Chia-Lin Yang

2023

Congratulations to prize winners at the 2023 US New Star International Piano Competition:

  • Avery Armstrong, Second Prize

  • Isaac Choi, Honorable Mention

Avery Armstrong was named the Third Prize Winner at the 2023 Central Oregon Symphony Young Artist Competition and will be performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in d minor, K. 466 with the symphony on Feb. 24th and 25th, 2024.

Congratulations to Asher Khoo for winning the First Prize at the 7th Best Beethoven Performance at the Great Composers Competition Series.

Congratulations to Elite International Music Competition winners who will perform in winner’s recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in 2024:

  • First Places: Lyra Song, Ella Luo, Joshua Tittiranonda, Claire Shih

  • Second Places: Asher Khoo, Ariel Chang, Chi-Anne Chen, Chloe So

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the Winter Competition of Northern California Young Talents Competition and Festival:

  • First Prizes: Asher Khoo, Lyra Song, Elaine Hwang, Chi-Anne Chen, Ella Luo

  • Second Prizes: Claire Shih, Ariel Chang, Chloe So

Isaac Choi, Esther YingTing Liu, and Dayton Nguyen will be featured young musicians in the 2023-24 Season at the Burlingame Music Club.

Ariel Chang was awarded First Prize at the Charleston International Music Competition (2023 European Music).

Avery Armstrong won the Grand Prize of the 2023 Young Soloist International Music Competition(YSIMC).

Ziyue Zeng performed a solo recital at Munching with Mozart at the Santa Cruz Public Library on September 15th, 2023.

Avery Armstrong, Chi-Anne Chen, and Joshua Tittiranonda performed in Flower Piano at San Francisco Botanical Garden on September 10th, 2023.

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 2023 USIMC:

  • Ziyue Zeng, First Prize (YAA Solo D)

  • Avery Armstrong, Second Prize (YAA Solo B)

  • Lyra Song, Third Prize (YAA Solo A)

  • Dayton Nguyen, Third Prize (YAA Concerto B)

Congratulations to pianists awarded at the 10th ENKOR International Piano Competition:

  • Avery Armstrong, Second Prize

  • Lyra Song, Second Prize

  • Ziyue Zeng, Second Prize

  • Joshua Tittiranonda, Third Prize

  • Ella Luo, Third Prize

  • Esther YingTing Liu, Third Prize

Congratulations to pianists awarded with prizes and scholarships at the 5th WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2023:

  • Isaac Choi, Gold Award

  • Lyra Song, Silver Award

  • Dayton Nguyen, Silver Award

  • August Gilmartin, Silver Award

  • Claire Shih, Bronze Award

  • Ella Luo, Bronze Award

  • Joshua Tittiranonda, Bronze Award

  • Ariel Chang, Merit Award

  • Chi Anne Chen, Merit Award

Ziyue Zeng was selected as a winner of the Concerto Competition at the 2023 PianoTexas International Festival and performed Prokofiev’s Third Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony on July 2nd, 2023. Watch HERE.

Dayton Nguyen won First Prize in the Piano Duet category at the Charleston International Competition with pianist Rohan Ramkumar.

Ziyue Zeng performed as the piano soloist of the Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto with the Golden State Youth Orchestra on June 4th, 2023.

Ziyue Zeng gave a successful solo recital as part of the Aptos Keyboard Series at St. John’s on May 7th, 2023 at the Episcopal Church of St. John in Aptos.

Congratulations to Dayton Nguyen for winning at the Golden State Youth Orchestra Piano Solo Competition and will perform as a concerto soloist with the GSYO Symphony Orchestra in their 2023-24 Season.

Lyra Song is admitted into Colburn Piano Seminar and John Perry Piano Academy Summer Festival 2023.

Congratulations to winners awarded at the 2022-23 Burlingame Music Club Piano Competition:

  • Ziyue Zeng, First Prize

  • Isaac Choi, Honorable Mention

Ziyue Zeng will be attending Music@Menlo Young Performers Program, PianoTexas International Festival & Academy, and Southeastern Piano Festival in Summer 2023.

Dayton Nguyen was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2023 East Bay Music Foundation Piano Competition.

Dayton Nguyen was selected as one of the six finalists at the 37th Annual Celia Méndez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition hosted by American Beethoven Society.

Congratulations to pianists selected into the 2023 Junior Bach Festival:

  • Isaac Choi

  • Ella Luo

  • Joshua Tittiranonda

  • Dayton Nguyen

  • August Gilmartin

  • Ziyue Zeng

  • YingTing Esther Liu

Ziyue Zeng took First Prize at the 2023 KAMSA Music Competition in the Senior Piano category.