Russian Music Competition
The International Russian Music Piano Competition (often referred to as The Russian Music Competition) is a piano competition established by Irina Prilipko-Morgan and her husband, Dan Morgan, in the spring of 2000. The competition is divided in to four categories: Young Musicians, Junior, Intermediate, and Advanced. The final category, Advanced, is staged at Le Petit Trianon theater or another within California, alongside professional musicians and a professional orchestra.
The first final of the competition was held at the Appreciation Hall of Foothill College, Los Altos Hills in 2002. It involved 35 competitors, three jury members and a total of $500 prize money for the winner. Since its inception, the competition has significantly changed; seven jury members now judge the performances, give master classes, and present lectures to young pianists during the ten-day-long competition period. The first prize winner of the Advanced category of the competition is awarded $5,000, a gold medal, a diploma, and possibly a contract with the Nova Vista Symphony concert engagements in the United States. Several smaller prizes are awarded for the prize winners of the lower categories, and special prizes are awarded where deemed necessary by the jury members.
Prize winners
2002
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Dmitri Demiashkin |
First |
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Luis Magalhaes |
Second |
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Darret Zusko |
Third |
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Dmitri Demiashkin |
Best Performance of Tchaikovsky |
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Ekaterina Chernaya |
Best performance of Russian Modern Composer |
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Luis Magalhaes |
Best performance of Rachmaninoff |
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Intermediate |
Eric Barlaan |
First |
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Liza Zenkin |
Second |
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Michael Caan |
Third |
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Junior |
Yvette Young |
Second |
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Catherine Chen |
Second |
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Ana Chumburidze |
Third |
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Young Muscians |
Christine Kim |
First |
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David Ko |
First |
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Miles Shen |
Second |
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Niuniu Teo |
Third |
2003
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Kana Mimaki |
First |
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Alina Kabanova |
Third |
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Sergei Saratovsky |
Third |
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Sergei Saratovsky |
Grand Public Prize |
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Alina Kabanova |
Best Performance of Russian Music |
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Steve Lee |
Best performance of Russian Modern Composer |
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Kana Mimaki |
Vladimir Viardo Award |
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Miao Hou |
Vladimir Viardo Award |
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Intermediate |
Grace Zhu |
Second |
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Alishan Merjanian |
Third |
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Junior |
Sang-A Park |
First |
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Hotaik Sung |
First |
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Navfal Mukumiy |
Second |
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Angela Huang |
Third |
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Vijay Venkatesh |
Third |
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Bora Kim |
Honorable Mention |
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Young Musicians |
Nuron Mukumiy |
First |
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Hilda Huang |
Second |
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Ellen Tsay |
Third |
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Fantee Jones |
Honorable Mention |
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Saul Bermudez |
Most Promising Young Musician |
2004
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Katerina Titova |
First |
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Vlada Vassilieva |
Second |
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Tatiana Kuleshova |
Third |
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So Young Yoon |
Third |
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Vlada Vassilieva |
Grand Public Prize |
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Vlada Vassilieva |
Best Performance of Russian Music |
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So Young Yoon |
Best performance of Rachmaninoff |
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James Bailllieu |
$600 Scholarship to Vienna International |
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Junior |
Vijay Venkatesh |
First |
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Lidia Salinas-Ivanenko |
Third |
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Elizabeth Yang |
Honorable Mention |
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Florence Hsiao |
Honorable Mention |
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Mikako Miyahara |
Honorable Mention |
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Young Musicians |
Yuko Ozawa |
First |
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Keina Numakura |
Second |
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Lily Tsai |
Third |
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Albert Wu |
Third |
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Laura Spector |
Honorable Mention |
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Jenny Mirzoian |
Honorable Mention |
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Yujin Ariza |
Honorable Mention |
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Yuko Ozawa |
Most Promising Young Musician |
2005
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Anastasia Dedik |
First |
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Alexandre Kravtsov |
Second |
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Woyciech Nycz |
Third |
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Jun Asai |
Honorable Mention |
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Alexandre Kravtsov |
Public Prize |
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Ayano Hodouchi |
$600 Scholarship to Vienna International |
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Intermediate |
Katherine Harris |
Second |
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Hotaik Sung |
Third |
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Vijay Venkatesh |
Honorable Mention |
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Hotaik Sung |
Public Prize |
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Katherine Harris |
Grand Public Prize |
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Vijay Venkatesh |
Best Performance of Lothar Bandermann’s Composition |
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Lily Tsai |
$100 Scholarship to Stanislaus Summer Music Camp |
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Junior |
David Ko |
First |
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Christine Kim |
Second |
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Chrinstina Lee |
Second |
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Cooper Labinger |
Third |
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Santiago Lomelin |
Third |
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Alexander Zhu |
Third |
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Florence Hsiao |
Honorable Mention |
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Rina Li |
Honorable Mention |
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Vartan Simonian |
Honorable Mention |
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David Ko |
Public Prize |
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Cooper Labinger |
Public Prize |
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Santiago Lomelin |
Public Prize |
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Jenny Mirzoian |
Public Prize |
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David Ko |
Most Promising Young Musician |
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Florence Hsiao |
$300 Scholarship to Polonsky Summer Music Camp |
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Young Musicians |
Sarina Zhang |
First |
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Darius Goh |
Second |
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David Rozenfeld |
Second |
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Yumou Gao |
Third |
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Chen-Yu Ho |
Third |
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Celia Henderson |
Honorable Mention |
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Priscilla Lam |
Honorable Mention |
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Gregory Martin |
Honorable Mention |
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Yumou Gao |
Public Prize |
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Chen-Yu Ho |
Public Prize |
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Sarina Zhang |
Public Prize |
2006
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Yukiko Sekino |
First |
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Chih-Long Hu |
Second |
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Howard Na |
Third |
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Jingwen Tu |
Honorable Mention |
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Alexandre Mutuzkine |
Honorable Mention |
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Jessica Osbourne |
Honorable Mention |
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Yukiko Sekino |
Public Prize |
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Jessica osbourne |
Invitation to festival in Perenee, France |
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Jessica Osbourne |
Special $500 prize from Jury |
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Intermediate |
Xingji Piao |
First |
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Matthew Auerbach |
Third |
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Aleksei Fedorov |
Third |
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Xingji Piao |
Best Performance of Russian Music |
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Xingji Piao |
$600 Scholarship to Vienna International |
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Xingji Piao |
Giovanni Paisiello Music Association Priz |
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Elizabeth Neff |
$200 for the best performance of Patric Nikolas' composition |
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Takafumi Mori |
$200 for the best performance of Patric Nikolas' composition |
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Junior |
Xinzhee Jiang |
First |
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Fantee Jones |
Second |
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Yi An Pan |
Second |
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Brandon Shih |
Third |
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Patricia Ho |
Honorable Mention |
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Jade Huang |
Honorable Mention |
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Ian Huh X |
Honorable Mention |
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Rina Li |
Honorable Mention |
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April Luo |
Honorable Mention |
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Vartan Simonian |
Honorable Mention |
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Stephanie Tang |
Honorable Mention |
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Audrey Vardanega |
Honorable Mention |
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Brandon Shih |
$100 Scholarship to Stanislaus Summer Music Camp |
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Fantee Jones |
$300 Scholarship to Polonsky Summer Music Camp |
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Audrey Vardanega |
Scholarship to Young Pianists Academy in Vienna, Austria. |
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Young Musicians |
Darius Goh |
First |
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Alex Chien |
Second |
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Vladimir Lokhov |
Second |
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Yi-Chen Liu |
Second |
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Lewis Warren, Jr. |
Third |
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Amy Liu |
Honorable Mention |
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Katherine Tsay |
Honorable Mention |
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Steven Zeng |
Honorable Mention |
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2007
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Sara Daneshpour |
First |
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Zhenni Li |
Second |
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Anton Smirnov |
Third |
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Sara Daneshpour |
Best Performance of Russian Music |
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Sara Daneshpour |
Public Prize |
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Michael Berkovsky |
Honorable Mention |
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Intermediate |
Devon Joiner |
Second |
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Han Chen |
Third |
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Irina Sidorenko |
Third |
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Devon Joiner |
Scholarship to VIP Academy in Vienna, Austria |
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Philip Jung |
Honorable Mention |
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Junior |
Andrew Hsu |
First |
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Inoue Hikari |
Second |
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Fantee Jones |
Third |
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Lucas Furtado |
Honorable Mention |
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Andre Poon |
Honorable Mention |
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Andrew Hsu |
Most Promising Young Talent |
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Young Musicians |
Daniel Hsu |
First |
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Alex Chien |
Second |
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Valerie Kim |
Third |
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Nikita Kovalev |
Honorable Mention |
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Karin Chan |
Honorable Mention |
2008
Category |
Name |
Prize |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Advanced |
Christopher Falzone |
First |
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Tomer Gewirtzman |
Second |
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Chaoyin Cai |
Third |
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Christpher Falzone |
Public Prize |
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Xiaofang Wu |
Honorable Mention |
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Hyun-Ah Choi |
Honorable Mention |
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Intermediate |
Frederik Mikkelsen |
First |
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Tianqi Du |
Third |
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Jiawei Yuan |
Third |
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Devon Joiner |
Scholarship to VIP Academy in Vienna, Austria |
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Gary (Wai Haang) Yeung |
Honorable Mention |
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Junior |
Andre Poon |
First |
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Victoria Yi Lin Wong |
Second |
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Hugo Kitano |
Second |
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Eugene Chen |
Third |
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Jonathan Mamora |
Third |
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Yihan Zheng |
Honorable Mention |
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Ya Yi Tian |
Honorable Mention |
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Young Musicians |
Alex Chien |
First |
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Scott Xiao |
Second |
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Wenfang Han |
Second |
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Tammy Wu |
Third |
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Lawrence Li |
Honorable Mention |
References
- General
- 2002 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2003 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2004 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2005 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2006 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2007 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- 2008 Prize Winners. International Russian Music Piano Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-16
- Specific