2021 Virtuoso Artists Festival Results

If you have found spelling mistakes or omissions, please write to cbloomberg@live.com. Corrections will be posted on or after July 1. 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, Dr. JinHee Kate Kim, Dr. Nicole Narboni, Dr. Minji Noh, Dr. Alexander Tutunov, and Dr. Francis Yang — all of whom greatly enjoyed hearing your submissions. Further instructions and medal, certificate, and comment sheet distribution will be published on or after July 1.

INSTRUMENTAL (OTHER THAN PIANO)

Instrumental Age 8 and Under
Gold: Iris Liu

Instrumental Ages 9 to 10 Multiple Works
Gold: Sara Kim
Silver: Kiana Lee
Bronze: Xintong Su

Instrumental Ages 9 to 10 Single Works
Gold: Rosie Yin

Instrumental Ages 11 to 12 Multiple Works
Gold: Calvin Chang
Silver: Karis Lee

Instrumental Ages 11 to 12 Single Works
Gold: Matthew Mak
Silver: Khaos Kook, Flora Yang
Bronze: Owen Wu, David Kim

Instrumental Ages 13 to 14 Multiple Works
Gold: Leah Everling

Instrumental Ages 13 to 14 Single Works
Gold: Derek Chang, Keying Li

Instrumental Ages 15 to 16 Multiple Works
Gold: LingZi Zhou

Instrumental Ages 15 to 16 Single Works
Bronze: Keefer Ho

Instrumental Ages 17 to 18 Multiple Works
Gold: Jeffrey Chen

Instrumental Ages 17 to 18 Single Works
Gold: Chelsea Xian
Silver: Charlie Chen

Instrumental Concerto Age 13 and Under
Gold: Claire Kim, Zachery Pun
Silver: Lauren Lee, Calvin Chang
Bronze: Rosie Yin, Kiana Lee

Instrumental Concerto Ages 14 to 18
Gold: Keying Li
Silver: Erica Yang, Eli Yang
Bronze: Izabela Hays, Yue Yu

PIANO DIVISIONS

Piano Solo Division Age 6 and Under Single Works
Gold: Farrah Lee, Celine Huang, Harper Li, Lena Fujita, Rebecca Li
Silver: Bella Jiang, Rachel Chow, Leyna Minami, Eleanor Liu
Bronze: Thea Yao, Orion Berg

Piano Solo Division Age 7 Single Works
Gold: Austin Miao, Lucas Zheng, Jamie Ma, Scarlett Yuen Ting Lo, Chloe Wang
Silver: Brian Liang, Adalyn Ng, Qian Shao, Elizabeth Taran, Anabelle Lo
Bronze: Joye Xu, Chloe Chu, Chloe Wu, Kevin Zhuang, Miranda Hu, Collin Liu

Piano Solo Division Age 8 Single Works
Gold: Ethan Cheng, Emma Bychkov, Kyrene Zhang, Jessie Wu, Rei Yamazono, Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn
Silver: Sophie Hu, Alex Li, Melissa Zberea, Vivien Lai, Boya Chen, Anya Parson, Kate Wong
Bronze: Alice Yang, Levin Zhang, Alan Zhang, Bella Cui, Doris Wang, Steven Lin

Piano: Solo Division 8 and Under Multiple Works
Gold: Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn, Alexander Wang, Chuyu Sun, Aimee Tian Ai He, Nicole Wang
Silver: Emmalyn Huang, Finley Cai, Jeremy Lien, Jasper Wu, Ikuto Mori
Bronze: Mia Jackson, Sophie Qin, Amelia Fu, Vivian Miao, Felix Chen, Liliana Mendakiewicz, Samuel Kuropatkin

Piano Solo Division Age 9 Single Works
Gold: Lana Minami, Ellie Chung, Marcus Sheun Him Lo, Sydney Cui, Lenka Dzunic
Silver: Tian Ze Kevin He, Claire Jiang, Diyor Sharipov, Joanna Huang, Daniel Li, Audrey Ballon
Bronze: Oliver Wang, Carolyn Yang, Andrew Liang, Alexandria Shieh, Frans van der Bogert
Honorable Mention: Aariv Engineer, Aaron Chen, Shashwat Srinivasan, Aaron Marin, Kate Gergov, Abigail Chow, Ekaterina Grebennikova, Diya Karthik

Piano Solo Division Age 10 Single Works
Gold: Taige Wang, Victor Zhao, Kyle Liao, Aiden Kim, Stephanie Cheng
Silver: Ruiyang (Ryan) Wang, Eric Lou, Anna Fitzgerald, Katherine Chen, Arabelle Grote
Bronze: Anna Surenyants, Miah Li, Victor Perrin, Kayla Hua, Amour Luo
Honorable Mention: Izaura Emans, Natalie Gan, Bibianna Yu

Piano Solo Division 9 to 10 Multiple Works
Gold: Ryan Wang, William Feng, Amour Luo, Dana Wang, Nina Iorik
Silver: Simon Zhu, Kylie Zhang, Anna Li, Kevin Wang
Bronze: Charles Miao, Lily Chen, William Wu
Honorable Mention: Raeana Baradi, Melanie Orr, Hengsheng Wang

Piano Solo Division Age 11 Single Works
Gold: Audrey Cui, Eva Akulova, Eny Chen, Jacob Cai, Haruka Hirai
Silver: Elaina Guan, Alexandra Deschenes, Lucas Lee, Princeton Kang, Jonathan Xie,
Bronze: Adrian Marin, Elena Codreanu, Marietta Kazatski, Cornelia Busuioc, Zinedine Smith, Raphael Denuit
Honorable Mention: Kenney Ma, Audrey Shieh, Arnav Bablani, Hoai-An Tran, Caden Chau, Chloe Mergler, Urban Shin, Abhinav Nandakishor, Sophia Qi, Lucas Ma

Piano Solo Division Age 12 Single Works
Gold: Ayman Ehrlander, Alexander Toutanov, Yeriel Kim, Cooper Swart
Silver: Jimin Lee, Ashley Zong, Yohaan Ardeni, Vivian Jiang
Bronze: Joseph Lee, Mark Kudrya, Edmond Hu, Frank Ouyang
Honorable Mention: Peggy Huynh, Matilda Simmons, Chloe Perrin, Sasha Borodina

Piano Solo Division Age 11 to 12 Multiple Works
Gold: Catherine Xie
Silver: Chris Zang, Xiaoyong (Tom) Li, Isabelle Kaempfer, Brandon Osckar, Phil Yao, Maika Mori
Bronze: Abhinav Iyer, Vika Aleynikov
Honorable Mention: Emily Shang, Christine Lien

Piano Solo Division Age 13 Single Works
Gold: William Wang, Kayla Suherman, Owen Wang, Ariel Little, Jeffrey Zhao
Silver: Nicholas Grote, Aidan Zhang, Corey Zhang, Trinity Yun, Harrison Li
Bronze: Esther Sun, Sophie Wang, Kedar Chintalapati, Matthew Ng, Naomi Elsing
Honorable Mention: Sophia Frahm, Micah Li, Elizabeth Cameron, Alyssa Price, Ivan Malov

Piano Solo Division Age 14 Single Works
Gold: Jerry Zheng, Jonathan Li, Constantina Tsang, Meredith Nam
Silver: Isaac Goldstein, Jasmine Yi, Maxwell Shi, Priyanka Thiagarajan, Paloma Oh, Ella Sumanaseni
Bronze: Ethan Go, Taissia Thesmann, Aman Kumar, Maya Barmada, Leo Chun, Munan Cheng, Rachel Han
Honorable Mention: Esther Carl, Etasha Thareja, Jacob Arquiza, Caleb Sica, Elaina Mergler, Freya Frahm, Anosh Ardeni

