SImon-Fiset 2021 Piano Competition - Judges’ Final Results

Student Name Teacher Name Division I – Through Age 7 First Place: Rei Yamazono Ni Liu Second Place: Lingyi Li Hong Liu Third Place: Amelia Fu Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Finley Cai Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Brandon Yang Yelena Balabanova Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Not Awarded Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Miranda Hu Ni Liu Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Chuyu Sun Ni Liu Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Not Awarded

Division II – Ages 8 & 9 First Place: Jimmy Huang Yelena Balabanova Second Place: Arabelle Grote Ni Liu Third Place: Victoria Marie Ramos Peter Mack/Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos Honorable Mention: Skye Drabas Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Lenka Dzunic Heather Howland Honorable Mention: Charlotte Li Hong Liu Honorable Mention: Yihan Li Hong Liu Honorable Mention: Dana Wang Ni Liu Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Arabelle Grote Ni Liu Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Jimmy Huang Yelena Balabanova Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Eric Yang Grace Huang Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Caelia Song Ni Liu

Division III – Ages 10 & 11 First Place: Madelyn Huang Joan Schoepflin Second Place: Elaina Guan Ni Liu Third Place: Stephanie Cheng Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Raphael Denuit Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Edmund Hu Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Joshua Kwan Peter Mack Honorable Mention: Rebecca Li Hong Liu Honorable Mention: Amber Peng Joan Schoepflin Honorable Mention: Jonathan Xie Ni Liu Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Stephanie Cheng Ni Liu Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Hadassah Ho Peter Mack Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Louis Liang Joan Schoepflin Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Alexandra Deschenes Ni Liu

Division IV – Ages 12 & 13 First Place: Nicholas Grote Ni Liu Second Place: Chiara Rogers Ni Liu Third Place: Avery Pun Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Harrison Li Ni Liu Honorable Mention: Paloma Oh Eliza Vysotsky Honorable Mention: Emily Peng Joan Schoepflin Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Paloma Oh Eliza Vysotsky Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Not Awarded Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Phil Yao Ni Liu Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Larry Zhang Thom Stuart

Division V – Ages 14 – 16 First Place: Eric Shan Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby Second Place: Daniella Tsang Ni Liu/Peter Mack Third Place: Jonathan Zheng Peter Mack Honorable Mention: Isaac Goldstein Peter Mack Honorable Mention: Bill Kim Peter Mack Honorable Mention: Estelle Kim Joan Schoepflin Honorable Mention: Rebecca Sun Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby Honorable Mention: Constantina Tsang Ni Liu/Peter Mack Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Jerry Li Peter Mack Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Travis Lee Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Gabriel Raskind RoseMarie Tamburri/ Kristof Iverson Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Lucia Oh Eliza Vysotsky

Division VI – Ages 17 & 18 First Place: Adrian King Peter Mack Second Place: Jaden Zhang Ni Liu/Peter Mack Third Place: Not Awarded Honorable Mention: Peter Donley Willard Schultz Honorable Mention: Jesse Morris Willard Schultz Judges’ Choice – Best Performance of a Baroque Composition: Dora Chen Ni Liu Judges’ Choice – Best Performance by First-Time Participant: Not Awarded Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award: Not Awarded Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award: Not Awarded

The following students were selected by our judges as honors recitalists and alternates for the State Convention later this spring.

Honors Recitalists

Adrian King Eric Shan Nicholas Grote

Honors Recital Alternates

Daniella Tsang Chiara Rogers Jaden Zhang

SMTA congratulates and thanks all our participants and award recipients! SMTA also thanks the parents and teachers for following the registration and video submission guidelines so well. Bravo to everyone! Written feedback from both judges will be provided to all participating teachers for their students during the first week of March.

SMTA Board will discuss the opportunity to present a winners’ recital, online, later this spring. You will be advised of details soon.

Please understand that all decisions by the judges are final. SMTA is not able to alter or appeal the judges’ final results.

Thom Stuart SMTA VP Competitions