Winners
Spring Season 2022
Eri Ruangchainikom, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Friedrich Burgmüller, Innocence Op. 100 no. 5 from Progressive Etudes
Teacher: Ms. Koranit Dhanachoksiri
Naphat Chalokepunrat, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Friedrich Burgmüller, Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 from Progressive Etudes
Teacher: Ms. Koranit Dhanachoksiri
Nealan Thevananther, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Frederic Chopin, Polonaise in G Minor
Teacher: Brian Riker
Nikolai Plett, Germany, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Domenico Cimarosa, Sonata in G Major
Teacher: Irina Woronowa
Indigo Hern, Australia, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Catherine Rollin, Mazurka for Chopin
Teacher: Elena Paulsen
Emma D'Erasmo, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Pablo de Sarasate, Malagueña
Teacher: Anna Kislitsyna
Zizhen Yang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Florence A. Goodrich, Caprice
Teacher: Huajun Zhang
Jayden Wong, Australia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonatina in G Major Anh 5, Third movement: Romanze
Teacher: Elena Paulsen
Sophia Zhong, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Frederic Chopin, Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Teacher: Renpeng Dong
George Dronov, Canada, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Elena Cobb, Peony pink
Teacher: Miriam Ginzburg
Victoria Wang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Sonata in C Minor
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Yueran Jiang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Chen Peixun , Thunder in Dry Season
Teacher: Huajun Zhang
Urjinkhand Namsrai, Mongolia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Two-part Invention in A Minor
Teacher: Sayantsetseg Sangidorj
Larisa Wangwittaya, Thailand, Piano
Grand Prize
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Claude Debussy, Golliwog's Cakewalk
Teacher: Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan
Natsha Phihakendr, Thailand, Piano
Grand Prize
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Moritz Moszkowski, Tarantella in D minor, Op. 77 no. 6
Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri
Cassia Lott, Germany, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Andrei Eschpai, Spanisches Lied
Teacher: Maria Lott
Katelyn Denq, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Etude - tableau Op. 33 no. 8
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Nakrit Rerkratanavaraporn, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
William Gillock, Valse - Etude
Teacher: Kant Lormsomboon
Natthita Rerkratanavaraporn, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Sergei Prokofiev, Tarantella Op. 65 no. 4 from Musiques d’enfants
Teacher: Phatkamon Watthanaphanit
Emma Chiang, Canada, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in C Major K. 545, Third movement: Rondo - Allegretto
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Nicholas Wong, Australia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
G. Martin, Sailor's Boogie
Teacher: Elena Paulsen
Amelia Sheldon, Canada, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Sonatina from Children’s Pieces Op. 27
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Shimizu Rinka, Japan, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Mikhail Glinka, Variations on The Nightingale
Teacher: Xiahou Qian Wen
Jacob Cai, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Robert Schumann, Fantasiestucke Op. 12 no. 2: Aufschwung
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Ariunbat Batchuluun, Mongolia, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Menuet and Trio from French Suite No. 3
Teacher: Sayantsetseg Sangidorj
Sizhe Zheng, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C Minor Op. 10 No. 1, First movement: Allegro molto e con brio
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Angelina Feng, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
George Nevada, Starry Dome
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul
Anjali Thevananther, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Isaak Berkovich, Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Teacher: Katarina Loudermilk
Phantharach Natnithikarat, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Frederic Chopin, Etude Op. 10 No. 4
Teacher: Narissara Pitaksereechai
Priyanka Thiagarajan, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Minor BWV 861
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Alissa Shen, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Claude Debussy, Reflections in the Water
Teacher: Dr. Susan Groves
Laurin Kautz, Canada, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Elena Cobb, Babylon
Teacher: Miriam Ginzburg
Hao Zheng, China, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 2 no. 3, First movement
Marla Avalos Sama, Cuba, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, First movement
Teacher: Yanelis Brito Perez
Jeffrey Wang, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 10 no. 3
Teacher: Rita Mikulinsky
Ian Sun, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in A Major K. 331, First movement
Teacher: Dr. Anna Kislitsyna
Andrew Johanningsmeier, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo in E Flat Major, Op. 17 no. 1
Teacher: Dr. Anna Kislitsyna
Xiaofeng He, China, Organ
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Maurice Duruflé, Suite for Organ Op. 5, Third movement: Toccata
Teacher: Yuan Shen
Zengjie Liu, China, Organ
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Charles Tournemire, Choral Improvisation sur la "Victimæ paschali"
Teacher: Yuan Shen
Wanying Tao, China, Organ
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Louis Vierne, Symphonie No. 2, First movement: Allegro
Teacher: Yuan Shen
Yihang Zuo, China, Organ
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Louis Vierne, Organ Symphonie No. 3, Fifth movement: Final
Huang Yijun, China, Organ
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Maurice Duruflé, Suite for Organ Op. 5, Second movement: Toccata
Teacher: Shen Yuan
Ethan Lim Fang Yue, Malaysia, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Giuseppe Valentini, Allettamenti per camera Op. 8 No. 12, Second movement: Presto
Teacher: Nicholas Tan Tze Lip
Accompanist: Ho Hui Huei
Wei Wanyi, China, Guitar
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Vera Robles, Prelude 5
Teacher: Li Ke
Pakawat Poldetch, Thailand, Classical Guitar
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Silvius Leopold Weiss, Fantasia
Teacher: Nutavut Ratanakarn
Guo Ru, Australia, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach , Concerto in E Major BWV 1042, First movement
Teacher: Fox Chan
Amelia Resnick, United States, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Edward Lalo, Symphonie Espagnol, Op. 21, Third movement: Intermezzo
Teacher: Hye-Jin Kim
Accompanist: Adam Ali
Arshdeep Kaur Dhariwal, Canada, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Teacher: Oksana Paprotska
Julian Szczesniak, Poland, Cello
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Béla Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances
Teacher: Anna Hryniow-Kosciow
Accompanist: Wojciech Kopczak
Franco Ascolese, Italy, Flute
Grand Prize
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Pietro Morlacchi, Il Pastore Svizzero (The Swiss Shepherd)
Teacher: Andrea Oliva
Accompanist: Tal Haim Samnon
Jonathan Dufresne, United States, Saxophone
First Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Takashi Yoshimatsu, Fuzzy Bird Sonata, First movement: Run, bird
Teacher: Debra Richtmeyer
Accompanist: Dr. Kevina Lam
Cissy Zhang, Canada, Drum
Second Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Survivor, Eye of the Tiger
Chalita Sangkatumvong, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Leigh Harline, When you wish upon a star
Teacher: Tanarat Pinweha
Thannapas Luanpitpong, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alan Menken, The Life I never Led from Sister Act
Teacher: Panatpong Atthakarunpan
Kanishka Duggal, Canada, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Duncan Lawrence (Duncan de Moor), Arcade
Phatthicha Leowattana, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Sara Bareilles, What Baking Can Do
Teacher: Panatpong Atthakarunpan
Reese Tiara C. Chen, Philippines, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Henry Purcell, If Music Be the Food of Love
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Lance Keiffer Sy Lato, Philippines, Voice (Tenor)
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Alessandro Scarlatti, Gia il sole dal Gange
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Accompanist: Jasmine Chen
Paige Kathleen Johnson, Canada, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Sara Bareilles, She Used To Be Mine
Teacher: Tara Kearney
Accompanist: Alex Barbieri
Howard Bennett, United States, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Billy Joel, Piano Man
Yihang Zuo & Mengge Hu, China, Organ
Second Place
Ensemble Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Naji Hakim, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern Variations, Third movement
Erica Hua, Canada, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Franz Joseph Haydn, Concerto in D Major Hob.XVIII:11, First movement; Haydn, Concerto
Teacher: Louise Luo
Accompanist: Louise Luo
Stephanie Cheng, United States, Piano
Third Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto K. 466, First movement ; Mozart, Concerto
Teacher: Ni Liu & Millicent Mcfall
Accompanist: Minju Kim
Guo Ru, Australia, Violin
Second Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Charles Auguste de Bériot, Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 104, Third movement ; Johann Sebastian Bach , Concerto in E Major BWV 1042, First movement
Teacher: Fox Chan
Julian Szczesniak, Poland, Cello
Third Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, First movement; Béla Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances
Teacher: Anna Hryniow-Kosciow
Accompanist: Wojciech Kopczak
Ziying Zhao, United States, Guqin
First Place
Traditional Music Competition, General (Less competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Quan Zhu, Encountering Sorrow
Cheung Yim Lap Justin, Hong Kong, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
The Wonders of the Sparrows
Teacher: Ng Hau-Yee Poly
Yang Yang, China, Composition for Flute, Timpani, Violin, and Cello
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
The end of the night
Teacher: Wenpei Ju
Accompanist: Yinfen Yang
Zhirui Zhang, China, Composition for woodwinds and strings
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Parallel Universe
Teacher: Wenpei Ju
Livia Malossi Bottignole, Italy, Composition
Grand Prize
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Broken Neon Arabesque
Teacher: Paolo Aralla
Xindong Pu, China, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Ji Yan
Teacher: Wenpei Ju
Accompanist: Jiahao Xu And Zhaolin Fei
Wang Botao, China, Composition for Flute, Viola and Harp
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The Plains
Teacher: Zhao Guang
Jiang Ziyun, China, Composition
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The Charm of Wu Style Legacy · Bullfighting
Teacher: Wu Jixue