International New Star
Piano Competition Winners
2021
The 2021 International New Star Music Piano Competition winners are listed on our YouTube site. Please visit our channel to check out and support the winners.
We had a large amount of applicants this year, and we genuinely appreciated every single one of your pieces. Out of every age group, we chose a total of 3 winners per age group, and a grand prize overall. Below are the list of the links to the winners of this year, and check out our YouTube channel for the videos of previous years’ winners. We look forward to having you join us again next year to compete!
Grand Prize:
Top Performer:
Taige Wang, Age: 11, from Irvine, CA
Student of Ariel Yang
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
First Prize:
Esme Tran, Age: 7, from Newport Coast, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Second Prize:
Raymond Jiang, Age: 7, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Natalie Wang, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Lena Grozman
Third Prize:
Ziyou Yan, Age: 7, from Fremont, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Honorable Mention:
Vincent Yang, Age: 6, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Amy Zhao, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Group II
First Prize:
Angelina M Wu, Age: 9, from Blacksburg, VA
Student of Hsiang Tu
Second Prize:
Melissa Zhao, Age: 8, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Lena Grozman
Alisa Yunfei Huang, Age: 8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Ethan Dong
Avery Armstrong, Age: 8, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy
Third Prize:
Zixun Cui, Age: 8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Ricky Huang
Honorable Mention:
William Chen, Age: 9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kaichi Zhu
Group III
First Prize
Taige Wang, Age: 11, from Irvine, CA
Student of Ariel Yang
Second Prize:
Hongkang Zhao, Age: 11, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Lena Grozman
Third Prize:
Jacob X Cai, Age: 10, from Canada
Student of Marilyn Engle
Jeremy Liu, Age: 10, from Naperville, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz
Honorable Mention:
Chengry Hsien, Age: 11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Le Yu
Bella L. Li, Age: 11, from Chicago, IL
Student of Ana Sueanne Metz
Group IV
First Prize:
Claire Rong, Age: 13, from Vernon Hills, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz
Second Prize:
Yutong Liu, Age: 13, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Third Prize:
Katelyn Deng, Age: 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Garrett Cai, Age: 13, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Honorable Mention:
Zixuan Cui, Age: 12, from Irvine, CA
Student of Bella Tseng
Group V
First Prize:
Samantha Wuo, Age: 15, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Rose Chen
Second Prize:
Irene Zhang, Age: 14, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu
Third Prize:
Lin Jiang, Age:14, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu
Benjamin Jiang, Age:14, from Elk Grove, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Henry Tushman, Age:15, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert
Honorable Mention:
Wesley Sun, Age: 15, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu
Group VI
First Prize:
Emma Tio, Age: 16, from San Gabriel, CA
Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka
Second Prize:
Mehana Ellis, Age: 16, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy
Chanelle Chu, Age: 17, from San Jose, CA
Student of Rose Chen
Third Prize:
Ethan Lin, Age:17, from Saratoga, CA
Student of Rose Chen
Honorable Mention:
Adrienne Lee, Age:16, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Alexander H Lee, Age:16, from San Jose, CA
Student of Emily Pan
Alex Hsieh, Age:17, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu