Deadline for the Winter season is March 12th, 2023 (extended). Apply Now
Winners
Winter Season 2022
Jeongwoo Son, South Korea, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Muzio Clementi, Muzio Clementi Sonatine Op. 36, No. 1, Third movement: Vivace
Teacher: Heesoo Lee
Kazef Liang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude in C Minor BWV 999
Teacher: Ms. Lusine Avagyan
Deedeh Rouhani, United Kingdom/ Iran, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Frederic Chopin, Prelude Op. 28 No. 3
Teacher: Neysun Rouhani
Aparna Sarkar, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, French Suite no. 3
Teacher: Laura Lubov De Valois
Amy Schafer, Germany, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Domenico Cimarosa, Sonata in A Minor
Teacher: Liudmila Karmanova
Sofia Petrache, Canada, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Robert Schumann, Hide and Seek from Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68
Teacher: Nicole Agostino
Blaike Xi Ferguson Stephen, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Etude in A minor, Op. 27, No. 3
Teacher: Sherry Kim
Seoyul Kim, South Korea, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Franz Liszt , Gnomenreigen from Two Concert Etudes
Teacher: Heesoo Lee
Thunjira Jutatreeraparp, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
H. Paganini, Variation
Teacher: Irina Novikova
Ethel Abramovych, Canada, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wynn-Anne Rossi, Atacama Desert
Teacher: Miriam Ginzburg
Emma Chiang, Canada, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Fur Elise
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Sibel Sohret, Canada, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Cornelius Gurlitt, Theme and Variation, Op. 22
Teacher: Nicole Agostino
Ava Shu, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Claude Debussy, Gardens under the Rain
Teacher: Olga Alino
Stephanie Cheng, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Mikhail Glinka, Nightingale variations
Teacher: Millicent Mcfall
Andrew Yu, United States, Piano
Grand Prize
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, November from The Seasons, Op. 37a
Teacher: Anna Kislitsyna
Leo Pan-Wang, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Alberto Ginastera, Danza de la moza donosa
Teacher: Olga Alino
Choco Chen, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromtu in C sharp minor Op. 66
Teacher: Stacie Yao
Xuanyi (Mica) Wang, China, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Peixun Chen, Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake
Teacher: Jingjing Fu
Daniel Adibi, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frederic Chopin, Polonaise in G Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
Teacher: Anna Kislitsyna
Anastasiia Danyliuk, Ukraine, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Viktor Kosenko, Courante in E minor, Op. 19 No. 4
Teacher: Inga Rudnichenko
Elijah Tan En Hao, Malaysia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Franz Joseph Hayden, Sonata in B Minor Hob.XVI:32, Third movement
Teacher: Mr. Simon Soh
Xinyan Li, Canada, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor BWV 887
Marija Aleksa Muizzemniece, Latvia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromtu in C sharp minor Op. 66
Teacher: Violeta Karpova
Shen Sitong, China, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Robert Schumann, Impromptu Op. 90 D.899: No. 2
Nil Magali Lopez, Turkey, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Claude Debussy, Reverie
Teacher: Eser Bilgeman Sakir
Fangfei Ding, China, Organ
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Louis Vierne, Organ Symphony No. 1: Final
Teacher: Yuan Shen
Austin Feng, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Camille Saint-Saëns, Thème Varié, Op. 97
Teacher: Faye Mao
Brenda Mao, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Luigi Dallapiccola , Sonatina Canonica su "Capricci" di Niccolo Paganini, 1 & 2 movements
Teacher: Faye Mao
Matthew Li, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Robert Schumann , Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 No. 1–6
Teacher: Faye Mao
Yiwen Cao, China, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Franz Liszt, Fantasy on two themes from Mozart "Le Nozze de Figaro"
Teacher: Natalia Filippova
Edgar Ekshian, United States, Piano
Honorable Mention
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Frederic Chopin, Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 9 no. 2
Teacher: Narine Avagyan
Andrzej Wiercinski, Poland, Piano
Grand Prize
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody in C sharp Minor no. 12
Teacher: Pavel Gililov
Skorobogatova Maria, Russia, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Sergei Rachmaninov, Sonata no. 2
Eunhyang Choi, South Korea, Piano
Honorable Mention
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 2
Teacher: Jerome Rose
Yiheng Li, China, Piano
Certificate of Participation
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Frederic Chopin, Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Teacher: Yiheng Li
Carol Huang, Guam, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in A Major KV.219
Teacher: Ao Zhang
Accompanist: Tara Franquez
Bella Huang, Guam, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Felix Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor Op. 64
Teacher: Ao Zhang
Accompanist: Tara Franquez
Kritticha Laoprapassorn, Thailand, Harp
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alphonse Hasselmans, Sérénade Mélancolique from Feuilles d'Automne Op. 45
Teacher: Dharavadee Kanothai
David Vardanyan, United States, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Sergey Kyosayan, Concertion in D minor
Teacher: Gayane Mkrtchyan
Accompanist: Narek Vardanyan
Alisa Keel, United States, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor BMV 1041, Third movement
Teacher: Emi Hildebrandt
Louisa Marie Cordes, Germany, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28
Teacher: Ralf Kroger
Accompanist: Anette Kroger
Yi-Hsuan Wu, Taiwan, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28
Baron Aurelien, France, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Henry Wieniawski, Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor op. 22, First movement
Teacher: Sergey Ostrovsky
Aleksandra Chazbijewicz, Poland, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
P. Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy
Accompanist: Bogumila Weretka-Bajdor
Hyunah Pyo, South Korea, Cello
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Igor Stravinsky, Suite ltalienne for cello and piano
Teacher: Pieter Wispelwey
Accompanist: Eunice Kim
Jingjia Wang, China, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, Third movement: Allegro, ma on tanto
Yuxin Wu, China, Double Bass
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Johannes Brahms, Cello sonata no. 1 in E Minor
Teacher: Catalin Rotaru
Viktoria Vardanyan, United States, Flute
Second Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Y. Dolzhikov, Elegy
Teacher: Susanna Ayvazyan
Orniya Jongsitthisatjakul, Thailand, Saxophone
Honorable Mention
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Pedro lturralde, Pequeña Czadas for Saxophone and Piano
Teacher: Chokwattana Puay-Uan
Accompanist: Kerksakul Jaree
Simone Delbene, Italy, Trumpet
Certificate of Participation
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Stanley Friedman, Solus
Teacher: Mario Bracalente
Julia Wlodarczyk, Poland, Percussion
First Place
Percussions Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Jan Frecher, Soaring in the sky
Teacher: Adam Kedzia
Maae Khunawanichkun, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman, Feed The Birds
Teacher: Louis Horner
Accompanist: Louis Horner
Ionescu Sarah, Romania, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Gheorghe Dima, Somnoroase pasarele
Teacher: Neamt Pacurar Daniela
Accompanist: Dr. Nemeti Meda
Ge Song, China, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, An Chloe
Teacher: Xuan Huang
Daniel Lagover, Canada, Voice
Honorable Mention
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Franz Schubert, An den Mond
Teacher: Carolynne Davy
Accompanist: Lada Lagover
Felea Popa Otilia Ioana, Romania, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera, Volta la terrea
Teacher: Daniela Neamt Pacurar
Accompanist: Cristina Laszlo
Teruyoshi Sato, Japan, Voice
Honorable Mention
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Giuseppe Verdi, Parmi veder le lagrime
Teacher: Alberto Cupido
Accompanist: Yoko Ikehara
Nakhun Pruksananont & Naphat Pruksananont, Thailand, Piano 4 hands
Third Place
Ensemble Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Theme from A little Night Music
Teacher: Dr. Anatsha Asadamongkol
Rebecca Liebhauser & Mira Schwabe, Germany, Cello & Piano
First Place
Ensemble Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Arnold Trowell, Arioso
Teacher: Frederik Jackel And Ludmila Karmanova
Accompanist: Mira Schwabe
Bequadro Piano Duo: Chiara Silvestre & Angelo Gala, Italy, Piano 4 hands
Second Place
Ensemble Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Ludwig van Beethoven, Eight Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein WoO 67
Sylvia Pine, United States, Violin
Third Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, KV 216, First movement, cadenza by Sylvia Pine; Henryk Wieniawski, Obertass Mazurka
Teacher: Davis King
Accompanist: Maya Galperin
Brian Lin, United States, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466, First movement: Allegro; Franz Schubert, Impromptu No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 90
Accompanist: Dmitri Cogan
Wendy Wang, United States, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frederic Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, First movement; Maurice Ravel, Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit
Alessandro Andrade Da Fonseca, Brazil, Piano
Second Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Aram Khachaturian, PIano Concerto in D flat major, op. 38; Mily Balakirev, Islamey, Oriental Fantasy, op. 18
Teacher: Alexandre Dossin
Accompanist: Grant Mack
Luo Yanjin, Hong Kong, Composition for Harp
Third Place
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Spring of Home for Harp Solo
Zehao Yang, China, Composition for tenor and piano
First Place
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
lofty mountains and Running river
Teacher: Lv Huang
Antonio Coiana, Italy, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Gli spettri della memoria
Teacher: Maestro Maria Pia Sepe
Tian Xiaoyu, China, Composition for Orchestra
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Qin opera Capriccio
Teacher: Zhu Shirui
Shaocong Zhou, China, Composition for Orchestra
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The watching on the horizon
Zhou Siyu, China, Composition for Flute, Cello, and Percussion
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Que Li
Teacher: Jia Daqun
Wu Shengkang, China, Composition for Woodwinds and Percussion
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The Monk
Teacher: Wang Amao
Tian Xiaoyu, China, Composition for Brass Quintet and Percussion
Third Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The soul of the army
Teacher: Jia Daqun
Ken'Ichi Masakado, Japan, Composition
Third Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Prayer ... and Visions - Symphonic Transfiguration on Two Themes
Tian Xiaoyu, China, Composition for Piano
Honorable Mention
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Peaceful lake in the autumn
Teacher: Yin Mingwu
Sergio Rene Martinez, Argentina, Composition for Piano
Honorable Mention
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Piano Sonata no. 5: Tetralogy of Nature: Four Variations on an Essential Theme