2022 Contemporary 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 8 & under

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird Prize
PianoChloe Kaydence Wang
USA
Esme Soae Tran
USA
Sophitcha Watcharakitipong
Thailand
Pharkorn​ Korn​ Phophong​
Thailand
Bryna Lie Hartanto
Indonesia
Dennis Gabriel Wu
USA
Stephanie Xu
USA
ViolinFelix Zeng
USA

Ages 9 – 10

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird PrizeFourth Prize
PianoAndrew Sun-Zhuang
USA
Christian Lin
USA
Pharphum​ Kann Phophong​
Thailand
Amaris Gracia Jap
Indonesia
Abram Korenstra
USA
Joaquin Francisco Wong
USA
Juliana Sienna Bozoghlian
USA
VoiceAlyssa Klein
USA
Kimberly Junus
Indonesia
Xin’er Li
China
ViolinGabriel James Turoff
USA

Ages 11 – 12

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird PrizeFourth PrizeFifth Prize
PianoCharles Haifeng Xing
New Zealand
Chenjun Ruan
China
Caden Chau
USA
ViolinMadhvi Chittoor
USA
DuetJeremy and Lumina Zhang
USA

Ages 13 – 14

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird Prize
PianoEmma Yoshiko Slaughter
Japan / USA
Yuna Noh
USA
Esther Jiayu Mei
USA
ViolinAiden Yu
USA
Noelle Streuber-Eden
USA
HarpLaura Hakobyan
Armenia / Austria
Valerie Loo
USA
GuitarAnika Gupta
USA
Aidan Joshua Chan
Canada
ClarinetReynold Yang
China / New Zealand
MarimbaLuis Gabriel Diaz Jimenez
Venezuela
TrumpetDaniel Lee Cho
USA

Ages 15 – 16

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird Prize
PianoGrace Dai
China / USA
Nathan Hanyul Lee
USA
Yufei Li
China
Melody Q’orianka Keeton
USA
Jayden Im
USA
Ethan McCarney
USA
Haejoo Chang
South Korea / USA
Vittoria Zoe Catalano
USA
CelloTane Kim
USA
Uihyun Oh
USA
ViolaSu Hyun Cho
South Korea / China
SaxophoneAarnav Srivastava
USA
TrioJocelyn Tsai, Nathan Ouyang, Nathan Tatsuta
China / Japan

Ages 17 – 19

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird PrizeFourth PrizeFifth Prize
VoiceMinkyung Song
South Korea / USA
Kalya Saira Hajari
Indonesia
PianoChristopher David Tillen
USA
Cynthia Yuqing Zhang
USA
Claire Elizabeth Dowdell
USA
ViolinAnna Linder
USA
ViolaAriadna Terol Donat
Spain
FluteStacey Yoo
South Korea / USA
EuphoniumJahiem Duante James
USA

Ages 20 – 24

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond Prize
PianoQuinten Anthony Baney
USA
Ruuka Ogihara
Japan
Alex Curry
USA
VoiceCaitlin Towell
USA
Rebecca Elizabeth Gardner
USA
ViolinYunxi Peng
China
TrumpetCameron Walter Bessicks
USA
FluteRachel Hyerin Lee
USA

Ages 25+

InstrumentFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird Prize
PianoFeng Kang
Taiwan / USA
Cecilia Sakong
USA
Xiaoxiong Chen
China
Humay Gasimzadeh
Azerbaijan
VoiceShuhan Lei
China
SaxophoneLingxiao Li
China / USA
FluteDésirée Del Santo
Italy
OrganSamuel Alexander Obie
USA
DuetSoojung Jeon, Yoonsook Song
South Korea / USA
Lorena Cantó, Yvain Calvo
Spain / Belgium / United Kingdom