US New Star Strings Competition Winners
2021
The 2021 US New Star Strings 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:
Joshua Lee, Age: 12, from Phoenix, AZ
Student of Jooyeon Han
Top Performer Runner Up:
Evangeline Lien, Age: 11, from La Verne, CA
Student of Chu-Ping Lin
Top Performer Second Runner Up:
Nikolia Garoufalidou, Age: 11, from Greece
Student of Kirill Troussov
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
First Prize:
Yihan Li, Age: 8, from China
Student of Xiaojun An
Group II
First Prize:
Evangeline Lien, Age: 11, from La Verne, CA
Student of Chu-Ping Lin
First Prize:
Nikolia Garoufalidou, Age: 11, from Greece
Student of Kirill Troussov
Third Prize:
Hannah Qian Yi Yap, Age: 10, from Malaysia
Student of Prof Dr. Eliseu Silva
Group III
First Prize:
Joshua Lee, Age: 12, from Phoenix, AZ
Student of Jooyeon Han
Second Prize:
Valerie Chen, Age: 14, from Valencia, CA
Student of Ji Young An
Group IV
Second Prize:
Jason Chen, Age: 16, from Valencia, CA
Student of Ji Young An