
2019 Competition Results
Group A (ages 7-10)
First Prize, Gold Medal and Award for Best Interpretation of Baroque Music
- Gillian Vit​, violin
First Prize and Gold Medal
- Christian Hsieh, piano
Second Prize and Silver Medal
- Nicole Marino, piano
Third Prize and Bronze Medal
- Hannah Hui, piano
- Christopher Singh, piano
Honorable Mention Diploma
- William Wei, piano
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Group B (ages 11-14)
First Prize and Gold Medal
- Tomothy Pang, piano
Second Prize and Silver Medal
- Jacob Park, piano
- Hriday Sanakal, piano
Third prize was not awarded
Honorable Mention Diploma
- Jonathan Tang, violin
Scholarship for Bulgarian Music
- Timothy Pang, violin
Jacques Ibert Prize
- Aaron Sorkin
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Group C (ages 15-18)
First Prize, Gold Medal and Scholarship
- Evan Cheng, violin
- Brenden Davis, piano
Second Prize, Silver Medal and Scholarship
- Alejandro Del Rivero, piano
Third Prize, Bronze Medal and Scholarship
- Jianzhi Wu, piano
- Enrick Woo-Therrien, piano
Honorable Mention Diploma
- Luca Sharbani, piano
- Kalayah Johnson, piano
Creative Arts Scholarship to ETSU
- Brenden Davis, Alejandro Del Riero,
Enrick Woo-Therrien, Luca Sharbani
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Rostislav Yovchev, Soloist, Teacher
Bulgaria
PhD National Academy of Music, Sofia

Dr. Marc Silverman
Chairman of Piano Department of Manhattan School of Music, NYC. Founding Member of the Carnegie Trio.

Evgeni Grach
Russia/NY, USA
London Symphony Orchestra

Mark Demidovich, Soloist and Teacher
Russia/FL, USA
Director of South Florida Conservatory of Music, Hollywood, FL

Tonya Bibashka, Soloist, Teacher
Bulgaria/NY, USA
New York Virtuosos​,
Former Principal Violist of MMD Orchestra - Conductor Sir Neville Marriner

Antoaneta Vodenicharova
Piano Teacher, Bulgaria
National School of Arts Panaiot Pipkov

Yi-Yang Chen, Soloist
Taiwan/TN, USA
Assistant Professor
Piano & Music Theory at
East Tennessee State University
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Tamara Poddubnaya, Soloist, Teacher
Georgia/Russia/USA
PhD St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia

Veselin Ninov, Soloist and Teacher
Bulgaria/NY, USA
Winner of numerous International Competitions,

Vladmir Tiagunov
Russia
Soloist, Winner of numerous International Competition