Congratulations to winners at the MIMA(Music Interdisciplinary Multimedia Arts) Young Artist Competition 2024:
Avery Armstrong, Second Prize in Group I
Joshua Tittiranonda, Second Prize in Group II
Lyra Song was accepted into the 2024 Cleveland Institute of Music Young Artist Piano Seminar and the 2024 Cheng/Chow Masterclass at the Adamant Music School.
Lyra Song and Ariel Chang were accepted into the 2024 Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Summer Piano Academy.
Isaac Choi will join the Young Chamber Musicians staring from Fall 2024.
Congratulations to Dayton Nguyen for being selected as a 2024 Special Awardee in Music Performance at the Bay Area Creative Foundation Creative Youth Awards.
Congratulations to Joshua Tittiranonda for winning Third Prize and scholarship at the 2024 Etude Club of Berkeley Young Artist Competition.
Dayton Nguyen performed Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto with the Golden State Youth Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro Dr. Yun Song Tay with high praise on March 30th, 2024. Watch the performance HERE.
Congratulations on Avery Armstrong’s Honorable Mention at the 2024 Pacific Music Society & Foundation Competition.
Avery Armstrong was invited to join the Music@Menlo Young Performers Program in Summer 2024.
Lyra Song was accepted into the Rushmore Music Festival’s Young Artist Fellowship Program on a full-tuition scholarship in Summer 2024.
Dayton Nguyen and Avery Armstrong performed at the William Wellborn Young Pianists Play Liszt Concert on March 9th, 2024 at Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, SFCM.
Congratulations to Isaac Choi for being awarded Honorable Mention at the Peninsula Symphony Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition Junior Division.
Avery Armstrong performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto in d minor, K. 466 as the piano soloist with Central Oregon Symphony on Feb. 24th and Feb. 25th, 2024. Watch her performance of Feb. 25th HERE.
Congratulations to pianists selected into the 2024 Junior Bach Festival:
Ella Luo
Claire Shih
Avery Armstrong
Dayton Nguyen
Joshua Tittiranonda
Congratulations to prize winners at the 2023 US New Star International Piano Competition:
Avery Armstrong, Second Prize
Isaac Choi, Honorable Mention
Avery Armstrong was named the Third Prize Winner at the 2023 Central Oregon Symphony Young Artist Competition and will be performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in d minor, K. 466 with the symphony on Feb. 24th and 25th, 2024.
Congratulations to Asher Khoo for winning the First Prize at the 7th Best Beethoven Performance at the Great Composers Competition Series.
Congratulations to Elite International Music Competition winners who will perform in winner’s recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in 2024:
First Places: Lyra Song, Ella Luo, Joshua Tittiranonda, Claire Shih
Second Places: Asher Khoo, Ariel Chang, Chi-Anne Chen, Chloe So
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Winter Competition of Northern California Young Talents Competition and Festival:
First Prizes: Asher Khoo, Lyra Song, Elaine Hwang, Chi-Anne Chen, Ella Luo
Second Prizes: Claire Shih, Ariel Chang, Chloe So
Isaac Choi, Esther YingTing Liu, and Dayton Nguyen will be featured young musicians in the 2023-24 Season at the Burlingame Music Club.
Ariel Chang was awarded First Prize at the Charleston International Music Competition (2023 European Music).
Avery Armstrong won the Grand Prize of the 2023 Young Soloist International Music Competition(YSIMC).
Ziyue Zeng performed a solo recital at Munching with Mozart at the Santa Cruz Public Library on September 15th, 2023.
Avery Armstrong, Chi-Anne Chen, and Joshua Tittiranonda performed in Flower Piano at San Francisco Botanical Garden on September 10th, 2023.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 2023 USIMC:
Ziyue Zeng, First Prize (YAA Solo D)
Avery Armstrong, Second Prize (YAA Solo B)
Lyra Song, Third Prize (YAA Solo A)
Dayton Nguyen, Third Prize (YAA Concerto B)
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 10th ENKOR International Piano Competition:
Avery Armstrong, Second Prize
Lyra Song, Second Prize
Ziyue Zeng, Second Prize
Joshua Tittiranonda, Third Prize
Ella Luo, Third Prize
Esther YingTing Liu, Third Prize
Congratulations to pianists awarded with prizes and scholarships at the 5th WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2023:
Isaac Choi, Gold Award
Lyra Song, Silver Award
Dayton Nguyen, Silver Award
August Gilmartin, Silver Award
Claire Shih, Bronze Award
Ella Luo, Bronze Award
Joshua Tittiranonda, Bronze Award
Ariel Chang, Merit Award
Chi Anne Chen, Merit Award
Ziyue Zeng was selected as a winner of the Concerto Competition at the 2023 PianoTexas International Festival and performed Prokofiev’s Third Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony on July 2nd, 2023. Watch HERE.
