Third Place: Nicholas Chin Third Prize: Selah Girges Third Prize: Arnav Bablani Silver Medalist: Daniel Major Gold Medalist: Lucas Lee Honorable Mention: Carolyn Yang, SIPF Excellence in Musical Arts Anna Fitzgerald . Honorable Mention: Levi Major 4th Frost Chopin Festival in Miami: June 19-26 - Polish Music Center Second Prize: Rebecca Sun First Prize: Rishi Hazra Due to persistently dangerous road conditions, the CAM will be closed to in-person lessons again Friday, December 2. Gold Medal: Noah Martinez Distinguished Gold Medalist: Keshav Mohan Third Prize: Colin Sica At the SCMA he participated in masterclasses with Craig Sheppard, Anne Marie McDermott, Marta Aznavoorian, and Sasha Starcevich. Bronze Medal: Antara Jagadish Honorable Mention: Christina Yao He has won numerous gold and silver medals at the Chopin NW competition, SIPF Bach competition, as well as the Russian Music Festival competition. However, some of the greatest include personal expression, mental relaxation, a fun form of exercise, and encouragement of creative thinking. Silver Medal: Evelyn Hing Most recently, she earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from UW. His students have been awarded more than 175 state, national, and international awards. Ruthie Foster The Triple Door . Recent Winners - Chopin Academy of Music First Place: Travis Lee Second Prize: Annika Renganathan As a young pianist, she won several competitions and at 11, performed on WDAV, the local classical radio station. The NW Chopin Foundation holds a yearly competition featuring the finest youth talent in Washington state. In Germany, Mr. Choi performed as a soloist with the Goettingen Symphony Orchestra in a palace concert at the world-famous Herrenhausen Gardens with Martin Braus conducting the Beethoven Emperor Concerto, which was recorded and distributed for the Hannover Musik Hochschule. Seattle Festivals 2023, 2024 - Music Festivals 2022, 2023 Wild Buffalo , Bellingham, WA, US. Third Place: Naomi Chau Silver Medalist: Evelyn Hing First Place: Yechong (Eric) Shan Bronze Medalist: Noah Maeda Starting January 1, the updated rules and regulations of the 2022 Seattle Int'l Piano Competition were published. This will include premieres of works by Dan Visconti, and Grammy Award winner, Robert Livingston Aldridge. Gold Medal: Marcus Lo Gold Medal: Rebecca Sun, Gold Star Performer: Hugo Dockter First Place: Andrew Lin First Place: Travis Lee The Northwest Chopin Foundation holds a yearly competition featuring the finest youth talent in Washington state. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Hyun has appeared on KING 98.1 live broadcasts and performed at Benaroya Hall several times. Mary Chandler, Treasurer, Co-Artistic DirectorDr. CHOPINPiano Concerto No. Bronze Medalist: Cailin Surtihadi Honorable Mention: Ammon Erickson Cold DIVIDE THE FALL, Awake For Days, Sygnal To Noise, and Death Valley Dreams. Third Prize: Anika Samuel Their purpose is to carry out the Foundations objectives at the regional level. Bronze Medalist: Sean Fedorov His aim is to show armed and civil resistance up close, as well as the drama of people who became the object of aggression by the Russian army through no fault of any kind. Honorable Mention: Nile Camai First Place: Noah Martinez He was selected to perform at the WA State Music Teachers Conference representing the Seattle Chapter.Highlights of Jimmys previous awards include the Platinum Award at the WPTA Singapore International Competition and Winner of the Steinway Regional competition, resulting in being one of 5 National finalists. In 2003 the Chopin Festival, open to young talented local students was introduced, and has become their major musical event. 2022 Program Schedule here. Honorable Mention: Recca Sun, First Place: Nile Camai Honorable Mention: Ethan Huber This year we also welcome Ukrainian Dance Ensemble as well as the Ukrainian Band. Third Place: Rishi Niranjan, Gold Star Performer: Alissa Kireev Jimmy also won Gold Medals in the Simon-Fiset competition, the Best of Festival in the Time Era Festival and Best First Timer at Simon-Fiset. Third Prize: Jenna Sorror Silver Medal: Selina Yao Silver Medal: Andrew Lin Second Prize: Sean Fedorov Bronze Medal: Vishwa Ravichandhiran We feel very fortunate to be able to participate in various events and share at least a little bit of Ukrainian culture with all of you. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Third Prize: Miah Li Each succeeding year, the Festival has grown to becoming one of the region's largest and well-known piano competitions. Festival Chopin in Paris from 17 June 2023 to 14 July 2023 Bois de Boulogne - Route de Svres Neuilly - 75016 Paris Bois de Boulogne - 16e Arrondissement Description Taking place in the Orangerie within the Parc de Bagatelle, the Chopin festival has found a setting worthy of the great composer in this bucolic spot. Whether your interests include art, music, heritage, films or food, Seattle is your destination for festivals. Bronze Medalist: Colin Sica Geneva hosts, every year, festival that is dedicated to the greatest romantic composer Frdric Franois Chopin who was born in Poland. Third Place: Justin Chen Gold Medalist: Ava Zhang. Honorable Mention: Rebecca Sun, 2022 Charleston International Contemporary Music CompetitionGold Medal: Andrew Sun-Zhuang, 2022 Seattle Int'l Piano CompetitionGold Medal: Andrew Sun-ZhuangAudience Favorite: Andrew Sun-Zhuang, 2022 Virtuoso Artists FestivalDist. He has collaborated with eminent conductors that include Zubin Mehta, Johnny Green, Minas Christian, Dennis de Coteau, and Corrick Brown.This highly regarded performance career also earned him a place on the Steinway International Artist Roster. First Place: Andrew Sun-Zhuang Honorable Mention: Sophie Jiang Representing a new format, participants are invited to apply in each of six categories, including Professional and Collegiate Artist, Outstanding Amateurs, and Youth from ages 9 and under, ages 10 to 13, and ages 14 to 18. Honorable Mention: Arnav Bablani Honorable Mention: Andrew Liang . Honorable Mention: Arjun Bhate Gold Medalist: Kevin Wang Honorable Mention: Dan Major Silver Medalist: Ethan Go Silver Medalist: Noah Maeda In Taiwan, he won a major prize in the Taiwan International Piano competition and performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra in the National Chiang Kai-shek Concert hall.Rufus Chois musical training also reflects his international outlook. Bronze Medalist: Tristan Wright The 2023 schedule is in preparation and events will be added as they are confirmed. Honorable Mention: Olivia Liang Presented by Seattle's Northwest Film Forum, the 25th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival is a virtual-and-in-person showcase of creative communities from throughout the Pacific Northwest.The 2022 program, which runs from September 16-25, features a competitive selection of curated short film programs and feature films, inviting regional artists to experiment, break, and remake popular . Following this year's theme of "So far away, and yet so close [Tak daleko, tak blisko], in addition to the works of Chopin the Festival will emphasize the "more distant" connections of his works with the Polish baroque as well as the resonance of his music in . Silver Medalist: Hugo Dockter Gold Medalist: William Feng She also enjoys math and science at school. Second Place: Enoch Chau Third Prize: Bishrelt Lkhagvajargal Silver Medalist: Miles Chanbai Silver Medal: Sean Fedorov Gold Medalist: Vivien Lai Silver Medal: Scarlett Lo Festivals | Visit Seattle Bronze Medalist: Zihan (Joyce) Xu Honorable Mention: Anya Clemente Honorable Mention: Winnie Wu Silver Medalist: Rebecca Sun Silver Medalist: Eric Lou Things to Do in Miami: Frost Chopin Academy and Festival July 7-10, 2021 | Miami New Times First Prize: Rebecca Sun Honorable Mention: Kelsey Tu Third Prize: Rishi Hazra Silver Medalist: Kedar Chintalapati First Prize: Jonathan Li Born in Florence Italy, Roberto learned his craft . Its main focus is on works by Chopin, played by both renowned pianists as well as up-and-coming young