US New Star Music
Etude Competition Winners
2021
The 2021 US New Star Music Etude 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:
Helaine L. Zhao, Age: 14, from Irvine, CA
Student of Sally Yi Liu
Top Performer Runner Up:
Esme Soae Tran, Age: 6, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Top Performer Second Runner Up:
Sora Corro, Age: 11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
First Prize:
Esme Soae Tran, Age: 6, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Second Prize:
Liam Sun, Age: 6, from Clyde Hill, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya
Third Prize:
Arisa Hirao, Age: 7, from Foster City, CA
Student of Kaori Wada
Honorable Mention:
Avery Zhao, Age: 7, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Xue Feng
Frédéric Bossard, Age: 6, from Bayern, Germany
Student of Gabor Paska
Group II
First Prize:
Howl Maciuca, Age: 8, from San Mateo, CA
Student of Jenny Chai
Second Prize:
Hiroshi Corro, Age: 8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Third Prize:
Evan H Yang, Age: 8, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Honorable Mention:
Darren Guo, Age: 10, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Group III
First Prize
Sora Corro, Age: 11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Second Prize:
Irene Zhang, Age: 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu
Third Prize:
Zhenghua Xia, Age: 13, from San Diego, CA
Student of Ethan Dong
Honorable Mention:
Zixuan Cui, Age: 12, from Irvine, CA
Student of Bella Tseng
Sherry Fei, Age: 13, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya
Group IV
First Prize:
Helaine L. Zhao, Age: 14, from Irvine, CA
Student of Sally Yi Liu
Second Prize:
Samantha Wuo, Age: 14, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Rose Chen
Third Prize:
Melody Chang, Age: 16, from Irvine, CA
Student of Judy Huang
Honorable Mention:
Oliver Corro, Age:14, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Henry Tushman, Age: 14, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert
Group V
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize:
no winner
Third Prize:
no winner
Honorable Mention:
Napasorn Sripan, Age:18, from Nakhonpathom, Thailand Student of Onpavee Nitisingkarin
Yuntian Lei, Age:17, from Newport Coast, CA Student of Primitivo Cervantes