2020 Grand Prize Winners
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Grand Prize Winners
Division I—Professional Division
First Grand Prize Winner
Special Prize--Best Performance of a work by Chopin
Eva Gevorgyan (Russia/Armenia)
Teacher: Natalia Trull
- Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition (USA, Texas, 2-nd Prize and a special prize - Press Award)
- Cleveland International Piano Competition for young artists (USA, Cleveland, 1-st prize, special prize for the best interpretation of Bach and Canton Symphony Orchestra Prize)
- Grand Piano International Competition (Russia, Moscow, laureate and 5 special prizes)
- Robert Schumann piano competition (Germany, Düsseldorf, 1-st prize)
- Chopin International Piano Competition for young pianists (Poland, Szafarnia, 1st prize)
- International Piano Competition of Giuliano Pecar in Gorizia (Italy, Grand-Prix)
- St. Cecilia international piano competition (Portugal, 1st prize)
Second Grand Prize Winner
Dmytro Choni (Ukraine/Austria)
Teacher: Milana Chernyavska
- Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (Spain, 1st Prize and the Gold Medal)
- Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition (USA, 1st Prize)
- Los Angeles International Piano Competition (USA, 1st Prize)
- ZF-Musikpreis (Germany, 1st Prize and Audience Prize)
- Roma International Piano Competition (Italy, 1st Prize)
- Tucumán International Piano Competition (Argentina, 1st Prize)
Third Grand Prize Winner
Special Prize--Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Fabio Romano (Italy/Germany)
Teacher: Gerhard Oppitz
- International Anton Rubinstein Competition Dusseldorf (1st Prize)
- The First Edition of the ProPiano Competition (1st Prize)
- Sviatoslav Richter Piano Competition in Moscow (1st Place)
Third Grand Prize Winner
Arthur Wang (Canada)
Teacher: Jerome Lowenthal
- 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions (2nd Prize)
- Hilton Head International Piano Competition for Young Artists (Prize Winner)
- Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition (Prize Winner)
- Enschede International Piano Competition for Young Musicians (Prize Winner)
- Midwest International Piano Competition (Prize Winner)
Fourth Place
Sven Bauer (Germany)
Teacher: Lev Natochenny
- Concours International de Piano (1st Prize)
- Alexandre Scriabine Concours International de Piano (1st Prize)
- Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Città di San Donà di Piave” (1st Prize)
- International Piano Competition María Herrero (1st Prize)
Fifth Place
Song Hyeon Kim (South Korea)
Teacher: Haesun Paik
- 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Fourth Place)
- 10th International Hamamatsu Piano Competition (Semifinalist)
- Isang Yun International Piano Competition (Semifinalist)
Sixth Place
Oleksandr Leonov (Ukraine)
Teacher: Juliana Viktorivna Yablonska
- Horowitz International Piano Competition (3rd Prize)
- Special Prize ofr Marian Rybicki; Special Prize of Ivan Karabits
- Yamaha Music Gulf FZE Scholarship Program (winner)
Finalists
Polina Sasko (Ukraine/Austria)
Aaron Kurz (US)
Alexandra Segal (Ukraine/Israel)
Jerry Chang (US)
Katherine Benson (US)
Tianxiang Ni (China)
Jen-Hao Yeh (R.O.C Taiwan)
Division II—Amateur Division
First Grand Prize Winner
Trio Primavera (US/Korea): Jan Vargas Nedvetsky / Esme Arias-Kim / Yerin Yang
Teacher: Rodolfo Vieira and Mark George
- Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (semifinalist)
- Yerin Yang (Piano) -2018 Crain-Maling Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition (Winner)
- Esme Arias-Kim (Violin) -2020 Sphinx Competition (1st Prize)
- 2020 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions (Winner)
- 2020 Fox Valley Symphony concerto competition (Winner)
- Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (Cello )- Walgreens National Concerto Competition (Prize winner)
- DePaul Concerto Festival (Prize winner)
-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions (Prize winner)
-Society of American Musicians Competition (Prize winner)
First Grand Prize Winner
Dasani String Quartet (US) : Isabella Brown/ Katya Moeller/ Brandon Cheng/ Zechary Mo
Teacher: Mathis Tacke
- 2020 WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition (Finalist)
- 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition-Junior Division (Silver Medal)
- Isabella Brown (Violin) -Cooper International Violin Competition (Prize Winner)
- Alexander and Buono International String Competition (1st Prize)
- Asian American International Music Competition (1st Prize)
- Rockville Competition for Piano and Strings (1st Prize)
- Katya Moeller (Violin) -World Bach Competition (1st Prize)
- 1st World Violin E-Competition “Napolinova” (1st Prize)
- ENKOR International Violin Competition (Grand Prize Winner)
- Semper International Music Festival Competition (Prize winner)
- Ysaÿe International Music Competition (semifinalist)
- Brandon Cheng (Cello)-25th Annual Merit Conservatory Concerto Competition (Honorable Mention)
- 2018 Society of American Musicians Competition (Honorable Mention)
- CYSO’s Concerto Competition (Finalist)
- Zechary Mo (Viola)- Klein International String Competition (Semifinalist)
- 2019 Illinois ASTA Competition (1st Prize)
Third Grand Prize Winner
Brian Lin (US)
Teacher: Peyhwan Kuan
-2020 Elevato International Piano Competition ( 1st Prize)
-2020 Quebec Music Competition (1st Prize)
-2019 EastBay Music Foundation Piano Competition (1st Prize)
-2019 James Ramos International Video Competition (1st Prize)
-2019 Sylvia M. Ghiglieri Piano Competition (1st Prize)
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