International New Star
Piano Competition Winners
2022
The 2022 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:
Vincent Yang, Age: 7, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Top Performer - Tie:
Everett C. Lee, Age: 12, from Newport Coast, CA
Student of Ethan Dong
Top Performer - Tie:
Yuma S. Kano, Age: 15, from Davis, CA
Student of Akiko Gaffney
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
First Prize:
Vincent Yang, Age: 7, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Second Prize:
Elsa A Wang, Age: 7, from San Jose, CA
Student of Huajun Zhang
Third Prize:
Jasper Wang, Age: 7, from Burlingame, CA
Student of Sumi Nagasawa
Group II
First Prize:
Avery Armstrong, Age: 9, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Annamarie McCarthy
Second Prize:
Belinda Zhu, Age: 9, from Powell, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky
Third Prize:
Serena Chen, Age: 8, from Santa Clara, CA
Student of Lena Grozman
Honorable Mention:
Layla Guan, Age: 8, from Elk Grove, CA
Student of Le Yu
Group III
First Prize
Zhiyu Bryson Su, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Jingze Sarah Gao
Second Prize:
Stelly Fong, Age: 10, from Milpitas, CA
Student of Dorothy Su
William Chen, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kaichi Zhu
Third Prize:
Amber Chen, Age: 10, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kaichi Zhu
Group IV
First Prize:
Everett C. Lee, Age: 12, from Newport Coast, CA
Student of Ethan Dong
Second Prize:
Joseph Guo, Age: 12, from Dublin, OH
Student of Nina Polonsky
Third Prize:
Gareth Lee, Age: 12, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Group V
First Prize:
Yuma S. Kano, Age: 15, from Davis, CA
Student of Akiko Gaffney
Second Prize:
Garrett Y Cai, Age: 12, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Third Prize:
Amber Lin, Age:14, from Irvine, CA
Student of Dr. Judy Huang
Group VI
First Prize:
Lero Wang, Age: 16, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Second Prize:
Ziyue Zeng, Age: 16, from Aptos, CA
Student of Chia-Lin Yang
Third Prize:
Henry Yao, Age:16, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb
Jeffrey Luo, Age: 16, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Group VII
First Prize:
David Mach, Age: 27, from Norman, OK
Student of Dr. Jeongwon Ham
Second Prize:
Mimi Zhang, Age: 26, from Norman, OK
Student of Dr. Jeongwon Ham