2025 PRIMA VOLTA INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS
Cash Prize Winners
Grand Prize
Freya Chen​, 9, Violin
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Cash Prize Winners
Mila Bax, 10, Piano
Dajung Kim, 11, Piano
Jay Jaewoo Choi, 12, Cello
Grace Liu, 13, Cello
Oliver Shen, 14, Piano
Annabelle Cho, 15, Piano
Daniel Seo, 15, Cello
Chloe Kim, 16, Violin
Rena Ryu, 16, Violin
Matthew Suh, 16, Cello
Feiyue Dai, 16, Flute
​Joshua Lee, 16, Clarinet
Aced Quartet, 15, Ensemble
Erin Yi, Violin; Ashton Yang, Violin; Claire Bokyun Kim, Viola; Dohyoung Kim, Cello
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First Place
Mila Bax, Piano
Julius Chan, Piano
Bohan Chen, Piano
Owen Chen, Piano
Teresa Chen, Piano
Annabelle Cho, Piano
Ashley Du, Piano
Emily Hua, Piano
Grace Hwang, Piano
Dayne Juhn, Piano
Dajung Kim, Piano
Koko Kuroiwa, Piano
Campbell Langdon, Piano
Emily Lim, Piano
Adelina Michel, Piano
Nina Nedelchev, Piano
Henry Oh, Piano
Joaquin Pachano, Piano
Oliver Shen, Piano
Stella Shen, Piano
Debbie Tae, Piano
Paul Tae, Piano
Brendan Tan, Piano
Chloe Tseng, Piano
Katelyn Wang, Piano
Jackson White, Piano
Yukine Yamamoto, Piano
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Freya Chen, Violin
Elliot Han, Violin
Brooklyn Jang, Violin
Chloe Kim, Violin
Noah Kim, Violin
Beatrice Koo, Violin
Sehyun Lee, Violin
Rena Ryu, Violin
Victoria Zhang, Violin
Luka Zylik, Violin
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Albert Lee, Viola
Olivia Park, Viola
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Naomi Armentrout, Cello
Chloe Auyeung, Cello
Allison Chen, Cello
Jay Jaewoo Choi, Cello
Ellie Hwang, Cello
Maxwell Jones, Cello
Charlotte Kim, Cello
Claire Kim, Cello
Madison Kim, Cello
Aiden Ko, Cello
Maxx Lee, Cello
Yoonseong Lee, Cello
Grace Liu, Cello
Clara Melwani, Cello
Aiden Oh, Cello
Daniel Seo, Cello
Hayun Son, Cello
Matthew Suh, Cello
Joshua Yoon, Cello
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Spencer Choi, Flute
Feiyue Dai, Flute
Olivia Lee, Flute
Kyle Lu, Oboe
Phillip Hyun, Clarinet
Joshua Lee, Clarinet
Juntang Jonathan Lin, Saxophone
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Eva Lee, Voice
Nicholas Lee, Voice
Isabella Moon, Voice
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New Jersey Children's Choir
Aced Quartet
Erin Yi, Violin
Ashton Yang, Violin
Claire Bokyun Kim, Viola
Dohyoung Kim, Cello
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Ensemble Duo
Emma Maini, Violin
Alex Tartaglia, Piano​
Second Place
Juliana Cardona, Piano
Ryley Chen, Piano
Elin Cho, Piano
Jack Henry Greenberg, Piano
David Guo, Piano
Elaine Guo, Piano
Alexander S. Kim, Piano
Benjamin Kim, Piano
Joshua Kim, Piano
Michelle Kim, Piano
Abhiraam Kuntala, Piano
Finn Larsen, Piano
Ananya Mehta, Piano
Theodore Shiwoo Lee, Piano
Elva Pan, Piano
Myra Singh, Piano
Laura Wu, Piano
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​Sarah Chun, Violin
Riley Huang, Violin
Olivia Hur, Violin
Siyoon Jeong, Violin
Weiyi Jing, Violin
Andrew Liu, Violin
Artemis Meister, Violin
Henry Oh, Violin
Naomi Wu, Violin
Violet Yeh, Violin
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Hyeon Cho, Viola
Franklin Fang, Viola
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Eliana Dominik, Cello
Ian Han, Cello
Alexander Jones, Cello
Claire Lee, Cello
