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Dec
1

Music International Competition ”Golden Voices of America 2023"

Deadline: December 15, 2023

EVENT DATE: March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

WHERE: New York, USA

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Golden Voices of America 2023″.

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 the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733

Deadline is January 25, 2024

The recital fee is non-refundable.

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    $300 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2025.

    Category 1

    Brielle Badum, NY

    Chloe Russell, TX

    Category 2

    Miki Mitarai, CA

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    $200 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2025.

    Category 1

    Ashley Martinez

    Kevin Lee, CA

    Archita Arun, IL

    Category 2

    Richard Borg, Canada

    Archita Arun, IL

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    $100 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2025.

    Category 1

    Nathan Stilovich, TX

    Ansh Ambatkar, CA

    Category 2

    Amanda Mo, CA

    Elaine Wilker, Canada

    Our Teachers:

    George Variames

    Gayatri Venkatesan

    Marianna Benedict

    Haruna Shiokawa-Mo

    Melinda Alberty

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Music International Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic Music” 2024 spring / fall
Nov
2

Music International Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic Music” 2024 spring / fall

November 2, 2024 at 1 PM. November 9, 2024 at 1 PM

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EVENT DATES:

November 2, 2024 at 1 PM.

November 9, 2024 at 1 PM (The number of places to perform is very limited)

WHERE: New York, USA

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic music 2024″.

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 AFAF
and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733. 

Deadline is October 15, 2024.                                                                                                    The Recital fee is non-refundable.

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    • Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary seats, 4 digital pictures.

    • Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary seats, 4 digital pictures.

    • The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

    B. 11-14 years of age

    Ellen Fang, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong-Hwa Kim

    Daniil Demin, piano, NY Teacher: Alla Bell

    Angela Xiao, piano, OH Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

    Elina Zhu, piano, NJ Teacher: Tara Hofmeister Sheng

    Daniel Klayman, piano, PA Teacher: Larissa Korkina

    Claire Pang, piano. NJ Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya

    Serena Wang, piano, NJ Teacher: Tara Hofmeister Sheng

    C. 15-18 years of age

    Jason Lee, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

    Juliana Ren, piano, CA Teacher: Yin Yin Huang

    James Plhak, piano, NY Teacher: Leon Livshin

    Amber Lin, piano, CA Teacher: Judy Huang

    Yildiz Orens, piano, CA Teacher: Klara Frei

    Wenzhe Shi, piano, China Teacher: Xiaoling Anderson

    Andrew Sokolov, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

    Kaycee Kim, voice, UT Teacher: Brad Hayashi

    D. Ensembles

    Aviva Klopouh / SophiaFeldman,piano duet Teacher:Alexandra Suhoy

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

    B. 11-14 years of age

    Peiwen Gong, piano, MA Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

    Tsai-Hsin Tien, violin, Taiwan Teacher: Tina Minn

    Anne Takagi, cello, Japan Teacher: Zhou Long

    Mikhael Vainer, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

    C. 15-18 years of age

    Albert Kuo, piano, CA Teacher: Temirzhan Yerzhanov

    Claire Guo, piano, VA Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

    Jason Chien, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong-Hwa Kim

    Gianna Thiede, violin, VA Teacher: Olga Khroulevitch

    Alice Zhu, piano, MA Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

    Yijin Chong, clarinet, CA Teacher: Hye Min Yun

    Julie Sung, piano, IL Teacher: Jihyun Lee

    D. Ensembles

    Julie Anne Dela Rosa, cello, MD / Anthony Rossikhin, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

    E. Amateur adults

    Elli Ishihara. voice, German Teacher: Chiho Mitaylor

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

    B. 11-14 years of age

    Emily Liu, piano, VA Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

    Kevin Bao, piano, CA

    Teacher: Jenny Shin

    C. 15-18 years of age

    Ethan Moon, violin, MI Teacher: Tina Renshaw

    Xiuhui Liu, voice, China

    Teacher: Na Su

    D. Ensembles

    loig Mailhe Wang, cello, NJ / ZoeMailhe Wang, piano, NJ Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya

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AFAF’s Online Stay-at-Home Competition 2024 spring / fall results.
Oct
10

AFAF’s Online Stay-at-Home Competition 2024 spring / fall results.

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Online Stay-at-Home International Competition 2024″.

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 the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733

Deadline is October 15, 2024

The recital fee is non-refundable.

