2021 Trinity International Music Competition
Inaugural Edition
FINAL ROUND RESULTS
Inaugural Edition
FINAL ROUND RESULTS
Dear Finalists, Teachers and Parents,
As the old proverbial saying goes, "it takes a village to raise a child", and it certainly takes a full-fledged community of dedicated teachers, mentors, parents, and relentless commitment and hard work to nurture a blossoming young musician into an artist.
We are truly honored to be able to serve as a bridge in providing a performance opportunity for participants worldwide, and hopefully through our post-competition events, continue to fuel the musical inspiration of our participants.
We are also extremely privileged to benefit from the invaluable insight and encouragement from our grand jury members: Prof. Julie-Anne Derome (Founder and violinist of the Fibonacci Trio), Prof. Alan Fraser (pianist, pedagogue and author linking piano technique to the Feldenkrais Method), Prof. Tom Plaunt (retired piano professor from McGill University), and Dr. Ming Mei Yip (a scholar and expert in Chinese Traditional Music).
We hope this competition experience serves to inspire our participants and also motivate them to continue their artistic journey to the next level. We wish you continued success in all your artistic endeavors. Keep up the exceptional work! Congratulations and bravo to all!
Trinity International Music Competition Committee
As the old proverbial saying goes, "it takes a village to raise a child", and it certainly takes a full-fledged community of dedicated teachers, mentors, parents, and relentless commitment and hard work to nurture a blossoming young musician into an artist.
We are truly honored to be able to serve as a bridge in providing a performance opportunity for participants worldwide, and hopefully through our post-competition events, continue to fuel the musical inspiration of our participants.
We are also extremely privileged to benefit from the invaluable insight and encouragement from our grand jury members: Prof. Julie-Anne Derome (Founder and violinist of the Fibonacci Trio), Prof. Alan Fraser (pianist, pedagogue and author linking piano technique to the Feldenkrais Method), Prof. Tom Plaunt (retired piano professor from McGill University), and Dr. Ming Mei Yip (a scholar and expert in Chinese Traditional Music).
We hope this competition experience serves to inspire our participants and also motivate them to continue their artistic journey to the next level. We wish you continued success in all your artistic endeavors. Keep up the exceptional work! Congratulations and bravo to all!
Trinity International Music Competition Committee
Message from Trinity International Music Competition 2021 Grand Jury Members
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Prof. Alan Fraser (Serbia)
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Dr. Ming Mei Yip (New York / USA)
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Prof. Tom Plaunt (Canada)
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Prof. Julie-Anne Derome (Canada)
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2021 Trinity International Music Competition
FINAL ROUND
Top Prize Winners
FINAL ROUND
Top Prize Winners
Top Winner from the Professional Category invited to join 2022 Trinity Jury:
Takahiro Hoshino (Solo) Piano - Japan
Platinum Medalists
97% Platinum Award - Elishia Yeung Youth Performance (Solo) Harp - Canada
97% Platinum Award - Pinn Mahasaranond Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - Thailand
96% Platinum Award - Zhongshu Chen Junior Performance (Solo) Piano - China /Indonesia
96% Platinum Award - Lyam Chenaux Youth Performance (Solo) Cello - Switzerland
96% Platinum Award - Yuqiao Chen Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - Thailand
96% Platinum Award - Kevin Zhu Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - USA
96% Platinum Award - Takahiro Hoshino Professional Performance (Solo) Piano - Japan
95% Platinum Award - Calissa Poon & Clarisse Poon Junior Performance (Duet) Piano - Hong Kong
95% Platinum Award - Jade Lyles Junior Performance (Solo) Harp - New Zealand
95% Platinum Award - Esme Tran Junior Performance (Solo) Piano - USA
95% Platinum Award - Vanesa Sirma Youth Category (Solo) Flute - Latvia
95% Platinum Award - Katelyn Moon Youth Category (Solo) Violin - USA
95% Platinum Award - Franco Ascolese Professional Category (Solo) Flute - Italy
95% Platinum Award - Kana Funayama Professional Category (Solo) Percussion - USA
Teachers of 2021 Trinity International Music Competition Platinum Medalists (arranged in alphabetical order)
Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa Prof. Michael Burritt
Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein Prof. Dita Krenberga
Prof. Melody Lin Prof. Eva Lue
Prof. Miya Otake Prof. Kaori Otake
Prof. Julian Martin Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan
Prof. György Nádor Prof. Irina Novikova
Prof. Andrea Oliva Dr. Ann Setzer
Prof. Denis Severin Prof. Teguh Sukaryo
Takahiro Hoshino (Solo) Piano - Japan
Platinum Medalists
97% Platinum Award - Elishia Yeung Youth Performance (Solo) Harp - Canada
97% Platinum Award - Pinn Mahasaranond Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - Thailand
96% Platinum Award - Zhongshu Chen Junior Performance (Solo) Piano - China /Indonesia
96% Platinum Award - Lyam Chenaux Youth Performance (Solo) Cello - Switzerland
96% Platinum Award - Yuqiao Chen Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - Thailand
96% Platinum Award - Kevin Zhu Youth Performance (Solo) Piano - USA
96% Platinum Award - Takahiro Hoshino Professional Performance (Solo) Piano - Japan
95% Platinum Award - Calissa Poon & Clarisse Poon Junior Performance (Duet) Piano - Hong Kong
95% Platinum Award - Jade Lyles Junior Performance (Solo) Harp - New Zealand
95% Platinum Award - Esme Tran Junior Performance (Solo) Piano - USA
95% Platinum Award - Vanesa Sirma Youth Category (Solo) Flute - Latvia
95% Platinum Award - Katelyn Moon Youth Category (Solo) Violin - USA
95% Platinum Award - Franco Ascolese Professional Category (Solo) Flute - Italy
95% Platinum Award - Kana Funayama Professional Category (Solo) Percussion - USA
Teachers of 2021 Trinity International Music Competition Platinum Medalists (arranged in alphabetical order)
Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa Prof. Michael Burritt
Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein Prof. Dita Krenberga
Prof. Melody Lin Prof. Eva Lue
Prof. Miya Otake Prof. Kaori Otake
Prof. Julian Martin Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan
Prof. György Nádor Prof. Irina Novikova
Prof. Andrea Oliva Dr. Ann Setzer
Prof. Denis Severin Prof. Teguh Sukaryo
* VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL FINALISTS *
Please read the text below very carefully
Dear All participants,
CERTIFICATE, PRIZE, MEDAL FORM
(1) Please absolutely remember to fill in this certificate and medal form in order to claim your medals. The absolute deadline for filling in the form is 31st January 2022. After this date, we will remove this link - and we will no longer be able to accept further certificate and medal applications. If you missed this chance to apply, you would need to wait until our next competition.
(2) Please make sure that you provide us with the correct mailing address. If you provided the wrong address, or a former address - we are not responsible for items lost in the mail.
(3) Electronic certificates for winners and teachers will be made downloadable on our website as we receive your applications. Please expect about 14 days for processing.
(4) When you receive your medal - we welcome you to send us a photo of you posing with your medal and certificates. We would be delighted to create a Trinity International Music Competition winner's poster for you.
MAILING OF AWARDS, MEDALS, TROPHIES
(5) We will be mailing the awards, medals, trophies via regular mail (costs covered by Trinity International Music Competition). Should you wish to have a tracking number for the mail, please indicate this on your form. We will contact you for an estimate for pricing for postage. This may vary between destination countries for approval.
(6) Medals and trophies will take about 1.5 months to be fabricated after we received all the applications. Hence, please expect that they will be mailed out around mid-March 2022.
(7) Kindly do not contact us for when the prizes, medals or trophies will arrive. We will post a notice on our Facebook page as well as on our website to inform all winners when the items are ready to be shipped.
PUBLICITY
(8) The names of our top prize winners will be made available on CBS, NBC, FOX news shortly after the winter holidays.
(9) Interview - Platinum winners will be interviewed (by video or as a written article), and the materials will be presented and publicized.
MASTERCLASSES
(10) Masterclasses - Prize winners will receive invitation lessons on more information about participation in our masterclass series by email.
