Kevin Shen at Southeastern Piano Festival

 Congratulations to Kevin Shen! He was one of the young pianists invited to participated in the Southeastern Piano Festival held at the University of South Carolina. 

In addition to masterclasses, Kevin was selected to perform Reflets dans l'eau by C. Debussy at USC Piano Institute Concert. 

Kevin with the guest artist Clayton Stephenson

MSMTA Spring Solo Competition

Daniel

 Results are in for the MSMTA Spring Solo Competition! 

Daniel Liu- First Place

Elsa Tseng- First Place

Kevin Shen - First Place

Serena Pan- Second Place

Thorin Kao- Second Place

Sarah Shen- Third Place

 Sean Pan- Third Place

Jingyi Mao- Third Place

Cameron Wang- Third Place

Anna Chen -Third Place

Aaron Yang- Honorable Mention

 Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

William Chung- Honorable Mention

Sophia Y. Wang- Honorabel Mention

 Sophia Wang- Honorable Mention

Elsa Tseng at Carnegie Hall

 

Congratulations to Elsa Tseng on her stellar performance of Sonatine pour Yvette by X.Montsalvatge at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York! Elsa was a first place winner of the competition and was invited to perform at the Honors Concert of the Elite International Music Competition. 

NVMTA Sonata Festival

Aaron

Elsa

 NVMTA Sonata Festival 

Aaron Yang- Second Round Honors

Sean Pan- Second Round Honors

William Chung- Second Round Honors

 Serena Pan- Second Round Honors

Elsa Tseng- Second Round Honors

Kevin Shen - Second Round Honors

Kevin Shen - Honors, Year 8 trophy!

NVMTA Piano Achievements and MSMTA Gottlieb Piano Comeptition

 Evan at UMBC

NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards

Kevin Shen (Level 3)- Third Place, $50 Award 

Daniel Liu (Level 1)- Honorable Mention

Elsa Tseng ( Level 2)- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Miriam Gottlieb Piano Competition

 Elsa Tseng-Second Place, $40 Award

Evan Jing- Honorable Mention

MSMTA Chase Sonata Awards

Kevin Shen- Third Place, $50 Award

Young Artist Musicale at GMU

Congratulations to Serena, Elsa, Sean and Ethan! They were selected as young artists for the Young Artist Musicale, George Mason University. They enjoyed meeting Jeffrey Siegel after their performances. Congratulations! 

VWMTA V.Hartman Piano Performance Awards

 

Congratulations to students who participated  in the WMTA 

V. Hartman Piano Performance Awards!

 Kevin Shen - Second Place

Thorin Kao - Third Place

Cameron Wang- Third Place

Great Composers Competition, 2025

 

Serena and Sean Pan

                                              

 I am thrilled to announce the results of the Great Composers Competition for Young Performers, 2025!

William Chung- First Place, Music of Northern Europe

William Chung- Third Prize, Music of Eastern Europe

Serena Pan- First Prize, Music of 20th Century

Jingyi Mao- Second Prize, Music of 20th Century

Sean Pan -Second Prize, Music of 19th Century

Jingyi Mao- First Prize, Music of 19th Century

Serena Pan- Second Prize, Music of 18th Century

William Chung

MSMTA Piano Duets

 

MSMTA Spring Piano Ensemble event was a great success! Congratulations to Sophia Wang, Cameron Wang, Serena Pan and Sean Pan!

Opus Music Competition, State Level

 Results are in for the OPUS Music Competition, State Level! 

Elsa Tseng (Category II)- First Prize

Kevin Shen ( Category IV)- First Prize

Sophia Y. Wang ( Category IV)-Third Prize

Ethan Tran ( Category V)-First Prize

Piano Concerto Festival and Competition

NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival

Zion Liu- First Place

Sean Pan- Honorable Mention

R. Spencer Piano Competition

 Elsa Tseng- Third Place

Great Composer Series, Best Bach Performance

J.S. Bach Concerto BWV1056

Daniel Liu- Second Place

WMTA Speciality Competition

Elsa

Daniel

WMTA Speciality Competition 2025 featured Music of Eastern Europe. Congratulations to Elsa Tseng and Daniel Liu!

Elsa Tseng- First Place

 Daniel Liu- Third Place

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival

 

Anna

Evan, Serena and Ethan

Aaron

Thorin

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival,

Congratulations!

Anna Chen- 2nd Round Award

Aaron Yang-2nd Round Award

Evan Jing- 2nd Round Award

Serena Pan- 2nd Round Award

Ethan Tran- 2nd Round Award

Thorin Kao- 2nd Round Award

Jingyi Mao-Year 6 Award

Ethan Tran- Honors 

Thorin Kao- Honors 

Thorin and Ethan

AMMA Music Awards, Metropolitan Online Classical Music Competition

 

Zion's First Studio Recital

Jingyi Jasmine, Modern Music 

Congratulations to students who participated in the YMIC Online Classical Music Competition! 

Piano Solo Category

Zion Liu (Grades K/1)- First Place

Thorin Kao (4/5)-First Place

Sean Pan ( 6/7)-2nd Place

Serena Pan (6/70-2nd Place

Sarah Shen (6/7)-2nd Place

Daniel Liu ( 2/3)-3rd Place

Jingyi Mao (10/12)-3rd Place

Evan Jing (6/7)-Honorable Mention

Anna Chen ( 12/12)-Honorable Mention

Piano Duet Category

Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu (2/3)-First place

Serena Pan and Sean Pan (6/7)-First place

Sophia Wang and Cameron Wang (10/12)-First place

Evan Jing and William Chung (6/7)-3rd place

Piano Concerto Category

Elsa Tseng- First Place

BEST PERFORMERS AWARD!

Serena Pan and Sean Pan, $100 Award

Serena and Sean will be invited to perform at the Honors Concert, Washington DC, congratulations!

Studio News, 2025!

 

Daniel, Modern Music Competition 

Happy New Year!

WMTA Modern Piano Music Competition

Daniel Liu- 2nd place

Jasmine Jingyi Mao- 3rd place

Elite International Music Competition, NY

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao (duet)- First Place

Elsa Tseng (solo)- First Place

Great Composers Competition, UK

Best Kabalevsky Performance:

 Kevin Shen (Age Group IV)- First Place

WMTA Judged Recital

Sarah Shen- Honorable Mention

2024 Seattle International Bach Festival

Kevin Shen (14-18 group)-Bronze Medal