YOUNG MUSICIANS INSPIRING CHANGE
METROPOLITAN MUSIC FESTIVAL WINNERS
2022
CLASSICAL
BEST PERFORMERS
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Megan Lai, Piano (Student of Nancy Breth)
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Jessica Wang, Piano (Student of San-Qing Lu Bennaman)
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Anne Tang (Student of Margarita Gramaticova)
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Sarah Cho (Student of JeongEun Park Kang)
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Emma Zou, Viola (Student of Sungah Min)
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HannahYou,Violin, Yuna Chun, Violin, Hannah Choi, Violin, Andrew Chi, Cello, & Alexandra Vinokurov, Piano (Students of Miae Jeon & Jinha Park)
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Sean Ziyan Guo, Flute (Student of Carolyn Oh)
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Andrew Guo, Flute & Stephen Zhang, Flute (Student of Michelle Cho)
CLASSCAL LIVE FESTIVAL
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
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
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
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
CLASSICAL ONLINE 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
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
Grade 10-12
1ST Place:
SashmikaVeliveli
Divya Laddha
2ND Place:
Eunhae Jun
Ashlee Nguyen
Carly Mew
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
SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
Grade 7-8
1st place: Chloe Cho, Flute
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
BEST PERFORMERS
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Calvin Lee, Cello (Student of Junghee Lee)
GOSPEL LIVE FESTIVAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
Grade 10-12
1st place: Katelyn Park
2nd place: Christian Yoon
CLASSICAL ONLINE 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
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
Grade 5-8
1st place: Timothy Mitchell & Howard Ren
2nd place: Christopher Constancia & Jayden Sanchez
SOLO STRING CATEGORY
Grade 10-12
1st place: Calvin Lee, Cello
SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
Grade 7-8
1st place: Anthony Koo, Clarinet
Grade 9-10
1st place: Daniel Cho, Euphonium
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
GOSPEL
BEST PERFORMERS
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Calvin Lee, Cello (Student of Junghee Lee)
GOSPEL LIVE FESTIVAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
Grade 10-12
1st place: Katelyn Park
2nd place: Christian Yoon
CLASSICAL ONLINE 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
PIANO CHAMBER CATEGORY
Grade 5-8
1st place: Timothy Mitchell & Howard Ren
2nd place: Christopher Constancia & Jayden Sanchez
SOLO STRING CATEGORY
Grade 10-12
1st place: Calvin Lee, Cello
SOLO WIND/BRASS CATEGORY
Grade 7-8
1st place: Anthony Koo, Clarinet
Grade 9-10
1st place: Daniel Cho, Euphonium
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
2021
CLASSICAL
PIANO SOLO CATEGORY
Best Performers:
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Angie Zhu (Student of San Qing Lu Bennaman)
