverfine
11-12 DIVISION
2nd place: Charlene Shiu - Violin, student of Claudia Chudacoff
3rd place: Jenis Kim - Violin, student of Sarah Lee
Honorable Mention: Phillip Lee - Cello, student of Kerry Van Laanen
STRING CHAMBER CATEGORY
5-8 DIVISION
1st place: Noel Jones (Violin), Brickman Jones (Cello) & Lincoln Jones (Piano) - coached by Chen Li Tzeng & Dietrich Paredes Baralt
2nd place: Emily Liu (Violin), Lindsey Lim (Violin), Rachel Alcazar (Viola) & Joey Hsieh (Cello) - coached by Maria Montano
3rd place: Noah Pan Stier (Violin) & Madeline Xu (Piano) - coached by Irina Kats
9-12 DIVISION
1st place: Daniel Hwang (Violin), Jaewoo Chung (Violin), Justin Yi (Viola) & Ethan Oh (Cello) - coached by Dietrich Paredes
WINDS/BRASS SOLO CATEGORY
5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Donovan Holt-Harrington - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
2nd place: Daniel Yeum - Oboe, student of Trevor Mowry
3rd place: Kyle H. Cho - Oboe, student of Julia Allal
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Ahn - Flute, student of Youn Yi
Honorable Mention: Nita Jay - Flute, student of Dr. Michelle Cho
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Junwoo Kim, MD - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
1st place: HyunJune Cho - Trombone, student of Ken Wolff
2nd place: Joanne Fan - Flute, student of Linda Crisafulli
2nd place: James Yi - French horn, student of Seunghee Kucharski
3rd place: Juri Sho - Flute, student of Youn Yi
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Amy Hwang - Flute, student of Leah Arsenault-Barrick
2nd place: Tsach Mackey - Clarinet, student of Dr. Albert Hunt
3rd place: Krystal Wu - Clarinet, student of Dr. Albert Hunt
3rd place: Romita Chattaraj - Flute, student of Susan Brandt
Honorable Mention: Lisette Joo - Flute, student of Esther Choi
Honorable Mention: Michael W. Wang - Clarinet, student of Dane Clark
11-12 DIVISION
1st place: Kara Poling - Oboe, student of Melissa Hooper & Elaine Douvas
2nd place: Timothy S. Jiang - Alto saxophone, student of Jason Mcfeaters
3rd place: Hana Lee - Flute, student of Dr. Michelle Cho
3rd place: Cheryl Zhang - Flute, student of Amal Gochenour
3rd place: William Tae - French horn, student of Dr. Avery Pettigrew
Honorable Mention: Daniel Coile - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
Honorable Mention: Yujin Kim - Flute, student of Youn Yi
WINDS/BRASS CHAMBER CATEGORY
9-12 DIVISION
1st place: Daniel Coile (Clarinet), Junwoo Kim (Clarinet), Peter Winstel (Clarinet), Donovan Holt-Harrington (Bass Clarinet) - coached by Emily Coile
VOICE SOLO CATEGORY
1st place: Danielle Serrao - student of John Calkins
2nd place: Alicia Poling - student of Madeleine Gray
Honorable Mention: Christopher Ren - student of Ling Xiao
Honorable Mention: Alina Yang - student of Lucy Chen
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2019 NATIONAL GOSPEL MUSIC COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Chaewon Min - flute
PIANO CATEGORY
1st place: Rachel Shin
1st place: Ryan Shin
1st place: James Yoon
1st place: Joyce Wu
1st place: Daniel Wu
2nd place: Clara Eom
2nd place: Clare Hwang
2nd place: Sashmika Veliveli
2nd place: Jihae Jun
2nd place: Yale Yeo
2nd place: Josie Chong
2nd place: Danny Mitchell
3rd place: Ken Xu
3rd place: Casey Yoon
3rd place: Finley Chong
3rd place: Victoria Sun
3rd place: Suah Yeo
3rd place: Grace Ko
3rd place: Eunhae Jun
3rd place: Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: Yolanda Li
STRINGS CATEGORY
1st place: Rebecca Kim - violin
1st place: Lauren Kim - cello
1st place: Gracie Yoon - violin
2nd place: Nathan Choi - cello
3rd place: Joseph Kim - cello
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
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1st place: Marie Yoon - flute
1st place: Grace Yu - flute
1st place: Chaewon Min - flute
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Claire Ahn & Claire Sim
1st place: Naveen Ramamurthy & Anne Wang
1st place: Sherry Chen & Danny Mitchell
2nd place: David Chang & Tyce Lee-Tung
2nd place: Anne Wang & Isadora Liu
2nd place: Sherry Chen & Ahan Patani
2nd place: Yolanda Li & Kylie Gong
2nd place: Yolanda Li & Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: John Cao & Ken Xu
3rd place: Liwen Tran & Stefanie Wang
3rd place: Anne Wang & Kylie Gong
OTHER CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Caleb Son, Kyle Bae & Abigail Lee - cello/cello/cello
2nd place: Garam Kim & Haram Kim - viola/cello
2018 METROPOLITAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST PERFORMERS
Kayleigh Kim - solo string, violin
Joshua Yezhao Chen - solo piano
Hana Lee - solo wind, flute
PIANO CATEGORY
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GROUP A
1st place: Ella Si
2nd place: Olivia Herr
3rd place: Jeremy Ku
Honorable Mention: Kate Lee
Honorable Mention: Claire Ahn
Honorable Mention: Valentina Coppola
GROUP B
1st place: Claire Wang
2nd place: Christina Hou
2nd place: Terry Sheiko
3rd place: Hannah Phillippy
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Wandow
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GROUP C
1st place: Evan Suk
2nd place: Connor Kim
Honorable Mention: Leo Coppola
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hitaj
Honorable Mention: Jaden Kwak
Honorable Mention: Alex Cho
GROUP D
1st place: Nathan Park
2nd place: Joseph J. Yoon
2nd place: Kayla Chun
3rd place: Amelia Duan
Honorable Mention: Eric Kwon
Honorable Mention: Ray Zhao
GROUP E
1st place: Jaime Moon
2nd place: Olivia Kwun
3rd place: Timothy Oh
3rd place: David Ahn
Honorable Mention: Finley Chong
GROUP F
1st place: Reyna Kim
2nd place: Sophie Zhao
2nd place: Henry Golden
3rd place: Christopher Ren
3rd place: Kevin Shen
3rd place: Reemey Ghermay
GROUP G
1st place: Paige Zhu
2nd place: Enya Ma
2nd place: Brandon Liu
3rd place: Anthony Wei
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Kwun
GROUP H
1st place: Melanie Guo
2nd place: Leah Wu
3rd place: Michael Zhou
Honorable Mention: Irene Park
Honorable Mention: Ethan Mao
Honorable Mention: Antan Fenley
GROUP I
1st place: Ryan Shin
2nd place: Serene Zhu
3rd place: Raymond Cheng
Honorable Mention: Morgan Li
Honorable Mention: Jun Park
Honorable Mention: Gabriel Eraso
GROUP J
1st place: Anna Kim
2nd place: Audrey Wandow
3rd place: Jocelyn Yuan
Honorable Mention: Lily Choi
Honorable Mention: Brian T. Park
Honorable Mention: Hannah Y Kim
GROUP K
1st place: Jaden Li
1st place: Chris Jia
2nd place: David Egge
2nd place: Anthony Xu
3rd place: Julia Young
Honorable Mention: Christopher Tu
GROUP L
1st place: Kyle H. Cho
2nd place: Julian Freisinger
3rd place: James Yoon
3rd place: Collin Park
Honorable Mention: Meley Ghermey
Honorable Mention: Sanchali Banerjee
GROUP M
1st place: Joshua Yezhao Chen
2nd place: Hyunbin Yu
3rd place: Irene Kim
Honorable Mention: Sean Lee
Honorable Mention: Mandy Guo
Honorable Mention: Katie Xiang
GROUP N
1st place: Samantha Ye
2nd place: Bentham Hu
3rd place: Katelyn Park
3rd place: Tyler Om
Honorable Mention: Han-min Cho
Honorable Mention: Naveen Ramamurthy
Honorable Mention: Michelle Kim
GROUP O
1st place: Brandon Kwon
2nd place: Julia Yue
2nd place: Richard Luo
3rd place: Ella Phillippy
3rd place: Elsa Li
3rd place: Karen Yhim
GROUP P
1st place: William Lu
2nd place: Zachary Edenbaum
3rd place: Susie Park
3rd place: Ahan Patani
Honorable Mention: Thao-Hien Nguyen
GROUP Q
1st place: Danielle Lee
2nd place: Ethan Benadon
Honorable Mention: Sofia Tasikas
Honorable Mention: Abigail Pak
Honorable Mention: Megan Chen
GROUP R
1st place: Daniel Wu
2nd place: Rachel Park
3rd place: Emily Liu
Honorable Mention: Chelsea Tu
GROUP S
1st place: Pascal Sossou
2nd place: An Tran
2nd place: Bryan Zhang
3rd place: Fei Collins
3rd place: Ethan Phan
Honorable Mention: Bertrand Zhu
Honorable Mention: Samantha Leventis
GROUP T
1st place: Michael Yoo
2nd place: Hana Wang
3rd place: Sebastian Lu
GROUP U
1st place: Sarah Na
2nd place: Caleb Kim
2nd place: Kenneth Wang
3rd place: Hee Yon Park
3rd place: Eleanor Zang
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
FLUTE
1st place: Nita Jay
1st place: Rachel Son
1st place: Hana Lee
2nd place: Joanne Fan
2nd place: Katie Jeong
2nd place: Michelle Shen
3rd place: Yeinn Renee Kim
3rd place: Lisette Joo
3rd place: Elizabeth Li
FRENCH HORN
1st place: Eric Oh
2nd place: Andrew Kim
OBOE
1st place: Jason Lee
TRUMPET
2nd place: Noah Lee
3rd place: Sang-Woo Hwang
STRINGS CATEGORY
VIOLIN
1st place: Alexander Moon
1st place: Erin Yi
1st place: Raymond Lim
1st place: Yuna Chun
1st place: Kayleigh Kim
1st place: Jaimie Lwin
2nd place: Jianna Yoon
2nd place: Lindsey Lee
2nd place: Eon Jeong
2nd place: Barry Jie
2nd place: Kaitlyn Kim
2nd place: Samantha Lu
2nd place: Alexander Choi
2nd place: Janice Lee
3rd place: Audrey Lim
3rd place: Daniel Bae
3rd place: Roselyn Bi
3rd place: Katherine Song
3rd place: Isabelle Park
3rd place: Taiki Fukui
Honorable Mention: Ashley Kim
Honorable Mention: Maddie Yi
Honorable Mention: Zara Walker
Honorable Mention: Chloe Kiwon Lee
Honorable Mention: Irene Kim
Honorable Mention: David Wen
Honorable Mention: Rayna Kim
Honorable Mention: Isis Pirrone
Honorable Mention: Gracie Yoon
Honorable Mention: Evan Mao
VIOLA
1st place: Jada Walker
1st place: Brian Kim
1st place: Maxwell Zhang
1st place: Alice Song
2nd place: Lina Seo
2nd place: Amy Tang
3rd place: Alvin Lee
3rd place: Ashley Ahn
CELLO
1st place: Prestin Kim
1st place: Ethan Oh
2nd place: Emma Walker
2nd place: Caleb Fan
2nd place: Jacob Lee
2nd place: Joshua Fan
2nd place: Olivia Bond
3rd place: Aaron Hwang
3rd place: Daniel D. Lee
3rd place: Luke Walker
3rd place: Megan Chen
3rd place: Allen Yoo
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PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
GROUP A
1st place: Lily Runkle / Alice Zhang / John Cao
2nd place: John Cao / Lily Runkle
3rd place: Jaime Moon / Timothy Oh
Honorable Mention: Clare Hwang / Rachel Shin
GROUP B
1st place: John Cao / Alice Zhang
2nd place: Enya Ma / Christopher Ren
3rd place: Lily Runkle / Alice Zhang
3rd place: Kelly Wang / Samuel Yang
Honorable Mention: Kelly Wang / Chloe Ma
GROUP C
1st place: Ryan Shin / Sophie Huang
2nd place: Melanie Guo / Jocelyn Yuan
2nd place: Isadora Liu / Anne Wang / Anthony Ren
3rd place: Hannah Y Kim / Jun Park
Honorable Mention: Isadora Liu / Anne Wang / Lillian Zhao
GROUP D
1st place: Naveen Ramamurthy / Ahan Patani
2nd place: Anthony Ren / Anne Wang
3rd place: Naveen Ramamurthy / Ahan Patani / Lillian Zhao
Honorable Mention: Danny Mitchell / Timothy Mitchell
Honorable Mention: Anne Wang / Lillian Zhao
Honorable Mention: Anne Wang / Isadora Liu
GROUP E
1st place: Liwen Tran / Stefanie Wang / Anne Wang
2nd place: Stefanie Wang / Liwen Tran / Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: Sherry Chen / Liwen Tran / Kylie Chen
Honorable Mention: Sherry Chen / Kylie Chen
GROUP F
1st place: Isabella Tang / Flora Ye
2nd place: Liwen Tran / Yolanda Li
3rd place: Yolanda Li / Danny Mitchell
Honorable Mention: Stefanie Wang / Liwen Tran
Honorable Mention: Yolanda Li / Kylie Gong
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WINDS/BRASS CHAMBER CATEGORY
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1st place: Sarah Yi / Chloe Zhao / Amanda Welch / Romita Chattaraj
2nd place: Joanne Fan / Emily Cheng / Jessica Chen / Sophia Shiu / Katherine Yu
STRING CHAMBER CATEGORY
1st place: Kayleigh Kim / Matthew Cummings / Hana Wang
2nd place: Noel Jones / Stephanie Dragoi / Anna Lee / Caleb Zhao
2nd place: Noel Jones / Brickman Jones / Lincoln Jones
2nd place: Daniel Hwang / Jaewoo Chung / Ethan Oh / Justin Yi
2nd place: Natalie Hsieh / Olesia Soukhoveev / Joey Hsieh
3rd place: Emily Liu / Lindsey Lim / Rachel Alcazar / Joey Hsieh
Honorable Mention: Chloe Lee / Justin Lee
Honorable Mention: David Wang / Layla Crist / Margaret Chen / Sofia Grundy
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2018 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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PIANO CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Anna Kim (H. Lee)
2nd place: Caroline Su (M. Gramaticova)
3rd place: Tristan Park (M. Joo)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Nguyen (M. Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Leah Shive (V. Kwok)
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ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Andrew Jiang (S. Bennaman)
2nd place: Kathleen Wang (M. Gramaticova)
3rd place: Michelle Wang (O. Kuperstein)
Honorable Mention: Lavinia Bonvini (M. Frenkel-Yacubovich)
Honorable Mention: Michael Chen (B. Kim)
Honorable Mention: Ellin Kwak (M. Joo)
Honorable Mention: Kana Puttkammer (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Anthony Xu (M. Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Ricky Ye (Chen-Li Tzeng)
JUNIOR
1st place: Hannah Zhang (D. Nazarenko)
2nd place: Matthew Zhou (D. Kuperstein)
3rd place: Michelle Qiu (A. Ouspenskaya)
Honorable Mention: Adrian Cheung (O. Titova)
Honorable Mention: Caleb Kim (H. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Allison Oh (S. Blazquez)
SENIOR
1st place: Angela Wu (D. Nazarenko)
2nd place: Jessica Wu (O. Kuperstein)
3rd place: Teddi Yoo (B. Kellert)
Honorable Mention: Christopher Papenfuss (J. Litzelman)
Honorable Mention: Jenny Tan (J. Yang)
PIANO ENSEMBLE CATEGORY
1st place: Matthew Zhou & Nadine Meister (D. Kuperstein)
2nd place: Natalie Beylin & Danielle Beylin (V. Kwok)
2nd place: Mai Friedman & Sana Friedman (I. Yurkovskaya)
3rd place: Ryan Shin & Sophie Huang (J. Kang)
3rd place: Ming Nelson & Zhenzhu Nelson (O. Kuperstein)
Honorable Mention: John Cao & Alice Zhang (Y. Yeh)
Honorable Mention: Lillian Zhao, Anne Wang, & Isadora Liu (Y. Yeh)
Honorable Mention: Michael Chen & Connie Chen (B. Kim)
Honorable Mention: Kayleigh Hoang & Raelyn Hoang (S. Blazquez)
Honorable Mention: Esther Tang & Anita Li (S. Volkova)
Honorable Mention: Justin Zhang & Isabella Tang (Y. Yeh)
Honorable Mention: Tess Yu & Lisa Li (O. Kuperstein)
Honorable Mention: Sarah Schiffgens & Joon Bang (J. Kang)
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2018 WASHINGTON NATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION
BEST PERFORMERS
Kana Puttkammer, student of Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko (Piano Solo)
Julia Jones - Violin, student of Viktor Basis & Teresa Jones (String Solo)
Amy Hwang - Flute, student of Leah Arsenault-Barrick (Wind Solo)
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
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1-2 DIVISION
1st place: Ella Si - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
2nd place: Stella Li- student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Sophia Li - student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Terry Sheiko - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
Honorable Mention: Richard Huangfu- student of Dr. Artur Aksenov
Honorable Mention: Chloe Ng- student of Vivian Kwok
Honorable Mention: Connor Kim - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
3-4 DIVISION
1st place: Lucy Cui - student of Dr. Deborah Brown
2nd place: Joseph Yoon - student of Dominique Shim
3rd place: Paige Zhu - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
3rd place: Madison Chung - student of Esther Kwon
Honorable Mention: Mina Chang- student of Ka Nyoung Yoo
Honorable Mention: Henry Golden- student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
Honorable Mention: Nathan Park- student of Dominique Shim
5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Kana Puttkammer - student of Dmitri Nazarenko
2nd place: Julia Young - student of Jaewon Lee
2nd place: Andrew Jiang - student of San-Qing Lu Bennaman
3rd place: Ellin Kwak - student of Dr. Mihyang Joo
3rd place: Aidan T. Hwang - student of BokHwa Kim
Honorable Mention: Kyle Cho, MD- student of Dr. Jeongseon Choi
Honorable Mention: Chance Hattrick- student of Jaewon Lee
Honorable Mention: Brian Park- student of Dominique Shim
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Rebecca Fan - student of San Qing Lu Bennaman
2nd place: Brandon Kwon - student of Dominique Shim
2nd place: Petrina Steimel - student of Ping Steimel
3rd place: Julia Yue - student of Dr. Svetlana Volkova
Honorable Mention: Christopher Pishvaian- student of Mary Kading
Honorable Mention: Sol Jun- student of Yousun Choi
Honorable Mention: Jenny Jie Zheng- student of Vivian Kwok
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Hana Wang - student of Lisa Emenheiser Sarratt
2nd place: Abigail Pak - student of Junghee Lee
2nd place: Victoria Chai - student of Vivian Kwok
