2023 Young Artist Award finalist

Young Artist Award

Piano

Group A (age 9 or under)

  • Grace Cheng
  • Zhen Yu Lai
  • Rylee Huang
  • Layla Guan
  • Elena Chen
  • Alvin Zang
  • Edward Xiong
  • Katherine Ma
  • Adelynn Li
  • Valentina Hsu
  • Lyra Song
  • Stephanie Li

Group B (age 11 or under)

  • Avery Armstrong
  • Ming-Yi Tang
  • lucas Du
  • Lynn Ueno
  • Sophie Deng
  • Lucas Xu
  • Sophie Lin
  • Melissa Zhao
  • Michael Ye
  • Austin Tu
  • Isabelle Wang
  • Max Wang
  • Max Xu
  • Irene Xu

Group C (age 14 or under)

  • Jingtong Xiong
  • Charles Wang
  • Kirsten Huang
  • Bryan Tian
  • Silas Chao
  • Andre Chan
  • Chloe Chan
  • Castor Li
  • Armaan Mishra
  • Isaac Choi
  • Shannon Zhang
  • Zixian Huang
  • Yunxuan Li
  • Andrew Lin
  • Irene Fu
  • Harluki Lee
  • Helen Chen
  • Aiden Zhou
  • Karen Matsui
  • Vivian Wu
  • Gareth Lee
  • Ella Luo
  • Hongkong Zhao

Group D (age 18 and under)

  • Jacky Zeng
  • Ziyue Zeng
  • Alyssa Lin
  • Nolan Shieh
  • Chris Lo
  • Joshua Tittiranonda
  • Helen Wu
  • Dayton Nguyen
  • Chenghang Yang
  • Ethan Lee
  • Ariel Chien
  • Qihang Wang
  • Amanda lau
  • Gloria Ma
  • Christina Huang
  • Zaiyu Chen
  • Ying Ting (Esther) Liu

Piano Concerto

Group A (age 12 or under)

  • Cayden Croswhite
  • William Chen
  • Amber Chen

Group B (age 18 or under)

  • Dayton Nguyen
  • Anisa Chang
  • Aidan Kwon
  • Aaron Teng

Violin

Group A (age 9 or under)

  • Chloe Rong
  • Jeremy Zhang
  • Mizlki Lee
  • Yang-Jui Hsu
  • Unyew Kim

Group B (age 11 or under)

  • Jesse Kim
  • Madelyn Zhu

Group C (age 13 and under)

  • Serena She
  • Charisse Chao
  • Sarah Kumayama
  • Andrew Zhang
  • Matthew Lin
  • William Liang
  • Michelle Liu

Group D (age 18 and under)

  • Connor Chin
  • William Zhang
  • Andre Lu
  • Joshua Cisneros
  • Ryan Zhu

Group E (age 19 and above)

  • Morning Szu-Chen Huang

Viola

Group A (age 14 or under)

  • Olivia Park
  • Devyn Jin

Group B (age 18 or under)

  • Eleanor Gil
  • Jiho Kim
  • Michelle Choi
  • Bomin Kim
  • Jenna Kim
  • David Kim
  • Brandon Kang

Cello

Group A (age 11 or under)

  • Larisa Wang

Group B (age 14 or under)

  • Kathleen Lin
  • Emma Spence
  • Aiden Kim
  • Ervin Chao
  • Florence Wei
  • Angelina Truong
  • Casey Kim
  • Cynthia Huang

Group C (age 18 or under)

  • James Xue
  • Melody Lin
  • Yi-Chen (Ethan) Lin
  • Ya-Ching Chan
  • Julianne Ma
  • Kaleb So
  • Veronica Kuo

Classical Guitar

Group A (age 12 or under)

  • Hanyu Zhang
  • Chen Xing

Group B (age 18 or under)

  • Nikola Mazzola
  • Ethan Lin
  • Campbell Muffly
  • Cyrus Ghane
  • Hilbert Chen

Harp

Group A (age 12 or under)

  • Sunnie Yan
  • Iris Farid

Group B (age 15 or under)

