2020 USIMC Young Artist Award Finalist Annoucement
We would like to thank all the parents, students and music performers who supported the 2020 United States International Music Competition (USIMC) – Video Submission. This year we have over 600 participating contestants.
USIMC competition includes 4 Awards: Young Artist Award, Chinese Music Award, J. S. Bach Award and Mozart Award. Young Artist Award is a two round competition and the other awards are one round competition.
We would like to announce the YAA preliminary round winners who will advance to the Final round.
All 2020 USIMC award winners will be announced on website on 10/5.
| Instrument | Groups | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Isaac | Tapio |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Charisse | Un |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Megan | Young |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Yuanchen | Guo |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | David | Tang |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | May Yi | Zhang |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Clarence | Un |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Nathan | Yeung |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Olivia | Bu |
| Bowed Strings & Woodwinds - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Erica | Cai |
| Instrument | Groups | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Nicole | Ying |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Runqi (Ruby) | Gao |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Ethan | Guo |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | A | Lily | Guo |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Emily | Zhao |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Chongjing Tina | Xue |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Yung-Hua | Fang |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Nicole | Jin |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | B | Summer | Qin |
| Plucked String - Chinese Traditional Instrument | C | Charlene | Chien |
| Instrument | Groups | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cello | A | Casey | Kim |
| Cello | A | Aiden | Kim |
| Cello | A | Ryan | Lee |
| Cello | A | Haoyu | Gu |
| Cello | A | Uma | Rohatgi |
| Cello | A | Ervin | Chao |
| Cello | A | Angelina | Truong |
| Cello | A | Florence | Wei |
| Cello | B | Matthew | Liu |
| Cello | B | Leyuan | Zhang |
| Cello | B | Theodore | Tak |
| Cello | B | Ashley Shin | Chen |
| Cello | B | Haoran | Li |
| Cello | B | Daniel | Kim |
| Cello | B | Grace | Yang |
| Cello | B | Huisun | Hong |
| Cello | B | Brandon | Kang |
| Cello | B | Julianne | Ma |
| Cello | B | Justin | Sheet |
| Cello | B | Jasper | Lee |
| Cello | C | Fengyixuan | Chen |
| Cello | C | Matthew | Bailey |
| Cello | C | Ethan | Chen |
| Cello | C | Yung-Tzu | Wang |
| Cello | C | Bryceton | Au |
| Cello | C | Jennifer | Mori |
| Cello | C | Fiona Faye | Tsang |
| Cello | C | Joshua | Choi |
| Cello | C | Garrett | Blosen |
| Cello | C | Warren | Chang |
| Cello | C | Lucas | Chen |
| Cello | C | Channie | Hong |
| Cello | C | Kotomi | Inaba |
| Cello | C | Karissa | Ning |
| Cello | C | Simon | Minami |
| Cello | C | Yining | Sun |
| Cello | D | Abigail | Leong |
| Instrument | Groups | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Guitar | A | Preston | Hong |
| Classical Guitar | A | Ethan | Lin |
| Classical Guitar | A | Hilbert | Chen |
| Classical Guitar | B | Meran | Brito |
| Classical Guitar | B | Eun | Yoo |
| Classical Guitar | B | Charles | Zhou |
| Classical Guitar | B | Andrew | Barbuta |
| Classical Guitar | B | Arushi | Saxena |
| Classical Guitar | B | Meran | Brito |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harp | A | Iris | Farid |
| Harp | A | Valarie | Wang |
| Harp | A | Sophie | Farid |
| Harp | A | Elena | Tong |
| Harp | A | Camille | Chu |
| Harp | B | David | Lin |
| Harp | B | Melody | Chien |
| Harp | B | Daniel | Cho |
| Harp | B | Hannah | Chen |
| Harp | B | Sophia | Shan |
| Harp | C | Tiffany | Jia |
| Harp | C | Judy | Liu |
| Harp | C | Yue-Lin | Zhang |
| Harp | C | Haley | Park |
| Harp | C | Kartika | Santoso |
| Harp | C | Naomi | Sun |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic Harp | A | Clarence | Tang |
| Celtic Harp | A | LIAM TSZ HIN | KO |
| Celtic Harp | A | Jiarui | Wei |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marimba | A | Joshua | Hsieh |
| Marimba | B | William | Wang |
| Marimba | B | Lehan | Zhou |
| Marimba | B | AnBo | Chen |
| Marimba | B | David | Hsieh |
| Marimba | B | Andrew | Chang |
| Marimba | C | Caren | Wang |
| Marimba | C | Harrison | Chang |
| Marimba | C | Cassandra | Lo |
| Marimba | C | Jonathan | Yuen |
| Marimba | C | Kyle | Yuen |
| Marimba | C | Darrin | Cheng |
| Marimba | C | Benjamin | Arnett |
| Marimba | C | Fiona | Sun |
| Marimba | C | Jacob | Wang |
| Marimba | C | Morris | Chang |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano | A | Caroline | Chen |
| Piano | A | Cerise | Wong |
| Piano | A | Emmeline Chloe | HADELI |
| Piano | A | Selene | Chen |
| Piano | A | Hiroshi | Corro |
| Piano | A | Pengmai | Dong |
| Piano | A | Harluki (Haruki) | Lee |
| Piano | A | Wilson | Liu |
| Piano | A | Adam | Kim |
| Piano | A | Zhiyu | Su |
| Piano | A | Katheryn | Chan |
| Piano | A | Chishuo | Wang |
| Piano | A | Lisa | Saito |
| Piano | A | Ming-Yi | Tang |
| Piano | A | Melissa | Zhao |
| Piano | A | Angela | Xu |
| Piano | A | Jessi | Lin |
| Piano | A | Ming-Mei | Sun |
| Piano | A | Jaden | Hsu |
| Piano | A | JiaYin | Liang |
| Piano | A | Lynn | Ueno |
| Piano | B | Gareth | Lee |
| Piano | B | Jasper | Qiu |
| Piano | B | WeiYi | Tseng |
| Piano | B | Ella | Luo |
| Piano | B | Karen | Matsui |
| Piano | B | Liliana | Chai |
| Piano | B | Abigail | Goddard |
| Piano | B | Sora | Corro |
| Piano | B | Aidan | Kwon |
| Piano | B | Hongkang | Zhao |
| Piano | B | Meining | Wu |
| Piano | B | Chloe | Ding |
| Piano | C | Ethan | Liu |
| Piano | C | Benjamin | Jiang |
| Piano | C | Selena | Yang |
| Piano | C | Catherine | Li |
| Piano | C | Stanford | Yu |
| Piano | C | Irene | Hwang |
| Piano | C | Oliver | Corro |
| Piano | C | Jiarui | Zhang |
| Piano | C | Sophia | Jin |
| Piano | C | Nina | Franz |
| Piano | C | Angelina | Zhang |
| Piano | C | Ethan | Lee |
| Piano | C | Lynn | Dai |
| Piano | C | Dylan | Nguyen |
| Piano | C | Nicole | Lai |
| Piano | C | Yul | Hong |
| Piano | C | Ann-Mei | Sun |
| Piano | C | Thao Nguyen | Nguyen |
| Piano | C | Sabrina | Ning |
| Piano | C | Kerry | Xu |
| Piano | C | Daniel | Yim |
| Piano | C | Lero | Wang |
| Piano | C | Helen | Wu |
| Piano | C | Celicia | Thendean |
| Piano | C | Ziyue | Zeng |
| Piano | C | Gloria | Ma |
| Piano | C | Christina | Huang |
| Piano | D | Andrew | Boldi |
| Piano | D | Annabelle | Li |
| Piano | D | Ariel | Chien |
| Piano | D | Jonathan | Park |
| Piano | D | Joshua | Shi |
| Piano | D | Andrew | Cheng |
| Piano | D | Riley | Kong |
| Piano | D | Yvan | Grinspan |
| Piano | D | Ethan D. | Yu |
| Piano | D | Aaron | Teng |
| Piano | D | Erin | Yu |
| Piano | D | Yejin | Song |
| Piano | D | Nathan | Yang |
| Piano | D | Christine | Watts |
| Piano | D | Eurie | Seo |
| Piano | D | Alex | Zhang |
| Piano | D | Justin | Wahby |
| Piano | D | Riku | Sakai |
| Piano | D | Nancy | Zheng |
| Piano | D | Vivian | Wang |
| Piano | D | Josiah | Kusnadi |
| Piano | D | Christopher | Yao |
| Piano | D | Erdenetangad | Soronzonbold |
| Piano | D | Kevin | Huang |
| Piano | D | David | Kwon |
| Piano | E | Andrew | Chen |
| Piano | E | Yera | Kim |
| Piano | E | Yuyanru | Zhang |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Concerto | A | Sora | Corro |
| Piano Concerto | A | Hiroshi | Corro |
| Piano Concerto | B | Eric | Koh |
| Piano Concerto | B | Eurie | Seo |
| Piano Concerto | B | Yul | Hong |
| Piano Concerto | B | Daniel | Kim |
| Piano Concerto | B | Cara | Burgess |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viola | A | Jennifer | Kang |
| Viola | A | Andrew | Ahn |
| Viola | A | Andrew | Hwang |
| Viola | A | Rebekah | Sung |
| Viola | A | Jenna | Kim |
| Viola | A | Stanford | Yu |
| Viola | A | Je-Won | Im |
| Viola | A | Michelle | Koo |
| Viola | B | Christopher | Oh |
| Viola | B | Chanhee | Park |
| Viola | B | Hannah | Lam |
| Viola | B | Jasmine | Sohn |
| Viola | B | Alex | Sima |
| Viola | B | Jiwho | Kwun |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | A | Henna | Lam |
| Violin | A | Maggie | Cai |
| Violin | A | Sarah | Kumayama |
| Violin | A | Jesse | Kim |
| Violin | A | Hyesun | Hong |
| Violin | B | Yuhan | Chen |
| Violin | B | Michael | Oliveira |
| Violin | B | Xiao ru | Chen |
| Violin | B | Eunice | Lee |
| Violin | B | Sebastian | Tsai |
| Violin | B | Euisun | Hong |
| Violin | B | Claire | Choi |
| Violin | B | Sophie Hayin | Chung |
| Violin | C | Nicole | Yun |
| Violin | C | Miaoke | Hu |
| Violin | C | Christy | Kim |
| Violin | C | Nathan | Lo |
| Violin | C | ||
| Violin | C | Hiro | Yoshimura |
| Violin | C | Momoka | Yanagisawa |
| Violin | C | bo | yang |
| Violin | C | Yimeng | Li |
| Violin | C | Yinuo | Tang |
| Violin | C | Jenna Seohyeong | Kang |
| Violin | C | Roger | Chen |
| Violin | C | Katherine | Lin |
| Violin | C | Aaron | Truong |
| Violin | D | Mai | Matsumoto |
| Violin | D | 煜文 | 范 |
| Violin | D | Jiayi | Song |
| Violin | D | Xiang | Han |
| Violin | D | shengbo | tu |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocal | A | Irene Jiwoo | Han |
| Vocal | A | Heidi | Wang |
| Vocal | A | Julien | Zhou |
| Vocal | B | Garrick | Chau |
| Vocal | B | Amber | Woytowitz |
| Vocal | B | Mia | Ye |
| Vocal | B | Haiyan | Wang |
| Vocal | B | Jinhao | Zhang |
| Vocal | B | Mira | Rohatgi |
| Vocal | B | Akshi | Malhotra |
| Vocal | B | Mia | Widdowson |
| Vocal | B | Lars Jimin | Han |
| Vocal | B | Aashi | Agarwal |
| Vocal | B | Elyse | Chambers |
| Vocal | B | Briahna | Ma |
| Vocal | C | Yixi | Meng |
| Vocal | C | Raghav | Ramgopal |
| Vocal | C | Samantha | Wu |
| Vocal | C | Evelyn | Hsu |
| Vocal | C | Ryan | Zhou |
| Vocal | C | Angela | Zhong |
| Vocal | C | Joanna | chu |
| Vocal | C | Hayeon | Kim |
| Vocal | C | Maya | Lu |
| Vocal | C | Miki | Mitarai |
| Vocal | C | Riko | Hatanaka |
| Vocal | C | Anya | Chauhan |
| Vocal | D | Esther | Wu |
| Vocal | D | Kelly | Shen |
| Vocal | D | Rachel Xiaoning | Zhao |
| Vocal | D | Lucie | Lin |
| Vocal | D | Celina | Chen |
| Vocal | D | Esha | Perala |
| Vocal | D | Kaede | Shimizu |
| Vocal | D | Maya | Zhan |
| Vocal | D | Jasper | Grenager |
| Vocal | D | Eliana Cristina | Pislariu Ranghilof |
| Vocal | E | Shi | Li |
| Vocal | E | XIAOYI | CHEN |
| Vocal | E | Habin | Kim |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Chamber | A | Claire | Lin |
| Classical Chamber | A | David | Chang |
| Classical Chamber | A | Celicia | Thendean |
| Classical Chamber | A | Annabelle | Chen |
| Classical Chamber | B | Nathaniel | Liu |
| Classical Chamber | B | Matthew | Liu |
| Classical Chamber | B | Harrison | Chang |
| Classical Chamber | B | Katie | Chang |
| Classical Chamber | B | Minjeong | Kim |
| Classical Chamber | B | Benedict Wonjae | Song |
| Classical Chamber | B | Dong Jun | Shin |
| Classical Chamber | B | Stanford | Yu |
| Classical Chamber | B | David | Hsieh |
| Classical Chamber | B | Jonathan | Yuen |
| Classical Chamber | B | David | Hsieh |
| Classical Chamber | B | Stanford | Yu |
| Classical Chamber | B | Siheon | Park |
| Classical Chamber | B | Minyoung | Ryu |
| Classical Chamber | B | Irene | Kim |
| Classical Chamber | B | Fiona | Sun |
| Classical Chamber | B | Naomi | Sun |
| Classical Chamber | C | Kyle | Yuen |
| Classical Chamber | C | Bowen | Hu |
| Classical Chamber | C | William | Wang |
| Classical Chamber | C | Jonathan | Yuen |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Duet | B | Eric | Koh |
| Piano Duet | B | Katie | Koh |
| Piano Duet | B | Sora | Corro |
| Piano Duet | B | Oliver | Corro |
| Instrument | Group | First Name | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocal Ensemble | A | Letong | Qu |
| Vocal Ensemble | A | Eric | You |
| Vocal Ensemble | B | Kaede | Shimizu |
| Vocal Ensemble | B | Cecilia | Guo |