This year’s Piano Duo Festival was presented in two successful recitals on Saturday, April 16th, 2022, in-person at Greene Music Recital Hall. We had 16 teams compete in 4 categories in the event. Thanks to the studios of Eunice Ahn, Eunji Bae, Carol Ong-Chen, Isabelle Roux and Luba Ugorski for their hard work preparing these teams. Thanks to our two wonderful judges, Steve Baker and Joanne Stohs. Also, thanks to Yuko Maruyama, Carol Ong-Chen, and Professor Victor Labenske’s two student volunteers for their help to make this festival happen.
Category I: Ages 5 – 9
1st place: Mason Kwon & Ryan Kim
2nd place: Elise Fu & William Fu
3rd place: Lilian Wang & Andrew Ong
Honorable Mentions: Jimin Lai & Lilian Wang, Evangeline Felker & Aarya lyer, and Julie Jeong & O-New Kim
Category II: Ages 10 – 12
1st place: Charity Chen & Yiyi He
2nd place: Alex Hawkinson & Blake Hawkinson
3rd place: Allison Duong & Katelyn Duong
Honorable Mentions: Astrea Archibald & Euan Lee, and Yen-Cheng Wu & Vincent Wu
Category III: Ages 13 – 15
1st place: Ella Xing & Sophie Hart
2nd place: Yiyi He & Ling Zhong
Category IV: Ages 16 – high school
1st place: Davina Zhu, Ruei-Chi Lai, Peiran Liang & Wei-Shi Lai
