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Awards Overview

Diplomas

This year the diplomas are awarded as per following criteria:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Prize are ranked based on balanced evaluation of technical skills and music interpretation. The winners of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place have performed their pieces with good technique appropriate and expected in their age category. The awards were presented by judges based on their individual scoring concluded with further discussions. 1,2,3 prize winners qualify for the winners concert in their category (large or smaller stage adequate to the group and category). 4,5,6 prize winners qualify for the winners concert in their category upon further Jury’s approval.

The Best Performance of a Chopin Work Award is issued by the F. Chopin Society in Warsaw, Poland. It is important to note, this award is decided by Assembly of Judges of the competition not by the F. Chopin Society. It is presented to participants who balanced their technical skills and musical interpretation of the Chopin piece they played. Participants may have not played on as high technical level as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prize winners in their age category but stand out in their Chopin combined technique and musicality while performing the Chopin’s piece.

Chopin Avenue Awards for the Chopin Pieces – are presented to participants who balanced their technical skills and musical interpretation of the Chopin piece including Polonaize, Mazurka, Waltz, Nocturne, Ballad they played. Participants may have not played on as high technical level as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prize winners in their age category but stand out in their Chopin combined technique and musicality while performing the Chopin’s piece.

The Best Performance of a Chopin Work Award

Jeongwoo Son (South Korea)

Aika Nishiyama (Japan)

Heisuke Goto (Japan)

Mo Yui Him (Hong Kong, China)

David Alecsandru Irimescu (Italy / Romania)

Riko Katayama (Japan)

Chopin Waltz Award

Sojung Park (USA / South Korea)

Yoshiki Ohashi (Japan)

Kyoichiro USAmi (Japan)

Lucas Cai (Australia)

Chopin Nocturne Award

Raven Ho (USA)

Raymond Zhou (USA)

Chopin Ballade Award

Kim Seoyoon (South Korea)

Martin Droppa (Czech Republic)

Jiyoung Jang (South Korea)

Chopin Polonaise Award

Seira Hirosawa (Japan)

Hiroko Kamitani (Japan)

Junior Piano Solo

Group A

First Prize:         Maria Nicole Bresciani (Italy)

Second Prize:   Sojung Park (USA / South Korea)

Third Prize:       Isabelle Lu (USA)

Fourth Prize:    Damara Kamila Rafania Surapaty (Indonesia)

Fifth Prize:       EunSeo Kim (South Korea)

Group B

First Prize:         Kazuharu Chu (Taiwan, China)

Third Prize:        Reiner Friedrich Nathan (Indonesia)

Group C

First Prize:         Caden Chan (USA)

Second Prize:   Kazuhiro Chu (Taiwan, China)

Third Prize:        Nathaniel Wang (Australia)

Fifth Prize:         Calib Choi (USA)

Group D

First Prize:         Jeongwoo Son (South Korea)

Second Prize ex aequo:    Sean Kim (South Korea)

                                           Yoshiki Ohashi (Japan)

Third Prize:        Riko Kai (Japan)

Fourth Prize:      Cho-Hee Kwak (South Korea)

Fifth Prize:         Stephanie Liu (Canada)

Sixth Prize:        Raven Ho (USA)

Group E

First Prize:         Hoichi Cadence Ma (USA)

Second Prize:    Raymond Zhou (USA)

Third Prize ex aequo:        Hyewon Kim (South Korea)

                                          Mengtong Fan

Fourth Prize:     Ayasi Wang (China)

Fifth Prize:         Liam Sun (USA)

Sixth Prize:        Esme Soae Tran (USA)

Group F

First Prize:         Kyoichiro USAmi (Japan)

Second Prize:    Mirei Okita (Japan)

Third Prize:        Junichiro Tatsumi (Japan)

Fifth Prize:         Qiaoai Li (China)

Sixth Prize:        Wu Hsueh-Yen (Taiwan, China)

