Winners of 2020 Fall Competitions

Piano Competition

Young Musician Category (5 – 10 years old)

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Adèle Fortunato, France, First Place

School: Piano Academie

Program:

Claude Debussy, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner Suite

Saya Glowacki, Germany, First Place

Teacher: Irina Mints

Program:

1) E. Grieg, Scherzo Op. 54 No. 5
2) Bach, Burlesque and Sarabande from Partita No. 3
3) Mozart Sonata in C

Minh Khang Nguyen, Germany, First Place

Teacher: Irina Mints

Program:

1) Timothy Brown, The Approaching Storm
2) Johann Baptist Vanhal, Sonatina in F Major
3) Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Polka

Bentley Penn, Canada, Second Place

Teacher: Eunji Penn

Program:

1) Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, Second movement
2) Isaac Berkovich, Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Mason Liang, USA, Second Place

Teacher: Oxana Mikhailoff

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in G, Op. 49, No. 2, Second movement

Eben Hornung, Canada, Third Place

Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova

Program:

1) Edward MacDowell, To A Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches
2) Johann Sebastian Bach, Invention No. 8 in F Major

Felix Suo, Australia, Third Place

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Program:

1) Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66
2) Bach, Prelude in A flat major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Byanca Yang, USA, Third Place

Teacher: Sherry Hou

Program:

1) Robert Schumann, Happy Farmer
2) Muzio Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1
3) Dmitri Kabalevsky, Toccatina from Children's Pieces, Op. 27

Altantsetseg Luvsandash, USA, Fourth Place

Teacher: Dr. Lubov Laura De Valois

Program:

1) Johann Christian Bach, Dialogue in D Major
2) Anton Diabelli, Sonatina Op. 168 No. 2, First movement
3) Heinrich Klassen, Polka in C major