2020 Winners
2020 Winners List
Young Artist Award Winner’s list :
Bowed Strings – Chinese Traditional Instrument A
Third Place – Isaac Tapio | Teacher: George Xu
Honorable Place – Yuanchen Guo| Teacher: Qing Li
Honorable Place – Megan Young | Teacher: Su-Chen Liu
Bowed Strings – Chinese Traditional Instrument B
First Place – May Yi Zhang | Teacher: George Xu
First Place – Clarence Un | Teacher: Su-Chen Liu
Third Place – Nathan Yeung | Teacher: George Xu
Honorable Place – Erica Cai | Teacher: Xin Zhang
Plucked String – Chinese Traditional Instrument A
Third Place – Ethan Guo | Teacher: Cindy Chen
Honorable Place – Lily Guo | Teacher: Cindy Chen
Plucked String – Chinese Traditional Instrument B
First Place – Yung-Hua Fang | Teacher: Jieming Tu
Second Place – Summer Qin | Teacher: Summer Qin
Third Place – Emily Zhao | Teacher: DanDan Cai
Honorable Place – Chongjing Tina Xue | Teacher: ShenShen Zhang
Plucked String – Chinese Traditional Instrument C
Cello A
First Place – Haoyu Gu | Teacher: Jia Yu
Second Place – Casey Kim | Teacher: Nancy Kim
Third Place – Uma Rohatgi | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Honorable Place – Ryan Lee | Teacher: Brady Anderson
Cello B
First Place – Jasper Lee | Teacher: Vicky Wang
Second Place – Huisun Hong | Teacher: Eric Sung
Third Place – Brandon Kang | Teacher: Nancy Kim
Honorable Place – Julianne Ma | Teacher: Vicky Wang
Honorable Place – Haoran Li | Teacher: Brady Anderson
Honorable Place – Theodore Tak | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Cello C
First Place – Yung-Tzu Wang | Teacher: Jou-An Hou
Second Place – Simon Minami | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Third Place – Yining Sun | Teacher: Adelle Akiko Kearns
Honorable Place – Jennifer Mori | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Honorable Place – Fiona Faye Tsang | Teacher: Jihee Kim
Honorable Place –Kotomi Inaba | Teacher: Eric Sung
Honorable Place – Lucas Chen | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Honorable Place – Garrett Blosen | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Cello D
Classical Guitar A
First Place – Hilbert Chen | Teacher: Robert Miller
Second Place – Preston Hong | Teacher: Christopher Mallett
Honorable Place – Ethan Lin| Teacher: Angelica Artelt
Classical Guitar B
First Place – Charles Zhou | Teacher: Patrick O’cornell
Second Place – Meran Brito | Teacher: Christopher Mallett
Third Place – Andrew Barbuta | Teacher: Jeanne Johnson
Harp A
Second Place – Iris Farid | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Third Place – Sophie Farid | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Third Place – Valarie Wang | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Honorable Place – Elena Tong | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Harp B
First Place – David Lin | Teacher: Dan Levitan, Linda Rollo
Second Place – Hannah Chen | Teacher: Jessica Siegel
Third Place – Daniel Cho | Teacher: Tabitha Steiner
Harp C
First Place – Judy Liu | Teacher: Linda Rollo
Second Place – Yue-Lin Zhang | Teacher: Shuen Chieh
Third Place – Kartika Santoso | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Honorable Place– Tiffany Jia | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Celtic Harp A
First Place – Liam Tsz Hin Ko | Teacher: Tiffany Lo
Third Place – Clarence Tang| Teacher: Sonya Yu
Marimba A
Marimba B
First Place – David Hsieh | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – William Wang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Third Place – Andrew Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Marimba C
First Place – Kyle Yuen | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – Darrin Cheng | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Third Place – Harrion Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place – Jonathan Yuen | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place – Benjamin Arnett | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place – Fiona Sun | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place – Cassandra Lo | Teacher: Kuen-Yean Hwang
Piano A
First Place – Katheryn Chan | Teacher: Hong Zhu
Second Place – Harluki (Haruki) Lee| Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Second Place – Lisa Saito| Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Third Place – Ming-Yi Tang| Teacher: Su-Hui Yang
Honorable Place – Selene Chen| Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Honorable Place – Wilson Liu| Teacher: Yifang Wu
Honorable Place – Jaden Hsu| Teacher: Yifang Wu
Piano B
First Place – Meining Wu | Teacher: Kaichi Zhu
Second Place – Liliana Chai | Teacher: Lena Grozman
Second Place – Chloe Ding | Teacher: Kaichi Zhu
Third Place – Abigail Goddard| Teacher: Valery Goldes
Third Place– Sora Corro | Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Honorable Place– Hong Kang Zhao | Teacher: Lena Grozman
Honorable Place– Karen Matsui | Teacher: Machiko Kobialka
Piano C
First Place – Angelina Zhang | Teacher: Hong Zhu
Second Place – Ziyue Zeng | Teacher: Chia-Lin Yang
Third Place – Sophia Jin | Teacher: Natsuki Fukasawa
Honorable Place– Lero Wang | Teacher: Natsuki Fukasawa
Honorable Place– Gloria Ma | Teacher: Zhao Zhao yang
Honorable Place– Benjamin Jiang | Teacher: Natsuki Fukasawa
Honorable Place– Jiarui Zhang | Teacher: Xi Zhang
Honorable Place– Daniel Yim | Teacher: Hyunn-Ju Sung
Honorable Place– Lynn Dai | Teacher: Daniel Cheng
Honorable Place– Thao Nguyen Nguyen | Teacher: Tam Ngoc Tran Thi
Piano D
First Place – Yejin Song | Teacher: Hans Boepple
First Place – Justin Wahby | Teacher: Natsuki Fukasawa, Dr. John McCarthy
Second Place – Ariel Chien | Teacher: Daniel Cheng
Third Place – Yvan Grinspan | Teacher: Betty Woo
Honorable Place– Eurie Seo | Teacher: Mihee Lee
Honorable Place –Alex Zhang | Teacher: Jennifer Hung
Honorable Place– Nancy Zhang | Teacher: Kaichi Zhu
Honorable Place – Annabelle Li | Teacher: Sumi Nagasawa
Honorable Place– Erin Yu | Teacher: Jed Galant
Honorable Place – Riku Sakai | Teacher: Erna Gulabyan
Honorable Place– Riley Kong | Teacher: JOhn McCarthy
Honorable Place – Joshua Shi | Teacher: Jed Galant
Piano E
First Place – Yera Kim | Teacher: Christopher Guzman
Second Place – Andrew Chen | Teacher: Betty Woo
Piano Concerto A
First Place – Sora Corro | Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Third Place – Hiroshi Corro| Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Piano Concerto B
First Place – Cara Burgess | Teacher: David Burgess
Second Place – Eric Koh | Teacher: Heidi Hau
Honorable Place– Eurie Seo | Teacher: Mihee Lee
Piano Duet B
Second Place – Eric Koh, Katie Koh | Teacher: Heidi Hau
Honorable Place– Sora Corro, Oliver Corro | Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Viola A
First Place – Je-Won Im | Teacher: David Kim
Second Place – Michelle Koo | Teacher: Pei-Ling Lin
Third Place – Andrew Ahn | Teacher: Pei-Ling Lin
Honorable Place – Jennifer Kang | Teacher: SuJung Seok
Honorable Place – Rebekah Sung | Teacher: SuJung Seok
Viola B
First Place – Chanhee Park | Teacher: Yunsun Kim
Second Place – Hannah Lam| Teacher: PeiLing Lin
Third Place – Christopher Oh| Teacher: Yunsun Kim
Honorable Place – Alex Sima| Teacher: YunJie Liu
Violin A
First Place – Henna Lam | Teacher: Ju-Yi Peng
Second Place – Hyesun Hong | Teacher: Davis Law
Third Place –Maggie Cai | Teacher: Amy Liu
Honorable Place – Jesse Kim | Teacher: Jiwon Evelyn Kwark
Honorable Place – Sarah Kumayama| Teacher: Noriko Iwamoto
Violin B
First Place – Sophie Hayin Chung| Teacher: Jeremy WIlliams
Second Place – Xiao ru Chen| Teacher: Geng Liu
Third Place – Yuhan Chen| Teacher: Kaiyi Ma
Honorable Place – Euisun Hong| Teacher: Davis Law
Violin C
First Place – Nicole Yun | Teacher: lan Swensen
