Chicago International Music Competition and Festival
Grand Prize Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Division I—Professional Division

First Grand Prize Winner
Special Prize–Best Performance of a work by ChopinEva Gevorgyan (Russia/Armenia)Teacher: Natalia Trull- Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition (USA, Texas, 2-nd Prize and a special prize – Press Award)

– Cleveland International Piano Competition for young artists (USA, Cleveland, 1-st prize, special prize for the best interpretation of Bach and Canton Symphony Orchestra Prize)

– Grand Piano International Competition (Russia, Moscow, laureate and 5 special prizes)

– Robert Schumann piano competition (Germany, Düsseldorf, 1-st prize)

– Chopin International Piano Competition for young pianists (Poland, Szafarnia, 1st prize)

– International Piano Competition of Giuliano Pecar in Gorizia (Italy, Grand-Prix)

– St. Cecilia international piano competition (Portugal, 1st prize)

Second Grand Prize Winner
Dmytro Choni (Ukraine/Austria)Teacher: Milana Chernyavska- Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition (Spain, 1st Prize and the Gold Medal)- Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition (USA, 1st Prize)

– Los Angeles International Piano Competition (USA, 1st Prize)

– ZF-Musikpreis (Germany, 1st Prize and Audience Prize)

– Roma International Piano Competition (Italy, 1st Prize)

– Tucumán International Piano Competition (Argentina, 1st Prize)

 

Third Grand Prize Winner
Special Prize–Best Performance of a work by BeethovenFabio Romano (Italy/Germany)Teacher: Gerhard Oppitz- International Anton Rubinstein Competition Dusseldorf (1st Prize)

– The First Edition of the ProPiano Competition (1st Prize)

– Sviatoslav Richter Piano Competition in Moscow (1st Place)

Third Grand Prize Winner
Arthur Wang (Canada)Teacher: Jerome Lowenthal- 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions (2nd Prize)- Hilton Head International Piano Competition for Young Artists (Prize Winner)

– Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition (Prize Winner)

– Enschede International Piano Competition for Young Musicians (Prize Winner)

– Midwest International Piano Competition (Prize Winner)

Fourth Place
Sven Bauer (Germany)Teacher: Lev Natochenny- Concours International de Piano (1st Prize)- Alexandre Scriabine Concours International de Piano (1st Prize)

– Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Città di San Donà di Piave” (1st Prize)

– International Piano Competition María Herrero (1st Prize)

Fifth Place
Song Hyeon Kim (South Korea)Teacher: Haesun Paik- 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Fourth Place)- 10th International Hamamatsu Piano Competition (Semifinalist)

– Isang Yun International Piano Competition (Semifinalist)

Sixth Place
Oleksandr Leonov (Ukraine)Teacher: Juliana Viktorivna Yablonska- Horowitz International Piano Competition (3rd Prize)- Special Prize ofr Marian Rybicki; Special Prize of Ivan Karabits

– Yamaha Music Gulf FZE Scholarship Program (winner)

Division II—Amateur Division

First Grand Prize Winner
Trio Primavera (US/Korea): Jan Vargas Nedvetsky / Esme Arias-Kim / Yerin Yang

Teacher: Rodolfo Vieira and Mark George

– Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (semifinalist)

– Yerin Yang (Piano) -2018 Crain-Maling Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition (Winner)

– Esme Arias-Kim (Violin) -2020 Sphinx Competition (1st Prize)

– 2020 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions (Winner)

– 2020 Fox Valley Symphony concerto competition (Winner)

– Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (Cello )- Walgreens National Concerto Competition (Prize winner)

– DePaul Concerto Festival (Prize winner)

-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions (Prize winner)

-Society of American Musicians Competition (Prize winner)

First Grand Prize Winner
Dasani String Quartet (US) : Isabella Brown/ Katya Moeller/ Brandon Cheng/ Zechary Mo

Teacher: Mathis Tacke

– 2020 WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition (Finalist)

– 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition-Junior Division (Silver Medal)

– Isabella Brown (Violin) -Cooper International Violin Competition (Prize Winner)

– Alexander and Buono International String Competition (1st Prize)

– Asian American International Music Competition (1st Prize)

– Rockville Competition for Piano and Strings (1st Prize)

– Katya Moeller (Violin) -World Bach Competition (1st Prize)

– 1st World Violin E-Competition “Napolinova” (1st Prize)

– ENKOR International Violin Competition (Grand Prize Winner)

– Semper International Music Festival Competition (Prize winner)

– Ysaÿe International Music Competition (semifinalist)

– Brandon Cheng (Cello)-25th Annual Merit Conservatory Concerto Competition (Honorable Mention)

– 2018 Society of American Musicians Competition (Honorable Mention)

Third Grand Prize Winner
Brian Lin (US)

Teacher: Peyhwan Kuan

-2020 Elevato International Piano Competition ( 1st Prize)

-2020 Quebec Music Competition (1st Prize)

-2019 EastBay Music Foundation Piano Competition (1st Prize)

-2019 James Ramos International Video Competition (1st Prize)

-2019 Sylvia M. Ghiglieri Piano Competition (1st Prize)