International New Star
Piano Competition Winners

2024

The 2024 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:

Sherry Fei, Age: 16, from Bellevue, WA

Student of Renata Shumskaya

Top Performer Runner Up:

Eny Chen, Age: 15, from Mill Creek, WA

Student of Qian Yin

Top Performer Second Runner Up:

Belinda Zhu, Age: 11, from Powell, OH

Student of Nina Polonsky

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

First Prize:

Junka Makino, Age: 7, from Hoffman Estates, IL
Student of Midori Nagasaka

Second Prize:

Chloe Liu, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Group II

First Prize:

Olivia Chan, Age: 9, from Powell, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky

Second Prize:

Kai Zavislak, Age: 9, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Xing Chen

Third Prize:

Elena Chen, Age: 9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Honorable Mention:

Matthew Peng, Age: 9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Group III

First Prize

Belinda Zhu, Age: 11, from Powell, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky

Second Prize:

Paxton Radityo, Age: 11, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize:

Aiden Shim, Age: 11, from Redwood City, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Group IV

First Prize:

William Chen, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize:

Cady Ang, Age: 13, from San Diego, CA
Student of Alexander Mirolyan

Third Prize:

Rebecca Ding, Age: 13, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili

Honorable Mention:

Riyo Nokami, Age: 12, from Schaumburg, IL
Student of Midori Nagasaka

Group V

First Prize:

Eny Chen, Age: 15, from Mill Creek, WA
Student of Qian Yin

Second Prize:

Baohan Hou, Age: 14, from Dublin, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky

Third Prize:

Avery Li, Age:14, from Dublin, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky

Joseph Guo, Age: 14, from Dublin, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky