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2023 PRIMA VOLTA MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS

Cash Prize Winners

Grand Prize  

Christopher Ramos​, piano

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Age category 3 to 12  

Alice Shen, piano

Sophia Zhong, piano

Ellie Liu, violin

Darren Cai,viola

Elisha Lee, clarinet

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Age category 13  to 19  

Katarina Binec, piano

Ethan Wei, piano

Julie Kim, violin

Alma Wosner, cello

Taira Matsumoto, saxophone

   

First Place

 

Katarina Binec​, piano

Claire Chang, piano

Ryley Chen, piano

Terry Deng, piano

Christopher Jin, piano

Samuel Kim, piano

Leane Kwon, piano

Jein Park, piano

Julian Raheb, piano

Christopher Ramos, piano

Zev Sharlot, piano

Alice Shen, piano

Oliver Shen, piano

Debbie Tae, piano

Vince Wang, piano

Ethan Wei, piano

Marnie Yu, piano

Sophia Zhong, piano

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Sayuri Ishida, violin

Melody Jian, violin

Katherine Jung, violin

Jennifer Jeongwon Kim, violin

Julie Kim, violin

Irene Koo, violin 

Ayla Lam, violin

Soleil Lam, violin 

Ellie Liu, violin

Noura Ossi, violin

Marcus Chong-Wah Wong, violin

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Darren Cai, viola

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Ethan Dai, cello

Preston Wong, cello

Alma Wosner, cello

Joseph Yun, cello

Brandan Zhu, cello

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Alicia Chung, flute

Eunjae Kim, flute

Sabrina Stemetzki, flute

Elisha Lee, clarinet

Joseph Kim, tenor saxophone

Taira Matsumoto, alto saxophone

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Ella Kim, voice

Lily Bell Morgan, voice

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Hot Pot Piano Quartet

   Hudson Ragins, Piano

   Jessica Jeon, Violin

   Ennya Liang, Viola

   Sophie Tsao, Cello

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Second Place

 

Mila Bax, piano

Angelina Cho​, piano

Yaxi Huang, piano

Caroline Kartman, piano

Tei Kim, piano

Eunchae Noh, piano

Stella Shen, piano

Emi Simonds, piano

Miranda Wang, piano

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Wesley Chen, violin

Soohan Cho, violin​

Shinbee Choi, violin

Audrey Dai, violin

Duoduo Dai, violin

William Fry, violin

Changyoon Kim, violin

Audrey Lee, violin

Stephanie Oh, violin

Josephine Snaza, violin

Anne Takemoto, violin

William Zhou, violin

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Jia Choi, viola

Eleanor Gil, viola

Stephanie Lee, viola

Lunette Shaw, viola

Leon Zhou, viola

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Melanie Chang, cello

Sejin Chun, cello

Maxwell Jones, cello

Claire Kim, cello

Isaac Lee, cello

Aiden Oh, cello

Ethan Xu, cello

 

Spencer Choi, flute

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Vinya Chhabra, voice

Maya Joshi, voice

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Vivace String Quartet

​   Dayeon Kim, violin I

   Somin Lee, violin II

   Sean Kim, viola

   Aidan Park, cello

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Third Place

 

Conrad Abrahams, piano

Serena Abrahams​, piano

David Cameron, piano

Anderson Chaiworawitkul, piano

Chloe Shiho Chang, piano

Grace Chen, piano

Yuli Chiu, piano

Olivia Cho, piano

Ellie Choi, piano

Julia Choi, piano

Leo Cohen, piano

Juni Guo, piano

Leo Huang, piano

Stanley Hyun, piano

Eliana Jeong, piano

Ariel Kim, piano

Sophia Kulik, piano

Chelsea Lee, piano

Dayeon Lee, piano

Lucas Li, piano

Uri Lubetzky, piano

Evelyn Petkov, piano

Jerry Qiu, piano

Somerset Seidenberg, piano

Juliet Southern, piano

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Seyun Baek, violin

Chloe Shiho Chang, violin

Kayla Jiwoo Choi, violin

Isaac Choi, violin

Tor Cohen, violin

Ethan Hwang, violin

Hermione Kong, violin

Danielle Lee, violin

Sehyun Lee, violin

Olivia Mayer, violin

 

Olivia Kim, viola

Aidan Kwon, viola

Ella Lee, viola

Albert Lee, viola

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Seoyun Baek, cello

Zachary Geller, cello

Stacy Han, cello

Lisa Kang, cello

Victoria Kwon, cello

Maxx Lee, cello

Ruby Lim, cello

Eric Lu, cello

Madeleine O'Neill, cello

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Hannah Park, flute

Amelia Kim, clarinet

Olivia Kim, clarinet

Christopher Kim, trombone

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Isaac Ahn, voice

Maeve Cunningham, voice

Lily Bell Morgan, voice

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Honorable Mention

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Edward Binec, piano

Vinya Chhabra, piano

Sharon Kim, piano

Alexander Sunghyun Kim​, piano

Jacob Lee, piano

Regina Lee, piano

Elle Naguib, piano

Joanna Tak, piano

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Andy Cao, violin

Chase Caram, violin

Sofia Caram, violin

Yuna Nam, violin

Eloisa Park, violin

Owen Wei, violin

Samuel Yoon, violin

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Erica Na, viola

Evan Seo, viola

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Jachin Choi, cello

Adeline Kong, cello

Timothy Lee, cello

Steven Xing, cello

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Esther Chae, flute

Evelyn Ha, flute

Jimin Irene Jung, flute

Ashley Kim, flute

Ethan Oh, trumpet

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Chris Koo, percussion

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Juliet Besch-Turner, voice

Tor Cohen, voice

Emerson Davis, voice

Lauren Kim, voice

Danielle Kim, voice

Olivia Lee, voice

Christina Mink, voice

Emi Simonds, voice

best teachers 

Alexander Abayev, Dae Hee Ahn, Sohyun Ahn, Soyeon Ahn, Anat Malkin Almani, Zeynep Alpan,  Kayoung An, Darlene Bennett, Daniela Bracchi, Eileen Buck, Megan Carroll, Luis Casal, Chingmin Chang, Elizabeth Chang, Eunsoo Chang, Ivy Chang, Hyunjin Cho, Jinyeu Cho, Lois K Nho Choi, Seungho Choi, Alex Croxton, Amelia DeMayo, Francesca dePasquale, Elizabeth Faidley, Tunde Gaal, Diego Garcia, Helen Huang, YiFang Huang, Nanae Iwata, Khullip Jeung, Hyun Jung Joo, Youbin Jun, Hye Young Kang, Hyun Joo Kang, Mira Kang, Liliya Khobotkova, Adrienne Kim, Eui Kim, Eunice Kim, Gloria Kim, Grace Kim, Hyuna Kim, Haram Kim, Jinyoung Park Kim, Jiwon Kim, Joohyun Kim, Junghyun Kim, Michelle Kim, Olivia Kim, Sherry Kim, Yunsun Kim, Mi Yung Kwon, Chialing Lai, Harriet Langley, Dorothy Lawson, Cheolmin Lee, Eiri Lee, Hannah Hyojin Lee, Jee Sun Lee, June Lee, Sungjin Lee, Sunyoung Lee, Wonki Lee, Yu Jeong Lee, Hyewoon Kate Lim, YinJia Lin-DeMercurio, Liana Loo, Carmel Lowenthal, Isaac Malkin, Gulia Mitzanova, Evangeline Ng, Lorraine Nubar, MyungJin Oh, Philip Pan, Wanyi Pan,  Jieun Park, Jisun Park, Soo-Kyung Park, Sung Tae Park, Yoosun Park, Kenneth Renshaw, Ben Byung Rhee, Kay Rhee, Petra Rivero,  Marina Rogozhina, Astrid Schween, Grace Shim, Kate Shim, Hanna Shin, Hyun Joon Shin, Solim Shin, Patrick Sohn, Jane Wansook Song,  Liliana Sotirova, Michael Thomopoulos,  Yinfei Wang, Grace Yang, Seojin Yang, Yosun Yoo, Jungwon Yoon, Katha Zinn

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