US New Star Violin Competition Winners

2020

The 2020 US New Star Violin 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:

Yiyi Li, Age: 12, from Australia

Student of Bruce Yang

Yiyi Li, 12 Australia, Student of Bruce Yang- Henri Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle op. 16TOP PERFORMER for the entire 2020 US New Star Violin Competition &20...
Yiyi Li, 12, Australia, Student of Bruce Yang- Camille Saint Saens: Saint Saens Concerto No 3 1st MovTOP PERFORMER for the entire 2020 US New Star Violin Co...

Top Performer:

Roger Chen, Age: 14, from San Jose, CA

Student of Ryan Chen

Roger Chen, 14: Cupertino CA, Student of Ryan ChenTOP PERFORMER Runner Up for the entire 2020 US Violin Competition!2020 US New Star Violin Competition-SECON...
Roger Chen, 14, Cupertino CA, Student of Ryan Chen TOP PERFORMER SECOND RUNNER UP for the entire US New Star Violin Competition US New Star Violin Competitio...

Top Performer:

Kelly Kim, Age: 16, from Northbrook, IL

Student of Almita Vamos

Kelly Kim, 16, Northbrook, IL, Student of Almita Vamos:Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No.1 in G minorTOP PERFORMER 2nd Runner up for the entire 2020 US...
Kelly Kim, 16, Northbrook, IL, Student of Almita Vamos: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.,35 Allegro ModeratoTOP PERFORMER SECOND Run...

Group Prizes

 

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

 

 

Group I

No Winner

 
 

Group II

First Prize:

Jayden Yoneyama, Age: 10, from Irvine, CA
Student of Mizuki Noda

 
 

Group III

First Prize:

Yiyi Li, Age: 12, from Australia
Student of Bruce Yang

Second Prize:

Roger Chen, Age: 14, from San Jose, CA
Student of Ryan Chen

 
 

Group IV

First Prize:

Kelly Kim, Age: 16, from Northbrook, IL
Student of Almita Vamos