2021 Romantic Music Competition Results
Congratulations to our winners!
Ages 8 & under
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Livia Chen Hannah Lin | Yirui Allison Tang Roy Kwak Angelina Yang  Jensen Jingchen Li Maddox Marsollek  | Muneshiro Nakagawa /  Sarvesh Sriram /  Casson Chen |
| Violin | Angela Dietz | Miles Marsollek | |
| Cello | Hannah Wu /  |
Age 9
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Bella In Sarah Grace Fernandes Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn  | Clara Eom Elisha Heejoo Kang | Eliezer Kumar-Lau Joanne Choi /  Hope Sun Kaylee Jimin Gibson |
| Violin | Isabella Nikita Sumargo |
Age 10
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Terry Sheiko Brandon Jonnathan Darren Kusuma Rensho Sato | Aaron Eom Leem Jia En  Diya Senthil Aarin Ghate | |
| Violin | Sylvia Michelle Pine | ||
| Voice | Sylvia Michelle Pine |
Age 11
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Mia Emilie Okamoto Jaime Moon Karthikk Voruganti | Drishti Mittal / Daren Feng Elizabeth Grace Margarita Morato | Elizaveta Gramling Niral Parmar | |
| Cello | Sophia Jenkins | Vivian Amour Yu / Abigail Yi | ||
| Violin | Jaein (Jae) Park /  | Zengru Quek Madison Yi | ||
| Flute | Johana Hanbeyt Kim |
Age 12
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Hannah Zhang | Julian Samuel Slive Faith Sun | Hailey Elegino Abhinav Girish |
| Violin | Nesya Fertel | Nakyung (Olivia) Lee / Julia Jang | Angela Joowon Lee |
Age 13
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Tiger Stepinski Adam Shen | Daniel Wang Everett Winn Pounds Sophie Gao | Madeleine Ailyee Okamoto Zaihang Xu / Vivi Zeng / Eshani Das Goswami |
| Oboe | Yang Haonan | ||
| Cello | Sofia Burbano | ||
| Voice | Avery Bitzer |
Age 14
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Katie Osborn Amy Rachel Lantz Claire Liu Zhen Tao | Brian Benjamin Lantz Zephaniah Ostein | Kit Lun Jerico Lee / Hannah Choi / Immanuel Sun Gabrielle MyAnh Pham  / Shreyashi Bodaka | Adarsh Girish Zane Jayden Rodriguez |
| Violin | Pauline Lee | Kien Nguyen-Vu | ||
| Voice | Denisa Stefania Cazaciuc |
Age 15
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Paul Gong / Hannah Lui | Nathan Shen Jit Liu Yifan Wei Kaishun Sato | Aja Zou Maximilian Esteban Meer  / Uno Yanagi | Mythri Mahajan |
| Violin | Lauren Sakura Juntunen / | Hannah Choi | Angela Wang | |
| Viola | Téa Lovejoy Bowers | Katie Xiang | ||
| Cello | Justin Young Lee |
Age 16
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Mehana Ellis | Joshua Simon Gourdji Kathrine Hilberts James Lee | Faye Hadikusumo Katya Cavanaugh Aadhithyaram Balaji | Alec Yang Sneha Mondal |
| Violin | Gabriel Huang Isabela Diaz | Ian Lee Leah Gianna Bessmer Jennifer Jang | ||
| Harp | Taylor Grace Mermoud Ella Katherine Bougher | |||
| Cello | Celina Lim | |||
| Duet | Kaisa Woodruff and Zaman Siddiqi |
Ages 17 – 20
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Joanna Laurie Cheng | Benjamin Trey Cho Isabel Brown | |
| Vocal | Angellina Fedullo | Mary Claire Buchanan Noah Ethan Mond | Lisa Acevedo |
| Violin | Julia Jones | ||
| Cello | Ay Şimal Uzunay | ||
| Flute | Blessing Kim |
Ages 21 – 26
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Shandee Aimi Teruya | Lina María Luisa Marín Díaz / | Nicia Lingjia Low / | |
| Cello | Jefferson Alva Downs | |||
| Violin | Nathanael Leavitt / Sarah Ng | |||
| Saxophone | Bonson Lee / | |||
| Trumpet | Sijie Yang / | |||
| Clarinet | Daniel Garcia | |||
| Organ | Wyatt Preston Poe | |||
| Flute | Nicia Lingjia Low / | |||
| Duet | Maria Quaranta and Stilyana Nikolova /  |
Ages 27+
| Instrument | First Prize | Second Prize | Third Prize | Fourth Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | Soo Ji Lee / Yunhee Ko / James Matthews | Naomi Sestak / Manuel Vizurraga | ||
| Saxophone | Nick May Yo-yo Su / | |||
| Flute | Paúl Marcelo Loja Prado / | |||
| Vocal | Laurentia Andreea Paraschiv /  | |||
| Organ | Jeremy Lau | |||
| Duet | Unusdian Errandonea and Nayoung Choi /  / | |||
| Trio | Daniel Garcia, Luis de León, and Erik López /  /  /  |