3rd place: Kevin Seo - student of Hyun Sook Kim
3rd place: Melissa Wu - student of Lisa Emenheister Sarrat
Honorable Mention: Pascal Sossou- student of Jung Hee Lee
Honorable Mention: Ethan Phan- student of Dr. Catherine Lim
Honorable Mention: Alex Phan - student of Dr. Catherine Lim
11-12 DIVISION
1st place: Grace Chen - student of Dr. Jeongseon Choi
2nd place: Christopher Saba - Pamela Mullins & Dr. Paul Nitsch
3rd place: Cao Linh Pham - student of Cecilia Cho & Sam Post
Honorable Mention: Caleb M. Kim- student of Jaewon Lee
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
1-4 DIVISION
1st place: Paige Zhu & Sophie Zhao - coached by Svetlana Volkova
5-8 DIVISION
1st place: Andrew Hang , Joyce Wu & Charisse Fung - coached by Alice Ma
2nd place: Maxmillian Belyantsev, Svetlana Semenova, Olesia Soukhoveev & Alexandra Soukhoveev - coached by Lara Parris
3rd place: Samuel Veliveli & Sashmika Veliveli - coached by Dr. Catherine Lim
STRINGS SOLO CATEGORY
1-2 DIVISION
1st place: Amelia Baisden - Cello, student of Maxfield Wollam-Fisher
2nd place: Alexander Moon - Violin, student of Hyunjung Allen
3rd place: Jinghan Savitski - Violin, student of Tzu-Ying Chen
3-4 DIVISION
1st place: Raymond Lim - Violin, student of Miae Jeon
2nd place: Yui Puttkammer - Violin, student of Lya Stern
3rd place: Aaron Hwang - Cello, student of Jongbin Kim
Honorable Mention: Mira Nair - Violin, student of Boyeon Brown
5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Katherine Song - Violin, student of Olga Khroulevitch
2nd place: Chloe Lee - Violin, student of Lya Stern
3rd place: Hanna Hong -Violin, student of Jorge Orozco & Jennifer Lee
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Amy Huang - Violin, student of Leo Sushansky
2nd place: Noah Kim - Cello, student of Sunghee Choi
3rd place: Kenneth Duong -Cello, student of Sunghee Choi
Honorable Mention: Yuna Chun- Violin, student of Miae Jeon
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Julia Jones - Violin, student of Viktor Basis & Teresa Jones
1st place: Romain-Olivier Gray - Cello, student of David Hardy
2nd place: Ethan Oh - Cello, student of Miron Yampolsky
3rd place: Justin Yi - Viola, student of Sungah Min
Honorable Mention: Julien Berman- Violin, student of Leslie Silverfine
11-12 DIVISION
2nd place: Charlene Shiu - Violin, student of Claudia Chudacoff
3rd place: Jenis Kim - Violin, student of Sarah Lee
Honorable Mention: Phillip Lee - Cello, student of Kerry Van Laanen
STRING CHAMBER CATEGORY
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5-8 DIVISION
1st place: Noel Jones(Violin), Brickman Jones(Cello) & Lincoln Jones(Piano) - coached by Chen Li Tzeng & Dietrich Paredes Baralt
2nd place: Emily Liu (Violin), Lindsey Lim (Violin), Rachel Alcazar (Viola) & Joey Hsieh (Cello) - coached by Maria Montano
3rd place: Noah Pan Stier (Violin) & Madeline Xu (Piano) - coached by Irina Kats
9-12 DIVISION
1st place: Daniel Hwang (Violin), Jaewoo Chung (Violin), Justin Yi (Viola)& Ethan Oh (Cello) - coached by Dietrich Paredes
WINDS/BRASS SOLO CATEGORY
5-6 DIVISION
1st place: Donovan Holt-Harrington - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
2nd place: Daniel Yeum - Oboe, student of Trevor Mowry
3rd place: Kyle H. Cho - Oboe, student of Julia Allal
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Ahn - Flute, student of Youn Yi
Honorable Mention: Nita Jay - Flute, student of Dr. Michelle Cho
7-8 DIVISION
1st place: Junwoo Kim, MD - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
1st place: HyunJune Cho - Trombone, student of Ken Wolff
2nd place: Joanne Fan - Flute, student of Linda Crisafulli
2nd place: James Yi - French horn, student of Seunghee Kucharski
3rd place: Juri Sho - Flute, student of Youn Yi
9-10 DIVISION
1st place: Amy Hwang - Flute, student of Leah Arsenault-Barrick
2nd place: Tsach Mackey - Clarinet, student of Dr. Albert Hunt
3rd place: Krystal Wu - Clarinet, student of Dr. Albert Hunt
3rd place: Romita Chattaraj - Flute, student of Susan Brandt
Honorable Mention: Lisette Joo - Flute, student of Esther Choi
Honorable Mention: Michael W. Wang - Clarinet, student of Dane Clark
11-12 DIVISION
1st place: Kara Poling - Oboe, student of Melissa Hooper & Elaine Douvas
2nd place: Timothy S. Jiang - Alto saxophone, student of Jason Mcfeaters
3rd place: Hana Lee - Flute, student of Dr. Michelle Cho
3rd place: Cheryl Zhang - Flute, student of Amal Gochenour
3rd place: William Tae - French horn, student of Dr. Avery Pettigrew
Honorable Mention: Daniel Coile - Clarinet, student of Emily Coile
Honorable Mention: Yujin Kim - Flute, student of Youn Yi
WINDS/BRASS CHAMBER CATEGORY
9-12 DIVISION
1st place: Daniel Coile (Clarinet), Junwoo Kim (Clarinet), Peter Winstel (Clarinet), Donovan Holt-Harrington (Bass Clarinet) - coached by Emily Coile
VOICE SOLO CATEGORY
1st place: Danielle Serrao - student of John Calkins
2nd place: Alicia Poling - student of Madeleine Gray
Honorable Mention: Christopher Ren - student of Ling Xiao
Honorable Mention: Alina Yang - student of Lucy Chen
2018 NATIONAL GOSPEL MUSIC COMPETITION
BEST OF BEST AWARD
Chamber category: Ian Yu, Adeline Yu, Sabrina Su (piano / violin / cello)
PIANO CATEGORY
GOLD
Sarah Cho
Christina Jung
Jayden Ku
Samuel Veliveli
Sashmika Veliveli
SILVER
Eunhae Jun
Julie Kim
Collin Park
Susie Park
BRONZE
Alex Cho
Hannah Smith
Joyce Wu
Yale Yeo
STRINGS CATEGORY
GOLD
Daniel Hwang
SILVER
Charlene Shiu
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
GOLD
Aiden Kang
Jeremy Kang
SILVER
Sang-Woo Hwang
Katie Kim
BRONZE
Sami Kang
James Yi
VOICE CATEGORY
GOLD
Rebekah Kim
Kaylie Yim
BRONZE
Sandra Kim
CHAMBER CATEGORY
GOLD
Terry Sheiko & Connor Kim (piano / piano)
Ian Yu, Adeline Yu, & Sabrina Yu (piano / violin / cello)***
SILVER
Janice Lee & Danielle Lee (piano / piano)
Julia Shi & Evelyn Huang (piano / piano)
Ellin Kwak, Helen Choe, Marie Yoon, & Deborah Chung (piano / flute / flute / flute)
BRONZE
Jung-Won Hwang & Daniel Hwang (flute / violin)
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2017 METROPOLITAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIANO CATEGORY
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GROUP A
1st place: Connor Kim
1st place: Ella Si
2nd place: Jeremy Ku
2nd place: Kaylia McCabe
3rd place: Christina Hou
3rd place: Hannah Phillippy
GROUP B
1st place: Henry Golden
2nd place: Jaime Moon
2nd place: Ray Zhao
3rd place: Jason Liu
3rd place: Savannah Lease
3rd place: Olivia Kwun
3rd place: Anthony Koo
Honorable Mention: Amelia Duan
Honorable Mention: Andrew Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Anna Chinnam
Honorable Mention: Ronan Gunning
GROUP C
1st place: Tristan Park
1st place: Caroline Su
2nd place: Amy Rha
2nd place: Sophie Zhao
2nd place: Paige Zhu
2nd place: Grace Wu
3rd place: Anna Zhou
3rd place: Jonathan Kwun
3rd place: Christopher Ren
Honorable Mention: Enya Ma
Honorable Mention: Daphne Yi
Honorable Mention: Minh-Quang Nguyen
GROUP D
1st place: Sophie Q. Huang
1st place: Ellin Kwak
2nd place: Hannah Y Kim
2nd place: Max Kim
2nd place: Ryan Shin
3rd place: Morgan Li
3rd place: Sophie Li
3rd place: Jonathan Yu
3rd place: Jocelyn Yuan
3rd place: Irene Park
Honorable Mention: Nina Sun
Honorable Mention: Audrey Wandow
Honorable Mention: Jessica Yao
Honorable Mention: Michael Zhou
Honorable Mention: Vivian Yoo
GROUP E
1st place: Danielle Carr
1st place: Chance Hattrick
1st place: Collin Park
2nd place: Chloe Jahng
2nd place: Kyle H. Cho
2nd place: Gyurim Kim
2nd place: James Yoon
3rd place: Hannah Kim
3rd place: Katherine Ku
3rd place: Anthony Xu
3rd place: Sunni Kim
Honorable Mention: Amy Key
Honorable Mention: Jenny Yi
Honorable Mention: Sophie W. Huang
GROUP F
1st place: Julie Kim
2nd place: Irene Kim
2nd place: Katelyn Park
2nd place: Yunkyeong Jung
3rd place: Melanie Nguyen
3rd place: Tyler Om
3rd place: Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: Samantha Ye
Honorable Mention: Daniel Son
Honorable Mention: Han-min Cho
Honorable Mention: Ethan Liu
Honorable Mention: Naomi Omori
GROUP G
1st place: Amber Li
1st place: Ella Phillippy
2nd place: Jake Lee
2nd place: Donna Cho
2nd place: Susie Park
2nd place: Karen Yhim
3rd place: David Cho
3rd place: Hyun June Cho
3rd place: Jayden Ku
3rd place: Ahan Patani
Honorable Mention: Hayden Wong
Honorable Mention: Thao-Hien Nguyen
Honorable Mention: David Han
Honorable Mention: Jinee Kim
Honorable Mention: Brayden Wang
GROUP H
1st place: Chris Kan
1st place: Brian Kim
1st place: Daniel Wu
1st place: Rachel Park
2nd place: Michael Yoo
2nd place: Abigail Pak
2nd place: Pascal Sossou
3rd place: Marcus Wong
Honorable Mention: Rachel Cheung
Honorable Mention: Phoebe Hong
Honorable Mention: Christina Jung
GROUP I
1st place: Pierre Quan
1st place: Sarah Schiffgens
1st place: Teddi Yoo
2nd place: Kenneth Wang
3rd place: Lauren Cain
3rd place: Brian Kim
3rd place: Serena Lee
Honorable Mention: Kevin Cho
Honorable Mention: Justin Zhang
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
FLUTE
1st place: Joanne Fan
1st place: Joanne Song
1st place: Michelle Song
1st place: Cheryl Zhang
1st place: Jung-Won Hwang
2nd place: Rachel Son
2nd place: Yeinn Renee Kim
3rd place: Jasmine Xi
3rd place: Michelle Heo
3rd place: Lisette Joo
3rd place: Elizabeth Zhao
CLARINET
1st place: Krystal Wu
1st place: Tsach Mackey
2nd place: Alvin Kang
2nd place: Phoebe Hong
OBOE
1st place: Kyle H. Cho
1st place: Faith Cheung
TRUMPET
1st place: Sang-Woo Hwang
STRINGS CATEGORY
VIOLIN
1st place: Nahuel Weber-Jacobsen
1st place: Daniel Hwang
1st place: Noah Pan Stier
2nd place: Ace Avery
2nd place: Roselyn Bi
2nd place: Eon Jeong
2nd place: Lindsey Lee
2nd place: Jean-Won Kim
2nd place: Natalie Hsieh
3rd place: Raymond Lim
3rd place: Jianna Yoon
VIOLA
1st place: Brian Kim
1st place: Maxwell Zhang
1st place: Stephanie Park
2nd place: Alice Song
2nd place: Bryan Li
3rd place: Lina Seo
3rd place: Irene Kim
CELLO
1st place: Michael Li
1st place: Seyun Park
1st place: Joshua Fan
1st place: Nicole Fang
1st place: Justin Song
2nd place: Calvin Lee
2nd place: Phillip Lee
2nd place: Ocean Lan
2nd place: Allen Yoo
3rd place: Florence Geneau
3rd place: Caleb Fan
CHAMBER CATEGORY
WIND ENSEMBLE
1st place: Kylie Kim & Lauren Hong
PIANO TRIO
1st place: Julian Naimon, Noah Pan Stier, and Madeline Xu
2nd place: Eleanor Shen, Roland Kahn, and Annabelle Song
STRING QUARTET
1st place: Spencer Tate, Natalie Hsieh, Katherine Kim, and Phillip Lee
2nd place: Hana Lee, Faith Zhang, Anna Lee, and Allen Yoo
PIANO 4 HANDS
1st place: Alexander Suh & Jialin Tso
1st place: Sarah Schiffgens & Joon Bang
2nd place: Enya Ma & Christopher Ren
2nd place: Sophie Q. Huang & Ryan Shin
2nd place: Madeleine Nguyen & Christine Nguyen
2nd place: Stefanie Wang & Liwen Tran
3rd place: Terry Sheiko & Connor Kim
3rd place: Lily Runkel & John Cao
3rd place: Ahan Patani & Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd place: Yolanda Li & Liwen Tran
Honorable Mention: Ellin Kwak & Gyurim Kim
PIANO 6 HANDS
1st place: Lillian Zhao, Stefanie Wang, and Liwen Tran
2nd place: Lillian Zhao, Isadora Liu, and Anne Wang
3rd place: Lily Runkel, Sean Tseng, and Ian Tseng
