US New Star Piano Competition by Composer Winners
2022
The 2022 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:
Katelyn Deng, Age 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Group II:Free Choice-Winner:1st,
Group III:Bach-Winner:1st
Top Performer Runner Up:
Francesco Severino, Age:17, from Porter Ranch, CA
Student of Violette Hu
Chopin-Winner: 1st,
Bach-Winner: 2nd,
Contemporary Composer-Winner: 2nd
Top Performer Second Runner Up:
Lero Wang, Age:14, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Russian Composer-Winner:1st,
Free Choice-Winner: 2nd
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
Chopin:
First Prize:
Howl Maciuca, Age:9, from San Mateo, CA
Student of Jenny Chai
Second Prize Tie:
Ashley Zhou, Age:8, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Juteng Ma
Zixun Cui, Age:8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Third Prize:
Belinda Zhu, Age:8, from North Potomac, MD
Student of San-qing Lu
Zixin Zhao, Age:9, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Bach:
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Ashley Zhou, Age:8, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Juteng Ma
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
William Chen, Age:9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Natchanok Chonlacoop, Age:7, from Thailand
Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa
Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn, Age:9, from Thailand
Student of Irina Novikova
Contemporary Composer
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Caroline Chen, Age:8, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Third Prize:
Sophie Deng, Age:9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Zixun Cui, Age:8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Second Prize Tie:
Zixin Zhao, Age:9, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Sophie Deng, Age:9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Third Prize:
Cory Tsai, Age:7, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Nai Yu Chen
Group II
Chopin:
First Prize:
Gwendelyn Ang, Age:11, from Indonesia
Student of Grace Dianita
Second Prize Tie:
Jessica Gui, Age:11, from Diamond Bar, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Andrew Li, Age:12, from Wayne, PA
Student of Marianna Prjevalskaya
Bach:
First Prize:
Chloe Ding, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Aidan Kwon, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Third Prize:
Castor Li, Age:11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Anna Poklewski
Shu-Hao Liu, Age:10, from St Louis, MO
Student of Chi-Hsin Yi
Honorable Mention:
Darren Guo, Age:11, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Hollyn Alpert, Age:11, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Anastasia Grunina, Age:12, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili
Contemporary Composer:
First Prize:
Jiajing Liang, Age 12, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Hans Boepple
Second Prize Tie:
Melanie Cheang, Age:12, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin
Aidan Kwon, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Chloe Ding, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Third Prize:
Hollyn Alpert, Age:11, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Bokun Zhao, Age:11, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Lucy Ding
Emily Wang, Age:12, from San Ramon, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Katelyn Deng, Age 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Aidan Kwon, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Hao Yue Sun, Age:11, from China
Student of Yan Ren
Jessica Gui, Age:11, from Diamond Bar, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Third Prize:
Melanie Cheang, Age:12, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin
Anastasia Grunina, Age:12, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili
Honorable Mention:
Jordan Rowe, Age:12, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu
Group III
Chopin:
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Yutong Liu, Age:14, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Third Prize:
Sarah Zhang, Age:15, from San Jose, CA
Student of Chialan Lee
Honorable Mention:
Zoie Wang, Age:13, from San Jose, CA Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Bach:
First Prize:
Katelyn Deng, Age:12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Jiaqi Demi Yu, Age:14, from Cucamonga, CA
Student of Agatha Hou
Eric Shih Koh, Age:14, from Alameda, CA
Student of Heidi Hau
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
Lero Wang, Age:14, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Second Prize Tie:
Heather Wang, Age:13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Eric Shih Koh, Age:14, from Alameda, CA
Student of Heidi Hau
Third Prize:
Henry Yao, Age:14, from Sunnyvle, CA
Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb
Lucas Choi, Age:15, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Sarah Zhang, Age:15, from San Jose, CA
Student of Chialan Lee
Honorable Mention:
Ethan Hou, Age:14, from Wexford, PA Student of Natasha Snitkovsky
Contemporary Composer:
First Prize:
Zoie Wang, Age:13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
August Gilmartin, Age:15, from Larkspur, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy
Irene Zhang, Age:14, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Irene Zhang, Age:14, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Lero Wang, Age:14, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Romil Bhatt, Age:15, from Fremont, CA Student of Dorothy Su
Zhengyu Yin, Age:13, from Yorba Linda, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang
Third Prize:
Sasha Murray, Age:15, from Narberth, PA
Student of Marianna Prjevalskaya
Qi Huang, Age:14, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Helena Ma
Zoie Wang, Age:13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Amanda Kim, Age:15, from Los Altos Hills, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili
Eric Shih Koh, Age:14, from Alameda, CA
Student of Heidi Hau
Honorable Mention:
Martha Marki, Age:14, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Helena Ma
Group IV
Chopin:
First Prize:
Francesco Severino, Age:17, from Porter Ranch, CA
Student of Violette Hu
Second Prize Tie:
Joseph K. Thomas, Age:16, from Pittsburgh, PA
Student of Natasha Snitkovsky
Third Prize:
Brian Nguyen, Age:16, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Anna Poklewski
Honorable Mention:
Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper
Bach:
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Francesco Severino, Age:17, from Porter Ranch, CA
Student of Violette Hu
Christopher Tillen, Age:17, from Weston, MA
Student of Erin Lindsey
Third Prize:
Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
no winner
second Prize Tie:
Christopher Tillen, Age:17, from Weston, MA
Student of Erin Lindsey
Third Prize:
Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper
Contemporary Composer:
First Prize:
no winner
second Prize Tie:
Alex Ecker, Age:17, from Cape Elizabeth, ME
Student of Isao Sakata
Francesco Severino, Age:17, from Porter Ranch, CA
Student of Violette Hu
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Michael Wang, Age:16, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
second Prize Tie:
Elisha Myoung, Age:16, from Cupertino, CA
Student of EunAe Lee