International Youth Piano Competition Jury Members Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Thomas Hecht Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2 pm Head of Piano Studies at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore Igal Kesselman Artistic Director, Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition Director, Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center; Music Director, Orli Shaham Kaufman Music Center Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Artistic Director, Pacific Symphony’s chamber music series International Youth Piano Competition Artistic Director and Founder, Baby Got Bach, Inc.; Pre-College Faculty, The 2019 Prize Winners Boaz Sharon Professor of Piano at Boston University Steinway Artist and Artistic Director of the Sichuan International Piano Festival, China Jay Pengjie Sun Cobie Buckmire Faculty, Xinghai Conservatory Co-chair, Piano Department of the Xinghai Conservatory Middle School in Guangzhou Eddison Chen Preliminary Round Judges Giulianna Chen Ernest Barretta, Irina Morozova and Baruch Meir Raymond Feng Special thanks to Alicia Andrews, Producer, International Youth Piano Competition 2019. Alyssa Gabrilovich Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible, in part, with institutional support from: The Amphion Foundation, BMI Foundation Inc., The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Fund for Music, The Gladys Krieble Jeston Lu Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of , Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, New Music USA, The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Leo Shull Foundation Norman Lu for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, and TD Charitable Foundation. Presentations in Merkin Hall are supported, in part, by public funds from the City Department of Cultural Affairs Emily Qi in partnership with the City Council, and from the Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts Benjamin Rossen with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Karina Tseng Lucy Moses School programs are made possible, in part, with lead support from The Henry and Lucy Moses Fund. Additional support is provided by the Assurant Foundation, Con Edison, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Haozhou Wang Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Libby Holman Foundation, Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts, and Michael Tuch Foundation. Pasit Wattanalekhawong This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Lucy Moses School programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Philina Zhang New York State Legislature. Kelly Yao Zhou

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KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following donors who have generously supported the “Music Front and Center” Kaufman Music Center Campaign, helping to sustain the Center’s recent growth and expanded programming. International Youth Piano Competition 2019 Prizes $1,000,000 and over $50,000 to $99,999 $10,000 to $24,999 Marty and Jill Handelsman Elaine and Henry Kaufman Andrea Brown and Lydia and John Kontos Erin and Brian Pastuszenski Senior Division: Ages 15 - 18 Robert M. Levande Wendy and Bruce Mosler Arthur and Susan Rebell $250,000 to $999,999 Phyllis and Samuel Feder Judith Rom Benjamin Rossen USA 16 years old First Prize $5000 Bethany and Robert B. Millard Cathy White O’Rourke $5,000 to $9,999 Kathy and Jonathan Sulds Kara Unterberg Judith and Robert Hall Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance $100,000 to $249,999 Patricia and Lawrence Weinbach Christina Mason $999 and Under of Romantic Piece $500 Carnegie Corporation of New York Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri Helene Blue Rosalind Devon $25,000 to $49,999 Betsy Cohn Raymond Feng USA 17 years old Second Prize $2500 Charles Dimston Sanford L. Batkin $1,000 to $4,999 Lois Feigen Special Award for Best Performance of Leonard and Constance Goodman Sam Selim Beyda Debra Albert Annabel Samimy and Contemporary Piece $250 Gabrielle and Michael Palitz David and Devorah Rose Krieger Joanne and James Cohen Jason Krantz Janet and William Schwartz Joy and Graham Wyatt Greg Fierce Haozhou Wang USA 17 years old Third Prize (Shared) $1000 Special Award for Best Performance of Virtuoso Étude $250 The Virtuosi Society recognizes generous individuals who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans. These wonderful friends play a key role in helping the Center bring music to thousands of people – today and in the years to come. Karina Tseng USA 17 years old Third Prize (Shared) $1000 Johanna Roman Barish Ilse Blumenfeld Estelle Greco Cathy and John O’Rourke Miriam Birnbaum Phyllis and Samuel Feder Anna Gold Evelyn Ronell Anne Blatt Rebecca Fox Adele D. Kapp Dorothy Silverstein Junior 2 Division: Ages 11 - 14 Helene Blue Ellen and Emanuel Genauer Carole A. Kemack Alyssa Gabrilovich USA 13 years old Second Prize (Shared) $1000 Special Award for Best Performance of Contemporary Piece $250 Jeston Lu USA 14 years old Second Prize (Shared) $1000 Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance of Virtuoso Étude $250 Kelly Yao Zhou China 12 years old Third Prize $500 Philina Zhang USA 12 years old Faust Harrison Pianos Award for Best Performance of Romantic Piece $300

Junior 1 Division: Up to Age 10 Pasit Wattanalekhawong Thailand 10 years old First Prize $500 Cobie Buckmire USA 10 years old Second Prize $350 Emily Qi USA 9 years old Third Prize $250 Giulianna Chen Canada 9 years old Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance of Romantic Piece $250 Norman Lu USA 10 years old Special Award for Best Performance of a Virtuoso Étude $250 Eddison Chen USA 9 years old Special Jury Discretionary Award $250

Special thanks to Charles Dimston for providing generous leadership support to make this competition possible. Many thanks to the Zhou/Chen family for their generous support of competition prizes. K aufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Isabella and Richard Dziadzio Agnieszka and Penry Jackson Joan and Henry Michelman Jan Rothschild Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Peggy and Adrian Ellis Joanne L. Shrontz Pamela Mitchell and RSD Engineering, PC Elroy and Terry Krumholz Family Foundation Andrea Israel Michelle Ryang and David Frost Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2 pm Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Jeffrey Mitzak S&P Global Foundation Lydia M. Emil Shawn Kahle John C. Nangle Lisa and Nicholas Samstag Natalie Cohen and Pavel Fadeev Michaela and Igal Kesselman Jill and Michael Neiberg Janet Schlatter Deborah Farrington Albert Knaus Olga Nekrasova and Donna and Steven Schragis Kaufman Music Center Feldstein Family Charitable Rina Kofman and Andy Arluk Schwab Charitable Foundation Polat Novruzov The New York Community Trust Melisande Schwartzfarb International Youth Piano Competition Audrey and Harvey Feuerstein Juliet and Michael Kontaxis New York Life Foundation Cheryl and Robert Seltzer Fiduciary Trust Company Jennifer Laing and Robyn A. Newhouse Leo Shull Foundation for International Tom Schopflocher Carrie and Barney Newman the Arts 2019 Winners’ Concert First Co. Alexander Lamis Elizabeth Newman Dorothy Silverstein Judi Sorensen Flom Corina Larkin Hope and Joshua Newman Bradley D. Simon Terrance McKnight, host Forty-Second Street Peggy Lau and Paul Wong Sonja and Lowell J. Noteboom Robert H. 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Norman Lu Apollo’s Circle Lyric Poets Helene Blue Evelyne Luest and CHOPIN Étude in F major, Op. 10, No. 8 $100,000 $10,000 to $24,999 Roger Chen and Eileen Shin Aaron Jay Kernis Elaine and Henry Kaufman Sanford L. Batkin Lilian and Jacob Cohen Christina M. Mason Carolina Farias Betty Neal and Ronald A. Crutcher Karen McKinnon and Giulianna Chen Muses Phyllis and Samuel Feder Todd Dimston and Melissa Bank Ricardo Zurita CHOPIN Polonaise in G-sharp minor, WN5, Op. posth. $50,000 Judith and Robert Hall Gina Dizzia and Daniel Fernandez Joohee and Gabriel Meister Rosalind Devon Helen Hovdesven Elizabeth and Adrian Ellis Olga Nekrasova and Charles Dimston and Solange Landau Judi Sorensen Flom Andy Arluk Emily Qi Elena Asribekova Wendy and Bruce Mosler Michelle and Mark Graham Amanda Offit Bethany and Robert B. Millard The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe Mariel Harris and The Edward John and Patricia HAYDN Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI 23 Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Barbara Rellstab Daniel Cooperman Rosenwald Foundation Allegro moderato Janet and William Schwartz Orli Shaham and Jane Huber and The Alfred and Jane Ross David Robertson L. Chandler Carter Foundation Oracles Janet and Gil Spitzer Hooni Kim and Catharine Chang Jessica L. Rothstein and Cobie Buckmire $25,000 to $49,999 Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner The Kontos/Busquet family (Nina, Kurt Lageschulte Connie and Leonard Goodman John, Laurent, and Nicholas) Rita Fredricks Salzman Rachmaninoff Valse in A major, Op. 10, No. 2 Migene Kim and Dennis Lee Greek Chorus Yvonne Lau and Derek Tsui Katherine M. Schlatter and Cathy White O’Rourke $1,000 to $9,999 Jenny X. Liao Joseph P. Mauro Pasit Wattanalekhawong Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar Arlene and Alan Alda Euching Lin and Wayne E. 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Balser Sr. Julie Adell Joy and Graham Wyatt Silver Mountain Foundation Deutsche Bank Americas The ASCAP Foundation for the Arts Foundation Barbara Bell Cumming $5,000-$9,999 TD Charitable Foundation Danielle Dimston and Charitable Trust Aaron Copland Fund for Music Vornado Realty Trust Raffi Momjian Sanford L. Batkin American Endowment Foundation Mary and James G. Wallach Sara and David Dimston Tracy and Joel Beckerman Margot Astrachan Foundation Todd Dimston Benevity Community Impact Fund Amy Berko and Ron Iles Yves Andres Istel Foundation DKC Public Relations The Cheswatyr Foundation Helene Blue Jenny Zhou and James Chen Jerome Dumaine KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Transforming Lives Through Music About the Artists (in prize order) In a recent recital she featured the 12 Little Preludes See a concert. Take a class. Connect with music. of J.S. Bach, one of her favorite composers. Emily’s Founded in 1952 as a community music school, today’s Kaufman Music Center is home to Merkin Hall; Lucy Junior 1 Division talent and mature interpretations were recognized Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school; Special Music School, New York’s only K-12 public by concert pianists Stanislav Loudenitch and Behzod school that teaches music as a core subject; and the acclaimed youth new music ensemble Face the Music. Pasit Wattanalekhawong (Guy) started piano Abduraimov. In addition to being a gifted musician, lessons at age four and a half. He has been under Emily has a passion for reading. She also studies the Executive Director Administration the guidance of Pornphan Banternghansa since he Chinese language and art in her spare time. Kate Sheeran Brooke Bryant, Director, Development was six, and recently of Christopher Janwong Mckig- Amy Roberts Frawley, Director, Merkin Hall Board of Trustees gan at the Piano Academy of Bangkok. He has Giulianna Chen, a student of Cindy Liu and Sun Sung Catherine Ganley, Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Devon, Chairman won numerous prizes in national and international Kong of the KL Piano Studio in Vancouver, began to Sean Hartley, Director, Theater@Kaufman Cathy White O’Rourke, President competitions including First Prize at the Sicily Inter- study piano at six. She has won awards in competitions Kathy Hubbard, Chief Administrative Officer Leonard Goodman, Honorary Chair national Piano Festival and Competition 2019 (Aspir- including First Place of both the Intermediate Concert John Johansen, Director, Marketing and Communications Elaine Kaufman, Honorary Chair Igal Kesselman, Director, Lucy Moses School ing Scholar), Junior World Champion Instrumentalist Group and Romantic Composers, along with scholar- Charles Dimston, Vice President and Music Director, Special Music School Prize at WOCPA 2018, First Prize and “Best Etude” ships for most outstanding performance in interme- Phyllis Feder, Vice President Vasudevan Panicker, Director, Face the Music Award at USCI University International Piano Festival diate piano in the 2019 Vancouver Kiwanis Music Bethany Millard, Vice President and Competition 2018, First Prize at the Kawai Music Festivals; First Place in piano in the 8-year-old cate- Irving Sitnick, Vice President Merkin Hall Staff Competition 2016, First Prize at AADGT Passion of gory and Grand Prize in the 7-10 year old category in Christina M. Mason, Treasurer Music, Second Prize at the 16th Osaka International the 2018 CMC National Finals; First Place of Division 1 Wendy Mosler, Secretary David Bridges, Booking Manager Ben Young, Production Manager Music Competition, and First Prize at YTMF 2017. in the 2018 Steinway Piano Competition in Vancouver; Joel Beckerman Dan Erbland, Box Office Manager Guy is a student at Shrewsbury International School and First Place of the Junior Piano Concert Group Joshua Bell Margaret Evans, Program Coordinator and also excells in sports and academics. He enjoys Damian Cavaleri and Romantic Composers in 2017 Vancouver Kiwanis Jenny Liao, Head House Manager Sir James Galway singing, playing viola and saxophone, and takes Music Festivals. She performed while taking master Judith Hall Yannick Lewis, Xing Liao, Rocco Luongo, Kathleen Raab, part in intermediate