Three recitals were successfully held for this year’s Piano Duo Festival on April 15th at Greene Music. We had 25 teams from 13 teaching studios competing in four categories. Thank you to the studios of Eunice Ahn, Eunji Bae, Jim Guerin, Bon Kim, Jeeyoon Kim, Kathy Kim, April Lin, Yu Carole Liu, Carol Ong-Chen, Isabelle Roux, Anna Stal, Lori Vickers, and Vivian Wu. Our two judges, Steve Baker and Sanaz Rezai, were very impressed with the level of playing by all teams. Also, special thanks to Yuko Maruyama, Isabelle Chen, Carol Ong-Chen and Lori Vickers, who volunteered for the event. Congratulations to all students for participating in the event. We hope to see you again next year!
2023 Piano Duo Festival Results
Category I: Ages 5 – 9
1st place: Jimin Lai & Andrew Ong
2nd place: Clarie Chen & Daren Ren
3rd place: Olivia Chen & Blake Chuang
Honorable mentions: Lillian Wang & Jimin Lai, Mia Lyu & Michelle Lyu
Category II: Ages 10 – 12
1st place: Yen-Cheng Wu & Vincent Wu
2nd place: Jovanny Fernandez & Joshua Hsu
3rd place: Bokyung Logan Kwon & Jiwoo Aileen Park
Honorable mentions: Fuga Liam Endo & Christopher Taiyo Whitacre, Allison Duong & Katelyn Duong, Kayla Tsubokawa & Caleb Felker
Category III: Ages 13 – 15
1st place: Ling Zhong & Charity Chen
2nd place: Charity Chen & Peiran Liang
3rd place: Veronica Xu & Stephen Xu
Honorable mentions: Sophie Tsui & Hsueh-Heng (Helen) Lu, Anita Qian & Alethia Li
Category IV: Ages 16 – high school
1st place: Ruei-Chi Lai & Davina Zhu
2nd place: Tony Qu & Hsueh-Heng (Helen) Lu
3rd place: Vinh Son Nguyen & Gracelyn Nguyen