Dayton Nguyen won First Prize in the Piano Duet category at the Charleston International Competition with pianist Rohan Ramkumar.
Ziyue Zeng performed as the piano soloist of the Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto with the Golden State Youth Orchestra on June 4th, 2023.
Ziyue Zeng gave a successful solo recital as part of the Aptos Keyboard Series at St. John’s on May 7th, 2023 at the Episcopal Church of St. John in Aptos.
Congratulations to Dayton Nguyen for winning at the Golden State Youth Orchestra Piano Solo Competition and will perform as a concerto soloist with the GSYO Symphony Orchestra in their 2023-24 Season.
Lyra Song is admitted into Colburn Piano Seminar and John Perry Piano Academy Summer Festival 2023.
Congratulations to winners awarded at the 2022-23 Burlingame Music Club Piano Competition:
Ziyue Zeng, First Prize
Isaac Choi, Honorable Mention
Ziyue Zeng will be attending Music@Menlo Young Performers Program, PianoTexas International Festival & Academy, and Southeastern Piano Festival in Summer 2023.
Dayton Nguyen was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2023 East Bay Music Foundation Piano Competition.
Dayton Nguyen was selected as one of the six finalists at the 37th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society.
Congratulations to pianists selected into the 2023 Junior Bach Festival:
Isaac Choi
Ella Luo
Joshua Tittiranonda
Dayton Nguyen
August Gilmartin
Ziyue Zeng
YingTing Esther Liu
Ziyue Zeng took First Prize at the 2023 KAMSA Music Competition in the Senior Piano category.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Second Prize at the 2022 US New Star International Piano Competition.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston 2022 International Piano Competition:
Ella Luo, First Prize (Age 13)
August Gilmartin, First Prize (Age 16)
Congratulations to Elite International Music Competition winners who will perform in winners recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2023:
YingTing Esther Liu, First Place with a perfect score
August Gilmartin, First Place
Aaron Lin, First Place
Ella Luo, First Place
Ethan Yan, First Place
Claire Shih, Second Place
Ziyue Zeng performed Grieg Piano Concerto in a minor with Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony under the baton of Nathaniel Berman on November 19th 2022.
Isaac Choi and Ziyue Zeng were featured in Burlingame Music Club 2022-23 Season and performed on November 14th 2022.
Dayton Nguyen was awarded Bronze at Singapore International Music Competition.
Isaac Choi and Ziyue Zeng were selected as semi-finalists at the 2022 Seattle Internationl Piano Competition.
Ziyue Zeng performed in the MTAC Santa Clara Masterclass of Professor Hans Boepple at Valley Christian High School on Oct. 16th, 2022.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Amadeus Music Awards from Salzburg, Austria:
Dayton Nguyen, Bronze Prize
Claire Shih, Special Award
Chloe So, Special Award
Ziyue Zeng was awarded 2nd Prize at the Young Artist Award Piano Solo and Honorable Mention at the YAA Piano Concerto at the 2022 USIMC.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston International Music Competitions “18th Century Music”:
Claire Shih, Second Prize (ages 9-10)
Congratulations to award winners at Charles and Sofia International Piano Competition 2022:
Chloe So, Silver
Claire Shih, Silver
Congratulations to pianists awarded at London International Music Competition:
Sarah Zhang, Third Prize (Junior)
Aaron Lin, Third Prize (Youth)
Claire Shih, Special Mention Recognition (Kids Artist)
Congratulations to prize winners at the 9th ENKOR Int’l Music Competition:
Isaac Choi
YingTing Esther Liu
Jade Lu
Jolie Lu
Dayton Nguyen
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston International Music Competitions “19th Century Music”:
Chloe So, First Prize (Ages 11-12)
Dayton Nguyen, First Prize (Ages 13-14)
Aaron Lin, Second Prize (Ages 15-16)
Congratulations to prize winners at the 4th WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2022:
Jade Lu, Silver Award and scholarships
Isaac Choi, Silver Award and scholarships
Claire Shih, Silver Award and scholarships
Sarah Zhang, Bronze Award
YingTing Esther Liu, Bronze Award
Ethan Yan, Bronze Award
Ziyue Zeng, Dayton Nguyen, and Jade Lu were invited to perform at the iGNITE Piano Festival on October 2nd, 2022.
