International New Star
Piano Competition Winners

2021

The 2021 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 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:

Taige Wang, Age: 11, from Irvine, CA

Student of Ariel Yang

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

First Prize:

Esme Tran, Age: 7, from Newport Coast, CA
Student of Ana Maria Eckstein

Second Prize:

Raymond Jiang, Age: 7, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Natalie Wang, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Lena Grozman

Third Prize:

Ziyou Yan, Age: 7, from Fremont, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Honorable Mention:

Vincent Yang, Age: 6, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Amy Zhao, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang

Group II

First Prize:

Angelina M Wu, Age: 9, from Blacksburg, VA
Student of Hsiang Tu

Melissa Zhao, Age: 8, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Lena Grozman

Alisa Yunfei Huang, Age: 8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Ethan Dong

Avery Armstrong, Age: 8, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy

Third Prize:

Zixun Cui, Age: 8, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Ricky Huang

Honorable Mention:

William Chen, Age: 9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kaichi Zhu

Group III

First Prize

Taige Wang, Age: 11, from Irvine, CA
Student of Ariel Yang

Third Prize:

Jacob X Cai, Age: 10, from Canada
Student of Marilyn Engle

Jeremy Liu, Age: 10, from Naperville, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Honorable Mention:

Chengry Hsien, Age: 11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Le Yu

Bella L. Li, Age: 11, from Chicago, IL
Student of Ana Sueanne Metz

Group IV

First Prize:

Claire Rong, Age: 13, from Vernon Hills, IL
Student of Sueanne Metz

Yutong Liu, Age: 13, from Irvine, CA
Student of Rixiang Huang

Third Prize:

Katelyn Deng, Age: 12, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Garrett Cai, Age: 13, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle

Honorable Mention:

Zixuan Cui, Age: 12, from Irvine, CA
Student of Bella Tseng

Group V

First Prize:

Samantha Wuo, Age: 15, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Rose Chen

Second Prize:

Irene Zhang, Age: 14, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu

Third Prize:

Lin Jiang, Age:14, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu

Benjamin Jiang, Age:14, from Elk Grove, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

Henry Tushman, Age:15, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert

Honorable Mention:

Wesley Sun, Age: 15, from San Jose, CA
Student of KaiChi Zhu