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Felix, Xu (Student of Margarita Gramaticova)
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Ryan Shin (Student of JeongEun Park Kang)
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Matthew Chang (Student of Kuei-I Wu)
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Claire Deng (Student of San-Qing Lu-Bennaman)
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Nicole Papenfuss (Student of Silva Blazquez)
Grade K-1
PAI Group:
Henry Wu 1
Sophia Chung 2
Elody Chen 3
Luna Liu HM
Shaheer, Khurram HM
PBI Group:
Ellie Chen 1
Grace, Zhou 2
Gina Chuai 3
Hairong Zhang HM
Grade 2-3
PCI Group:
Ashley Lee 1
DeRon Zhang 2
Asher Youn 3
Yirui Allison HM
Bella Li HM
PDI Group:
Angie Zhu 1
Yuxin Jia 2
Belinda Zhu 3
Avery Li HM
Abby Jang HM
PEI Group:
Caroline Li 1
Ethan Yao 2
Minka Wu 3
Camellia Wu HM
Frances Hu HM
PFI Group:
Anne Tang 1
Roy Kwak 2
Joseph Chen 3
Joanne, Choi HM
Ted Oh HM
PGI Group:
Charlene Bolan 1
Callie Hu 2
Madison Hu 3
Lynn Kim HM
Eunice Lee HM
PHI Group:
Chloe Cheng 1
Olivia Haseley 2
Aaron Pick 3
Melissa Shen HM
Chuanqian Gao HM
PII Group:
Chloe Hu 1
Eileen Hong 2
Timothy Yang 3
Nathan Nam HM
Chloe Lu HM
PJI Group:
Winston Wang 1
Erin Kwon 2
Malynda Nguyen 3
Anna Ruan HM
Grade 4-5
PKI Group:
Joshua Chen 1
Sarah Shen 2
Bella In 3
Richy Shi HM
PLI Group:
Ethan Cho 1
Hilo Hsin 2
Hannah Hwang 3
Kaylee Gibson HM
PMI Group:
Daniel Chung 1
Ethan Zhang (VA) 2
Ethan Zhang (MD) 3
Joseph Yu HM
PNI Group:
Heidi Hu 1
Kevin Shen 2
Jolyn Niu 3
Jessica Joung HM
Aaron Eom HM
POI Group:
Ethan Zhao 1
Evan Suk 2
Clara Eom 3
Chloe S. Chun HM
Bili Zhu HM
PPI Group:
Ethan Chen 1
Michael Ahn 2
Daniel Zou HM
Leo, Chen HM
Georgia Thompson HM
PQI Group:
Andrew Lin 1
Claire, Wang 2
Terry, Sheiko 3
Yiran Xu HM
Sophie Ji HM
PRI Group:
Erin Kwak 1
Anika Long 2
Angela Zhang 3
Hooman, Moghimi HM
Isabelle Wang HM
PSI Group:
Ella Wan 1
George Sun 2
Avery Haseley 3
Danielle Bolan HM
Elisha Kang HM
PTI Group:
Ian Kim 1
Jenny Wang 2
Lucas Cho 3
Benjamin Wang HM
Hope Sun HM
PUI Group:
Rachel Wu 1
Christina Hou 2
Nathan Kim 3
Jude, Bruce HM
Chaemin Kim HM
Grade 6-7
PVI Group:
Adeline Middleton 1
Jingyi Mao 2
Lawrence Kim 3
Vincent Q Thai HM
Jaxton Lee HM
PWI Group:
Anna Zhou 1
Kenneth Liu 2
Sophia (Lulu) Wang 2
Nathan Park HM
Jaime Moon HM
Aaron Hwang HM
PXI Group:
Emery Que 1
Eileen Zhuge 2
Zoey Lee 3
Faith Sun HM
Kyle Li HM
Andrew Nguyen HM
PYI Group:
Anna Cho 2
Tony Yoon 3
Christopher Ren 3
Daren Feng HM
Sophia Wang HM
PZI Group:
*Felix, Xu 1
Madison Chung 2
Elizabeth Morato 3
Caroline Fu HM
Aiden Lu HM
Grade 8-9
PAII Group:
*Ryan Shin 1
Cameron Merrill 2
Kyler Lee 3
Abigail Cho HM
PBII Group:
Rhema Du 1
Serene Zhu 2
Raymond J Cheng 3
Sanchali Banerjee HM
PCII Group:
Chenchang Zhang 1
Ethan Tran 2
Sophie Li HM
Amber Chang HM
PDII Group:
Gabrielle Pham 1
Zicheng (Edward) Wang 2
Lumina Zhang HM
Hannah Choi HM
Michael Zhou HM
PEII Group:
*Matthew Chang 1
Rayna Kim 2
Irene Park 3
Morgan Li HM
Zabrina Lee HM
PFII Group:
Dylan Schenker 1
Yunyi Ling 2
Collin Park 3
Jiaying Ying HM
Angelika Tzioumis HM
Grade 10-12
PGII Group:
Sarah Cho 1
Maximilian Meer 2
Naveen Ramamurthy 3
Isadora Liu HM
Ariel Yang HM
PHII Group:
Madeline Xu 1
Jonathan Park 2
Karen Yhim 3