PHOTO AND BIOGRAPHY
(11) We are excited to celebrate your achievements and success! All finalists are invited to send us your photo and bio, and we would be glad to post it on our website. Please send your photo and bio by email to [email protected]
Chinese translation of text above
以上文字翻译成中文
亲爱的所有参与者，
证书、奖品、奖牌形式
(1) 请务必记住填写此证书和奖牌表格以领取您的奖牌。填写表格的绝对截止日期是 2022 年 1 月 31 日。在此日期之后，我们将删除此链接 - 我们将不再接受进一步的证书和奖牌申请。如果你错过了这次申请的机会，你需要等到我们的下一场比赛。
(2) 请确保您向我们提供了正确的邮寄地址。如果您提供了错误的地址或以前的地址 - 我们不对邮件中丢失的物品负责。
(3) 我们收到您的申请后，将在我们的网站上下载获奖者和教师的电子证书。请等待大约 14 天的处理时间。
(4) 当您收到奖牌时 - 我们欢迎您将您与奖牌和证书合影的照片发送给我们。我们很高兴为您制作三一国际音乐比赛获胜者海报。
奖品、奖牌、奖杯的邮寄
(5) 我们将通过普通邮件邮寄奖品、奖牌、奖杯（费用由三位一体国际音乐比赛承担）。如果您希望获得邮件的跟踪编号，请在您的表格中注明。我们将与您联系以估算邮费。这可能因目的地国家/地区的批准而异。
(6) 奖牌和奖杯在我们收到所有申请后大约需要1.5个月的时间来制作。因此，请期待它们将在 2022 年 3 月中旬左右寄出。 (7) 奖品、奖牌或奖杯何时到达，请不要联系我们。我们将在我们的 Facebook 页面以及我们的网站上发布通知，以在物品准备好发货时通知所有获奖者。
宣传
(8) 寒假后不久，CBS、NBC、FOX 新闻将公布我们的最高奖项获得者的姓名。
(9) 采访 - 白金获奖者将接受采访（通过视频或书面文章），并展示和宣传材料。
大师班
(10) 大师班 - 获奖者将通过电子邮件收到有关参加我们的大师班系列的更多信息的邀请课程。 照片和传记
(11) 我们很高兴庆祝您的成就和成功！我们邀请所有决赛入围者向我们发送您的照片和简历，我们很乐意将其发布在我们的网站上。请将您的照片和个人简历通过电子邮件发送至 [email protected]
In our 2021 Inaugural Edition of the Trinity International Music Competition, we have received applications from 30 countries, including Albania, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Cuba, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and USA. Thank you for your support!
Dear Trinity International Music Competition Winners,
All medals have been shipped to our winners on the 19th March 2022 (by regular mail and by courrier service with tracking number as requested)!
Winners, we look forward to you sharing with us your photos with your medals! We would be happy to create a winner's poster with you and your medal! All the very best, and we look forward to listening to your music again in our next competition!
Regards
Trinity International Music Competition Committee
Proud Sponsor
2021 Trinity International Music Competition
Online Prize Winners' Gala Concert
PLATINUM MEDALISTS
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Platinum Award - Youth Category
Elishia Yeung (Harp) Canada Teachers: Prof. Miya Otake and Prof. Kaori Otake |
Platinum Award - Youth Category
Pinn Mahasaranond (Piano) Thailand Teachers: Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan & Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa |
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Platinum Award - Junior Category
Zhongshu Chen (Piano) China / Indonesia Teacher: Prof. Teguh Sukaryo |
Platinum Award - Youth Category
Lyam Chenaux (Cello) Switzerland Teacher: Prof. Denis Severin |
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Platinum Award - Youth Category
Yuqiao Chen (Piano) Thailand Teacher: Prof. Irina Novikova |
Platinum Award - Youth Category
Kevin Zhu (Piano) USA Teacher: Prof. Julian Martin |
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Platinum Award - Professional Category
Takahiro Hoshino (Piano) - Japan Teacher: Prof. György Nádor |
Platinum Award - Junior Category
Calissa Poon & Clarisse Poon (Piano) - Hong Kong Teacher: Prof. Eva Lue |
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Platinum Award - Junior Category
Jade Lyles (Harp) - New Zealand Teacher: Prof. Melody Lin |
Platinum Award - Junior Category
Esme Tran (Piano) - USA Teacher: Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein |
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Platinum Award - Youth Category
Vanesa Sirma (Flute) Latvia Teacher: Prof. Dita Krenberga Platinum Award - Professional Category
Franco Ascolese (Flute) - Italy Teacher: Prof. Andrea Oliva |
Platinum Award - Youth Category
Katelyn Moon (Violin) USA Teacher: Dr. Ann Setzer Platinum Award - Professional Category
Kana Funayama (Percussion) - USA Teacher: Prof. Michael Burritt |
GOLD MEDALISTS (with a score of 94%)
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Gold Award - Junior Category
Bentley Penn (Piano) Canada Teacher: Prof. Junghyun Kim Gold Award - Youth Category
Michael Ethan Hoo (Piano) Indonesia Teacher: Prof. Midya Wirawan Gold Award - Youth Category
Minjoo Song (Violin) USA Teacher: Prof. Krzysztof Kuznik Gold Award - Professional Category
Eunhyang Choi (Piano) Korea Teacher: Prof. Jerome Rose Gold Award - Professional Category
Brian Field (Composition) USA |
Gold Award - Youth Category
Clarisse Poon (Piano) Hong Kong Teacher: Prof. Eva Lue Gold Award - Youth Category
Lea Kramaric (Violin) Sweden Teacher: Prof. Nina Balabina Gold Award - Collegiate Category
Ethan Yu (Piano) USA / Taiwan Teacher: Prof. Anna Poklewski Gold Award - Professional Category
Jeremy Tai (Song Cover) Teacher: Prof. Paul Katz Gold Award - Professional Category
Saturnino Jr. Tiamson (Percussion) Philippines / Hong Kong Teacher: Prof. Ernie Severino |
GOLD MEDALISTS (with a score of 93%)
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Gold Award - Junior Category
Calissa Poon (Piano) Hong Kong Teacher: Prof. Eva Lue |
Gold Award - Junior Category
Melody Xue (Violin) Teacher: Dr. John Thomson |
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Gold Award - Junior Category
Thalit Pakittawatanasiri (Piano) Thailand Teacher: Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa |
Gold Award - Collegiate Category
Charlie Yen-Chang Chen (Cello) Taiwan Teacher: Prof. Huang Ying-Yuan |
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Gold Award - Collegiate Category
Lydia Chinchilla (Flute) USA Teacher: Prof. Jennie Brown |
Gold Award - Professional Category
Eunhyang Choi (Piano) Korea Teacher: Prof. Jerome Rose |
2021 Trinity International Music Competition
Prize Winner Biographies
Esme Tran - Platinum Medalist - (Piano) Junior - USA
Esme is 7 years old and is currently attending 1st grade at Harbor Day School in Newport Beach, CA. She has been studying the piano under the direction of Prof. Ana Maria Eckstein. She enjoys playing various composers, reading about their lives, and learning different musical eras and their musical styles. At age 5, she won the Gold Prize in the WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2020; First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2020 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition; First Prize in American Protégé International Music Talent Competition 2020; First Absolute
Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2020 International Music Competition Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso; First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 International Music Competition London Grand Prize Virtuoso. More recently, she won Gold Prize in the 2021 Golden Key Music Festival; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Piano Etude Festival; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Piano Classical music Festival; Gold Prize 2021, WPTA Finland International Piano Competition; Platinum/ Grand Champion special prize winner of 2021 Quebec Music Competition; First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 International Music Competition Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso; Gold award in all 3 categories (Junior Performance category, Bach Invention/Sinfonia Category, and Mozart category) of 2021 Nordic International Piano Competition; First Absolute Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner of the 2021 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition; First Prize in the 2021 US New Star International Piano “Etude” Competition; Gold Prize in North American Virtuoso International Music competition; Gold Award 2021 Global International Competition; Diamond Special Top Prize winner of Grand Maestro International Music Competition; Gold Prize in 2021 Musicale Fall Music Festival; American Music Judges Award for outstanding performance and interpretation at the Musicale Piano Music Festival 2021; Platinum Award in 2021 Trinity International Music Competition.
She was invited to perform in various winner’s concerts since 5, including Carnegie Hall, NYC, USA ; Solitar Mozarteum, Salzburg, Vienna ; Beethoven’s House, Bonn, Germany; Royal Albert Hall, London, UK ; Teatro Studio, Marco della Musica, Rome, Italy. Due to the pandemic, she was not able to travel but hopes one day to perform at these beautiful concert halls when travel is safer.
Besides piano, Esme also enjoys reading, drawing, painting, ballet and figure skating, and playing with her brother and puppy.
Lyam Chenaux - Platinum Medalist - Cello (Junior Category) - Switzerland
Lyam Chenaux was born in Switzerland in 2009, and at a very young age he chose to play the cello. He quickly showed exceptional musical qualities, and at the age of 8, he won a first prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Suisse competition. At the age of 9, he joined the Ministrings of the Lausanne Conservatory (directed by T. Strinning and B. Batt), which allowed him to develop his skills in stage expression and improvisation and to perform in many countries.
