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We welcome winners of Quebec Music Competition to submit their photos and bios so that we can celebrate your wonderful achievements with the world! Please submit your photo and bio to this email address: [email protected]
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Jacqueline Yan Wing Leung - Platinum Medalist (Clarinet) - Pre-junior Category - Hong Kong
Jacqueline Leung is 3 years old and she is a K.1 pupil at St. Stephen’s Girls’ College
Kindergarten. She started her clarinet study with Mr Kenneth Kan from Artstive Company in
January 2022. Recently, she has been awarded the Third Prize in the Children Woodwind
(age 8 or below) in Fringe Inter-school Music Competition, and she has performed in two
charity events. She is also the youngest ambassador for Nuvo Instrumental.
Besides clarinet, Jacqueline also studies piano with her mother, Ms Judy Lam, and recorder
with Ms Phyllis Chan. Her accolades include First Prize in the Hong Kong Piano Competition
2022 (Children Class A), Second Prize in the 10th HK Youth Barclampory Music Festival
(Junior Piano Class age 3-4), Gold Award in Hong Kong Pleyel Piano Competition (ABRSM
Grade 2), Third Prize in the Piano Competition for Elite Performers 2021 (Little Rising Star A),
as well as the Championship in Hong Kong Music Talent and Performance Award 2021 (Woodwind - Kindergarten Intermediate Class).
Lynn Ueno - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Lynn Ueno, 10, California, has studied piano under Prof. Anna Poklewski and Ms.Bianca Roesli since age 5. Her first debut was at Royal Albert Hall in London when she was 6. She won 1st Prize from the "2019 International Music Competition London Grand Prize Virtuoso" and performed. Most significantly, Lynn won 1st Prize from "2020 The American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition" and performed at Carnegie Hall in NY in 2022.
Lynn has won numerous awards from the FIRST PRIZE + EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG TALENT Special Prize in "2020 International Music Competition Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso", 2021 Great Composers Competition 1st prize, the 2021 United States International Music Competition 3rd Prize, the 2021 US New Star Piano Competition by composer Chopin 1st Prize, 2021 KAMSA Competition 2nd Prize, Indonesia International Young Musician Award Platinum Award and others. She is also enthusiastic about music composition and her work “Thunderstorm” was awarded in Reflections Art Program 2019-2020 in California.
Ingwa Jarayabhand - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Born in Germany and followed her family relocating back to Thailand at the age of 3. A couple years later, she has started learning piano from Yamaha artist, Sek Thongsuwan and practiced it a lot since then. Recently at her school, Wellington College International Bangkok, she became part of a girl band busking every Friday at lunch break. She also enjoys brick building and reading fantasy novels at her freetime.
Alexandria Xinzi Yu - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Alexandria Xinzi Yu is currently a grade‐two student at Maple Grove Elementary School. She started her piano journey at a very young age with ShanShan Chen. During the past three years under Chen's guidance, Alexandria was able to receive first place at the Elite International Music Competition for the past three consecutive years and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2019. Alexandria is a very gifted child who manages to excel in all her studies. Drawing and field hockey are two of her favourite hobbies. She is one of the youngest members of the Music for Love Outreach Club and helps with the fundraiser activities. Alexandria participated in the gold medal anchor training and received an honour certificate from the Love in Vancouver Charity and was also given the Most Promising and Bronze awards. She is the one of the finalists of Canadian Music Competition in 2022.
Nathan Wang - Platinum Medalist - Piano - USA
Nathan Wang, a 9 years old boy from Bay Area, CA. I started learning piano at
the age of 5 with Dr. Deborah. H. How who helped me get interested in piano and
continue with confidence.
Have experienced difficulties for a long time after moving, I came across Mrs.
Tatiana, my current teacher. She brought me into real music, taught me to play
piano not only the texts but with music and feelings. With her inspiration, I found
my way back into the passion of piano. I started to win various competitions including 1 st prize in Romantic advanced group, 2 nd prize in Classical, 2 nd prize in Solo Showcase in USOMC 2022, 1 st prize in American Protégé 2021, 1st prize in The Salzburg Grand Virtuoso 2022, 1 st Prize and Grand Prize in New Star Music Competition 2022, etc. I love playing piano, and I enjoy sharing my playing with everyone who loves music. I hope I can play all around the world and enjoy my whole life with piano.
MARTYNA SUJKA -PLATINUM MEDALIST (PIANO) - POLAND
Born in 2009 in Poland, in Lodz, graduate of the 6th class of the "Stanisław Moniuszko School of Music in Łódź/Poland. Teacher: Alina Grossman-Jędrasiak
The artistic achievements in piano competitions:
Tiziano Rossetti International Online Music Competition January 2022, Switzerland
( 2nd Prize)
International Online Contest "Prometheus", February 2022, Italy (1st Prize)
II International Gloria Artis Music Competition, Online Edition, February 2022,
Vienna, (2nd Prize)
Winter Stars of Dresden; Online 2022, February 2022, (1st Prize)
V Polish National Piano Competition;W Barokowym Stylu, February 2022,
(1st Prize and Laureate of Reward of Artistic Personality)
London Young Musician, season 4, March 2022; season 1, June 22-23 (Gold Prize)
World Classical Music Awards, 2022, season 2 (Gold Prize)
By playing the piano, I want to express the emotions and invite the listener to the magical
world of music. I combine my passion for playing the piano with love for singing. I am a
laureate of vocal competitions at the provincial and national level and I am a member of the vocal ensemble mŁodzianki. I love: baking, reading fantasy books and listening to piano music.
Aiden Liu - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - Canada
Born in Montreal, Canada, Aiden Liu began studying violin at the age of 7.
He got Grand Prize in 2021 Canadian Music Competition and second prize in 2022 Canadian
Music Competition. He won several trophies in Montreal Classical Music Festival.
Aiden also an active member of Dolce Musica in Montreal Mount Royal Youth Orchestra.
Other than violin, Aiden loves playing piano, chess and soccer.
Leem Jia En - Platinum Medalist (Guzheng) - Singapore
Leem Jia En is 11 years old and lives in Singapore. Besides playing piano, her passion in music brought her to start learning Guzheng at age 9 when she joins her school’s co-curricular activity (CCA) Guzheng Ensemble Team. She has recently picked up her third instrument – trumpet last December holidays.
With a short time span of Guzheng learning, Jia En has already won numerous First and Gold from international competitions like Quebec Music Competition, Nouvelles Etoiles Music Competition, King’s Peak Music Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso, American Protégé, Charleston International Music Competition, Music and Stars Awards Competition, Golden Classical Music Awards, Global Genius Competition, Grand Maestro International Music Competition, etc.
Playing solo and in a team is very different and she learns that playing in an ensemble team has its own challenges, but it also encourages all the team members to work together to achieve the same goal. Learning music has also teaches her discipline and resilience. “Music is a passion of mine. I am always listening, always learning. Playing music makes me happy!” With her strong passion towards music, she dreams to perform more on stage and contribute more to charity events.
Irene Hwang - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Irene has been studying piano with Ms. Erna Gulabyan, Professor John McCarthy and she is currently a SFCM Pre-College student under Professor Sandra Shen.
She has won prizes at various competitions including the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition, CAPMT Honors Competition, USIMC (Young artist, Bach, Mozart Category), North American Virtuoso Music Competition, Bellagrande International Music Competition, US New Star Piano Competition, American Protege, Enkor, USOMC (showcase and concerto categories), and Junior Bach.
Irene has taken master classes with Dmitry Rachmanov, James Giles, Joseph Rackers, Dmitri Vorobiev, Alexander Braginsky, Gregg Pauley, Li-Shan Hung, and Lori Rhoden and has attended the Vivace Music Foundation in the summer of 2021.
Irene also enjoys playing chamber music with her piano trio at SFCM.
Xinyu Li - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - China
Xinyu Li started to learn playing the piano at four and showed talents in music from her early age. She likes performing and competing on the stage and won many domestic and international piano competition awards.
July, 2021--First Prize in International Music Competition “Citta’ Di Sarzana”, Italy
October, 2021-- First Prize in Moscow International Music Competition, Russia
October, 2021-- First Prize in Valencia International Music Competition, Spain
December, 2021-- First Prize in Yuelin Baroque Works Piano Competition, China
April, 2022-- First Prize in Yuelin Mozart Works Piano Competition, China
May, 2022-- Golden Prize in Premier Music International Competition, Hungary
May, 2022-- First Prize in Canada International Music Competition
May, 2022-- First Prize in Smederevo International Piano Competition , Serbia
June, 2022-- First Prize in New York Glory International Piano Competition, the US
June, 2022-- Champion in America International Youth Music Competition.
Alice Yacubovich - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Born in Israel in 2005, Alice Yacubovich is an upcoming junior at Sherwood High School, in Olney, MD. She began studying piano in the summer of 2010, at five years old, and has been passionately practicing, performing, and competing since. She has participated in many competitions, such as the 2016 Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition for Young Artists, where she won the 2nd Place prize for her solo, and 3rd Place prize for her duet. She also competed in the MSMTA Maryland State Spring Solo Festivals, where she won 2nd Place in 2020, and 3rd Place in 2021. Last year, in 2021, Alice also participated in the Quebec Music Competition, winning a platinum award, as well as participating in the Bach Goldberg Variations fundraiser. Music is constantly an adventure, and an area to keep discovering. In the past couple years, Alice has discovered some of her favorite composers, such as Rachmaninoff and Beethoven, which she recently performed with excitement. Although piano is Alice’s favorite activity, she also enjoys reading mystery books and baking.
Heidi Robichaud - Platinum Medalist - Alto Saxophone - Canada
C’est à l’âge de 12 ans, grâce à sa participation dans la fanfare des Cadets de la Marine de Rimouski, qu’Heidi Robichaud a joué ses premières notes au saxophone.
Quelques mois de cours privés à l’École de musique du Bas-Saint-Laurent et une participation au Symposium de Saxophone lui ont permis, en 2020, d’être admise au Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski. Heidi poursuit depuis ses études auprès du saxophoniste Louis-Philippe Bonin.
C’est à la fin de cette première année au Conservatoire qu’elle remporte en 2021, catégorie vents, trois premiers prix aux concours suivants : le Concours de Musique du Canada CANIMEX, le Concours musical OMNI de l’Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal ainsi que le Concours de la Fédération des harmonies et orchestres symphoniques du Québec. Le Conservatoire a souligné son début de parcours en lui décernant la bourse de la recrue de l’année.
Sa deuxième année au Conservatoire est marquée par une invitation à performer comme soliste avec l’Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, une deuxième médaille d’or au Concours de la Fédération des harmonies et orchestres symphoniques du Québec, une médaille de platine au Concours de musique Québec, un prix Coup de cœur du publique ainsi qu’une participation en finale au Concours musical OMNI de l’Orchestre Métropolitain et une participation en finale à venir au Concours de Musique du Canada CANIMEX.
Heidi a l’intention de poursuivre ses études au Conservatoire de Rimouski. Multi-instrumentiste, elle est passionnée de musique. En plus du saxophone, elle étudie le piano, le chant classique, la clarinette, la cornemuse, sans oublier la guitare électrique.
It was at the age of 12, thanks to her participation in the Rimouski Marine Cadets band, that Heidi Robichaud played her first notes on the saxophone.
A few months of private lessons at the École de musique du Bas-Saint-Laurent and a participation in the Saxophone Symposium allowed her, in 2020, to be admitted to the Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski. Heidi has since continued her studies with saxophonist Louis-Philippe Bonin.
It was at the end of this first year at the Conservatory that she won in 2021, wind category, three first prizes in the following competitions: the CANIMEX Canadian Music Competition, the OMNI Musical Competition of the Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain as well as the Concours of the Fédération des harmonies et orchestres symphoniques du Québec. The Conservatory emphasized his beginnings by awarding her the recruit of the year scholarship.
Her second year at the Conservatory was marked by an invitation to perform as a soloist with the Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain, a second gold medal at the Fédération des harmonies et orchestres symphoniques du Québec competition, a platinum medal at the Québec Music Competition, a public favorite award as well as a participation in the final of the Concours musical OMNI of the Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain and an upcoming final participation in the CANIMEX Canadian Music Competition.
Heidi intends to pursue her studies at the Rimouski Conservatory. Multi-instrumentalist, she is passionate about music. In addition to the saxophone, she studies the piano, classical singing, clarinet, bagpipes, not to mention the electric guitar.
Diana Schnürpel - Platinum Medalist (Highest score - 100%) - Voice - Germany
Diana Schnürpel took piano and singing lessons before graduating from the Lipetsk School of
Music and Art in piano with distinction. She studied singing at the Choral Art Academy in
Moscow and performed as a solo pianist. She also studied singing at the University of Music
and Theatre in Leipzig under Prof. Regina Werner-Dietrich. She has already sung the role of
the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute; in Braunschweig, Detmold, Klagenfurt, Salzburg, Graz and Weimar. From August 2016 to June 2021 she was in the opera ensemble of the Lucerne Theatre. Roles such as Maria Stuarda, Gepopo and Venus in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre and Songs of War and Love by Monteverdi were among the highlights here. Diana Schnürpel is also active as a recital and concert singer In 2021 she received a scholarship from the Thuringian Cultural Foundation and won numerous international prizes as a singer and with chamber music ensembles, including the King's Peak International Music Competition (USA), the Quebec Music Competition International (Canada) and the MAP International Music Competition (USA). From August 2022 she will sing the Queen of the Night in Bern again in The Magic Flute.
Felix Boege - Platinum Medalist (Voice - Bass-Baritone) - Germany
The lyric-dramatic bass-baritone did his studies via several known german professors (i e. Peter Ling; Hannover) and in masterclasses (i e. Thomas Heyer; Frankfurt and Eva Randova; Czech). Also, he received a scholarship from the Carl-Hempel organisation in Wiesbaden. By now, he is performing mainly as an operatic character bass.
This summer, he will sing Leporello in Henfenfeld (Germany), Mephistophélès in Teplice (Czech) and at the premier of J. Mörths „Peter Pan“ with several productions throughout the Rhine-Main Area in the role of Cpt. Hook.
Felix Boege is also working as a vocal teacher, coach and tutor for voice physiology in Mainz, Germany.
Ethan De Souza- Platinum Medalist (Timpani) - Canada
Ethan De Souza is a Canadian musician based in Edmonton, Alberta. His musical journey started in the contemporary arts of piano and guitar, but has quickly expanded to a variety of different instruments as opportunities presented themselves. He is now an established performer, educator, and producer. Currently in a Bachelor’s Degree at the UofA for Classical Percussion Performance, he is growing into the classical world of music.
Ethan works as a teacher and producer with Edmonton based music school, Resonate School and Studio. He teaches students as young as 4 years old — or as old as 92 years old — piano, guitar, and bass guitar and many different levels. In addition to this, he has been rehearsing and performing with a number of groups on a weekly basis to further his studies of percussion.
At the age of 18, Ethan has worked hard to become a diverse musician in many facets of the industry. Now a self-proclaimed media specialist and website designer, he has developed his tools to be a successful musician throughout his community.
Mariya Akhadjanova - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Mariya Akhadjanova is currently an ABD student finishing her doctorate studies in piano under Dr. Ksenia Nosikova at the University of Iowa. She is a native of Uzbekistan and started playing piano at age 6. Mariya performed with National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan and throughout the world as a soloist and a chamber musician. In October 2021, she performed at
Carnegie Hall, New York, as a winner of the 2021 “Golden Classical Music Award's International Competition and in May 2022 at Merkin Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York City as a finalist and a winner of the second prize of the Music International Grand Prix 2022. In the past few years, she participated in different online piano competitions and received
First Prize of the Charleston International Competition, First Prize of the Swiss International Music Competition and was selected for the Career Project.
Theresa Tran - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Theresa Tran is a high schooler who has been playing the piano since she was 4 years old. She studies with Dr. Christina Long and has achieved numerous awards. She has achieved first place at the 2021 and 2022 Dallas Symphonic Piano Competition, first place at the 2021 US International Open Music Competition, first place at the 2022 Denton Bach Society Competition for Young Musicians, top-5 in the 2022 TMTA Performance Contest, platinum medal at the 2022 Quebec International Music Competition, and platinum medal at the 2022 North American Virtuoso International Music Competition.
Outside of competitions, she is the piano captain in her school orchestra and a piano accompanist for her church children’s choir. She hopes to spread the joy of music with others while sharing how music has played an important role in her life. She also loves reading, enjoying nature, and spending time with family and friends.
Kitsho Hosotani - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - USA
Kitsho Hosotani, born in America in 2000, began studying the violin at age 4. He has performed with the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, Northeastern Illinois University String Orchestra, Harper Symphony Orchestra, and Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he won first place in the following competitions: both the “Bonn” and “Salzburg” Grand Prize Virtuoso International
Music Competitions, the Golden Classical Music Awards, and the Marker and Pioneer International Music Competition. He won second prize in both the King Peak International Competition and the Ise-Shima International String Competition.
Takahiro Hoshino - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Japan
Pianist/Artist of the T&K Classics
FIERTÉ/FIERTÉ Piano Academy
Associate Professor of Ueno Gakuen University of Music
Facorty of Tosei Gakuen Showa University of Music
Guest Professor of Sapporo Conservatoire
Invited Professor of Euro Music Festival & Academy
Member of NPO Corporation International Piano Society（IOS）
Nuojun Wang - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - China
Praised by critics as “a rising pianist who is truly passionate, sensitive, and musical”, Nuojun Wang has appeared as a soloist on concert stages throughout the United States, Austria, Netherland , France and her native China. Nuojun has performed in various well-known concert halls including Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw at (Amsterdam), Solitär, Mozarteum (Salzburg),
Salle Cortot (Paris), Newman Recital Hall (Los Angeles), Seully Hall (Boston), to name a few.
Nuojun is the first-prize winner of International Music Competition “Salzburg and Amsterdam” Grand Prize Virtuoso, Quebec International Music Competition, HongKong International Piano Invitation Competition. She is currently studying at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Professor Bernadene Blaha. She previously obtained her bachelor degree from Boston Conservatory at Berklee under the guidance of Dr. Jonathan Bass.
Zoe Li - Platinum Medalist (Erhu) - New Zealand
Zoe Li is a Chinese violin—erhu player and teacher in Wellington, New Zealand. She has finished her Bachelor of Music at Wintec and post-graduate music at Victoria University, NZ in 2022. Within her classical career, Zoe has worked with lots of quartet, ensemble and Orchestra all over the world, including Beijing string ensemble, NZ ECPF quartet, folk orchestra and so on.
Zoe has started to learn erhu when she was 6 years old. In 2017, she met former prime minister of New Zealand-- John Key and received the gold award in the World Art Festival. In 2019, she started learning erhu with George Gao, who's a world-renowned erhu virtuoso and she received “ Rising Star” at Final Round of Melbourne International Shaoqin Erhu Competition. In 2o21, she got first place in IMKA international music competition; outstanding winner in Sweden—Stockholm in International Art competition and platinum in Quebec Music Competition .
Maria Tsangari - Platinum Medalist (Voice) - Cyprus
Maria Tsangari is from Cyprus and was born in Lemesos. She is finishing her studies at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music Wien, with majors in classical singing and pedagogy. For the last five years, she has been living in Vienna where she has participated in various choral and solo events. Within this year, she performed as a soloist at a music event on music and poetry in Vienna, participated in a choir on a Beethoven’s play at the ORF Radiokulturhaus in Vienna, sang in catholic churches in Vienna and took part at music events in Cyprus. She also participated in some Master classes alongside renowned singers. She took her first big steps in the field of classical singing recently by
participating for the first time in an opera at Amahl and the night visitors, in the four- member choir in the role of shepherd in Vienna and she also participated for the first time in a competition with a classic song at the Quebec music competition where she won a Platinum Medal.
Lenke Ollé - Platinum Medalist (Flute) - Hungary
Lenke Ollé (15) has been playing the flute since she was eight. She is currently a student of Ágota Romos-Kiss at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy in Budapest. At the age of ten she joined the Flute Orchestra of the Music School and the Youth Orchestra of the Cathedral Basilica of Eger, where she played piccolo and flute.
Lenke won first prizes at several important national and international competitions, including the 10th National Jeney Zoltán Flute Competition, 12th Elek Tihamér National Flute Competition, London Classical Music Competition, IX Odin International Music Online Competition and Quebec Classical Music Competition. In 2021-2022 she was awarded the Hungarian National Young Talent Scholarship. In addition to music, she is active in sports, regularly rowing as a member of a dragon boat team.
Nicolás Rengel - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Ecuador
At age sixteen he won the first prize at the First Frederyk Chopin National Piano Competition in Ecuador (2014). This same year he was invited to perform in Florianka Hall in Krakow, and Szuster Palace in Warsaw.
He is a laureate in Glory international Piano Competition, Concurso Internacional Parnassus de la Música and the 7th international Piano competition “José Jacinto Cuevas” Yamaha, in which he performed as the soloist with Yucatan Symphony Orchestra and won the second prize.
He is now enrolled in undergraduate music studies at university of Los Andes (Colombia), with M.M. Antonio Carbonell.
