2021 Competition Winners:
Best Performance of Virtuoso Piece -
Amie Wuyu Shen, violin (NJ-USA) teachers: Nicholas Mann and Ming Feng Hsin
Promising Young Talent Award -
Antonina Rychlec, piano (Otwock-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
Piano Young Artist (16-18) -
1st Prize – Lawrence Liu (PA-USA) teacher: Tanya Gelman
2nd Prize – Wendy Zhang (MA-USA) teacher: Linda Shao
3rd Prize – Yuntian Lei (CA-USA) teacher: Primitivo Cervantes
Honorable Mention – Natalija Bozovic (SERBIA) teacher Sara Kutlesic
Timothy Guida (NY-USA) teacher Svetlana Gorokhovich
Piano Junior 2 (13-15) -
1st Prize – Melody Cui (CT-USA) teacher: Svitlana Fiorito
2nd Prize (tie) – Dawid Rytel (Otwock-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
Andrew Seel (CT-USA) teacher: Anh Rozman
3rd Prize (tie) – Anna Końca (Karczew-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
Kosta Nani (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Honorable Mention – Norah Petrozak (NY-USA) teacher: Caroline Park
Michael Zampardi (NY-USA) teacher: Matthew Maimone
Piano Junior 1 (10-12) -
1st Prize – Omar Halilovic (Sarajevo-BOSNIA) teacher: Amsal Ganović
2nd Prize – Antonina Rychlec (Otwock-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
3rd Prize (tie) – Klara Maria Przybysz (Karczew-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
Lucja Furmanek (Otwock-POLAND) teacher: Walentina Domoslawska
Honorable Mention – Lexuan Cheng (CHINA) teacher: Liang Liang
Mira Karahan (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Emily Ma – (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Sophia Scott – (NJ-USA) teacher: Michelle Uhler
Piano Primary 2 (8-9) -
1st Prize – Aleksandra Deshevaia (St. Petersburg-RUSSIA) teacher: Svetlana Izmailova
2nd Prize – Grace Wang (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
3rd Prize – Luke Wang (MA-USA) teacher: Liang Liang
Honorable Mention – Jacqueline Zheng (NY-USA) teacher: Caroline Park
Jinghan Lu (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Ellie Zhang (MA-USA) teacher: Liang Liang
Sophia Wong (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Piano Primary 1 (6-7) -
1st Prize – Liam Gao (MA-USA) teacher: Liang Liang
2nd Prize – Jocelyn Hu (MA-USA) teacher: Liang Liang
3rd Prize – Tina Zhang (CT-USA) teacher: Zhanna Cascello
Honorable Mention – Dakshith Balasubramaniam (CT-USA) teacher: Carita Hughes
Yihan Fang (MA-USA) teacher: Liang Liang
Baolong Liu (MA-USA) tteacher: Liang Liang
Strings Junior 2 (13-15) -
1st Prize – Nicole Razhanskiy, violin (CT-USA) teacher: Marina Kitaychik
2nd Prize – Eric Lu, cello (CT-USA) teacher: Patrick Sohn
Strings Junior 1 (10-12) -
1st Prize – Amie Wuyu Shen, violin (NJ-USA) teachers: Nicholas Mann and Ming Feng Hsin
2nd Prize – Jingheng Lu, cello (CT-USA) teacher: Benjamin Capps
3rd Prize – Duke Greenman, violin (CA-USA) teacher: Hyelin Jung
Honorable Mention – Logan Zeng, violin (FL-USA) teacher: Inna Chekryuk
Strings Primary (5-9) -
1st Prize – Yuanmei Zhao, violin (CT-USA) teacher: Marina Kitaychik
2nd Prize – Victoria Slobodina, violin (Ukraine) teacher: Boris Stepanenko
3rd Prize – Melanie Liang, violin (CT-USA) teacher: Marina Kitaychik
Honorable Mention – Kelly Zhang, violin (FL- USA) teacher: Inna Chekryuk
Winds Junior -
1st Prize - Qianxue Ge, flute (CT-USA) teacher: Karen Bogardus
2nd Prize - Isabella Deng, flute (CT-USA) teacher: Karen Bogardus
Voice Junior -
3rd Prize - Medha Singhania (CT- USA) teacher: Teresa Vicario
Honorable Mention - Luka Dolgov (CT-USA) teacher: Emily Solo
Voice Primary -
3rd Prize - Elodie Cotton (CT-USA) teacher: Emily Solo
Honorable Mention - Annika Adithya (CT-USA) teacher: Emily Solo
Composition Junior -
Honorable Mention - Kelly Hsu (NY-USA) teacher: Matthew Maimone
Composition Senior -
1st Prize - Sami Seif (Lebanon) teacher: Keith Fitch