2022 Virtuoso Artists Festival Results
Our thanks to this year’s esteemed adjudicators:
As a reminder, all results are final and unappealable. We thank you for your participation, and we are grateful for the expertise and energy of our jurors, Jungheng Chen, Christopher McKiggan, Kelli Stephens, Alexander Tutunov, and Francis Yang — all of whom greatly enjoyed hearing your submissions. Further instructions and medal, certificate, and comment sheet distribution will be published in the coming days. Comment sheets will be dispersed directly to participants via email. Be sure to share them with your teachers. Note that some participants who did not receive a prize are not listed below, but will receive participation certificates.
All participants are to be congratulated on your dedication and hard work! Congratulations to the performers, families, and many talented instructors that made this event possible. Browse below and find the video performances of the many distinguished gold medalists.
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CHAMBER MUSIC: 2 PERFORMERS, AGES 13 AND UNDER
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Cornelia Busuioc and Melissa Zberea, piano
Gold Medalist(s): Samuel Kuropatkin and Jacob Nikulin, piano
CHAMBER MUSIC: 2 PERFORMERS, AGES 14 TO 18
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Vince Lee and Kaitlyn Gia Lee, piano
Gold Medalist(s): Katie Hu, and Adelle Fong, Flute, Sichen Ma, Piano Accompaniment; Jamie Kwon, Jason Kwon, and Jane Kwon, piano
Silver Medalist(s): Anosh Ardeni and Yohaan Ardeni, piano; Ariel Little and Alesia Levchenko, piano
Bronze Medalist(s): Ien Hsiung and Noa Hsiung, Piano
CONCERTO: AGES 13 AND UNDER
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Melanie Yutong Liu
Gold Medalist(s): Sara Kim, Lucille Qin
Silver Medalist(s): Mac Chen, Karis Lee, Kiana Lee
Bronze Medalist(s): Ryan Lee
CONCERTO: AGES 14 TO 18
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Justin Chae, Logan Chu, Julia Yi
Gold Medalist(s): Lauren Lee, Henry Tushman
Silver Medalist(s): Lucia Bury, Jason Nam
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL: AGE 8 AND UNDER (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Joy Zhan
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL: AGES 9 TO 10 (SINGLE WORKS)
Gold Medalist(s): Charlene Chen, Yuexi Lu
Silver Medalist(s): Stephen Cui
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL: AGES 11 TO 12 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Max Shen
Gold Medalist(s): Chloe Cao, Xiaoan Chen Ping
Silver Medalist(s): Nathaniel Chung, Rosie Yin
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL: AGES 13 TO 14 (SINGLE WORKS)
Gold Medalist(s): Felicia Qiang, Florence Qiang
Silver Medalist(s): Katie Hu, David Lin, Hannah Ma
Bronze Medalist(s): Diana Lin
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL: AGES 15 TO 16 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Brian Wei, Derrick Xian
Gold Medalist(s): Chloe Hua, Eddie Qiwu Yin
Silver Medalist(s): Angela Dong
SOLO PIANO: AGE 8 AND UNDER (MULTI WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Lucas Zheng – link 2
Gold Medalist(s): Paige Choi, Vivian Miao, Grace Sun, Blaire Wang, Vivian Wolfe, Jasper Wu, Caroline Zhang
Silver Medalist(s): Kandice Chen, Haoran Cong, Olivia Lee, Anya Liu, Joye Xu
SOLO PIANO: AGE 8 AND UNDER (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Hailey Xu
Gold Medalist(s): Finley Cai, Celine Huang, Crystal Jiao, David Samuel, Minlada Tangmanophienchai, Chloe Wang, Molly Wu, Ethan Xu, Lucas Zheng, Carol Zou
Silver Medalist(s): Abby Chao, Amelia Fu, Andrew Hu, Miranda Hu, Roy Kim, Farrah Lee, Anabelle Lo, Scarlett Lo, Vidyut Prasad, Sylva Zhou
Bronze Medalist(s): Sean Adam, Rachel Chow, Layla Compton, Eason Gao, Edgar Li, Adalyn Ng, Qian Shao, Shashank Srinivasan, Emily Wang, Rocky Xue, Evelyn Zhang, Frida Zhang
Honorable Mention(s): Amy Li, Anna Luo, Sunney Shi, Celine Woo, Jonathan Wu
SOLO PIANO: AGES 9 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Jessie Wu
Gold Medalist(s): Ru-Shan An, Lingxi Chen, Sophie Hu, Alex Li, Winston Ning, Anya Parson, Andrew Sun-zhuang, Nancy Wang, Kate Wong
Silver Medalist(s): Reed Benedict, Samuel Kuropatkin, Doris Wang, Olivia Wang, Harry Zhang, Levin Zhang
Bronze Medalist(s): Larisa Wangwittaya, Andrea Yang
