Achievements
Every year my students participate in a variety of competitive events - national and international competitions, state auditions, local music festivals, offered through MTAC, CAPMT/MTNA, CMTAC and other professional music organizations.
This is quite stressful and sometimes intimidating experience for children, but their hard work, passion and perseverance lead them to great satisfaction and much deserved awards.
Please join me in recognition of their accomplishments.
Named among the winners of American Fine Arts Festival Competition in
piano for the 2017-2018 season.
They performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on
October 14, 2018.
Daniel Cherkassky
1995 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Baroque, 5A - 1st place
1996 Menuhin-Dowling Awards Competition - 1st place
1997 Young Artists Keyboard Competition - Honorable Mention
1999 Menuhin-Dowling Awards Competition - 1st place
2001 Stanford Music Festival - 1st place
2001 MTAC State Convention - Panel Honors Recital
2002 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Advanced Division - 2nd place
2002 MTAC State Convention - Panel Master Class
2003 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Bach, Advanced Division - 1st place
Karen Xia
2010 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 1st place
2010 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Romantic, Junior Division - 2nd place
2011 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Classical, Senior Division - 2nd place
2011 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 3rd place
2012 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 2nd place
Sidney Li
2011 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Baroque, Intermediate Division - 1st place
2013 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Intermediate Division - 4th place
Cynthia Sun
2008 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Bach, Intermediate Division - 3rd place
2008 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo, Classical, 7B - 4th place
2012 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Intermediate Division - 1st place
2012 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - 3rd place
Angela Yi
2012 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Contemporary, Intermediate Div. - 2nd place
Ching-Yu Hu
1996 "Sounds of Music" Festival - Junior Division - 1st place
1997 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Baroque, 6A - Honorable Mention
1999 Menuhin-Dowling Awards Competition - Honorable Mention
2001 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - 1st place
2001 West Valley College Olympiad of the Arts - Honorable Mention
Ysabel Li
2011 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Classical, Junior Division - 3rd place
Ingrid Chang
2003 CMTAC Piano Competiton Junior Division - 3rd place
2004 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Junior Division - 3rd place
2005 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 2nd place
2006 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 1st place
2008 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - 3rd place
2009 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - Honorable Mention
Tiffany Kuo
2003 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Junior Division - 3rd place
2004 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Intermediate Division - 2nd place
2007 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - Honorable Mention
Daria Chen
2015 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Baroque, Intermediate Division - 2nd place
Larissa Zhou
2001 Stanford Music Festival - Honorable Mention
2002 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Classical, 7B - 1st place
2003 US Open Music Competition - Solo Showcase, Senior Division - 2nd place
Joyce Ho
1996 "Sounds of Music" Festival - Elementary Division - 1st place
Eric Jin
2001 Stanford Music Festival - Honorable Mention
Gary Wang
2002 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Classical, 3C - 2nd place
2003 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Schumann, Junior Division - 2nd place
Remi Sun
2003 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Schumann, Senior Division - 1st place
2006 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Classical, 7B - 2nd place
Carissa Ratanaphanyarat
2006 US Open Music Competition - Open Solo Classical, 6B - 3rd place
Tiffany Huang
2009 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Bach, Intermediate Division - 1st place
Andrew Liu
2009 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Bach, Senior Division - 3rd place
Jane Wei
2010 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Baroque, Intermediate Division - 3rd place
Avelyn Kwo
2014 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Classical, Intermediate Division - 2nd place
2016 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Baroque, Advanced Division - 3rd place
Edward Wang
2011 US Open Music Competition - Treasury of Romantic, Senior Division - 1st place
2011 Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition - Senior Division - Honorable Mention