Honorable Mention: Anthony Ren, Isadora Liu, and Anne Wang
Honorable Mention: Yolanda Li, Liwen Tran, and Kylie Gong
2017 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Piano Category, Elementary II Division: Raelyn Hoang, student of Silva Blazquez
String Category, Senior Division: Daniel Lee (Viola), Student of Sungah Min
PIANO CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Kenneth Liu (V. Kwok)
2nd place: Felix Xu ( M. Gramaticova)
3rd place: Michelle Wang (O. Kuperstein)
3rd place: Ayla Zhang ( M. Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Chloe Giglio ( M. Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Caleb Wen (D. Nazarene)
Honorable Mention: William Wu (I. Orlov)
ELEMENTARY II
2nd place: Sarah Cho (J. Kang)
2nd place: Aiden Seo (L. Sarratt)
3rd place: Michael Chen (B. Kim)
Honorable Mention: Lauren Elizabeth Kim (L. Sarratt)
Honorable Mention: Daniel Y. Kim (W. Chan)
Honorable Mention: Sean Li (D. Nazarene)
Honorable Mention: Nicole Papenfuss (S. Blazquez)
JUNIOR
1st place: Jessica Wu (O. Kuperstein)
2nd place: Trung Nguyen (S. Beard & F. Bonner)
3rd place: Hannah Zhang (D. Nazarenko)
3rd place: Daniel Liu (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Tan Nguyen (L.Sarratt)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Zhang (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Michael Himy (M. Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Victoria Graf (D. Gabay)
SENIOR
1st place: Claire Dantzlerward (L. Sarratt)
2nd place: Rachel Ma (O. Kuperstein)
3rd place: Andrew Wu (I. Orlov)
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Lin (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Andrea Chen (K. Zaitseva)
STRINGS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Daphne Wen - Violin (A. Horman)
2nd place: Michaela Frey- Violin (O. Khroulevitch)
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Adrey Goodner - Violin (O. Khroulevitch)
2nd place: Noah Pan Stier - Violin (A. Mikhlin & A. Horman)
3rd place: Katherine Song - Violin (O. Khroulevitch)
3rd place: Nahuel Weber-Jacobsen - Violin (V. Crespo)
Honorable Mention: Yuri Popov - Violin (I. Briskin)
Honorable Mention: Crystal Li - Violin (J. Wu)
JUNIOR
1st place: Miyabi Henriksen - Violin (A. Horman)
2nd place: Sean Kim - Cello (A. Ward)
3rd place: Justin Yi - Viola (S. Min)
3rd place: Phillip Lee - Cello (L. Laufman)
Honorable Mention: Hawon Lee - Violin (Y. Baik)
Honorable Mention: Michael Kruppa - Violin (O. Khroulevitch)
SENIOR
1st place: Christopher Lu - Violin (H. Hamilton)
2nd place: Justin Song - Cello (L. Laufman)
3rd place: Caitlyn Clingenpeel - Violin (H. Daniels)
Honorable Mention: Kevin Jiang - Cello (M. Evans)
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Sang-Woo Hwang - Trumpet (D. Kucharski)
2nd place: Shish Torii - French Horn (A. Pettigrew)
JUNIOR
1st place: Kevin Liao - Clarinet (A. McFeaters)
2nd place: Amy Hwang - Flute (E. Dooley)
3rd place: Clara Henne - Flute (M. Cho)
Honorable Mention: Romita Chattaraj - Flute (S. Brandt)
SENIOR
1st place: Claire Cheng - Clarinet (A. Hunt)
2nd place: Vivian Yuan - Flute (S. Brandt)
3rd place: Jason McFadden - Trumpet (D. Baxter)
Honorable Mention: Jung-Won Hwang - Flute (C. Oh)
CHAMBER CATEGORY
PIANO ENSEMBLE
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1st place: Sarah Yang & Lisa Li, coached by O. Kuperstein
2nd place: Raelyn Hoang & Nicole Papenfuss, coached by S. Blazquez
3rd place: Justin Zhang & Isabella Tang, coached by Y. Yeh
Honorable Mention: Naveen Ramamurthy & Ahan Patani, coached by Y. Yeh
Honorable Mention: Justin Zhang, Flora Ye, & Isabella Tang, coached by Y. Yeh
OTHER ENSEMBLE
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1st place: Arjun Guthal (Trumpet), Jason McFadden (Trumpet), Kristen Gottlieb (Horn), Chris Hunter (Trombone) & Alex Loane (Tuba), coached by B. Pritchard
2nd place: Andrew Wu (Piano) & Noah Pan Stier (Violin), coached by I. Kats
3rd place: Hawon Lee (Violin), Rachel Son (Flute) & Justin Yi (Viola), coached by C.Oh
3rd place: Sarah Kim (Flute) & Hawon Lee (Violin), coached by C.Oh
DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
PIANO
Margarita Gramaticova
Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko
STRINGS
Amy Beth Horman, Violin
Olga Khroulevitch, Violin
Dr. Sungah Min, Viola
Lauren Laufbahn, Cello
WINDS/BRASS
Dr. Michelle Cho, Flute
CHAMBER MUSIC
Yaling Yeh
SPECIAL TEACHER RECOGNITION
Silva Blazquez, Piano
Dr. Sungah Min, String
2016 METROPOLITAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIANO CATEGORY
GROUP A
1st place: Kaylia McCabe
2nd place: Anne Valerie Ter
Honorable Mention: Alexander Aharonian
GROUP B
1st place: Ryan Shin
1st place: Michelle Wang
2nd place: Chloe Giglio
2nd place: Sophie Huang
3rd place: Anna Zhou
Honorable Mention: Daniel Cho
Honorable Mention: Vivian Kim-Yoo
Honorable Mention: Tiffany Lolley
Honorable Mention: Enya Ma
Honorable Mention: Christopher Ren
Honorable Mention: Grace Yu
Honorable Mention: Batir Yakhshilikov
Honorable Mention: Niuniu Zhang
GROUP C
1st place: Sophie Huang
1st place: Eunhae Jun
2nd place: Irene Kim
3rd place: Tyler Om
3rd place: Jihae Jun
3rd place: Daniel Son
Honorable Mention: Ayden Brook
Honorable Mention: Yehun Cho
GROUP D
1st place: Anthony Xu
1st place: James Yoon
2nd place: Julie Kim
2nd place: Collin Park
3rd place: Melanie Nguyen
3rd place: Katie Park
Honorable Mention: Ashlee Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Katelyn Park
Honorable Mention: Ryan Qi
Honorable Mention: Yunkyeong Jung
GROUP E
1st place: Jessica Ye
1st place: Danielle Lee