Tingyu Yan - Platinum Medalist (Voice - Soprano) - China
Tingyu Yan is a Doctor of Musical Arts student with a specialization in voice under Prof. Dr. Hope
Koehler, the director of the voice department at the School of Music, West Virginia University, the United States of America. Yan obtained her bachelor’s degree of Musicology (Vocal education) and master’s degree of Vocal Performance under Prof. Tianjun Yang and Prof. Hong Yu from South China Normal University. In recent years, she received various awards including The Award of Second prize in the MAP International Music Competition 2021, The Award of Special Mention in the Voice-Professional group in the MEDICI International Music Competition 2021, The Award of Second prize in The song international Music Competition 2022, The Award of Platinum in the 2022 Quebec Music Competition, The Ninth Asian International Art Competition, and the Outstanding Instructor Award for the Chinese Region Vocal Project, and The Scholarship of The Valerie Canady Foundation donated by Dr. & Mrs. William J Canady.
Music International Grand Prix (Semi-finalist).
Lu Liu - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - China
Lu Liu is a PhD candidate (Supervisor: Prof. Park Myung-sook and Prof. Chuan Qin) in Department of Music, Sangmyung University (Korea), who majors in the piano performance. She has won dozens of prizes on the piano competitions including: the gold medal in China Division of China-Singapore International Piano Competition (2015), the 2nd prize in the Final of China-Singapore International Piano Competition (2016), the gold medal of Special Piano Performance & Selection of Shandong Province (2016), the 1st prize in Basic Skills Competition of Shandong Province (postgraduate group) (2018), the 2nd prize in Charleston International Music Competition (2022), 3rd prize in Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition (2022), 2nd prize in Vivaldi International Music Competition (2022), 1st prize in North International Music Competition (2022), 1st prize in International Youth Music Competitions (2022), 3rd prize in II Internacionalno Online Piano Takmičenje Sergei Rachmaninoff (2022), and so on.
Jun-Nuo, Li (Nora）- Platinum Medalist (Cello) - China
Born in China in 2006, Nora started learning cello since age of 9. Now is studying cello at Affiliated Middle School of Xinghai Conservatory in Canton, China.
At an early age, She started taking part in music competitions both in China and abroad. Some of her 2022 highlights included Second Prize winner of 2022 Int’l Youth Music Competition in Atlanta, USA, First Place Winner of Cello, Highly Competitive Group of Rocky Mountain Strings Competition in Canada, Second Prize Winner of Int’l Music Competition of Best Schumann Performance, Platinum Medalist of 2022 Quebec Int’l Music Competition and Third Prize Winner of the IX North Int’l Music Competition in Sweden.
Aside from classic music, Nora appreciates other music genres such as Pop and K-pop. She is also good at sports like badminton and football in her spare time.
Helen Yuan - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Helen Yuan is an 11th grader in Fremont, California. She started playing piano at age 5 and began
studying with Fonny Chandra at age 10. She received her ABRSM Diploma with distinction at age 13. Her
recent accomplishments include earning the 2022 Music Teachers’ Association of California Panel
Honors, performing at the 2022 Junior Bach Festival, Gold medal at the 2021-2022 Canadian
International Music Competition, First Prize in the 2021 Grand Metropolitan International Music
Competition, Honorable Mention in the XII Chopin International Piano Competition Hartford, CT in 2021,
numerous prizes in the 2018-2022 US Open Music Competitions, Honorable Mention in the 2021 East
Bay Piano Competition, and Consul General Award in the 2021 Chopin Avenue International Piano
Competition. She also enjoys playing piano in a piano trio and first violin in the GSYO Senior Symphony.
In her free time, Helen is an avid literary editor and baker.
Aiden Yu - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - USA
Aiden Yu (13) will start eighth grade at the University of Chicago Laboratory School in September. He studies violin with Davis King at the Music Institute of Chicago a Aiden has sat as the concertmaster of the Preparatory Strings Orchestra , Debut Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Philharmonic Orchestra of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO).
Aiden won the 2020 CYSO Concert Orchestra Concerto Competition and the 2021 Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition. Aiden has also won 1st place in many violin competitions, including the 2022 Mimas Festival, the 2021 Vivo International Music Competition, 2021 Cremona International Competition for Strings (Intermediate Division 14-18 years old), 2021 Houston International Music Competition, 2020 DePaul Concerto Competition, 2020 Society of American Musicians Competition, 2019 Music Competition in Honor of Confucius, 2019 Cremona International Competition for Strings (Junior Division), and 2019 International Music Competition Brussels Grand Prize Virtuoso. Additionally, Aiden received Honorable Mention in 2021 & 2019 Walgreens Concerto Competition, and 2022 DePaul Concerto Competition. Aiden was a semi- finalist of 2022 International Young Artist Concerto Competition.
Aiden has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, Museo del Violino in Cremona, and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He also has participated in masterclasses with Almita Vamos, Rachael Barton Pine, Roberto Cani, Jacob Lakirovich, Hagai Shaham, Desiree Ruhstrat and Fabiola Kim.
Prapussorn Andersson - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Prapussorn Andersson, a piano student from the Young Artist Music Program (YAMP), College of Music Mahidol University. Prapussorn is a talented student, she won many competitions both at home and abroad. Currently, she won the First Prize in the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition 2022. As a result, last month she traveled to perform in the winner concert at Solitär Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. She also won the first prize in other competitions such as Wien International Young Musicians Music Competition 2022, won the Platinum Medal from the 2022 Quebec Music Competition, etc.
Prapussorn was born in 2004. She start studied piano since she was 10 at Kitapat Music School, Phetchaburi with Chatpracert Arthitchay and Wanchana Sompakdee. In 2020, she entered YAMP and has been studing piano with Dr. Teeranai Jirasirikul. During her time at YAMP, she got many opportunities to perform in public. She was a school representative performing in many events such as Student Honors concert, Open House, Music Festival, Piano Showcase, and others. She also participate in a piano masterclass for many fine pianists such as Prof. Rolf- Dieter, and Anant Changwaiwit.
William Hsu - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - Philippines
Hey everyone, my name is Bill. I am a 14 year old Taiwanese American currently living in the Philippines. I have been playing the violin since I was 4, and I have performed and attended a few different music festivals in Taiwan, Philippines, and South Africa. I also recently performed at my middle school graduation ceremony. I studied violin with Juan Muñoz, Hiromi Hilgendorf, and Kun-Hao Liang who is currently my teacher. I have been taking online weekly lessons and several online masterclasses with Timothy Chooi. Aside from playing violin, I like running, biking, listening to music, diving, eating good food, and sleeping. I also really enjoy traveling and having a good time with friends. This summer, I will be attending the Burgos International Music Festival in Spain and I am really excited to have in person lessons for the first time in two years! Hope you like my playing :)
Mayank Bansal - Platinum Medalist (Flute) - Canada
Mayank Bansal began playing the flute at age 10. He participated in numerous ensembles and jazz bands during secondary school.. Currently, Mayank is an undergraduate student at Queen’s University for a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) and recreationally plays the flute in his spare time. Some of Mayank’s most recent musical achievements include winning Gold at the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival, Bronze at the Ontario Music Festivals Association Provincial Finals, and Silver at the 2022 North American Virtuoso International Music Competition. Mayank is looking forward to pursuing his interest in music and inspire others to share his love for music.
Ian Yoon - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - Malaysia
Ian Yoon is a 17-year-old Malaysian violinist based in Kuala Lumpur. He started his formal learning at the age of 8. Since then, he has been actively participating in his school’s string ensemble and symphonic orchestra programs. He is also under the Genius Seni Muzik Program, a government initiative to nurture talented young children. He has been under the program since 2018, and has performed in numerous televised concerts and recordings.
Ian has consistently participated in music competitions since 2016. He’s won awards for his outstanding performances in national and international competitions. Ian has also been studying under teachers such as William Chong, Tony Tsao and Maestro Su Tzu Yuan. He’s been involved in several orchestras, notably the KLPAC orchestra and the Camerata Music Pro String Orchestra.
Naphitchaya Sae-Jew - Platinum Medalist (Harp) - Thailand
My name is Naphitchaya Sae-Jew. I was born on August 5th, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Now I am studying in Grade 6 at Mater Dei School. Miss Ema Mitarai is my current harp teacher at Bangkok Symphony Music School. I fell in love with playing harp when I was 7 years old, and
started my harpist journey. My first journey was in 2018, The 6th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Art Competition. I won first prize. I was so happy and delighted. After that I participated and won in many competitions it opened my view of Harp because I saw many participants who had same goal with me. Everyone looked extremely focused and determined so far I think competitions are fun, exciting and set a goal for me to achieve. I believe that “the more you do, the more you gain”. One day, I dream to be Harpist teacher and have the chance to play harp in an orchestra together with professional musicians.
Jae Eun Park - Platinum Medalist (Flute) - USA
Jae Eun Park was born in 2007. She started her musical education at the age of 5, and at the age of 10, she started her flute journey under the guidance of Ching-Yi (Judy) Ho. She participated in SCSBOA Honor Band for two years and is currently attending Orange County School of Arts Wind Studies Conservatory, pursuing her passion for music. She has won branch and state honors in the Certificate of Merit program. She has won 1st and 2nd places in MTAC Romantic Festival and Classical Festival, American Protege, Golden Classical Music Awards, Kings Peak International Music Competition, Vienna Virtuoso Music Competition, Quebec Classical Music Competition, MAP International Music Competition, and Grand Prize International Music Competition. To inspire others and share her musical talent, she is part of the Dragon Kim Foundation, where she instructs younger students. She is also a vice president of Empowering Arts, a nonprofit organization, where she performs in senior facilities weekly.
Chau Mei Lok - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Hong Kong
Chau Mei Lok is 11 years old. She started learning
piano at the age of 6. Ever since then, Mei Lok fell
in love with music and was always motivated to
learn.
In school, Mei Lok is part of the Sinfonia
Orchestra. Starting from the ABRSM Grade 5
Theory Exam, Mei Lok has achieved a high score
of distinction in her ABRSM exam’s till now.
Throughout the years of learning piano, Mei Lok
has received different rewards and prizes in
numerous competitions. Hope that in the future,
Mei Lok will achieve further success!
Esme Soae Tran - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Esme is 7 years old and is currently attending 1st grade at Harbor Day School in Newport Beach, CA. She has been studying the piano under the direction of Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein. She enjoys playing various composers, reading about their lives, and learning different musical eras and their musical styles.
At age 5, she won the Gold Prize in the WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2020;First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2020 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition; First Prize in American Protégé International Music Talent Competition 2020; First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2020 International Music Competition Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso; First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 International Music Competition London Grand Prize Virtuoso. More recently, she won Gold Prize in the 2021 Golden Key Music Festival; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Piano Etude Festival; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Piano Classical music Festival; Gold Prize 2021 WPTA Finland International Piano Competition; Platinum/ Grand Champion special prize winner of 2021 Quebec Music Competition; First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 International Music Competition Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso; Gold award in all 3 categories (Junior Performance category, Bach Invention/Sinfonia Category, and Mozart category) of 2021 Nordic International Piano Competition; First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition; First Prize in the 2021 US New Star “Etude” Competition; Gold Prize in North American Virtuoso International Music competition; Gold Award 2021 Global International Competition; Diamond Special Top Prize winner of Grand Maestro International Music Competition; First Prize in the 2021 US New Star International Piano Competition; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Fall Music Festival; American Music Judges Award for outstanding performance and interpretation at the Musicale Piano Music Festival 2021; Platinum Award in 2021 Trinity International Music Competition; Platinum/ Absolute First Prize in 2021-2022 Canadian International Music Competition; Platinum award in 2022 Euro Elite International Music Competition; Grand Prize Royal Sound Music Competition 2022; Grand Prize 21st Century Talent Music Competition 2022; First Prize Musicale winter competition;First Prize 2022 Bay Area Piano Competition; First Prize 2022 Pelican International Music Competition;First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize - 2022 International Music Competition Salzburg and Amsterdam
Platinum/ Grand Champion top prize winner of 2022 Quebec Music Competition;
She was invited to perform in various winner’s concerts since 5, including Carnegie Hall, NYC, USA ; Solitar Mozarteum, Salzburg, Vienna ; Beethoven’s House, Bonn, Germany; Royal Albert Hall, London, UK; Teatro Studio, Marco della Musica, Rome, Italy; Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Due to the pandemic, she was not able to travel but hopes one day to perform at these beautiful concert halls when travel is safer.
Besides piano, Esme also enjoys reading, drawing, painting, ballet and figure skating, and playing with her brother and puppies.
Zarina Zaradna - Platinum Medalist (Harp) - Poland
Zarina Zaradna is 11 years old. she's been learing to play the harp for five years, in Poznań Music School. Sche lives in a small village - Przeźmierowo - near Poznań.
Her harp teacher is dr Anna Sikorzak-Olek., who lives in Warsaw. lessons are conducted on-line, and twice a month she takes the traain for lessons from Poznań to Warsaw, which is 300 km way.
She is also a talented ballet dancer, howeve, her greates passion is playing the harp. She loves performing on stage in front of an audience. She frequently applies to music competitions in Poland and abroad. Ech of the live perfrmances in front of an audience is a great experience for her, she is very open, friendly person.
Her biggest dream is to perform in renowned concert hall around the world.
Her achievements: despite her young age, Zarina has already took part in 33 competitions, taking first place 22 times, including 2 Grand-Prix.
Zarina Zaradna - Platinum Medalist (Harp) - Poland
Zarina Zaradna is 11 years old. she's been learing to play the harp for five years, in Poznań Music School. Sche lives in a small village - Przeźmierowo - near Poznań.
Her harp teacher is dr Anna Sikorzak-Olek., who lives in Warsaw. lessons are conducted on-line, and twice a month she takes the traain for lessons from Poznań to Warsaw, which is 300 km way.
She is also a talented ballet dancer, howeve, her greates passion is playing the harp. She loves performing on stage in front of an audience. She frequently applies to music competitions in Poland and abroad. Ech of the live perfrmances in front of an audience is a great experience for her, she is very open, friendly person.
Her biggest dream is to perform in renowned concert hall around the world.
Her achievements: despite her young age, Zarina has already took part in 33 competitions, taking first place 22 times, including 2 Grand-Prix.
Katherine Hibbs - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Katherine Hibbs (Kate) is a 9 year old pianist. She has studied for 4.5 years with the internationally recognized artist/teacher, Dr. Jo Anne Link, of Crocus Hill Studios in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Katherine is the winner of numerous international piano competitions including the 2022 Little Mozart’s Crescendo, which awarded her a debut Carnegie Hall recital in New York in May 2022. And 2022 Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso Austria, earning her a spot to perform at the Solitär Mozarteum in Salzburg.
She has been invited to perform in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Miami Frost Music School etc, as results of prize winner of American Protégé Music Talent Competition,
International Grand Music Competition New York. At the Frost Young Artists International Piano Competition, sponsored by University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, she was granted a special award, ‘Best Performance of a Baroque Work’.
Arinda Emily Triamprakitkul - Platinum winner Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Arinda Emily Triamprakitkul was born in Phuket, a beautiful city of Thailand. She is both Thai and Canadian citizens. Currently, she is living in Bangkok; however, planning to move back to Canada within this year.
Emily has fallen in love with piano since young. While her elder brother participated in piano lessons, she always asked her mother to join classes as well. Piano has been definitely her passion since then.
It has been her honour to study piano with Ajarn Sek Thongsuwan who is a renowned professional pianist in Thailand and in many other countries. Though her study with Ajarn Sek, Emily has developed proficient piano techniques and also effective practice habit. She enjoys learning classical piano pieces and looking forward to being competent enough to play Frederic Chopin's beautiful songs and other famous composers' songs in the future.
Thank you Quebec Music Competition once again for providing opportunity for Emily to show her performance and looking forward to participating in the next year competition.
Martyna Sujka - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Poland
Born in 2009 in Poland, in Lodz, graduate of the 6th class of the "Stanisław Moniuszko's
School of Music in Łódź/Poland. Teacher: Alina Grossman-Jędrasiak
The artistic achievements in piano competitions:
Tiziano Rossetti International Online Music Competition January 2022, Switzerland
( 2nd Prize)
International Online Contest "Prometheus", February 2022, Italy (1st Prize)
II International Gloria Artis Music Competition, Online Edition, February 2022,
Vienna, (2nd Prize)
Winter Stars of Dresden" Online 2022, February 2022, (1st Prize)
V Polish National Piano Competition "W Barokowym Stylu" , February 2022,
(1st Prize and Laureate of Reward of Artistic Personality)
London Young Musician, season 4, March 2022; season 1, June 22-23 (Gold Prize)
World Classical Music Awards, 2022, season 2 (Gold Prize)
By playing the piano, I want to express the emotions and invite the listener to the magical world of music. I combine my passion for playing the piano with love for singing. I'm a laureate of vocal competitions at the provincial and national level and I am a member of the vocal ensemble "Łodzianki", I love: baking, reading fantasy books and listening to piano music.
Chengfei Zhang - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Chengfei Zhang was born in October, 2008. He is a 7 grader from Mills Park Middle School in North Carolina,USA. He has been playing the piano since he was 6. He has completed the ABRSM grade 6 piano exam with a merit score. He has also participated in the 2021 Piano Star International Competition and made it into the preliminary round. In addition to music, Chengfei enjoys playing basketball, tennis and sketching in his free time.
Li Yingyue - Harp - Platinum Medalist - China
Li Yingyue is a cheerful 11-year-old girl.She has been learning the harp since she was a child, under the tutelage of Mrs. Guo Shasha. She has performed on various occasions, and she enjoys the feeling of being on stage. In 2019, she participated in the children's group of the sixth College Cup Youth Art Competition and won the first prize of harp.In 2020, she was awarded the title of "Little Artist" by Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall.In 2021, she won the first prize of the Wuhan Primary and Secondary School Students Outstanding Artistic Talent Award.
Li Yingyue feels that music has enriched her life and enhanced her sentiments.In addition to music, she also likes to immerse herself in the world of painting.'Both music and painting allow me to immerse myself in my own world, ' she said.
Alex Cismaru - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Alex Cismaru is 14 years old and was born in Ottawa, Canada. He started playing piano at the age of 6, at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland.
After he moved to the USA in 2015, he continued to study piano with his new teacher, Katie Gueorguieva-Ledford. Katie truly inspired him and nurtured his passion for piano even further.
Alex won first place at the 2020 Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, third place at the 2019 American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music, third place and fourth place at the 2019, 2020 and 2022 International US Open Music Competition in Oakland, California. Alex completed Level 8 of the Certificate of Merit Program, and participated in several piano recitals and school band concerts in San Jose and Los Gatos, California.
In his spare time Alex enjoys learning new songs on the piano and saxophone, playing tennis and solving computer programming problems.
Yixiu Lin - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - China
17 years old pianist Yixiu Lin, from China. Yixiu Lin's
playing is acclaimed as “accurate, but very musical.”
His performances carry through the concert halls of
Asia, North America and Europe. Lin had his first
orchestral debut at age of 12. He is currently a student
of Matti Raekallio, highly acclaimed Finnish pianist and
professor emeritus from the Juilliard School.
Lin was invited to music festivals such as the Music
Fest Perugia and the PYPA Piano Festival. He attended
performances and international competitions and was
rewarded numerous prestigious awards in different
continents. In 2022, Lin won Quebec Music
Competition Platinum Award, Chicago International
Music Competition 2022 1st Place, Finland Norden
International Piano Competition 2022 1st Prize, Rocky
Mountain Music Competition 1st Place plus Audience
Award, University of Miami Frost Young Artists
International Piano Competition 1st Place, IPPA
(International Piano Professionals Associations) Conero
International Piano Competition 1st Place, and many
others.
Parisa Verma - Platinum Medalist (Violin) - USA
Parisa Verma began playing the violin at age 8. Currently, she is a rising senior at Riverdale Country School in New York and attends the Manhattan School of Music Precollege on Saturdays, where she is a student of Ms. Ella Heifets. Some of Parisa’s most recent musical achievements include winning the Grand Prize of the 2022 Vision Competition and the North American Virtuoso International Competition. In addition, Parisa has participated in many masterclasses and performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, NJPac, and BergenPAC, where she has opened for esteemed artists Joshua Bell, YoYo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Sarah Chang with the Elisabeth Morrow School Chamber Orchestra, of which she was concertmistress.
Yuhong Song - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - China
When I was 5 years old, I first touched the black and white keys that made beautiful sounds, I felt very happy. From then on, I began to learn piano from a very good teacher. In the following years, I won the second prize in the Singapore International Piano Competition and Asia-Pacific Open for Instrumental Music Performance.
I was once invited to perform as a guest at C3 International Music Festival and “Beethoven in China”New Year’s Concerand. Also, I got Distinction result in ABRSM Piano Performance Grade 6 in 2021.
I am very interested in composing music. I have composed several pieces of music, one of them even won the first prize in the school composition.
Piano is the most important friend in my life. I will try my best to stick to music . no matter what setbacks and difficulties I meet, I will never give up！
Assawongrat Assarangchai - Platinum Medalist (Thai Flute) - Thailand
My name is Assawongrat Assarangchai, my nickname is Kvin. I was born in Bangkok, Thailand. I am 11 years old, being Thai and I am buddhist.
I love music and I can play piano, recorder, flute, Thai flute and Chinese Flute (dizi). Moreover, I can sing as well.
For me, I will practice everyday with warm up exercise and follow by the song. I love world music playing with Thai flute. As it is one way to disseminating Thai music and culture. I am so glad that there are more competitions which allow traditional music to join.
For me, I have participated in various international music competitions and have got many rewards mostly first prize and platinum award.
Evan Siu Jun Lin - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Growing in a musical family, Evan Lin has developed a strong connection to music. He started his musical journey with piano under the teaching of Ms. Peggy Yip since he was five years old. He is currently a grade 4 student attending Nelson Grove Elementary School in Delta, BC. Evan has participated and won in numerous local and international competitions including Quebec International Music Competition, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival, Canadian International Music competition and Crescendo International Music Competition. Besides piano, Evan enjoys story writing, playing video games, reading comic books, playing with his cat, and swimming.
Alexandria Xinzi Yu - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Alexandria Xinzi Yu is currently a grade-two student at Maple Grove Elementary School. She started her piano journey at a very young age with ShanShan Chen. During the past three years under Chen's guidance, Alexandria was able to receive first place at the Elite International Music Competition for the past three consecutive years and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2019. Alexandria is a very gifted child who manages to excel in all her studies. Drawing and field hockey are two of her favourite hobbies. She is one of the youngest members of the Music for Love Outreach Club and helps with the fundraiser activities. Alexandria participated in the gold medal anchor training and received an honour certificate from the Love in Vancouver Charity and was also given the Most Promising and Bronze awards. She is the one of the finalists of Canadian Music Competition in 2022.
Alexandria Xinzi Yu - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Alexandria Xinzi Yu is currently a grade-two student at Maple Grove Elementary School. She started her piano journey at a very young age with ShanShan Chen. During the past three years under Chen's guidance, Alexandria was able to receive first place at the Elite International Music Competition for the past three consecutive years and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2019. Alexandria is a very gifted child who manages to excel in all her studies. Drawing and field hockey are two of her favourite hobbies. She is one of the youngest members of the Music for Love Outreach Club and helps with the fundraiser activities. Alexandria participated in the gold medal anchor training and received an honour certificate from the Love in Vancouver Charity and was also given the Most Promising and Bronze awards. She is the one of the finalists of Canadian Music Competition in 2022.
Kevin Yang - Platinum Medalist (Piano) - USA
Kevin Yang was born in 2009 in the U.S. He started learning piano at the age of 6 with his teacher Mrs. Nancy Foley. He was awarded the ABRSM Certificate in Music Performance (Grade 6) and passed with distinction. He received the distinction award in the 2021 Piano League PIANO STAR International Competition. Kevin loves playing piano and clarinet. He also likes swimming and playing basketball. He is an experienced chess player and won the North Carolina scholastic chess K-5 grade championship in 2020.
Nathan Wang - Platinum Medalist (Piano)- USA
I am a 9 years old boy. I started learning piano at five with Dr. Deborah. H. How who helped me get interested in piano and continue with confidence.
However, I have experienced difficulties for a long time after moving until I
came across Tatiana. She brought me into real music, taught me to play piano not only the tests but with music and feelings. With her inspiration, I found my way back into the passion of piano.
Since then, I started to win a variety of competitions including 1 st prize in
Romantic advanced group, 2 nd prize in Classical, 2 nd prize in Solo Showcase in USOMC, 1 st prize in American Protégé, 1st prize in The Salzburg Grand Virtuoso, etc. I love playing piano, and I enjoy sharing my playing with everyone who loves music. I hope I can play all around the world and enjoy my whole life with piano.
Lillian Yang - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Lillian Yang was born in 2010 in the U.S. She started learning piano at the age of 5 with her teacher Mrs. Nancy Foley. She was awarded the ABRSM Certificate in Music Performance (Grade 4) and passed with merit. Lillian loves playing piano and flute. She also likes reading, drawing, and writing. She is an experienced chess player and won the North Carolina scholastic chess K-3 grade championship in 2020.
Satur Tiamson - Gold Medalist (Drums) - Hong Kong / Philippines
Satur Tiamson is the President of the Percussive Arts Society Philippine Chapter. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the St. Paul University College of Music and Performing Arts and a diploma in percussion from the University of The Philippines College of Music. In 2005 he moved to Hong Kong and performed for ten years as a drummer and band leader at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Satur Tiamson is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Men for Arts in Music from JCI Philippines and the Presidential Awardee from Commission on Filipinos Overseas. In 2008 he was hailed by Time Out Magazine as one of the Top 20 Musicians in Hong Kong.
He has performed as percussionist with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Metropolitan Pop Orchestra and toured in Asia with the Asian Youth Orchestra. He has also performed in several musicals in Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, HK 3 Arts Musical Institute, and Atlantie Theatrical Entertainment Group in Manila.
He is a drum teacher in Harrow International School Hong Kong, Initial- P and has led workshops for the Hong Kong International Drummer Festival and IPIFA.
Satur Tiamson is an artist for percussion brands Zildjian, Toca, Grover Pro, Prologix and Innovative Percussion.
Satur Tiamson - Gold Medalist (Drums) - Hong Kong / Philippines
Satur Tiamson is the President of the Percussive Arts Society Philippine Chapter. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the St. Paul University College of Music and Performing Arts and a diploma in percussion from the University of The Philippines College of Music. In 2005 he moved to Hong Kong and performed for ten years as a drummer and band leader at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Satur Tiamson is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Men for Arts in Music from JCI Philippines and the Presidential Awardee from Commission on Filipinos Overseas. In 2008 he was hailed by Time Out Magazine as one of the Top 20 Musicians in Hong Kong.
He has performed as percussionist with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Metropolitan Pop Orchestra and toured in Asia with the Asian Youth Orchestra. He has also performed in several musicals in Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, HK 3 Arts Musical Institute, and Atlantie Theatrical Entertainment Group in Manila.
He is a drum teacher in Harrow International School Hong Kong, Initial- P and has led workshops for the Hong Kong International Drummer Festival and IPIFA.
Satur Tiamson is an artist for percussion brands Zildjian, Toca, Grover Pro, Prologix and Innovative Percussion.
Murphy Mo-Fei Chuang - Gold Medalist (Cello) - Taiwan
Born in Taiwan, Murphy Chuang has been studying the cello
since the age of seven and is currently studying in Massachusetts, USA. She has taken part in several orchestras such as New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and Milton Academy School Orchestra.
Over the past few years, Murphy has participated and won in numerous international competitions including First Prize in “2022 Golden Classical Music Awards” and invited to perform in the Carnegie Hall, New York; First Prize in “The 9 th HKYPAF Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival” Final Round; 2 nd Prize in “2021 The 4 th NY Solo Competition” Artist Category; Bronze in “2021 SRIMF Singapore Raffles International Music Festival” Youth Category; Gold Award in “2021 Canada Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition” Final Round; Gold Award in "2020 Japan Osaka International Music Competition” Section III Junior Course; Champion in “2020 Tokyo International Youth Music Competition 2020”; Silver Award in “2019
Brilliant Talent Discovery Awards International Music Competition” and was invited to perform in the Gala Concert at The Esplanade Recital Hall, Singapore. Murphy has been raising funds for “Sistema Taiwan” through charity recitals since 2020 to help underprivileged children in practicing music. She continues to pursue her passion for cello and music.
Francesco Buccioli - Gold Medalist (Violin) - Italy
My name is Francesco Buccioli, and I was born in Italy on April 13, 2007.
The passion for the violin came out when I was seven: my music schoolteacher brought
some old violins in class to allow the pupils trying to explore their sounds. From that
moment I understood that the violin would be my instrument.
My first teacher in Italy was Caterina Monterubbianesi, I remember her with nostalgia.
When my family has moved to Ethiopia for work, I joined Sandford International School in
Addis Abeba and I continued to study violin with a Russian teacher, Tamara. After four
years my family moved to Reading where I joined Leighton Park School where I am a
violin School Scolar. Here I take part of the School Orchestra directed by Rosemary Scale,
the String Ensemble directed by Sue Black and the Jazz band directed by Stuart
Henderson.
My violin teacher is Devorina Gamalova and thanks to her, I participated in different festivals and competitions obtaining excellent score: first in the Sutton Music Festival 2020 category “Recital class 16 years and over”, one of the three finalists in the Berkshire
Young Musician of the Year 2021 category 13-15 and Gold Medal in International Quebec Music Competition 2022 category 13-15.
Nathan Ahn - Gold Medalist (Violin) - USA
Nathan began his musical journey at the age of five playing the piano. He played well and performed solo several times for a small audience. Later, he realized how beautiful the violin sound was and changed his passion from piano to violin at the age of seven. After two years, he joined the Golden State Youth Orchestra (GSYO) and took a leading position as an associate concertmaster in the Camerata Orchestra. In the following year, he was promoted to GSYO’s honor strings orchestra. He has attended Kennedy Middle School and Seoul International School and is continuing to play in the school orchestras as a first violin.
Recently Nathan has been actively participating in solo competitions. He received first place in the American Protege International Music Talent Competition Spring 2022, and he placed second in the Junior Division at the US International Open Music Competition. In addition, he got a Blue ribbon (scored 23 points out of 25) at the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) Solo & Ensemble Festival.
Nathan began his musical journey at the age of five playing the piano. He played well and performed solo several times for a small audience. Later, he realized how beautiful the violin sound was and changed his passion from piano to violin at the age of seven. After two years, he joined the Golden State Youth Orchestra (GSYO) and took a leading position as an associate concertmaster in the Camerata Orchestra. In the following year, he was promoted to GSYO’s honor strings orchestra. He has attended Kennedy Middle School and Seoul International School and is continuing to play in the school orchestras as a first violin.
Recently Nathan has been actively participating in solo competitions. He received first place in the American Protege International Music Talent Competition Spring 2022, and he placed second in the Junior Division at the US International Open Music Competition. In addition, he got a Blue ribbon (scored 23 points out of 25) at the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) Solo & Ensemble Festival.
Katrina Lam - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Katrina Lam is 16 years old and has been playing piano since 4 years old. She is a student of
Dr. Jin Ah Kwon. Katrina has won awards in various festivals and competitions. In 2020, she won First Place with Special Honors Plus in Sonatina & Sonata International Youth Piano Competition in Texas. In Spring 2021, she won Second Place winner in American Protege International Music Talent Competition and participated in the Winners’ Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York in 2022. She also participated in Milal Orchestra-Summer Festival in 2021 August and won the First prize in the Young Artist category (Piano part). In March 2022, she won First Place in IMKA Music Competition.
During her leisure time, she likes to play piano, compose music, run track and field, watch movies and traveling.
Kyla Ruidera - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Kyla Ruidera is a 12-year-old junior high school student from California. She began learning piano at age 4 and studies under the tutelage of Anne Isaakyan Bäder, a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory in Russia. Kyla recently performed at Carnegie Hall as a multiple-award recipient of the AADGT International Young Musicians Festival (Gold in 2020, Silver in 2021, and Silver in 2022). In 2021, she received the Gold Medal at the Quebec International Music Competition and two Silver Medals at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition. Kyla has won trophies at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival (Los Angeles) from 2018 through 2020. She earned Silver Awards at WPTA Singapore (2020 and 2021) and Bronze Awards at WPTA Finland (2020, 2021, and 2022). She enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs - Gold Medalist (Violin & Piano) - Belgium
Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs was born in 12 December 2012 in Antwerp, Belgium. She is bilingual as her mother is Polish and her father Belgian. She also speaks English. She started learning violin from Serdar Erkmenis in May 2019 (Vioolschool Leidschenveen), and in July 6 2019 she had her very first public concert (Student concert of Vioolschool Leidschenveen), where she enjoyed the the attention of the public. In September 2019, Izabela added piano to her curriculum by joining the Pianoschool Haagse Lande, under tutorship of Hulya Keser. Due to the Covid 19, Izabela was following both violin and piano lessons through Skype since the beginning of the pandemic. Recently, Gulmira Issabekova also became Izabela's piano tutor. In the summer of 2021, she also added vocal lessons to her curriculum. The singing classes are held by Kasia Olechno through Skype. Izabela likes a broad spectrum of artists, such as, A. Vivaldi, Bach family, F. Chopin, W. A. Mozart, O. Rieding, J.H. Fiocco, R. Schumann, but also A. Walker, and Y. Tiersen. She enjoys both classical pieces as well as pop music. At times, she composes some small pieces for piano or violin.
In 2022 she has given violin and piano concerts at the Musikverein in Vienna, and Royal Albert Hall in London, she is also invited to perform at the Mozarteum Salzburg and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
In her spare time, Izabela enjoys rollerblades, reading books, comics, and construction things with Lego. She is an animal and nature lover. Izabela also loves to write book stories for children about animals.
Awards in 2022: 5 prizes in LYM competition: 2 Golds, one in violin, one in piano, 1 silver in violin, 2 bronzes in piano, and Special Award: All Round Musician Award; Gold Medal in violin in 2022 Quebec Music Competition (Age 9) and 2 Golds Medals in piano 2022 Quebec Music Competition (Age 9); 3rd Place Winner in piano in 2022 20th Century Music Competition in Charleston International Music Competition (Ages 9-10); 3rd Place Winner in violin in Vienna Virtuoso Music Competition 2022 (Junior Category: 9-12 years old); 1st Prize Winner in violin and 1st Prize Winner in piano in 2022 International Music Competition “Salzburg and Amsterdam’ Grand Prize Virtuoso (Junior category: 9-12 years old); 1st Prize Winner in violin and 1st Prize Winner in piano in 2022 International Music Competition “Vienna and London’ Grand Prize Virtuoso (Junior category: 9-12 years old); 1st prize in piano in Imka Internet Music Competition 2022 in Category Kids1»9-10 years old
Ines Lim Rae Shaine - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Singapore
Ines, from Singapore, learns the piano with Ms. Kee Kannie. Her accomplishments, both locally and at International levels include winning the First Prize in Beethoven Young Musician Competition 2022, First Prize and also Special Prize Award in 'Unique Interpretation' in the UK International Music Competition 2022. She won the title 'Winner of 2022 Special Contemporary Piano Performance Category' in North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2022, and was invited for 'Special NAVI Piano Masterclasses'.
For Best Classical Musicians Awards 2022, Ines won a Gold (1st Place) and also 'Best Instrumentalist Award'. She was Gold Medalist (1st Place) in World Classical Music Awards 2022, Gold medalist and Special Prize winner of 'Characteristic Performance' in London Young Musician 2022, and Gold winner in Quebec International Music Competition 2022.
In 2019, she obtained Platinum award at the 1st Le Petit Performers' Fest Singapore. In 2021, Ines was honoured to be invited to perform at the Esplanade, and received Masterclass from Prof EunYoung Lee as a First Prize (Gold) winner of Joyeux International Piano Competition. She obtained Gold in Ars Nova International Piano Competition 2021, 3rd place in Singapore International Piano & Violin competition 2022.
Sheriel Wong - Gold Medalist (Viola) - Hong Kong
Sheriel Wong is a Hong Kong Primary one student studied in St. Stephen's College Preparatory College. She likes playing Violin, Viola, Piano, Vocal and Music Composition. She is a junior music student in Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts studied in Viola, also a choir member in Hong Kong Children Choir. She won numerous music awards in both international and local music competitions, which including Gold Award in 2022 Quebec International Music Competition in Age 7 Viola category, Champion in IYACC The 13th International Music Competition in Viola Junior category, First Place in International Young Artist Music Contest 2021, Junior Excellence Award Group II and Gold Award in Asia Musicians Competition - Strings P1-P2 category. Also, she got the first- runner up in 2022 Hong Kong best student's selection (Music and Arts) and second- rounder up in 2021 Hong Kong Extraordinary student selection (All -round) in Primary 1-3 category. She addicts in music composition and she want to share her music to the world. She also got a Gold award in International Youth Music Competitions Atlanta, USA Music Composition International Competition 2022.
Lucas Yang - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Lucas Yang was born in Cary, North Carolina on July Seventeenth of 2009. He has been playing piano for 6 years. Lucas has gotten Distinction in the ABRSM Grade 4 for the piano, and he loves playing soccer and clarinet in his spare time.
Fernando Lourens - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Netherlands
My name is Fernando Lourens from The Netherlands. I was born in May 2011. When I was little, it was very fascinated for me to hear the different sound that my toy keyboard made when I pressed the different keys. As I grow bigger, I discover that there are more and more possibilities piano keys could do. Playing piano is a fantastic way to have fun. I enjoy touching the piano keys to hear the enormous piano sound. Besides playing piano, I love swimming, surfing, skiing, playing tennis and reading in my spare time.
Sophia Chen - Gold Medalist (Violin) - Canada
Sophia Chen is from British Columbia, Canada. Sophia Chen studies with Lawrie Hill at
Vancouver Academy of Music. In 2022, Sophia won the First Place at National Final of 64th
Canadian Music Competition in 8 years old strings category. Sophia was awarded as Gold
Medalist at 2022 North American Virtuoso International Music Competition, Gold Medalist at
2022 Quebec Music Competition. Sophia was awarded as the Medalist of Concerto Class of
2022 Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival, Medalist and Scholarship Recipient at 2022 Spring
VAYA International Music Festival. In 2021, Sophia’s awards include First Place at 2021
Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival; Gold Medalist at 2021 Quebec Music Competition; Gold
Medalist at 2021 Appassionato Quebec International Youth Music Festival; Gold Medalist at
2021 Grand Maestro International Music Competition; and Platinum Medalist and Scholarship
Recipient at 2021 Fall VAYA International Music Festival, etc
Jayata (Thad) Tieanworn - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Thad was born on August 13, 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thad started playing the piano at the
age of 8. He is studying at International School Bangkok, Thailand.
Thad currently learns piano with Mr. Boonyakorn Opaspanwong.
At the age of 8, Thad passed Grade 5 Examination in Classical Piano from Trinity College
London. Thad will have his piano performance at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA on December 19, 2022. Thad has been invited to have his piano performance at the New York Prize Winners’ Recital to be held on August 28th, 2022, at The DiMenna Center in New York City. Thad had his piano performance at the Wiener Saal, Mozarteum Concert Hall in Salzburg, Austria in July 2022. Thad has his piano performance at The Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in July 2022.
Phoonseeraah (Ada) Tieanworn - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Ada was born on August 14, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. She started playing the piano at the age of 4. She will be attending Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT, USA in September 2022. Ada currently learns piano with Dr. Jayanat Wisaijorn.
At the age of 13, Ada has been awarded the ATCL Associate of Trinity College London Piano, Level 4 Diploma in Music Performance. (July 2022) At the age of 11, Ada passed Grade 8 Examination in Classical Piano (with Distinction) from Trinity College London (2019)
Ada will have her piano performance at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA on December 19, 2022.
Ada will have her piano performance at the New York Prize Winners’ Recital to be held on August 28th, 2022 at The DiMenna Center in New York City. Ada has her piano performance at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA on November 5, 2019
Ada has her piano performance at the Glaserner Saal, Musikverein Concert Hall in Vienna, Austria on September 13, 2019
Ada has been invited to perform at the Wiener Saal, Mozarteum Concert Hall in Salzburg, Austria in July 2019 and July 2022.
Ada has been invited to perform at The Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in July 2019 and July 2022.
Phoonseeraah (Ada) Tieanworn - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Ada was born on August 14, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. She started playing the piano at the age of 4. She will be attending Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT, USA in September 2022. Ada currently learns piano with Dr. Jayanat Wisaijorn.
At the age of 13, Ada has been awarded the ATCL Associate of Trinity College London Piano, Level 4 Diploma in Music Performance. (July 2022) At the age of 11, Ada passed Grade 8 Examination in Classical Piano (with Distinction) from Trinity College London (2019)
Ada will have her piano performance at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA on December 19, 2022.
Ada will have her piano performance at the New York Prize Winners’ Recital to be held on August 28th, 2022 at The DiMenna Center in New York City. Ada has her piano performance at the Weill Recital Hall, at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA on November 5, 2019
Ada has her piano performance at the Glaserner Saal, Musikverein Concert Hall in Vienna, Austria on September 13, 2019
Ada has been invited to perform at the Wiener Saal, Mozarteum Concert Hall in Salzburg, Austria in July 2019 and July 2022.
Ada has been invited to perform at The Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in July 2019 and July 2022.
Nachayada Tengprasert - Gold Medalist (Voice) - Thailand
Nachayada Tengprasert is 11 years old singer from Thailand.
She has started to take vocal courses at the age of seven. And she has got several awards such as
- FIRST PRIZE WINNER from Beethoven/Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021 in Germany.
- First Prize Winner from S.E. Aphrodite Voice Cyprus International Music Competition 2021, Cyprus
- FIRST PRIZE WINNER from The Muse Competition 2021 in Greece.
- Shining Star Prize from Sugree Charoensook International Music Competition 2021 in Thailand.
- Gold Prize from OSAKA International Music Competition, Bangkok Regional Round 2021
- 3rd Prize from The 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and Festival 2021 in England.
- 2nd Place Winner from THE 28th UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2021 in USA.
- Gold Prize and Second Highest Score from CMTG Young Musician Festival 2021 in Thailand
- Second Prize Winner from 1st Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition, Lugano, Switzerland
- First Prize Winner from Rome Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021 in Italy.