  • Rebecca Ding, piano, CA

    Aiden Yang, piano, MA

    Ga Eun Nam, piano, CA

    Jiawei Sun, piano, MA

    Caden Metz, piano, IL

    Benjamin Knaster, piano, NY

    Julian Ryu, piano, CA

    Kaycee Kim, voice, UT

    Timothy Wu, piano, MA

  • Nistha G. Nath, voice, CA

    Emme Catanzano, piano, CA

    Kevin Guo, piano, CA

    Jiakai Joshua Xu, piano, CA

  • Ahana Joshi, piano, NJ

    Pranshi Mehta, piano, TX

    Kevin Ma, piano, CA

    Oliver Lee, piano, CA

  • Muza Mdzinarishvili

    Leon Livshin

    Lin Lin

    Jaclyn Kim

    Yu Wang

    Julia Hsiao

    Sueanne Metz

    Simona Snitkovskaya

    Dun Yin Liu

    Minako Horimura Han

    Grace Dunn

    Andrew Banks

    Yujin Kang

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AFAF’s Regular Season
Feb
5

AFAF’s Regular Season

Deadline: February 10, 2024

EVENT DATE: Concert Dates: June=December 2024

WHERE: USA. New York

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall: Concert Dates: Concert dates: Saturday afternoon November 2, 2024 at 1 PM. Saturday afternoon November 9, 2024 at 1 PM

Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center Concert Dates: Concert dates: Saturday afternoon June 15, 2024 at 2 PM.

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s Regular Season International Music Competition 2024

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 the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733

Deadline is March 5, 2024                                                                                                                The recital fee is non-refundable.

  • Joanne Zhang, piano, MA

    Haochen Ma, piano, MA

    Alexandra Aronis, piano, NY

    Dora Dulge, piano, NY

    Annie Sun, piano, MA

    Evyenia Zaharopoulos, piano, NY

    Leonardo Caruso, piano, NY

    Jocelyn Chou, piano, MA

    Andrew Yang, voice, MA

    Jiawei Sun, piano, MA

    Anya Sen, marimba, NY

    Sameera Jangala, voice, MA

    Zoe Ong-Hulin, piano, NY

    Lizzy Kao, piano, MA

    Omar Kannachankudy, piano, MA

    Sureela Jangala, voice, MA

    Matthew Gusev, piano, NY

    Loig Mailhe Wang, cello, NJ / Zoe Mailhe Wang, piano, NJ

  • Maximillian Chen, voice, MA

    Anthony Jiang, piano, MA

    Ethan Liu, voice, MA

    Lucas Xu, piano, MA

    Victor Kim, piano, CA

    Matthew Xu, piano, MA

    Anthony Liu, voice, MA

    Helen Fu, piano, MA

    Richard Smith-Faniants, voice, MA

    Cosette Basa, viola, NJ

    Phoebe Li, piano, MA

  • Yu Wang

    Ruzanna Akopjan

    Julia Zilberquit

    Judy Hsu

    Lleon Livshin

    Victoria Avetisyan

    Galina Prilutskaya

    Yijun Wu

    Felicia Campbell

    Michael Bomwell

    Yeghishe Manucharyan

    Nadin Rich

    Romanna Kalyoncu

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International Concerto Competition 2024
Jul
1

International Concerto Competition 2024

January 15, 2024 (Extended)

Date: March 23, 2024

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of the AFAF "International Concerto competition 2023-2024."

We would like to thank everyone who participated and encourage those who did not win this year to try again during the next season.

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

    Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

    The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

    A. 7-13 years of age

    Jinwoo Lee, clarinet, South Korea

    Teacher: Hyemin Yun

    Stamitz Concerto in B-flat major, mvt. 1.

    Harry Chen, piano, VA

    Teacher: Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya

    Kabalevsky Concerto No. 3 in D major, mvt. 2.

    Subin Kim, clarinet, South Korea

    Teacher: Katie Ryu

    Krommer Concerto Op. 36 in E-flat major, mvt. 1

    Steven Chen, alto saxophone, CA

    Teacher: Vladimir Goltsman

    Ibert Concertino da Camera, mvt. 1

    B. 14-18 years of age

    Jayden Choi, clarinet, CA

    Teacher Hyemin Yun

    Weber Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73, mvt. 1.

    Olivia Oh, violin, NY

    Teacher: I-Hao Lee

    Barber Concerto Op. 14, mvt. 1

    Vidur Sanghi, alto saxophone, CA

    Teacher: Jonathan Hostottle

    Milhaud Scaramouche Movements 1, 2

    Hanz Baek, violin, CA

    Teacher: Byoungwoo Kim

    Lalo Simphonie Espagnole, Op. 21, mvt. 1..

    Joel Chen, piano, VA

    Teacher: Anna Ouspenskaya

    Mozart Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482, mvt. 1

    Ryan Lee, cello, CA

    Teacher: Brady Anderson

    Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C major, mvt. 1

    Lisa Jin, viola, NY

    Teacher: Carol Rodland

    Weber, Andante e Rondo Ungarese

    Queenie Dai, flute, China

    Teacher: Bart Feller

    Chaminade, Concertino

    C. College students

    Chun-Syuan Wei, piano, Taiwan

    Teacher: Gustavo Romero

    Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, mvt. 1

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM.

    Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

    The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

    A. 7-13 years of age

    Gabriela Chao, piano, (b. 2009), CA

    Teacher: Andrew Zador

    Chopin Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, mvt. 2

    Curtis Wong, piano, CA

    Teacher: Klara Frei

    Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, mvt. 3.

    Emily Amidon, piano, VA

    Teacher: Faith Zuniga

    Peskanov Concerto No.1.

    Emma Sophie Luo, violin, (b 2010), NY

    Teachers: Keita Fukushima, Yang Xu

    Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, mvt. 1

    Claire Li-Chang, violin, VA

    Teacher: Olga Khroulevitch.

    Vieuxtemps Ballade et Polonaise Op. 38.

    B. 14-18 years of age

    Carolyn Pyun, violin, ( b. 2005), CA

    Teacher: Tina Minn

    Bruch Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, mvt. 2

    Christopher Tillen, piano, (b. 2004), MA

    Teacher: Erin Lindsey

    Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, mvt.

    Pei-Shiuan, violin, (b. 2006), MA

    Teacher: Fudeko Cohler

    Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major, Op. 35, mvt. 1

    Carina Wang, cello, (b. 2006), CA

    Teacher: Ben Hong

    Lalo Concerto in D minor, mvt. 1

    Qi Feng Wu, flute, Canada

    Teacher: Mary Boone

    Mozart Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313, mvt. 1

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM

    Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

    The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

    A. 7-13 years of age

    David Wong, oboe, CA

    Teachers: Kathy Oh

    Telemann Concerto in F minor, mvt. 1

    Chuling Liang, cello, NY

    Teachers: Nan-Cheng Chen

    Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan

    B. 14-18 years of age

    Ellie Kim, viola, CA

    Teacher: Yunsun Kim

    Bach Concerto mvt.1

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Music International Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic Music” 2023
May
25

Music International Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic Music” 2023

Deadline: May 25, 2023

EVENT DATE: November 4, 2023 at 1:00 PM

WHERE: New York, USA

We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic music 2022-2023″.

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 the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.
The recital fee is non-refundable.

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on November 4, 2023 at 1 pm.

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    $300 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2024.

    A. 6-10 years of age

    Aiden Shim, piano, CA

    Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

    Sean Ishikawa, violin, Japan/USA

    Teacher: Mio Unosawa Herzog

    B. 11-14 years of age

    Zijia Cao, piano, OH

    Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

    Serena Wu, piano, OH

    Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

    Amber Lin, piano, CA

    Teacher: Dr. Judy Huang

    Ryan Lee, cello, CA

    Teacher: Brady Anderson

    Arslan Cui, piano, MA

    Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

    C. 15-18 years of age

    Sabrina Liu, piano, CA

    Teacher: Lilit Babayan

    Aditya Das, piano, MD

    Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

    Phoebe Shi, piano, OH

    Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

    Lucas Choi, cello, CA

    Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

    David Xiong, piano, MA

    Teacher: Max Levinson

    Steven Yoon, cello, CA

    Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

    Junseo Lee, clarinet, South Korea

    Teacher: Hye Min Yun

    Jeffrey Luo, piano, CA

    Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

    Emma Yao, piano, MA

    Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

    Garrett Cai, piano, CA

    Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

    Erin Chen, piano, DC

    Teacher: Anna Ouspenskaya

  • Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – on November 4, 2023 at 1pm.

    *Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

    $200 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2023.

    A. 6-10 years of age

    Peiran Li, piano, VA

    Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

    Norah Duan, piano, MA

    Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

    B. 11-14 years of age

    Gahyeon (Alice) Yoon, clarinet, CA

    Teacher: Katie Ryu

    Brandon Ha, cello, CA

    Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

    Alice Zhu, piano, MA

    Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

    Sofie Fang, piano, MA

    Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

    C. 15-18 years of age

    Andrew Haviland, piano, NJ

    Teacher: Luba Galkina

    Meera Dullur, piano, IL

    Teacher: Jihyun Lee

    Sihyeon (Melody) Yoon, cello, CA

    Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

    Peter Yoon, violin, CA

    Teacher: Byung Woo Kim

    Otto Montgomery, piano, CA

    Teacher: Arkady Serper

    Emily Yeh, piano, CA

    Teacher: Miranda Wu

    Sophia Tatar, piano, MA

    Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

    Francesca Cho, piano, USA/Germany

    Teacher: Anastassia Ivanova

    Alyssa Kuang, piano, TX

    Teacher: Yan Shensal

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Golden Voices of America Competition 2022
Dec
1

Golden Voices of America Competition 2022

Deadlines:

Applications and audition recording (YouTube link) must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2022. Audition results will be announced on our website on December 20, 2022.

EVENT DATE: May 21 or June 11 2023 at 2 pm

WHERE: USA. New York

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall or Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center - TBA

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