PIANO COMPETITIONS

NOTABLE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

2024, 1st prize winner (US$300), United States International Music Competition (9 and under)

2024, 2nd prize winner + best Bach prize (US$900), The Spotlight International Piano Competition (10 to 13)

2024, Gold medal winner, 10th Seattle International Piano Competition - Youth Category

2024, 1st prize winner (500 €), International Vienna Piano Competition, Austria (7 to 9)

2024, 1st prize winner, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Concerto Competition (12 and under) - State Finals

2024, winner, PianoTexas Juniors Concerto Competition (10 to 18) + Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra debut

2024, 1st prize winner, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Concerto Solo Competition (12 and under)- Northern Region

2024, 1st alternate winner, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Concerto Solo Competition (12 and under) - Northern Region

2024, 1st prize winner, 32nd U.S. Open Music Competition (Showcase Piano Solo)

2024, 2nd prize winner, 32nd U.S. Open Music Competition (Showcase Piano Solo)

2024, 1st place winner, California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) Honors Competition

2023, 1st prize winner, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Solo Competition (12 and under) - State Finals

2023, 2nd prize winner (1500 €), 30th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia, Poland (10 and under)

2023, 1st prize winner, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Concerto Solo Competition (12 and under) - Southern Region

2023, 1st prize winner, Hartford Chopin Competition

2023, Outstanding Gold Medalist Award, 31st U.S. Open Music Competition

2023, 1st prize winner, U.S. Open Piano Competition (Showcase Piano Solo)

2022, Award winner, YoungArts National Arts Competition (15 to 18)

2019, 1st prize winner, Steinway Junior Piano Competition (14 to 18)

2019, 2nd prize winner, Steinway Junior Piano Competition (14 to 18)

2019, 3rd prize winner, Steinway Junior Piano Competition (14 to 18)

2018, 1st prize winner, YoungArts National Foundation Competition (15 to 18)

2018, 2nd prize winner, Los Angeles International Liszt Competition (15-17)

2018, Young Scholar, Lang Lang International Music Foundation (Class of 2018-2020)

2017, 1st prize winner (US$25,000), Walter W. Naumburg International Piano Competition + a commissioned work by Stephen Hough (18 to 32)

2017, 1st prize winner, Hilton Head International Piano Competition (13 to 17)

2017, finalist, Montreal International Piano Competition

2016, winner, Aspen Music Festival Piano Concerto Competition

2016, medalist prize winner, Hilton Head International Piano Competition (13 to 17)

2015, 1st prize winner, Virginia Waring International Piano Competition

2015, semi-finalist, Paloma O’shea Santander International Piano Competition

2014, winner of Davidson Fellow Laureate (USD$50,000) Scholarship

2013, 2nd prize winner, Bosendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition (13 to 15)

2013, Young Artist Piano Prize, Mondavi Young Artist Competition

2012, winner, Concurs International Long Thibaud Crespin

2012, 3rd prize winner, Piano Campus International Piano Competition

2012, semi-finalist, Paloma O’shea Santander International Piano Competition

Numerous students were selected to be featured on NPR’s From The Top and awarded Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships