First Place: Rebecca Sun Gold Medalist: Armen Dockter Jimmy Huang, 2023 Chopin NW Gold MedalistMichael Miropolsky, ConductorMonday, October 23rd, 2023. Gold Medalist: Sean Fedorov Honorable Mention: Stacey Gapeshina Honorable Mention: Emily Shang Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Cameron In the future, he hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a concert pianist. The Foundation of the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki-Zdrj was established in 1989, with the aim of maintaining and developing Chopinic traditions dating . It does not store any personal data. The piano was exquisite because in a lot of places I have performed it was not good enough. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Silver Medalist: Sean Fedorov Honorable Mention: Clarence Yan Gold Medalist: Amy Li It is in the prestigious setting of the Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle in the bois de Boulogne at the gates of Paris that the Chopin Festival has been welcoming music lovers from all over the world for over 37 years.. We feel very fortunate to be able to participate in various events and share at least a little bit of Ukrainian culture with all of you. Third Prize: Kayden Xu With participants across the globe in mind and the need to adjust to the time zone, the first two days will offer a relaxing atmosphere and trips to cultural and historical sites. Third Prize: Colin Sica Gold Medalist: David Samuel Silver Medalist: Hugo Dockter Honorable Mention: Eugene Yuan, Naomi Chau Lajkonik performs locally in Tucson at festivals, including the annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival, one of the largest cultural festivals in the Southwest, by selling delicious Polish food staples and with an extended dance performance. Prepare your video recording and take part in this unique and inclusive competitive event. Honorable Mention: Miah Li Bronze Medalist: JingYan Xu Honorable Mention: Aishwarya Vijay Presented by Seattle's Northwest Film Forum, the 25th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival is a virtual-and-in-person showcase of creative communities from throughout the Pacific Northwest.The 2022 program, which runs from September 16-25, features a competitive selection of curated short film programs and feature films, inviting regional artists to experiment, break, and remake popular . Honorable Mention: Kedar Chintalapati Silver Medalist: Joanna Huang Gold Star Performer: Mia Shi Silver Medalist: Noah Maeda Third Prize: Vera Youngquist President Dr. Steven Lagerberg opened a meeting with eight other Chopin enthusiasts in attendance. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Bronze Medalist: Haoran Cong Silver Medalist: Daniel Li We encourage you to participate and hope to see you soon. Born in Florence Italy, Roberto learned his craft . Second Place: Christina Yao Distinguished Gold Medalist: Lucas Lee During festival we will present award winning pianists from: Poland, Norway, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, Lithuania and Ukraine. Chopin Festival 2022 Summary We had a wonderful event with 12 participants: 10 live and 2 remote performances followed by lectures and recitals by our two judges and 6 master classes. Bronze Medalist: Shriya Sundar Gold Medalist: Hugo Dockter Currently, Jimmy serves the music peer community as a Secretary of the International Beethoven Society of Young Musicians which organizes fundraising for urgent global causes. The Chopin Academy of Music is a leader in the Seattle metro area, preparing students for high-level concerts, with opportunities to perform in prestigious venues and centers, such as Benaroya Hall, and now Carnegie Hall in NYC. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Second Place: Shichu (David) Liu Honorable Mention: Molly Xu, Second Place, Pre-Grade 2: Kayla Phung Third Place: Anya Louise Clemente Bronze Medalist: Levin Zhang All rights reserved. Silver Medalist: Jasper Wu Programme; Live broadcast; Photo; 75 Festival - 2020; 74 Festival - 2019; 73 Festival - 2018; 72 Festival - 2017; . Third Prize: Arnav Bablani Check back shortly. Aside from the solo piano competition, the festival also features guest recitals, master classes and lectures presented by world-class performers. Honorable Mention: Annika Renganathan First Prize: Yechong (Eric) Shan Second Place: Yasemin Ela Goktepe Honorable Mention: Lauren Lew Third Place: Joshua Kim First Prize: Jonathan Li Gold Medalist: William Feng Bronze Medalist: Jason Jiang Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble was founded in 2004 under the auspices of the. Third Place: Nicholas Chin He has won numerous gold and silver medals at the Chopin NW competition, SIPF Bach competition, as well as the Russian Music Festival competition. Jimmy also won Gold Medals in the Simon-Fiset competition, the Best of Festival in the Time Era Festival and Best First Timer at Simon-Fiset. The 2nd International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments will be held in October this year in Warsaw. Third Prize: Rebecca Sun Gold Medalist: Farrah Lee Lajkonik also performs at the Polish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and Serbian festivals in Phoenix and Tucson as well as in cities across the US including Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas Lajkonik is the first and only Polish dance group from Arizona invited to the International Festival of Polish Folk Dance Groups in Rzeszow, Poland, performing in 2014, 2017, and 2019; they plan to attend the next festival there in 2023. DIVISION A1 - ages 7 and underGOLD: Chloe Wang, Daniel Chiang, Molly WuSILVER: Aimee Tian Ai He, Annabelle Zhang, Crystal Jiao, Hailey Xu, Lingyi Li, Nathan Jiao, Sally GaoBRONZE: Agnivesh Chaudhuri, Amelia Fu, Bella Jiang, Caleb Casper, Catherine Dong, Ellie Zhang, Finley Cai, Kyle Tan, Roy Kim, Zachary ChenDIVISION A2 - age 8GOLD: Alvin Lee, Ru-Shan AnSILVER: Austin Miao, Jeffrey (Zixiao) Quan, Lucas