We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic music 2017″ (Fall selection)
We would like to thank everyone who participated and encourage those who did not win this year to try again during the next season.
Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited,
and send it to American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.
The Deadline is November 10, 2017
The recital fee is non-refundable.
Detailed information about the winners’ concert currently scheduled for December 10, 2017 and May 26, 2018 will be emailed to the winners.
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Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
December 10, 2017 at 11:30am, 3:30 and 7:30pm or May 26, 2018 at 1pm -
Participation in a special concert at the Robert Schumann Museum in Zwickau, Germany during the course of the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe in August 2018
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*Recital Fee*: $350. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
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$300 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018.
A. 6-10 years of age
Kyle Yeung, piano, CA
Teacher: Daniel Pollack / Vladimir Khomyakov
Reika Liang, flute, Singapore / USA
Teacher: Larisa Tupitsyna
Cary Wang, piano, CT
Teacher: Felicia Zhang
B. 11-14 years of age
Emily Zhang, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Joanna Wang, piano, NY
Teacher: Dr. Adam Kent
Sydney Jiang, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Felix Zhu, piano, CA
Teacher: Janey Hu
Allison Jiang, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Ryan Gannon, piano, CA
Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle
Steven Xie, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Richard Niu, Cello, CA
Teacher: Kyeong Kim
C. 15-18 years of age
Peter Lee, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Soham Bose, piano, CA
Teacher: Lee Ann Leung
Elliot Kim, cello, CA
Teacher: Laszlo Mezo
Annie Lee-Hasset, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Chelsie Park, violin, CA
Teacher: Jiwon K.
Cody Theobald, piano, CA
Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle
Daniel Paik, cello, CA
Teacher: Laszlo Mezo
Ainslie Matthew, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Grace Fong
Ensemble category
Eulalia Billaut, piano, CA / Andrew Chang, flute, CA / Aditi Mahajan, flute, CA / Elena Bronder-Chang, voice, CA / Meghna Kaligotla, voice, CA
Teachers: Haruna Shiokawa-Mo, Yelena Koroleva, Xuemei Zou
D. College Students
Haemi Lee, violin, South Korea
Teacher: Weigang Li
E. Amateur adults
Alyssa Kim, voice, CA
Teacher: Cheryl Keller
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Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
December 10, 2017 at 11:30am, 3:30 and 7:30pm or May 26, 2018 at 1pm -
Participation in a special concert at the Robert Schumann Museum in Zwickau, Germany during the course of the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe in August 2018
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*Recital Fee*: $350. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
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$200 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018.
A. 6-10 years of age
David Xiong, piano, MA
Teacher: Ronald Kmiec
B. 11-14 years of age
Madison Yang, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Irina Bendetsky
David Kwan, piano, CA
Teacher: Michelle Lee
Michael Yuan, piano, CA
Theacher: Tina Bao
Madison Yang, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Irina Bendetsky
C. 15-18 years of age
Prateek Dullur, piano, IL
Teacher: Jihyun Lee
Frederick Chang, violin, NC
Teacher: Shelley Livingston
Emily Miao, piano, MA
Teacher: M. Kotlyarova
Bibiana Miskolciova, piano, Slovakia
Teacher: Ales Solarik
D. College Students
James Matthews, piano, TN
Teacher: Kristian Klefstad
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Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
December 10, 2017 at 11:30am, 3:30 and 7:30pm or May 26, 2018 at 1pm -
Participation in a special concert at the Robert Schumann Museum in Zwickau, Germany during the course of the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe in August 2018
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*Recital Fee*: $350. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
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$100 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018.
A. 6-10 years of age
Valentina Canas, piano, Costa Rica
Teacher: Valentina Tumanova
Serena Wu, piano, OH
Teacher: Xiaoling Anderson
B. 11-14 years of age
Cadence Rice, piano, NJ
Tara Hofmeister Sheng
Iris Lu, piano, CA
Teacher: Yin Yin Huang
Jeremy Ding, oboe, CA
Teacher: Diane Wyant
Sriram Narayanan, piano, MA
Teacher: Tatyana Dudochkin
Zehavi Rodriguez, cello (ensemble category), PA
Teacher: Amy Barston
C. 15-18 years of age
Yefet Rodriguez, violin (ensemble category), PA
Teacher: Amy Barston
Kevin Yiyang Li, voice, Canada
Teacher: Alex Lim
E. amateur adults
Shawn Carter Peterson, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Nancy Roldan