Kathleen Wang HM
PIII Group:
*Claire Deng 1
Kenneth Duong 2
Ethan, Schenker 3
Rebecca Fan HM
Anastasia Leonidov HM
PJII Group:
*Nicole Papenfuss 1
Susie Park 2
Samuel Gwon 3
Christopher Pishvaian HM
Helen Zhang HM
Piano Chamber Category
Best Performer:
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Rayna Kim & Ian Kim (Student of Mihyang Joo)
Grade 1-4
Ted Oh & Nathan Nam 1
Clara Eom & Bella In 2
Grade 5-8
*Rayna Kim & Ian Kim 1
Sophia Wang & Sophia Wang 2
Grade 9-12
Ellin Kwak & Gyurin Kim 1
Kenneth Duong & Ethan Tran 2
Irene Kim & Julie Kim 3
Solo String Category
Best Performer:
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Yixuan Li, Violin (Student of Lya Stern)
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Cynthia Ma, Violin (Student of Olga Khroulevitch)
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Brandon Kim, Cello (Student of Miron Yampolsky)
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Kyle Ryu, Cello (Student of Kenneth Law)
Grade 2-3
Aaron Chong 1
Ninghui Zhan 2
Grade 4-5
GROUP 1:
Jules Amyot 1
Justin Kijun Lee 2
Ella Wu 3
GROUP 2:
Chloe Robertson 1
Emma Hahn 2
Jeremy Zhang 3
Grade 6-7
GROUP 1:
*Brandon Kim 1
Vivian Kim 2
Samuel Ko 3
GROUP 2:
*Yixuan Li 1
Joshua Gwon 2
Erin Yi 3
Eunice Lee HM
Nignahao Zhan HM
Andy Wu HM
Grade 8-9
GROUP 1:
Ethan Hahn 1
Christopher Chow 2
Caleb Fan 3
Calvin Lee HM
Jason Youm HM
GROUP 2:
Lina Seo 1
Angelin Cho 2
GROUP 3:
David Wang 1
Daphne Wen 2
Grade 10-12
GROUP 1:
Noah Pan Stier 1
Faith Zhang 2
Hana Lee 3
Benjamin Choi HM
GROUP 2:
*Cynthia Ma 1
Ian Lee 2
Eujin Lee 3
GROUP 3:
Matthew Kim 1
Alvin, Guo 2
GROUP 4:
*Kyle Ryu 1
Mo-Fei Murphy Chuang 2
Joshua Fan 3
Other Chamber Category
Grade 5-8
Madison Bae, Jaime Moon & Brandon Kim 1
Grade 9-12
Annabel Lee, Aleesha Khurram & Kevin Shan 1
Solo Wind/Brass Category
Best Performer:
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Yunah Kwon, Oboe (Student of Katherine Needleman)
Grade 4-6
Lucas Cho 1
Grade 7-8
Tyler Jeong 1
Diane Liu 2
Daniel Cho 3
Cailyn Oh HM
Grade 9-10
GROUP 1:
Joseph Ahn 1
Michelle Pan 2
Hannah Park 3
GROUP 2:
Joanne Fan 1
Annie Jung 2
Rachel Yi 3
Grade 11-12
* Yunah Kwon 1
Hyun June Cho 2
GOSPEL
Best Performer:
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Kyle Ryu, Cello (Student of Kenneth Law)
Solo Piano Category
1st Place:
Ken Xu
Hope Sun
Faith Sun
2nd Place:
Natalene Dawood
Harold Lin
Victoria Sun
Anthony Ren
3rd Place:
Angela Ren
Rachel Wu
Howard Ren
Honorable Mention:
Solo String Category
1st Place:
Calvin Lee (Cello)
*Kyle Ryu (Cello)
Piano Chamber Category
1st Place:
Hailey Kim & Tyler Kim
Chloe S. Chun & Ethan Cho
2nd Place:
Ken Xu & Osborn Liu
Naveen Ramamurthy & Anthony Ren
3rd Place:
Isadora Liu & Howard Ren
Honorable Mention:
Christopher Constancia & Ethan Sibulo
2020
CLASSICAL
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)
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)
Piano Solo Category
Grades K-1
1st Place:
Anne Tang
Belinda Zhu
Kinsley Ahn
2nd Place:
Anna Ruan
Ken Xu
Chuanqian Gao
3rd Place:
Sophia Chung
Minka Wu
Kelly Ye
Honorable Mention:
William Wang
Shaheer Khurram
Theodore Sheiko
Grades 2-3
1st Place:
Aiden Jang
Ian KIm
Angie Zhu
Karissa Lin
Nathan Kim
Roy Kwak
2nd Place:
Elissa Ahdi
Chloe Cheng