Zheng, Nicole WangBRONZE: Brandon Yang, Ethan Xu, Sofia ShaoYilan JinDIVISION B1 - age 9GOLD: Cara Fan, Lingxi Chen, William FengSILVER: Dana Wang, Ella Qiu, Victoria Marie RamosBRONZE: Inez Ko, Jessie Wu, Sydney CuiDIVISION B2 - age 10GOLD: Jimmy Huang, Yuexi LuSILVER: Arabelle Grote, Joyce Ye, Kyle Liao, Lenka DzunicBRONZE: Angele Xiao, Eli Long, Eric Xue, Lourdes Ko, Simon Zhu, Toko OtaDIVISION C1 - age 11GOLD: Audrey Cui, Emily LiuSILVER: Eli Antony, Joshua Kwan, Nina IorikBRONZE: Hanen Guo, Nicolette YangDIVISION C2 - age 12GOLD: Enzo ZhaoSILVER: Emily QiBRONZE: Albert ZhangDIVISION D1 - age 13GOLD: Grace Li, Kyle YeungSILVER: Ashley Zong, Leah Im, Melanie Liu, Nicholas Grote, Zoe ZhangBRONZE: Allison Lin, Bill Wang, Bowen Leung, Chloe Woo, Leslie Park, Ruohan Huang, XiYuan GongDIVISION D2 - age 14GOLD: Brian Li, Jason Nam, William WangSILVER: Anna Yang, Harrison Li, Jason Kwon, Jeffrey Zhao, Jens Otterness, Michelle Cao, Yuanrui ZhaoBRONZE: Ashwin Krishnaswamy, Daniel Hsu, Elaina Mergler, Mingyue Yang, Sarah Youn, Todd MiaoDIVISION E1 - age 15GOLD: Earnest Wheelwright, Haolin CongSILVER: Eric Ma, Isaac Goldstein, Olivia Qi, Ryan ChungBRONZE: Bailing Hou, Chaochao Gu, Constantina Tsang, James Huang, Jamie Kwon, Meredith NamDIVISION E2 - age 16GOLD: Marcus Yeung, Minoo JangSILVER: Rachel HeBRONZE: Mia ChenDIVISION F - ages 17, 18GOLD: Joshua JungSILVER: John MenesesBRONZE: Lily JonssonDIVISION G - ages 19 and upBRONZE: Jennifer SineyCONCERTO DIVISION - ages 12 to 18GOLD: David Gatien, Jason NamGOLD ALTERNATE: Hyun YoonSILVER: Daniella Tsang, Jeffrey Zhao, Nicholas Grote, Ruohan Huang, Ryan ChungBRONZE: Chloe Song, Courtney Tam, Katie Shen, Madison Yeon, Melanie Liu, DIVISION A, 8 YEARS AND YOUNGER:GOLD:Alexander Wang, Brian Wu, Dana Wang, Emma Lu, Gavin Xi, Victoria Marie RamosSILVER: Brandon Yang, Rei Yamazono, Cara Fan, Lingxi Chen, Sydney Cui, Vince LeeBRONZE: Daniel Chiang, Nicole Wang, Caiden Kim, Yelin Liu, Yihan Li, Yvaine WangDIVISION B, 9-10 YEARS OF AGE:GOLD:Jimmy Huang, Joyce Ye, Eli Antony, Leonardo ZhouSILVER:Emily (Jiayao) Zhang, Arabelle Grote, Audrey Cui, Joshua Kwan, Nicolette Yang, Rebecca Li, Stephanie ChengBRONZE:Lenka Dzunic, Amy Wang, Angie Wang, Connor Wang, Sophia Kong, Hanen GuoDIVISION C, 11 AND 12 YEARS OF AGE: GOLD:David Gatien, Emily Qi, Itamar Adam, Melanie Yutong Liu, Nicholas Grote, Vivian JiangSILVER:Anne Xu, Enzo Zhao, Grace Li, Ruohan HuangBRONZE:Vivian Chang, Zelin Cen, Allison Lin, Leah Im, Leslie ParkDIVISION D, 13 AND 14 YEARS OF AGE: GOLD:Brian Li, Kaitlyn Gia Lee, Michelle Cao, William Wang, Chloe Song, Christina Hahn, Meredith NamSILVER:Angelina Xu, Courtney Tam, Harrison Li, Jason Nam, Ella Sumanaseni, Haolin Cong, Jonathan LiBRONZE:Chiara Rogers, Corey Zhang, Daniel Hsu, Todd Miao, Kelvin Wang, Olivia Qi, Penelope KeepDIVISION E, 15 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE: GOLD:Daniel Jung, Elsie Lu, Jonathan Zheng, Daniella Tsang, Dora-Ziyan Chen, Lily JonssonSILVER:August Baik, Grace Wang, Xuxuan Jin, Alan Ying, Benjamin Yu, Noah MartinezBRONZE:Lucas Tam, Mia Chen, Stefan Chita, Ana Howland, Kyra Li, Samuel Wang, Sanjay AkamDIVISION F, 17 and 18 YEARS OF AGE: GOLD:Alice Zhang, Terri JiSILVER:Cherry Yuan, Jaden Zhang, Nicole WangBRONZE:John Meneses, Sherri XuDIVISION G1, 19+ PROFESSIONAL:GOLD:Juo-Hsuan LiuSILVER:Trinity GofBRONZE:Jeonghyun LimDIVISION G2, ages 19+, AMATEUR:GOLD:Jennifer SineySILVER:Eva AwDIVISION H, 12 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE:GRAND PRIZE GOLD:Earnest WheelwrightGOLD ALTERNATE:Elsie Lu, Jonathan ShuSILVER:Courtney Tam, Lucas TamBRONZE:Jer-Shyan Chang, Kaitlyn Gia Lee, Ruohan Huang, DIVISION A: 8 YEARS AND YOUNGERGOLD:Vince Lee, Moxi ZhuSILVER:Sydney Cui, Jimmy HuangBRONZE:Dana Wang, Yihan LiDIVISION B: 9-10 YEARS OF AGEGOLD:Audrey Cui, Leonardo Zhou, Enzo Zhao, David GatienSILVER:Eli Antony, Seohwon (Ted) Yun, Joshua Kwan, Rebecca Li, Jingyan Ren, Isabel Kaempfer, Albert ZhangDIVISION C: 11-12 YEARS OF AGEGOLD:Eunrae Kim, Ashley Zong, Ella Cho, William Wang, Courtney TamSILVER:Melanie Yutong Liu, Naomi Elsing, Leslie Park, Benicia Zhu, Liam Krol, Kaitlyn Gia Lee, Jens OtternessBRONZE:Jeffrey Zhao, Jer-Shyan ChangDIVISION D: 13-14 YEARS OF AGEGOLD:Minjae Kim, Earnest Wheelwright, Meredith Nam, Mia Chen, Daniel Jung, August BaikSILVER:Olivia Qi, Christina Hahn, Sarah Kuang, Ryan Chung, Hanjia Guo, Ivory Wang, Stefan Chita,BRONZE:Minoo Jang, Jerry LiDIVISION E: 15-16 YEARS OF AGEGOLD:Noah Martinez, Ethan Sun, Nicole Wang, Adrian KingSILVER:Sandy HuangBRONZE:Jeffery Zhang, Dora-Ziyan Chen, Jonathan Shu, Estella XuDIVISION F: 17-18 YEARS OF AGEGOLD:Anthony SunSILVER:Andrea LiaoBRONZE:Christopher MarleyDIVISION G: 19 YEARS AND OLDERGOLD:Caleb WinslowSILVER:Godwin HongDIVISION H: CONCERTOGOLD:Nicole WangGOLD ALTERNATE:Dora-Ziyan ChenSILVER:Hyun Yoon, DIVISION A (ages 9 and under)GOLDDavid Gatien, Emily Qi , Yuna Yamagami, Eli AntonySILVER:Amour Luo, Isabel Kaempfer, Dana Wang, Elaina Guan, Ila Lu, Jimmy Huang, Joshua Kwan, Julian Huang, Leonardo Zhou, Moxi Zhu, Natalie Gan, Stephanie ChengDIVISION B (ages 10 and 11)GOLDNathaniel Zhang, Liam Krol, Ella Cho, Paul Wang, Corey Zhang, William WangSILVER:Arthur Gong, Ashley Zong, Avery Pun, Brett Zhang, Chloe Woo, Corlan Costello, Grace Li, Harrison Li, Jeffrey Zhao, Jiaqi Chen, Kaitlyn Gia Lee, Kayla Suherman, Roxy Jones, Ruohan Huang, Todd Miao, Tyler Regala, Zixi Nan, Ye-Eun HongDIVISION C (ages 12 and 13)GOLD:Stefan Chita, Lucas Tam, Constantina Tsang, Earnest Wheelwright, Ray ZhangSILVER:Adriana Patala, August Baik, Chloe Song, Christina Hahn, Elsie Liu, Elvin Li, Grace Wang, Haolin Cong, Hyun Yoon, Ian Schuler, Hyunjae Kim, James Huang, Jason Kim, Jeffrey Kwan, Zhirui Jerry Li, Katie Xiao, Kevin Luo, Meredith Nam, Minjae Kim, Nathan Yi, Minoo Jang, Olivia Qi, Rishitha Ravi, Ruslan Kim, Alison TanDIVISION D (ages 14 and 15)GOLD:Claire Kim, Edward Zhang, Young Park, Jonathan ShuSILVER:Adrian King, Alan Ying, Andrew Shaw, Angela Hu, Connor Yoon, Daniel Chen, Daniella Tsang, Devian