Particularly appreciating public concerts, Lyam had the chance to play at various festivals and concerts in the region from a very young age. At the age of 10, Lyam played for the first time as a soloist at the Somak Academy in Biel, with the Budweis Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Svec. On this occasion, he met Denis Severin, who is currently his teacher at the Zakhar Bron School in Zurich. Ambitious, persevering and highly motivated, he won numerous first prizes with honors in national (CSJM, Baroque Sion, Riviera, Bach Sion) and international competitions (Rising Star Berlin 2020+2021, Nouvelles Etoiles, Virtuoso International Music Competition Rome, Procello online competition, France Music Competition, Online International Clara Schuman Competition). Passionate about music, Lyam also plays the oboe, is initiated to composition and particularly appreciates jazz.
Jade Lyles - Platinum Medalist - Harp (Junior Category) - New Zealand
Jade is 10 years old and although she was born in Shanghai, China, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has always been musical, and has taken classes in piano, singing, harp and more recently – guitar. She has had the lead role in school productions for 3 consecutive years and is a born stage performer.
Jade began playing piano at the age of 5 and has won a number of international competitions and is currently studying for her grade 8 exam. She became fascinated with the harp after seeing a local girl playing at Christmas in 2017 and began lessons the following year, at age 7. For the past 3 years, she has been taught by Melody Lin – ironically, the mother of the girl who first sparked her interest in the harp.
After some initial success in local Auckland regional events, Jade increased her practice time on harp, as well as keeping up her performances on piano. She is also a keen ballet student and has around 10 hours of dance practice each week which has given her a well-rounded appreciation of classical music: the emotion, and ballet movements helps her understand how to express herself through harp performances.
Starting in 2021, during the covid lockdowns, Jade began entering online competitions around the world, in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A. These competitions attract entrants from over 70 countries, with each participant recording a video performance and sending it to a panel of judges.
Her first success came from her Piano performance in the Bonn Salzburg International Music Competition where she was awarded first prize in the 10/11-year age group and was invited to perform at the Beethoven House and the Solitär, Mozarteum in August 2021. (Sadly, due to covid travel restrictions, she was unable to attend).
After this initial success, Jade’s harp playing became her main focus and she achieved the following results:
2021 Asia International Piano Grand Prix – First Prize
2022 Asia international piano Grand prix – First Prize
2021 Grade Maestro International Music Competition – Junior Gategory _ Platinum Medalist
2021 International Music Competition Rome “Grand Prize Virtuoso” – Frist Prize
2021 Global International music competition - Platinum Award
2021 Appassionato Quebec online youth music festival - Platinum Certificate
2021 North American virtuoso international music competition – Gold Medal
2021 New York International Classical Music Competition - overall Grand Prize in the 10/11-year age
group (including performances on all instruments).
2021 New York Golden Classical music awards – First Place in both harp and piano. After winning this
competition, Jade was invited to perform both instruments at Carnegie Hall and intends to be in New
York in July 2022
2021 Trinity International Music Competition – Platinum Prize Winner
2022 Euro Elite International Music Competition – Junior Category – Platinum Award
2021-2022 Canadian International Music Competition – Junior Category – Platinum (Absolute First Prize)
Apart from her music and artistic pastimes, Jade is a keen sports person with her main sport of swimming
yielding her Auckland regional records and numerous Regional and national titles. She is also school
cross-country champion and a medalist in the inter-schools’ gymnastics competition.
Jade practices music for several hours each day, often late into night after her other hobbies and
schoolwork are finished. Even at such a young age, Jade clearly loves her music and hopes to inspire
other children to keep going, never give up and have fun!!
Jade is 10 years old and although she was born in Shanghai, China, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has always been musical, and has taken classes in piano, singing, harp and more recently – guitar. She has had the lead role in school productions for 3 consecutive years and is a born stage performer.
Jade began playing piano at the age of 5 and has won a number of international competitions and is currently studying for her grade 8 exam. She became fascinated with the harp after seeing a local girl playing at Christmas in 2017 and began lessons the following year, at age 7. For the past 3 years, she has been taught by Melody Lin – ironically, the mother of the girl who first sparked her interest in the harp.
After some initial success in local Auckland regional events, Jade increased her practice time on harp, as well as keeping up her performances on piano. She is also a keen ballet student and has around 10 hours of dance practice each week which has given her a well-rounded appreciation of classical music: the emotion, and ballet movements helps her understand how to express herself through harp performances.
Starting in 2021, during the covid lockdowns, Jade began entering online competitions around the world, in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A. These competitions attract entrants from over 70 countries, with each participant recording a video performance and sending it to a panel of judges.
Her first success came from her Piano performance in the Bonn Salzburg International Music Competition where she was awarded first prize in the 10/11-year age group and was invited to perform at the Beethoven House and the Solitär, Mozarteum in August 2021. (Sadly, due to covid travel restrictions, she was unable to attend).
After this initial success, Jade’s harp playing became her main focus and she achieved the following results:
2021 Asia International Piano Grand Prix – First Prize
2022 Asia international piano Grand prix – First Prize
2021 Grade Maestro International Music Competition – Junior Gategory _ Platinum Medalist
2021 International Music Competition Rome “Grand Prize Virtuoso” – Frist Prize
2021 Global International music competition - Platinum Award
2021 Appassionato Quebec online youth music festival - Platinum Certificate
2021 North American virtuoso international music competition – Gold Medal
2021 New York International Classical Music Competition - overall Grand Prize in the 10/11-year age
group (including performances on all instruments).
2021 New York Golden Classical music awards – First Place in both harp and piano. After winning this
competition, Jade was invited to perform both instruments at Carnegie Hall and intends to be in New
York in July 2022
2021 Trinity International Music Competition – Platinum Prize Winner
2022 Euro Elite International Music Competition – Junior Category – Platinum Award
2021-2022 Canadian International Music Competition – Junior Category – Platinum (Absolute First Prize)
Apart from her music and artistic pastimes, Jade is a keen sports person with her main sport of swimming
yielding her Auckland regional records and numerous Regional and national titles. She is also school
cross-country champion and a medalist in the inter-schools’ gymnastics competition.
Jade practices music for several hours each day, often late into night after her other hobbies and
schoolwork are finished. Even at such a young age, Jade clearly loves her music and hopes to inspire
other children to keep going, never give up and have fun!!
Francesca Eunhyang Choi - Gold Medalist - Piano (Professional Category) - Korea
She studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and New York with Russian pianists( Vladimir poliakoff who studied with Gregory Sokolov) and Nina lelchuk who studied with Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Mihail Pletnev, the best Russian pianists in existence. Her musical roots and identity are heralded by the genealogy of ‘Czerny-Liszt-Zilotti-Igumnov-Polyer-Blysenko-Pletine’: from Beethoven to Western Europe, the representative pianism of Russia.
She has experience in playing in Russia, the United States, and Korea, as well as teaching and playing in Daegu, and she currently holds a degree in New York and is engaged in musical activities in Europe,USA and South Korea since 2020
She won gold medals in the Global genius, World classical, Grand maestro, Global International ,North American, Quebec international music competition, the first price inGrand Prize Virtuoso international competition, Honor mention in Music and stars awards in Spain , Bronze hands at carles and Sophia international piano competition in Spain, The New artist by onstage in South Korea
She is currently performing as winner at prestigious halls in Russia, the USA,Europe and South Korea and will continue her academic and musician careers with Professor Jerome Rose In New York.
Kenʼich Masakado ‒ Gold Medalist ‒ Composition (Professional Category) ‒ Japan
Ken'ichi Masakado was born in Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture in October 1966. He picked up the trombone at the age of 12 and played in junior high school band andcommunity band before entering the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo in 1985. There he majored in musicology, studying mainly modern and contemporary music under Professor Akimichi Takeda, earning a B.A. with a thesis on the symphonies of Arthur Honegger. This research would have a major influence on his later composing career. While at Musashino, he also learned a great deal about band music (wind band, wind ensemble) under Mr. Toshio Akiyama. After graduating from Musashino, he worked as a trombonist and assistant conductor in a community band while working for an advertising agency in his hometown, Fukuoka Prefecture. At the same time, he began to compose and arrange music in earnest. His first achievement came in 1997, when he received an honorable mention in an open call for fanfare music for the Nagano Paralympics (1998). In 1998, his composition "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" was selected for the "9th Asahi Composition Award" and was chosen as the required piece for the "All Japan Band Competition" in 1999. This competition is the oldest and largest of its kind in Japan. "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" has been selected twice as the contest piece for overseascompetitions. After "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" was selected, he began to receive commissions from both professionals and amateurs for works mainly for wind instruments. Among them are the Hiroshima Wind Orchestra (Maestro Tatsuya Shimono, Music Director) and the Kyushu Wind Orchestra, two of Japan's leading wind orchestras. Many of his compositions have been published in Japan and Italy. He has also been recognized for his abilities as a conductor, and in April 2003 he was appointed as the Music Director of the Kitakyushu City Fire Department Band.
During his tenure until December 2005, he conducted about 500 concerts and ceremonies, as well as composing and arranging music for the band. In January 2006, he was appointed as the Director of the Oita Prefectural Police Band and conducted about 500 concerts and ceremonies during his tenure until March 2017. He has also composed and arranged music for many ceremonies, including the “63rd National Sports Festival” and the “8th National Sports Festival for the Disabled” held in Oita Prefecture in 2008, where he was honored to produce the ceremonial music and conduct the ceremonial band and chorus.
His current interest is not only in composition and arrangement, but also in education. He has a unique perspective on classical music theory, which he disseminates to enthusiasts through his website. He regularly teaches amateur bands, judges national and international competitions, and writes for magazines. He currently lives in Oita City. In 2021, he won the second prize in the concert march category of the “6th International Composition Competition for Marches ; Citta di Allumiere” in Italy. Of his award-winning work, “Shining soul 4”, Artistic Director Maestro Marco Somadossi praised Masakadoʼs “ability to elaborate the thematic material throughout the composition, the clear and effective instrumentation always functional to highlight the primary and
secondary thematic elements, the coherence of language were the elements that led me to pay attention to this composition”.
This is a perfect example of Masakado's creative approach. This attitude is based on his study of Honegger. This attitude is also reflected in the two works (『Sonata meccanica ~ for Solo Euphonium』and『Pilgrimage : Spring ~ for Violin, Violoncello and Piano』)that won him the gold medal at the “Trinity International Music Competition”.
Kenʼich Masakado ‒ Gold Medalist ‒ Composition (Professional Category) ‒ Japan
Ken'ichi Masakado was born in Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture in October 1966. He picked up the trombone at the age of 12 and played in junior high school band andcommunity band before entering the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo in 1985. There he majored in musicology, studying mainly modern and contemporary music under Professor Akimichi Takeda, earning a B.A. with a thesis on the symphonies of Arthur Honegger. This research would have a major influence on his later composing career. While at Musashino, he also learned a great deal about band music (wind band, wind ensemble) under Mr. Toshio Akiyama. After graduating from Musashino, he worked as a trombonist and assistant conductor in a community band while working for an advertising agency in his hometown, Fukuoka Prefecture. At the same time, he began to compose and arrange music in earnest. His first achievement came in 1997, when he received an honorable mention in an open call for fanfare music for the Nagano Paralympics (1998). In 1998, his composition "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" was selected for the "9th Asahi Composition Award" and was chosen as the required piece for the "All Japan Band Competition" in 1999. This competition is the oldest and largest of its kind in Japan. "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" has been selected twice as the contest piece for overseascompetitions. After "EMBLEMS, Militaly March" was selected, he began to receive commissions from both professionals and amateurs for works mainly for wind instruments. Among them are the Hiroshima Wind Orchestra (Maestro Tatsuya Shimono, Music Director) and the Kyushu Wind Orchestra, two of Japan's leading wind orchestras. Many of his compositions have been published in Japan and Italy. He has also been recognized for his abilities as a conductor, and in April 2003 he was appointed as the Music Director of the Kitakyushu City Fire Department Band.
During his tenure until December 2005, he conducted about 500 concerts and ceremonies, as well as composing and arranging music for the band. In January 2006, he was appointed as the Director of the Oita Prefectural Police Band and conducted about 500 concerts and ceremonies during his tenure until March 2017. He has also composed and arranged music for many ceremonies, including the “63rd National Sports Festival” and the “8th National Sports Festival for the Disabled” held in Oita Prefecture in 2008, where he was honored to produce the ceremonial music and conduct the ceremonial band and chorus.
His current interest is not only in composition and arrangement, but also in education. He has a unique perspective on classical music theory, which he disseminates to enthusiasts through his website. He regularly teaches amateur bands, judges national and international competitions, and writes for magazines. He currently lives in Oita City. In 2021, he won the second prize in the concert march category of the “6th International Composition Competition for Marches ; Citta di Allumiere” in Italy. Of his award-winning work, “Shining soul 4”, Artistic Director Maestro Marco Somadossi praised Masakadoʼs “ability to elaborate the thematic material throughout the composition, the clear and effective instrumentation always functional to highlight the primary and
secondary thematic elements, the coherence of language were the elements that led me to pay attention to this composition”.
This is a perfect example of Masakado's creative approach. This attitude is based on his study of Honegger. This attitude is also reflected in the two works (『Sonata meccanica ~ for Solo Euphonium』and『Pilgrimage : Spring ~ for Violin, Violoncello and Piano』)that won him the gold medal at the “Trinity International Music Competition”.
Kevin Zhu ‒ Platinum Medalist ‒ Piano (Youth Category) ‒ USA
Kevin Zhu is a 16-year-old pianist hailing from New York. Starting piano at the age of 4, he was admitted into the Manhattan School of Music Precollege at age 8 and proceeded to study under the tutelage of Ubaldo Diaz Acosta and Adam Kent for 6 years. He made his recital debut at the school at age 9, and his concerto debut at 11 with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta. He has won prizes in various international competitions, including Crescendo International Music
Competition, Vivo International Music Competition, and Forte International Music Competition. He is an alumnus at the Burgos International Music Festival in Spain, where he performed a prize-winning solo recital. An avid chamber musician, Kevin was selected to perform at the CMS Young Musicians and Ensembles Concerts and was an honored guest at the Music Mountain Festival under the studies of Yi-Heng Yang. He now attends the Juilliard School of Music Precollege under the tutelage of Julian Martin.
Kevin Zhu ‒ Platinum Medalist ‒ Piano (Youth Category) ‒ USA
Kevin Zhu is a 16-year-old pianist hailing from New York. Starting piano at the age of 4, he was admitted into the Manhattan School of Music Precollege at age 8 and proceeded to study under the tutelage of Ubaldo Diaz Acosta and Adam Kent for 6 years. He made his recital debut at the school at age 9, and his concerto debut at 11 with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta. He has won prizes in various international competitions, including Crescendo International Music
Competition, Vivo International Music Competition, and Forte International Music Competition. He is an alumnus at the Burgos International Music Festival in Spain, where he performed a prize-winning solo recital. An avid chamber musician, Kevin was selected to perform at the CMS Young Musicians and Ensembles Concerts and was an honored guest at the Music Mountain Festival under the studies of Yi-Heng Yang. He now attends the Juilliard School of Music Precollege under the tutelage of Julian Martin.
Vanesa Sirma - Platinum Medalist - Flute - Latvia
My name is Vanesa Sirma, I was born on September 20, 2009 in Jurmala,
Latvia. I study flute at the National Art Secondary School “Emila Darzina Music
school” in Riga, Latvia. My flute teacher is a prominent Latvian flutist Dita Krenberga.
I have participated in several competitions. Some of them: Muse 2019
International Music Competition – first prize; VII Stockholm International Music
Competition – first prize; “Vienna” 2019 Grand Prize Virtuoso – first prize; Golden
Classical Music Awards, New York 2019 – first prize; “Brussels” 2019 Grand Prize
Virtuoso – first prize; Glory Int’l Strings, Winds & Percussion Competition 2020 – first
prize; V Odin International Music Competition 2020 – first prize; Karlis Strals XXth
International competition “Young Flutist” – first prize; King’s Peak International
Music Competition 2020 – first prize; I Nice International Music Competition 2021 – first prize; Alexander & Buono International flute competition 2021 – first prize; Muse 2021 International Music Competition – first prize; II International Competition Of Classical Music “Viva-Music All World” New York 2021 – first prize;
VII Odin International Music Competition 2021 – first prize; Marker and Pioneer International Culture Exchange Center music competition – first prize; VI International Flute Competition Varna 2021 – second prize; V International online music competition “Academia Dolzhikova 2021” – second prize; Moscow International Flute Academy IV International Music Video Competition “GoodWin Art” – second prize; Music@E-contest 2021 – first prize; 2021 Trinity International Music Competition – platinum award.
In May 2021, I received an award from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia for success in international competitions.
I have performed at the winners concerts: Glaserner Saal, Musikverein, Vienna; Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York; The Historical Museum, Stockholm; Lecture Hall at Megaron Athens Concert Hall. I have masterclasses: Carlo Jans, Luxembourg and Ginevra Petrucci, Italy
Saturnino “ Satur ” Tiamson, Jr. - Gold Medalist - Percussion (Professional Category) - Hong Kong / Philippines
Saturnino “ Satur ” Tiamson, Jr., hailed by Time Out Magazine as one of the Top 20 Musicians in Hong Kong in 2008. As a session musician he has performed in the (ATEG) Atlantis productions of Fun Home; Kinky Boots; Side Show; Matilda; Beautiful (The Carole King Musical); Waitress; and The Band’s Visit in Manila. He has also appeared in HK 3 Arts Musical Institute Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts School of Drama Spring Awakening and some musical shows of Marsha Yuan. He plays various styles and he is currently drumming in Hong Kong with William Elvin, Helium3, Deborah & Friends, Gip Percussion Ensemble and Hong Kong Metropolitan Pop Orchestra and among others.
Satur has also performed as drummer and band leader in HK Disneyland Band, former Percussionist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Former Principal percussionist of the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra, Metro Manila Community Orchestra and guest musician at the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the Timpanist of the Southeast Asian Wind Ensemble in Thailand (2003) and toured in Asia with the Asian Youth Orchestra (2001 & 2004). In 2018 he was featured as guest solo drummer with the Hong Kong Metropolitan Pop Orchestra and guest Percussion Artist at the first Asian Percussion Series held in Hong Kong in 2019. Recently, he was invited to perform Body Percussion for a CD recording of “Wild The Musical together with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.
In 2016, he won multi- gold medals and awarded Senior Division Overall Champion in the instrument jazz category in the 20th Annual World Champions of Performing Arts in USA. At the same year, he bagged the 2nd prize for the Drum Set Category during the 14th edition of Italy Percussion Competition by Italy Percussive Arts Society. That same year, he was chosen by JCI Philippines as one of (TOYM) The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines for Arts in Music. In 2020, he received a Certificate of Recognition with Superior rating from the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps’ virtual solo and ensemble festival and will be featured as performer in 2021.
He finished a Diploma course at University of the Philippines College Music (2005) and Bachelor of Music for Percussion Performance at St. Paul University College of Music and Performing Arts, Manila (2021). His continuing quest for excellence also earned him the Specialist Drums Certificate with Berklee College of Music Online with Celebrity Scholarship Award (2012). He also earned Distinction in ABRSM Percussion (2011) and Rockschool Drum exams (2021). Currently, he studies Masters of Music in Percussion Performance at St Paul University. Satur studies rudimental drumming with John Wooton (A.K.A. Dr. Throwdown).
Recognized as an active educator, Satur has given hundreds of clinics in schools, community bands, and festivals. He has appeared at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Music Workshops, “ PADAYON” The NCCA Hour, The Philippine Arts Festival by National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Percussive Arts Society Philippine Chapter Percussion Festival, Gip Percussion Summer Festival (Hong Kong), Disney Performing Arts Band Workshops (Hong Kong) NeoClassic Music School (Brunei), Indonesia, and TEDx Hong Kong. This year he will present a rudimental snare drumming clinic at the Initial-P & International Fringe Association Percussion Festival 2021.
Sharing his time and resources to promote music among the young and OFWs earned him the Bagong Bayani (modern-day hero) Award for Culture and the Arts in 2014, ABS-CBN Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino (Filipino hero) Award for Asia Pacific in 2015, University of the Philippines Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award for Culture and the Arts in 2018 and Presidential Award in 2018 conferred by the President of the Philippines.
Tiamson is currently teaching drums and drum circle at Harrow International School Hong Kong, The ISF Academy, United Christian Music Academy, Initial- P Percussion Studio and Star Teacher at Tom Lee Music Academy. He also teaches snare drum at Hong Kong International Drummer Festival and an active online drum teacher since 2011. Satur is an active member of Percussive Arts Society, member of the World Percussion Committee, Liaison to International Committee, Board of Advisors and President of Percussive Arts Society Philippine Chapter.
Jia Li - Gold Medalist - Composition (Professional Category) - China
A native Shanghainese, Prof. Dr. Li Jia (Born, 1977/4/7) is a Chinese pianist, composer and musicologist. He received his post-graduate diploma (Shanghai Normal University), M.A. in Pop Music Studies (Shanghai Conservatory of Music), M.M. in piano (Sta Isabel College), PhD (Saint Louis University) and post-doctorate (Central Escolar University).He studied piano with such international artists as Prof. Augusto Espino and Prof. Nina Jostel. As a critically acclaimed concert pianist and composer, he has won over 50 international piano and composition competitions, including St. Peter-burg International Piano Competition, New York International Music Competition, Prokofiev international Music Competition, North America International Piano Competition, Moscow International Piano Competition, London Young Artist Music Competition, American Young Artist Music Competition, London International Piano Competition, Bonn International Piano Competition, Moscow International Piano Competition, Canadian International Music Competition, WPTA International Piano Competition, etc. Li Jia published his two volumes of piano solo works by Shanghai Music Publishing House and two piano solo CDs by Guangdong Music Publishing House. He specializes in the works of Baroque and Romantic periods, especially by Bach, Scarlatti and Franz Liszt. His performance venue includes Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Bonn Beethovenhaus, Bosendorfer Hall at Mozarthaus, Vienna Ehrbar Hall, Etc. As a scholar, Li Jia published more than 100 papers in journals . Li Jia currently teaches Masters Students at Shanxi Normal University and PhD Students at Krirk University Thailand. Besides, he is also a professor in piano for several colleges, including Nanyang Institute of Science and Technology, etc. Li Jia gives around 30 solo recitals annually in China and beyond and works as the Chief editor for 15 international journals among which seven are Scopus-indexed.
Minjoo Song - Gold Medalist - Youth Category (Violin) - USA
Minjoo Song currently attends Bergen County Academies as a member of the Academy of Visual Performing Arts-Music Major(class of 2025). She is in the BCA Orchestra, 2nd Chair of 1st Violin as a freshman.
She has been a very passionate musician since she was very little. She is a student of Professor Krzysztof Kuznik, and was accepted into Manhattan School of Music Precollege Divison as a classical violinist in 2019 with the Scholarship Award. At precollege, she was chosen for the Honors Recital for two consecutive years and was the orchestra concert mistress in her first precollege year. In addition, she was a first violinist in the Repertory Orchestra, and is currently in the Symphony Orchestra. She has received the Dean's List Award for two consecutive years.
She is an active member in the Thurnauer School of Music and the first violinist in the Thurnauer String Quartet coached by Francesca Silos (member of the Colorado String Quartet) since 2020 and represents the music school. They performed multiple times for the music community there and won the Young Maestro Music Competition in 2021 and received the Gold Medal Award. She was also chosen to perform with her Quartet in the masterclass with world-renowned Quartetto di Cremona, which was collaborated with Si-Yo Music Society Foundation in 2021.
She was the concert mistress in all Tenafly Public School Concerts for both elementary and middle school and she received the Erika Boras Tesi Music Award for her contribution and love of music along with the High Honors for Academic Achievement Award from the middle school. She was accepted into New Jersey Northern Regional Orchestra, and Bergen County Choir as a soprano vocalist. She's been also a pianist and has accompanied both chorus and orchestra multiple times.
She has performed at various venues such as Lincoln Center, Scandinavia House, Merkin Hall, Fondation Hindemith etc. and won numerous music competitions including the Rondo Young Artists Vanguard Competition in 2019 and was accepted to go to Rondo's Summer Academy in Blonay, Switzerland in 2019, where she had masterclasses with Dmitiri Berlinksy, Sergei Ostrovsky, and Oleg Kaskiv at the camp. Recently she won the Gold Medal Award from the Trinity International Music Competition in 2021.
In her free time, she enjoys dancing, listening to music, and drawing.
Evangeline Lien - Gold Medalist - Youth Category (Viola) - USA
Evangeline Lien made her solo piano debut recital at the age of 9 with
full ovation. The unique sound of the viola attracted her attention, which led her to transition to a violist. By the age of 11, she had won
numerous international competitions, including the 1st prize of the
Music Talent and Judges’ Distinction Award of the Romantic Music in
the American Protege International Competition, 1st prize of the Golden Classical Music Awards with invitations to perform in Carnegie Hall, 1st prize of the International Music Competition “Bonn and Salzburg” Grand Prize Virtuoso with invitations to perform at Beethoven-Haus in Bonn and Solitär Mozarteum in Salzburg, 1st prize of the Greece Muse International Competition along with the 3rd prize of overall winners, 1st prize with Menzione Speciale of the 31st Young Musician International Competition "City of Barletta", Grand Prize in overall Strings Category of the Vancouver International Music Competition, 1st prize of the North International Music Competition, 1st place at both the 21st Century Talents and Rocky Mountain Concerto Competition, Grand Prize and Audience Award at the Royal Sound Music Competition, Grand Prix of the Festivalul de arte International Strings & Chamber Music Competition, 1ER PRIX of the France Music Competition, Grand prize overall (top performer runner up) of the US New Star Strings Competition, Viola Performing Gold Star of the Music & Stars Awards, 1st prize California State in the Opus Music Competition, 1st prize of the IMKA Music Competition, 1st prize of the Charleston International Music Competition. Besides music, she enjoys flipping pancakes, kayaking, writing, reading fantasy/mystery books, and caring for her backyard miniature farm.
