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Twelfth International Chopin Youth Competition

Saturday and Sunday
November 13 and 14, 2021


Kawai Piano Gallery

5800 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77057

Congratulations to all our players! The weekend was filled with talented pianists playing a huge array of Chopin repertoire, including many difficult pieces. We received almost 140 applicants. As such, we had a record number of performances over the weekend: 106 players in the Semi-Finals of which 22 were passed to the Final Round. The final results are given below.

Our thanks go out to all the players, their families and teachers and to Kawai Piano Gallery. Well done!

Final Results
                   Elementary Category
                                                Gold - Wendy Zhou, Rosalind Pham, Hiroaki Suzuki
                                                Silver - Roger Wang
                                                Bronze - Lucien Guo, Valery Diaz
                                                Honorable Mention -  Eliana Tan, Emma Tseng, Karen Woodward, Biyun Jiao, Henry Court, Sophie Qin,
                                                                                     Catherine Chen, Lillian Bai,  Xuxa Y.Yuen, Zoy Nieto
                                                 Outstanding Prelude - Lucien Guo, Xuxa Y Yuen
                                                 Best of the Youngest - Eliana Tan, Sophie Qin
                  Junior Category
                                                Gold - Josephine Chow
                                                Silver - Michelle Nieto, Brayden Cheang, Michelle Hung, Alexis Chen
                                                Bronze - Thomas Liew, Leah Hong, Takaaki Suzuki
                                                Honorable Mention -  Michelle Cheng, Chris Hao, Ichiro Lin, Zide Chen, Owen Sun, Olivia Tu,
                                                                                     TianWei Elizabeth Yao, Arthur Zhou, Sophia Kuo
                                                 Outstanding Prelude - Josephine Chow
                  Senior Category
                                                Gold - Justin Sun, Sarah Qi, Saranna Zhang
                                                Silver - Daniel Robbins, Jinqiu Wei, Ned Yu
                                                Bronze - Jason Nguyen, Karen Zhao
                                                Honorable Mention -  Matthew Chien, Jack Roueche, Vicky Cai, Mani Hourfar, Jayden Bautista,
                                                                                     Stephanie Ma, Ina Jaegy, Ian Cannon, Ryan Chen, Mei Dickinson
                                                Outstanding Prelude - Saranna Zhang
                                                Best Performance of the Most Difficult - Saranna Zhang
                                                Best Performance of a Youthful Composition - Daniel Robbins
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Eleventh International Chopin Youth Competition

Saturday and Sunday
October 26 and 27, 2019


Kawai Piano Gallery

5800 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77057


Congratulations to all our players! The weekend was filled with talented pianists playing a huge array of Chopin repertoire, including some rarely heard pieces. We received over 140 applicants - a record - with an absolutely outstanding level of playing. As such, we had a record number of performances over the weekend: 124 players in the Semi-Finals of which 22 were passed to the Final Round. There were many well-deserved Honorable Mentions and other awards. The Final Round was a stunning display of great playing. The final results are given below.

Our thanks go out to all the players, their families and teachers and to Kawai Piano Gallery. Well done!

Final Results
                   Elementary Category
                                                Gold - Brayden Cheang
                                                Silver - Josephine Chow, Chris Hao, Takaaki  Suzuki
                                                Bronze - Ashley Kim, Hannah Court
                                                Honorable Mention -  Hiroaki Suzuki, Charles Han, Arthur Zhou, Shriram Rajagopal, Ichiro Lin,
                                                                                     Zide Chen, Alexis Chen, Enyang Jiang, Daniel Pan, Michelle Hung
                                                 Outstanding Nocturne - Justin Liu, Brayden Cheang
                                                 Best of the Youngest - Irene Liu, Erika Wang
                                                 Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Brayden Cheang
                  Junior Category
                                                Gold - Viet Ha, Elaine See Toh
                                                Silver - Justin Sun, Victor Cai
                                                Bronze - Julianne Choe, Harrison Yu, Stephanie Ma, Jason Nguyen
                                                Honorable Mention -  Elizabeth Yao, Alexander Zhong, Eric Li, Sophia Kuo, Michelle Huang
                                                                                     Matthew Chien, Angelina Tan, Tiffany Guan, Eileen Chen, Min Kim
                                                 Outstanding Nocturne - Viet Ha, Elaine See Toh
                  Senior Category
                                                Gold - Sam Goldfarb
                                                Silver - Harry Sha, Alex Hu, Kellen Cao
                                                Bronze - Sonia Zhang, Ned Yu, Erin Fitzgerald, Yufni Haenisch
                                                Honorable Mention -  Padt Skawratananond, Scarlet-Emma Tallman, Sophie Lee, Sarah Qi, Michael Chung,
                                                                                     Saranna Zhang, Will Newman, Alton Shen, Everett Adkins, Peter Zong
                                                 Outstanding Nocturne - Sarah Qi, Peter Zong
                                                Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Sam Goldfarb
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Tenth International Chopin Youth Competition

Saturday and Sunday
November 4 and 5, 2017


Kawai Piano Gallery
5800 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77057


We had a very successful event with over 90 participants. The level of playing was outstanding and our judges worked hard to evaluate the many players and provide valuable feedback. This year our judges were Anna Jastrzebska-Quinn from Poland, Josu De Solaun from Sam Houston State University, Scott Cuellar of Rice University and Dr. Clive Swansbourne from Houston. Josu and Clive judged the Juniors, while Anna and Scott the Elementary. Sadly, Josu fell sick on Saturday and had to leave the event. He was eventually hospitalized with salmonella, but thankfully recovered. Clive continued to judge the Juniors with Scot while Anna judged the Elementary joined by Roksana Savitski from Russia. The Seniors and Final Round were judged by Anna and Scott with some input on the Juniors from Clive.

We are very grateful to Kawai Piano Gallery for providing the magnificent space for our event. They were very helpful and accommodating. The Shigeru Kawai in the main hall is a magnificent instrument and was kept in tune all weekend thanks to the diligent staff.

We are also very grateful to our sponsors. Without their support, this event would not be possible.

Final Results
                   Elementary Category
                                                Gold - Julianne Choe, Viet Ha
                                                Silver - Brayden Cheang, Takaaki Suzuki
                                                Bronze - Matthew Chien, David Choi
                                                Honorable Mention - Alexander Zhong, Seoyoung "Trinity" Yun, Tiffany Zhang
                                                Musical Promise Award - Michelle Hung, Chloe R. Luo, Michelle Huang
                                                Best Polonaise- Julianne Choe
                                                Best Among the Youngest - Josephine Chow, Bridget Hoang

                   Junior Category
                                                Gold - Sarah Liau
                                                Silver - Emily Yihua Mao, Elaine See Toh
                                                Bronze - Kellen Cao, Michael Wu, Owen Zhang
                                                Honorable Mention - Sophie Lee, Jinqiu Wei, Ned Yu
                                                Musical Promise Award - Sonia Zhang, Sarah Qi, Will Newman
                                                Best Polonaise - Sarah Liau
 
                   Senior Category
                                                Gold - Ben Hoang, Vi Nguyen
                                                Silver - Frank Li, Shadt Skawratananond
                                                Bronze - Andrew Sun
                                                Honorable Mention - Erin Guetzloe, Alton Shen, Irin Toh
                                                Musical Promise Award - Everett Adkins, Maz Bui, Wenson Tang, Anthony Weidner
                                                Best Polonaise - Shadt Skawratananond
                                                Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Vi Nguyen

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Ninth International Chopin Youth Competition

Saturday and Sunday
October 17–28, 2015


Houston Community College
1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N.
Houston, TX 77043


Final Results
Congratulations to all our participants. There were 70 semi-finalists in a very strong competition and 18 were passed into the Finals. We thank all our participants, their teachers and their parents for all their hard work.


