Chopin Festival 2021 was virtual this year. It was very encouraging to see that the talented young musicians in our community are still producing high quality of music making despite the ongoing pandemic.
Thank you to the participating teachers who continue to educate and inspire your students!
Irina Bessonova, Magdi Bornemisza, Sun Yung Cho, Chaling Huynh, Dmitry Kirichenko, Cho-Hyun Lee, Shuang Li, Inessa Litvin, Yu Carole Liu, Vera Lukomsky, Alexander Mirolyan, Cho-Hyun Park, Anna Savvas, Viktor Shekhtman, Lynn Sundfor-McPherson, Chetan Tierra, Melissa Tierra, Luba Ugorski, Anna Vasilyeva, Dan Yu, Ting Ting Zhang, and Jia Sheng Zhou
We had three distinguished judges: Kocyan Wojciech, Andrew Park, and Jenny Shin. They have selected the top three winners in three divisions and gave their valuable comments. Congratulations to all of the students, teachers, and families. Each contestant will receive a Chopin logo mask along with the judges comments mailed to his/her teacher’s studio.
Out of 41 contestants, here are the Crystal Trophy recipients:
Division I
Richard Lee, 1st Place ($200)
Rien Chen, 2nd Place
Amber Zhang, 3rd Place
Division II
Andrew Zhang, 1st Place ($250)
Bradley Carpiuc, 2nd Place
Cynthia Zhang, 3rd Place
Division III
Zixuan Chen, 1st Place ($300)
Aidan Wahlmann, 2nd Place
Eric Wang, 3rd Place
I am hopeful to see you next year in person. Until then, please stay well and motivated!