WINNERS 2023

GRAND PRIZE

Oliver Mar, cello, student of Clara Kim

TOP PRIZE:

(chosen among first prize winners)

Deven Agge, voice, student of Vielka Kelly-Weiss
Wilson Liu, piano, student of Hung-Kuan Chen, Tema Blackstone
Dalila Lugo, voice, student of Manny Perez
Katherine Song, viola, student of Yu Jeong Lee
Hana Tsai, violin, student of Elizabeth Chang
You Xu, oboe, student of Minghong Sun
Chloe Zhong, flute, student of Judy Grant

LIVE AUDITION

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Wilson Liu (NJ), student of Hung-Kuan Chen, Tema Blackstone

Second prize
Sophia Zhong (NJ), student of Michael Thomopoulos, Erna Savchenko

Third prize
Annabel Nielsen (NY), student of Christine Chen

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
John Sarno (NY), student of Maria Asteriadou

Second prize
Calla Jin (NY), student of Maria Asteriadou

Third prize
Alex Xu (NJ), student of Ronn Yedidia

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Xiyao Luo (NY), student of Yi-Heng Yang

Second prize
Dazhen Lu (NY), student of Lianhua Chi

Third prize
Jeffrey Li (NY), student of Robin Freund-Epstein

Honorable mention
Mia Williamson (NY), student of Lianhua Chi

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Caleb Sharkey (NY), student of Golda Tatz

Second prize
Rowan Pedraza (NY), student of Carmel Lowenthal

Third prize
Mizuki Natsu (NJ), student of Mina Kusumoto

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Ellie Liu (NY), student of Khullip Jeung

Second prize
Mingen Lu (NJ), student of Adela Pena

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
William Zhou (NY), student of Haram Kim

Second prize
Stephanie Oh (NJ), student of Jungwon Yoon

Third prize
Kate Park (NJ), student of Hyun Joon Shin

Honorable mention
Alice Hu (NJ), student of Brittaney Sklar
Yoona Oh (NJ), student of Sun Young Hwang

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Hana Tsai (NY), student of Elizabeth Chang

Second prize
Elizabeth G Lee (NY), student of Ann Setzer, Khullip Jeung

Third prize
Anne Takemoto (NY), student of Khullip Jeung

Honorable mention
Semin Chun (NJ), student of Masao Kawasaki
Katherine Jung (NJ), student of Francesca dePasquale

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Hannah Park (NY), student of Naoko Tanaka

Second prize
Irene Koo (South Korea), student of Sunny Tae

Third prize
Sungjun Jo (NJ), student of Bela Horvath

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Chanelle Zhang (NY), student of Zhanbo Zheng

Second prize
Darren Cai (NY), student of Yi-Fang Huang

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Annie Yu (NY), student of Sung Jin Lee

Second prize
Kathleen Lee (NY), student of Joo Hyun Jung

Third prize
Joshua Cha (NJ), student of Joohyun Kim

Honorable mention
Justin Song (NJ), student of Jee Sun Lee
Leon Zhou (NY), student of Sung Jin Lee

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Stephanie Lee (NJ), student of Toby Appel, Jinyoung Park Kim

Third prize
Chloe Choi (NJ), student of Jeesun Lee

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Zihan Liao (NY), student of Yi Qun Xu

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Oliver Mar (NJ), student of Clara Kim

Second prize
Serena Li (NY), student of Yi Qun Xu

Third prize
Grace Liu (NY), student of Taeguk Mun

Honorable mention
Johnnie Zhang (NY), student of Yi Qun Xu

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Dylan Oh (NY), student of Kyung Ah Lee

Second prize
Joshua Lee (NY), student of Taeguk Mun

Third prize
Brandan Zhu (NJ), student of Diego Garcia

Honorable mention
Harry Tao (CT), student of Clara Kim

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Xinyi Zhang (NY), student of Clara Kim

YOUTUBE AUDITION

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Olivia Yu (NE), student of Feifei Jiang, Hua Jiang

Second prize
Marina Herrán (Japan), student of Renee Teruya
Esme Tran (CA), student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Third prize
Kaitlyn Han (TX), student of Vita Zharkova
Emmeline Ji (Singapore), student of Karen Lee

Honorable mention
Shan Mu Ren (China), student of Yan Ren

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Jackson He (CA), student of Jenny Shin

Second prize
Amelia Bauernschmitt (TX), student of Violetta Zharkova

Third prize
Noah Xia (NJ), student of Ronn Yedidia

Honorable mention
Stephen Chen (VA), student of Ruta Smedina-Starke
Evelyn Hwang (South Korea), student of Bokyung Kim

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Daniel Strebulaev (CA), student of Erna Gulabyan

Second prize
Michelle Cao (WA), student of Sasha Starcevich
Andrew Lee (IN), student of Dr. Robert Palmer

Third prize
Amber Lin (CA), student of Judy Huang

Honorable mention
Courtney Tam (WA), student of Yelena Balabanova
Alexander Vollmer (WA), student of Allan Park

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Henry Tushman (MA), student of Sandra Hebert

Third prize
Kaiyue Ethan Guan (CA), student of Wenchun Ku

Honorable mention
Edward Huang (CA), student of Natalia Hanukai
Brian Zhang (MI), student of Christopher Harding

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Sean Ishikawa (HI), student of Mio Unosawa Herzog

Second prize
Beatrice Koo (NJ), student of Jinyoung park Kim

Third prize
Marina Herrán (Japan), student of Anna Womack

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Serena Shi (NJ), student of Chloe Hui Li

Second prize
Sara Nishimura (Japan), student of Ayumi Sasaki

Third prize
David Sun (CA), student of Elizabeth MacCorquodale

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Joshua Lee (AZ), student of Jooyeon Han

Second prize
Victor Hsu (NJ), student of Jiwon April Kim

Third prize
Mia Hong (NY), student of Ann Setzer

Honorable mention
Ava Park (South Korea), student of student of Minjung Suh

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Julie Kim (NJ), student of Elizabeth Chang

Second prize
Lydia Jung (NY), student of Jeesun Lee

Third prize
Joshua Cisneros (CA), student of Elbert Tsai

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Lindsey Lee (NJ), student of Yi-Fang Huang

Second prize
Isabelle Son (NJ), student of Yi-Fang Huang, Molly Carr

Third prize
Gary Han (NY), student of Yi-Fang Huang

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Katherine Song (MD), student of Yu Jeong Lee

A (Ages 7-9)

Third prize
Bryan Liu (NY), student of Yiqun Xu

B (Ages 10-12)

Second prize
Yoonsuh Lee (NY), student of Yari Bond

Third prize
Anna Sui (NJ), student of Hyojin Lee

Honorable mention
Justin Kijun Lee (VA), student of Sunghee Choi

        C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Joie Kuo (NJ), student of Clara Kim

Second prize
Jiyu Moon (MA), student of Ronald Lowry

Third prize
Charles Lee (WA), student of Taeguk Mun

Honorable mention
Charlotte Xing-er Ji Dressel (NJ), student of Hyojin Lee
Sylvia Lee (NJ), student of Madeleine Golz
Nolan Woo (CA), student of Kyeong hwa Kim

D (Ages 16-18)

Third prize
Daniel Choi (WA), student of Julie Cho

Honorable mention
Claire Doh (WA), student of Julie Cho
Auden Smith (TX), student of Courtenay Vandiver Pereira

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Avery Misbach (GA), flute, student of Todd Skitch

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Yige Zhou (CA), flute, student of Hye Sung Choe

Second prize
Alice Chen (MA), flute, student of Alison Hale

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Catherine Cheng (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim
Grace Yoon (NJ), bassoon, student of Marc Goldberg
You Xu (China), oboe, student of Minghong Sun

Second prize
Ella Liu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Third prize
Amy Yu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Honorable mention
Christina Moon (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Zachary Piesner (CA), bassoon, student of Eric Johnson-Tamai
Chloe Zhong (MA), flute, student of Judy Grant

Second prize
Christine Zhao (CA), flute, student of Isabelle Chapuis

Third prize
Zoe Han (NJ), flute, student of Noelle Perrin-Bryson
Aaron Kim (NJ), saxophone, student of Zach Herchen
Narin Kim (IL), clarinet, student of Keunjin Jung
Nicholas Park (CA), clarinet, student of John Mackey

Honorable mention
Jessica An (IL), clarinet, student of Keunjin Jung
James Fan (CA), flute, student of Cecily Lan
Jun-Ki Kim (South Korea), bassoon, student of Yevgeny Morozov
Grace Eunbi Lee (NJ), flute, student of Eunsook Choi
Isabel Mao (MD), flute, student of Donna Dymond

D (Ages 16-18)

Third prize
Colgan Berard (CO), french horn, student of Mark Frederick

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Pietà Myka Baca (CA), classical, student of Hea Suk Park

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Deven Agge (NY), classical, student of Vielka Kelly-Weiss
Victoria Stepanyan (MA), musical theatre, student of Victoria Avetisyan

Second prize
Natalie Tay Lay Ying (Singapore), classical, student of Cindy Honanta
Natalie Tay Lay Ying (Singapore), musical theatre, student of Cindy Honanta

Third prize
Katherine Backues (CA), classical, student of Wei Feng

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Daniel Deng (TX), classical, student of Lisa Kay Fletcher

Second prize
Treya Ghosh (NJ), classical, student of Susan Gaylord

Third prize
Joshua Kwon (NJ), classical, student of Eugene Byun

Honorable mention
Hannah Messineo (ID), classical, student of Thomas Truhitte

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Shreya Krishnan (CO), musical theatre, student of Maryann Brilleslyper
Dalila Lugo (FL), classical, student of Manny Perez

Second prize
Alicia Peng (CA), musical theatre, student of Fang Hong
Ella Wang (NY), classical, student of Amy Williams

Third prize
Bowen Zhao (China), classical, student of Ming Lei

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Nengan Shen (China), student of Wanyi Sheng

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Angelina Wang (CA), student of Gretchen Kirby

C (Ages 13-15)

Second prize
Piano Trio: Nola Gitterman, Teddy Liu, Emilia Prini (NY), students of Eileen Buck

Two Pianos: Eric Shih Koh, Katie Shih Koh (CA), students of Heidi Hau

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Echo Quartet: Isabella Jung, Janice Lee, Yumi Park, Ethan Shin (NJ, NY), students of Yu Jeong Lee

NTH Trio: Holly Lacey, Nathaniel Yue, Qiao Zhang (CA), students of Michael Kaufman

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