We’re happy to announce this year’s winners of AFAF’s International Music Competition ”Golden Era of Romantic music 2018″.
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 February 1 2019
The recital fee is non-refundable.
Detailed information about the winners’ concert will be emailed to the winners after February 5, 2019.
- Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
• May 18, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 8, 2019, at 7:30 PM
• June 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM
• June 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM - Recital Fee: $400. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
- 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 2019.
- Winners will have the opportunity to travel to Russia in December 2019 to perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- Participation in a special concerts at Moscow State Art Gallery of A. Shilov and Vladimir Palace in St. Petersburg.
- $300 scholarship for the AFAF Music Program in Europe 2019.
A. 6-10 years of age
Bridget Tran, piano, NY
Teacher: Dr. Tian Song
Daniel Strebulaev, piano, CA
Teachers: Erna Gulabyan / Ludmila Kurtova
Fiona Huang, cello, CA
Teacher: Jonathan Koh
B. 11-14 years of age
Katherine Wong, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Judy Huang
Henry Yao, piano, CA
Teacher: Shen-Ling Chuang
Lily Yang, piano, CA
Teacher: Erna Gulabyan
David Xiong, piano, MA
Teacher: Donald Kmiec
Sein Yun, violin, South Korea
Teacher: Yuki Mori
Michelle Skylar, voice, United Kingdom
Teacher: Marika Rausher
Emily Zhang, piano, MA
Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova
C. 15-18 years of age
William Liu, piano, CA
Teacher: Lilit Babayan
Sybella Yang, piano, China
Teacher: Beibei Lin
Caleb Shih, piano, CA
Teacher: Erna Gulabyan
Dorkhan Chang, piano, PA
Teacher: Joy M. Kiszely
Peter Lee, piano, MA
Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova
Samuel Wong, cello, CA
Teacher: James Lin
Yuan Hong, piano, China
Teacher:Xiao-Ling Anderson
Julia Pepper, piano, NY
Teacher: Dr. Tian Song
Shelley Choi, violin, USA/South Korea
Teacher: prof. Yookyung Min
Tiffanie Huang, piano, CA
Teacher: Lena Grozman
D. College students
Valeria Delgado, piano, Costa Rica
Teacher: Dr. Alexander Sklioutovski
Tsai -Yun Kuo, piano, Taiwan
Teacher: Deborah Moriarty
Ahra Oh, piano, South Korea
Teacher: Gila Goldstein
Hsiao-Lian Huang, Taiwan
Teacher: Suren Bagratuni
Yu Wang, violin, China
Teacher: Prof. Dmitri Berlinsky
C. Amateur adults
Ahra Oh, piano, South Korea
Teacher: Gila Goldstein
Tammy (Yu-Tung) Lin, CA
Teacher: Daniel Epstein
- Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
• May 18, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 8, 2019, at 7:30 PM
• June 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM
• June 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM - Recital Fee: $400. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
- 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 2019.
- Winners will have the opportunity to travel to Russia in December 2019 to perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- Participation in a special concerts at Moscow State Art Gallery of A. Shilov and Vladimir Palace in St. Petersburg.
- $200 scholarship for the AFAF Music Program in Europe 2019
A. 6-10 years of age
James Lacey, cello, CA
Teacher: Vardan Gasparyan
Serena Wu, piano, OH
Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson
Iris Xiong, piano, PA
Teacher: Alexandra Ovrutsky
Elizabeth Strebulayev, piano, CA
Teacher: Ludmila Kurtova
B. 11-14 years of age
Aaron Kim, violin, CA
Teacher: Jin-Hee Kate Kim
Joshua Lee, piano, MA
Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova
Cadence Rice, piano, NJ
Teacher: Tara Hofmeister-Sheng
Jessica Zeng, piano, FL
Teacher: Lucy Chen
C. 15-18 years of age
William Chang, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Robert Schwartz
Russell Yang, piano, CA
Teacher: Era Lifschitz
Sahana Giri, piano, IL
Teacher: Jihyun Lee
Albert Zhu, piano, OH
Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson
Kalden Harp, piano, NY
Teacher: Arlene Portney
Annie Ping, flute, CA
Teacher: Xuemei Zou
Gabrielle Kang, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Irina Bendetsky
Daniel Tan, piano, CA
Teacher: Ludmila Kurtova
Sigourney Acharya, piano, IL
Teacher: Sueanne Metz
Jacqueline Yang, cello, CA
Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Emily Kang, cello, CA
Teacher: Ruslan Biryukov
Sam Li, piano, OH
Teacher: Ella Karasik
D. College students
Ahyoung Cho, piano, South Korea
Teacher: Panayis Lyras
Aliya Turetayeva, piano, Kazakhstan/Germany
Teacher: Prof. Pavel Gililov.
- Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
• May 18, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 8, 2019, at 7:30 PM
• June 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM
• June 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM
• June 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM - Recital Fee: $400. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.
- 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 2019.
- Winners will have the opportunity to travel to Russia in December 2019 to perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- Participation in a special concerts at Moscow State Art Gallery of A. Shilov and Vladimir Palace in St. Petersburg.
- $100 scholarship for the AFAF Music Program in Europe 2019
C. 15-18 years of age
Warren Xu, piano, CA
Teacher: Liza Yasnogorodsky
Daniel Yoon, cello, CA
Teacher: Kyeong H. Kim
Jeremy Ding, oboe, CA
Teacher: Diane Wyant
Ada Lin, piano, NJ
Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya
Ryan Chou, violin. VA
Teacher: Ko Sugiyama
Seyon Kim, violin, CA
Teacher: Pat Burnham