                   Elementary Category
                                                Gold - Henry Li, Elaine See Toh, Sophie Lee
                                                Silver - Monica Chen, Katelyn Yu, Michael Wu
                                                Bronze - Tiffany Zhang, Sonia Zhang
                                                Honorable Mention - David Choi, Michelle Page, Ned Yu
                                                Best Waltz - Elaine See Toh
                                                Best Among the Youngest - Bridget Hoang, Matthew Lu

                   Junior Category
                                                Gold - Beatrice Hoang
                                                Silver - Magen Zeng
                                                Bronze - Victoria Chiang, Nevan Suntareja, Wenson Tang
                                                Honorable Mention - Helena Zeng, Kaitlyn Shi, Emma Nebeker
                                                Best Waltz - Beatrice Hoang
                                                Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Beatrice Hoang (Sonata in B minor)

                   Senior Category
                                                Gold - Elizabeth Xu, Gideon Schlichter
                                                Silver - Alissa Kono, Sophia Wong
                                                Bronze - Kevin Yang
                                                Honorable Mention - Vi Nguyen
                                                Best Waltz - Gideon Schlichter
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Eighth International Chopin Youth Competition

Saturday and Sunday
October 26–27, 2013


Houston Community College
1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N.
Houston, TX 77043

Final Results
Congratulations to all our participants. The judges noted how strong the competition was this year, and they had to make many difficult decisions. We thank all our participants, their teachers and their parents for all their hard work.

                   Elementary Category
                                                Gold - Danial Hendi, Karon Kim
                                                Silver - Michelle Tse, Claire Chiang
                                                Bronze - Ned Yu, Victoria Chiang
                                                Best Mazurka - Alaina Griffiths
                                                Honorable Mention - Elaine SeeToh, Sarah Qi, Kellen Cao
                                                Best Among the Youngest - Ira Hsiao and William Nebeker
   
                      Junior Category
                                                Gold - Isabelle Hsiao
                                                Silver - YaYa Qu, James Lemuel
                                                Bronze - Max Bui, Daniel Whatley
                                                Best Mazurka - Lorena Ortiz
                                                Honorable Mention - Beatrice Hoang, Alissa Kono, Jiayuan Han
                                                Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Beatrice Hoang (Sonata in B minor)

                      Senior Category
                                                Gold - William Chiang, Helen Nebeker
                                                Silver - Cher Liu, Troy Marasigan
                                                Bronze - Andrew Yang, Kevin Yang
                                                Best Mazurka - William Chiang
                                                Honorable Mention - Vylan Nguyen, Laura Hu, Stephen Wang

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Seventh International Chopin Youth Competition


October 29 and 30, 2011

Houston Community College
Houston, TX


Final Round Results

                       Elementary Category Medalists
                                                Gold - Aika Kojima, Ben Hoang and Beatrice Hoang
                                                Silver - Shirley Wu, Emma Nebeker, Ashley Wu and Yaya Qu
                                                Best Prelude - Beatrice Hoang
                                                Honorable Mention - Byron Xu
                                                Best Among the Youngest - Michelle Tse and Alaina Griffiths
 
                          Junior Category
                                               Gold - Vi Nguyen
                                               Silver - Tomas Jonsson and Daniel Whatley
                                               Bronze - Helen Nebeker, Cher Liu and Troy Marasigan
                                               Best Prelude - Vi Nguyen and Tomas Jonsson
                                               Honorable Mention - Alissa Kono and Yusha Sun

                          Senior Category
                                              Gold - Shokhvrit Mand
                                              Silver - William Chiang, Samantha Lin and Katherine Wei
                                              Bronze - Alexander Whatley
                                              Best Prelude - William Chiang
                                              Honorable Mention - Jason Tan, Noah Hardaway and Thomas Yum
                                              Special Award - Shokhvrit Mand
                                             Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece

                                                                              Congratulations to all our participants!


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Sixth International Chopin Youth Competition


November 7, 2009

Houston Community College
Houston, TX

Final Round Results

                            Elementary Category Medalists
                                                  Gold - Vi Nguyen and Fang Qing Cai
                                                  Silver - Daniel Whatley
                                                  Bronze - YaYa Qu, John Cao and Sunny Chen
                                                  Outstanding Polonaise - YaYa Qu, Tomas Jonsson, Daniel Whatley
                                                  Honorable Mention - Yeun Joo Ryu, Tomas Jonsson, Fang Ming Cai, Katie Shi
                            Junior Category Medalists
                                                  Gold - William Ritter
                                                  Silver - Troy Marasigan, Shokhvrit Mand and Gordon Kwong
                                                  Bronze - Alexander Whatley and Shehla Syed
                                                  Outstanding Polonaise - Shokhvrit Mand, William Ritter and Gordon Kwong
                                                  Honorable Mention - Younghan Jeong, Douglas Cheong, Samantha Lin and Emily Ma

                               Senior Category Medalists
                                                 Gold - Laura Spector and J. Isaac Chua
                                                 Silver - Millie Shi
                                                 Bronze - Ellen Zhou, Kambui Deajon-Jackson and Katherine Wei
                                                 Outstanding Polonaise - Kambui Deajon-Jackson, Laura Spector, Joey Sliepka and J. Isaac Chua
                                                 Honorable Mention - William Chiang, JongKwan Lim, Winston Wu and Joey Sliepka
                                                 Special Awards - Laura Spector
                                                Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece
                                                    
                                                                            Congratulations to all our participants!