SOLO PIANO: AGES 9 TO 10 (MULTI WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Julian Tushman – link 2 – link 3
Gold Medalist(s): Joanna Huang
Silver Medalist(s): Alexa Maldonado, Lillian Mergler, Angela Song, Catherine Tang, Kyrene Zhang, Simon Zhu
Bronze Medalist(s): Aubrey Liang, Fitzhugh McCullough, Kashvi Takrani, JingYan Xu
SOLO PIANO: AGES 10 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Sydney Cui, William Feng, Yuexi Lu
Gold Medalist(s): Katelyn Denq, Caiden Kim, Charles Miao
Silver Medalist(s): Steffi Lau, Mia Pham, Victoria Marie Ramos, Chanutpapha Yuwannakul
Bronze Medalist(s): Aaron Jin, Jane Kwon, Daniel Li, Andrew Liang, Mia Liu, Marcus Lo, Jacob Nikulin, Catherine Tang, Wataru Verson
Honorable Mention(s): Abigail Chow, Jimmy Feng, Olivia Liang, Aaron Marin, Shashwat Srinivasan
SOLO PIANO: AGES 11 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Emily Liu
Gold Medalist(s): Kyle Liao, Toko Ota, Arisa Wangwittaya, Jonathan Yang, Patrick Yoon
Silver Medalist(s): Anna Fitzgerald, Anna Li, Eric Lou, Cameron Perez
Bronze Medalist(s): Antara Jagadish, Nora Seide, Frances Shen, Remi Wang, Kylie Zhang
SOLO PIANO: AGES 11 TO 12 (MULTI WORKS)
Gold Medalist(s): Anna Li, Steven Xu, Victor Zhao
Silver Medalist(s): Skyla Chon, Amour Luo, Kylie Zhang
Bronze Medalist(s): Raphael Denuit, Alexis Liu, Lucas Ma
Honorable Mention(s): Ekaterina Grebennikova
SOLO PIANO: AGES 12 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Audrey Cui, Lucas Lee
Gold Medalist(s): Angie Wang Ai, Alice Chen, Albert Zhang
Silver Medalist(s): Jacob Cai, Alexandra Deschenes, Chloe Mergler, Alexander Vollmer, Isabel Yang, Chris Zang, Anna Zhu
Bronze Medalist(s): Cornelia Busuioc, Noah Casper, Michelle Han, Seungmin Ka, Anessa McCullough, Yilin Tong, Stephanie Wang
Honorable Mention(s): Toprak Celikel, Caden Chau, Sungwoo Cho, Adrian Marin
SOLO PIANO: AGES 13 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Yohaan Ardeni, Phil Yao
Gold Medalist(s): Ian Letson, Grace Li, Alexander Toutanov, Lawrence Yeh
Silver Medalist(s): Edmond Hu, Anastasiya Netchaeva, Julia Pasca, Luke Zeng
Bronze Medalist(s): Jessica Chen, Abhinav Iyer, Emma Lu, Isabella Yang
Honorable Mention(s): Christine Lien
SOLO PIANO: AGES 13 TO 14 (MULTI WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Jeffrey Zhao – link 2 – link 3
Gold Medalist(s): Sherry Fei, Rachael Ing, Mingyue Yang, Ashley Zong
Silver Medalist(s): Daniel Major, Matthew Ng
Bronze Medalist(s): Raymond He, Esther Sun
SOLO PIANO: AGES 14 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Alexander Du – link 2, Jeffrey Zhao
Gold Medalist(s): Sean Fedorov, Ariel Little, Aidan Zhang
Silver Medalist(s): Kedar Chintalapati, Aarohi Gandhi, Micah Li, Aarav Srivastava, Julia Vo
Bronze Medalist(s): Justin Chen, Andy Gu, Alex Kim, Anika Samuel
Honorable Mention(s): Shreya Sahoo
SOLO PIANO: AGES 15 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Minjae Kim, Ava Zhang
Gold Medalist(s): Anna Melomed, Ella Sumanaseni
Silver Medalist(s): Alicia Aggarwal, Haolin Cong, Ethan Go, Noah Maeda, Elaina Mergler, Paloma Oh, Michelle Wang, Earnest Wheelwright, Jasmine Yi
Bronze Medalist(s): Cedric Denui, Vera Youngquist
Honorable Mention(s): Anya Clemente
SOLO PIANO: AGES 15 TO 16 (MULTI WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Eran Fann – link 2 – link 3, Henry Tushman – link 2 – link 3
Silver Medalist(s): Siddharth Baasri
Bronze Medalist(s): Ishika Kumar, Etasha Thareja
SOLO PIANO: AGES 16 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Minoo Jang
Gold Medalist(s): Rachel He, Elisha Myoung, Minh Pham, Hansley Wang
Silver Medalist(s): Rebecca Sun, Chloe Wu, Jiaming Zhang
Bronze Medalist(s): James Huang, Johnny Shen
Honorable Mention(s): Annika Renganathan, Tiger Sun
SOLO PIANO: AGES 17 to 18 (MULTI WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Jeslyn Cai – link 2
Bronze Medalist(s): Colin Sica
SOLO PIANO: AGES 17 TO 18 (SINGLE WORKS)
Distinguished Gold Medalist(s): Andrew Lin
Gold Medalist(s): Evan Mao
Silver Medalist(s): Kevin Luo
Bronze Medalist(s): Matthew Hrmich, Grace Sun
Honorable Mention(s): Veronique Gunawan, Joshua Kim
SOLO PIANO: AGES 19+ (MULTI WORKS)
Gold Medalist(s): Bruce Leto, Jr.
SOLO PIANO: AGES 19+ (SINGLE WORKS)
Bronze Medalist(s): Anna Zhu
SOLO PIANO: PROFESSIONAL (MULTI WORKS)
Gold Medalist(s): Bruce Leto, Jr.