Winners 2010

Each year, about 20 finalists are selected from among the many scholarship applicants by a panel of accomplished teachers who listen, anonymously to their CDs. At the recent auditions these finalists, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators, Dena Levine, Nicolas Schidlovsky, and Stefan Young who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.

Over the last twenty years, more than 100 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 Finalists

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  • Crystal Chiu, student of Chiu-Tze Lin, First Place tie, Group I
  • Albert Gu, student of Paul Zeigler, First Place tie, Group I
  • Brendan E. Tang , student of Ylena Ivanov, Second Place, Group I
  • Jasmine Chang, student of Soo Kyung Cho, Third Place, Group I
  • Amanda Liu, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place tie, Group II
  • Jonathan Wei, student of Paul Zeigler, First Place tie, Group II
  • Angela Zhao, student of Irene Lu, Third Place, Group II
  • David Geng, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group II
  • Selin Park, student of Suk Lee, Honorable Mention, Group II
  • Alan Wang, student of Yining Wang, Honorable Mention, Group II

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  • Cassandra Sollitto, student of Veda Zuponcic, First Place, Group III
  • Kevin Lee, student of Ylena Ivanov, Second Place, Group III
  • Keely Schmerber, student of Paul Zeigler, Third Place tie, Group III
  • Patrick Sullivan, student of Paul Zeigler, Third Place tie, Group III
  • Lillian Ham, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Steve Hsu, student of Veda Zuponcic, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Christine Kim, student of Ingrid Clarfield, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Eugene Ng, student of Estelle Goldsmith, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Tiffany Yu, student of Ruth Kotik, Honorable Mention, Group III
  • Christopher Law, student of Ryugin Mikuriya, First Place tie, Group IV
  • Jung Yeon Lee, student of Jeffrey Cohen, First Place tie, Group IV
  • David Lo, student of Ryugin Mikuriya, Third Place, Group IV
  • Hei Jun Li, student of Ryugin Mikuriya, Honorable Mention, Group IV
  • Jonathan Taratuta-Titus, student of Rita Shklar, Honorable Mention, Group IV

Photo Credits: George Chiu, Barbara Muench, Diane Schmerber.