US New Star Music Competition Winners

2019

The 2019 US New Star Music Competition Winners are listed on our YouTube site. Please visit our channel to check out and support the winners.

We had a large amount of applicants this year, and 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:

Celine Chen, Age 15, from Valencia, CA
Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka

Top Performer Runner Up:

Joseph J. Yoon, Age:9, from Centreville, VA
Student of Dominique Shim

Top Performer Second Runner Up:

Lin Jiang, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Group Prizes

GROUP I

First Prize:

Grace Cao, Age: 6, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

Sophie Hsu, Age: 6, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Maggie Yin

Second Prize Tie:

William Chen, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

Hiroshi Corro, Age: 7, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Second Prize Tie:

Sophie S. Deng, Age: 7, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize:

Ian Y. Chen, Age: 6, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Maggie Yin

Honorable Mention:

Zachary Lin, Age: 5, from Hillsborovgh, CA
Student of Sumi Nagasawa

GROUP II

First Prize:

Joseph J. Yoon, Age: 9, from Centreville, VA
Student of Dominique Shim

Second Prize Tie:

Sora Corro, Age: 9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Second Prize Tie:

Julia Simina Gentry, Age: 8, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Third Prize:

Brandon Jeha Joe, Age: 9, from Redwood City, CA
Student of Sumi Nagasawa

Honorable Mention:

Hollyn M. Alpert, Age: 9, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Amy (Yawen) Wu

GROUP III

First Prize:

Katelyn Y. Deng, Age: 10, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize:

Chloe L. Palmes, Age: 11, from Morton Grove, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Third Prize Tie:

Amy Kaiqi Wu, Age: 11, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Nora Ayzman

Third Prize Tie:

Jalen Wong, Age: 11, from Saratoga, CA
Student of Crystal Lee

Third Prize Tie:

Garrett Cai, Age: 11, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Honorable Mention:

GROUP IV:

First Prize Tie:

Oliver Corro, Age: 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

First Prize Tie:

Lin Jiang, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

Amanda L. Kim, Age: 13, from Los Altos Hill, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili

Second Prize Tie:

Gerald Esteban, Age: 12, from Darien, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Second Prize Tie:

Benjamin Jiang, Age: 12, from Elk Grove, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

Second Prize Tie:

Andy Chen, Age: 13, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Second Prize Tie:

Jacob Winefeld, Age: 13, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Nora Ayzman

Second Prize Tie:

Stanford Yu, Age: 13, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Daniel Cheng

Third Prize Tie:

Dion Yu Wang, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize Tie:

Sophia Li, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Honorable Mention Tie:

Alexandra Platon, Age: 12, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili

Honorable Mention Tie:

Arjun V. Pai, Age: 13, from Milpitas, CA Student of Becca Li

GROUP V:

First Prize:

Celine Chen, Age: 15, from Valencia, CA
Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka

Second Prize Tie:

William Zhu, Age: 15, from Lincolnshire, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Second Prize Tie:

Vivian Zhu, Age: 14, from Vernon Hills, IL Student of Sueanne Metz

Second Prize Tie:

Annabelle Li, Age: 15, from Foster City, CA Student of Sumi Nagasawa

Third Prize Tie:

Shinmu Jiang, Age: 14, from Los Altos Hill, CA
Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili

Third Prize Tie:

Amy Jung, Age: 15, from Mountain View, CA Student of Hyun-Ju Sung

Honorable Mention Tie:

Hana Sweatt, Age: 14, from San Carlos, CA Student of Sumi Nagasawa

Honorable Mention Tie:

Joshua Cheng, Age: 14, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Sumi Nagasawa

Honorable Mention Tie:

Ryan Liu, Age: 14, from Long Grove, IL Student of Sueanne Metz

GROUP VI:

First Prize:

Second Prize Tie:

Lina Hisada, Age: 16, from Arcadia, CA Student of Nobuyo Nishizaka

Second Prize Tie:

Erin Yu, Age: 15, from Fremont, CA
Student of Jed Galant

Second Prize Tie:

Anna Xie, Age: 16, from Buffalo Grove, IL Student of Sueanne Metz

Third Prize Tie:

Austin Dick, Age: 16, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Third Prize Tie:

Ashley J. Chen, Age: 17, from San Jose, CA Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize Tie:

Howard Dai, Age: 15, from Northbrook, IL Student of Sueanne Metz

Third Prize Tie:

Brandon F. Zhang, Age:16, from Naperville, IL Student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention:

Albert Chen, Age:16, from Hinsdale , IL
Student of Sueanne Metz