Hilo Hsin
Bella In
Claire Ahn
Isabelle Wang
3rd Place:
Jolyn Niu
Yuxin Jia
Ethan Yao
Lucas Cho
Clara Eom
Ted Oh
Honorable Mention:
Angeline Bone
Kaylee Gibson
Leo Chen
Hailey KIm
Claire Feng
Yiran Xu
Ethan Chen
Rachel Wu
Olivia Herr
Ethan Zhang
Grades 4-5
1st Place:
Terry Sheiko
Anh Vu*
Daren Feng
Yunbo Li
Andrew Lin*
Finley Chong
Aiden Ahn
Henchi Yao*
Ella Wan
2nd Place:
Forest Lan
Ethan Zhao
Ethan Cho
Jenny Wang
Elly Zhou
Felicia Chen
Timothy Oh
Kevin Shen
Lena Wu
3rd Place:
Sonia Cupala
Emery Que
Suah Kwon
Evan Suk
Walter Brobson
Benjamin Wandow
Zoey Lee
Sanjeer Belle Trichur
Damian Lee
Honorable Mention:
Sophia Wang
Avery Haseley
Christina Hou
Adeline Middleton
Emily Ye
Jamie Moon
Sophia Chang
Iris Yao
Seine Lee
Hannah Do
Claire Wang
Erin Kwak
Benjamin Wang
Grades 6-7
1st place:
Madison Chung
Tristan Park
Jiaying Ying
Ryan Shin
Eileen Zhuge
Rhema Du
Issac Won
Caroline Fu
Sophie Huang
2nd Place:
Sophie Zhao
Richard Lee
Divya Laddha
Ian Ha
Christopher Ren
Michael Zhou
Enya Ma
Anna Zhou
Raghav Belle Trichur
3rd Place:
Serena Zhu
Jason Chang
Samuel Ko
Tony (Anthony) Yoon
Irene Park
Sophia Wang
Sophie Li
Morgan Li
Paige Zhu
Honorable Mention:
Jocelyn Yuan
Isabella Kang
Aaron Hwang
Chloe Sim
Anna Chinnam
Allison Hwang
Alyson Nguyen
Evangeline Lin
Daisy Lin
Luke Wang
Ruby Diao
Nori Hsin
Fernando Joaquin Meza
Zijing Wu
Audrey Wandow
Grades 8-9
1st place:
Chance Hattrick
Josie Chong
Irene Kim
Chloe Middleton
Julia Young
Kyle Cho
2nd Place:
Dylan Schenker
James Yoon
Ashley Ding
Ethan Tran
Josh Chen
Christopher Pishvaian
3rd Place:
Yunyi Ling
Jihae Jun
Christian Yoon
Johanna Shin
Collin Park
Zabrina Lee
Honorable Mention:
Naomi Omori
Alex Hwang
Xinyi Xie
Naveen Ramamurthy
Sanchali Benerjee
Ashlee Nguyen
Katelyn Park
Clara Kim
Grades 10-12
1st Place:
Esther Tang
Claire Deng
Michael Canady
Daniel Y. Kim*
Rebecca Fan
Alex Phan
Jiwon Ahn*
2nd Place:
Elaine Chang
Daniel Fu
Karen Yhim
Nicole Papenfuss
Jason Wang
Elsa Li
Ethan Phan
3rd Place:
Theodore Yi
Kenneth Duong
Daniel Wu
Ethan Asael Benadon
Ariel Yang
Anastasia Leonidov
Samuel Veliveli
Honorable Mention:
Luke Frankel
Daniel Mitchell
Phoebe Hong
Ethan Schenker
Hyun June Cho
Michael Sun
Ahan Patani
Alicia Kang
Solo Strings Category
Grades 2-3
1st Place:
Yuni Lee
2nd Place:
Taeeun Kim
3rd Place:
Audrey Lim
Honorable Mention:
Hayden KIm
Ayman Bourar
Grades 4-5
1st Place:
Amelia Baisden
Laura Lee
2nd Place:
Abigail Yi
Andy Wu
3rd Place:
Angel Li
Euna Kim
Honorable Mention:
Ella Wu
Madison Yi
Grades 6-7
1st Place:
Caleb Fan
Raymond Lim
Edwin Chung
2nd Place:
Sofia Burbano
Lindsey Lee
Aaron Hwang
3rd Place:
Samuel Ko
Irene Kim
Benjamin Kwon
Honorable Mention:
Valeria Lai
Grades 8-9
1st place:
David Wang
Emma Zou
Kyle Ryu*
Joshua Fan*
2nd Place:
Yuna Chun
Yunyi Ling
Mona Zhu
3rd Place;
Kaitlyn Kim
James KIm
Calvin Lee
Honorable Mention:
Katherine Song
Jinsol Park
Joseph Kim
Grades 10-12
1st Place;
Gracie Yoon
Rachel Choo
Allen Yoo*
2nd Place:
Brandon Yoon
Adrian Kim
Jihwan Kim
3rd Place:
Rachel Lee
Josephine Lee
Honorable Mention:
Sarah Kang
Felix Lawall
Jacqueline Cao
Solo Woodwinds/Brass Category
Grades 5-6
1st Place:
Sean Ziyan Guo*
2nd Place:
Diane Liu
3rd Place:
Sophie Zhao
Honorable Mention:
Issac Won
Grades 7-8
1st Place:
Emma Li
2nd Place:
Kyle Cho
3rd Place:
Yeo "Daniel" Yeum
Honorable Mention:
Rachel Yi
Nathan Le
Grades 9-10
1st Place:
Angela Shen
Jason Lee
Catherine Nan
Hyun June Cho
2nd Place:
Joseph Ahn
Joanne Fan
Yeinn Kim
James Yi
3rd Place:
Junwoo Kim
Yifan Li
Jiwoo Hwang
Brayden Wang
Honorable Mention:
Christopher Chong
Rachel Wang
Juri Sho
Charlie Renze
Grades 11-12
1st Place:
Joshua Kucharski*
2nd Place:
Emily Wang
3rd Place:
Sami Kang
Honorable mention:
Yoshiki Shimokawa
Jimmy Yeum
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
Kylie Gong & Isadora Liu
Stefanie Wang & Naveen Ramamurthy
Other Chamber Category:
1st Place:
Noel Jones, Brickman Jones & Lincoln Jones
2nd Place:
Brandon Yoon & Tyler Yoon
GOSPEL
BEST PERFORMER AWARD
Invited to perform at Carnegie Hall (July 3, 2021 @ 1:00 PM)
Collin Park, Piano (Ju Young Lee)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (previously awarded as "Best Performer-Alternate")
Invited to perform at the Winners' Concert at Strathmore Mansion (July 2021, TBA)
Susie Park, Piano (Ju Young Lee)
Erin Yi, Violin (Sarah Lee)
Kyle Ryu, Cello & Ellin Kwak, Piano (Mi Hyang Joo)
Piano Solo Category
Grades 1-3:
1st Place:
Nathan KIm
2nd Place:
Bella In
3rd place:
Clara Eom
Meena Oliver
Elisha Kang
Ken Xu
Heelle Jang
Grades 4-6:
1st Place:
Samuel Rhee
2nd Place:
Rachel Wu
3rd Place:
Aaron Eom
Harold Lin
Grades 7-9:
1st Place:
Collin Park*
2nd Place:
Irene Park
3rd Place:
Naveen Ramamurthy
Grades 10-12:
1st Place:
Susie Park*
2nd Place:
Rachel Park
3rd Place:
Kylie Gong
Anthony Ren
Solo Strings Category
1st Place:
Erin Yi*
2nd Place:
Gracie Yoon
Solo Woodwinds/Brass Category
1st Place:
Heewon Jang
Traditional Piano Chamber Category
Grades 5-8:
1st Place:
Daniel Mitchell & Timothy Mitchell
Grades 9-12:
1st Place:
Stefanie Wang & Anne Wang
2nd Place:
Stefanie Wang & Naveen Ramamurthy
3rd Place:
Naveen Ramamurthy & Yolanda Li
Kylie Gong & Isadora Liu
Daniel Mitchell & Yolanda Li
Anthony Ren & Isadora Liu
Traditional Other Chamber Category
1st Place:
Kyle Ryu & Ellin Kwak*
Sarah Kang & Clara Kim
Virtual Piano Chamber Category
1st Place:
Isabella Tang & Flora Ye
2019
BEST PERFORMERS (invited to perform at the YMIC Winners' Concert at Carnegie Hall - July 3, 2020 at 8:00 pm)
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 (invited to perform at Bulgarian Music Society Concert - Young Musical Stars Showcase at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria - April 24, 2020 at 7:00 pm)
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 CATEGORY
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
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
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
2018
BEST PERFORMERS
Kayleigh Kim - solo string, violin
Joshua Yezhao Chen - solo piano
Hana Lee - solo wind, flute
PIANO CATEGORY
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
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
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
WINDS/BRASS CHAMBER CATEGORY
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
2017
PIANO CATEGORY
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
2016
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
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