International New Star
Piano Competition Winners

2023

The 2023 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 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:

Baohan Hou, Age: 13, from Dublin, Ohio

Student of Nina Polonsky

Top Performer Runner Up:

Yen-Fei Wang, Age: 15, from Taoyuan,Taiwan

Student of Xiaohan Wang

Top Performer Second Runner Up:

Sylvie Chiu, Age: 8, from Princeton Junction, NJ

Student of Ikumi Hiraiwa

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

Second Prize:

Cayden Zeng, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of HuaJun Zhang

Irene Gao, Age: 7, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin

Group II

First Prize:

Sylvie Chiu, Age: 8, from Princeton Junction, NJ
Student of Ikumi Hiraiwa

Vincent Yang, Age: 8, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Third Prize:

Ruihan Wu, Age: 9, from Cambridgeshire,United Kingdom
Student of Antoinette Cann

Honorable Mention:

Ethan Hung, Age: 9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yi Shin Lee

Mila Tanaka, Age: 9, from Palatine, IL
Student of Midori Nagasaka

Group III

First Prize

Evelyn Shengxi Yang, Age: 11, from NewYork, NY
Student of Ernest Barretta

Third Prize:

Paxton Radityo, Age: 10, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kaichi Zhu

Melanie Cheang, Age: 11, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin

Honorable Mention:

Aiden Shim, Age: 9, from Redwood City, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

George Zhang, Age: 9, from Wayne, PA
Student of Igor Resnianski

Kyle Tanaka, Age: 9, from Palatine, IL
Student of Midori Nagasaka

Group IV

First Prize:

Baohan Hou, Age: 13, from Dublin, Ohio
Student of Nina Polonsky

Jeremy Liu, Age: 12, from Naperville, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Third Prize:

Avery Li, Age: 13, from Dublin, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky

Honorable Mention:

Adrian Gonzalez, Age: 13, from Chicago, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Matthew Zhu, Age: 13, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Qian Yin

Group V

First Prize:

Yen-Fei Wang, Age: 15, from Taoyuan,Taiwan
Student of Xiaohan Wang

Second Prize:

Evan Dan, Age: 15, from Solon, OH
Student of Sean Schulze

Third Prize:

Claire Rong, Age:15, from Vernon Hills, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention:

George Xie, Age: 15, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang

Garrett Cai, Age: 15, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Ruiwen Ge, Age: 14, from Foster City, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Isaac Choi, Age: 14, from Saratoga, CA
Student of Chia-Lin Yang