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) |
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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)
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |