2023 Classical Music Competition Results
Congratulations to our winners!
We are very excited to announce that Top 3 Finalists in their age group and instrument category can now order a personalized 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Prize Trophy with their name corresponding to their prize here. Please note that at this time, we are only able to ship trophies to locations in the United States.
Ages 7 & under
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Arianna Lu | Solara Kim | Runa Jiang / |
| Violin | Arthur Li | Ruth Swanston |
Ages 8 – 9
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Anne Tang Stephanie Zhu Esme Soae Tran | Katherine Ma | Feitong Li Wallace Xu Joaquin Francisco Wong | Eva Lavallee Abigail Chen |
| Violin | Luke Wan | |||
| Guitar | Techathat Wattanaporn Natchanon Krairavee | |||
| Trio | Ethan Lavallee and Eva Lavallee |
Ages 10 – 11
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Eric Matthew Cisyk | Ella Chow Marcus Kuo Anna Chenwang  | Jordan Tsui | |
| Violin | Kexin Li / | Grace Li | Ethan Lavallee | |
| Guitar | Evelyn Shih | |||
| Flute | Ruishan He / | |||
| Voice | Mengqi Wang / |
Ages 12 – 13
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Andrew Jacob Lee Elsha Zhu / Alice Zhangyue Li | Chloe Li Alexis Liakhovetski / Lee Yang Leah Tugwell | Evelyn Xiaoran Ge |
| Oboe | Ahri Lauren Shin | Avery Eisaman | |
| Violin | Xiyan Xue / | Lee Yang | |
| Harp | Naphitchaya Sae-Jew / | ||
| Flute | Analiese Reeves |
Age 14
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Brayden Miao Benjamin Choi | Lucy Liu Shreya Jog Danielle Yewon Lee | Sherry Dong | Isabel Xiaolu Chen Helen Liu |
| Violin | Khaos Kook | Eileen Zhuge | ||
| Flute | Queenie Dai | |||
| Cello | Carolyn Wang |
Age 15
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Kenneth Gallwas Joseph Gallwas Simona Esther Heifetz Jingyi Ling / | Albert Yuxuan Hu Alexander Xie Jayden Im | Richard Chen Zachary Andrey Barshay Yelisey Romanov | Weihan Lu / |
| Viola | Alvin Lee | |||
| Flute | Sophia Bian | |||
| Violin | Sasha Hutchinson / | |||
| Trio | Beatrice Park, Kevin Hernandez, and Joe Gallwas |
Age 16
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Ayla Erdem Richards Reena Chen Otto Montgomery | Gloria Xiang | Amanda Leanne Chen Samuel Jai-Yung Kim | Daniel Tan |
| Violin | Ruoshui Jennifer Liu | Swansea Siu | ||
| Viola | Hansley Wang | |||
| Oboe | Tanya Ganesh | |||
| Cello | Yutae Jung / | Daniel Moonseok Choi | ||
| Trio | Jaden Kim, Lucie Kim, and Amy Jong /  / |
Ages 17 – 19
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Yechong (Eric) Shan / | David Keunwon Lee | Siddharth Krishnamurthy Sankaranarayanan | |
| Violin | Luke Stephen Bleuel | Moira Carmela Schmitt | Kim Huang | |
| Voice | Yuanxin Ma / | Jessica Blomberg / | ||
| Viola | Seongheon Harold Kim / | |||
| Cello | Brant Leslie Miller |
Ages 20 – 25
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Violin | Aymeric Bonhomme /  Jiaxin Lin / Alex (Lyu Song) Tseng / | |
| Viola | Yuchun Cheng | |
| Voice | Makaela Shade-Alexander |
Ages 26+
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Dan (Lori) Luo / | Chenqi Ouyang Hannah Powell | Bruce Guy Leto, Jr. / Hanseul Lee  | Luisa Kay Reyes |
| Voice | Junchan Zhao / | Jiajing Wang / | ||
| Flute | Dmytro Gnativ / | |||
| Guitar | Carmine Catalano /  | |||
| Duet | Hyekyeong Hannah Cho and Young Woong Cho / |