Ziyue Zeng will be performing as one of the two featured pianists at the 2022 Sparkling Musicale fundraiser hosted by the American Beethoven Society on August 21st, 2022.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Pacific International Piano Competition:
Ziyue Zeng, Silver
Claire Shih, Bronze
Isaac Choi, Bronze
Ethan Yan, Bronze
Dayton Nguyen, Bronze
Aaron Lin, Bronze
Jolie Lu, Honorable Mention
Sarah Zhang, Honorable Mention
Jade Lu performed with GSYO Camilla Kolchinsky Orchestra as the piano soloist, playing Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2 on May 14th, 2022 as a winner of GSYO Concerto Competition.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Golden State Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. She will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Senior Symphony in the 2022-23 season.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. She will perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the orchestra in the 2022-23 season.
Congratulations to winners at the Silicon Valley Music Competition hosted by Silicon Valley Philharmonic:
Ziyue Zeng, Grand Prize (Piano, High School)
Claire Shih, Third Prize (Piano, Elementary School)
Dayton Nguyen with Cantabile Piano Trio, First Prize (Ensemble)
Congratulations to winners at the Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition:
Dayton Nguyen, First Prize
Joshua Tittiranonda, Second Prize
Ziyue Zeng, Third Prize
Ethan Yan, Third Prize
Michael Fischer Haagens, Third Prize
Ziyue Zeng was named one of the three winners at the 36th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society and played in a masterclass with Ronald Brautigam.
Congratulations to Dayton Nguyen for receiving Honorable Mention at the 46th East Bay Music Festival Piano Competition.
So-Phan Duo (Chloe So, pianist; Tina Phan, violinist) won second prize at the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival’s 20th Annual Youth Chamber Music Competition and will perform at the Emerging Artists Showcase on May 22nd, 2022.
Claire Shih performed at BACH IN THE SUBWAYS, invited by the Junior Bach Festival Association, on March 21st, 2022.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for being accepted into the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program in Summer 2022.
Ziyue Zeng has advanced to the Peninsula Symphony Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition Senior Finals.
Ziyue Zeng was awarded as one of the six finalists at the 36th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 4th Glory Int’l Piano Competition 2022:
Claire Shih
Dayton Nguyen
Joshua Tittiranonda
Ethan Yan
Congratulations to pianists selected to perform at the 2022 Junior Bach Festival:
Claire Shih
Ziyue Zeng
Isaac Choi with IC Duo
Chloe So with So-Phan Duo
Ziyue Zeng has been awarded Honorable Mention at the Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition at University of the Pacific and played in the master class with Sonia Leong.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at the 2022 KAMSA Competition.
IC Duo (Isaac Choi, pianist; Constance Kuan, violinist) won first place at MTAC 2022 VOCE North Region Instrumental Ensemble.
Jade Lu has given successful performances on keyboard in LAHS’s 2022 musical, “Mamma Mia!”.
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 2nd Canadian International Music Competition:
Erdenetangad Sorozonbold, Platinum
Isaac Choi, Platinum
Fae Lacson, Platinum
Joshua Tittiranonda, Platinum
Dayton Nguyen, Gold
Claire Shih, Gold
Jolie Lu, Silver
Jessica Do, Silver
Ethan Yan, Bronze
Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Best Beethoven Performance 2021 at Great Composers Competitions:
Isaac Choi, First Prize
Joshua Tittiranonda, Second Prize
Dayton Nguyen, Second Prize
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at Bellagrande International Music Competition.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning First Prize at the 3rd France Music Competition 2021 of Les musicales du centre.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at the Pacific Rim International Music Festival Competition North America Final.
Congratulations to Frederick Yip for receiving Silver Award at the Third WPTA Singapore International Piano Competition.
Dayton Nguyen performed at the SF Botanical Garden Flower Piano Showcase on September 21st, 2021.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning First Prize at the Pacific Rim International Music Festival Competition North America Region.
Seoyoung Pak performed two organ recitals at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on August 1st, 2021 and Mission Dolores Basilica on September 12th, 2021.
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold performed a piano solo recital at Aegis Living of Corte Madera on July 29th, 2021.
Congratulations to prize winners at the 8th ENKOR Int’l Music Competition:
Michelle Kuan
Jade Lu
Jolie Lu
Seoyoung Pak
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold
Ziyue Zeng
Ziyue Zeng will be joining the Young Chamber Musicians from Fall 2021.