Second Place – Hiro Yoshimura| Teacher: Tomomi Matsumoto
Third Place – Roger Chen | Teacher: Ryan Chen
Honorable Place – Bo Yang| Teacher: Zhenguo Pang
Violin D
First Place – Xiang Han | Teacher: Ti Zhang
Second Place – Mai Matsumoto | Teacher: Naoko Tanaka
Third Place – Shengbo Tu | Teacher: Geng Liu
Vocal A
First Place – Irene Jiwoo Han | Teacher: Jennie Byun
First Place – Julien Zhou | Teacher: Jing Cui
Vocal B
First Place – Lars Jimin Han | Teacher: Jennie Byun
Second Place – Garrick Chau | Teacher: Jimmy Kansau
Third Place – Mia Ye | Teacher: Chunfeng Li
Honorable Place – Briahna Ma | Teacher: Jing Cui
Honorable Place – Haiyan Wang | Teacher: Chunfeng Li
Vocal C
First Place – Evelyn Hsu | Teacher: Haruna Shiokawa-Mo
Second Place – Hayeon Kim| Teacher:Jennie Byun
Third Place – Miki Mitarai| Teacher: Haruna Shiokawa-Mo
Honorable Place – Angela Zhong| Teacher:Sophia Xie
Honorable Place – Maya Lu| Teacher: Xiaofei Liu
Honorable Place – Riko Hatanaka| Teacher:Haruna Shiokawa-Mo
Honorable Place – Ryan Zhou| Teacher: Chunfeng Li
Vocal D
First Place –Eliana Cristina Pislariu Ranghilof | Teacher: Marius Olteanu
Second Place – Celina Chen| Teacher: Edna Garabedian
Third Place – Maya Zhan| Teacher: Liya Fang
Honorable Place – Kaede Shimizu| Teacher: XiaoFei Liu
Honorable Place – Jasper Grenager| Teacher: Eun-Mee Ko
Honorable Place – Kelly Shen | Teacher: Eun-Mee Ko
Vocal E
First Place –Habin Kim | Teacher: Jennie Byun
Second Place – Xiaoyi Chen| Teacher: Cuijian Yang
Third Place – Shi Li| Teacher: Hao Wu
Vocal Ensemble A
Vocal Ensemble B
Classical Chamber A
Classical Chamber B
First Place – Harrison Chang, Katie Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – Stanford Yu, David Hsieh | Teacher: Chinping Chen
Second Place – Jonathan Yuen, David Hsieh, Standford Yu | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Third Place – Siheon Park, Minyoung Ryu, Ireme Kim | Teacher: Hye Min Yun
Honorable Place – Minjeong Kim, Benedict Wonjae Song, Dong Jun Shin | Teacher: Jung Wook Ryu
Honorable Place – Nathaniel Liu, Matthew Liu | Teacher: Sergi Bedolla
Honorable Place – Fiona Sun, Naomi Sun | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Classical Chamber C
Special Theme Award – J.S. Bach Award Winner’s list :
Cello A
First Place – Uma Rohatgi | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Second Place – Casey Kim | Teacher: Nancy Kim
Third Place – Ryan Lee | Teacher: Brady Anderson
Honorable Place– Florence Wei | Teacher: Jihee Kim
Cello B
First Place – Jasper Lee | Teacher: Vicky Wang
Second Place – Julianne Ma | Teacher: Vicky Wang
Third Place – Sophia Flagg | Teacher: Eric Sung
Honorable Place– Dana Kim | Teacher: Vicky Wang
Cello C
First Place – Simon Minami | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Second Place – Garrett Blosen | Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Harp A
Harp B
Harp C
First Place – Judy Liu | Teacher: Linda Rollo
Second Place – Kartika Santoso | Teacher: Sonya Yu
Marimba B
First Place – David Hsieh | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – William Wang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – Jonathan Yuen | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place– Andrew Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Marimba C
First Place – Harrison Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
First Place – Kyle Yuen | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Third Place – Benjamin Arnett | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place– Fiona Sun | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Classical Guitar
Viola
Vocal B
Vocal C
Piano A
Honorable Place– Jaden Hsu | Teacher: Yi-Fang Wu
Honorable Place– Lynn Ueno | Teacher: Anna Poklewski
Piano B
First Place – Katelyn Deng | Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu
Honorable Place– Meining Wu | Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu
Honorable Place– Angelina Chen | Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu
Piano C
First Place – Dylan Nguyen | Teacher: Dante Dilanni
Second Place – Oliver Corro | Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Third Place – Christine Yiu | Teacher: Ching Sun
Piano D
First Place – Yvan Grinspan | Teacher: Betty Woo
Second Place – Tinhsu Wen | Teacher: Jin-Ye Wang
Third Place – Nancy Zheng | Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu
Honorable Place– Samuel Tian | Teacher: Jennifer Hung
Honorable Place– Alysa Xu | Teacher: Jinye Wang
Violin A
First Place – Sarah Kumayama| Teacher: Noriko Iwamoto
Second Place – Luo Xu Liu | Teacher: Geng Liu
Violin B
First Place – Xiao Ru Chen | Teacher: Geng Liu
Second Place – Sophie Hayin Chung | Teacher: Jeremy WIlliams
Third Place – Madison Lin| Teacher: Yenyin Lee
Honorable Place – Junnosuke Yanagisawa | Teacher: Tomomi Matsumoto
Violin C
First Place – Aaron Hsia | Teacher: Zhao Wei
Second Place – Milan Rohatgi| Teacher: Zhao Wei
Third Place – Yinuo Tang | Teacher: Amy Liu
Honorable Place – Katherine Lin| Teacher: Kaili Cheng
Honorable Place – Momoka Yanagisawa | Teacher: Tomomi Matsumoto
Violin D
Special Theme Award – W. A. Mozart Winner’s list:
Piano A
First Place – Harluki (Haruki) Lee | Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
First Place – Lisa Saito | Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Third Place – Isabel Feng | Teacher: Carol Chung
Honorable Place – Selene Chen | Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Honorable Place– Hiroshi Corro | Teacher:Yuko Yoshida
Piano B
First Place – Sora Corro | Teacher: Yuko Yoshida
Second Place –Erica Lee | Teacher: Hyun-Ju Sung
Piano C
First Place – Irene Hwang | Teacher: Erna Gulabyan
Second Place – Dylan Nguyen | Teacher: Dilanni Dante
Third Place – Kyuhyun Kim | Teacher: Hyejin Har
Piano D
Piano E
Violin C
Violin D
Vocal A
Vocal D
Chinese Music Award :
Cello A
Third Place – Leshan Li | Teacher: Bo Xu
Honorable Place – Xinrui Li | Teacher: Bo Xu
Cello B
First Place – Evelyn Hsu | Teacher: Zhou Yi
Third Place – Dustin Miao | Teacher: Bo Xu
HonorablePlace – Matthew Liu | Teacher: Sergi Bedolla
Harp C
Marimba B
Firsts Place – Jonathan Yuen | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – William Wang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Marimba C
First Place – Harrison Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Second Place – Katie Chang | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Third Place – Benjamin Arnett| Teacher: Tammy Chen
Honorable Place – Fiona Sun | Teacher: Tammy Chen
Piano A
First Place– Lisa Satio | Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Second Pace – Cerise Wong | Teacher: YiShin Lee
Third Plae – Yixuan Wang | Teacher: Hao Wu
Honorable Place – Selene Chen | Teacher: Nagisa Ariza
Honorable Place– Sharon Lin | Teacher: Yee-Ching/Jenny Chen
Piano B
Piano C
First Place –Irene Zhang | Teacher: KaiChi Zhu
Second Place – Vienna Guo | Teacher: Amy Hwang
Honorable Place – Susanna Khubchandani | Teacher: Amy Hwang
Honorable Place – Can Huang | Teacher: Xi Zhang
Piano D
First Place – Riley Kong | Teacher: Yan Shen
Third Place – Darren Shen | Teacher: Helen Wong
Violin A
Honorable Place – Leyan Zhang | Teacher: Wanyi Wang
Honorable Place – Jien Zhu| Teacher: Wanyi Wang
Violin B
Second Place – Shuai Qian Li | Teaeher: Lei Zhang
Honorable Place – Angela Zhong | Teaeher: Meichuan Song
Violin C
Third Place – Nathaniel Liu | Teacher: Guillaume Molko
Honorable Place – Trinity Lee | Teacher: Jing Yang
Vocal A
First Place – Leevia Wang | Teacher: Pei Wang
Second Place – Julien Zhou | Teacher: Jing Cui
Vocal B
First Place – Elyse Chambers | Teacher: Xiaohua Song
Second Place – Briahna Ma | Teacher: Jing Cui
Vocal C
First Place – Joanna Chu | Teacher: Xiaofei Liu
Second Place –Maya Lu | Teacher: Xiaofei Liu