orchestra. classes at the Casalmaggiore International Music Fes- Kara Hammond House Managers tival in Italy, Katowice Academy of Music in Poland, David Krieger Cobie Buckmire, age 10, started studying piano at and summer school at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Solange Landau Chantal Emond Bourhis, Michael Boyas, Shammah Campbell, Jorge Civico, Jacqueline Da Silva, Christian Gohler, age four and a half with Jing Yang. He won First in Moscow, as well as in 2018 Steinway Piano Compe- Dennis Lee Place at the Rondo International Music Competi- Solomon Merkin Daniel Naman, Ken Ossip, Jordan Peters, Tom Thornton, tition Honour Concert. Marjorie Penrod Ushers tion in 2016 and performed in Weill Recital Hall at Sal Piscopo Stephanie Armitage, Emily Ballou, Ann Barkin, Carnegie Hall. In April 2017, Cobie began piano Norman Lu, age 10, began studying piano at age Shahriar Rafimayeri Kelly Faustel, Sam Gordon, Ariel Osborne, studies at Special Music School with Irina Morozova. of four and has been a student of Dorothy Shi since Judith Rom Carly Osnow-Levin, Rachel Rakov, Diana Sheivprasad, In March 2018, he participated in NYC Queens age eight. Norman has participated in regional Jessica Rothstein Eleanor Smith, Ted Sterns, Antoine Thrower, Leon Virgo, International Music Competition, was awarded piano festivals and competitions and won numer- William A. Schwartz Katherine Yip, Stage Managers the First Prize and performed in Carnegie Hall. In Orli Shaham ous awards, including First Place at the Crescendo Karen Sherry Kurtis Bradley, Richie Clark, Jeremiah Eigenmann, December 2018, he competed in the Vivo Interna- International Music Competition, First Place at the Jonathan Sulds Ken Feldman, Peter Gamble, David Hurtgen, Gil Shuster, tional Music Competition. He won First Prize and Massachusetts Musical Teacher Association Piano Kara Unterberg Sound Engineers awarded the Bronze Medal during the winners’ con- Annual Competition, First Place at the American Patricia Weinbach Kenny Feldman, David Hurtgen, Richard Kwan, Bill Moss, cert at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Cobie Fine Arts Festival Piano Competition, Second Place Executive Director Emeritus Recording Engineers was awarded First Prize in the Chopin International at the Hartford Chopin Piano Competition, and hon- Lydia Kontos Piano Competition in Hartford CT in March 2019. orable mention at the Boston Steinway Piano Com- He loves listening to music, playing with his dog, petition. Norman has given public performances at Founding Director Box Office Hours swimming and playing basketball. such venues as Boston Symphony Hall and Carnegie Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger, z”1 Sun.–Thu., 12–7 pm; Fri., 12–4 pm; On Sat., the Box Office Hall. A fifth grader at Memorial Spaulding School in opens one hour prior to concert time. On performance Emily Qi started her lessons with Alexandra Tsirkel Newton, Massachusetts, Norman also enjoys play- Leadership Council Artists Council evenings, the Box Office remains open through intermission. Etta Brandman Tzvi Avni The Box Office is closed on national and Jewish holidays. when she turned five years old. At the age of six, ing chess, basketball and video games in his spare Connie Goodman Alan Menken Call 212 501 3330 or purchase tickets she entered the class of Ekaterina Melkamini. Her time, when he is not practicing piano. David Klafter Harold Prince at kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch. unmatched love for piano won her many awards in- Fred Sherry cluding the Gold Medal at the Steinway Junior Pia- Eddison Chen, age 9, has been studying the piano Arnold Steinhardt no Competition, Gold Medals in the Chopin Piano Eugenia Zukerman under Jung Spooner since the age of five and a half Competition, a Bronze Medal in the San Jose Inter- years old. He is the First Prize winner at the 2018 An infrared listening system for deaf and hard-of-hearing people is available from the House Manager. national Piano Competition, and a Gold Medal in Steinway Junior Piano Competition, Second Prize and Late seating is at the discretion of the management. Original seats cannot be guaranteed for latecomers after curtain time. the Young Artists Piano Competition in Kansas City. Winner of the Etude Prize at the 2018 Chicago Pianos by Steinway and Sons. The house harpsichord was built by Eric Herz in 1985 and donated by Mr. Joseph Wronker. International Piano Competition, Prize Winner of appeared in such venues as the Weill Recital Hall Benjamin has performed as soloist with the NY