2023 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 6 & under
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Piano | Athena Huang | Jingen Lucas Huang /  Brady Jian Ahn  / |
Age 7
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Irene Gao Crystal He | Daniel Salinas | ||
| Voice | Mirabel Weston |
Age 8
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Naradee Rocharungsat | Ethan Joon Byeon | Santiago Salinas | |
| Voice | Wenya Hu | Agasi Arthur Newmark / | Annie Yang / |
Age 9
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Robin Qi Evan Wang | Rylee Huang Adalyn Ng Emma Youran Feng | João Victor Werneck Dias Amber Meilin Chan Melody Seah | Elyse Yu Shuen Tan |
| Voice | Clara Seohyun Ro |
Age 10
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Andrew Sun-Zhuang | Joaquin Francisco Wong Warinrada Eiamsirithanakorn Lorenzo Lambert Tiapon | Nathan Nam Brian Haotian Chan William Huang Annabella Sakunkoo |
| Violin | Siyang Liu | Jacqueline Yun Cao | John Jacob Damarillo Cadorna |
| Voice | Eva Mather Ashley Yunseo Oh | Angelina Sofia Kitaev / | |
| Harp | Yam Yan Yuet Askar |
Age 11
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Joyce Ye Bella Chen | Stanley Hyun | Indrayan De |
| Guzheng | Sophia Wei Gao | ||
| Drums | Ryan Santosh | ||
| Quartet | Luter, Luter, Fang, Sun |
Age 12
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Charles Miao | Yegor Kniazev Gabriel Wu | Benjamin Rosales Diyasha Mondal | |
| Duet | Melinda Liu and Eleanor Guo |
Age 13
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Paco Sito Samuel Lee | Rachel Tat | Brendon Yoshifuji Ezekiel Chau | Annessa Salazar Valenton Yifei Li |
| Oboe | Terrence Wang |
Age 14
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Joel Walter Rice | Lucas Miguel Gonzalez / Gabriela Fraga Nogueira Cesar | Nino Razmadze / | Alexa Rosales Yanjin Li Andrew Belmont |
| Cello | Wei Lai | |||
| Duet | Emily Hu and Hailey Wang |
Age 15
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Sean Junghyun Kim Krittaphas Kunkhongkaphan | Leane Kwon Michelle Wang Emily Nguyen | Max Yoon |
| Violin | Daphne Wen | Hankai Wang / | |
| Flute | Christine Jiwoo Choi | ||
| Clarinet | Joshua Kim | ||
| Duet | Eric and Katie Shih Koh | ||
| Trio | Lily Shen, Annabella Du, Joy Newberger |
Age 16
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Noah Sladkin Altschuler Tyler Chew Noah Maeda Sanja Jing Graysen Faith Carlsen Lumina Zhang | James Meng-Chieh Yen Dylan Danis Schenker Elijah Kao | Ethan Xi Jiang Austin Lu |
| Saxophone | Daniel Ha-Joon Lee | Joseph Jihwan Kim Jed Yao | |
| Violin | Cyrano Jett Rosentrater | Daniel Lee | |
| Voice | Elizabeth Hsu | Sarah Hye Choi / | |
| Oboe | Noa Youn Kim | ||
| Viola | Sumin Cho | ||
| Flute | Jonathan Lim | ||
| Cello | Roy Junghun Baek | ||
| Duet | Jaylen Hu and Arthur Yang |
Age 17
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Ayla Erdem Richards Kedong Gui Nathan Zhong | Benjamin Kalman Katz | Arjun Sai Kancharla / | ShenShin Zhang / |
| Cello | Giana Kim Sihyeon Yoon / | |||
| Flute | Lada Potemkina Hannah Lee | |||
| Saxophone | Nathan Leung Roberto Aparicio | |||
| Voice | Alejandra Espaillat Ferreira | Grace Kelsangmetog Cai | ||
| Violin | Joshua Kim | |||
| Double Bass | Eduardo Alcântara | |||
| Electric Bass | Giacomo Berti / | |||
| Clarinet | Nicholas Sangwon Park | |||
| Duet | Charles Gersh and Alecia McClintock | |||
| Quartet | Gill, Lawrence, Patch, Schwartz |
Ages 18 – 19
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Kaden Cho / | ||
| Saxophone | Preston Allen Hernandez | ||
| Marimba | Riley Grace Hale | ||
| Voice | William Yi Lu |
Ages 20 – 24
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Jiarui Mai / Shawn Jian Yue Lee | Erin Villaflores | |
| Voice | Caitlin Towell | ||
| Clarinet | Raatib Rahman | Jack Lloyd |
Ages 25 – 29
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | Mayra Alessandra Long / Jialun Kong /  | |||
| Violin | Wei Lin / | |||
| Piano | Jixue Yang | Juliana Ho | ||
| Clarinet | Xuan Qin / | |||
| Viola | Jessica Wong / |
Ages 30+
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Jonida Lazellari / Huan Yang / Xinyu Zhang | Eun Ji Song | Jesica Yap / |
| Voice | Xiangjiang He Pengcheng Wang | Jaewook Shin Norrel McFadden | |
| Violin | Yuhong Sun / | ||
| Saxophone | Tomer George Cohen | ||
| Flute | Jeeyoun Kang / | ||
| Dombra | Sanal Manzhiev | ||
| Duet | Kevin and Bryan Matheson |