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Fifth International Chopin Youth Competition

November 17 - 18, 2007


St. Thomas University
Houston, TX

Final Round Results

           Elementary Category Medalists
                                   Gold - Lewis Warren, Jr.
                                   Silver - Cher Liu, Troy Marasigan and Alexander Whatley
                                   Bronze -Kaede Uesugi and Jason Tan
       
            Special Awards
                                  Best Nocturne - Lewis Warren, Jr.
                                  Best Polonaise - Jason Tan
                                  Best Mazurka - Barbara Sun
                                  Honorable Mention - Shehla Syed, Denise Kwong and Barbara Sun

           Junior Category Medalists
                                  Gold - Joey Sliepka
                                  Silver - Gordon Kwong
                                  Bronze - Sasha Rasmussen, Ellen Zhou, Stephanie Tsai and Douglas Cheong

          Special Awards
                                 Best Mazurka - Joey Sliepka
                                 Best Nocturne - Gordon Kwong
                                 Best Polonaise - Ellen Zhou
                                 Honorable Mention - Kevin Pallapati, Winston Wu and Sherry Zeng,

           Senior Category Medalists
                                Gold - Dennis Mou, Yang Xu, Kaili Zhang and Jeremy Yang
                               
          Special Awards
                                Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece - Dennis Mou
                                Best Nocturne - Jeremy Yang
                                Honorable Mention - Danny Jan, Millie Shi and Alan Jaiyen

Preliminary Round Results

The preliminary round was judged by a panel of four musicians. Participants were viewed anonymously and each judge gave the participant a score. Teacher's of the participant were not allowed to rate their own students. Scores were averaged and the particpants were eliminated on the basis of this score.


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Fourth International Chopin Youth Competition


October 29-30, 2005
Mabee Theatre
Houston Baptist University
Houston, TX


And the Winners are...
                     Elementary Category Medalists 
                                 Gold - Gordon Kwong       
                                 Silver - Esther Liao, Mendel Nguyen
                                 Bronze - Nicolas Dao, Denise Kwong, Kevin Pallapati
                   
                     Junior Category Medalists
                                 Gold - Yun-Tai Ki, Joanna Pallapati
                                 Silver - Jasmine Li, Danny Jan, Louis Liao
                                 Bronze - Jonathan Xu

                     Senior Category Medalists
                                 Gold - Gloria Kim, Gabriel Medina
                                 Silver - Marie Feng
                                 Bronze - Joel Adimathra, Andrew Wang

                      Special Award 
Jan Ekier Award for the Best Performance of the Most Difficult Piece
                                Mendel Nguyen
 
Semi-Final Round Results

The list of Finalists and Special Award recipiets follows. Congratulations!

                      Elementary Category Finalists - Denise Kwong, Esther Liao, Gordon Kwong, Kevin Pallapati, Mendel Nguyen, Nicolas Dao

                      Elementary Category Special Awards
                                      Honorable Mention - Alan Yang, Helen Nebeker, Jason Tan, Eric Yu,
                                      Best Mazurka - Esther Liao
                                      Best Polonaise and Best Waltz - Gordon Kwong
                                      Best Among the Youngest - Rebecca Wang, Grace Do

                      Junior Category Finalists - Jasmine Li, Jonathan Xu, Danny Jan, Joanna Pallapati, Yun-Tai Kim, Louis Liao

                   Junior Category Special Awards
                                     Honorable Mention - Jessica Cao, Tonya Belosludtsev
                                     Best Mazurka - Danny Jan
                                     Best Waltz - Kevin Yates

                    Senior Category Finalists - Andrew Wang, Joel Adimathra, Marie Feng, Gabriel Medina, Gloria Kim

                    Senior Category Special Awards
                                    Honorable Mention - Blake Benthall, Allison Yuen, Hao Wang, Austin Chen
                                    Best Mazurka - Blake Benthall
                                    Best Waltz - Gloria Kim


Preliminary Round Results

Results from the Preliminary Round are now available. Five judges listened to the 94 contestants and 59 semi-finalists were chosen. There were many difficult decisions. The list of semi-finalists follows.  Congratulations to our winners!

