Chia-Lin Yang

2022

Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Second Prize at the 2022 US New Star International Piano Competition.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston 2022 International Piano Competition:

  • Ella Luo, First Prize (Age 13)

  • August Gilmartin, First Prize (Age 16)

Congratulations to Elite International Music Competition winners who will perform in winners recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2023:

  • YingTing Esther Liu, First Place with a perfect score

  • August Gilmartin, First Place

  • Aaron Lin, First Place

  • Ella Luo, First Place

  • Ethan Yan, First Place

  • Claire Shih, Second Place

Ziyue Zeng performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony under the baton of Maestro Nathaniel Berman on November 19th 2022.

Isaac Choi and Ziyue Zeng were featured in Burlingame Music Club 2022-23 Season and performed on November 14th 2022.

Dayton Nguyen was awarded Bronze at Singapore International Music Competition.

Isaac Choi and Ziyue Zeng were selected as semi-finalists at the 2022 Seattle Internationl Piano Competition.

Ziyue Zeng performed in the MTAC Santa Clara Masterclass of Professor Hans Boepple at Valley Christian High School on Oct. 16th, 2022.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Amadeus Music Awards from Salzburg, Austria:

  • Dayton Nguyen, Bronze Prize

  • Claire Shih, Special Award

  • Chloe So, Special Award

Ziyue Zeng was awarded 2nd Prize at the Young Artist Award Piano Solo and Honorable Mention at the YAA Piano Concerto at the 2022 USIMC.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston International Music Competitions “18th Century Music”:

  • Claire Shih, Second Prize (ages 9-10)

Congratulations to award winners at Charles and Sofia International Piano Competition 2022:

  • Chloe So, Silver

  • Claire Shih, Silver

Congratulations to pianists awarded at London International Music Competition:

  • Sarah Zhang, Third Prize (Junior)

  • Aaron Lin, Third Prize (Youth)

  • Claire Shih, Special Mention Recognition (Kids Artist)

Congratulations to prize winners at the 9th ENKOR Int’l Music Competition:

  • Isaac Choi

  • YingTing Esther Liu

  • Jade Lu

  • Jolie Lu

  • Dayton Nguyen

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Charleston International Music Competitions “19th Century Music”:

  • Chloe So, First Prize (Ages 11-12)

  • Dayton Nguyen, First Prize (Ages 13-14)

  • Aaron Lin, Second Prize (Ages 15-16)

Congratulations to prize winners at the 4th WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2022:

  • Jade Lu, Silver Award and scholarships

  • Isaac Choi, Silver Award and scholarships

  • Claire Shih, Silver Award and scholarships

  • Sarah Zhang, Bronze Award

  • YingTing Esther Liu, Bronze Award

  • Ethan Yan, Bronze Award

Ziyue Zeng, Dayton Nguyen, and Jade Lu were invited to perform at the iGNITE Piano Festival on October 2nd, 2022.

Ziyue Zeng will be performing as one of the two featured pianists at the 2022 Sparkling Musicale fundraiser hosted by the American Beethoven Society on August 21st, 2022.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Pacific International Piano Competition:

  • Ziyue Zeng, Silver

  • Claire Shih, Bronze

  • Isaac Choi, Bronze

  • Ethan Yan, Bronze

  • Dayton Nguyen, Bronze

  • Aaron Lin, Bronze

  • Jolie Lu, Honorable Mention

  • Sarah Zhang, Honorable Mention

Jade Lu performed with GSYO Camilla Kolchinsky Orchestra as the piano soloist, playing Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2 on May 14th, 2022 as a winner of GSYO Concerto Competition.

Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Golden State Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. She will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Senior Symphony in the 2022-23 season.

Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. She will perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the orchestra in the 2022-23 season.

Congratulations to winners at the Silicon Valley Music Competition hosted by Silicon Valley Philharmonic:

  • Ziyue Zeng, Grand Prize (Piano, High School)

  • Claire Shih, Third Prize (Piano, Elementary School)

  • Dayton Nguyen with Cantabile Piano Trio, First Prize (Ensemble)

Congratulations to winners at the Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition:

  • Dayton Nguyen, First Prize

  • Joshua Tittiranonda, Second Prize

  • Ziyue Zeng, Third Prize

  • Ethan Yan, Third Prize

  • Michael Fischer Haagens, Third Prize

Ziyue Zeng was named one of the three winners at the 36th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society and played in a masterclass with Ronald Brautigam.

Congratulations to Dayton Nguyen for receiving Honorable Mention at the 46th East Bay Music Festival Piano Competition.

So-Phan Duo (Chloe So, pianist; Tina Phan, violinist) won second prize at the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival’s 20th Annual Youth Chamber Music Competition and will perform at the Emerging Artists Showcase on May 22nd, 2022.

Claire Shih performed at BACH IN THE SUBWAYS, invited by the Junior Bach Festival Association, on March 21st, 2022.

Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for being accepted into the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program in Summer 2022.

Ziyue Zeng has advanced to the Peninsula Symphony Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition Senior Finals.

Ziyue Zeng was awarded as one of the six finalists at the 36th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 4th Glory Int’l Piano Competition 2022:

  • Claire Shih

  • Dayton Nguyen

  • Joshua Tittiranonda

  • Ethan Yan

Congratulations to pianists selected to perform at the 2022 Junior Bach Festival:

  • Claire Shih

  • Ziyue Zeng

  • Isaac Choi with IC Duo

  • Chloe So with So-Phan Duo

Ziyue Zeng has been awarded Honorable Mention at the Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition at University of the Pacific and played in the master class with Sonia Leong.

Congratulations to Ziyue Zeng for winning Second Prize at the 2022 KAMSA Competition.

IC Duo (Isaac Choi, pianist; Constance Kuan, violinist) won first place at MTAC 2022 VOCE North Region Instrumental Ensemble.

Jade Lu has given successful performances on keyboard in LAHS’s 2022 musical, “Mamma Mia!”.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 2nd Canadian International Music Competition:

  • Erdenetangad Sorozonbold, Platinum

  • Isaac Choi, Platinum

  • Fae Lacson, Platinum

  • Joshua Tittiranonda, Platinum

  • Dayton Nguyen, Gold

  • Claire Shih, Gold

  • Jolie Lu, Silver

  • Jessica Do, Silver

  • Ethan Yan, Bronze