- Gold Star from Music & Star Awards 2021
- Silver Medalist from 2021 Trinity International Music Competition, Canada
- First Place and Highest Score from The 9th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival 2021 in THAILAND Preliminary Round
- Second Prize Winner from The VIII Odin International Music Online Competition 2021, European Academic Artists Association (EAAA)
- First Prize Winner from The Song International online contest 2021, Italy
- Gold Prize from London Young Musician 2021-2022
season 3, UK
- Brilliant Award from The 6th Brilliant Talent Discovery Awards International Music Competition 2022 in Singapore
- GRAND PRIX TWINKLE STAR AWARD from S.E. Aphrodite Voice Cyprus International Music Competition 2022, Cyprus
- Grand Prize Winner in Advanced level from Rocky Mountain Music Competition, Winter Season 2022 in Canada
- First Place Winner in Advanced level from 21st Century Talents Music Competition, Winter Season 2022 in Canada
- Gold Prize Winner and BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD from Bravo Children's Music Festival 2022
- First Place Winner from 2022 American Music Talent Competition
- Second Place Winner (Second Highest Score) from The 9th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival 2021 in Hong Kong Final Round
- First Prize Winner from MAP International Music Competition (MAP-IMC) 2022
- Grand Prize From INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2022 Atlanta,USA ( BROADWAY, MUSICAL THEATRE, DISNEY )
Sophia Zhong - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Eight-year-old Sophia Zhong first started learning the piano at the age of six and has loved it ever since. She is currently learning piano with Prof. Dr. Renpeng Dong. She passed the ABRSM Grade 5 performance exam and continues exploring the classical music world.
She was first place winner in International Youth Music Competitions 2022, first place winner in King's Peak International Music Competition 2022, first place winner in International Music Competition Vienna Grand Prize Virtuoso 2022, first place winner in International Music Competition London Grand Prize Virtuoso 2022, first place winner in Golden Classical Music Awards Competition 2021, second place winner in Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition 2021, second place winner in Red Maple Music Competition 2022, third place winner in Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition 2022, third place winner in 21st Century Talents Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive) in 2022, third place winner in Rocky Mountain Music Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive) in 2021.
Eldar Ibrahimov - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Canada
My name is Eldar Ibrahimov. I am 14 years old and I have been studying music for 10 years. I have completed Royal Conservatory of Canada Grade 10 both Harmony, History and Practical examinations. I have participated and won 1st and 2nd prizes at various international festivals such as Rocky Mountain Music Competition, Quebec International Music Competition and Canadian International Music Competition. In 2022 I have also achieved 90 and above at the Calgary Performing Arts Festival (former Kiwanis competition). I am also an honors student at the Foundation of the Future Charter Academy School in Calgary, who has completed Grade 8. My other hobbies include reading, building Lego and travelling.
Donovan To - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Donovan loves music and has been playing piano since he was five. He currently plays the violin in his school’s orchestra as the leader of the first violin section. In addition to the school orchestra, Donovan was selected for the Lake Washington School District Middle School Honor Orchestra. Outside of music, he enjoys various sports including karate, baseball, soccer, badminton, ultimate frisbee, and football. He loves to read and draw in his spare time as well as compete in scholastic chess tournaments.
Kayshana Ram - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Singapore
Kayshana is a 9-year-old Singaporean who started learning the piano at the age of 6, under the tutelage of Ms Kee Kannie.
Kayshana received the Gold award at the 1st Le Petit Performers' Fest at the age of 6. At age 8, she took part in the ARS Nova International Music Competition and received the Gold Award.
At age 9, Kayshana clinched the Gold Award in the Quebec International Music Competition. She was the top prize winner in the International Vivaldi Music Competition 2022, in which she received First Prize with Excellence Nomination, as well as the Excellent Interpretation Award. Kayshana was also the First Prize winner in the 2022 Music Singapore International Piano and Violin Competition. She participated in the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition and received the Bronze Award.
Kayshana hopes to continue pursuing her interest in music by participating in music competitions!
Rashana Ram - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Singapore
Rashana is a 13-year-old Singaporean who started learning piano at the age of 6 under her teacher, Ms Kee Kannie.
Rashana won her first Platinum award at the age of 7 at the 6th Singapore Performers’ Festival and Chamber Music Competition. At age 10, she won her next Platinum award at the 1st Le Petit Performers’ Fest. At age 12, she took part in the ARS Nova International Music Competition and received the Gold award. She came in 1st at the Joyeux Music International competition. At age 13, Rashana took part in the Quebec Music Competition and received the Gold award. She also received the Fantastic Technique Special Prize at the London Young Musician competition. Rashana received the Silver award at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition and a Platinum award at the 5th Le Petit Performers' Fest.
Rashana is currently in the Music Elective Programme in her school.
Melany Ying Hui Yoon - Gold Medalist (Cello) - Malaysia
Melany began learning music studies at the age of 7, She has actively participated in school musical events. She was invited to perform solo in Hong Kong International Music Festival as a high scholar in 2018 and special guest performance in 2019 .
Melany has also attended Masterclasses with Maestro Ivan Torres, Maestro Frédéric Audibert and Maestro Florent Audibert in 2018, 2019 & 2020 . She was invited to attend “CELLO FELLOWS”, an event that was organized by The Johor Society for the Performing Arts (JSPA) 2020. It was such a wonderful experience performing with Maestro Jonathan Oh, Maestro Frédéric Audibert and Maestro Florent Audibert from Rouen , France.
She has successful in passing the auditions and was offered to be a member of PERMATA SENI MUSIK in 2018 and a member of GENIUS SENI MUSIK in 2019 & 202- 2022. PERMATA SENI MUSIK (PSM)/ GENIUS SENI MUSIK is a Malaysian government-run program for musically talented and gifted children in Malaysia at Istana Budaya Kuala Lumpur. Yearly auditions will be carried out to make sure all the members are up to their music learning standards. She also won numerous musical awards locally in Malaysia and overseas. Melany would want to persuade her music and performance art education in the future.
Rinrada Jiratangmancharoen - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
Rinrada Jiratangmancharoen, 7 years-old, lives in Bangkok, Thailand. She has an interest in music and has chosen to study piano since she was 4 years old under tutelage of Mr. Vorarat
Wattanasombat.
At her age, she has collected experiences in Piano competition. For instance, her accomplishments include; In 2020, she has won the Gold Prize from 21st OSAKA IMC, the Silver Medalist in International Classical Music Competition Thailand, and the Bronze Prize from The Bangkok International Piano Competition. In 2021, she has won the Second Prize Winner from Medici IMC (UK), the Third Prize Winner from Marker and Pioneer International Culture Exchange Center (USA), the Gold Prize from CMTG Young Musician Competition & Festival (Canada), and the Silver Prize from HKYPAF the 9 th Hongkong in Piano Sonatina Class. In 2022, she has won the Grand Prize Winner from International Youth Music Competition (USA).
Oliver Yang - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Oliver Yang is a 12-year-old boy who was born in the year 2009. Oliver has completed grades 4 and 5 of the ABRSM music exams thus far. He enjoys playing with his friends, participating in a band, and reading. In band, he plays the trombone and the tuba. Oliver also plays the traditional Chinese instrument, Hulusi. He began playing piano when he was about 8 years old and hasn't stopped since.
Ian Chen - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Canada
With an appreciation for music, Ian began to learn piano at the age of 7 under the guidance of Ms. Peggy Yip in Richmond BC Canada. Ian will be attending Grade 5 at Spul’u’kwuks elementary this fall. Ian has won various local and international piano competitions including the Canadian International Music Competition, Crescendo International Music Competition, and the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival. Aside from piano, some of Ian’s hobbies include reading comic books, playing video games, and playing badminton.
Irene Gao - Gold Medalist (Piano) - USA
Irene Gao is a 6 year old girl lives in Bellevue WA, US.
Irene has always been very passionate about music. She began her piano lessons with Dr. Qian Yin from age 4 and half. Since then she has won many awards. Among which are Gold Prize in Quebec International Music Competition 2022, First Prize in Chicago International Music Competition 2022, Gold Prize in Music & Star 2022, Silver Prize in Global Genius Music Competition Fall 2021, and Third Prize in WPTA Spain 2021. She has performed at Meydenbauer Theater, and was named Gold Star performer at Seattle International Classic Viennese Festival 2022.
Besides piano, Irene enjoys ballet, skating, and tennis. She also loves reading and writing stories.
Sisi Zhou - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Sisi Zhou was born in Canada. She began to learn piano in the fall of 2017. When she’s 5yrs old, she got gold medal in the Bravissimo music Competition of 2018. Next year, she got gold medal of Maisonneuve Music Festival. Now she is learning with Mrs Nelly Gvasalia(RCM certified teacher). With her help, she has got RCM exams of level 4 and level 5 piano First Class Honors with Distinction this year. She also likes playing GuZheng, has passed exam of level5.
Ruimian Li - Gold Medalist (Piano) - Hong Kong
Ruimian Li is a 8 years old YEAR 4 student in Hongkong. He started playing piano at 5. He loves music and a quick learner under the supervion of his dedicated piano teacher in Russian Sound Music Academy.
From 2020 to 2022, he took part in 9 International Piano Competitions, and won awards for all of them.
- Champion, 4th Florida Keys International Music Competition 2020
- Champion, Tokyo International Youth Music Competition 2020
- First Place in Global Final, Hongkong International Music and Arts Festival 2020
- Gold Medalist in 2021 Quebec International Music Competition
- Bags Chopin Mazurka Award, 2021 Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition
- Bags Consul General Award, 2021 Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition
- Gold Medalist in 2021 Canadian International Music Competition
- First Prize Winner, Bach International Music Competition in 2022
- Gold Medalist in 2022 Quebec International Music Competition
Gabrielle Wang Xintong - Gold Medalist (Zhongruan) - Singapore
Gabrielle Wang Xintong currently nine years old from Singapore. She began her music learning at the age of 5. Gabrielle learns 3 instruments. (zhongruan, pipa and guzheng)
She started to perform at 6 years old. Gabrielle enjoys learning music, her passion in music gives her strength to always strive for better musical skill.
She won 1st place in Zhongsin International Music Competition for both solo and ensemble category. At the same she performed for the school graduation concert in school.
In 2022 won gold award for Euro Elite International Music Competition for PIPA solo category.
Anthony Shustef - Silver Medalist (Piano) - USA
Anthony Shustef studies at Marlboro High School, NJ, USA. He enjoys playing piano, making videos, writing books, and journalism. Anthony has been playing piano since he was six years old. He won multiple international competitions, and in 2019, he performed in Carnegie Hall. Music is his passion but he has many other interests. Anthony is a fan of subway trains and knows all subway systems in the world. In 2021, Anthony was selected to join Youth Journalism Conference in Washington, DC. – as part of the program, he interviewed many remarkable people. He has also attended American's University Media and Video course as part of the National Student Leadership Conference. In 2022, Anthony published his first children’s book, “The Story of Tic-Toad-Toad and Other Short Stories” available on Amazon. In June 2022, Anthony attended classes in Greek Mythology and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His piano teacher is Prof. Lana Sokurenko.