                                  Elementary - Nicolas Dao, Grace Do, Gordon Kwong, Denise Kwong, Melissa Lam, Lindsey Li, Esther Liao, Helen  
                                  Nebeker, Mendel Nguyen, Kevin Pallapati, Barbara Sun, Jason Tan, Rebecca Wang, Shirley Xu, Andrew Xu, Alan Yang,
                                  Eric Yu and Ellen Zhou

                                 Junior - Tonya Belosludtsev, Dominique Brzeski, Jessica Cao, Reem Ghaddar, Tarek Ghaddar, Anurag Gupta, Alan    
                                 Jaiyenm, Danny Jan, Yun-Tai Kim, Jasmine Li, Louis Liao, Kevin Ma, Dennis Mou, Joanna Pallapati, Stephanie Tsai,
                                 Rosemary Wang, Jonathan Xu, Kevin Yates and Yuxi Zhou.

                                 Senior - Joel Adimathra, Blake Benthall, Riley Bryant, Austin Chen, Jaimie Chung, Marie Feng, Nathan Fu,
                                 Jonathan Hatch, Gloria Kim, William Lian, Margarita Martirossian, Gabriel Medina, Masaru Oka, Rebecca Sagastegui,
                                 Amy Sagastegui, Maria Sylte, Andrew Wang, Hao Wang, Allison Yuen, Kaili Zhang, Fei-Fei Zhang and Luisa Zhou



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The Third International Chopin Youth Competition


October 25 and 26, 2003



St. Thomas University
Houston, TX


Third International Chopin Youth Competition was the first one to open it’s door to students from outside Texas and the USA. A Mazurka was chosen as the required piece in each of the three age categories.
As in 2001 we handed out medals and special awards for: 
                                     Best Performance of a Mazurka
                                     Best Performance of a Polonaise
                                     Jan Ekier Prize for the best performance of the most difficult piece
                                     Teddy Bear for the best among the youngest

Twenty seven teachers prepared 104 students. The jury consisted of four members:  Clive Swansbourne from Great Britain, Calogero Di Liberto from Italy and Danielle Martin from USA.   
Also, for the first time, we were able to present winners with cash prizes.

Winners
               Senior
                     Gold - Stephanie Wang, Krill Bersuker
                     Silver - Julie Lin
                     Bronze - Masaru Oka
                     Honorable Mention - Sophia Chen, Hillary Adams, Michael Ye, Eric Xi
                     Best Mazurka - Krill Bersuker
                     Best Poloaise - Eric Xi
                     Most Difficult Piece - Jan Nowicki

               
                Junior
                     Gold - Kaili Zhang, Hao Wang
                     Silver - Dennis Mou, Margarita Martirossian
                     Bronze - Marie Feng,  Kevin Ma
                     Honorable Mention - Tonya Belosludtsev, Nathan Fu, Jessica Cao, Laura Fields
                     Best Mazurka - Jessica Cao
                     Best Polonaise - Ethan Cooks


               Elementary
                    Gold - Jasmine Li, Alan Boone Jaiyen
                    Silver - Stephanie Tsai, Joana Pallapati
                    Bronze - Rebecca Chen, Jonathan Xu
                    Honorable Mention - Nicolas Dao, Dominique Brzeski, Maggie Zhou, Jessica Wang
                    Best Mazurka - Kevin Yates
                    Best Polonaise - Anurag Gupta
                    Best Among the Youngest - Helen Nebeker,

About Jan Ekier

A special award was given in this competition in honor of Jan Eikier. Jan Ekier was born in 1913 in Krakow, Poland. He was a famous pianist and composer who participated in Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1937.

Known as a juror on international competitions and founder and director of the most recent and accurate National Edition of works by Fryderk Chopin he dedicated the last 20 years of his life to study Chopin’s letters and manuscripts to present to future generations the most modern and updated version of Chopin’s music.



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Second Chopin Youth Competition 

November 3rd and 4th, 2001


St. Thomas University
Houston, Texas



In 2001 The Second Chopin Youth Competition took place with 101 students participating and 21 teachers who prepared those contestants.  For the first time in this competition we made rules of obligatory piece and a time limit for every division.
Elementary: Prelude in A Major op 28 no.7
Junior: Prelude in e Minor op.28 no.4
Senior: Prelude in B-flat Major, op. 29 no.21

In addition to the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, were the following awards:
Best performance of required Prelude-
Best performance on a Mazurka
Best performance of a Polonaise
Best performance of a lesser known work

The judges were from different musical backgrounds and countries bringing our competition to an international level. Three jurors listened all 101 young pianists:  Nina Drath - Poland, Clive Swnsbourne – Great Britain, and Yuri Blinov – Belaruss

Winners
                      Senior
                            Gold - Amy Jiaqi
                            Silver - William Appleby
                            Bronze - Kirill Bersuker, Katie Frank, Benjamin Ho
                            Best Prelude - William Appleby
                            Honorable Mention - Angela Alonzo, Joanna Chen, Katherine Chen, Michelle Dano, Robert DeVet, Aya Kurihara, Rachel 
                            Kwan, Janica Quach, Leslie Rafanan, Mark Yu


                      Junior
                             Gold - Aidin Ashoori, Aleksei Federov
                             Silver - Jason Hsu
                             Bronze - Blake Benthall, Erica Luu, Yowei Shaw
                             Best Prelude - Aaron Thomas
                             Honorable Mention - Janie Barchie, James Benecasa, Angela Chen, Jessica Chiu, Mark DeKraker, Anand Habib,     
                             Stephanie Kim, Margarita Martirossian, Christopher Nabzdyk, Amber Nicholson, Masaru Oka, Linda Phung, Gloria Sung
                             Aaron Thomas, Andy Toy, Annie Wang, Melody Wang, Eric Hai Xi


                      Elementary
                             Gold - Marie Feng, Nathan Fu
                             Silver - Randall Alexa Fossi, Kevin Ma
                             Bronze - T. J. La, Divya Suneja
                             Best Prelude - Nathan Fu
                             Honorable Mention - Tonya Belosludtsev, Anurag Pooki Gupta, Isabel Hsu, Giulia Moretti, Mia Nishikawa, Melody Quach
                             Michael Zhu
                             Special Awards - Best Mazurka: Kevin Ma and Amber Ann Nicholson, Best Poloniase: Aidin Ashoori and Aleksei Fedorov
                             Best Among the Youngest: Isabel Hsu




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First Chopin Youth Competition
October 23rd and 24th, 1999

The Chopin Anniversary Youth Competition was dedicated to Chopin’s 150th anniversary of his death. This was our Houston contribution to world-wide celebrations of Chopin’s music and genius. As UNESCO proclaimed 1999 as the Year of Chopin, we filled our music studios with his compositions.

Twenty one teachers prepared all the contestants who participated in this competition. All together 57 students competed in 3 age divisions

The judges were: Nina Darth from Texas and Piotr Kusiewicz from Poland.

Winners

Senior 
Gold - Adam Fryderyk Golka (with Honors), Benjamin Ho, Amy Yang
Bronze - Rebecca Joy Combs,Natalia Kalitynska


Junior                  
Gold - Joseph Chen, Aya Kurihara, Janica Quach, William Lee
Silver - Connie Wang, James De Vera, Stephanie Wang, William Appleby, Katherine Chen, Zeena Husain
Bronze - Blake Benthall, Jenifer Tsai, Kathleen Yeh, Andrea Leung, Leslie Rafanan

Elementary
Gold - Amber Nicholson, Andrew Wang, Yowei Shaw
Silver - Kelly Chen, Anna-Margaret Chan and Dennis Yang
Bronze - Angela Chen

Special Awards

The best performance of a Prelude: Yowei Shaw
The best performance of a Mazurka: William Lee
The best performance of a Waltz: Adam Fryderyk Golka
The Jan Ekier Prize for the most outstanding performance of the most difficult competition piece: Amy Yang (for Ballade in f-minor op. 52), Lisa Gaw