Congratulations to all students who performed in this year’s Concerto Competition! The first-place winners in each division will be performing with an orchestra this spring. Details coming soon.
I want to thank the distinguished panel of judges for taking time from their busy schedules to make this event especially meaningful for all participants: Tina Chong, Kookhee Hong, Crystal Rivette (piano judges); Pamela Vliek Martchev, Valentin Martchev, Amy Taylor (winds judges); Isaac Allen, Angela Choong, Paivikki Nykter (strings judges).
I am extremely grateful to all of the teachers who helped to make this event a success:
Sarah Victor, Magda Bornemisza, Dana Burnett, Glen Campbell, Hernan Constantino, Sun Yung Cho, Annelle Gregory, Scott Johnson, Inessa Litvin, Jane Masur, Alex Mirolyan, Alexander Palamidis, Cho-Hyun Park, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Claudia Smetona, Seiran Sohn, Chetan Tierra, Pasha Tseitlin, Michael Tseitlin, Elena Yarritu.
PLEASE NOTE: USD’s Shiley Theatre will not be available for this competition (or any other event) next year due to the major renovations throughout Camino Hall and Founders Hall. We need to find a different location in order to hold this competition in 2021!
| 2020 Concerto Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Division I | 1st place | Addison Lee - Mozart: Concerto in C Major, K.246, Mvt 1 |
| 2nd place | Aaron Ye | |
| 3rd place TIE | Sonya Yasuda, Tyler Chang | |
| HM | Ethan Zhou | |
| Division II | 1st place | Ethan Song - Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Mvt III |
| 2nd place | Andrew Zhang | |
| 3rd place | Bradley Carpiuc | |
| HM | Leo Zhang | |
| Division III | 1st place | Aidan Wahlmann - Mozart: Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, Mvt I |
| 2nd place | Zixuan Chen | |
| 3rd place | Zachary Liu | |
| HMs | Ethan Chuang, Gabrielle Sanchez | |
| Division IV | 1st place | Dillon Halpin - Ibert: Concerto for Flute, Mvt. I |
| 2nd place | Katherine Liao | |
| 3rd place TIE | Helen Zhu, Nathan Haghgoo | |
| HM | Emma Ward | |
| Division V | 1st place | Ethan Zhou - Nardini: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Mvt I |
| 2nd place | Caitlin Wang | |
| 3rd place | Caden Jiang | |
| HM | Benjamin Luo | |
| Division VI | 1st place | Justin Wu - Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Mvt I |
| 2nd place | Susan Lee | |
| 3rd place TIE | Alina Hernandez, Adam Kulju | |
| HMs | Ivan Li, Stacy Widyono, Eric Zhou | |