WINNERS 2025

GRAND PRIZE

Leyu Ho, violin, student of Naoko Tanaka

TOP PRIZE:

(chosen among first prize winners)

Feiyue(Queenie) Dai, flute, student of Bart Feller
Lewis Gao, cello, student of Madeleine Bouissou
Edward Lee, viola, student of Sophie Arbuckle
Elisha Lee, clarinet, student of Shari Hoffman
Yuyang Liu, voice, student of Yuan Zhang
Nolan Woo, cello, student of Keong Hwa Kim
Grace Yoon, bassoon, student of Marc Goldberg

Congratulations! All the prize winners will receive the information for the Winners' Concert shortly.

LIVE COMPETITION

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Sylvie Chiu (NJ), student of Chanel Wang

Second prize
Paul Tae (NY), student of Eileen Buck

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Hannah Chandarlapaty (NY), student of Eileen Buck

Second prize
Eddie Sun (NY), student of Andrew Hsu

Third prize
Elizabeth Levine (NY), student of Yukimi Song

Honorable mention
Sparsh Daswani (NY), student of Quinton Nennig
Debbie Tae (NY), student of Eileen Buck

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
 Chloe Tseng (NY), student of Eileen Buck

Honorable mention
Zaara Katyal (ST), student of Susan Ma

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
 Owen Smith (NJ), student of Deirdre O’Donohue

Second prize
Hannah Kim (NY), student of Daniel Epstein

Third prize
Somerset Seidenberg (NY), student of Golda Tatz

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Sherry Gao (NY), student of Coco Ziyao Sun, Rose Hsien

Second prize
Abigail Jin (NY), student of Julia Danitz

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Leyu Ho (NY), student of Naoko Tanaka

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Rubi Yujin Kang (NJ), student of Ann Setzer, Khullip Jeong

Second prize
Lena Nagashima (NY), student of Naoko Tanaka
Kaitlyn Xie (NY), student of Ann Setzer

Third prize
Calvin Xu (NJ), student of Ellen dePasquale

Honorable mention
Shira Braude (NY), student of Ann Setzer

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
 Hannah Moon (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee

Honorable mention
Weiyi Jing (NY), student of Ella Heifets

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Albert Lee (NJ), student of Toby Appel

Second prize
Dorothy Chen (NY), student of Carol Rodland

Third prize
Olivia Tejada (CT), student of Leah Ferguson

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Edward Lee (NJ), student of Sophie Arbuckle

       B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
 Lewis Gao (NY), student of Madeleine Bouissou

Second prize
Isabella Tan (NJ), student of Robert Burkhart

        C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Benjamin Mandigo (NY), student of Alex Croxton

Second prize
Ethan Yip (NY), student of Marion Feldman

Third prize
Gina Kim (NY), student of Alex Croxton

Honorable mention
Ainslea Hong (NY), student of Justin Park

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Seah Katherine Yu (NY), student of Clara Minhye Kim

Third prize
 Claire Kim (NJ), student of Cecilia Lee

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Elisha Lee (NJ), clarinet, student of Shari Hoffman
Kyle Lu (NY), oboe, student of Yousun Chung
Rongxuan Qin (China), Flute, student of Meixiang Piao

Third prize
Phillip Hyun (NY), clarinet, student of Seungho Choi

Honorable mention
Jason Lu (NJ), bassoon, student of Atao Liu

YOUTUBE COMPETITION

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Asher Khoo (CA), student of Chia-Lin Yang

Honorable mention
Minato Yoneyama (NY), student of Kanae Koshi

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Elizabeth Levine (NY), student of Yukimi Song
Liam Pang (NY), student of Hung-Kuan Chen,  Tema Blackstone

Second prize
Avery Armstrong (CA), student of Chia-lin Yang

Third prize
Ziling Xu (GA), student of Shu-chuan Frederic Hsiang

Honorable mention
Mako Sasako (NY), student of Kanae Koshi 

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Cindy Zhou (GA), student of Hengyi Fred Hsiang

Second prize
Andrew Lee (IN), student of Chi Ho Han

Third prize
Roshni Balajee (CA), student of Amy Zanrosso

Honorable mention
Amelia K. Bauernschmitt (TX), student of Violetta Zharkova
Emily Fang (CA), student of Natsuki Fukasawa

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Leah Gavilan (NJ), student of Veda Kaplinsky
Mia Safdie (CA), student of Kara Huber

Third prize
Yuehan Chen (China), student of Xiaoliang Lyu
Amber Lin (CA), student of Judy Huang

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Andrew Peng (CA), student of Aimee Kreston

