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2025 NYYVC winners
YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNERS
Violin
Jessica Jeon, 16, Violin
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Cello
Haeun Yu, 17, Cello
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Piano
Katharine Luo, 17, Piano
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Voice
Maya Joshi, 16, Voice
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Violin
Hana Tsai, 17, Violin
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Piano
Olivia Hua, 15, Piano
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
Ensemble
Philaria Quintet, 17, Ensemble
$300 YOUNG VIRTUOSO PRIZE WINNER
PIANO
1st place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Max Guan | 6 | NJ | Cristina Huang |
Jayden Li | 10 | NJ | Tomoko Harada |
Vincent Song | 10 | NJ | Liliya Khobotkova |
Emily Hua | 10 | NJ | Qi Zhang |
Maya Nedelchev | 10 | NY | Claudia Knafo |
Erin Cho | 11 | NY | Li-Chen Hwang |
Alexander S. Kim | 13 | NJ | Hyunjin Cho |
Jonathan Teutsch | 13 | NJ | Golda Tatz |
Uri Lubetzky | 14 | NY | Eileen Buck |
Sabin Saqi | 14 | NY | Elke Velazquez |
Karen Du | 14 | NJ | Julia Lam |
Audrey Cham | 14 | TX | Julia Hsiao |
Olivia Hua | 15 | NJ | Qi Zhang |
Eric Feng | 15 | NJ | Gloria Chu |
Angela Zhang | 16 | NJ | Chiu-Tze Lin |
Rachel Abrams | 16 | NJ | Inesa Sinkevych |
Katharine Luo | 17 | NJ | Gloria Chu |
Victoria Vanderslice | 17 | NY | Li-Chen Hwang |
PIANO
2nd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
William Tifigiu | 4 | NJ | Cristina Huang |
Rosaleen Yao | 7 | NJ | Hanbo Liu |
Paul Tae | 7 | NY | Eileen Buck |
Hayne Hong | 7 | NJ | Grace Yang |
Seren Lee | 8 | NJ | Yoosun Park |
Anna Zhai | 8 | MD | Vivian Kwok |
Conrad Abrahams | 9 | NY | Sohyun Ahn |
Eliana Tak | 9 | NJ | Yoosun Park |
Clement Guo | 10 | NY | Sohyun Ahn |
Christopher Thompson | 11 | NJ | Sarah Jongsun Lee |
Alejandro Cordova | 11 | NY | Ineta Yaghoubian |
India Abrahams | 12 | NY | Sohyun Ahn |
Darius Luo | 12 | NY | Qi Zhang |
Hayne Kim | 13 | MD | Vivian Kwok |
Serena Abrahams | 14 | NY | Sohyun Ahn |
Andrew Kartman | 14 | NJ | Sohyun Ahn |
Claire Kim | 14 | NJ | Yoosun Park |
Shloak Agrawal | 14 | NY | Daniela Bracchi |
Holly Baboo | 14 | NJ | Jongsun Lee |
Junwon Sung | 15 | S. Korea | Juhye Lee |
Vivian Zhong | 15 | NJ | Gloria Chu |
Katarina Binec | 16 | NY | Olga Merson |
Sophia Mu | 16 | NJ | Gloria Chu |
Brendan Tan | 16 | NY | Carmen Lai |
Amiya Harish | 16 | NJ | Gloria Chu |
Addie Suggs | 17 | NY | Qi Zhang |
PIANO
3rd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Eliot Chang | 7 | NJ | Goeun Lee |
Ariana Jain | 11 | NJ | Pam Vera |
Abhiram Donepudi | 15 | TX | Julia Hsiao |
Bryce LaRoche | 16 | TX | Julia Hsiao |
STRINGS
1st place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Yuju Lee, Cello | 10 | S. Korea | Joonho Shim |
Kate Takemoto, Violin | 16 | NY | Ann Setzer |
Guo Ru, Violin | 16 | MA | Peter Zazofsky |
Elie Kuan, Cello | 16 | NJ | Hyojin Lee |
Claire Kim, Cello | 16 | NJ | Cecilia Lee |
Allison Chen, Cello | 16 | NJ | Hyojin Lee |
Hana Tsai, Violin | 17 | NY | Elizabeth Chang |
Brooklyn Jang, Violin | 17 | NJ | Hirono Oka |
Aanya Kashyap, Violin | 17 | NJ | Tunde Gaal |
Olivia Kim, Viola | 17 | NJ | Yu Jeong Lee |
Haeun Yu, Cello | 17 | MA | Cecilia Lee |
Nicholas Camarinos, Violin | 12 | NJ | Brittany Sklar |
Jessica Hong, Cello | 17 | NJ | Hyojin Lee |
Shinah Youn, Cello | 17 | CA | Clive Greensmith |
Hayun Son, Cello | 13 | NJ | Gloria Kim |
Catherine You, Cello | 13 | NJ | Hyojin Lee |
Ethan Keyoung, Cello | 14 | NY | Ole Akahoshi |
Adrian Bowman, Violin | 15 | NY | Jocelyn Zhu |
Arshi Goel, Viola | 15 | NJ | Laura Mount |
Hannah Lee, Viola | 15 | NJ | Jee Sun Lee |
Jessica Jeon, Violin | 16 | NJ | Jiwon Kim |
STRINGS
2nd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Spencer Huang, Violin | 6 | NJ | Viktor Basis |
Yewon Cho, Cello | 10 | Canada | Jaeyoung Lee |
Isabella Leung, Violin | 11 | Australia | Bruce Yang |
Jayden Hwang, Violin | 13 | NY | Yu Jeong Lee |
Jiwoo Lee, Viola | 14 | CA | Yunsun Kim |
Heewon Park, Violin | 15 | NJ | Chloe Kiffer |
Aarav Gupta, Cello | 15 | NJ | Hyojin Lee |
Yuna Cho, Violin | 16 | S. Korea | SeungJoo Kang |
Arya Pelletier, Viola | 16 | CT | Jocelyn Zhu |
Emma Li, Violin | 17 | NJ | Lishan Wu |
STRINGS
3rd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Xiaohan Sha, Violin | 10 | NY | Haram Kim |
Lily Yang, Violin | 10 | CA | Kaige Yang |
Jessica Chen, Violin | 11 | NJ | Julia Danitz |
Shera Li, Violin | 12 | CA | Melody Yang |
Stephanie Gerry, Violin | 13 | NY | Jocelyn Zhu |
Kristin Wells, Violin | 14 | CT | Jocelyn Zhu |
Andrew Yang, Violin | 14 | CA | Melody Yang |
Hailie Wu, Violin | 15 | CA | Melody Yang |
Xiaoran Xiong, Violin | 16 | CA | Melody Yang |
Seoyeon Park, Violin | 16 | S. Korea | Sunkyoung You |
WIND/BRASS/PERCUSSION
1st place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Isabella Lee, Flute | 12 | NJ | Hae Jee Ashley Cho |
Brody Son, Oboe | 12 | NJ | Yousun Chung |
Chloe Hahn, Flute | 17 | NJ | Jung Nam |
Elisa Akin, Flute | 17 | NY | Rosa Jang |
Justin Noh, Bassoon | 17 | NJ | Mark Timmerman |
WIND/BRASS/PERCUSSION
2nd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Taejun Kim, Bassoon | 12 | MA | Sally Merriman |
Spencer Chaisanguanthum, Oboe | 16 | NJ | Setsuko Otake |
VOICE
1st place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Kyla Brady | 11 | NJ | Noelle Dachis |
Vinya Chhabra | 15 | NJ | Amelia DeMayo |
Maya Joshi | 16 | NJ | Amelia DeMayo, Liliana Sortirova, Gulnara Mitzanova |
VOICE
2nd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Elsa Rosemond | 12 | NY | Jen Fiorese |
Emma Calista Lee | 16 | LA | Eugene Kang |
Darby Schlosser | 16 | NY | Jenn Gambatese |
Hannah Chang | 16 | NJ | Eunjin Jung |
VOICE
3rd place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Cayden Tan | 15 | NY | Sun Young Chang |
ENSEMBLES
1st place winners
Name | Age | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Power Switch Trio:
Tsejin Teo, Vn;
Henry Hollingsworth, Pn;
Paul Tae, Vc | 8 | NY | Nathan Vickery |
Duo Dalkidou:
Anastasia Dalkidou,
Maria Dalkidou | 13 | Greece | Maria Papadatou |
String Quartet:
Madison Lin, Vn;
Quan Nguyen, Vn;
Alice Zheng, Va;
Robbie Criagmyle, Vc | 15 | NY | Rowland Jaegers |
Allegro Trio:
Emma Maini, Vn;
Zihan Zhao, Vc;
Alex Tartaglia, Pn | 16 | CT | Mitsuko Ichimura |
Philaria Quintet:
Jay Ahn, Pn;
Abigail Lee, Vn;
Madison Chay, Vn;
Sienna Chung, Va;
Mina Kim, Vc | 17 | NJ | Adrienne Kim |
Fresco String Quartet:
Chloe Kim, Vn;
Derek Du, Vn;
Chris Han, Va;
Sylvia Lee, Vc | 17 | NJ | Sam Bae |
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