Congratulations to all those who participated and thank you to all those who came to support the 2020 Piano Duo Festival. The festival was held at Greene Music on February 22. This year, we had a total of 24 duo teams registered, of which 7 were non-competitive Student & Teacher and Student & Adult teams. The 17 competitive teams included 15 duo teams and 2 four-member teams playing selections written for eight-hands. Three recitals were presented in front of packed audiences, and our judges were very impressed with the level of the students’ playing. Thank you to Steve Baker and Joanne Stohs for adjudicating the event, and special thanks to Yuko Maruyama and Carol Ong-Chen for their help running the festival and all studios who participated. I hope to see you all next year!
| 2020 Piano Duo Festival Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| I: Ages 5 - 9 | 1st Place | Allison Duong & Katelyn Duong |
| 2nd Place | Aashray Kota & Elizabeth Grossman | |
| 3rd Place | Vladimir Bayanduryan & Emma Nacher | |
| II: Ages 10 - 12 | 1st Place | Grace Xu & Annie Feng |
| 2nd Place | Yiyi He & Ling Zhong | |
| 3rd Place | Kyla Ho, Cate Tran, Sonya Yasuda & Joy Xu | |
| HM | Ethan Hu & Ryan Hu | |
| HM | Leah Nacher & Nikita Mouravyov | |
| III: Ages 13 - 15 | 1st Place | Kyle Hong & Eddie Hong |
| 2nd Place | Sofia Korniyenko, Maria Korniyenko, Anastasiya Butov & Uliana Korniyenko | |
| 3rd Place | Jacob Chabot & Sophia Lamb | |
| HM | Davina Zhu & Ruei-Chi Lai | |
| HM | Bryce Liu & Angela Liu | |
| HM | Peiran Liang & Wei-Shi Lai | |
| IV: Ages 16 - high school | 1st Place | Sahra Daneshmand & Ava Daneshmand |