
Winners of the Spring Season 2022

Lili Wei, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Franz Schubert, Waltz in B minor
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya

Huang Jingen Lucas, Singapore, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Lajos Papp, Szöcske
Teacher: Tang Qi

Jeongwoo Son, South Korea, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1, Third movement: Presto
Teacher: Ms. Heesoo Lee

Pitt Tutanathorn, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Etude in A Minor from 30 Children's Pieces Op. 27
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Arisa Tangtiphongkul, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
William L. Gillock, Holiday in Paris
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Naradee Rocharungsat, Thailand, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Friedrich Burgmüller, Arabesque
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Avdyugin Ruslan, Ukraine, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Little Prelude in D minor BWV926
Teacher: Zabayratskaya Julia

Chloe Cai Lexuan, Singapore, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in E flat, K.282, Third movement: Allegro
Teacher: Melissa Wong Mee Lin

Avdyugina Eva, Ukraine, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in C major K. 545, First movement
Teacher: Zabayratskaya Julia

Jodi Brielle Brown, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Twelve Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman
Teacher: Elena Fomicheva

Gabrielle Felicita Chen, Indonesia, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in F minor Op. 70 No. 2
Teacher: Ayunia Indri Saputro

Rassarin Chaemcharatanothai, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
York Bowen, Toccatina Op. 128 No. 2
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Karis Lau, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Grande Valse Brillante Op. 18
Teacher: Gloria Shih

Claire Xu, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Joseph Haydn, Sonata in G major, HOB XVI:27, Allegro con Brio
Teacher: Renata Shumskaya

Rada Srirojanant, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Friedrich Burgmüller, The Knight Errant La chevaleresque Op. 100, No. 25
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Angelina Zhou, Canada, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 in B Flat Minor
Teacher: Li Wang

Nicolette Ledford, United States, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Edvard Grieg, Wedding Day AT Troldhaugen Op. 65 No. 6
Teacher: Ekaterina Gueorguieva

Natharin Jiratanan (Bella), Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Paul Harvey, Rumba Toccata
Teacher: Thawanhathai Rujichaitammakul

Paulina Valencia, United States, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in D Flat Major, op. 27 no. 2
Teacher: Olga Alino

Patricia Dot Formell, Cuba, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugetta in D Minor BWV 899
Teacher: Vivian Formell Marques

Adeline Shen, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Etude Op. 25 No. 1
Teacher: Ekaterina Gueorguieva

Vimvarintorn Pornvattanakit, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in F Major Op. 10 no. 2
Teacher: Dr. Yusuke Komura

Phantharach Natnithikarat, Thailand, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 4
Teacher: Narissara Pitakserichai

Fangfei Ding, China, Organ
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Fangfei Ding, Organ Symphony No. 1: Final
Teacher: Yuan Shen

Audrey Shen, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Teacher: Ekaterina Gueorguieva

Warlem Marilio Fernandes Dos Santos, Brazil, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Impressoes Seresteiras - CICLO BRASILEIRO no. 2

Naomi Sestak, United States, Piano
Second Place
Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 3 in A flat major

Jieun Park, South Korea, Piano
First Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Maurice Ravel, Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit

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

Evelina Jekabsone, Latvia, Piano
Third Place
Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Franz Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob.XVI/50, First movement

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, Fourth movement
Teacher: Jerome Rose

Aaliyah Higashimori, Japan, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Oskar Rieding, Violin Concerto in A Minor in Hungarian Style Op. 21, First movement
Teacher: Prof. Kirill Troussov
Accompanist: Tomoya Furuta

Wei Wanyi, China, Classical Guitar
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Vera Robles, Prelude No. 5
Teacher: Li Ke

Ela Yalcin, Netherlands, Harp
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Bernard Andres, Aquatintes III
Teacher: Manja Smits

Valentina Ramos, United States, Harp
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alphonse Hasselmans, Waltz de Concert
Teacher: Eunice Kim