Congratulations to prize winners at the Champion’s Keyboard 2021 Piano Competition based in Milan, Italy:
Eva Chen, Third Prize
Keona Lau, Diploma of Merit
Congratulations to prize winners at the Third WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2021:
Ziyue Zeng, Silver Award and scholarship
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold, Bronze Award and scholarship
Michelle Kuan, Merit Award
Frederick Yip, Merit Award
Eva Chen, Merit Award
Keona Lau, Merit Award
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold has been invited to join Bard Conservatory Precollege Summer Music Academy with scholarship in Summer 2021.
Ziyue Zeng has been selected as one of the twenty-four junior active participants in the 40th PianoTexas International Festival & Academy, one of the leading summer piano programs worldwide, in Summer 2021.
Congratulations to Sela Sumii for her consecutive award wins at the Great Composers Competition:
Music of Eastern Europe, Second Prize
Music of Germany & Austria, Second Prize
Music of Bach, Second Prize
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for her award win at the Arizona Piano Institute Solo Competition.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for being awarded as one of the six finalists at the 35th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition.
Megan Yim, Jade Lu, and Michelle Kuan have been featured by the Burlingame Music Club in the 2020-2021 season.
Sela Sumii performed in the SFCM Benefit Concert on March 14th, 2021 with other exceptional musicians in support of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
Congratulations to Jade Lu for her prize win at the 2021 Canada International Youth Piano Festival.
Congratulations to pianists selected to perform at the 2021 Junior Bach Festival:
Eva Chen
Michelle Kuan
Jade Lu
Jolie Lu
Seoyoung (Nataly) Pak
Chloe So
Frederick Yip
Ziyue Zeng
Congratulations to award winners at the 2021 KAMSA Competition:
Ziyue Zeng, Second Prize
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold, Honorable Mention
Enjoy California All-State Music Education Conference Wind Symphony’s performance of Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez featuring Michelle Kuan as the pianist here.
Congratulations to award winners at the 3rd Glory Int’l Piano Competition 2021:
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold, Second Prize
Jade Lu, Second Prize
Michelle Kuan, Second Prize
Keona Lau, Second Prize
Beatrice O’Brien, Second Prize
Grace Chen, Honorable Mention
Tune in for Jade Lu’s performance on KMTV Channel 15 at 11:30pm on February 8th, 2021.
Congratulations to Jackson Gressler for winning First Prize at Great Composer Competition Schubert 2021.
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at César Franck International Piano Competition 2020 in Belgium.
Congratulations to award winners at Milano PianoTalents International Competition 2020:
Jade Lu, Second Prize (F)
Ziyue Zeng, Second Prize (E)
Megan Yim, Third Prize (F)
Erdenetangad Solonzonbold, Third Prize (E)
Keona Lau, Diploma of Merit (F)
Michelle Kuan, Diploma of Merit (E)
Jolie Lu, Diploma of Merit (D)
Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at the USIMC Music Competition 2020.
Congratulations to prize winners at US International Open Music Competitions 2020:
Keona Lau, First Place and Second Place @ Solo Contemporary and Solo Romantic
Sela Sumii, First Place @ Young Prodigy
Jolie Lu, First Place @ Solo Contemporary
Ariane Chen, Second Place @ Solo Contemporary
Zahara Agarwal, Second Place @ Solo Classical
Serena Theobald, Third Place @ Solo Baroque
Eva Chen, Third Place @ Solo Classical
Koshin Chang, Third Place @ Solo Romantic
Grace Chen, Third Place @ Solo Classical
Congratulations to prize winners at the 7th ENKOR Int’l Music Competition:
Ziyue Zeng
Frederick Yip
Ariane Chen
Congratulations to prize winners at Costa Rica Piano Competition and Festival 2020:
Ziyue Zeng, 2nd Prize and scholarship
Megan Yim, 3rd Prize and scholarship
Congratulations to prize winners at WPTA Finland Piano Competition 2020:
Jade Lu, Bronze Award, Scholarhips, Solo Performance at Ars Nova Fest 2021 in Singapore
Ziyue Zeng, Bronze Award, Scholarships, Solo Performance at Ars Nova Fest 2021 in Singapore
Frederick Yip, Merit Award
Beatrice O’Brien, Merit Award
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold, Merit Award
Congratulations to Jade Lu for being awarded as one of the six finalists at the 34th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition.
Congratulations to performers at the 2020 Junior Bach Festival:
Seoyoung (Nataly) Pak-Piano Solo, Organ Solo, and Violin Sonata Duo
Erdenetangad Soronzonbold-Piano Solo and Violin Sonata Duo
Michelle Kuan-Piano Solo
Ziyue Zeng-Piano Solo
Sela Sumii-Piano Solo
Keona Lau-Violin Sonata Duo
Frederick Yip-Violin Sonata Duo
