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2009 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition
was extremely successful musical event, which attracted applicants
and participants from the US, China, Korea, England, France, Canada,
Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Armenia and Costa Rica. The Competition Recitals
were held at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin
Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. The program for all Winners
Recitals is available at
Recitals Program page.
Dr. Sophya Genis was elected as a Chairwoman
of the Competition 2009. A graduate of the Moscow Gnessin Academy of
Music, Ms. Genis holds a Doctor of Music Arts Degree. She studied
piano with such renowned professors as Alexander Yoheles, Yakov
Milstein and Zack.
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American
Protégé |
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International Piano and Strings Competition |
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First Prize
Winners: |
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Age Group 5 to 10: |
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Derek Wang,
piano |
10 |
Massachusetts |
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Student of Dorothy Shi |
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Nicholas
Allgeier, piano |
10 |
North Carolina |
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Student of John Ruggero |
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Anna Han,
violin |
10 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Elizabeth Faidley |
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Age Group 11 to 14: |
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Jake
Taylor, cello |
11 |
New York |
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Student of Vladimir Panteleyev |
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Yaegy Park,
violin |
11 |
Texas |
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Student of Kyung Sun Lee |
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Yuka
Kubota, violin |
11 |
Maryland |
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Student of Klara Berkovich |
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Chaeyoung
Park, piano |
11 |
Kansas |
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Student of Jack Winerock and
Whain Lee |
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Steve Hsu,
piano |
12 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Veda Zuponcic |
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Miranda
Liu, violin |
12 |
Austria |
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Student of Paul Roczek |
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Auburn Lee,
piano |
13 |
Texas |
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Student of John Weems |
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Wendy Hou,
piano |
14 |
Connecticut |
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Student of Svitlana Fiorito |
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Age Group 15 to 18: |
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Aaron
Huang, piano |
15 |
New York |
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Student of Dr. Ronn Yedidia |
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Jim Isaac
Chua, piano |
15 |
Washington |
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Student of Hania Dec |
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Kevin Kuh,
violin |
16 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Tali Kravitz |
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Katherine
Sebring, piano |
17 |
Netherland |
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Student of Marietta Petkova |
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Yang Song, piano |
17 |
China |
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Student of Phillip Kawin |
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Aileen LI,
piano |
17 |
New York |
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Student of Sheryl Canellakis |
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Reed
Tetzloff, piano |
17 |
Minnesota |
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Student of Dr. Paul Wirth |
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Beatrice
Söderberg, piano |
18 |
New York |
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Student of Ubaldo Diaz-Acosta |
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Rachel
Chung, piano |
18 |
Massachusetts |
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Student of Gregg Pauley and
Katherine Chi |
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College Students and Professionals: |
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Patrick
Kreeger, piano |
19 |
Pennsylvania |
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Student of Susan Starr |
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SooJin Ahn,
piano |
20 |
New York |
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Student of James Tocco |
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Ashlee Young,
piano |
21 |
Montana |
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Student of Dorothea Cromley |
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Myung-Ji
Lee, piano |
23 |
Pennsylvania |
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Student of Sergey Schepkin |
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John Irrera,
violin |
23 |
New York |
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Student of Zvi Zeitlin |
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Emiko Miura,
piano |
24 |
United Kingdom |
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Student of Kathryn Stott |
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Kristie
Janczyk, piano |
25 |
Texas |
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Student of Alfred Mouledous |
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Jacob Ertl,
piano |
25 |
New York |
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Student of Belita True |
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Hye-Won Jo,
piano |
26 |
Illinois |
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Student of Timothy Ehlen |
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Joseph Irrera,
piano |
26 |
New York |
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Jan Bartos,
piano |
27 |
New York |
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Student of Zenon Fishbein |
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Hayarpi
Grigoryan, piano |
27 |
Armenia |
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Marina
Vardanyan, piano |
29 |
Armenia |
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Seungmi
Jung, piano |
27 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Dr. Min Kwon |
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Wei-Ya Lai,
piano |
28 |
Ohio |
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Student of James Tocco |
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Young Park,
piano |
28 |
New York |
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Student of Dr. Min Kwon |
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Chiacheng
Naomi Sen, piano |
29 |
California |
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Student of Paul Berkowitiz |
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Krystian
Tkaczewski, piano |
29 |
Connecticut |
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Student of Oxana Yablonskaya |
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Sunjin Kim,
violin |
30 |
Illinois |
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Student of Simin Ganatra |
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Jung Eun
Lee, piano |
30 |
Illinois |
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Student of Dr. William Heiles |
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Nicolas
Horvath, piano |
31 |
France |
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Student of Patrick Zygmanowski |
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Ji Young
Lee, piano |
31 |
Ohio |
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Student of Eugene Pridonoff |
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Myung-Jin
Paik, piano |
32 |
South Korea |
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Student of Gilbert Kalish |
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Soyoon Yim,
piano |
34 |
Ohio |
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Student of Eugene Pridonoff |
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Junko
Nagaya, piano |
34 |
Japan |
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Soohyun Yun,
piano |
36 |
Illinois |
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Student of Ian Hobson |
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Jayoung
Hong, piano |
36 |
Kansas |
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Student of Dr. Jack Winerock |
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Sem
Cerritelli, piano |
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Italy |
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Jung Sook
Choi, mezzo soprano |
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South Korea |
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American
Protégé |
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International
Piano and Strings Competition |
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Second Prize
Winners: |
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Age |
Country/State |
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Age Group 5 to 10: |
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Tiffany
Koo, piano |
6 |
California |
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Student of Mikhail Korzhev |
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Victoria Krylova, piano |
7 |
New York |
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Student of Marina Rogozhina |
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Kenneth Rye Naito, violin |
8 |
Maryland |
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Student of Elizabeth Faidley |
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DeeAnn Guo, piano |
9 |
New York |
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Student of Shenghni Wu Chen |
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Maya Richter Fortune, violin |
9 |
Maryland |
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Student of Elizabeth Faidley |
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Nathan Grabow, piano |
10 |
Pennsylvania |
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Student of Roger Hayden |
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Age Group 11 to 14: |
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Dimitri Malignan, piano |
11 |
France |
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Student of Nicolas Horvath |
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Hannah Hernandez, violin |
11 |
New
Jersey |
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Student of Elizabeth Faidley |
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Felix Jarrar, piano |
13 |
Connecticut |
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Student of Vurton Hatheway |
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Carson Malen, piano |
13 |
Utah |
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Student of Susan Duehlmeier |
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Kalen J.
Winfrey, piano |
14 |
New York |
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Student of Joseph Iberra |
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Age Group 15 to 18: |
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Jonathan Duarte, piano |
15 |
Costa Rica |
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Student of Dr. Alexandr
Sklioutovski |
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Heather Elizabeth Zhang, piano |
15 |
New York |
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Student of Ronn Yedidia |
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Jennifer Yoon, Piano |
16 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Donald Dolan |
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MinAh Kim, Piano |
17 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Jim-Kyung Park |
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Joyce Kuo, piano |
17 |
New Jersey |
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Student of Ronn Yedidia |
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Bruno Ferrari, piano |
18 |
California |
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Student of Val Underwood |
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College Students and Professionals: |
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Solomon Eichner, piano |
20 |
New York |
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Student of Arkady Aronov |
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Kaifan Wang,
piano |
21 |
China |
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Student of Ken Wilson |
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Miroslava
Mintcheva, Piano |
33 |
Colorado |
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Student of Doris Pridonoff
Lehnert |
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Amateur: |
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Kingsley A.
Matthew, piano |
38 |
New York |
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Student of Dr. Emily White |
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American
Protégé |
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International
Piano and Strings Competition |
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Honorable
Mention Winners: |
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College Students and Professionals: |
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John Provine,
piano |
25 |
California |
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Student of Yoshikazu Nagai |
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Mei-En Chou,
piano |
27 |
Louisiana |
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Sunyoung Ju, piano |
30 |
Kansas |
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Student of Jack Winerock |
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Rebeca
Boyd, violin |
33 |
New York |
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Student of Zvi Zeitlin |
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Kathy L. Ito,
piano |
53 |
California |
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