US New Star Piano Competition by Composer Winners

2023

The 2023 US New Star Music Competition by Composers winners are listed on our YouTube site. Please visit our channel to check out and support the winners.

Out of every age & composer 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:

Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Group III: Bach-FIRST PRIZE,
Group III: Chopin-SECOND PRIZE,
Group III: Russian Composer-FIRST PRIZE,
Group III: Free Choice-THIRD PRIZE.

Top Performer Runner Up:

Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Group II: Chopin-FIRST PRIZE,
Group II: Free Choice-FIRST PRIZE,

Top Performer Second Runner Up:

Andy Chen, Age 17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Group IV: Chopin-FIRST PRIZE,
Group IV: Free Choice-FIRST PRIZE.

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

Chopin:

First Prize:

Irene Zhang, Age:9, from Millbrae, CA
Student of Tammy Lin

Bach:

First Prize:

no winner

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

John Wu Weikai, Age 9, from Singapore
Student of Elitsa Momcheva

Second Prize Tie:

Liam Sun, Age 8, from Clyde Hill, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

Third Prize:

Ethan Hung, Age 9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Cindy Lee

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Shaun Ren, Age:9, from China
Student of Xue Wang

Second Prize Tie:

Irene Zhang, Age 9, from Millbrae, CA
Student of Tammy Lin

Third Prize:

Cory Tsai, Age 8, from Palo Alto CA
Student of Nai Yu Chen

Group II

Chopin:

First Prize:

Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Second Prize Tie:

Ailis Nguyen, Age 10, from Lahaina, HI
Student of Ruth Murata-Eisen

Bach:

First Prize:

No winner

Second Prize Tie:

Darren Guo, Age 12, from Rye Brook, NY
Student of Yawen Wu

Third Prize:

Kai W. Xin Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue

Honorable Mention:

Brian Y. Liu, Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

Paxton Radityo, Age 10, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

WenBo Huang, Age 12, from Rancho Cucamonga CA
Student of Peter Huang

Third Prize:

Brian Y. Liu, Age 11, from Palo Alto CA
Student of Pilar Hsue

Kai W. Xin Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Second Prize Tie:

Ailis Nguyen, Age 10, from Lahaina, HI
Student of Ruth Murata-Eisen

Mary, Qian Chen, Age:10, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Helena Ma

Third Prize:

Cerise L Wong, Age:12, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Cindy Lee

Honorable Mention:

Paxton Radityo, Age 10, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Group III

Chopin:

First Prize:

Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

Qi Huang, Age 15, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Helena Ma

Alfred Chen, Age 13, from Pleasanton, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Honorable Mention:

Alex Yip, Age 13, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Grace Wu

Edric Zhang, Age 14, from Fremont,CA
Student of Le Yu

Bach:

First Prize:

Sherry Fei, Age 15, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

Second Prize Tie:

Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Karen Matsui, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize:

Melanie Peiton Cheang, Age 13, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Dr. Qian Yin

Edric Zhang, Age 14, from Fremont,CA
Student of Le Yu

Honorable Mention:

Justin Lo, Age 15, from Fremont, CA
Student of Annie Lo

Group IV

Chopin:

First Prize:

Andy Chen, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

Second Prize Tie:

Jeffrey Luo, Age:17, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Bach:

First Prize:

no winner

Second Prize Tie:

Nicole E Korchev, Age:16, from Irvine, CA
Student of Natasha Gubenko

Third Prize:

Otto Montgomery, Age:17, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

no winner

second Prize Tie:

Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper

Third Prize:

Henry Yao, Age:16, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Andy Chen, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

second Prize Tie:

Nicole E Korchev, Age:16, from Irvine, CA
Student of Natasha Gubenko

Third Prize:

Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper