Russian Music Competition
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The International Russian Music Piano Competition (often referred to as The Russian Music Competition) is a piano competition established by Irina Prilipko-Morgan and her husband, Dan Morgan, in the spring of 2000. The competition is divided in to four categories: Young Musicians, Junior, Intermediate, and Advanced. The final category, Advanced, is staged at Le Petit Trianon
theater or another within California
, alongside professional musicians and a professional orchestra
.
The first final of the competition was held at the Appreciation Hall of Foothill College
, Los Altos Hills
in 2002. It involved 35 competitors, three jury members and a total of $500 prize money for the winner. Since its inception, the competition has significantly changed; seven jury members now judge the performances, give master classes, and present lectures to young pianists during the ten-day-long competition period. The first prize winner of the Advanced category of the competition is awarded $5,000, a gold medal, a diploma, and possibly a contract with the Nova Vista Symphony concert engagements in the United States. Several smaller prizes are awarded for the prize winners of the lower categories, and special prizes are awarded where deemed necessary by the jury members.
Le Petit Trianon
Le Petit Trianon is a mansion on the grounds of De Anza College at 1250 Stevens Creek Blvd., in Cupertino, California.Built in 1892 for Charles A. Baldwin and his wife Ellen Hobart Baldwin, the mansion was once the center of their successful wine-producing estate where the couple was known to...
theater or another within California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, alongside professional musicians and a professional orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
.
The first final of the competition was held at the Appreciation Hall of Foothill College
Foothill College
Foothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, California and is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. It was founded on January 15, 1957 by Founding Superintendent and President Dr. Calvin C. Flint.-History:...
, Los Altos Hills
Los Altos Hills, California
Los Altos Hills is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 7,922 at the 2010 census. Located in Silicon Valley, Los Altos Hills is one of the wealthiest cities in the nation.-Strictly residential:...
in 2002. It involved 35 competitors, three jury members and a total of $500 prize money for the winner. Since its inception, the competition has significantly changed; seven jury members now judge the performances, give master classes, and present lectures to young pianists during the ten-day-long competition period. The first prize winner of the Advanced category of the competition is awarded $5,000, a gold medal, a diploma, and possibly a contract with the Nova Vista Symphony concert engagements in the United States. Several smaller prizes are awarded for the prize winners of the lower categories, and special prizes are awarded where deemed necessary by the jury members.
Competitor categories
- Young Musicians category (ages 6–9)
- Junior category (ages 10–13)
- Intermediate category (ages 14–17)
- Advanced category (ages 18–30)
2002
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Dmitri Demiashkin | First |  Switzerland |
| Luis Magalhaes | Second |  Portugal |
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| Darret Zusko | Third |  United States |
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| Dmitri Demiashkin | Best Performance of Tchaikovsky | Switzerland |
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| Ekaterina Chernaya | Best performance of Russian Modern Composer |  Russia |
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| Luis Magalhaes | Best performance of Rachmaninoff | Portugal |
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| Intermediate | Eric Barlaan | First | United States |
| Liza Zenkin | Second | United States |
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| Michael Caan | Third | United States |
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| Junior | Yvette Young | Second | United States |
| Catherine Chen | Second | United States |
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| Ana Chumburidze | Third |  Georgia (country) |
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| Young Musicians | Christine Kim | First | United States |
| David Ko | First | United States |
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| Miles Shen | Second | United States |
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| Niuniu Teo | Third | United States |
2003
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Kana Mimaki | First | United States |
| Alina Kabanova | Third |  Germany |
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| Sergei Saratovsky | Third |  Canada |
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| Sergei Saratovsky | Grand Public Prize | Canada |
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| Alina Kabanova | Best Performance of Russian Music | Germany |
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| Steve Lee | Best performance of Russian Modern Composer | United States |
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| Kana Mimaki | Vladimir Viardo Award | United States |
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| Miao Hou | Vladimir Viardo Award | United States |
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| Intermediate | Grace Zhu | Second | United States |
| Alishan Merjanian | Third |  Armenia |
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| Junior | Sang-A Park | First |  South Korea |
| Hotaik Sung | First | South Korea |
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| Navfal Mukumiy | Second |  Uzbekistan |
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| Angela Huang | Third | United States |
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| Vijay Venkatesh | Third | United States |
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| Bora Kim | Honorable Mention | South Korea |
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| Young Musicians | Nuron Mukumiy | First | Uzbekistan |
| Hilda Huang | Second | United States |
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| Ellen Tsay | Third | United States |
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| Fantee Jones | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Saul Bermudez | Most Promising Young Musician |  Venezuela |
2004
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Katerina Titova | First | Germany |
| Vlada Vassilieva | Second |  Mexico |
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| Tatiana Kuleshova | Third | Russia |
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| So Young Yoon | Third | South Korea |
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| Vlada Vassilieva | Grand Public Prize | Mexico |
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| Vlada Vassilieva | Best Performance of Russian Music | Russia |
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| So Young Yoon | Best performance of Rachmaninoff | South Korea |
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| James Bailllieu | $600 Scholarship to Vienna International |  South Africa |
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| Junior | Vijay Venkatesh | First | United States |
| Lidia Salinas-Ivanenko | Third |  Ecuador |
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| Elizabeth Yang | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Florence Hsiao | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Mikako Miyahara | Honorable Mention |  Japan |
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| Young Musicians | Yuko Ozawa | First | Japan |
| Keina Numakura | Second | Japan |
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| Lily Tsai | Third |  Republic of China |
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| Albert Wu | Third | United States |
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| Laura Spector | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Jenny Mirzoian | Honorable Mention | Armenia |
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| Yujin Ariza | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Yuko Ozawa | Most Promising Young Musician | Japan |
2005
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Anastasia Dedik | First | Russia |
| Alexandre Kravtsov | Second | Russia |
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| Woyciech Nycz | Third |  Poland |
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| Jun Asai | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Alexandre Kravtsov | Public Prize | Russia |
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| Ayano Hodouchi | $600 Scholarship to Vienna International | Japan |
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| Intermediate | Katherine Harris | Second | United States |
| Hotaik Sung | Third | South Korea |
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| Vijay Venkatesh | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Hotaik Sung | Public Prize | South Korea |
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| Katherine Harris | Grand Public Prize | United States |
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| Vijay Venkatesh | Best Performance of Lothar Bandermann’s Composition | United States |
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| Lily Tsai | $100 Scholarship to Stanislaus Summer Music Camp | United States |
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| Junior | David Ko | First | United States |
| Christine Kim | Second | United States |
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| Chrinstina Lee | Second | United States |
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| Cooper Labinger | Third | United States |
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| Santiago Lomelin | Third | Mexico |
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| Alexander Zhu | Third | United States |
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| Florence Hsiao | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Rina Li | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Vartan Simonian | Honorable Mention | Armenia |
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| David Ko | Public Prize | United States |
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| Cooper Labinger | Public Prize | United States |
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| Santiago Lomelin | Public Prize | Mexico |
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| Jenny Mirzoian | Public Prize | Armenia |
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| David Ko | Most Promising Young Musician | United States |
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| Florence Hsiao | $300 Scholarship to Polonsky Summer Music Camp | United States |
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| Young Musicians | Sarina Zhang | First | United States |
| Darius Goh | Second | United States |
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| David Rozenfeld | Second | United States |
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| Yumou Gao | Third |  Mainland China |
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| Chen-Yu Ho | Third | Republic of China |
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| Celia Henderson | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Priscilla Lam | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Gregory Martin | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Yumou Gao | Public Prize | Mainland China |
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| Chen-Yu Ho | Public Prize | Republic of China |
