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MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Presents the

51st Annual Piano Competition Virtual Winners’ Recital

June 2021

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Danny Chen & Harvey Lin Age 7/8 Duo Voices of Spring Strauss/Nevin

Emily Hua Age 7 Solo Mazurka in G Major, Contrasting Legato and Staccato, No. 27 Czerny

Cooper Chen & David Zhang Age 7/8 Duet Allegro in A minor and Allegro in E minor, Op. 149, Nos. 25 and 28 Diabelli

Elizabeth Shi Age 8 Solo Sonatina in F Major, Op. 168, No. 1, III. Rondo Diabelli

Zachary Sun Age 7/8 concerto Little Concerto in C Major, Hob. XIV:3, I. Allegro Moderato Haydn

Luke Yeon Age 9 Solo Tyrolienne Variations Hummel

Kate Shiflett Age 9/10 Concerto Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII: F1, III. Presto Haydn

Kyle Zhu Age 10 solo Sonatina in A minor, Op. 168, No. 7, I. Allegro Moderato Diabelli

Kyle Zhu & Karen Du Age 9/10 Duet Sonatina in C, Op. 156 No. 1, I. Allegro Moderato Czerny

Sophie Gang Age 11 Solo Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27, III. Presto Haydn

Terrance Lin & Evan Bai Age 9/10 Duo Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Strauss/Tzyganov

Olivia Hua & Eric Feng Age 11/12 Duet Allegro Moderato, D. 968 Schubert

Olivia Hua Age 11/12 Concerto Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K.482, III. Allegro Mozart

Chloe Hua & Claire Hua Age 11/12 Duos Landler in D Major Beethoven/Rabinof Landler, Op. 33, No. 10 Schubert/Rabinof

Cherie Xu Age 11 Solo Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27, III. Presto Haydn

Sophia Mu & Maddie Zhu Age 11/12 Duet Allegro Moderato, D. 968 Schubert

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Sophie Gang Age 12 Solo Six Variations in G Major, WoO 77 Beethoven

Kevin Jin & Jeremy Hwang Age 13/14 Duet Sonata in Bb Major, K. 358, I. Allegro Mozart

Evan Fan Age 13/14 Concerto Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op.19, III. Rondo Beethoven

Raymond Xu Age 13 Solo Sonata in F Major, K. 332, I. Allegro Mozart

Ryan Lu Age 14 Solo Sonata in A Major, Op. 120, III. Allegro Schubert

Kevin Jin Age 13/14 Concerto Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op.19, III. Rondo Beethoven

Wesley Liu Age 15 Solo Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI/20, I. Moderato Haydn

Emily Mu & Sarah Ouyang Age 15/16 Duets Hungarian Dances: No. 4 in F minor & No. 5 in F-sharp minor Brahms

Maxwell Chen Age 16 Solo Sonata in A minor, D.537, I. Allegro, ma non troppo Schubert

Avery Kim & Sidney Fink Age 15/16 Duos Larghetto und Allegro Mozart/Seiffert

Patrick Sun Age 16 Solo Sonata in A minor, D.537, I. Allegro, ma non troppo Schubert

Effie Li & Sammi Li Age 15/16 Duets Hungarian Dances, No. 4 in F minor & No. 5 in F-sharp minor Brahms

Catherine Chu Age 17 solo Capriccio, Op. 116, No. 3 Brahms

Audrey Gang Age 15/16 Concerto Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488, I. Allegro Mozart

Tiffany Yang Age 18 Solo Impromptu in B-flat Major, Op.142, No.3 Schubert

Ashley Wang & Elizabeth Wang Age 17/18 duets Polonaises, Op. 75, No. 1 and 4, D. 599 Schubert

51st Annual Piano Competition A Musical Journey to Vienna

MEA President: Yudit Terry Committee members: Barbara Landi Hause and Anna Katznelson Co-chairs, Ana Berschadsky, Rebecca Eng, Victoria Griswold, Kai Pangune Kim, Youn-Hee Band Kim, Ruth Kotik, Michelle Kuo, Jongsun Lee, Florence Liu, Beatrice Long, Naomi Takagi, and Yuka Yanagi.

We are very grateful to Youn-Hee Bang Kim for creating the Virtual Recital video for the MEA website. Special thanks to Vicky Griswold and to Ruth Pasquariello for designing this program.

Judges Rieko Aizawa, Elena Belli, Allison Brewster Franzetti, Roberto Hidalgo, Adam Kent, Christina Long, Claudine Robins, Otto Specht, Delana Thomsen, Stefan Young, Eric Clark, and Ronn Yedidia.

Teachers of First Place Winners Gloria Chu, Ingrid Clarfield, Rebecca Eng, Azar Gordon, Amanda Harberg, Yvonne Huang, Julia Lam, Yuhui Chloris Li, Florence Liu, Beatrice Long, Marcia Maull, Thomas Parente, Jacqueline Schiller-Audi, Stella Xu, and Grace Yang.

Second Place Winners Alma Adiel, Alexandra Cahill, Cooper Chen, David Chen, Jody Chen, Sharanya Devarakonda, Evan Fan, Eric Feng, Lawrence Guo, Jeremy Hwang, Kevin Jin, Mia Kimm, Tyler Kimm, Cadence Ko, Madison Lee, Andrew Li, Katharine Luo, Emily Mu, Sophia Mu, Sarah Ouyang, Christine Peng, Julian Qiu, Malina Sandberg, Zachary Sun, Lanlan Tang, Julianne Wang, David Wu, Calvin Xu, Evan Yang, Jeffery Yang, Tommy Jihuan Yang, Alex Ziyou Yuan, and Justin Zhong.

Third Place Winners Andrea Alexander, Johann Alexander, Karen Du, Clarissa Field, Serena Field, Jonah Gurtman, Claire Jiang, Joseph Ke, Lucas Ke, Jason Lee, Terrance Lin, Max Lu, Katharine Luo, Sarah Ouyang, Annie Wei, Audrey Xu, Jeffery Yang, Sunny Yu, Alex Ziyou Yuan, Rachel Ziran Yuan, David Zhang, and Alan Zhong.

Honorable Mention Winners Annabelle Chow, Eric Feng, Emily Gan, Kai Honda, Matthew Huang, Jeremy Hwang, Daniel Li, Claire Liang, Ethan Liu, Kaden Luo, Daniel Mao, Christine Peng, Ahalya Raghavan, Christopher Thompson, Christine Wang, Sophie Wang Yuying Wang, Tyler Xu, Andy Yeung, Isabella Yin, Sunny Yu, and David Zhang.

Teachers of Second Place, Third Place and Honorable Mention Winners Ana Berschadsky, Gloria Chu, Rebecca Eng, Azar Gordon, Anna Katznelson, Aziza Khasanova-Madaski, Ruth Kotik, Julia Lam, Jongsun Lee, Yuhui Chloris Li, Florence Liu, Beatrice Long, Marcia Maull, Sofia Ososkov, Daniel Parente, Thomas Parente, Kay Rhee, Stella Xu, Yuka Yanagi, Grace Yang, and Stacie Yao.

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