talent. Honorable Mention: Tavas Bharadwaj To join Chopin Membership in the San Francisco area and to learn more about the Councils activities please go to their web sitewww.chopinSF.org. This chapter has been associated with of the Chopin Foundation and has held events for the past 12 Seasons. The Covid Protocol for the 2023 Chopin Festival Face covering is strongly recommended for all participants, judges, teachers, and guests while attending the event indoors. A recital by the performers of the Chopin PianoFEST, Pristina Andi Duraku (piano) and Rron Bakalli (violin) When: Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6 pm Where: Hegyvidk Cultural Salon This is a joint concert of the Cziffra Gyrgy Fesztivll, the Chopin PianoFEST, MOMkult, and the Hegyvidk Cultural Salon organized in Honorable Mention: Olivia Yee Bronze Medalist: Catherine Tang The poster sports more than a dozen other Seattle bands including the Black Tones, Guayaba, and the Grizzled Mighty. Lessons Online Today Due to low temperatures and lingering icy conditions on roadways, all lessons at the CAM remain online. To join Chopin Membership in Seattle and to learn about the coming Chopin Festival please go towww.chopinNW.org. Bronze Medalist: Haoran Cong Honorable Mention: Vera Youngquist, Gold Star Performer: Scarlett Yuen Ting Lo $150-$420. Second Place: Cailin Surtihadi Honorable Mention: Molly Xu, Second Place, Pre-Grade 2: Kayla Phung Second Prize: Travis Lee She went on to high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Bronze Medalist: Hugo Dockter Second Prize: Doris Wang If music matters to you, then you belong at the Chopin Academy. Gold Medalist: Armen Dockter The deadline for the 2023 Classical Viennese Festival, now exclusively online, comes in March. Solar Fake. II Prize 300 USD and diploma. Medium Build. 2022 Election Guide; Entertainment. For these reasons Barvinok aspires to spread the joy of dance to others! Gold Medalist: Andrew Liang Typically, their repertoire includes patriotic and folk songs, sacral church compositions, classical choir arrangements and Christmas concerts. Silver Medalist: Rishi Manjure Chopin Foundation of the United States, Northwest Council - Facebook Bronze Medalist: Vika Aleynikov Gold Medalist: Joanna Huang January 27 through February 5, 2023 | Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall Season. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Third Place: Vera Youngquist, Third Prize: Yechong (Eric) Shan 18th Chopin and His Europe Festival . Gold Medalist: Travis Lee This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Check with your primary instructor for online lesson procedures today. Grand Prix Silver: Julian Frank Bronze Medalist: David Zhang Melanie has won several competitions including the 1st prizes in the following competitions: 9th Annual Rome International Music Competition, the 2022 UK International Competition, 2022 KMA Music Competition, 2021 Russian Chamber Music Foundation Competition, 2021 Virtuoso Artists Festival Concerto Competition, the 2021 SCMTA Concerto Competition, Gold Medal at the 2021 Chopin NW Piano Competition, the 2020 Russian, Gold Medal at the Pacific NW Piano Concerto Competition, 1st prize at the 2021 Performance Arts Festival of Eastside. World-famous orchestras and chamber players will give as many as 16 concerts. Honorable Mention: Niel Yeh Clarified and re-formatted, the online edition of the 2023 Classical Viennese Festival is open to participants of all ages, nationalities, and now, all instruments. We will start with visiting Zelazowa Wola - Chopin's birthplace and his home where he grew up. Silver Medalist: Andrew Liang Gold Medalist: William Feng Two short films from Seattle Polish Film Festival,Chopin. Silver Medalist: Mia Liu We are grateful to our friends at Kawai Piano Galleryfor their generous support in providing a beautiful venue with a magnificent concert Shigeru grand. Distinguished Gold Medalist: Benjamin Podebrad 3/5 2:30 PM. Subscribe to our weekly email to receive exclusive news and updates on