2021 PRIMA VOLTA MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS
Cash Prize Winners
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GRAND PRIZE
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Age category 3 to 12
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Age category 13 to 19
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Noah Igelman, cello
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Serin Oh, piano
Valentina Chen, violin
Wonyul Choi, viola
Anastasia Catanus, cello
Josephine Chen, flute
Lily Yezdanian, voice
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William Huang, piano
Lauren Seo, violin
Eujeong Choi, cello
Veronica Li, clarinet
Jocelyn Oberle, voice
First Place
Katie Bang, piano
Jody Chen, piano
Brandon Huang, piano
William Huang, piano
Alisha Karthik, piano
Jean Kong, piano
Kriti Narayanan, piano
Serin Oh, piano
Fuka Somatomo, piano
Abhinav Sukla, piano
Chern Yang, piano
Vivianne Zheng, piano
Jingxin Zhong, piano
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Celine Chang, violin
Valentina Chen, violin
Maxine Chen, violin
Cheng-Fu Oliver Chi, violin
Aryanna Holmes, violin
Audrey Lee, violin
Rose Oasi, violin
Stephanie Oh, violin
Lauren Seo, violin
Isaiah Shin, violin
Arabelle Song, violin
Emily Wu, violin
Momoka Yanagisawa, violin
Ivy Yin, violin
Abigail Yoon, violin
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Wonyul Choi, viola
Ludia Kim, viola
Alvin Wang, viola
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Michael Caravello, cello
Anastasia Catanus, cello
Celina Chen, cello
Eujeong Choi, cello
Claire Doh, cello
Noah Igelman, cello
Leah Koh, cello
Ava Rosenbaum, cello
Lilla Szabó, cello
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Hyunkyung Katherine Lee, harp
Ayesha Sen, classical guitar
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Josephine Chen, flute
Celine Hong, flute
Youngho Cho, flute
Ian Kim, oboe
Veronica Li, clarinet
Colin Merkovsky, clarinet
Miranda Jiang, bassoon
Vincent Park, saxophone
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Maya Joshi, voice
Jocelyn Oberle, voice
Violet Paris, voice
Isabella Reichenbach, voice
Ryan Wang, voice
Lily Yezdanian, voice
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Ethan Cotta, violin, ensemble
Samuel Cotta, cello, ensemble
Annelise Cotta, piano, ensemble
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Gi Kwan Hilary Chan, flute, ensemble
Josephine Man Lin Chen, flute, ensemble
Ching Ching Luo, flute, ensemble
Tsz Yat Enoch Yeung, flute, ensemble
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Caitlin Wang, violin, ensemble
Alvin Wang, viola, ensemble
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Second Place
Choco Chen, piano
Carlie Chin, piano
Leo Cohen, piano
Arosh De Silva, piano
Abiageal Devine, piano
Yiming Huang, piano
Alice Jang, piano
Vyn Le, piano
Hannah Lee, piano
Shawn Liu, piano
Isabella Moon, piano
Seojin Park, piano
Oliver Shen, piano
Dorim Sim, piano
Tianqi Sun, piano
Dana Yun, piano
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Mia Arima, violin
Pamela Davidson, violin
Simon Kirjner, violin
Claire Lee, violin
Lucas Lum, violin
Rebecca Merber, violin
Lena Nagashima, violin
Sidney Nam, violin
Thomas Oberle, violin
Emma Pakola, violin
Ji-yeon Shin, violin
Caitlin Wang, violin
Owen Wei, violin
Richard Wojtach, violin
Andrew Wong, violin
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Lucas Chang, viola
Ellie Kim, viola
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Ainslea Hong, cello
Tyler Koh, cello
Jae Ah Shin, cello
Enya Yu, cello
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Hilary Chan, flute
Lia Choi, flute
Rachel J. Kim, flute
Ching Ching Luo, flute
Anna Micor, flute
Enoch Yeung, flute
Angelina Chan, piccolo
Justin Li, clarinet
Jake Li, bass clarinet
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Isaac Ahn, voice
Juliet Besch-Turner, voice
Ellivia Gold, voice
Lucas Jong, voice
Zoe Latanision, voice
Andrea Nalywajko, voice
Thomas Oberle, voice
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Third Place
Arielle Chen, piano
Yixuan Cheng, piano
Irene Hwang, piano
Andrew Kartman, piano
Gyuri Kim, piano
Emma Lau, piano
Victoria Vanderslice, piano
Zsofia von Gordon, piano
Richard Wang, piano
Krystal Yoo, piano
Grace Yu, piano
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Christopher Chan, violin
Penelope Cheung, violin
Brian Gao, violin
Tianqing Gao, violin
Cara Ko, violin
Chelsea Park, violin
Elsie Rey-de-Castro, violin
Serena Shi, violin
Amy Xiao, violin
Mengdie Melody Xu, violin
Dana Yun, violin
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Ayush Saran, viola
Eunsun Choi, cello
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Kayun Lee, flute
Allison Park, flute
Janice Park, flute
Sidney Chung, oboe
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Ashley Chung, voice
Hannah Joung, voice
Christie Kim, voice
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Honorable Mention
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Mami Kataoka, piano
Sarah Katz, piano
Amishi Mittal, piano
Kenzo Schwab, piano
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Paul Besch-Turner, violin
Alekya Dantam, violin
Paul Lee, violin
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best teachers
Dae Hyung Ahn, Sohyun Ahn, Daniela Bracchi, David Bebe, Eileen Buck, Ivy Chang, Sunyoung Chang, Henry Chen, Julie Cho, Sharon Gayoung Cho, Sookkyung Cho, Kyung Sun Choi, Rufus Choi, Miyun Chung, Mary Christine - Stingley, Julia Danitz, Mark Delpriora, Amelia DeMayo, Victoria Dondysh, Lauren D'Ottavio, Elizabeth Faidley, Illya Filshtinskiy, Tunde Gaal, Valentina Girina, Marc Goldberg, Evelyn Golz, Glenn Gordon, Ayumi Hashimoto, Ella Heifets, Eunmoo Heo, Sarah Hong, Tamami Honma, Bela Horvath, Li-Chen Hwang, Stefan Jackiw, Madeleine Jansen, Youngbin Jo, Hyun Jung Joo, Hye Young Kang, Jisun Kang, Minsook Kang, Mira Kang, Chloe Kiffer, Chungsun Kim, Clara Kim, Hyunhee Kim, Iris Boeun Kim, Jeongah Kim, Karen Kim, Mansoon Han Kim, Mira Kim, Onyou Kim, Seungchan Kim, Sohee Kim, Yunie Kim, Kyungha Ko, Jonathan Koh, Kevin Krentz, Anne Ku, Minji Kwon, Wendy Law, Eiri Lee, Jee Sun Lee, June Lee, Kellie Lee, Hanbo Liu, Susan Ma, Elizabeth MacCorquodale, Tomomi Matsumoto, Laszlo Mezo, Gulia Mitzanova, Barbee Monk, Yevgeny Morozov, Catherine Mazzone, Lara Nie, Philip Pan, Jennifer Jisun Park, Sookyung Park, KeriAnn Dibari Oberle, Manijéh Pickard, Jessica Rey-de-Castro, Ben Rhee, Kyu Rhee, Grace Shim, Kah Yun Song, Liliana Sotirova, Ann Setzer, Péter Szabó, Michael Tseitlin, John Ward, Eugene Watanabe, Matthew Wing Yin Wu, Fan Yang, Fan Yang, Stacie Yao, Yohan Yi, Jung Won Yoon