2nd place: Jake Lee
2nd place: Carly Mew
2nd place: Daniel Wu
3rd place: Donna Cho
3rd place: Jinee Kim
3rd place: Benjamin Jo
3rd place: Jonathan Sun
3rd place: Brian Kim
GROUP F
1st place: Sarah Cho
2nd place: David Cho
2nd place: Ella Phillippy
3rd place: Megan Cha
3rd place: Madeline Fowler
3rd place: Jayden Ku
3rd place: Claire Phan
Honorable Mention: Christine Nguyen
Honorable Mention: Meherzan Gai
Honorable Mention: Rachel Park
Honorable Mention: Susie Park
GROUP G
1st place: Austin Huang
1st place: Alex Phan
2nd place: Rachel Son
2nd place: Kelly Kim
2nd place: Sarah Schiffgens
3rd place: Andrew Hui
3rd place: Serena Lee
3rd place: Christina Jung
Honorable Mention: Eliana Choi
GROUP H
1st place: Michael Himy
2nd place: Ethan Phan
2nd place: Daniel Tuan
3rd place: Madeleine Nguyen
3rd place: Daniel Hwang
3rd place: Brendan Mulcahy
Honorable Mention: Nina Chinnam
GROUP I
1st place: Claire Dantzlerward
2nd place: Joon Bang
3rd place: Inseo Gates
3rd place: Johnna Lee
Honorable Mention: Kevin Cho
GROUP J
1st place: Josh Kim
2nd place: Robert Pei
2nd place: Jenny Tan
3rd place: Tiffany Zhang
Honorable Mention: Irene Guggenheim-Triana
WINDS CATEGORY
1st place: Angela Shen
1st place: Yeinn Renee Kim
1st place: Rachel Son
1st place: Isaac Ahdoot
1st place: Irene Yujin Kim
1st place: Cheryl Zhang
1st place: Chearin Oh
1st place: Claire Cheng
2nd place: Jake Lee
2nd place: Jason Lee
2nd place: Amanda Yo
2nd place: Joseph Lee
2nd place: Hannah Jo
3rd place: Alvin Kang
3rd place: Jung-Won Hwang
BRASS CATEGORY
1st place: Jason McFadden
2nd place: Sang-Woo Hwang
2nd place: Benjamin Jo
3rd place: Grace Tifford
Honorable Mention: Shisui Torii
STRINGS CATEGORY
VIOLIN
1st place: Jianna Yoon
1st place: Michaela Frey
1st place: Daphne Wen
1st place: Katherine Song
1st place: Adam Hsu
1st place: Elise Haukenes
1st place: Audrey Goodner
2nd place: Lam Dinh
2nd place: Leah Sulistiono
2nd place: Ryan Chou
2nd place: Lindsey Lee
2nd place: Jane Vourlekis
2nd place: Teddi Yoo
2nd place: Angela Yang
2nd place: Ethan Choi
3rd place: Emma-Grace Kim
3rd place: Julie Meeker
3rd place: Taylor Satterfield
Honorable Mention: Isis T. Pirrone
Honorable Mention: Daniel Hwang
VIOLA
1st place: Alice Song
2nd place: Irene Kim
2nd place: Brian Kim
3rd place: Young Cho
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CELLO
1st place: Jonah Lee
1st place: Sehyun Park
1st place: Leena Shin
1st place: Philip Lee
1st place: Jessica Jiang
1st place: Michael Li
2nd place: Calvin Lee
2nd place: Nicole Fang
CHAMBER CATEGORY
PIANO
1st place: Sophie Huang & Ryan Shin
1st place: Sarah Schiffgens & Joon Bang
2nd place: Enya Ma & Christopher Ren
STRINGS
1st place: Emily Liu, Lindsey Lim, Rachel Alcazar, & Joey Hsieh
1st place: Noah Pan Stier & Andrew Wu
1st place: Eleanor Shen, Jenna Wang, & Annabelle Song
2nd place: Zoe Fong, Leah Mitchell, Anna Shin, & Leena Shin
BRASS
1st place: Arjun Guthal, Jason McFadden, Kristen Gottlieb, Christopher Hunter, & Alex Loane
2016 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Tracie Kwon, flute
Eric Lin, piano
Tony Shen, clarinet
Joseph Tao, violin
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Trio Etoile
Kayleigh Kim, Violin
Carina Kong, Piano
Jian Mostaghim, Cello
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PIANO CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Ella Kim (L. Sarratt)
1st place: Anna Bray (M. Lee)
2nd place: Ruochong (Steven) Cui (S. Bennaman)
3rd place: Michelle Wang (O. Kuperstein)
Honorable Mention: Sashmika Veliveli (H. Lim)
Honorable Mention: Yulania Wang (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Ayden Brook (S. Love)
Honorable Mention: Sophia Lin (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Matthew Nam (J. Kang)
Honorable Mention: Jessica Wang (M. Lee)
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Arthur Ding (P. Hanson)
2nd place: Adrian Cheung (O. Titova)
3rd place: Melissa Wu (L. Sarratt)
Honorable Mention: Raelyn Hoang (S. Blazquez)
Honorable Mention: Rachel Cheung (B. Kellert)
Honorable Mention: William Graf (D. Gabay)
Honorable Mention: Karina Guo (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Zachary Stier Pan (A. Aksenov)
Honorable Mention: Tongtong Ye (M. Lee)
JUNIOR
1st place: Ethan Hsiao (D. Nazarenko)
2nd place: Andrew Cocchiara (M. Lee)
3rd place: Caleb Kim - 7th grade (H. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Angela Wu (D. Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Jessica Wu (O. Kuperstein)
SENIOR
1st place: Eric Lin (M. Lee)
1st place: Muli Yu (M. Lee)
2nd place: Philena Sun (M. Lee)
3rd place: Cinnamon Sipper (S. Jordan)
Honorable Mention: Tycho Gormley (A. Aksenov)
Honorable Mention: Emily Quan (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Grace Wang (M. Lee)
STRINGS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Risa Kakizoe (A. Horman)
2nd place: Katherine Song (O. Khroulevitch)
3rd place: Daphne Wen (A. Horman)
3rd place: Seyun Park (L. Laufman)
Honorable Mention: Chloe Lee (A. Horman)
Honorable Mention: Ava Pakiam (A. Horman)
Honorable Mention: Yuri Popov (P. Fleming)
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Joseph Tao (O. Khroulevitch)
2nd place: Miyabi Henriksen (A. Horman)
3rd place: Kayleigh Kim (A. Horman)
3rd place: Justin Yi (S. Min)
Honorable Mention: Noah Pan Stier (A. Mikhlin)
Honorable Mention: Jessica Jiang (L. Laufman)
Honorable Mention: Prestin Kim (D. Cho)
Honorable Mention: Melody Qian (O. Khroulevitch)
JUNIOR
1st place: Masato Chang (A. Horman)
2nd place: Chaewon Kim (O. Khroulevitch)
