US New Star Music Competition by Composer Winners

2021

The 2021 US New Star Music Competition by Composers 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:

Everett Lee, Age 10, from Newport Coast, CA

Student of Ethan Dong

Free Choice-Winner:1st

Top Performer Runner Up:

Mehana Ellis, Age:16, from Palo Alto , CA

Student of Annamarie McCarthy

Chopin-Winner: 2nd,
Bach-Winner:1st,
Free Choice-Winner:1st

Top Performer Second Runner Up:

Nancy Zheng, Age:16, from San Jose, CA

Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Russian Composer-Winner:1st

Group Prizes

Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance

Group I

Chopin:

First Prize:

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

Second Prize Tie:

Hannah Yap Qian Yi, Age:9, from Malaysia
Student of Ian Goh

Annie Li, Age:9, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Megan Chen

Third Prize:

Emmeline Chloe Hadeli, Age:8, from Switzerland
Student of Slava Spiridonov

Lindsay Tao, Age:7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Le Yu

Honorable Mention:

Evelyn Wang, Age:6, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Olivia Zhang

Avril Wu, Age:7, from Fremont, CA
Student of Anna Poklewski

Leah Zhang, Age:9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Megan Chen

Bach:

First Prize:

Hiroshi Corro, Age:8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Second Prize Tie:

Makayla Ma, Age:7, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Mihyun Kim

Third Prize:

Elijah Huang, Age:9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

Sophie Deng, Age:8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Second Prize Tie:

Makayla Ma, Age:7, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Mihyun Kim

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Lindsay Tao, Age:7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Le Yu

Second Prize Tie:

Hiroshi Corro, Age:8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yuko Yoshida

Sophie Deng, Age:8, from Fremont, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Third Prize:

Elijah Huang, Age:9, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Group II

Chopin:

First Prize:

no winner

Second Prize Tie:

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

Jacob Cai, Age:12, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

Third Prize:

Anastasiya N. Netchaeva, Age:12, from Issaquah, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

Cara Wang, Age:11, from Fremont, CA
Student of Lina Choa

Honorable Mention:

Amber Lin, Age:12, from Irvine, CA
Student of Judy Huang

Castor Li, Age:10, from Fremont, CA
Student of Anna Poklewski

Heather Wang, Age:10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Jaden Hsu, Age:10, from Fremont, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu

Bach:

First Prize:

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

Second Prize Tie:

Wynn Huang, Age:9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Rozina Tenebaum

Audrey Tushman, Age:12, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert

Vera Lew, Age:11, from Sacramento, CA
Student of Marilyn Swan

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

Third Prize:

Eric Lin, Age:11, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Megan Chen

Isaac Huang, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Jordan Rowe, Age:11, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Yawen Wu

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

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

Second Prize Tie:

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

Third Prize:

Angelina Chen, Age:11, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Isa Yi Chun Lau, Age:12, from Newcastle, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

Sophie Yu, Age:10, from Lincoln, NE
Student of Feifei Jiang

Honorable Mention:

Isaac Huang, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Everett Lee, Age 10, from Newport Coast, CA
Student of Ethan Dong

Second Prize Tie:

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

Audrey Tushman, Age:12, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert

Third Prize:

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

Isaac Huang, Age:12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Jacob Cai, Age:12, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya

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

Honorable Mention:

Wynn Huang, Age:9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Rozina Tenebaum

Angelina Chen, Age:11, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

Group III

Chopin:

First Prize:

Elisabeth Im Floyd, Age:14, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Erna Gulabyan

Second Prize Tie:

Lero Wang, Age:14, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

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

Third Prize:

Caitvya Tseng, Age:15, from Fremont, CA
Student of Katherine Lee

Theresa Yung, Age:14, from East Williston, NY
Student of Vivian F. Liu

Honorable Mention:

Amanda Kim, Age:14, from Los Altos Hills, CA Student of Muza Mdzinarishvili

Leonardo Jia, Age:13, from Saratoga, CA Student of Helena Ma

Bach:

First Prize:

Henry Tushman, Age:14, from Wellesley, MA
Student of Sandra Hebert

Second Prize Tie:

Theresa Yung, Age:14, from East Williston, NY
Student of Vivian F. Liu

Group IV

Chopin:

First Prize:

Adrian Pu, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

Second Prize Tie:

Mehana Ellis, Age:16, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy

Bach:

First Prize:

Mehana Ellis, Age:16, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy

Second Prize Tie:

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

Third Prize:

Adrian Pu, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa

Honorable Mention:

Ethan W Hsiung, Age:16, from Fremont, CA
Student of Bianca Roesli

Russian Composer:

First Prize:

Nancy Zheng, Age:16, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu

second Prize Tie:

Chanelle Chu, Age:16, from San Jose, CA
Student of Rose Chen

Third Prize:

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

Honorable Mention:

Miles Chen, Age:16, from Beaverton, OR
Student of Mauro Bertoli

Free Choice:

First Prize:

Mehana Ellis, Age:16, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy

Lily Yang, Age:17, from Saratoga, CA
Student of Erna Gulabyan

second Prize Tie:

Oliver Harlan, Age:16, from Los Angeles, CA
Student of Cindy Harlan

Third Prize:

Caitilyn Yu, Age:16, from Monrovia, CA
Student of Lily Chen

Jeenah Gwak, Age:16, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya