competitors

Zhiye Lin Hailed by the Boston Musical Intelligencer as a pianist who “breezed through the most technically difficult bits with impressive panache,” Zhiye Lin is classical pianist who is increasingly being heard in important concert halls. He has performed in many major concert halls in the world, including The Kennedy Center, Ningbo

Jonathan Mamora An Indonesian-American and native of Southern California, pianist Jonathan Mamora strives to uplift and positively influence others using music as a means for service. Jonathan’s performances have taken him throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and he is a prizewinner of several regional and international competitions, most recently

Gregory Martin American-born pianist Gregory Martin’s life in music has been filled with performance opportunities throughout the globe. His primary pedagogical studies were as a young pianist in Moscow, Russia. This opportunity served to ignite his passion for Russian, German, and Polish music and offered him the opportunity to perform internationally

Piotr Pawlak Piotr Pawlak was born in 1998 in Gdansk. In 2016, he graduated with distinction from Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdansk in the piano class of Waldemar Wojtal and the organ class of Hanna Dys. He is a graduate from Gdansk Music Academy, where he continued to study piano

Anthony Ratinov Anthony Ratinov began playing piano at the age of 4 under the teaching of his grandmother, Edit Ratinova, who taught at the renowned Gnessin Music School in Moscow, Russia, for 45 years. Anthony was recently a medalist at the 2022 Hilton Head Piano Competition, where he was also awarded

Sohyun Shim Sohyun Shim made her debut after qualifying for the Kumho Prodigy Recital at the age of 14. She began her piano studies at the age of 5 and won numerous competitions and awards before and after her big performance at Kumho Art Hall.  Before graduating from Seoul Arts High School in

Ayane Shoda Ayane Shoda (b.1996) started playing the piano at the age of 3, and by the time she was 12 she had participated in 14 competitions and received 10 first prizes. At the age of 15, she began to participate in the senior category, winning Third Prize at the Osaka

Alexander Agate Alexander Agate began studying piano at 11 years old with Mona Wu DeCesare in his hometown of Moorpark, California. While he participated in child acting, Tae Kwon Do, writing, and other instruments including violin and viola, at 16 he decided to pursue classical piano performance as his career path of

Alexander Sonderegger Alexander Sonderegger has performed with many orchestras including the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker; the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Spain; the Sinfonietta Lentua Orchestra; the Murmansk Philharmonic; and the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed concertos by Grieg and Tchaikovsky at the Liederhalle Beethoven Hall in Stuttgart. Alexander

Yanfeng Bai Pianist Yanfeng Bai is an international prizewinning pianist who recently won several prizes and awards … … including the 2022 “Best Performance” Prize in the American Paderewski International Piano Competition in 2022; First Prize at the 2017 China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition; Third Prize at the 2018 Grotrian International