US New Star Piano Competition by Composer Winners
2023
The 2023 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.
Out of every age & composer 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:
Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Group III: Bach-FIRST PRIZE,
Group III: Chopin-SECOND PRIZE,
Group III: Russian Composer-FIRST PRIZE,
Group III: Free Choice-THIRD PRIZE.
Top Performer Runner Up:
Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Group II: Chopin-FIRST PRIZE,
Group II: Free Choice-FIRST PRIZE,
Top Performer Second Runner Up:
Andy Chen, Age 17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Group IV: Chopin-FIRST PRIZE,
Group IV: Free Choice-FIRST PRIZE.
Group Prizes
Please visit our YouTube channel to view these students’ performance
Group I
Chopin:
First Prize:
Irene Zhang, Age:9, from Millbrae, CA
Student of Tammy Lin
Bach:
First Prize:
no winner
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
John Wu Weikai, Age 9, from Singapore
Student of Elitsa Momcheva
Second Prize Tie:
Liam Sun, Age 8, from Clyde Hill, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya
Third Prize:
Ethan Hung, Age 9, from Fremont, CA
Student of Cindy Lee
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Shaun Ren, Age:9, from China
Student of Xue Wang
Second Prize Tie:
Irene Zhang, Age 9, from Millbrae, CA
Student of Tammy Lin
Third Prize:
Cory Tsai, Age 8, from Palo Alto CA
Student of Nai Yu Chen
Group II
Chopin:
First Prize:
Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Second Prize Tie:
Ailis Nguyen, Age 10, from Lahaina, HI
Student of Ruth Murata-Eisen
Bach:
First Prize:
No winner
Second Prize Tie:
Darren Guo, Age 12, from Rye Brook, NY
Student of Yawen Wu
Third Prize:
Kai W. Xin Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue
Honorable Mention:
Brian Y. Liu, Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
Paxton Radityo, Age 10, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
WenBo Huang, Age 12, from Rancho Cucamonga CA
Student of Peter Huang
Third Prize:
Brian Y. Liu, Age 11, from Palo Alto CA
Student of Pilar Hsue
Kai W. Xin Age 11, from Palo Alto, CA
Student of Pilar Hsue
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Andrew Lee, Age 12, from Alamo, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Second Prize Tie:
Ailis Nguyen, Age 10, from Lahaina, HI
Student of Ruth Murata-Eisen
Mary, Qian Chen, Age:10, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Helena Ma
Third Prize:
Cerise L Wong, Age:12, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Cindy Lee
Honorable Mention:
Paxton Radityo, Age 10, from Los Gatos, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Group III
Chopin:
First Prize:
Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Qi Huang, Age 15, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Helena Ma
Alfred Chen, Age 13, from Pleasanton, CA
Student of Yi-Fang Wu
Honorable Mention:
Alex Yip, Age 13, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Grace Wu
Edric Zhang, Age 14, from Fremont,CA
Student of Le Yu
Bach:
First Prize:
Sherry Fei, Age 15, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Renata Shumskaya
Second Prize Tie:
Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Karen Matsui, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Third Prize:
Melanie Peiton Cheang, Age 13, from Bellevue, WA
Student of Dr. Qian Yin
Edric Zhang, Age 14, from Fremont,CA
Student of Le Yu
Honorable Mention:
Justin Lo, Age 15, from Fremont, CA
Student of Annie Lo
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Second Prize Tie:
Brenna Ren, Age 15, from Saratoga, CA
Student of Wei Coglio
Third Prize:
Christopher H. Lu, Age 14, from San Jose, CA
Student of Helena Ma
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Garrett Cai, Age 14, from Los Altos, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Second Prize Tie:
Yun-Si, Lee, Age 15, from Taiwan
Student of Yin-Chu, Chen
Third Prize:
Aidan Y. Kwon, Age 13, from San Jose, CA
Student of Kai Chi Zhu
Anastasia Grunina, Age 13, from Mountain View, CA
Student of Dr. Temirzhan Yerzhanov
Group IV
Chopin:
First Prize:
Andy Chen, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
Second Prize Tie:
Jeffrey Luo, Age:17, from Cupertino, CA
Student of Sujeeva Hapugalle
Bach:
First Prize:
no winner
Second Prize Tie:
Nicole E Korchev, Age:16, from Irvine, CA
Student of Natasha Gubenko
Third Prize:
Otto Montgomery, Age:17, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper
Russian Composer:
First Prize:
no winner
second Prize Tie:
Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper
Third Prize:
Henry Yao, Age:16, from Sunnyvale, CA
Student of Silvana Sokolov-Grubb
Free Choice:
First Prize:
Andy Chen, Age:17, from Davis, CA
Student of Natsuki Fukasawa
second Prize Tie:
Nicole E Korchev, Age:16, from Irvine, CA
Student of Natasha Gubenko
Third Prize:
Otto Montgomery, Age:16, from Berkeley, CA
Student of Arkadi Serper