In 2018 the Steinway Society Classical competition held an ‘all-live’ audition on April 7,8. The contestants, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators Dr. Eric Fung, Dr. Martha Marchena and Dr. Ruth Rendleman who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.
Over the last twenty eight years, more than 300 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.
Congratulations to the winners on your truly remarkable achievements. Well done !
The Scholarship Winners
- Adelaide Li, student of Tomoko Harada, First Place, Group 1
- Athena Liu, student of Yining Wang, Second Place tie, Group 1
- Natalie Qian, student of Grace Junghee Yang, Second Place tie, Group 1
- Penelope Bukharovich, student of Yevgeny Morozov, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Eric Feng, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention, Group 1
- Anaïs Wang, student of Tema Blackstone, First Place, Group 2
- Sarah Li, student of Tomoko Harada, Second Place, Group 2
- Robert Johnston, student of Yevgeny Morozov, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Christina Wang, student of Chiu-ling Lin, Honorable Mention, Group 2
- Jun Shimada, student of Tema Blackstone & Hung-Kuan Chen, First Place, Group 3
- Christopher Shin, student of Veda Zuponcic, Second Place, Group 3
- Max Wang, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, Third Place, Group 3
- Alyssa Xu, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Jack Fan, student of Chiu-Ling Lin, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Andrew Gu, student of Tema Blackstone, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Anastasia Kudin, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group 3
- Elizabeth Yang, student of Grace Junghee Yang, First Place tie, Group 4
- Tsan Kenneth He, student of Stella Xu, First Place tie, Group 4
- David Du, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Second Place, Group 4
- Alexander Suponya, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group 4
- Vincent Jiang, student of Gloria Chu, Honorable Mention, Group 4
- Lucy Zhou, student of Ryugin Mikuriya, Honorable Mention, Group 4
- Hsi-Yun Wu, student of Hung-Kuan Chen, First Place, Group 5
- Alexander Liu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Second Place, Group 5
- Trinity Fan, student of Tomoko Harada, Third Place, Group 5
- Ami Hatori, student of Marvin Blickenstaff, Honorable Mention, Group 5
- Sarah Liu, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group 5
- Sahil Malhotra, student of Maria Zolotareff, Honorable Mention, Group 5