Haozhou Wang started studying the piano at age the 2016 Los Angeles International Young Pianist at Carnegie Hall and Kimmel Center. In 2018, she Concerti Sinfonietta and the MSM Symphony and of three and half. He currently studies with Matti Competition, and Winner of his division at the Kan- performed live at the WRTI 90.1FM studio and was Philharmonic Orchestras. An alumnus of the Music@ Raekallio at The Juilliard School. In 2014, he studied sas Music Teachers Association for the past four invited to perform at the WRTI studio again in the Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Festival Music- with Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Eleanor Sokoloff, and Susan years. Eddison loves to perform and often plays for summer of 2019. Alps, he has also performed in masterclasses in the Starr. Haozhou won First Prize at the 2018 William his classmates and teachers at school. Aside from and Europe. Benjamin is the founder Knabe International Piano Competition as well as piano, he enjoys studying math and playing chess. YaoYao (Kelly) Zhou is from Zhejiang Province, of his school’s Music Creators Society, where he facili- the winner of the 2017 Juilliard School’s Bachauer He is nationally ranked top players in the US Chess China, and currently lives in New York City. She is tates collaboration between composers, artists and and Nordmann Piano Competitions. He was awarded Foundation in his age division. Eddison loves tra- the 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the 8th Metropoli- writers to produce interdisciplinary works. the 2015 First Prize at the 7th Yamaha USasu Inter- veling throughout the country participating at national tan International Piano Competition in New York national Piano Competition held in Phoenix AZ. In chess tournaments and piano competitions. City. She has performed alongside Juilliard and Cur- Raymond Feng has studied piano with Elier Suarez 2013, he was awarded First Prize and the overall tis faculties at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegiel Hall, since age five. He is the First Prize winner of the Grand Prize winner of the 5th Cadenza National Junior 2 Division as a soloist at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center and West Virginia International Piano Competition, Cup Chinese Youth Piano Competition. Haozhou on Shanghai TV. YaoYao studied with Jackie Tang Thousand Islands Chopin International Piano also won First Prize winner of the 2nd Italy Imola Jeston Lu, age 14, is an eighth grader from San Jose, in Shanghai and currently studies with June Xiao Competition, and David D. Dubois Piano Competi- International Piano Competition held in Beijing. California. He currently studies with Hans Boepple. in Manhattan. This summer, Kelly looks forward to tion, among others. As a piano soloist, he has colla- He previously studied with Peyhwan Kuan. Jeston studying with Menahem Pressler at Musica Mundi, borated with orchestras in Italy, Boston, Chicago, Texas About the Host has won numerous piano competitions including the Oxford Piano Festival and the Adamant School. and upstate New York. His concerto performance Top Performer Award and First Place in the recent with the Rochester Philharmonic was broadcast on Terrance McKnight is the weekday evening US New Star Competition by Composer (Chopin), Philina Zhang, a 6th grade student at Special NPR’s From the Top. Selected as a 2016-2018 Lang host for WQXR 105.9 FM, New York’s only all- First Place in the 2017 and 2019 East Bay Piano Music School at Kaufman Music Center in New York Lang International Music Foundation Young Scholar, classical music station. He’s also the host, writer Competition, First Place in the 2018 Chopin San City, studies piano with Irina Morozova. Philina has he was invited to perform at the Grammy Salute and producer of the station’s audio documentaries Francisco Competition (Third Age), Winner of the won multiple prizes in competitions: First Prize in to Classical Music Concert in honor of Bernstein’s on Langston Hughes, Dr. Martin Luther King, 2018 Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition (Junior), the New York Music International Competition, Inter- 100th birthday. Raymond has performed in Stern Jr., Hazel Scott, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Second Place in the 2018 and 2019 USOMC Piano national Virtuoso Competition, Rondo Vanguard Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Eastman Kodak Hall, Florence Beatrice Price. In 2010, his program All Showcase, 2018 Sylvia M. Ghiglieri Piano Com- Young