Cho, Chloe Yik Chi - Silver Medalist (Voice) - Hong Kong
Born in June 2009, Chloe is currently a vocal student of Ms. Smile TSE since 2020.
Chloe started learning singing at the age of 9 and she passed the ABRSM grade 5 (2019), grade 8 (2021) singing exams and grade 6 (2022) piano exams with distinction. Chloe obtained the DipLCM on classical singing in 2021. Besides singing, she passed the ABRSM grade 8 flute exam (2021). Chloe was one of the members of Hong Kong Children’s Choir (HKCC) and also the Invited soloist of The Caritas Tsuen Wan Children Choir. She was admitted to the Junior Music Program at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) majoring in singing in 2021.
Over the past two years, she has received numerous champion and awards in singing competitions, including the Quebec Music Competition 2022, Les Images International Classical Voice Competition 2022, Vienna Virtuoso Festival Music Competition 2022, Joint School Music Competition 2020, the Hong Kong Young Musicians Festival 2020, the International Fringe Music Festival and Competition 2020 & 2021, the International Young Musicians Music Competition, the Wien 2020 and Global Children's and the Youth Singing Competition 2021.
Swansea Siu - Silver Medalist (Violin) - USA
Swansea Siu has been studying violin since the age of 5. Immersed in
classical music from a young age, she is passionate about spreading the
art through performing and charity work. She is a winner of Golden
Classical International Competition and Satori Summer Music Festival.
At the age of 15, Swansea made her debut in New York City at Carnegie
Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Swansea currently is a violin student at
Orange County School of the Arts’ Strings & Orchestra Conservatory.
She is based in Southern California. In her free time, she enjoys playing
piano and dancing ballet.
José Ramón Villanueva García - Silver Medalist (Saxophone) - Spain
Spanish saxophonist, born in Aldea del Rey (Ciudad Real), he began studying music at an
early age. He received his Bachelor's degree of saxophone performance (Madrid Royal
Conservatory), graduating with Outstanding qualifications.
Diploma of specialization in Saxophone from Saint George University of Zaragoza, with
Alberto Sáez and Arno Bornkamp. In 2018, he attended the European Saxophone University
in Gap (France). In addition, he has taken classes and courses with numerous saxophonists,
such as Federico Coca, David Pons, Jean-Marie Londeix... Since 2021, he has studied the
specialty of Orchestra and Band Conducting with María Laura Muñiz and Lucía Zicos,
obtaining certification from Pontifical University of Salamanca.
He has performed concerts in Spain and France, and has been awarded in different music
competitions.
He has worked as a Saxophone teacher at the Andorra Music School (Teruel) and the Mota
del Cuervo Conservatory (Cuenca).
Vladimir Maximilian Stefanik - Silver Medalist (Accordion) - USA /Slovensko
My name is Vladimir Maximilian Stefanik. I was born 9 years ago to my Slovak parents in the USA and since then I have been listening to Slovak kids songs and Slovak traditional music. I like it because it is our culture. I sing Slovak songs with my parents. My mom plays the accordion and my younger brother plays the keyboard. His voice is very beautiful. 1 year ago I started to play the accordion. My first song I played on accordion with my younger brother, Nicholas, was a Christmas song and it was a gift to my father. I have online classes with my teacher in Slovak Republic and I am a student of Saint John Nepomucky's Art school in Slovakia. I got My first Bronze award in the British College of Accordionists 2 months ago and I participated in Accordion Star International 2022 in the USA. Now I received the Silver Medal in the Quebec Music Competition, which I am very proud of. I also love science, hunting with my father, fishing and I did Karate Martial Arts for 4 years. I am very proud of myself for all I have done.
Jaime Wong Sum Yin - Silver Medalist (Piano) - Hong Kong
Jamie, Wong Sum Yin is 10yrs old from Hong Kong, currently studying in YYPS as a Primary 5 student. Jamie is now studying piano and vocal and she find music enjoyable. In 2021, Jamie Passed ABRSM Grade 4 exam in Distinction, and She is going to take the Grade 8 ABRSM exam this year. She also have been actively participating in various competitions along the way.
She had won the following
• Hong Kong Children and Youth Piano Contest Gold
• HKYPAF Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival Gold
• Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Gold
• Taiwan Asia .Aegean Sea Music Competition Hong Kong Preliminary Round
Second Place
• Macao Asia Pacific Youth Piano Competition Second Place
Julie Wong Ka Yin - Silver Medalist (Piano) - Hong Kong
Julie, Wong Ka Yin is a 8yrs old from Hong Kong, currently studying in YYPS as a Primary 2 student. Julie is now studying piano and violin and she love music very much. In 2021,Julie passed ABRSM Grade 2 exam in Distinction , and she is going to take the Grade 6 ABRSM exam this year. She also have been actively participating in various competitions along the way.
Julie have won the following
• Hong Kong School Music and Speech Association 73rd Hong Kong School Music Festival
Third Place
• HKYPAF Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival
Gold
• Taiwan Asia .Aegean Sea Music Competition Hong Kong Preliminary Round
Second Place
• Bangkok International Piano Competition
Second Place
• Macao Asia Pacific Touth Piano Competition First Place
Julie, Wong Ka Yin is a 8yrs old from Hong Kong, currently studying in YYPS as a Primary 2 student. Julie is now studying piano and violin and she love music very much. In 2021,Julie passed ABRSM Grade 2 exam in Distinction , and she is going to take the Grade 6 ABRSM exam this year. She also have been actively participating in various competitions along the way.
Julie have won the following
• Hong Kong School Music and Speech Association 73rd Hong Kong School Music Festival
Third Place
• HKYPAF Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival
Gold
• Taiwan Asia .Aegean Sea Music Competition Hong Kong Preliminary Round
Second Place
• Bangkok International Piano Competition
Second Place
• Macao Asia Pacific Touth Piano Competition First Place
Gabriel Vasilescu – Silver Medalist (Piano) - Canada
Gabriel Vasilescu was born in Montreal, Canada and moved in the USA at 2 years old. He
started to study piano at 9 years old under the guidance of piano teacher Mrs. Sandra Curless. From 2020 to 2022, Gabriel received numerous awards. Among these, he received Gold at Quebec Music Competition, Silver at Canadian International Music Competition, second place at Little Mozarts International Music Competition and Consul General Award at Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition in 2021. He was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. He is passionate about composing and he would love to share his compositions in the future. Besides piano, Gabriel loves math, chess, soccer, and basketball.
Yuchen Zhou - Silver Medalist (Piano) - New Zealand
My name is Yuchen Zhou, I was born in New Zealand in 2015. I started my music study at the age of 5 with Dr. Qian Yin at Yin Music Studio in the United States. I love classical music and have many favourite pieces such as Mozart - Turkish March and Beethoven - Für Elise.
I spend 1-2 hours every day practicing piano following instructions provided by my teacher Dr. Qian. I record my performance during practices and watch the playback multiple times to identify areas of improvement. I share my recordings with my teacher for feedback and prescriptive guidance on how to correct errors and develop technical skills. I do not have special preparation for competitions other than my daily routine.
My dream is to perform at a global stage and to share with more people my understanding of the beauty of music.
Piannapa Thongsuwan - Silver Medalist (Cello) - Thailand
was born into a musician family; mother as a violinist, and father as a pianist. Surrounded by environments of musicianship, she has been innately and gradually accustomed to music from day one up until now. Piannapa started studying cello since the age of 3. Her hard work with Master Apichai Leamthong, cello instructor, results in decent progress and development. She received the prizes from various international competition events such as the Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival, Quebec Music Competition, Northern American Virtuoso, and Vienna Virtuoso Music Competition. Relentlessly, she is now striving to pursue her dream in music school.
Nathpimol Vongthavaravat - Silver Medalist (Piano) - Thailand
My name is Miss Nathpimol Vongthavaravat. My nickname is Vive. I am 9 years
old, and I am studying in Primary 4 at Mater Dei school, Thailand. I love Piano.
Playing piano makes me happy, helps my concentration and teaches me
discipline. I wish I can be a great world class pianist in the future.
Ryan Yang - Silver Medalist (Piano) - USA
Ryan Yang is a 6th grader at Carnage Middle School in North Carolina, and he has passed the 4th and 5th grade ABRSM exams. He loves reading books, watching cool animals, doing math, participating in band and playing the piano. Ryan has been learning the piano since he was 8 years old and has not stopped since.
Rishik Vishakh - Bronze Medalist (Piano) - USA
Rishik Vishakh is passionate about learning piano this passion has only grown and evolved
His favorite composers are Beethoven, Mozart and Bach and when not practicing he tries his hand at teaching himself his favorite songs.
Along with Piano Rishik is also learning drums and has found that it only adds on to his musical skills.
When not at his piano, Rishik can be found playing a multitude of sports. He is a huge sports fan and plays both tennis and soccer and he is a big fan of Roger Federer. Rishik’s other interests include reading and travelling. Rishik is excited to start 5th grade this year. He is learning piano under Ms. Jamila Sahar and his next adventure will be to learn 'Solfeggietto by Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach’ under Ms. Jamila's tutelage.
Athena Alene R. Undazan - Bronze Medalist (Piano) - Philippines
Born in the Philippines, Athena Alene R. Undazan has been playing the piano for almost two years now. Her teacher, Rosario Gonzales has been guiding and teaching her since day 1. She is also a ballerina and and a member of her school's Chorale. She is passionate about the arts and would love to continue playing the piano and mastering this.
Nofelhea Temporado Gil - Bronze Medalist (Voice) - Qatar
Nofelhea Temporado Gil (also known as Leah Gil) won the Bronze Award on the 2022 Quebec International Music Competition.
Born on August 24, 1987 in Badio, Numancia, Aklan, Philippines. She graduated Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Saint Gabriel College, Kalibo, Aklan. Currently working in the State of Qatar as Registered Nurse and at the same time managing a business.
Leah has started singing a year ago during the covid-19 pandemic surge. To gain more knowledge about music, she decided to start attending music classes under the supervision of her music
teacher from IAID. In addition, she also joined Doha Singers - (one of a well-know and longest-running group of amateur singers in Qatar).
Here's a little message from her:
"I wanna share to all of you my happiness on obtaining a Bronze Award from the International Music Competition for the first time, it's an honor to be one of the participants. I didn't expect any award actually because I'm a beginner.
Thank you to my dear teacher (Mr. Jowin Mark Panizal) for the patient, generous instructions, and helping my progress on singing.." (by Leah Gil)