Lam Ching Yi, Hong Kong, Harp
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alphonse Hasselmans, Gitana
Teacher: Yeung Lau Yee

Yik Wai Jason Wang, Australia, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in G Major, First movement
Teacher: Yong Yang

Jerry Yang, United States, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, First movement
Teacher: Lu Li
Accompanist: Gongming Jiang

Lam Ching Wing, Hong Kong, Harp
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Albert Zabel, La Source Op. 23
Teacher: Yeung Lau Yee

Andres Ramos, United States, Harp
Second Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Claude Debussy, Clair de Lune
Teacher: Eunice Kim

Chloe Chen, United States, Violin
Honorable Mention
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov , Concert Fantasy
Teacher: Irina Schuck
Accompanist: Olga Borisovsky

Ana Gabriela Leon Perez, Cuba, Viola
Third Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Hans Sitt, Concert Piece in G Minor for viola and piano Op. 46
Teacher: Raiza Valdes Ortega
Accompanist: Marla Avalos Sama

Yuandi Huang, United States, Violin
Third Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Béla Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances
Teacher: Lu Li
Accompanist: Gongming Jiang

Yuntong Wang, China, Viola
First Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
William Walton, Viola Concerto, First movement
Teacher: Wing Ho
Accompanist: Qiong Wu

Chu Zhou, China, Violin
Second Place
Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Franz Schubert, Sonata for Violin and Piano D574, First & Second movements

Nayoung Kim, South Korea, Violin
First Place
Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin concerto
Teacher: Murray Tai

Ornaiya Jongsitthisatjakul, Thailand, Saxophone
Second Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Pedro lturralde, Pequeña Czadas for Saxophone and Piano
Teacher: Chokwattana Puay-Uan
Accompanist: Kerksakul Jaree

Yixuan Sun, China, Trumpet
Third Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Leroy Anderson, A Trumpeter's Lullaby
Teacher: Rui Li

Tang Jing Ran Emmelyn, Hong Kong, Oboe
Third Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Franz Joseph Haydn, Rondo Allegretto in C Major
Teacher: Danny Yau
Accompanist: Otto Chow

Wozheng Zhang, China, Saxophone
Second Place
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Demelsman, Fantasie
Teacher: Hehui Zhang
Accompanist: Yuanze

Yixing Wang, Australia, Clarinet
Certificate of Participation
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Claude Debussy, Premiere Rhapsodie
Teacher: Jun Yang

Zehan Wang, China, French Horn
Grand Prize
Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Ludwig van Beethoven, Horn Sonata op. 17, First movement
Teacher: Wen Quan

Jessica Siyu Ding, New Zealand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Jerome Kern, Long ago and Far away from Cover girl
Teacher: Fiona Li

Ms. Nataksaphon Apikasemsant, Thailand, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Impossible
Teacher: Waeowow Suriyarangsee

Tara Bahukhandi, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Vaughn Williams, Linden Lea
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath
Accompanist: Joy Cacayan

Noelle Tai, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Leonard Bernstein, Peter, Peter
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Luciano Armand Copok, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Elton John, Electricity from Billy Elliot
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Kate Lauren S. Sy Lato, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Giovanni Giordani, Caro Mio Ben
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Luciano Armand Copok, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Tomasso Giordani, Caro Mio Ben
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Caitlin Tai, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Christopher Field, Fall, Leaves, Fall
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Zuri Mae T. Chua, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old
Leonard Bernstein, Peter, Peter
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Reese Tiara C. Chen, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Enrique Granados, El Majo Discreto
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Gabrielle Aerin Ong, Philippines, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Enrico Granados, El Majo Discreto
Teacher: Perpy Heath

Zachi Mhiel T. Chua, Philippines, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Harry Burleigh, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Qintong Wei, China, Voice
Third Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Giacomo Puccini and Giovacchino Forzano, O mio babbino caro
Teacher: Wang Jing
Accompanist: Song Wen Jie

Rhiannon Malpass, Philippines, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
George Frideric Handel, Come unto Him
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Isabela Monique Samson Madero, Philippines, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Musicians without a professional degree, 18+
Giacomo Puccini, Un bel di vedremo from Madama Butterfly, Act II
Teacher: Perpy Lopez Heath

Lei Liang, China, Voice
First Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Giuseppe Verdi, Stride la Vampa - Il Trovatore
Teacher: Magdalena Idzik

Howard Bennett, United States, Voice
Second Place
Voice Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Billy Joel, Piano Man

Elaine Clemence Annabell, Indonesia, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Francis Poulenc, Piano Concerto in C sharp Minor, FP 146, First movement: Allegretto; Franz Joseph Haydn, Sonata in B minor Hob XVI:32, First movement
Teacher: Rose Mery Halim
Accompanist: Marco Giovanni

Wiktoria Minda, Poland, Oboe
First Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Corelli-Barbirolli, Concerto for Oboe and Strings, First movement: Prelude; Philip Sparke, Promenade
Teacher: Konrad Mika
Accompanist: Kazuko Tsuji

Melody Lin, Taiwan, Piano
Second Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19, Third movement: Molto Allegro; Franz Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI/35: Allegro con brio
Teacher: Mary Ko

Valentina Ramos, United States, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old
Alexander Tsfasman, Snowflake; Edvard Grieg, Butterfly Op. 43 No. 1
Teacher: Natalia Varlashova
Accompanist: Elvira

Delphine Adeline Bellinda, Indonesia, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Dmitry Kabalevsky , Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, Op. 50, First movement: Allegro molto; Franz Joseph Haydn, Sonata in F Major Hob XVI:23, First movement
Teacher: Rose Mery Halim
Accompanist: Marco Giovanni

Yihui Xie, China, Violin
First Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Felix Mendelssohn , Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato; Jakob Dont, 24 Etudes and Caprices for Violin, Op. 35 No. 4
Teacher: Chenjun Fan
Accompanist: Xiaowen Jiang

Kate Tang, United States, Violin
Second Place
Concerto Competition, General (Less competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Max Bruch, Concerto in G minor, Op. 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Violin Sonata No. 18 in G Major, K.301/293a
Teacher: Lu Li
Accompanist: Gongming Jiang

Mehana Ellis, United States, Piano
First Place
Concerto Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old
Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, First movement; Franz Liszt, Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du Soir"
Teacher: Annamarie Mccarthy
Accompanist: Miles Graber

Gabrielle Felicita Chen, Indonesia, Composition for Piano
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old
L'amore di Kebo Iwa
Teacher: Prof. Wilson Chu

Han Qiao, China, Composition
Grand Prize
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Moraine for 7 instruments
Teacher: Jianjun Qiao

Enping Yang, China, Composition
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old
Wuxing
Teacher: Wenpei Ju

Yixuan Wang, China, Composition for String Quartet
Grand Prize
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
An impression of the chant from role of young lady of Beijing Opera
Teacher: Daqun Jia

Yikun Jia, China, Composition for voice and piano
Third Place
Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Ode to the Motherland

Ziyun Jiang, China, Piano
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The Charm of Wu Style Legacy · Bullfighting
Teacher: Jixue Wu

Li Ziao, China, Composition
First Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
The light poetry II
Teacher: Xiaogang Ye

Yikun Jia, China, Composition
Second Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Shanghai Girl - Time

Wang Botao, China, Wind Quintet
Third Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Forest at Dusk for Wind Quintet
Teacher: Zhao Guang

Shuya Feng, China, Composition
Third Place
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Kaleidoscope
Teacher: Jixue Wu

Zhang Zhuocheng, China, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Celesta
Honorable Mention
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Drips Karst Cave
Teacher: Zhou Xianglin

Yunlin Yang, China, Composition
Certificate of Participation
Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)
College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+
Memories of the city
Teacher: Jianqiang Xu