US New Star Music
Etude Competition Winners

2020

The 2020 US New Star Music Etude 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:

Riku Sakai, Age: 15, from Palo Alto, CA

Student of Erna Gulabyan

Top Performer:

Kai Rong Toby Tan, Age: 11, from Singapore, Singapore

Student of Rosemery Halim

Top Performer:

Sora Corro, Age: 10, from Fremont, CA

Student of Yuko Yoshida

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

First Prize:

Alisa Yunfei Huang, Age: 7, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Second Prize:

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

Mizuki Lee, Age: 6, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Nagisa Ariza

Sophie Hsu, Age: 7, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Maggie Yin

Esme Tran, Age: 5, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Third Prize:

Milena Ionov, Age: 6, from Granite Bay, CA
Student of Tien Hsieh

Amber Chen, Age: 7, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Wilson Liu, Age: 6, from San Ramon, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Honorable Mention:

Ian Y Chen, Age: 7, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Maggie Yin

Lucas Chang, Age: 7, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Jessica Yingmei Wei

Yueran Jiang, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Yao Wang, Age: 6, from Castro Valley, CA
Student of Ji An

Group II

First Prize:

Sora Corro, Age: 10, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Isabella Yichen Xue, Age: 9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Aeneas Yu, Age: 10, from Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Chloe Ding, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Angelina Chen, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Charis Shing, Age: 9, from Chesterfield, MO
Student of Zena Ilyashov

Lisa Saito, Age:8, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Nagisa Ariza

Third Prize:

Haruki Lee, Age: 9, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Nagisa Ariza

Mia Gottschalk, Age: 10, from San Mateo, CA S
tudent of Sumi Nagasawa

Lynn Ueno, Age: 8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Anna Poklewski

Honorable Mention:

Charisse Chao, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Chialan Lee

Jaden Hsu, Age: 9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Alfred A Chen, Age: 10, from Pleasanton, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Group III

First Prize

Kai Rong Toby Tan, Age: 11, from Singapore
Student of Rosemery Halim

Brian Lin, Age: 13, from Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Sophie Lee, Age: 12, from Irvine, CA
Student of Yu-Hui Jen

Yih Yee Chong, Age: 11, from Malaysia
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Oliver Corro, Age: 13, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Third Prize:

Aidan Kwon, Age: 11, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Eric Niu, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Irene Zhang, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Honorable Mention:

Katelyn Deng, Age: 11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Deimi Velcheva, Age: 11, from Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Student of Vesela Taneva

Lillian Ding, Age: 11, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Ester Leng, Age: 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Group IV

First Prize:

Riku Sakai, Age: 15, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Erna Gulabyan

Isabella Cao, Age: 16, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Student of Agatha Hou

Andy Jiuzhou Chen, Age: 14, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Emily Bush, Age: 16, from Laguna Hills, CA
Student of Bella Tseng

Third Prize:

Edison Liu, Age: 14, from Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Jane Wei, Age: 16, from Albuquerque, NM
Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva

Nicolas Pantangco, Age: 14, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Bella Tseng

Hannah Wong, Age: 16, from Ypsilanti, MI
Student of Joel Schoenhals

Honorable Mention:

Ray Chen, Age:15, from Fremont, CA
Student of Peyhwan Kuan

Annabelle Li, Age: 16, from Foster City, CA
Student of Sumi Nagasawa

Adrienne Lee, Age: 14, from Newport Beach, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Ethan Liu, Age: 14, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Megan Chen

Aaron Kwan, Age: 16, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Student of Agatha Hou

Brian Chung, Age: 16, from Fremont, CA
Student of Ji An

Ariel Chien, Age: 13, from Menlo Park, CA
Student of Daniel Cheng