THANK YOU to all who participated in this year’s Music Festival in Honor of Confucius on October 21st! The Winners Concert will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Please click here to download the official announcement.


Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners:
CELLO
Cello Youth:
Kai Dizon – First Place
Ronald Chen – Second Place
Joey Zhu – Third Place
Cello Junior I:
Jack Boettcher – First Place
Alexander Li – Second Place
Manou Magdalena Chakravorty – Third Place
Ifetayo Ali – Honorable Mention
Daniel Zhao – Honorable Mention
Cello Junior II:
Josiah Yoo – First Place
Nathan Mo – Second Place
Yuyu Katahira – Third Place
Ellis Cho – Honorable Mention
Seri Lee – Honorable Mention
Cello Senior:
Aaron Kollasch – Second Place
Krystian Chiu – Third Place
Felix Li – Third Place
Kalina Yang – Honorable Mention
PIANO
Piano Youth:
Kimiko Darcy – First Place
Brooklyn Mao – Second Place
Ellin Liu – Third Place
Anya Liu – Honorable Mention
Joy Qu – Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Xia – Honorable Mention
William Zhu – Honorable Mention
Ryan Zou – Honorable Mention
Piano Junior I A:
Sophia Li – First Place
Sarah Hanrahan – Second Place
Thomas Huang – Third Place
Colin Song – Honorable Mention
Lillian Xu – Honorable Mention
Piano Junior I B:
Yerin Yang – First Place
Kimberly Han – Second Place
Samuel Liu – Third Place
Eriko Darcy – Honorable Mention
Sarah Huang – Honorable Mention
Jacquelyne Qi – Honorable Mention
Haoming Song – Honorable Mention
Piano Junior II:
Derek Chung – First Place
Michael Lee – Second Place
Alexander Jin – Third Place
Charlie Cao – Honorable Mention
Cindy Yang – Honorable Mention
Piano Senior:
Vivian Jin – First Place
Katie Li – Second Place
Jessica Ni – Third Place
Timothy Zhou – Honorable Mention
VIOLIN
Violin Youth:
Linda Wang – First Place
Christopher Kim – Second Place
Esme Arias-Kim – Third Place
Kaylee Kim – Honorable Mention
Foster Ward – Honorable Mention
Autymn Williams – Honorable Mention
Violin Junior I:
Masha Lakisova – First Place
Rachel Hsu – Second Place
Kaylin Liu – Second Place
Isabel Chen – Honorable Mention
Christian D. Kim – Honorable Mention
Zechariah Mo – Honorable Mention
Cecily Weinrib – Honorable Mention
Micah Yoo – Honorable Mention
Violin Junior II:
Hannah White – First Place
Serena Amanda Harnack – Second Place
Julian Rhee – Third Place
Karisa Chiu – Honorable Mention
John Heo – Honorable Mention
Justin Lee – Honorable Mention
Haoyang Yu – Honorable Mention
Violin Senior:
Christi Park – First Place
Zachary Brandon – Second Place
Tyler Hansen – Third Place
Jisun Lee – Honorable Mention
CHINESE INSTRUMENT
Meilin Chan – Second Place
Juehan Ye – Third Place
Katherine Zhang – Third Place
2012 Virginia Geyser Behrendt Cello & Piano Duo Scholarship
Ganev-Kaler Duo – Winner
Daniel Kaler, cello; Yoan Ganev, piano
Kollasch-Zhou Duo – Honorable Mention
Aaron Kollasch, cello; Timothy Zhou, piano
Huang Zhong Awards
GOLD:
Lucia H. De Benito Y Sanchez
Serena Amanda Harnack
Vivian Jin
Aaron Kollasch
Jessica Ni
ANTIQUE BRASS:
Tyler Hansen
Rachel Hsu
Seri Lee
Sophia Preys
Timothy Zhou
BRONZE:
Fiona Abney-McPeek
Ifetayo Ali
Claire Arias-Kim
Ethan Blankenship
Manou Magdalena Chakravorty
Krystian Chiu
Tony Fu
Jessica Huang
Kaylee Kim
Sophia Lau
Brooklyn Mao
Nathan Mo
Zechariah Mo
Madelinn Pi
Joy Qu
Julian Rhee
Kevin Shu
Linda Wang
Kaitlyn Xie
Zihan Xiong
Micah Yoo
Katherine Yu
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 2012 Music Festival in Honor of Confucius!
For more information, please visit the MFHC page.