Piano Solo Division Age 13 to 14 Multiple Works
Gold: Jeffrey Zhao, Mingyue Yang, Sophia Lin
Silver: Justin Chen, Katie Liu, Sean Federov, Siddharth Baasri
Bronze: Jennifer Han, Noah Maeda, Rachael Ing, Tatyana Zdanevskaia
Honorable Mention: Shreya Sahoo, Aarohi Gandhi, Vera Youngquist

Piano Solo Division Age 15 Single Works
Gold: Minoo Jang, Eric Shan, Rebecca Sun
Silver: Uina Yamaguchi, Miles Chanbai, Travis Lee, Jiaming Zhang
Bronze: James Huang, Rishitha Ravi, Annika Renganathan, Safia Barmada
Honorable Mention: Huy Tran, Jungsol Lee, Hana Gutierrez, Johnny Shen

Piano Solo Division Age 16 Single Works
Gold: Joshua Jung, Frederick Chiu, Keith Christensen
Silver: Tara Zhong, Sofia Marina, Vivian Wang, Hsin-Yu Tuan
Bronze: Andrew Zhou, Noah Kim, Kevin Luo, Noah Martinez
Honorable Mention: Sanjay Akam, Medhya Goel, Helen Xie, Aparna Srinidhi Jagannathan, Grace Sun, Ien Hsiung, Eric Ye

Piano Solo Division Age 15 to 16 Multiple Works
Gold: Colin Sica
Silver: Isabelle Easterbrook
Bronze: Tiger Sun
Honorable Mention: Ebru Serce

Piano Solo Division: Age 17 to 18 Single Works
Gold: John Meneses, Lily Jonsson, Ursula Hardianto
Silver: Philip Popa, Elizabeth Hwang, Jeenah Gwak
Bronze: Matthew Borichewski, William Norden, Hailey North
Honorable Mention: Daniella Tsang, Braeden Giaconi, Sophia Beams

Piano Solo Division Ages 17 to 18, Multiple Works
Gold: Angela Lee
Silver: Jaden Zhang
Bronze: Dora Chen

Piano Solo Division Ages 19 and Up Single Works
Gold: Dylan Nguyen, Marina Barnes
Silver: Maggie Xu, Kate Park

Piano Solo Division Age 19 and Up Multiple Works
Gold: Bruce Leto, Jr.
Silver: Hailun Wu
Bronze: Georgina Lavery

Piano Solo Division Professional Single Works
Gold: Wenxing Zeng
Silver: Marina Bengoa Roldan

Piano Solo Division Professional Multiple Works
Gold: Bruce Leto, Jr.

Piano Concertos Age 13 and Under
Gold: Jeffrey Zhao, Melanie YuTong Liu
Silver: Mac Chen, Jason Nam

Piano Concertos Ages 14 to 18
Gold: Eric Shan, Rebecca Sun, Minjae Kim

Piano Concertos Age 19 and Older
Gold: Nicholas Mendez Del Valle

Chamber Music Age 13 and Under
Gold: Hyun Yoon and Patrick Yoon
Silver: Daniel Mun and David Mun, Kaitlyn Gia Lee and Vince Lee
Bronze: Ella Grishin and Elena Codreanu, Caiden Kim and Chloe Kim
Honorable Mention: Cornelia Busuioc and Melissa Zberea, Lourdes Ko and Inez Ko, Emma Bychkov and Elizabeth Taran, Wesley Chung and Ellie Chung, Eilean McLaurin and Ariel Little, Dimitri Levchenko and Ivan Malov

Chamber Music Ages 14 to 18
Gold: Sofia Marina, Cathy Cho, Andrew Kim
Silver: Alesia Levchenko and Kristina Didenko
Bronze: Ryan Chung and Rachel Chung

Chamber Music Professional
Gold: Wenxing Zeng and Sebastian Arredondo