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| Sarina Zhang | Public Prize | United States |
2006
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Yukiko Sekino | First | Japan |
| Chih-Long Hu | Second | Republic of China |
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| Howard Na | Third | United States |
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| Jingwen Tu | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Alexandre Mutuzkine | Honorable Mention | Russia |
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| Jessica Osbourne | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Yukiko Sekino | Public Prize | Japan |
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| Jessica Osbourne | Invitation to festival in Perenee, France | United States |
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| Jessica Osbourne | Special $500 prize from Jury | United States |
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| Intermediate | Xingji Piao | First | Mainland China |
| Matthew Auerbach | Third | United States |
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| Aleksei Fedorov | Third | United States |
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| Xingji Piao | Best Performance of Russian Music | Mainland China |
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| Xingji Piao | $600 Scholarship to Vienna International | Mainland China |
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| Xingji Piao | Giovanni Paisiello Music Association Priz | Mainland China |
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| Elizabeth Neff | $200 for the best performance of Patric Nikolas' composition | United States |
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| Takafumi Mori | $200 for the best performance of Patric Nikolas' composition | Japan |
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| Junior | Xinzhee Jiang | First | Mainland China |
| Fantee Jones | Second | United States |
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| Yi An Pan | Second |  Singapore |
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| Brandon Shih | Third | Canada |
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| Patricia Ho | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Jade Huang | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Ian Huh X | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Rina Li | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| April Luo | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Vartan Simonian | Honorable Mention | Armenia |
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| Stephanie Tang | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Audrey Vardanega | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Brandon Shih | $100 Scholarship to Stanislaus Summer Music Camp | Canada |
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| Fantee Jones | $300 Scholarship to Polonsky Summer Music Camp | United States |
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| Audrey Vardanega | Scholarship to Young Pianists Academy in Vienna, Austria. | United States |
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| Young Musicians | Darius Goh | First | United States |
| Alex Chien | Second | United States |
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| Vladimir Lokhov | Second | Mexico |
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| Yi-Chen Liu | Second | Mainland China |
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| Lewis Warren, Jr. | Third | United States |
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| Amy Liu | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Katherine Tsay | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Steven Zeng | Honorable Mention | United States |
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2007
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Sara Daneshpour | First | United States |
| Zhenni Li | Second | Mainland China |
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| Anton Smirnov | Third | Russia |
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| Sara Daneshpour | Best Performance of Russian Music | United States |
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| Sara Daneshpour | Public Prize | United States |
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| Michael Berkovsky | Honorable Mention | Canada |
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| Intermediate | Devon Joiner | Second | Canada |
| Han Chen | Third | Republic of China |
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| Irina Sidorenko | Third | Russia |
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| Devon Joiner | Scholarship to VIP Academy in Vienna, Austria | Canada |
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| Philip Jung | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Junior | Andrew Hsu | First | United States |
| Inoue Hikari | Second | Japan |
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| Fantee Jones | Third | United States |
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| Lucas Furtado | Honorable Mention |  Brazil |
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| Andre Poon | Honorable Mention | Canada |
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| Andrew Hsu | Most Promising Young Talent | United States |
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| Young Musicians | Daniel Hsu | First | United States |
| Alex Chien | Second | United States |
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| Valerie Kim | Third | United States |
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| Nikita Kovalev | Honorable Mention | Russia |
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| Karin Chan | Honorable Mention | Canada |
2008
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Christopher Falzone | First | United States |
| Tomer Gewirtzman | Second |  Israel |
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| Chaoyin Cai | Third | Mainland China |
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| Christpher Falzone | Public Prize | United States |
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| Xiaofang Wu | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Hyun-Ah Choi | Honorable Mention | South Korea |
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| Intermediate | Frederik Mikkelsen | First |  Denmark |
| Tianqi Du | Third | Mainland China |
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| Jiawei Yuan | Third | Mainland China |
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| Devon Joiner | Scholarship to VIP Academy in Vienna, Austria | Canada |
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| Gary (Wai Haang) Yeung | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Junior | Andre Poon | First | Canada |
| Victoria Yi Lin Wong | Second | Canada |
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| Hugo Kitano | Second | United States |
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| Eugene Chen | Third | United States |
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| Jonathan Mamora | Third | United States |
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| Yihan Zheng | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Ya Yi Tian | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Young Musicians | Alex Chien | First | United States |
| Scott Xiao | Second | Canada |
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| Wenfang Han | Second | Mainland China |
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| Tammy Wu | Third | United States |
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| Lawrence Li | Honorable Mention | United States |
2009
| Category | Name | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Yunjie Chen | First Prize | Mainland China |
| Jee In Hwang | Second Prize and Public Prize | South Korea |
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| Esther Park | Third Prize | United States |
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| Pavel Gintov | Honorable Mention and Best Performance of Russian Music |  Ukraine |
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| Intermediate | Daniel Lebhardt | First Prize |  Hungary |
| not awarded | Second Prize | ||
| Andrew Tung | Third Prize and $600 Scholarship to Vienna Young Pianists master class program | United States |
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| Xiang Yi Chen | Honorable Mention | Mainland China |
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| Junior | Phoebe Pan | First Prize | United States |
| Claire An Ching Lee | Second Prize | Canada |
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| Sophia Lin | Third Prize and Most Promising Young Talent | United States |
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| Valerie Kim | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Young Musicians | Elliot Wuu | First Prize | United States |
| Anna Boonyanit | Second Prize | United States |
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| Heinam Wong | Third Prize | Mainland China |
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| Jade Chen | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Evan Yang | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Breanna Sung | Special Prize – Polonsky Piano School Summer Camp | United States |
2010
| Category | Name | Age | Prize | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | not awarded | First Prize | ||
| Jiyeon Shin | 24 | Second Prize and Public Prize | South Korea |
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| Peggy Sung | 22 | Second Prize |  Hong Kong |
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| Hanbo Ma | 18 | Third Prize | Mainland China |
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| Intermediate | Hugo Kitano | 14 | First Prize and Best Bay Area Contestant | United States |
| Ian (Joe) Chang | 14 | Second Prize and Invitation to perform with San Jose Chamber Youth Symphony | United States |
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| Theodora Martin | 16 | Third Prize | United States |
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| Jonathan Mamora | 14 | Third Prize | United States |
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| Junior | Seika Ishida | 12 | First Prize | Japan |
| Hanson Tam | 13 | Second Prize | United States |
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| Shiyi (Andy) Sheng | 11 | Third Prize | United States |
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| Rachel Breen | 13 | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Andrew Chan | 13 | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Young Musicians | Ray Ushikubo | 8 | First Prize and Most Promising Young Talent, invitation to Carnegie Hall | United States |
| Xiao Long Liu | 9 | Second Prize | Mainland China |
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| Melodey Soong | 9 | Third Prize | United States |
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| Ryan Sheng | 6 | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Andrew Sung | 9 | Honorable Mention | United States |
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| Andrew Lin | 9 | Special Jury Prize – Master Class with Professor Sharon Brook | United States |
Judges
- Antonio Pompa-BaldiAntonio Pompa-Baldi-Life:He graduated from the Umberto Giordano Conservatory of Foggia in 1993.After graduating, he moved to Napoli, where he studied with the Italian professor Annamaria Pennella.He also studied for about 18 months with the pianist Aldo Ciccolini....
– President of Jury - Sharon Brook
- Pascal NemirovskiPascal NemirovskiPascal Nemirovski is a French pianist. In 1981, he was admitted to The Juilliard School on full scholarship and studied with Nadia Reisenberg, pupil of Josef Hoffman and Adele Marcus, pupil of Josef Lhevinne....
- Dmitry Rachmanov
- Namik Sultanov