Shukla, Ellen Li, Jesse Morris, Jacqueline Loeliger, John Meneses, Julia Liu, Julia Schraml, Nathan Hu, Nicole Wang, Sherri Xu, Samuel Wang, Noah Kim, Sandy HuangDIVISION E (ages 16 to 18)GOLD:Janet Phang , Quennie Nguyen, Jiongmin (Owen) Wang, Karen HainingSILVER:Kevin Yip, Christopher Marley, Elise Winkler, Lily Bai, Paige Wiesinger, Anthony SunDIVISION F (19 and up)GOLD:Reid WolchSILVER:Britanee Wong, Eva AwCONCERTO DIVISION:GOLD:Young Park, Benjamin Yu,CONCERTO DIVISION ALTERNATE:Edward ZhangCONCERTO DIVISION:SILVER:Alan Ying, Anna Wang, Quennie Nguyen, Jaelon Diloy-Mendoza, Hyun Yoon, Kelly Chen, Katie Shen, Michael Duan, Jaden Zhang, DIVISION A (ages 9 and under)GOLD:Emily Qi, Stephanie Cheng, Eunrae KimSILVER:Nicholas Grote, Vivian Jiang, Enzo ZhaoBRONZE:Dana Wang, David Gatien, Naomi Elsing, Lisa Gao, Leonardo Zhou, Skyla Yu, Moxi Zhu, Christina Zhuang , Eli AntonyDIVISION B (ages 10 and 11)GOLD:Ethan Xie, Ray Zhang, William WangSILVER:Earnest Wheelwright, Chloe Song, Haolin CongBRONZE:Anna Melomed, Elaina Mergler, Christina Hahn, Ella Sumanaseni, Liam Krol, Jeffrey ZhaoDIVISION C (ages 12 and 13)GOLD:Daniella Tsang, Young Park, Eashan VagishSILVER:Lynnsean Young, Stefan Chita, Jerry LiBRONZE:Dora-Ziyan Chen, Daniel Jung, Benjamin Yu, Alan YingDaniel Zhang, Jeenah Gwak, Alison TanDIVISION D (ages 14 and 15)GOLD:Jaden Zhang, Ethan Tan, Claire KuSILVER:Edward Zhang, Nile Camai, Jonathan ShuBRONZE:Scott Fisher, Jr., Claire Kim, Christina Stepin, Jesse Morris, Zeke Taton, Steve Silverberg, Sherri Xu, Claire JungDIVISION E(ages 16 to 18)GOLD:Owen Wang, Janet Phang, Shichu LiuSILVER:Deanna Han, Lily Bai, Megan LuBRONZE:Connor Zhang, Kathering Kuang, Ivan Tarasenkov, Jonathon Lin, Dajeong Yoon, Sonya Ribner, Michael DuanDIVISION F (ages 19 and up)GOLD:Luke RaffantiSILVER:Yimo Zhang, Cicy LiDIVISION G, CONCERTOGOLD:Edward ZhangSILVER:Deanna Han, DIVISION AGOLD:Michelle Cao, Roxy Jones, Yuna YamagamiSILVER:Emily Qi, Nicholas Grote, Chiara Rogers, Kaitlyn Gia Lee, Eunrae Kim, David GatienDIVISION BGOLD:Stephan Chita, Elsie Lu, Izabella TuSILVER:Raymond Zhang, Alison Tan, Sarah Zong, Sarah Yang, Ella Sumanaseni, Earnest Wheelwright, Ivory Wang, Olivia QiDIVISION CGOLD:Adrian King, Young Park, Eashan VagishSILVER:Sanjay Akam, Sandy Huang, Nicole Yang, Jesse Morris, Daniella Tsang, Benjamin Yu, Daniel ChenDIVISION DGOLD:Emily Park, Janet Phang, Megan LuSILVER:Andrea Liao, Allyson Lee, Emily Pan, Christopher Marley, Steve Silverberg, Connor Zhang, Kelly ChenDIVISION EGOLD:Caleb Ren, Shichu Liu, Kyran Park AdamsSILVER:Annie Yang, Jonathon Lin, Christopher Huang, Robert Yee, Bryan ZhaoDIVISION G CONCERTOGOLD:Stephen BinondoSILVER:Steve Silverberg. The Best Performance of a Chopin Work Award: Yechong (Eric) Shan Charleston International Music Competition - 2022 Spring Music Competition First Prize: William Feng 2022 Classical Viennese Festival Gold Star Performer: Vidyut Prasad Gold Star Performer: Mia Shi Gold Star Performer: Thea Yao Distinguished Gold Medal: Justin Chen