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International Competition of Romantic Music 2011 Dedicated to Franz Liszt

In 2011 American Protégé was celebrating the bicentennial of Franz Liszt with an International Competition of Romantic Music. The Competition was open to all instrumentalists (piano, piano duo, winds, strings, voice) of all nationalities and countries.

 

Franz Liszt is known not only as a great composer of the Romantic Era, but as an inventor of the piano recitals, piano virtuoso, teacher, arranger and conductor. Through his efforts, etudes, fantasies and rhapsodies became popular. Romantic music is easy to listen to and very approachable for any auditorium with or without special musical education. Until today Liszt remains one of the favorite composers for many young and professional performers.

 

The First and Second Place Winners Recitals took place at Weill Recital Hal at Carnegie Hall in New York City on

 

Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 1:30 PM  and on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

 

Special prizes for the best performance of a piece by Liszt and Scholarships were awarded to several winners based on the judges recommendations.

 

Judges

Four qualified judges were evaluating the audition materials. Dr. Sophya Genis was invited as a Chairwoman of the Competition. A graduate of the Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, Mrs. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov Milstein and Yakov Zak.

International Competition of Romantic Music 2011 Results:

Best Performance of Liszt Award Winners Jingzi Linda Ruan Brian Ho Sitan Chen Carolina Ramirez Morales Gerard Aimontche Piano                       DOB: 10-31-1997 Piano                      DOB:  6-4-1996 Piano DOB:  2-13-1995 Piano                      DOB:  8-4-1993 Piano                         DOB: 9-18-1991 Residence: Surrey, BC, Canada Teacher: Xiao Li Repertoire: Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 Residence: Potomac, MD, USA Teacher: Marjorie Lee Repertoire: Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 Residence: Suwanee, GA, USA Teacher: Dr. William Ransom Repertoire: Liszt, 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert IV. Der Erlkonig Residence: Heredia, Costa Rica Teacher: Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski Repertoire: Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 Scholarship Award Winner Residence: Moscow, Russia Teacher: Prof. Sergey Dorensky Repertoire: Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6   Best Performance Award Winner   William Wong Piano                      DOB:  2-7-2000 Residence: Flushing, NY, USA Teacher: Wei Chiu Repertoire: Chopin, "Heroic" Polonaise Op. 53   Scholarship Award Winner   Nicolas Giacalone Piano                         DOB: 9-18-1991 Residence: Manhasset, NY, USA Teacher: Dr. Ana Maria Bottazzi Repertoire: Chopin, Ballade 1, Op. 23 Young Musicians Category (age 5 to 9) First Place Winners Richard Gao, piano 8 Markham, ON, Canada Student of Louise Luo     Varvara Soyfer, piano 9 Guanacaste, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Claire Qing-Yi Liu, piano 9 Arcadia, CA Student of Lily Chu Chen     Second Place Winners Sunny Kim, piano 7 Santa Rosa, CA Student of Roxanne Michaelian     Serin Isabelle Park, violin 7 Fort Lee, NJ Student of Solim Shin     Natalia Liviani Tandiono, piano 8 Surabaya, Indonesia Student of Hendrata Prasetia     Gloria Cai, piano 8 Ellicott City, MD Student of Yu-Hua Gu     Stephanie Ding Draughon, piano 8 Ashburn, VA Student of Dr. Jun Yang     Third Place Winners Rio Mangini, piano 8 Sherman Oaks, CA Student of Gayane Sahakyan and     Prof. Grace Han     Hilary Zen, piano 9 New York, NY Student of Wei Chiu         Junior Category (age 10 to 13) First Place Winners Stella Sanchez Shih, piano 10 San Jose, Costa Rica Student of Tamara Sklioutovskaia     William Wong, piano 11 Flushing, NY Student of Wei Chiu     Szuyu Su, piano 13 Tainan City, Taiwan Student of Gwhyneth Chen     Kaylah Paquette, voice 13 Aurora, ON, Canada Student of Veronika Pressman     Harrison Li, piano 13 South Huntington, NY Student of Phillip Kawin     Second Place Winners James Sinigalliano, piano 10 New York, NY Student of Dr. Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi     Mykhaylo Pokras, piano 11 Kiev, Ukraine Student of Svitlana Sukhomlinova     Sarah R. Liu, piano 11 Arcadia, CA Student of Lily Chu Chen     Lorenzo Adamo, piano 11 Milano, Italy Student of Katya Genghini     Elise Zhao, piano 13 Hauppauge, NY Student of Joanne Polk     Jingzi Linda Ruan, piano 13 Surrey, BC, Canada Student of Xiao Li     Third Place Winners Sebastian Barrientos Espeleta, piano 11 San Jose, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Mariana Saenz, piano 12 San Jose, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Pamela Beine, piano 13 San Jose, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Honorable Mention Sophie Saremsky, piano 10 Chappaqua, NY Student of Chi-Wen Lee     Bao-Anh Nguyen, piano 10 Boca Raton, FL Student of Dr. Irena Kofman     Sebastian Piedra Rodriguez, piano 13 Cartago, Costa Rica Student of Tamara Sklioutovsky     Matthew Kim, piano 13 Leesburg, VA Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee         Intermediate Category (age 14 to 17) First Place Winners Spencer Kim, cello 15 Piedmont, CA Student of Jonathan Koh     Clark Pang, cello 15 Orinda, CA Student of Jonathan Koh     Brieuc Vourch, violin 15 New York, NY Student of Lewis Kaplan     Bryan Ho, piano 15 Potomac, MD Student of Dr. Marjorie Lee     Sitan Chen, piano 16 Suwanee, GA Student of Dr. William Ransom     Ryo Kono, piano 16 Mamaroneck, NY Student of Martin Canin     Roksana Kwasnikowska , violin 17 Koszalin, Poland Student of Prof. Jan Stanienda     Second Place Winners Nicolas Giacalone, piano 15 Manhasset, NY Student of Dr. Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi     Alan Yang, piano 15 Dresher, PA Student of Susan Lou     Lita Liviani Tandiono, piano 15 Surabaya, Indonesia Student of Hendrata Prasetia     Casey Costello, piano 15 Dedham, MA Student of Margarita Kotlyarova     Third Place Winners Hyeri Bae, piano 14 Suwanee, GA Student of Frances Yao     Nagima Karimova-Chaulet, piano 14 Paso Robles, CA Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Patrick Brandl Suarez, piano 15 Heredia, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Honorable Mention Emmeline Yoo, piano 16 Wyckoff, NJ Student of Theresa Kim         Advanced Category (age 18 and older) First Place Winners Stephanie Popovits, violin 18 Harzelia, Israel Student of Haim Taub     Shotaro Matsumoto, piano 19 Montebello, CA Student of Dr. Joel Clifft and     Ms. Nobuyo Nishizaka     Carolina Ramirez, piano 18 Heredia, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Michael Hansang Lee, violin 18 Seoul, Korea Student of Jungmi Kim     Giuseppe Gil Cano, piano 19 Turrialba, Costa Rica  Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Hector Estuardo Hernandez Villatoro, piano 19 Guatemala Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Gerard Aimontche, piano 20 Moscow, Russia Student of Sergey Dorensky     Mauricio Fernández Picado, piano 24 San Jose, Costa Rica Student of Ludmilla Meltzer and Luis Monge     Jane Kim, violin 28 New York, NY Student of Todd Phillips     Hye-ri Jang, cello 29 New York, NY Student of Janos Starker     Ar Ran Cho, piano 36 Daegu, Korea Student of William Heiles     Hue Jeong Jang, piano 37 Urbana, IL Student of Ian Hobson Takeaki Miyamae, flute 45 Pittsburgh, PA Second Place Winners Valeria Delgado Camacho, piano 24 Heredia, Costa Rica Student of Dr. Alexandr Sklioutovski     Kristie Janczyk, piano 28 Dallas, TX Student of Alfred Mouledous     Marissa M. Rebadulla-Ramos, piano 36 Seattle, WA Student of Peter Mack     Congratulations to All Winners!  Home | Contact Us | Privacy Policy

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