2021 Young Musicians Competition RESULTS for Piano

Chair: Christine Kang

3rd place and HM recipients names are in alphabetical order.

Age

5

Award Student Name (Teacher)

1st Sophia Sung (Chiu-Tze Lin)
2nd Olivia Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
3rd Kotoko Iwata (Yevgeny Morozov)

6

2nd Valerie Chu (Choah Kim)
HM Arthur Lin (Chang Liu)

7

1st Claire Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd Roy Kim (Eunju Joung Kim)
3rd Max Lu (Stella Xu)
3rd Julianne Wang (Stella Xu)
HM Emily Hua (Stella Xu)
HM Bryan Wu (Victoria Chow)

8

1st Stella Cheng (Yevgeny Morozov)
2nd Tommy Jihuan Yang (Stella Xu)
3rd Aiden Kim (Eunju Joung Kim)
3rd Annabel Nguyen (Choah Kim)
HM Cooper Chen (Julia Lam)
HM Emma Pan (Stella Xu)

9

1st Eunice Choi (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd Lawrence Yo-Yo Guo (Aziza Khasanova-Madaski)
3rd Natalie Tsai (Kuan-Juei Su)
3rd Kyle Zhu (Julia Lam)
HM Katherine Lee (Wei-Yuh Xie)
HM Catherine You (Chiu-Ling Lin)

10

1st Yidi Ding (Amy Yang)
2nd Bowen Liang (Stella Xu)
3rd Luciana Sofía Velez (Fiorella Araya-Cheng)
3rd Terrance Lin (Yuhui Chloris Li)
3rd Jaden Liu (Grace Yang)
HM Calvin Xu (Beatrice Long)
HM Audrey Ren (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Evelyn Liu (Eunju Joung Kim)
HM Amy Chu (Chiu-Tze Lin)
HM Bella Ng (Veda Zuponcic)

11

1st Andrew Li (Stella Xu)
2nd Alex Ziyou Yuan (Stella Xu)
3rd Eric Feng (Gloria Chu)
3rd Averie Wu (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Annie Wei (Stella Xu)

12

1st Ryan Lu (Stella Xu)
2nd Angela Zhang (Chiu-Tze Lin)
3rd Anna Deng (Yevgeny Morozov)
3rd Sophie Gang (Stella Xu)
3rd Christina Wang (Chiu-Ling Lin)
HM Athena Liu (Yining Wang)
HM Cherie Xu (Grace Yang)
HM Hannah Zou (Ingrid Clarfield)

13

1st Alice Siqi Wan (Stella Xu)
2nd Helena Kim (Mansoon Kim)
3rd Samuel Cronk (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Aaron Li (Yevgeny Morozov)

14

1st Sarah Li (Tomoko Harada)
2nd Effie Li (Ingrid Clarfield)
3rd David Sun (Rita Shklar)
HM Kevin Jin (Gloria Chu)
HM Anastasia Kudin (Igor Resnianski)

15

1st Christopher Shin (Veda Zuponcic)
2nd Christina Wang (Stella Xu)
3rd Evan Lin (Ingrid Clarfield)
3rd Ivyann Shen (Michael Thomopoulos*)
HM Gracelynne Hao (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Claire Jiang (Grace Yang)

1st Alyssa Xu (Ingrid Clarfield)
2nd Geoffrey Li (Stella Xu)
3rd Audrey Gang (Stella Xu)
3rd Amber Wang (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Wesley Liu (Beatrice Long)
HM Jeffrey Xu (Yelena Mamonova)

16

17

1st Brandon Hwang (Stella Xu)
2nd Elizabeth Yang (Grace Yang)
3rd Sammi Li (Ingrid Clarfield)
HM Apollo Lee (Chiu-Tze Lin)
HM Christopher Pan (Chiu-Tze Lin)

Collegiate

1st Alexander DeStefano (Amy Yang)
HM Sean Baker (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Marie Kobin (Yelena Ivanov)

DUET
10 & Under

1st Claire Li/Eric Li (Michael Thomopoulos*)
2nd David Zhang/Kyle Zhu (Julia Lam)
3rd Jacob Yu/Nathan Yu (Richard Woo)
3rd Sharon Xue/Christina Xue (Veda Zuponcic)
HM Zoe Chau/Charlotte Chau (Jason Gallagher)

DUET
11-14

1st Athena Liu/Sophia Liu (Yining Wang & Hweilan Luo)
2nd Chloe Ren/Audrey Ren (Veda Zuponcic)

DUET 15-17

1st Michelle Ng/Joie Kuan (Chiu-Tze Lin)
2nd Tvisha Faria/Laura Liu (Yelena Ivanov)

  • not a member of NJMTA/MTNA

2021 Advanced Master Class Competition results

Advanced Master Class: Sunday, November 14, at 3pm

Eunju Kim,  Chairperson

Students selected for the Master Class are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names.

Claire Jiang, age 15 Teacher: Grace Yang

Five Bagatelles by C. Vine

Effie Li, age 14 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield

Sonata Op.22 I. Allegro con brio by L. V. Beethoven

Katharine Luo, age 13 Teacher: Gloria Chu

Un Sospiro from Three Concert Etudes S.144 by F. Liszt

Alyssa Xu, age 16 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield

Sonata in A Major, Op. 81, No. 6; IV. Vivace by S. Prokofiev



Alternate Christopher Pan, age 17 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

Alternate Michelle Ng, age 17 Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin



2021 MTNA Student Competitions RESULTS

2021 MTNA Student Performance Competitions

Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Chairperson & Senior Coordinator

Amy I-Yun Tu, Junior and Young Artist Coordinator  

 

JUNIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner: Ryan Lu                                                            Teacher: Stella Xu 
Alternate: Sarah Li                                                       Teacher: Tomoko Harada
Honorable Mention: Samuel Cronk               Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
                                                 Linda Nichvoloda        Teacher: Vladimir Valjarevic

                                          

String

Winner: Sophia Nam, Viola                                            Teacher: Hyun Jung Joo
Alternate: Audrey Lee, Violin                                        Teacher: Tunde Gaal
Honorable Mention: Valentina Chen, Violin     Teacher: Stefan Jackiw 
                                                 Chelsea Wang, Violin        Teacher: Jeremy Zhu

 

Woodwind

Winner: Chloe Yu, Clarinet                                            Teacher: Kenneth Ellison
Alternate: Matthew Gao, Clarinet                              Teacher: Kenneth Ellison 

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SENIOR LEVEL

Piano Solo

Winner : Christopher Shin                                            Teacher: Veda Zuponcic 
Alternate: Apollo Lee                                                    Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
Honorable Mention: Sammi Li                                 Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield    
                                                Elizabeth Yang                      Teacher: Grace Yang                   

String

Winner: Myra Cui, Violin                                              Teacher: Minji Kwon                                                
Alternate: Leo Chang, Cello                                          Teacher: Marion Feldman
Honorable Mention: Kaylin Chung, Violin        Teacher: Elizabeth Faidley
                                          Nicholas Yoo, Violin          Teacher: Elizabeth Chang

Woodwind

Winner: Audrey Yan, Flute                                            Teacher: Amy Tu
Alternate: Joyce Zhu, Flute                                           Teacher: Amy Tu
Honorable Mention: Hanyi Deng, Clarinet       Teacher: Kenneth Ellison

  

Senior Piano Duet

State Representative: Sammi Li/ Effie Li            Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield                                  

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YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

Piano

Winner: Alexander Lo                                                   Teacher: Natalya Antonova
Alternate: Sean Baker                                                  Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Christopher Banka              Teacher: Vladimir Valjarevic

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2021 MTNA Student Composition Competitions

Julia Kovalev, Composition Competitions Coordinator

 

Elementary:

              Representative: Ella Zhang                                        Teacher: Nancy Modell

 

Junior:

Winner: Kevin Yang                                                     Teacher: Je-Fen Lu
Honorable mention: Kenny Yang                                Teacher: Ju-Fen Lu                                                 
Therese Tsang                            Teacher: Adam Gilbert

 

Senior:

             Winner: Devin Lu                                                         Teacher: Kaori Tanioka

             Honorable Mention: Evan Chang                                Teacher: Philip Orr

                                                 Christopher Pan                         Teacher: Yiming Wu

 

Young Artist: 

              Representative: Vladyslav Nazarchuk                          Teacher: Inessa Gleyserova

 

Accepting proposals for the NJMTA Conference 2021!

We are excited to announce that the 2021 NJMTA Conference will take place on Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14 via Zoom!


NJMTA Conference is an annual event with special guest artists, advanced and intermediate piano masterclasses, and recitals of Young Musician Competitions, High School Scholarship and MTNA Student Competitions winners.

We are accepting proposals for your participation in four ways:

  1. 30-45 minute full-length presentation

  2. 5-minute “bize-sized” presentation

  3. Poster

  4. Questions to be submitted for all conference attendants to see and answer.

If you can contribute to any of these four items, please let us know of your intent by completing this online registration form by Tuesday, June 8 at 11:59pm. (Go to form)

All presentations are subject to approval by the Conference Planning Committee.