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WINNERS
Kaleidoscope Music Competition
Fall 2022

Audience Award Winner

Maritza Ysabela Goldin, United States, Piano

Competition Winners

Charlotte Li, United States, Piano

First Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Allegro in B flat Major K.3

Teacher: Yazhima Tsybikova

Pintra Leeswadtrakul, Thailand, Piano

Second Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old

Friedrich Burgmüller , Arabesque Op. 100 No. 2

Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri

Joey Liang, Hong Kong, Piano

Second Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old

Friedrich Burgmüller, Tarantella, Op. 100 No. 20

Teacher: Dr. Suvida Neramit-Aram

Maritza Ysabela Goldin, United States, Piano

Second Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old

Louis Streabbog, The Rooster's Waltz

Teacher: Elena Fomicheva

Naphat Chalokepunrat, Thailand, Piano

Third Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 5 – 6 years old

Friedrich Burgmüller, Innocence Op. 100 No. 5

Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri

Kazef Liang, United States, Piano

Third Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old

Frederic Chopin, Waltz in A minor

Teacher: Lusine Avagyan

Esme Tran, United States, Piano

Grand Prize

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old

Bela Bartok, Roumanian Folk Dances

Teacher: Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein

Abby Chan, Australia, Piano

First Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old

Johann Sebastian Bach, Invention No. 4 BWV 775

Teacher: Natalia Tkachenko

Amanda Zoya Kierun, Poland, Piano

First Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old

Frederic Chopin, Nocturne in C-sharp MInor op. posth

Teacher: Jolanta Ptasinska

Bonnie Zhang, United States, Piano

Third Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 9 – 10 years old

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, April from The Seasons, Op. 37b

Teacher: Tatyana Bayliyeva

Peyton Yang, United States, Piano

First Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old

Frederic Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1

Teacher: Olga Urick, Adam Wibrowski

Wang Yuehan, China, Piano

Third Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Junior Category, 11 – 12 years old

Frederic Chopin, Etude Op. 25 No. 2

Teacher: Shen Si

Danny Shing, United States, Piano

Grand Prize

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old

Enrique Granados, Valses Poeticos: 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8

Teacher: Karine Koroukian

Benjamin Sessions, United States, Piano

First Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata Op. 1 No. 1

Teacher: Dr. Anna Kislitsyna

Roslyn Lee, United States, Piano

Second Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Musical Moment No. 4

Teacher: Cindy Lee

Fangfei Ding, China, Organ

First Place

Keyboard Competition, General (Less competitive)

Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old

Louis Vierne, Organ Symphony No. 3: Final

Jeslyn Cai, United States, Piano

Grand Prize

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 36, First movement: Allegro agitato

Teacher: Dr. Peter Mack, Mrs. Karlyn Brett

Piers Rhee, United States, Piano

Third Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old

Frederic Chopin, Ballade Op. 23 No. 1

Teacher: Yun-Ling Hsu

Huang Yijun, China, Organ

First Place

Keyboard Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Maurice Duruflé, Organ Suite Op. 5, Third movement: Toccata

Teacher: Shen Yuan

Zhang Youjie, China, Violin

First Place

Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)

Young Musicians Category, 7 – 8 years old

Ober, Tambourine Dance

Teacher: Shihui Li

Accompanist: Yuxuan Mao

Kokoro Maruyama, Japan, Violin

First Place

Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)

Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in F, First movement: Allegro

Teacher: Pisoot Saay-Op-Oua

Kaira Soin, United States, Sitar

Second Place

Strings Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Junior Category, 13 – 14 years old

Pt. Indrajit Banerjee, Raag Kirwani in Teentaal

Teacher: Mr. Randy Hollinger

Yuna Koh, Canada, Violin

First Place

Strings Competition, General (Less competitive)

Musicians without a professional degree, 18+

Johann Sebastian Bach, Allemande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Teacher: Sarah Fraser-Raff

Naomi Jansson, United States, Flute

Second Place

Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Concerto in G Major

Teacher: Liling Chen

Accompanist: Anny Cheng

Simone Delbene, Italy, Trumpet

Second Place

Woodwinds and Brass Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Stanley Friedman, Solus

Teacher: Mario Bracalente

Elisa Rossetti, Taiwan, Voice

First Place

Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Porgi Amor

Teacher: Hung Hsiao Huan, Katia Kuang- Hui Chang

Accompanist: Hung Hsiao Huan

Jirat Chiaranaipanich, Thailand, Voice

First Place

Voice Competition, General (Less competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Giuseppe Giordani, Caro Mio Ben

Teacher: Dr. Fueanglada Prawang Carlson

Accompanist: Miss. Kornthida Khotawanich

Yang Yang, China, Composition for strings and woodwind instruments

Third Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 15 – 16 years old

Chickadee

Teacher: Wenpei Ju

Zhirui Zhang, China, Composition for percussion, brass & strings instruments

Second Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

Intermediate, 17 – 18 years old

The Scream of Grassland

Teacher: Wenpei Ju

Shi Xuemeng, China, Composition for Piano

First Place

Composition Competition, General (Less competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Dig with a Hoe

Teacher: Xu Jianqiang

Chenkang Ni, China, Composition

Grand Prize

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

City in the Dream for Chorus and Orchestra, Fifth movement: Rise

Teacher: Xianglin Zhou

Accompanist: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

Haoyu Sun, China, Composition for traditional instruments

First Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Soul of Jing

Teacher: Wenpei Ju

Yangfan Xu, United States, Composition

First Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Bya for orchestra

Teacher: Kati Agocs

Shuwen Liao, China, Composition for Violin and Piano

First Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

The wind comes across the sea, laughing in the leaves

Teacher: Wenpei Ju

Xiaoqing Ma, China, Composition

Second Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Back to the Beginning for violin solo

Teacher: Xiaogang Ye

Xia Zhining, China, Composition for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & piano

Second Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

The Elegant Shadow

Teacher: Xiaogang Ye

Yangfan Xu, United States, Composition for Viola and Piano

Third Place

Composition Competition, Advanced (Highly competitive)

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Dogon Masks for viola and piano

Teacher: Kati Agocs

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