  • Bianca Gao
  • Chloe Gao
  • Jiarui Wei
  • Sophie Farid

Group C (age 18 or under)

  • Melody Chien

Celtic Harp

Group A (age 12 or under)

  • Sofia Lui
  • Danju Kuo

Vocal

Group A (age 9 or under)

  • Claire Song
  • Ruya Li
  • Angela Shen
  • Sia Park
  • Angelina Moon
  • Shanna Yu
  • Yolanda Cui
  • Zoe Worden

Group B (age 12 or under)

  • Anastasia Miin
  • Hezhu Yin
  • Yi yang (peter) Wu
  • Yunfei Wang
  • Ellen Wang
  • Yourong Cui
  • Sanyi Yao
  • Linhan Lu
  • Mia Lu
  • Heidi Wang
  • Hannah Yang

Group C (age 14 and under)

  • Brooks Liang
  • Annthea Wang
  • Allison Zhou
  • Demi Zheng
  • Siyue Zhao
  • Anya Chen

Group D (age 18 and under)

  • Helen Xie
  • Samantha Wu
  • Garrick Chau
  • Jalyn Kwong
  • Yujia Zhou
  • Miki Mitarai
  • Riko Hatanaka
  • Hayeon Kim
  • Hairan Sun
  • Samuel Pang
  • Derek Li
  • Albert Xiong
  • Akshi Malhotra

Group E (age 19 and above)

  • Elizabeth Vinson
  • Wenqi Song
  • Hanna Staley

Marimba

Group A (age 9 or under)

  • Madison Chiang
  • Ashton Huang

Group B (age 11 or under)

  • Tristan Liao

Group C (age 14 and under)

  • Natalie Yao

Group D (age 18 and under)

  • Jonathan Yuen

Traditional Chinese Instrument

Bowed Strings & Winds

Group A (age 14 or under)

  • Isabella Luo
  • Xinyi Yang
  • Hannah Chiu
  • Andrew Lin
  • Charisse Un
  • Horace Ho

Group B (age 18 or under)

  • Isaac Tapio
  • Dongchen Yu
  • Brian Yun Wang

Plucked Strings

Group A (age 14 or under)

  • Audrey Tam
  • Bingru Huang
  • Amber Yu
  • Amie Wu
  • Angeline Su
  • Kandace Ho
  • Jane Deng
  • Amber Lee
  • Christopher He

Group B (age 18 or under)

  • Madelyn Wu
  • Jennifer Li
  • Junyi Chen

Group C (age 19 or above)

  • Yunshu Du

ENSEMBLE

Piano Duet

Group A (Age 12 and Under)

  • Cayden Croswhite
  • Sophie Croswhite

Classical Chamber

Group A (Age 12 and Under)

Group 1

  • Eileen Liu
  • Ella Guo

Group 2

  • Sophie Lu
  • Teresa Sun
  • Lexin Zhou
  • Yourong Cui
  • Lucian Lao

Group B (Age 18 and Under)

Group 1

  • Aiden Kim
  • Serena She
  • Karen Matsui

Group 2

  • Hanna Jung
  • Sophia Zhang
  • Jing Lien
  • Annalia Henderson

Group 3

  • Lucy Zhang
  • Jason Yang
  • Emily Tang

Group 4

  • Ethan Chen
  • Madelyn Chen

Vocal Ensemble

Group A (Age 12 and Under)

Group 1

  • Yolanda Cui
  • Flora Yi
  • Elize Gao
  • Averie Zhao

Group 2

  • Jennifer Yu
  • Stella Li
  • Mia Fang
  • Pernella Wang

Group 3

  • Richad Song
  • Annie Li

Group B (Age 18 and Under)

Group 1

  • Brooks Liang
  • Anastasia Miin

Group 2

  • Jalyn Kwong
  • Aaron Zhou

Group 3

  • Krystal Li
  • Miranda Zhang
  • Alyssa Zhu
  • Xinyi Shi
  • Viola Yi
  • Siyue Zhao