US New Star Music
Etude Competition Winners
2023
The 2023 US New Star Music Etude Competition winners are listed on our YouTube site. Please visit our channel to check out and support the winners.
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:
Adrienne Lee, Age: 18, from Chino Hills, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Top Performer Runner Up:
Yen-Fei Wang, Age: 15, from Taoyuan City , Taiwan
Student of Xiaohan Wang
Top Performer Second Runner Up:
Garrett Cai, Age: 15, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
First Prize:
No winner
Second Prize:
Elena Nien, Age: 6, from Kirkland, WA
Student of Qian Yin Yin
Nathan Fang, Age: 7, from Castro Valley, CA
Student of Ji An
Group II
First Prize:
Esme S. Tran, Age: 8, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Second Prize:
Aiden Shim, Age: 10, Redwood City, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Third Prize:
Aidan Chiu, Age: 8, from San Ramon, CA
Student of Ji An
Group III
First Prize
no winner
Second Prize:
Sora Corro, Age: 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Third Prize:
Gareth Lee, Age:13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Honorable Mention:
Iris Li, Age: 11, from San Jose, CA
Student of Ruby Zhang
Group IV
First Prize:
Yen-Fei Wang, Age: 15, from Taoyuan City , Taiwan
Student of Xiaohan Wang
Second Prize:
Garrett Cai, Age: 15, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Third Prize:
Oliver Corro, Age:16, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida
Honorable Mention:
Eric Lin, Age: 14, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Jed Galant
Group V
First Prize:
Adrienne Lee, Age: 18, from Chino Hills, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein
Second Prize:
Jeffrey Luo, Age: 17, from Cupertino,, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle