2020 Prizewinners

Category A

First Prize: Botian Yang (China)

Second Prize: Levin Zhang (USA)

Third Prize: Jiaxi Gao (USA)

Honorable Mention: Seohyeon Oh (Korea), Connor Tran (USA), Sophie Aguiar (USA)

Category B

First Prize: Sela Yarbrough (USA)

Second Prize: Sarah Tran (USA)

Third Prize: Kenneth Torres (USA)

Honorable Mention: Yu-Hsiang Yeh (USA), Hannah Lee (Korea), James Pan (USA)

Category C

First Prize: Elijah Wen (USA)

Second Prize: Allison Yun (USA)

Third Prize: Annabelle Li (USA)

Honorable Mention: Tara Zhong (USA), Eileen Jung (USA)

Category D

First Prize: Wayne Yang (USA)

Second Prize: Shaun Torkan (USA)

Third Prize: No third prize

Honorable Mention: Eric Lewy (USA), Richard Fung (USA)


Special Category Prizes

 

Category A

Best Performance of a Sonatina Movement: Botian Yang (China)

Best Performance of a piece from a method book (Faber, Alfred, Etc.): Emma Feldmann (USA)

Best Performance of a piece by a Russian Composer: Botian Yang (China)

 

Category B

Best performance of a sonata or sonatina movement: Hannah Lee (Korea)

Best performance of a piece by J.S.Bach: Yu-Chieh Yeh (USA)

 

Category C

Best performance of sonata movement: Annabelle Li (USA)

Best performance of a piece by J.S.Bach: Allison Yun (USA)

 

Category D

Best performance of a piece by Chopin: Wayne Yang (USA)

 

All categories

Best performance of a Baroque era piece: Allison Yun (USA)

Best performance of a Classical sonata movement: Annabelle Li (USA)

Best performance of a 19th century piece: Allison Yun (USA)

Best performance of a 20th/21st century composition: Elijah Wen (USA)