Artist Competition, Vivo International Music and Merkin Hall in NYC, Sanders Theatre at Har- Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical petition and 2018 USIMC - Bach Theme Award. Competition, and Cremona International Piano vard University, and Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium discovery, was honored with an ASCAP Deems Besides solos, Jeston won Frist Place and the Out- Competition. She won Second Place at Kaufman Park in Chicago. He is the concertmaster of the Taylor Radio Broadcast Award. Terrance serves standing Gold Medalist in Open Duets (both Senior Music Center’s International Youth Piano Compe- Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra and was the as the Artistic Director and host of The Dream and Advanced Contemporary) in 2019 USOMC. tition, the Chopin International Piano Competition 2017-2018 Conductor Apprentice for the HYSO. Unfinished Orchestra, an activist orchestra which His other ensemble performances include an eight- at Hartford, and most recently Steinway & Sons Junior supports NYC-based civil rights and community hand piano ensemble at Chamber Music Festival of Piano Competition. Philina has performed at Car- Karina Tseng, age 17, is currently studying with organizations through concerts and presentations. East Bay Music Foundation, duets at Rotary District negie Hall and Merkin Hall in NYC, as well as the Olya Katsman. She previously studied with Sujeeva As a writer or host, McKnight has worked with Conference in San Jose State University and the Cremona Violin Museum in Italy. A prolific compos- Hapugalle. Karina is a First Prize winner of the the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Annual Masquerade Ball Fundraiser organized by er, she has composed numerous piano solos, violin Pacific Musical Society, Marilyn Mindell, and mul- of St. Luke’s, Philadelphia Orchestra, and New Music at the Mission. solos, trios and quartets. She enjoys playing duets tiple US New Star and Open Music Competitions. York Philharmonic. He has served on panels for with her violinist sister, Nickita Zhang. Additional awards include high placements at the Chamber Music America, the Mellon Foundation, Alyssa Gabrilovich, age 13, started playing piano SF Chopin, MTAC Solo, and Junior Steinway Com- American Opera Projects, the Schomburg Center when she was six and a half years old. Currently, Senior Division petitions, and a finalist of the Mondavi Young Artists for Research in Black Culture, and the Museum of she is a scholarship student at the NBS School of Competition. Karina has played in masterclasses for Modern Art, among others. He has also curated Music in Haverford, PA, studying with Igor Resnian- Benjamin T. Rossen, age 16, is a pianist, com- Simon Trpceski, Roberto Plano, Rohan de Silva, the musical programs for the Studio Museum in ski. Alyssa made her concerto debut at the age of poser and French hornist. He started piano at age Miro Quartet, and Horszowski Trio, among others. She Harlem, the Museum of Modern Art, Look and nine as a winner of the Southeastern Pennsylvania four and currently studies with Jeffrey Cohen at is a member of the Fervida Trio, who won First Place Listen Festival, and the Brooklyn Academy of Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. She Manhattan School of Music Precollege, where he at the Galante Prize Competition, and the 2019 Ju- Music. In addition, McKnight has served on the has also performed with the Ambler Symphony and is the recipient of the Rosetta Goodkind Scholar- nior Fischoff National and Pasadena Conservatory music faculty at Morehouse College, where he the Old York Road Symphony Orchestra. Alyssa has ship. Benjamin has won First Prize in competitions Chamber Music Competitions. Over previous sum- taught Music Appreciation, Music Theory and received prizes in more than 20 state, national, and held by Steinway & Sons, Chamber Music Society mers, Karina attended the BU Tanglewood Institute Applied Piano for ten years. He received his B.A. in international piano competitions. She is a recipient of , Music Teachers National Associa- Piano Program, Crowden Music Center Chamber Music from Morehouse College and his M.M. from of the Elmer and Louise Menges Scholarship and tion, NY Piano Festival & Competition and National Music Workshop, and SFCM Summer Music West. Georgia State University. Philadelphia International Music Festival Scholarship. YoungArts; he was a competitor at the 2019 Cliburn Alyssa frequently performs at local venues and has International Junior Piano Competition & Festival.