the Chopin Foundations concerts, competition, and special events. Gold Medalist: Anya Parson Many competitions require the pianist to travel great distances and live out of a hotel at great personal expense and risk, not knowing whether one will survive to the last round. Academy of Music PaSO. The Year of Polish Romanticism. Warsaw, Poland. Gold Medalist: Travis Lee Silver Medalist: Adalyn Ng In 1995 the Council introduced the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, which provides encouragement for young piano students to further their artistic careers. Finally, as the support of Ukriane in such a difficult time, we will present the Ukrainian Evening on July 23, 2022 presenting two award winning Ukrainian pianists: Danylo Saienko and Maria Narodytska. Silver Medalist: Noah Martinez Silver Medalist: Albert Li Third Prize: Cameron Lee Bronze Medalist: Arnav Bablani Third Prize: Vera Youngquist Honorable Mention: Kayla Phung She is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California and teaches on the faculty of the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts. Honorable Mention: Emily Shang https://belpres.org/ Silver Medalist: Ekaterina Grebennikova Second Prize: Ethan Go It consists of a series of concerts held in the cloister of Valldemossa Monastery. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina A special memorial collection of works has been added to "Le Arti della Festa Italiana" Art Exhibit at the Italian Festival this year in honor of Roberto Mario Tacchi whose elegant woodcarvings adorn Seattle public spaces and personal collections and who passed away May 15, 2019 at the age of 80. . He has toured in South Korea on a number of occasions, and performed at the Seoul Arts Center, Hoam Art Hall, Busan Cultural Center, Sejong Hall, as soloist with the Puchon Philharmonic, and was top prize winner in the Han Romanson International Piano Competition. First Place: Antara Jagadish Christopher and Madison are both Chopin Foundation scholarship recipients. Honorable Mention: David Zhang, First Place: Sophia Beams Details including complete rules for the 2022 festival will be announced on the Bach Festival page during June, 2022. Third Prize: Medhya Goel Silver Medalist: Brian Liang Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. First Prize: Justin Chen Honorable Mention: Shreya Sahoo Finally, it is a point of pride in Lajkonik that not all of or dances are of Polish descent (but all are adopted Poles). The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Gold Medalist: William Feng The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festl series. Honorable Mention: Miah Li Vladimir Balabanov, Board MemberVictor Ro, Board Member, Legal AdvisorChristopher Moorhead, WebmasterAlison Bell, Past PresidentHelen Belvin, Past President. Honorable Mention: Cailin Surtihadi First Place: Ruiyi Tao Semi-finalist (Ages 10 to 13): Rebecca Sun Second Place: Matthew Hrmich As well as studies and master classes with Gilbert Kalish, Jerome Lowenthal, Claude Frank, and Menahem Pressler.Dr. Silver Medalist: Antara Jagadish Distinguished Gold Medalist: Justin Chen She came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar in 2010 to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Third Prize: David Samuel Jimmy won Gold Medals in past Chopin Northwest Competitions, Gold Medal at the Charleston International Baroque Festival and participated in the Seattle Piano Institute at the UW. Madame Lou's , Seattle, WA, US. Programme; Live broadcast; Photo; 75 Festival - 2020; 74 Festival - 2019; 73 Festival - 2018; 72 Festival - 2017; . Silver Medalist: Jingyan Xu Silver Medalist: Anna Fitzgerald Honorable Mention: Evelyn Hing Bronze Medalist: Evelyn Hing The Regional Councils are branches of the Chopin Foundation of the United States and operate under the Foundations charter, By-Laws and IRS Tax exemption number. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, pianist Vanessa Fadial began piano lessons at the age of four. Second Prize: Noah Martinez Currently, Jimmy serves the music peer community as a Secretary of the International Beethoven Society of Young Musicians which organizes fundraising for urgent global causes. The Yarbo-Davenport Duo recently performed at the South Pasadena Library in California and in New York City.While living in New York City, she was on the roster of the Golden Key Salon Series at Klavierhaus, was a member of the New Yorkbased chamber group the Circadia Ensemble, and performed with her trio on the Trinity Concerts at One series at Trinity Church, Wall Street. Honorable Mention: Eugene Yuan, First Place: Shichu (David) Liu First Prize: Anna Fitzgerald Gold Medalist: Andrew LinDist. Most recently, he won Gold Alternate at the Chopin NW Concerto Division. Mr. Choi was awarded the semi-finalist diploma in the International Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, as well as diplomas in the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow on two separate occasions. GOLD: Annabelle Zhang (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili), GOLD: Chloe Nari Wang (Teacher: Adam Aleksander), SILVER: Agnivesh Chaudhuri (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili), SILVER: Molly Wu (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina), SILVER: Roy Kim (Teacher: Adam Aleksander), BRONZE: Caleb Casper (Teacher: Nancy Jang), BRONZE: Felix Zhang (Teacher: Sasha Starcevich), BRONZE: Rishab Wishwas (Teacher: Natalya Ageyeva), SILVER: Alexander Wang (Teacher: Tatiana Lanford), BRONZE: Lawrence Kim (Teacher: Sasha Starcevich), GOLD: Lingxi Chen (Teacher: Olga Solomatina), GOLD: William Feng (Teacher: Christopher Bowlby), SILVER: Cara Fan (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili), SILVER: Yuyang Liu (Teacher: Sasha Starcevich), BRONZE: Charlotte Hayes (Teacher: Mark Salman), BRONZE: William Hu (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina), BRONZE: Yiling Sun (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), GOLD: Lenka Dzunic (Teacher: Heather Howland), SILVER: Joyce Ye (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), SILVER: Yuexi Lu (Teacher: Tatiana Lanford), BRONZE: Brandon Li (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini), GOLD: Emily Liu (Teacher: Adam Aleksander), GOLD: Stephanie Cheng (Teachers: Ni Liu/Millicent McFall), SILVER: Kevin Fan (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), BRONZE: Jayden Guo (Teacher: Armine Nagdyan), BRONZE: Joshua Kwan (Teacher: Carl Petersson), GOLD: Eric Shao (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili), SILVER: Alexander Vollmer (Teacher: Allan Park), SILVER: Isabel Yang (Teacher: Shaoming Greene), BRONZE: Ryan Pilat (Teacher: Natalya Ageyeva), BRONZE: Zelin Cen (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina), GOLD: Nicholas Grote (Teachers: Ni Liu/Peter Mack), SILVER: Avah Girges (Teacher: Oksana Ejokina), SILVER: Haowen Zhang (Teacher: Grace Huang), SILVER: Taiyo Oishi (Teacher: Oksana Ejokina), BRONZE: Owen Wu (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), GOLD: Michelle Cao (Teacher: Sasha Starcevich), SILVER: Mingyue Yang (Teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya), SILVER: William Wang (Teacher: Peter Mack), BRONZE: Corey Zhang (Teacher: Joyce Tang), BRONZE: Jeffrey Zhao (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), GOLD: Haolin Cong (Teacher: Tatiana Lanford), SILVER: Meredith Nam (Teacher: Allan Park), BRONZE: Chaochao Gu (Teacher: James Chen), BRONZE: Haley Montelaro (Teacher: Emily Cho), BRONZE: Isaac Goldstein (Teacher: Peter Mack), SILVER: Uina Yamaguchi (Teacher: Hanna Cyba), BRONZE: Jeffrey Kwan (Teacher: Soonja Kim), BRONZE: Samuel Wang (Teacher: Jinhwa Chon), SILVER: Jennifer Siney (Teacher: Allan Park), GOLD: Jimmy Huang (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), GOLD ALTERNATE: Enzo Zhao (Teacher: Oksana Ezhokina), SILVER: Melanie Yutong Liu (Teacher: Allan Park), BRONZE: Courtney Tam (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova), BRONZE: Mingyue Yang (Teacher: Victoria Bogdashevskaya).