Congratulations to all who participated in the 32nd Music Festival in Honor of Confucius! Below are the prize winners and Huang Zhong trophy recipients. All results are final.
Please come to our Winners Concert on Sunday, April 30 at 2PM in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago! First place winners will be contacted individually with more information regarding the performance.
Orders for Congratulatory messages for the Winners Concert program book may be placed here. Note that these messages can be addressed to teachers and participants in addition to the performers, and 100% of the proceeds go towards to the competition scholarship fund for 2018. We greatly appreciate your support!
Comment sheets will be sent via mail directly to teachers by the end of the week. Please do not contact the CFAS Office for individual comment sheets and scores. Thank you!
Thanks again to all for participating and be on the look out for next year’s competition in Spring 2018!
Violin Youth
First Place Jasmine Horton student of Hye Sun Lee
Second Place (tie) Aiden Yu student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing
Second Place (tie) Lauren Kim student of Injoo Choi
Honorable Mention Ava Isabella Angeles student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing
Honorable Mention Efuru Hawa Kilolo Harmon-Miller student of Lucinda E. Ali-Landing
Violin Junior I
First Place Esme Arias-Kim student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Second Place (tie) Ruth Kim student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Second Place (tie) Elle Cho student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Honorable Mention Hannah Ding student of Almita Vamos
Honorable Mention Sean Lee student of Drew Lecher
Honorable Mention Kaylee Kim student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Honorable Mention Carrie Wang student of Sang Mee Lee
Violin Junior II
First Place Claire Metcalf student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Second Place Suminne Hong student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Honorable Mention Nicole Tong student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Honorable Mention Ariana O’Connell student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Honorable Mention Kelly Kim student of Sang Mee Lee
Violin Senior
First Place Hannah Lin student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Second Place Micah Yoo student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Third Place Rachel Hsu student of Desiree Ruhstrat
Honorable Mention Claire Arias-Kim student of Almita Vamos
Honorable Mention Justin Lee student of Betty Haag Kuhnke
Piano Youth
First Place Freya Pang student of Sueanne Metz
Second Place Chloe Palmes student of Sueanne Metz
Third Place Claire Rong student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention David He student of Faye Mao
Honorable Mention Joshua Park student of Sueanne Metz
Piano Junior I
First Place David Dai student of Christina Tio
Second Place (tie) Richelle Shi student of Brenda Huang
Second Place (tie) Angela Qian student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention Melody Xu student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention Audrey Yin student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention Joey Zhu student of Sueanne Metz
Piano Junior II
First Place Frank Gao student of Brenda Huang
Second Place Annie Tang student of Faye Mao
Third Place Annie He student of Faye Mao
Honorable Mention Christian Choi student of Sung Hoon Mo
Honorable Mention William Zhu student of Sueanne Metz
Piano Senior
First Place Emily Cho student of Brenda Huang
Second Place John Cao student of Alan Chow
Third Place Alicia Fu student of Faye Mao
Honorable Mention Jarrett Takaki student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention Julia Wood student of Faye Mao
Cello Youth
First Place Jeffery Tong student of Tanya Carey
Second Place Ella Wimbiscus student of Sanghui Wimbiscus
Third Place Laila Valenti student of Mindy Park
Cello Junior I
First Place Linus Ho student of Linc Smelser
Second Place Olivia Boe student of Mindy Park
Third Place Kai Dizon student of Martine Benmann
Honorable Mention Khalilah Muhammad student of Martine Benmann
Cello Junior II
First Place Camille Toubol student of David Cunliffe
Second Place Mia Wimbiscus student of Hans Jensen
Third Place Sajdah Muhammad student of Martine Benmann
Honorable Mention Claudia Yoon student of David Cunliffe
Cello Senior
Second Place Ezra Escobar student of Tanya Carey
Third Place Raphael Maranon student of Nazar Dzhuryn
Honorable Mention Natasia Preys student of Paula Kosower
Chinese Instruments
Second Place Emily Zhao student of Qi Wang
Honorable Mention Angela Wang student of Qi Wang
Honorable Mention Sophia Zhao student of Qi Wang
Voice
Second Place May Coppler
Third Place Lena Valenti
Chamber Pre-College
First Place Landolfi Duo: Rabia Brooke, Camille Toubol coached by David Cunliffe
Coming Soon – Huang Zhong Trophy Awards List!