Second prize
Ariana Harada (HI), student of Ignace Jang

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Beatrice Koo (NJ), student of Jinyoung Park Kim

Second prize
Ellen Lu (NY), student of Aimee Kreston

C (Ages 13-15)

Second prize
William Zhou (NY), student of Khullip Jeung

Third prize
Cindy Chen (AZ), student of Susanne Rothaar

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Kristie Lu (CT), student of Naoko Tanaka

Third prize
Zachery Pun (WA), student of Simon James

Honorable mention
Kiehye Song (NJ), student of Wendy Chen-Symonds

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
 Justin Koo (NY), student of Sophie Arbuckle 

Second prize
Chanelle Zhang (NY), student of Sophie Arbuckle

Third prize
Laurily Merzatta (NJ), student of Kerri Ryan

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Leon Zhou (NY), student of Yifang Huang

Second prize
 Joshua Chae (CA), student of Gina Coletti

Third prize
Ian Bang (NJ), student of Yujeong Lee

        A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Kai Grenier (NY), student of Nicole Johnson

B (Ages 10-12)

Third prize
Arienne Hong (ST), student of Alex Croxton

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Daniel Yoonsuh Lee (NY), student of Jennifer Park

Second prize
Albert Dong (PA), Dvořák, student of Adam Liu
Albert Dong (PA), Prokofiev, student of Adam Liu
Benjamin Mandigo (NY), student of Alex Croxton

Third prize
Jason Han (OR), student of Sunghee Kim

Honorable mention
Jiayi Huang (China), student of Meijuan Liu, Minzhe Wu

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Nolan Woo (CA), student of Keong Hwa Kim

Second prize
Jackson Bai (NY), student of Troy Stuart
Chanmin (Joel) Park (TX), student of Charles Seo

Third prize
Aiden Ko (South Korea), student of Cecilia Lee
Alice Yuntong Leng (NJ), student of Amy Sue Barston

Honorable mention
Jason Chien (CA), student of Kyeong-Hwa Kim

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Philip Shon (NJ), oboe, student of Yousun Chung
Poppy Wang (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Second prize
Taejun Kim (MA), bassoon, student of Sally Merriman
Brody Son (NJ), oboe, student of Yousun Chung

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Ethan Shon (NJ), clarinet, student of Ayako Oshima Neidich
Hanna Yu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Second prize
Eileen Lee (CA), flute, student of Isabelle Chapuis
Bailey Lim (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim
Ella Liu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Honorable mention
 Spencer Chaisanguanthum (NJ), oboe, student of Setsuko Otake

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Feiyue(Queenie) Dai (NY), flute, student of Bart Feller
Grace Yoon (CT), bassoon, student of Marc Goldberg

Second prize
Seungyun Yang (CT), clarinet, student of Keunjin Jung
Sarahsihu Kim (NJ), flute, student of Caroline Sonett-Assor
Amy Yu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Third prize
Jason Noh (NJ), clarinet, student of Renee Rosen
Yitong Qu (MA), bassoon, student of Margaret Phillips

Honorable mention
Eugene Kim (IL), clarinet, student of Keunjin Jung
Justin Noh (NJ), bassoon, student of Mark Timmerman

C (Ages 13-15)

Third prize
Timothy Choi (MA), trumpet, student of Hyungbin Jung

B (Ages 10-12)

Second prize
Irene Su (CA), musical theatre, student of Mairead Staunton

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Sophia Kaushik (CA), classical, student of Christine Abraham

Second prize
Joelle Kim (CA), classical, student of Gloria Ahn
Lilianna Rindal (MN), musical theatre, student of Diana Grassielli

Third prize
Ashrita Nagalla (TX), musical theatre, student of Teja Nagalla

       D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Yuyang Liu (China), classical, student of Yuan Zhang
Valentina Fayzullina (MA), musical theatre, student of Victoria Avetysian

Second prize
Dayeon Lee (NJ), classical, student of Kyung Sun Choi

Third prize
Christie Kim (NJ), classical, student of Jane Olian

Honorable mention
Junrui Qu (MA), classical, student of Jessica Bloch

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
 Seojin Ha (OR), student of Stephen Kehner

C (Ages 13-15)

Honorable mention
Oboe, Violin Duo: Eileen Kim, Eli Kim (MD), students of U Joo Lee

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Concordia Quartet: Hannah Moon, Brian Lim, Ian Bang, Calvin Kwon (NJ), students of Yu Jeong Lee

Second prize
Two Pianos: Eric Shih Koh, Katie Shih Koh (CA), students of Amy Chiu

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