Piano Plus! Ensemble Program Chamber Music Competition winner

PRIZEWINNERS 2024

First Place:

Astor Piano Quintet: Schumann Piano Quintet, Op. 44:
I. Allegro brilliante

Hana Tsai, violin

Chloe Cho, violin

Edward Lee, viola

Giana Kim, cello

Bradley Cao, piano

Coached by: Eileen Buck/Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone

AND

Turina Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67:
III. Andante – Allegretto – Allegro molto – Lento

Jonah Kwon, violin

Ennya Liang, viola

Sophie Tsao, cello

Hudson Ragins, piano

Coached by: Eileen Buck/Orli Shaham

Second Place:

Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, op. 66:
I. Allegro energico e con fuoco

Chloe Joo, violin

Ria Mueller, cello

Elizabeth Bloethe, piano
Coached by: David Shimoni/Julia Henderson

Third Place:

Not Awarded

Honorable Mention:

Not Awarded

PAST PRIZEWINNERS

PRIZEWINNERS 2023

First Place:

Hot Pot Piano Quartet -Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60: I. Allegro non troppo

Jessica Jeon, violin

Ennya Liang, viola

Sophie Tsao, cello

Hudson Ragins, piano

Coached by: Eileen Buck/Orli Shaham

Second Place:

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3: I. Allegro con brio

Nola Gitterman, violin

Emilia Prini, cello

Teddy Liu, piano
Coached by: Eileen Buck/Marina Obukovsky

Third Place:

Not Awarded

Honorable Mention:

Reinecke Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 159, no. 2: I. Allegro molto

William Fry, violin

Oscar Francis, cello

Rosemarie LoBasso, piano
Coached by: Walter Aparicio

PRIZEWINNERS 2021

First Place: Riverside Trio: Natasha Wipfler-Kim, violin, Safia Singer-Pomerantz, cello, and Emma Huang, piano
Coached by: Luba Poliak

Second Place: Trio M: Sojung Kim, flute, Matthew Kim, clarinet, and Eugene Hong, piano
Coached by: Seung Ho Choi

Third Place: Caterina Stoica, piano, and Michael Stoica, flute
Coached by Delana Thomsen

Honorable Mention: Vivo Trio: Kebin Lee, clarinet, Faith Youn, violin, and Daniel Nam, piano
Coached by Seung Ho Choi

PRIZEWINNERS 2020

First Place: The Amsterdam Trio: Elizabeth Chun, Gabriel Sipe, Andreas Welch

Second Place: The Solastra Trio: Ana Isabella España, Shaw Edwards, Maximo Kim

Third Place (TIE): The Ramirez-Lamb-Rawlins Trio: Jacqueline Ramirez, Casey Lamb, Liam Rawlins and The Midnight Trio: Lois Herring, Miles Levine, Ailynn O’Neill

Honorable Mention: Sena and Eliz Kucukarslan

PRIZEWINNERS 2019

First Place: Syzygy Piano Quartet: Claire Shang, piano, Chelsea Xia, violin, Callia Liang, viola, Matthew Kendall, cello