2022 Young Musicians Competition RESULTS for Piano

2022 YMC Winners - Piano

CHAIR: CHRISTINE KANG & JU-FEN LU

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

*students with an (*) are students of a non-NJMTA member teacher.

Click here for a printable list with full winners’ repertoire.

Age Group     Prize             Student                                     Teacher          

   5                   HM                Avery Yu                                    Yuhui Chloris Li
                                                                                                                                                                                                

   6                  1st                 Amanda Zheng                       *
                        2nd                 Sophia Sung                             Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                 Olivia Li                                      *
                        3rd                 Alexandra Wu                          Aziza Khasanova-Madaski
                        HM                Andrew Zhang                         Chiu-Tze Lin         
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   7                   1st                   Sylvie Chiu                                Ikumi Hiraiwa
                        2nd                 Jayden Li                                  Tomoko Harada
                        3rd                  Francis He                                Choah Kim
                        3rd                  Jian Ping Hu                             Stella Xu
                        HM                 Edwin Cheng                          Tomoko Harada
                        HM                 Stanley Chu                              Stella Xu
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   8                  1st                   Claire Li                                *
                        2nd                  Max Lu                                    Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Harris Dong                          Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Bryan Wu                                Veda Zuponcic
                        HM                  Clementine Wu                       * 
                        HM                  Leah Yeon                                Mansoon Kim
                                                                                                                                                                                                

  9                   1st                   Grace Hwang                        Eunju Joung Kim
                        2nd                  Emma Li                                  Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                   Emma Pan                             Stella Xu
                        3rd                   Tommy Jihuan Yang          Stella Xu
                        HM                  Lilian Ji                                   Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                  Janice Li    *
                        HM                  Kristine Shmagin                  Choah Kim                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 10                1st                    Eunice Choi                             *   
                        2nd                  Katherine Lee                      Wei-Yuh Christina Xie
                        3rd                   Allan Ping                              Ju-Fen Lu
                        3rd                   Natalie Tsai                          Kuan-Juei Su
                        3rd                   Kyle Zhu                                Julia Lam
                        HM                  Abhinav Anand                    Yevgeny Morozov
                        HM                  Aaron Wang                         Helen Wang
                        HM                  Alan Xiang *
                        HM                  Catherine You                      Chiu-Ling Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                 

11                  1st                    Jaden Liu                            Grace Yang
                        2nd                    Bowen Liang                      Stella Xu
                        3rd                    Amy Chu                            Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                     Sophia Liu                          Hwei-Lan Luo
                        HM                   Karen Du                            Julia Lam
                        HM                   Christina Xue                      Veda Zuponcic
                                                                                                                                                                                                

12                  1st                    Annie Wei                            Stella Xu
                        2nd                   Andrew Li                             Stella Xu
                        3rd                    Hudson Dong                     Stella Xu
                        3rd                     Eric Feng                             Gloria Chu
                        HM                   Olivia Hua                            Gloria Chu
                        HM                   Natalie Qian                        Chiu-Tze Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

13                  1st                       Ryan Lu                               Stella Xu
                        2nd                      Angela Zhang                    Chiu-Tze Lin
                        3rd                       Sophia Gang                       Stella Xu
                        3rd                       Sophie Wang                     Grace Yang
                        HM                      Dennis Ji                             Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                      Sophia Mu                           Gloria Chu
                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 14                 1st                       Samuel Cronk                     Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                       Daniel Haiduc                     Ingrid Clarfield
                        3rd                       Alice Siqi Wan                     Stella Xu
                        3rd                       David Wu                             Stella Xu
                        HM                      Sarah Chen                         Hanbo Liu
                        HM                       Katharine Luo                    Gloria Chu                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 15                 1st                       Jingyuan Zheng                Stella Xu
                        2nd                      Sarah Li                               Tomoko Harada
                        3rd                        Alexia Fang                         Hanbo Liu
                        3rd                        Effie Li                                  Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                       Taksh Gupta                        Ingrid Clarfield
                        HM                       David Sun                             Rita Shklar
                                                                                                                                                                                                

 16                 1st                        Christopher Shin              Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                       Christina Wang                Stella Xu
                        3rd                        Joie Kuan                          Chu-Tze Lin
                        HM                       Tvisha Faria                        Yelena Ivanov
                        HM                       Yiming Huang                   Hanbo Liu
                        HM                       Laura Liu                             Yelana Ivanov
                        HM                       Mihran Maldjian                Juana Zayas
                                                                                                                                                                                                

17                  1st                        Alyssa Xu                              Ingrid Clarfield
                        2nd                      Audrey Gang                      Stella Xu
                        HM                      Antonio Angelico              Alessandra Tiraterra
                                                                                                                                                                                                

Collegiate 1st                       Sean Baker                           Veda Zuponcic
                        2nd                      Quinnie Mei                       Veda Zuponcic

Young Musicians Competition Winners - Piano Duet

Age Group      Prizes        Student                                              Teacher

10 and under    1st             Claire Li/Olivia Li                       *   
                             2nd            Cooper Chen/ David Zhang          Julia Lam
                                                                                                                                                                                                

11 - 14              1st             Kyle Zhu/Karen Du                          Julia Lam
                       3rd             Nathan Chau/Zoe Chau                    Jason Gallagher
                         3rd            Florence Chen/Milan Zhang           Richard Woo
                         HM           Christina Wang/Angela Zhang      Chiu-Ling Lin/Chiu-Tze Lin
                                                                                                                                                                                                

15 - 17              1st             Sophia Kim/Helena Kim                 Mansoon Kim    
                         3rd           Anya Wang/Daniel Li                        Julia Lam

*students with an (*) are students of a non-NJMTA member teacher.

Julia Lam named as 2023 Foundation Fellow

Julia Lam is a teacher based in Basking Ridge, serving NJMTA since 1992, from Certification chair to Presidency, now chairing for the Commissioned Composer Competition. Her students have excelled at state, national and International competitions.

Read more about Julia Lam on the Foundation page.

2022 State Conference will be live!

The 2022 NJMTA State Conference will be live at Rider University this year!

November 12 & 13, 2022

Gill Memorial Chapel of Rider University

Yining Wang is named as 2022 Foundation Fellow!

Yining Wang received his Bachelor of Music degree from Shanghai Conservatory, which he entered as the first-place winner of the entrance auditions. He later studied with Robert Lincoln and Ilana Vered at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where he received his Master of Music degree. At Rutgers, he performed in master classes with Ann Schein and Richard Goode. He has appeared as a soloist and collaborative pianist in numerous concerts, as well as on TV and radio.

Mr. Wang maintains an active studio. His students have won prizes in local and state competitions, and have performed at State Conferences and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference as well as in Cami Hall, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Zenkel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, Merkin Concert Hall and Victoria Theatre at NJPAC. They have also performed on cable TV.

Mr. Wang is a Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music in Piano certified by the Music Teachers National Association and the Piano Teachers Society of America. He is also a recipient of the Genia Robinar Pedagogy Award of Excellence presented by the Piano Teachers Society of America and the Distinguished Pedagogy Award of Outstanding Teaching by the Cecilian Music Club. In 2016, he received the Teacher of the Year Award from the NJMTA and The Top Teacher of 2016 to 2020 Award voted by Steinway & Sons in Lawrenceville New Jersey.

Mr. Wang is a frequent adjudicator at competitions and auditions for the SMEA, NJMTA, Golden Keys and TYMA. He is a Past President of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association.

2021-2022 MTNA Competitions Results

Congratulations to the following students who are National Senior Performance Division winners in the 2021-2022 MTNA Competitions!

Christopher Shin, student of Veda Zuponcic/ Second Place in the Piano category

Sammi Li & Effie Li, students of Ingrid Clarfield/ Second Place in the Piano Duet Category

Myra Cui, student of Minji Kwon/Third Place in the String Category

2021 Teacher of the Year Recipient is Marianne Lauffer

2021 Recipient: Marianne Lauffer

Since 2009, NJMTA awards a special annual recognition titled the “Teacher of the Year” to be given at the State Conference to an outstanding teacher. This award is intended to recognize music teachers in New Jersey who have contributed in many ways to our profession and to our state association.

2021 Service Award awarded to Cyenny Pesik & Shuling Juan

Every year, NJMTA presents a Service Award acknowledging a member who has contributed much time and effort to NJMTA and its vision. The awardee is selected by the NJMTA Nomination Committee.

2021 YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITION RESULTS FOR Voice

Wennie Kao, Chair

AgeGroup Name Age Award Teacher

15-17 Hannah He 15 2nd Place Shinwen Lin

13-14 Lanzhen Cui 14 3rd Place Shinwen Lin

Sophia Peng 14 3rd Place Shinwen Lin

12 & Under Ryan Wang 10 2nd Place Richard Danley

Duet Hannah He & 15 1st Place Shinwen Lin
Lanzhen Cui 14

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)

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6

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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13

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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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Collegiate

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

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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)

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DUET
11-14

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

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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