3rd place: Eugene Choo (R. Cyncynates)
3rd place: Carissa Wei (A. Horman)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Kim (D. Cho)
Honorable Mention: Elena Riel (M. Evans)
SENIOR
1st place: Elise Haukenes (D. Salness)
2nd place: Yi Wang (R. Wang)
3rd place: Richard Wang (S. Min)
Honorable Mention: Michael Li (P. Lu)
Honorable Mention: Won Seok Song (D. Cho)
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Joshua Kucharski (D. Kucharski)
2nd place: Sang-Woo Hwang (I. Hur)
3rd place: Emily Wang (S. Brandt)
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Jo (D. Kucharski)
JUNIOR
1st place: Catherine George (C. Eichhorn)
1st place: Tracie Kwon (M. Cho)
2nd place: Irene Kim (J. Lapple)
Honorable Mention: Hannah Jo (C. Oh)
Honorable Mention: Mei Yuzuki (S. Brandt)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Shim (D. Kucharski)
Honorable Mention: Cheryl Zhang (R. Tsai)
SENIOR
1st place: Tony Shen (A. Hunt)
2nd place: Andrew Zhang (R. Choe)
3rd place: Kyra Du (M. Cho)
Honorable Mention: Jason McFadden (D. Baxter)
Honorable Mention: Anthony Qu (C. Eichhorn)
CHAMBER CATEGORY
PIANO ENSEMBLE
1st place: Evan Hu & Jeffery Yu (M. Lee)
2nd place: Andrew Zhang & Hannah Zhang (D. Nazarenko)
3rd place: Lisa Li & Michael Liu (O. Kuperstein)
Honorable Mention: Kayleigh Hoang & Raelyn Hoang (S. Blazquez)
Honorable Mention: Caleb Kim & Noah Kim (J. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Anna Chung, Jeremiah Kim, Rachel Koh, & Alex Phan (H. Lim)
STRING ENSEMBLE
1st place: Kayleigh Kim, Carina Kong, & Jian Mostaghim (A. Horman, A. Ouspenskaya, M. Evans)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Oh & Kristine Pak (H. Jung)
Honorable Mention: Joseph Elsisi & Anna-Maria Shaporynska (O. Yanovich)
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2015 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Julia Angelov - Violin
Joshua Choi - Cello
Muli Yu & Katie Bode - Piano Ensemble
AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD
Yulania Wang - Piano
PIANO CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Sophie Huang (Kang)
2nd place: Yulania Wang (Huh)
3rd place: Jonathan Yu (J. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Sakiko Kadowaki (Ahn)
Honorable Mention: Ryan Shin (Kang)
Honorable Mention: Katherine Song (Kang)
Honorable Mention: Jessica Wang (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Kai Wang (Mang)
Honorable Mention: Jenny Zheng (Kwok)
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ELEMENTARY II
1st place: James Bennett (M. Lee)
2nd place: Oscar Paz-Suaznabar (M. Lee)
3rd place: Victoria Chai (Kwok)
3rd place: Michael Himy (Gramaticova)
3rd place: Evan Xue (Kwok)
Honorable Mention: Lucy Chen (Mang)
Honorable Mention: Joanna Cheng (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Christopher Kan (Gramaticova)
Honorable Mention: Caleb Kim (H. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Daniel Liu (Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Zhang (M. Lee)
JUNIOR
1st place: Samuel Huie (Kwok)
1st place: Emily Quan (M. Lee)
2nd place: Joon Bang (Kang)
2nd place: Jeffery Yu (M. Lee)
3rd place: Grace Wang (M. Lee)
3rd place: Angela Wu (Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Evan Hu (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Amy Germer (Dukan)
Honorable Mention: Florence Oggier (Goode)
Honorable Mention: Shine Peng (Mang)
Honorable Mention: Sarah Schiffgens (Kang)
Honorable Mention: Philena Sun (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Emily Tian (Volkova)
Honorable Mention: Teddi Yoo (Kellert)
SENIOR
1st place: Katie Bode (M. Lee)
2nd place: Karina Aliyeva (Nazarenko)
3rd place: Kevin Zhang (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Tycho Gormley (Aksenov)
Honorable Mention: Justin Kim (Kang)
Honorable Mention: Muli Yu (M. Lee)
STRINGS CATEGORY
ELEMENTARY I
1st place: Joseph Tao, Violin (Khroulevitch)
2nd place: Katherine Song, Violin (Horman)
3rd place: Yuri Popov, Violin (Fleming)
Honorable Mention: Daphne Wen, Violin (Horman)
ELEMENTARY II
1st place: Adrian Cheung, Violin (Khroulevitch)
2nd place: Jean-Won Kim, Violin (Horman)
3rd place: Kayleigh Kim, Violin (Horman)
Honorable Mention: Haley Kim, Cello (Jung)
Honorable Mention: Hannahlise Wang, Violin (Horman)
Honorable Mention: Yanglan Xu, Violin (Khroulevitch)
Honorable Mention: Justin Yi, Viola (Min)
JUNIOR
1st place: Julia Angelov, Violin (Khroulevitch)
2nd place: Sabrina Shuster, Violin (Horman)
3rd place: Daniel Lee, Viola (Min)
Honorable Mention: Eugene Choo, Violin (Cyncynates)
SENIOR
1st place: Joshua Choi, Cello (Skoraczewski)
2nd place: Heesu Park, Cello (Laufman)
3rd place: Andrew Shim, Cello (Kim)
Honorable Mention: Manya Aronin, Violin (Horman)
Honorable Mention: Richard Wang, Viola (Min)
Honorable Mention: Allison Wu, Cello (O'Donnell)
WINDS/BRASS CATEGORY
JUNIOR
1st place: Hannah Lee, Flute (Oh)
2nd place: Frank Ge, Flute (Oh)
3rd place: Annie Zhao, Flute (Oh)
Honorable Mention: Jane Lee, Flute (Yi)
SENIOR
1st place: Alexander Chang, Clarinet (Hunt)
2nd place: Aimee Toner, Flute (Lapple)
3rd place: Honorable Mention: Helen Zhao, Flute (Oh)
Honorable Mention: Ofer Cohen, BassTrombone (Wolff)
CHAMBER CATEGORY
PIANO ENSEMBLE
1st place: Muli Yu & Katie Bode (M. Lee)
2nd place: Ethan Phan & Alex Phan (Lim)
3rd place: Evelyn Song & Annabelle Song (Dukan)
Honorable Mention: Philena Sun & Grace Wang (M. Lee)
Honorable Mention: Andrew Zhang & Hannah Zhang (Nazarenko)
Honorable Mention: Cheryl Zhang & Emily Tian (Volkova)
Honorable Mention: Kevin Zhang & Jeffery Yu (M. Lee)