Young Artist Piano Solo

Group G

First Prize:         Aika Nishiyama (Japan)

Second Prize:    Lucas Cai (Australia)

Third Prize:        Anthony Avram (Ukraine)

Sixth Prize:        Yu Yan Kiu Gracie (China)

Group H

First Prize ex aequo:         Heisuke Goto (Japan)

                                           Mo Yui Him (Hong Kong, China)

Second Prize:   Kim Seoyoon (South Korea)

Fourth Prize:     Tsang Cheuk Kiu Adelaide (Hong Kong, China)

Fifth Prize:         Ken Ananta Huang (Indonesia)

Sixth Prize:        Ayame Nesaki (Japan)

Group I

First Prize:         Lina Elwood (USA / Japan)

Third Prize ex aequo:        Martin Droppa (Czech Republic)

                                           Sayu Hayashi (Japan)

Fourth Prize:    Serin Park (South Korea)

Sixth Prize ex aequo:        Kelly Lo (Hong Kong, China)

                                          Richelle Evelyn (Indonesia)

Group J

First Prize:         Yoojung Choi (South Korea)

Second Prize:   Kong Wai Kio Kristen (Macau, China)

Fourth Prize:    Shannley Fabrizio Wistan (Indonesia)

Fifth Prize:        Rufina Lok (Hong Kong, China)

Amateur Piano Solo

Group M1

First Prize:         Meru Okayama (Japan)

Second Prize:   Yeruult Batbayar (Mongolia)

Third Prize:        Choi Sen Ho (China)

Fourth Prize:      Leung Tsz Kiu (Hong Kong, China)

Fifth Prize:         Kevin Efraqueza Sugiono (Indonesia)

Group M2

First Prize:         JiYoung Jang (South Korea)

Second Prize:    Youhei Imoto (USA)

Third Prize:        SeoungHee Yoo (South Korea)

Fourth Prize:     So Young Oh (South Korea)

Fifth Prize:        Miho Sato (Japan)

Group M3

Second Prize: Hiroko Kamitani (Japan)

Professional Piano Solo

Group L

First Prize:         Riko Katayama (Japan)

Second Prize:    David Alecsandru Irimescu (Italy/Romania)

Third Prize ex aequo:        Hikari Sahara (Japan)

                                            Seira Hirosawa (Japan)

Sixth Prize:        Lia Simonidou (Greece)

Junior Piano Duo

Group D

Second Prize: Walker Boh Lin & Wyatt Grayson Lini (USA)

Group L

First Prize:         Daeun Kim & Seulgi Jeon (South Korea)

Junior Piano Concerto

Group A

First Prize:         Sojung Park (USA / South Korea)

Group B

First Prize:         Caden Chan (USA)

Second Prize:   Jeongwoo Son (South Korea)

Third Prize:        Evan Wu (USA)

Fourth Prize:     Luke Law (Hong Kong, China)

Group C

First Prize:         Raymond Zhou (USA)

Second Prize:   Emily Tianru Jin (USA)

Third Prize ex aequo:        Liam Sun (USA)

                                          Wong Tsz Kwan Harvey (Hong Kong, China)

Young Artist Piano Concerto

Group E

Third Prize:        Jade Chan (Hong Kong, China)

Group F

Second Prize: Lina Elwood (USA / Japan)

Professional Piano Concerto

Group I

First Prize:         Ji Hwan Shin (South Korea)

Third Prize:        Luke Zhang (Australia)

Amateur Piano Solo

Group M2

Second Prize:    Lim Eunhyuk (South Korea)

Third Prize:        Ho Mei Suen (China / Canada)

Teacher’s Award

Thanaporn Songkiattisak (Thailand)

Eunjung Lee (USA)

Vladimir Kharin (Italy)

Youngim Hong (South Korea)

Hironao Suzuki (Japan)

Yinfei Wang (USA)

Kenji Watanabe (Japan)

Masaru Yoshitake (Japan)

Tatiana Charapova (USA)