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 March 20, 2018
The recital fee is non-refundable.
Detailed information about the winners’ concert will be emailed to the winners after April 5, 2018
- Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
• June 3, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 23, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• June 24, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• September 22, 2018 at 1pm
• October 14, 2018 at 7:30pm
• October 21, 2018 at7:30pm - 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.
- 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.
- $500 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018 (Germany-Austria-Italy tour).
A. 6-10 years of age
Bridget Tran, piano, NY
Teacher: Dr. Tian Song
Fiona Huang, cello, CA
Teacher: Jonathan Koh
B. 11-14 years of age
Emily Zhang, piano, MA
Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova
C. 15-18 years of age
William Liu, piano, CA
Teacher: Lilit Babayan
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
- Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall –
• June 3, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 23, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• June 24, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• September 22, 2018 at 1pm
• October 14, 2018 at 7:30pm
• October 21, 2018 at7:30pm - 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.
- 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.
- $300 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018 (Germany-Austria-Italy tour).
A. 6-10 years of age
James Lacey, cello, CA
Teacher: Vardan Gasparyan
B. 11-14 years of age
Jessica Zeng, piano, FL
Teacher: Lucy Chen
C. 15-18 years of age
William Chang, piano, CA
Teacher: Dr. Robert Schwartz
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 –
• June 3, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 9, 2018 at 7:30pm (Limited placements)
• June 23, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• June 24, 2018 at 1pm (Limited placements)
• September 22, 2018 at 1pm
• October 14, 2018 at 7:30pm
• October 21, 2018 at7:30pm - 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.
- 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.
- $200 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2018 (Germany-Austria-Italy tour).
C. 15-18 years of age
Warren Xu, piano, CA
Teacher: Liza Yasnogorodsky
Daniel Yoon, cello, CA
Teacher: Kyeong H. Kim
Ada Lin, piano, NJ
Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya
Seyon Kim, violin, CA
Teacher: Pat Burnham