Cameron Smith - Gold Medalist - Composition (Professional Category) - USA
Cameron Smith (b. 1994), a native of Longmont, Colorado, is a rising cellist-composer of the modern day. Falling in love with the cello after witnessing a demonstration of it at school, he started playing at eight and began lessons with the late Margaret Noble at age 13. In 2009 he was a finalist in the Longmont Symphony Orchestra Young Ar- tist Competition, and in 2010 was the recipient of the Wednesday Music Club Scholarship competition. In 2011, he was one of the first two cellists to ever represent Silver Creek High School as assistant principal of the Colorado All-State Philharmonic Orchestra, and was named principal cellist in the 2012 inaugural Combined League Honors Orchestra. In addition, he also represented Silver Creek at the 2012 Western States Honors Orchestra Festival in Greeley, Colorado. He was principal cellist of the Walt Disney Studios Invitational Orchestral Workshop in 2011 and had the opportunity next year in 2012 performing Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major with the Silver Creek Symphony Orchestra.
Cameron graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music in cello performance, with the highest Latin honors of summa cum laude studying under Gal Faganel, and was inducted into the Golden Key International Honours Society. While studying at UNC, Cameron was part of the award-winning UNC Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, the latter of which was awarded the title Best U.S. Collegiate Orchestra by Downbeat Magazine in 2013, during his first year of undergraduate study. He also one of the original cellists to found the university’s first Baroque orchestra and chorus, UNC’s Ursa Consort, and made his professional solo debut performing the Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto in 2017 in a joint performance with the Consort, together with Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Baroque Orchestra.
In July 2020 he graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a Master of Music in cello performance under the tutelage of Alison Wells, and recently he received his Master of Arts in chamber music and secondary study composition, studying with Alison Wells and Stuart MacRae, respectively. During his time at the RCS, Cameron has performed alongside the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Bernstein’s Mass, May 2018); selected for the BBC SSO and RSNO mentoring schemes in the 2019 and 2020 seasons; performed alongside the Scottish Ensemble in the Ensemble’s Side-by-Side Project (2019), and has led, and been a part of, the RCS Symphony, Chamber Or- chestra, Opera, and Concerto Orchestra projects, which included performing the U.K. premiere of the opera Dead Man Walking. In 2018 he was the cellist of the Zephyr Quartet, who represented RCS in the finals of the Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition. He was twice named Emergent Artist at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in 2016 and 2018, performing Hindemith’s Op. 25 No. 3 and Ginastera’s Pampeana No. 2 rhapsodie for cello and piano Op. 21, respectively. He was part of the ensembles that were twice selected to perform in the Rosin International Chamber Music Festival, playing Shostakovich’s Quartet No.6 in the Brodsky Quartet’s 2018 Shostakovich cycle, and Beethoven’s Op. 95 in the Brodsky Quartet’s 2019 Beethoven cycle. In 2019 he was invited to the Cantilena Chamber Music Festival, where he reprised his role in Vivaldi’s Double Cello Concerto in G Minor. Also in 2019 he attended the CelloClassics course in Tereglio, Italy, studying with Sebastian Comberti, Raphael Wallfisch, and Roel Dieltiens, and is looking forward to its next season, postponed to 2022.
Cameron has appeared on BBC Radio 3, STV and ITV, and in the Herald as well as the Glasgow Times, co-leading the BBC Radio 3 International Cello Festival, and served as one of the first lead Ambassadors to Nicola Benedetti’s Benedetti Foundation, performing with Benedetti in the Glasgow launch concert and sessions that January, and again in the Dundee sessions later that March. He was awarded Second Prize in Chamber Music together with pia- nist Jia Ning Ng at the North International Music Competition 2020 Autumn Series. He is part of the Nevis Ensemble, Scotland’s Street Orchestra, which aims to bring classical music outside of the concert hall and make it much more accessible to the general public in making music in uncommon and unique areas, and especially more accessible for differently-abled youths, senior citizens, and areas where people do not have access to classical music. He has served on three tours with Nevis, and is humbled to have been part of Nevis’ 2021 TED Tour, and performed at the COP26 pre-summit, playing for audience members such as Rosamund Adoo-Kissi Debrah and Emma Watson. The Ensemble was recently on the shortlist for the 2021 Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award. In addition to performance, he has been an adjudicator for competitions, such as the 2019 Merchiston International School Mu- sic Competition, and enjoys teaching, serving as assistant coach to Andrea Gajic in the RCS VVC Summer String Course (2019). Cameron is part of the Pisces Duo, together with pianist Mianoora Kosonen, having recently made their professional debut in September 2021 with the world and U.K. premiere of Cameron’s Rhapsode de Temps, Op. 4 (2021).
Cameron has had the honor to have been in masterclasses of and worked with renowned artists such as Raphael Wallfisch, Sebastian Comberti, Roel Dieltiens, Antonio Menêses, Alison Wells, the Brodsky Quartet, David Dolan four times, Peter Salaff, Ida Mercer, Robert Irvine, Andrea Gajic, Scott Mitchell, Matt Haimovitz, Russell Guyver, Barbara Thiem, Daniel Rothmuller, Gregory Sauer, Scott Klukdahl, Adrianna Castillo, and Silver Ainomaë. His postgraduate studies have been graciously supported by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scholarship Trust, and the Ian McGlashan Scholarship. Currently, he is the composer and scorer for the upcoming documentary film The Sonic Warrior, due to be premiering in 2022.
Ethan D. Yu - Gold Medalist - Piano (Collegiate Category) - USA / Taiwan
Ethan D. Yu is a Junior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. He began learning piano at age 6, with Professor Anna Poklewski. As the two times First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Award winner from the Grand Virtuoso International Music Competition, Ethan was invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London and Wiener Saal, Mozarteum in Salzburg. He also won the Platinum Award from the Global International Competition, Gold Award from the Trinity International Music Competition, the First Place from the Quebec Music Competition, the Great Composers Competition, the Korean Times Music Competition and the 2nd Place from the US New Star Competition, the American Protege Competition, and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Other awards include the KAMSA Competition, the Enkor International Music Competition, the United States International Music Competition, the East Bay Music Festival, the United States Open Music Competition, the San Francisco Chopin Competition. Ethan also has experience in chamber music as a pianist and in school orchestra as a cellist.
When not playing piano, Ethan enjoys playing water polo, biking, archery, writing, reading literature, and watching comedy.
Arturo Bienve Díaz Álvarez - Composition - Gold Medal - Spain
Arturo Bienve Díaz Álvarez is 11 years old and he was born in Ávila (Spain). He currently studies violin with Natalia Stárchenko Egorova at the “Tomás Luís de Victoria” Conservatory in Ávila . He also plays piano and studies classical composition with Giuseppe Devastato in Madrid.
Arturo Bienve has participated in and won top prizes in a number of international competitions for piano and composition. As a COMPOSER he have been awarded in eight International Competitions:
1st Prize in London Young Musician 2020-2021 and MuseScore Special Prize (up to 28 years); 1st Prize in the 9th International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition (JSFest 2021, category up 12 years); 1st Prize in Trinity International Music Competition (Composition, up 12 years); 1st Prize in 21st Century Talents Composition Competition (up 12 years) ; 2nd Prize in World Classical Music Awards (all age); 3rd Prize in 4TH International Composer Award, Vienna, Franz Schubert Konservatorium (up to 19 years) and Special Prize “World premiere piano pieces 2022” ; 2nd Prize in VIII International competition Smederevo 2021 , Serbia (Composition, Category I: up 16); 2nd Prize North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021.
As a pianist, he is multi-award winner: 2nd Prize in WPTA Portugal 2021; 3nd Prize in III WPTA Singapure; 2nd Prize in Great Masters International Piano Competition Vladimir Horowitz edition 2021; 2nd Prize in Concurso Internacional Jóvenes Interpretes “Música Callada” 2017; 2nd Prize in Orbetello Piano Competition 2021 (Italy).
He has been interviewed on television for his prizes. He would like to be a soundtrack composer thought it's very hard but it's good to have dreams. Arturo Bienve loves to sing, read, chess, draw and study sciences. Arturo uses software to transcribe his own compositions.
Hande Liu—Gold Medalist-Junior Category (piano)- China
Hande Liu, a gentle and hospitality Libra boy who deeply loves to listen
to Chopin's -Op. 25, 12 Études No. 11 in A minor "Winter Wind";
Self-introduction
He, always Crushed by Bach while admiring the talent of Mozart,
sometimes would immersed in the madness Beethoven, with the
sympathetic feeling to the home and country feelings of Chopin and
often looks forward to one day being able to play the repertoire of
Showman Liszt.
Award History
8 years old: 2021.5 Central Conservatory of Music Level 7 passed
2021.5 Gold Medal in the 8th Beijing Pearl Cup Piano Invitational
Preliminary Round 8-year-old Group
2021.6 Gold Medal in the 8th Jingzhu Cup Piano Invitational Competition
Final 8-year-old Group
7 years old: January 2020 Central Conservatory of Music Grade 5 Outstanding
In July 2019, he began to study the fifth-level repertoire of the Central
Conservatory of Music From January to July 2020, classes were suspended due to the epidemic, and the study resumed in August 2020
6 years old: May 2019 - Beijing Pearl Cup - Final 6-year-old group Gold Award
April 2019 - Jingzhu Cup - Preliminary Round 6-year-old group first prize
In January 2019, the second prize of the second; Music Creation Future - piano, the first prize of individual composition, the first prize of the total score
5 years old: October 2018 Central Conservatory of Music Grade III Excellent In June 2018, he began to study the third-level repertoire of the Central Conservatory of Music In March 2018, he officially paid homage to Teacher Wang Yan, and in June 2018, he had won the second prize in the kindergarten category of the 4 th Melbourne International Youth Music Competition
Other musical instruments
Violin
Hande LIU studied the violin in his spare time as a second instrument. He also likes the timbre of the violin and the emotions conveyed by the violin music.His favorite modern violinist is Itzhak Perlman.
Hande Liu—Gold Medalist-Junior Category (piano)- China
Hande Liu, a gentle and hospitality Libra boy who deeply loves to listen
to Chopin's -Op. 25, 12 Études No. 11 in A minor "Winter Wind";
Self-introduction
He, always Crushed by Bach while admiring the talent of Mozart,
sometimes would immersed in the madness Beethoven, with the
sympathetic feeling to the home and country feelings of Chopin and
often looks forward to one day being able to play the repertoire of
Showman Liszt.
Award History
8 years old: 2021.5 Central Conservatory of Music Level 7 passed
2021.5 Gold Medal in the 8th Beijing Pearl Cup Piano Invitational
Preliminary Round 8-year-old Group
2021.6 Gold Medal in the 8th Jingzhu Cup Piano Invitational Competition
Final 8-year-old Group
7 years old: January 2020 Central Conservatory of Music Grade 5 Outstanding
In July 2019, he began to study the fifth-level repertoire of the Central
Conservatory of Music From January to July 2020, classes were suspended due to the epidemic, and the study resumed in August 2020
6 years old: May 2019 - Beijing Pearl Cup - Final 6-year-old group Gold Award
April 2019 - Jingzhu Cup - Preliminary Round 6-year-old group first prize
In January 2019, the second prize of the second; Music Creation Future - piano, the first prize of individual composition, the first prize of the total score
5 years old: October 2018 Central Conservatory of Music Grade III Excellent In June 2018, he began to study the third-level repertoire of the Central Conservatory of Music In March 2018, he officially paid homage to Teacher Wang Yan, and in June 2018, he had won the second prize in the kindergarten category of the 4 th Melbourne International Youth Music Competition
Other musical instruments
Violin
Hande LIU studied the violin in his spare time as a second instrument. He also likes the timbre of the violin and the emotions conveyed by the violin music.His favorite modern violinist is Itzhak Perlman.
Zda Sumbillo - Voice - Gold Medalist –Philippines
Zda is a 10-year old consistent academic awardee and a winner in the 2018 Song Festival at her school. She's a two-time Gold Medalist - Voice in the 2021 Trinity International
Music and Quebec Music Online International Competitions. She was a bronze medalist, Rising Star Category - Voice in the 2020-2021 Canadian International Music Competition. She recently got nominated as Best Performer in a Musical in Broadway World 2021 Awards for her first international musical performance in Lights, Stage, Sing Cabaret under
Broadway Everyday Star Theater (BEST). She and her BEST team won third place when they participated in the 2021 Eurovision Musical Contest 2 - representing Denmark in Inspiration Theater Co., UK.
She had her first stint as a playwright and performed as Super Z (a superhero) in the Voices of Youth Theater Festival and won a Power Performer award in the Voices of Youth Talent Showcase by Powerstories in Florida, USA. Zda has a passion for music and the performing arts. She has played diverse roles in acting and was a work shopper at Atlantis Theatrical (AT), Repertory (REP), Trumpets
Playshop, and ABS CBN-Star Magic. As a thespian, she was part of AT's online edition of "The Big One-Oh!" and portrayed Snitch, the fox in the Seven Little Penguins in REP on stage. She dreams big and loves to inspire people by sharing her talent for singing, dancing, performing, and the gift of sharing a story.
Anakin Ho Fai TANG 鄧皓徽 - Trumpet - Gold Medalist - Hong Kong
A Graduate from Evangel College (Primary Section) (HK), Anakin Ho Fai TANG is studying at Chetham’s School of Music (UK) under the tutelage of Murray Greig and Tracey Redfern on trumpet, Lauryna Sableviciute on piano. His trumpet teachers also include Paul Archibald, Joseph Ngan, Kelvin Ngai and Jimmy Tung.
Anakin has performed in Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Poland & Beijing as a soloist in various events. Since 2016, Anakin has won more than hundred First Prizes and Awards from competitions in Hong Kong, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, Estonia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea. At his age of 12 he was the youngest champion in all his Open Class Brass Solo competitions.
Anakin released his music albums “Pot-pourri” and “Sūrnāy Musique” when he was 11 and 13 years old respectively. Anakin’s recording on Thorvald Hansen’s Cornet Sonata and Tomaso Albinoni’s Trumpet Concerto has won more than 45 awards in both local and overseas online music competitions. In 2019 & 2020, other than public performances, Anakin held three trumpet recitals in Hong Kong, participated in broadcasting projects with Radio Television Hong Kong TV31 “Arts on Air ~ Music Platform” as well as Leisure & Cultural Services Department online music programme “Hong Kong Home-brewed Music Prodigies”. Recent projects include a music video and recording work in a Macau/HK pop singer Mr. Terence Tsui’s (Siu Fay) newly released song 《Loser》cooperating with famous song writer/arranger/producer Mr CHAN Fai Young.
Anakin was selected to be the “Most Promising Brass Player” at Southend Music Festival UK in 2018 , granted the “Hong Kong Outstanding Young Musician Award” in 2021 by International Fringe Association, awarded the“Best Musician Award Scholarship” for Year 2020-2021 by Evangel College in recognition of his achievements in music. In August 2021, Anakin was selected as the awardee of the 73rd HKSMSA Grantham Music Award Scholarship by the HKSMSA, as well as the “Stars of Tomorrow”(trumpet) by the IYMC (International Youth Music Competition).
Anakin likes to play football , basketball and ice-skating in his spare time.
Enrelle Ashong - Junior Category (Harp) - Gold Medalist - Canada
Enrelle Ashong is 7 years old and was born in Vancouver, Canada and she started her harp lessons at the age 5 with teacher Miya Otake. At age 6, she won her first prize, the Gold Medallion , in the KPU competition in 2020. She also won a Trophy and Platinum Certification in her age group in the KPU competition in 2021. She received a Gold Medal Award in both the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021 and the Vancouver International Music Competition 2021. She is honoured to receive another Gold Medal Award from the 2021 Trinity International Music Competition.
She also plays violin and piano but the harp is her favourite instrument. She hopes to one day play the harp on a big stage in an orchestra.
Leem Jia En
Gold Medalist - Junior Category (Guzheng) - Singapore
Bronze Medalist - Junior Category (Piano) - Singapore
Leem Jia En is a multi-talented 10-year-old from Singapore. Her passion in music brought her to learn various instruments. She began her piano study at age 6, Guzheng at age 9 and recently she picked up trumpet as her third instrument during the year end school holidays. She is a member of her school’s co-curricular activity (CCA) Guzheng Ensemble Team and also studies her Guzheng Music with Joanne Wanglu, Music Principal at Yunyi Musical Education Centre.
With a year of Guzheng learning, Jia En has already won numerous First and Gold Prizes this year in international competitions - Trinity International Music Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso, American Protégé, Red Maple Music Competition, Charleston International Music Competition, IMKA international Music Competition, Valencia Awards Music Competition, Global Genius Competition, Grand Maestro International Music Competition. She is invited to debut at Carnegie Hall and in Canada in Year 2023 for both of her instruments – Guzheng and Piano. She is also currently pursuing Grade Six Guzheng Examination with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). With her strong passion towards music, she dreams to perform more on stage and contribute more to charity events.