Noel Lee, Cello
Theodore Lee, Cello
Yuju Lee, Cello
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Hara Jeon, Flute
Joan Kim, Flute
Irene Kim, Clarinet
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Margaret Graf, Voice
Simon Kirjner, Voice​​​​​​​​​​
Adelina Michel, Voice
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Quattro Arco, Ensemble
Kira Shim, Violin
Susanna Kim, Violin
Sarah Chun, Violin
Catherine Li, Violin
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Third Place
Shloak Agrawal, Piano
Katarina Binec, Piano
Amy Choe, Piano
Riansh Gandhi, Piano
Anderson Jung, Piano
Erin Kim, Piano
Kokoro Kobayashi, Piano
Kanna Kuroiwa, Piano
Olivia Lovell, Piano
Tanya Rajadhyaksha, Piano
Alexa Wanich, Piano
Vivian Yao, Piano
Hamilton Zhang, Piano
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Chase Caram, Violin
Sofia Caram, Violin
Jessica Chen, Violin
Hajun Chun, Violin
Yena Han, Violin
Natalie Jong, Violin
Aanya Kashyap, Violin
Beomjun Kim, Violin
Seoin Kim, Violin
Soowon Paul Lee, Violin
Aiden Park, Violin
Emily Shen, Violin
Ethan Shen, Violin
Avery Xiao, Violin
Max Xu, Violin
Freya Yang, Violin
Samuel Yoon, Violin
Riley Koh, Viola
Ranvir Singh, Viola
Olivia Tejada, Viola
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Rena Bae, Cello
Sarang Kim, Cello
Yebin Lee, Cello
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Elisa Akin, Flute
Irene Bae, Flute
Evelyn Ha, Flute
Lina Kataoka, Flute
Allison Lee, Flute
Isabella Lee, Flute
Spencer Chaisanguanthum, Oboe
Ethan Zhang, Oboe
Taejun Kim, Bassoon
Ian Lee, Bassoon
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Elizabeth Koh, Voice
Annie Miller, Voice
Harvey Shin, Voice
Jaiden Suratwala, Voice
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Piano Trio
Maya Chou, Piano
Braden Orsini, Oboe
Naomi Darvas, Flute
best teachers
Toby Appel, Sam Bae, Karlo Begiev, James Behr, Daniela Bracchi, Eileen Buck, Fraser Campbell, Dongsoo Cha, Elizabeth Chang, Sun Young Chang, Tina Chang, Ashley Hae Jee Cho, Hyunjin Cho, Hye-Kyung Choi, Kyung Sun Choi, Seungho Choi, Yoomi Choi, Sofia Chung, Yousun Chung, Matthew Cohen, Alex Croxton, Julia Danitz, Amelia DeMayo, Ellen dePasquale, Aniela Eddy, Bart Feller, Leah Ferguson, Jennivee Fiorese, Tunde Gaal, Laura Gilbert, Marc Goldberg, Evelyn Golz, Ben Grow, Ahjung Han, Ella Heifets, Rose Hsien, Li-Chen Hwang, Rosa Jang, Erin Jeong, Khullip Jeung, David Ji, Eunae Jin, Youngbin Jo, Hyun Jung Joo, Youbin Jun, Hye Young Kang, Jisun Kang, Misung Kang, Adrienne Kim, Boeun Kim, Eunice Kim, Euntaek Kim, Gloria Kim, Hana Kim, Heejung Kim, Hong Kiew Kim, Jinyoung Park Kim, Jiwon Kim, John Kim, Sherry Kim, Yoonbe Kim, Yunie Kim, Yunsun Kim, Wolfram Koessel, Marina Kogan, Takako Kuroiwa, Thomas Landschoot, Cecilia Lee, Hannah Hyojin Lee, Jennifer Lee, Jee Sun Lee, Jinah Lee, Michelle Lee, Nathan Lee, Soobin Lee, Vicky Lee, Wonki Lee, Yu Jeong Lee, Hanbo Liu, Hwei-Lan Luo, Elizabeth MacCorquodale, Natela Mchedlishvili, Sally Merriman, Olga Merson, Gulnara Mitzanova, Hirono Oka, Setsuko Otake, Helen Park, Isaac Park, Jisun Park, Zhang Qi, Anna Rabinova, Sarah Reynolds, Christina Khimm Rosand, Elena Rossman, Junho Shim, Hanna Shin, Dawn Song, Kelly Sawatsky, Liang Wang, Yinfei Wang, Shuangze Xie, Yi Qun Xu, Mineko Yajima, Fan Yang, Seojin Yang, Jungwon Yoon, Qi Zhang