2023 PRIMA VOLTA MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS
Cash Prize Winners
Grand Prize
Christopher Ramos, piano
Age category 3 to 12
Alice Shen, piano
Sophia Zhong, piano
Ellie Liu, violin
Darren Cai,viola
Elisha Lee, clarinet
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
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
Darren Cai, viola
Ethan Dai, cello
Preston Wong, cello
Alma Wosner, cello
Joseph Yun, cello
Brandan Zhu, cello
Alicia Chung, flute
Eunjae Kim, flute
Sabrina Stemetzki, flute
Elisha Lee, clarinet
Joseph Kim, tenor saxophone
Taira Matsumoto, alto saxophone
Ella Kim, voice
Lily Bell Morgan, voice
Hot Pot Piano Quartet
Hudson Ragins, Piano
Jessica Jeon, Violin
Ennya Liang, Viola
Sophie Tsao, Cello
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
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
Jia Choi, viola
Eleanor Gil, viola
Stephanie Lee, viola
Lunette Shaw, viola
Leon Zhou, viola
Melanie Chang, cello
Sejin Chun, cello
Maxwell Jones, cello
Claire Kim, cello
Isaac Lee, cello
Aiden Oh, cello
Ethan Xu, cello
Spencer Choi, flute
Vinya Chhabra, voice
Maya Joshi, voice
Vivace String Quartet
Dayeon Kim, violin I
Somin Lee, violin II
Sean Kim, viola
Aidan Park, cello
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
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
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
Hannah Park, flute
Amelia Kim, clarinet
Olivia Kim, clarinet
Christopher Kim, trombone
Isaac Ahn, voice
Maeve Cunningham, voice
Lily Bell Morgan, voice
Honorable Mention
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
Andy Cao, violin
Chase Caram, violin
Sofia Caram, violin
Yuna Nam, violin
Eloisa Park, violin
Owen Wei, violin
Samuel Yoon, violin
Erica Na, viola
Evan Seo, viola
Jachin Choi, cello
Adeline Kong, cello
Timothy Lee, cello
Steven Xing, cello
Esther Chae, flute
Evelyn Ha, flute
Jimin Irene Jung, flute
Ashley Kim, flute
Ethan Oh, trumpet
Chris Koo, percussion
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