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Winners
Summer Season 2022
Naphat Chalokepunrat, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Carl Czerny, Etude Op. 599 No. 18
Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri
Arina Huang, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Catherine Rollin, Love Theme
Teacher: Yiyi Chen
Sophitcha Watcharakitipong, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Sergei Slonimsky, Cartoon with Adventures
Teacher: Irina Novikova
Josephine Germain, France, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Ignace Joseph Pleyel, Sonatina in F Major
Teacher: Mi-Young Lee
Simeon Michel Salagnac, France, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
William Gillock, Holiday in Paris
Teacher: Mi-Young Lee
Naradee Rocharungsat, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Etude no. 5: Innocence
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul
Noah Levy, France, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Ignace Joseph Pleyel, Sonatine de Pleyel
Teacher: Mi-Young Lee
Ms. Pichaya Saiviwat, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Sergei Prokofiev, Tarantella, Op. 65 No. 4
Teacher: Phatkamon Watthanaphanit
Worawat Omoda Takpleekul, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Simone Ple’, Le chant du patre
Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri
Sesili Sivsivadze, Georgia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. S. Rachmaninoff, The Flight of the Bumblebee
Teacher: Nana Akhobadze
Andrea Lafarge Rinaldi, France, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Philipp Kullak, Witches Dance Op. 4 No. 2
Teacher: Mi-Young Lee
Leonardo Wood, France, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, La chasse Op. 100, No. 9
Teacher: Mi-Young Lee
William Hongyi Chen, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonate KV.332 in F Major, First movement
Teacher: Rachel Orloske
Amina Garayev, Canada, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alec Rowley, Agitato Op. 42, no. 18
Teacher: Tatiana Belousova
Julia S. Gentry, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13: Rondo
Teacher: Ana Maria Eckstein
Alicia Feng, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 in E-flat major
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya
Aurora Snefrid Nuno Darvann-Hermann, Denmark, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Isaac Berkovich, Variations of a theme by Paganini
Teacher: Martin Lysholm Jepsen
Heather Dong, China, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Liszt, Consolation No. 3
Teacher: Luda Najda
Peyton Yang, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Schubert, Moment Musical Op. 94 no. 4
Teacher: Olga Urick
Christin Zhang, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Dorothy Rudd Moore, A Little Whimsy
Teacher: Olga Urick
Jiaxin (Maggie) Li, New Zealand, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Carl Czerny, Etude Op. 740 No. 11
Teacher: Nick Zhaoliang Wang
Julia S. Gentry, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13: Rondo
Teacher: Ana Maria Eckstein
Daocheng Ma, China, Piano
Honorable Mention
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Maya Slaughter, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Baldassare Galuppi , Giga from Sonata in D major
Teacher: Olga Urick
Emmie Guo, United States, Piano
Grand Prize
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C Major Op. 2 No. 3, First Movement
Teacher: Sueanne Metz
Andrea Yun, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Lowell Liebermann , Impromptu Op. 68 No. 1
Teacher: Olga Urick
Christian Gerald Esteban, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Alberto Ginastera, Sonata No. 1, op. 22: Allegro marcato
Teacher: Sueanne Metz
Leila Pena Montes, Spain, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie impromptu op. 66
Teacher: Tatiana Prjevalskaya
Emma Slaughter, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Nikolai Kapustin , Sonatina Op. 100
Teacher: Olga Urick
John Slaughter, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Johannes Brahms, Rhapsody Op. 79 no. 2
Teacher: Olga Urick
Shiqi Tian, China, Piano
Honorable Mention
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Nathan Zhang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Frederic Chopin, Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40 no. 2
Teacher: Rita Mikulinsky
Ava Allen, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Henry Cowell, The Tides of Manaunaun from Three Irish Legends
Teacher: Olga Urick, Cary Classical Piano Studio
Veronica Valencia, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo, op. 118 No. 2
Teacher: Olga Alino
Nagy Krisztina, Hungary, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Robert Schumann, Abegg Variations
Teacher: Gabor Eckhardt And Imre Hargitai
Melody Xu, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Teacher: Sueanne Metz
Roslyn Lee, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Moment Musicaux op. 16, no. 4
Teacher: Cindy Lee
Sonia Gomes, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Sergei Rachmaninoff , Prelude in C sharp Minor
Teacher: Natalia Varlashova
Punyawit Asavanopkiat, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Elegie Op. 3 No. 1
Teacher: Sek Thongsuwan
Chalinee Chitchulanon, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Scott Joplin , The Cascades
Teacher: Dr. Pawatchai Suwankangka
Elmer Leonel Galvan Hernandez, Mexico, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Franz Joseph Haydn , Sonata No. 49 E flat Major. Hob/59, First movement
Teacher: Dr. Antonina Dragan
Tian Yuan, China, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Frederic Chopin, Etude "Revolutionary" Op. 10 No. 12
Ho Suet Kiu Jaslyn, Hong Kong, Harp
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Fiona Clifton-Welker, Charlotte in Spring
Teacher: Maise Au
Kelly Hanyi Zhang, New Zealand, Cello
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein , Edelweiss
Munkhjin Bilguun, Mongolia, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Edward Mollenhauer, The Infant, Paganini Fantasia
Teacher: Jargalmaa Sumiyadorj
Accompanist: Khongorzul Ganjoloo
Batsanaa Bilguun, Mongolia, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavotte
Teacher: Jargalmaa Sumiyadorj
Accompanist: Khongorzul Ganjoloo
Wong Ho Hei, Hong Kong, Violin
Grand Prize
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Henryk Wieniawski, Violin concerto No. 2, First movement
Teacher: Ray Tsoi
Accompanist: Chen Mei Fei Sophia
Ichinkhorloo Odbayar, Mongolia, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavotte
Teacher: Jargalmaa Sumiyadorj
Accompanist: Khongorzul Ganjoloo
Ellie Malonzo, Australia, Violin
Grand Prize
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E Major
Teacher: Paul Wright
Keyi Chen, China, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Niccolò Paganini, Concerto No. 1, Op. 6, First movement: Allegro maestoso
Teacher: Ming Liu & Yun Wei
Audrey C Wu, United States, Viola
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Karl Stamitz, Viola Concerto in D Major Op. 1, Third movement
Teacher: Chau-Chuan Chen
Accompanist: Yi-Ching Ou
Natalia Kwiatkowska, Poland, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Max Bruch, Concerto no. 1 in G minor, First movement
Teacher: Monika Chrzanowska
Accompanist: Jaroslaw Olszewski
Wanyi Zhou, China, Harp
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Nino Rota, Toccata from Sarabanda & Toccata
Teacher: Guan Wang
Fiona Ma, New Zealand, Flute
Third Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Dmitri Shostakovich, Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra: VII Waltz
Teacher: Elsa Shih
Accompanist: Elsa Shih
Yelisei Nikitin, Ukraine, Flute
Second Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Ukrainian folk song, Oh on the Mountain
Teacher: Elena Molchanova
Accompanist: Yevgenia Popova
Terrance Tianyi Zhang, China, Flute
Second Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in F Major
Zhilin Jiang, China, Flute
Third Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Albert Franz Doppler, Berceuse op. 15
Zihao Ni, China, Drum kit
Second Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Can Can
Tianqi Chen, China, Drum kit
Third Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Carlos Santana, The Game of Love
Yanchun Sun, China, Drum kit
Second Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Nemo
Xiaotian Fan, China, Drum kit
Third Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Venus
Junjie Gu, China, Chinese percussion
First Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Sizhi Zhao, Drum Language
Nichanant Samanmongkol, Thailand, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Richard Sherman & Robert B. Sherman, Scales and Arpeggios
Onnicha Aekjindarat, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Stephen Sondheim , On the Step of the Palace
Natsha Phihakendr, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, This is Me
Teacher: Ms. Auranus Yuenyonghattaporn
Gwyneth Rose Yu, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Arthur Hamilton, Sing A Rainbow
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Siraphat Khajohnveeraphan, Thailand, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Anson Seabra, Welcome to Wonderland
Gwyneth Rose Yu, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Richard Rodgers, Edelweiss
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Patcharapich Pichpongsa, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Giuseppe Giordani, Caro Mio Ben
Teacher: Naphak Santiwattana
Accompanist: Naphak Santiwattana
Amelie Hall, United Kingdom, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Giuseppe Giordani, Caro Mio Ben
Teacher: Mrs. Honey Rouhani
Crystal Lee, Australia, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Batti Batti, O Bel Masetto
Teacher: Aygun Hasanova
Accompanist: Joy Han
Luciano Armand Copok, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, The Candyman
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Ethan Jared Chan, Philippines, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
George Gershwin, I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Gabrielle Ong, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Roger Quilter, Music, when soft voices die
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Tian Yuan, China, Voice
Honorable Mention
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Justin Hurwitz, City of Stars
Piper Sabine Chua Yu, Philippines, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Roger Quilter, Music, when soft voices die
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Ben Christian Henry Gaisano Anggala, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Vendetta
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Anara Chiongbian, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Alessandro Parisotti, Se Tu M'ami Se Sospiri
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Maria Angelica L. Katigbak, United States, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Tommaso Giordani, Caro Mio Ben
Teacher: Perpy Heath
Ethan & Claire Rong, United States, Piano duo
Second Place
Ensemble Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Teacher: Sueanne Metz
Voltima Duo, Germany, Marimba duo
First Place
Ensemble Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Csaba Zoltan Marjan, Lemuria – The Fallen Civilization
Teacher: Lukas Boehm
Nicholas Li, United States, Cello
Second Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Camille Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, First movement; Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Teacher: Tracy Sands
Accompanist: Catherine Herbener
Kunyu Ruan, China, Jazz Trombone
Grand Prize
Jazz Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Lee Morgan, Ceora
Yuchen Tao, China, Jazz Trombone
First Place
Jazz Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite
Xinchen Wang, China, Jazz Trombone
First Place
Jazz Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Charlie Parker, Conformation
Shuotong Wang, China, Jazz Trombone
Second Place
Jazz Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Steve Davis, There will never be another you
Yurong Hou, China, Jazz Guitar
Third Place
Jazz Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Jonny Green, Out of Nowhere
Mingyu Li, China, Composition
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Echo
Zhang Zhuocheng, China, Composition for Soprano and Piano
First Place
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
What I Have Longed For
Tong Runchen, China, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The Landscape in Mirror
Teacher: Jia Daqun
Shuwen Liao, China, Composition
Grand Prize
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Elegant Cloud
Teacher: Wenpei Ju
Li Ziao, China, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The light Poetry II
Shuwen Liao, China, Composition
Third Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Pure. Fire
Teacher: Wenpei Ju