Results of the 2021 Russian Piano Festival/Competition
Thank you and congratulations to ALL our brilliant musicians!
PIANO A – up to 6 year olds:
GOLD:
Adorace Liu (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Crystal Jiao (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
Ellie Zhang (Ekatherina Melkamini)*
Lena Fujita (teacher: Elaine Chung)
SILVER:
Harper Li (Ekaterina Melkamini)
Zachary Chen (Hanna Cyba)
BRONZE:
Eleanor Liu (teacher: Grace Huang)
Jonathan Wu (teacher: Ni Liu)
Kandice Chen (teacher: Ni Liu)
Megan Kong (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Muya Zhang (teacher: SH Youn)
Rebecca Li (teacher: Grace Huang)
Shuyao Ren (teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
PIANO B1 – 7 year olds:
GOLD:
Daniel Chiang (teacher: SH Youn)
Molly Wu (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Raymond Zhou (teacher: Tatiana Sharapova)*
SILVER:
Amelia Fu (teacher: Ni Liu)
Amy Li (teacher: Ni Liu)
Blaire Wang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Chloe Wang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Finley Cai (teacher: Ni Liu)
Gillian Liu (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Jamie Ma (teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
Julia Yang (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
Kyle Tan (teacher: Emily Cho)
Lingyi Li (teacher: Mengyiyi Chen)
BRONZE:
Chloe Wu (teacher: Grace Huang)
Eden Kim (teacher: SH Youn)
Grace Lin (teacher: Ni Liu)
Hailey Xu (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
Kevin Yao Zhuang (teacher: Ni Liu)
Roy Kim (teacher: Elaine Chung)
Sophie Qin (teacher: Grace Huang)
PIANO B2 – 8 year olds:
GOLD:
Alexander Wang (teacher: Tatiana Lanford)
Alvin Lee (teacher: SH Youn)*
Ethan Xu (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
SILVER:
Lucas J. Kim (teacher: Elaine Chung)
Miranda Hu (teacher: Ni Liu)
Nicole Wang (teacher: Tatiana Lanford)
Paris Li (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
Ru-Shan An (Hanna Cyba)
BRONZE:
Anabelle Lo (teacher: Elaine Chung)
Harrison Kim (teacher: Jae-In Shin)
Mika Shadeck (teacher: Tatiana Sharapova)
Serena Kim (teacher: Elaine Chung)
PIANO C1 – 9 year olds:
GOLD:
Dana Wang (teacher: Ni Liu)
Lingxi Chen (teacher: Olga Solomatina)
Sydney Cui (teacher: Adam Aleksander)*
SILVER:
Caiden Kim (teacher: SH Youn)
Eric Yang (teacher: Grace Huang)
Ethan Cheng (teacher: SH Youn)
BRONZE:
Jessie Wu (teacher: Ni Liu)
Skye ZB Drabas (teacher: Ni Liu)
PIANO C2 – 10 year olds:
GOLD:
Arabelle Grote (teacher: Ni Liu/Peter Mack)*
Eric Xue (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER:
Connor Wang (teacher: Tatiana Sharapova)
Kyle Liao (teacher: Natalya Ageyeva)
Lenka Dzunic (teacher: Heather Howland)
Yueyan Wang (teacher: Grace Huang)
BRONZE:
Angela Li (teacher: Ni Liu)
Emily Zhang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Simon Zhu (teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Vera Li (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
Xuejia Ni (teacher: Anaida Nagdyan)
PIANO D1 – 11 year olds:
GOLD:
Audrey Cui (teacher: Adam Aleksander)*
Joshua Kwan (teacher: Peter Mack)
Stephanie Cheng (teacher: Ni Liu/Millie McFall)
SILVER:
Angie Wang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Chris Zang (teacher: Sharon Kim)
Ever Sun (teacher: Tatiana Lanford)
BRONZE:
Alexander Vollmer (teacher: SH Youn)
Emily Liu (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Jonathan Xie (teacher: Ni Liu)
Kayla Hua (teacher: Anaida Nagdyan)
Nina Iorik (Ekaterina Melkamini)
PIANO D2 – 12 year olds:
GOLD:
Albert Zhang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Ashley Zong (teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
Enzo Zhao (teacher: Oksana Ejokina)*
SILVER:
Alexandra Deschenes (teacher: Ni Liu)
Blake Nelson (teacher: Oksana Ejokina)
Hadassah Ho (teacher: Peter Mack)
Michelle Li (teacher: Nino Merabishvili)
BRONZE:
Edmond Hu (teacher: Ni Liu)
PIANO E1– 13 year olds:
GOLD:
Nicholas Grote (teachers: Ni Liu/Peter Mack)*
Grace Li (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER:
Avery Pun (teacher: Ni Liu)
Melanie YuTong Liu (teacher: SH Youn)
Phil Yao (teacher: Ni Liu)
BRONZE:
Alex J. Kim (teacher: Elaine Chung)
Benicia Zhu (teacher: Ni Liu)
Haowen Zhang (teacher: Grace Huang)
Jian Zhou Chen (teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
Victor Fu-Zhou (teacher: Donna Bender)
Yeriel Kim (teacher: Thomas Lee)
PIANO E2– 14 year olds:
GOLD
Corlan Costello (teacher: Wayne Weng)
Earnest Wheelwright (teacher: Adam Aleksander)*
Kai Canton (teacher: Rafael Liebich)*
SILVER:
Alexander Du (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Coiln Sarabosing (teacher: Yunbo Cassady)
Harrison Li (teacher: Ni Liu)
Jascha Silberstein (teacher: Tatiana Charapova)
Jason Nam (teacher: SH Youn)
Jeffrey Zhao (teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Mingyue Yang (teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya)
Paloma Oh (teacher: Eliza Vysotsky)
BRONZE:
Alexandra Millman (teacher: Donna Bender)
Elaina Mergler (teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler)
Emani Burkhart (teacher: Angelo Rondello)
Meredith Weaver (teacher: Donna Bender)
Noah Maeda (teacher: Irena Kirova)
PIANO F– 15-16 years old:
GOLD:
Eric Y Ma (teacher: Peter Mack)
Hanjia Guo (teacher: Donna Bender)*
Yechong (Eric) Shan (teacher: Ivona Kaminska)
SILVER:
Alan Duan (teacher: Olga Solomatina)
Constantina Tsang (teacher: Ni Liu/Peter Mack)
Logan Chu (teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
Meredith Nam (teacher: SH Youn)
Minoo Jang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Ryan Chung (teacher: SH Youn)
Stefan Adrian Chita (teacher: Tatiana Lanford)
BRONZE:
Alexander Zhang (teacher: Adam Aleksander)
Catherine Xue (teacher: Nino Merabishvili)
Cristina Kosilkina (teacher: Tatiana Charapova)
Evelyn Chow (teacher: Olive Yau)
PIANO G – 17-18 years:
GOLD:
Annika Jonson (teacher: Kay Zavislak)
Ethan Sun (teacher: Duane Hulbert)
John Meneses (teacher: SH Youn)
Joshua Jung (teacher: Adam Aleksander)*
Sherri Xu (teacher: Hanna Cyba)
SILVER:
Jaden Zhang (teacher: Ni Liu)
Peter Donley (teacher: Willard Schultz)
PIANO H – 19 years and older:
GOLD:
Silas Berlin (teacher: Peter Mack)*
SILVER:
Jennifer Siney (teacher: SH Youn)
BRONZE:
Hailun Wu (teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya)
ENSEMBLE A – Average age 13 and under:
GOLD:
Vince Lee/Kaitlyn Gia Lee (teacher: SH Youn)*
SILVER:
Emily Qi/Olivia Qi (teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
BRONZE:
Eva Akulova/Ellen Chen (teacher: Tatiana Sharapova)
Lourdes Ko/Inez Ko (teacher: SH Yoon)
ENSEMBLE B – Average age 14 and older:
GOLD:
Hyunjae Kim/Minjae Kim (teacher: SH Youn)*
Patrick Yoon/Hyun Yoon (teacher: SH Youn)*
SILVER:
Hannah Girges/Sarah Girges (teacher: Cherlyn Johnson)
Jamie Kwon/Jason Kwon/Jane Kwon (teacher: SH Youn)
BRONZE:
Jascha Silberstein/Cristina Kosilkina (teacher: Tatiana Charapova)
PIANO CONCERTOS A, Up to 13 years of age:
GOLD:
Melanie YuTong Liu (teacher: SH Youn)
SILVER:
Patrick Yoon (teacher: SH Youn)
PIANO CONCERTOS B, 14-18 years:
GOLD:
Minjae Kim (teacher: SH Youn)
SILVER:
Jeffrey Zhao (teacher: Maria Maltseva)
BRASS, WIND, VOICE, MISC – 14 and older:
GOLD:
Megan Cullen, voice (teacher: Darrell Babidge)*
SILVER:
Angela Dong, flute (teacher: Jia Lu)
STRINGS A –13 and under:
GOLD:
Evangeline Zhang, cello (teacher: Olga Ruvinov)*
Yeriel Kim, violin (teacher: Jae-in Shin)
SILVER:
Caitlin Kong, cello (teacher: Olga Ruvinov)
Calvin Chang, violin (teacher: John Kim)
Diandian Xu, cello (teacher: Mingqing Yu)
Felicia Qiang, violin (teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
Florence Qiang, violin (teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
Rosie Yin, cello (teacher: Lu Yang)
William Wang, cello (teacher: Kai Chen)
Yuexi Lu, cello (teacher: Meng Cui)
STRINGS B – 14-18 years:
GOLD:
Jean Yu (teacher: Leslie Marckx)*
Yue Yu (teacher: Yang Lu)
SILVER:
Alysia Chen (teacher: Jae-in Shin)
Christopher Ahn (teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
Eddie Yin (teacher: Debra Zadinsky
*Asterisk indicates medalist chosen by the adjudicator to perform live at Gold Gala Concert.