In 2016 the Steinway Society Classical competition made a transition to an ‘all-live’ audition on April 1,2. The contestants, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators Dr. Kairy Koshoeva, Dr. George Borisov and Ms. Georgiana Rosca who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.
Over the last twenty seven years, more than 200 students have received Steinway Society scholarships. Many of the past winners have gone on to win other state and national prizes and study music in college.
The Scholarship Winners
- Anastasia Kudin, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group 1
- Evan Lin, student of Rita Shklar, Second Place, Group 1
- Aiden Hyun, student of Phillip Kawin, Third Place, Group 1
- Sophie Cheng , student of Julia Lam, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Mina Kanburlar , student of Michael Jacobsen, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Kevin Jin, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Emma Tian, student of Grace Yang, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Joyce Robbin Wu , student of Kristine Janusa , Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Daniel Mori, student of Irina Morozova, First Place tie, Group 2
- Max Wang, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, First Place tie, Group 2
- Elizabeth Yang, student of Grace J. Yang, Second Place tie, Group 2
- Grace Wang, student of Todd Simmons, Second Place tie, Group 2
- Elizabeth Williams, student of Lyuda Levkova, Third Place tie Group 2
- Benjamin Zhao, student of Rita Shklar, Third Place tie Group 2
- Gordon Li , student of Julia Lam, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Natalie Chow , student of Stella Xu, Honorable Mentione, Group 2
- John Zhang , student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Vienna Li , student of Tomoko Harada, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Helen Liu , student of – Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Nicholas Budny , student of Marvin Blickenstaff, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Leda Wang, student of Rita Shklar, First Place tie, Group 3 (not pictured)
- Jasmine Chang, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, First Place tie, Group 3
- Jenna Cooley, student of Gloria Chu, Second Place Group 3
- Kelsey Lee, student of Beatrice Long, Third Place tie Group 3
- Michael Shen , student of Kyu-Jung Rhee, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Anthony Cheng , student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Tsan Kenneth He , student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Sarah Liu , student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Talia Madura , student of Sophie Pak, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Pauline Qin , student of Beatrice Long, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Gabrielle Hsu, student of Chiu-Ling Lin, First Place, Group 4
- Allison Huang, student of Susan Starr, Second Place tie, Group 4
- Madeline Wong, student of Tomoko Harada, Second Place tie, Group 4
- Rishubh Thaper, student of Walter Aparicio, Third Place tie, Group 4
- Maria Santos, student of Margie Nelson, Third Place tie Group 4
- Stephanie Zhou , student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group 4
The Steinway Society Board congratulates all the winners. Well done !