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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.
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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
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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
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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
Music International Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic Music” 2024 spring / fall
November 2, 2024 at 1 PM. November 9, 2024 at 1 PM
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.
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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Nistha G. Nath, voice, CA
Emme Catanzano, piano, CA
Kevin Guo, piano, CA
Jiakai Joshua Xu, piano, CA
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Ahana Joshi, piano, NJ
Pranshi Mehta, piano, TX
Kevin Ma, piano, CA
Oliver Lee, piano, CA
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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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International String Competition Season 2023-2024
Deadline: December 15, 2023
EVENT DATE: TBA
WHERE: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hal / Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center - TBA
Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition: Winners’ Concerts
EVENT DATE: May 21 or June 11
WHERE: New York, USA
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
Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition: Winners' concert
Concert Dates: Fall-Winter 2022. TBA
AFAF’s Online Stay-at-Home Competition 2023
Deadline: December 20th, 2023 (Extended)
EVENT DATE: TBA
WHERE: ONLINE