Playing solo and in a team is very different and she learns that playing in an ensemble team has its own challenges, but it also encourages all the team members to work together to achieve the same goal. Learning music has also teaches her discipline and resilience. Jia En loves to attend Guzheng holiday camps as she can learn from other young musicians. “Music is a passion of mine. I’m always listening, always learning. Playing music makes me happy!”
Lie Yin Yin - Silver Medalist
Professional Category (Piano) - Hong Kong
Lie Yin Yin, a diversified music teacher and performer. Graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Master of Arts (Honours) in Music and holds a number of professional qualifications. Lie is currently under the tutelage of renowned Steinway pianist Dr. Mary Meiloc Wu. She has won several awards, including the 2012 National Youth Art Elite Competition, the 5th Kawai Asia Piano Competition and the the 20th Hong Kong-Asian Piano Open Competition.
Lie has extensive performance experience in different form of music. She once formed an alternative-folk band and performed at Taiwan Spring Scream Music Festival, Clockenflap, K11, The Peak Galleria and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
In recent years, she has become fascinated by classical chamber music and has worked as a flautist and arranger. Free online music concert was hold to share the joy of chamber music. In 2020 and 2021, she was invited to participate in the publication of the book "Music World Horizon" and the CIBS program of RTHK to share her growth experience in the music journey.
Ludmila Pelahiy – Voice – Silver Medalist – Professional Category – Austria
Ludmila Pelahiy is studying at the International Academy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She is member of the OPERA-teens of the Vienna State Opera. Ludmila also performed in the Opera of Burg Gars. The young singer took part at numerous national and international competitions and festivals. Ludmila has been presented as a soloist with a Platinum Prize award at the Canadian International Music Competition 2020-2021, two Gold Prize awards – at the Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition 2021 and at the Quebec International Music Competition 2021, three Silver Prize awards – at the Appassionato Quebec Youth Music Festival 2021, at the Grand Maestro International Music Competition 2021 and at the Trinity International Music Competition 2021 and a Bronze Prize award at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021. She also has been
awarded with a first prize at the Verbum International Spoken Word Contest 2021, several second prizes – at the Talents of Europe International Art Festival & Contest 2021, at The Song International Contest 2021, at the American Edition International Contest Fiestalonia Milenio 2021 and at the IInd International “Edelweiss” Competition-Festival 2017 and two third prizes – at the World Art Games International Art Media Contest 2021 and at the III. Danubia Talents Liszt International Music Competition 2021. Ludmila Pelahiy is also double prizewinner at the Viennese regional competition “Prima la musica”: 2009 in the category Vocal Ensemble and 2010 in the category Solo Singing. Ludmila has
perfomed as a member of the OPERA-teens in the 6th International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival 2017. The choir has been awarded with a Silver Prize.
Ludmila Pelahiy took part at several gala concerts and festivals in Europe such as the gala events “CGDC Award” 2012 and 2013 and the benefit gala evening Innocent 2021 in Vienna, the “Junge Musik”- Concert of “Wien Modern”, the gala concert “Berühmte Opernchöre” with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, etc.
Megan Kate Lim Montefrio - Silver Medalist - Junior Category (Voice) - Singapore
Megan, 10 years old, started her music journey at 3 years old when she learned the violin. She soon expanded her musical skills and studied the piano at 4 years old and the cello at 8. Her passion for performance and music was honed further when she formally took up classical voice lessons at age 9. She has since attained ABRSM certifications in all four instruments, Grade 5 for Singing for Musical Theatre, Grade 5 for violin, Grade 4 for cello and Grade 3 for piano. She is presently preparing for her ABRSM Grade 5 piano examination. Megan has been awarded the First Prize winner of the 2021 Rome Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition for singing in her age category and a Silver medal for cello in the junior category at the Grand Maestro International Music Competition. She also garnered First Prize for The Art of Vocal Performance - Musical Theatre and Second Prize for The Art of Strings - Violin and Cello at the Great Composers Competition, 6th Edition 2021. Most recently, she has been recognized as a Second Place Winner (voice) of the American Protege International Music Talent Competition Fall 2021 and the VIII North International Music Competition. She has performed at the 2018 and 2019 Asia Arts Festival (solo violin and part of a Junior Chamber Orchestra), Singapore International String Conference in 2016 and 2018 and in numerous music school recitals. She is a leading member of her school choir and has participated in the Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation in 2020. She is also one of the youngest members of the Singapore Symphony Children’s Concert Choir. Other than the performing arts, Megan is an avid reader and a budding coder.
Nachayada Tengprasert - Silver Medalist - Junior Category (Voice) - Thailand
Nachayada Tengprasert is 11 years old singer from Thailand. She was born in Bangkok in 2010. She have started to take vocal courses at the age of seven and currently study with Ms.Onwara Chaisomkun. She have got several awards such as First Prize from Beethoven/Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition in 2021, First Prize from The Muse Competition 2021, Gold Prize from OSAKA International Music Competition, Bangkok Regional Round 2021, First Prize from Rome Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, Gold Prizeand Second Highest Score from CMTG Young Musician Competition & Festival 2021, Third Prize from The 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and Festival 2021, Second Place Winner from THE 28th UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2021, Gold Star from Music & Star Awards 2021, First Place and Highest Score from The 9th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival 2021 THAILAND Preliminary Round.
Kiyo Nai Yow Jia - Silver Medalist - Pre-Junior (Piano) - Malaysia
5 years old from Malaysia ( Johor ) study music at Cartoon Art Music Centre with P’ng Kher Ching.
ABRSM Piano grade 5 exam passed with Merit when only 5 years old 2021 year.
Won Gold / 1st prize winner in England , Italy , Bosnia ,American and Estonia music competition.
And also others prize wining in Canada ,Poland,Russia, Belgium, HongKong, Malaysia +
Kiyo enjoys competition for exploring different culture around the world and enjoy their music style.
Kiyo wishes to be a Music Therapist with her mum when she grows up.
Malva Rodríguez González - Bronze Medalist - Collegiate (Piano) - Cuba
In 2011 Malva Rodríguez González entered the Saumell Conservatory due to the piano profile with Professor Hortensia Upmann. In 2014 she won the Third Prize in the Amadeo Roldán Provincial Piano Competition and a Special Mention for the Best Performance of Music of the 20th century.
In 2016 she obtained the Second Prize in the Amadeo Roldán Provincial Piano Competition and Special Mentions for the Best Interpretation of Cuban and Latin American works respectively. In 2018 she obtained the Third Prize in the Amadeo Roldán Piano Competition. In 2020 she obtained the Second Prize in the First Latin American Contest “América para Todos”, online modality in the Young Latin American
Pianist Category. In 2021 she obtained the Second Prize in the Rocky Mountain Piano Competition, online modality and the Second Prize in the second edition of the Latin American Contest “América para Todos” in the Young Latin American Virtuous Category, also online. She has participated in the Havana Contemporary Music Festival, in numerous activities organized by her school, in Silvio Rodríguez's Tour of the Barrios, as well as in other concerts. Since 2019 she studies at the National School of Art and is a student of Aldo López Gavilán.
Saerta Kola - Bronze Medalist - Junior Category (Piano) - Albania
Saerta Kola is from Lezhe, Albania. She is eleven years old. She is a student at Besëlidhja School, Lezhe. She entered the music competition in this school before starting first grade and she was accepted in the music class. Then, she chose piano as her instrument as it was her favorite instrument since she was a kid. She studied piano for five years and four months. She took part in an instrument competition of the city hall. She had a really good performance. After that, she took part in the music exam at the end of the fifth grade and she passed both in writing and performance. During the summer she was very committed to studying hard for piano and she wants to take part in a lot of competitions. On 14th September 2021 she took part in the 21st Century Talents Music Competition and she won the third place in a solo performance as a pianist. In this competition of yours she won the bronze medal and she is very happy of participating and winning as well. This made her being motivated in fulfillment of her dreams as a great pianist and made her feel confident to go ahead with the piano! She is an excellent student. Thank you for everything!
Saerta Kola is from Lezhe, Albania. She is eleven years old. She is a student at Besëlidhja School, Lezhe. She entered the music competition in this school before starting first grade and she was accepted in the music class. Then, she chose piano as her instrument as it was her favorite instrument since she was a kid. She studied piano for five years and four months. She took part in an instrument competition of the city hall. She had a really good performance. After that, she took part in the music exam at the end of the fifth grade and she passed both in writing and performance. During the summer she was very committed to studying hard for piano and she wants to take part in a lot of competitions. On 14th September 2021 she took part in the 21st Century Talents Music Competition and she won the third place in a solo performance as a pianist. In this competition of yours she won the bronze medal and she is very happy of participating and winning as well. This made her being motivated in fulfillment of her dreams as a great pianist and made her feel confident to go ahead with the piano! She is an excellent student. Thank you for everything!
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