NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition

 

Round of applause for Chloe, Carolina and Zion! Outstanding work at the NVMTA Piano Concerto Festival/Competition!

Carolina Wan- First Place

Chloe You- Honorable Mention

Young Artist Musicale at GMU

 

Young Artist Musicale at GMU was well represented from our studio. Cameron Wang, Sophia Wang and Kevin Shen have been selected as young artists to perform on the program. Young Artists Musicales are presented in conjunction with Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations performances at George Mason University Center for

the Arts.    

Young Musical Stars

Ly-Ly Ouy had the most inspiring experience as a pianist selected to perform at the Young Musical Stars Showcase. This event was a co-presentation by the Bulgarian Embassy and the American Masters Music Awards Competition. Family and friends enjoyed hearing some of the most talented young musicians in the Washington DC area who are prizewinners of international, national and regional music competitions. Congratulations to Ly-Ly!

MSMTA Piano Duet Competition

 

What a colorful day at MSMTA Spring Piano Duet Competition! In addition to shiny ribbons of different colors, students looked very festive and performed beautifully. It was a sunny day filled with double the fun! 

Congratulations to our teams! 

Serena Pan and Sean Pan-Second Place

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- Third Place

Carolina Wan and Claire Wang- Third Place

Claire Wang and Xinyu Gong- Third Place

Anna Chen and Sophia Y. Wang- Honorable Mention

NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival

 NVMTA Bach Baroque Festival/Competition had a strong presentation from our studio. Thank you for working hard and preparing Baroque repertoire. Pianists were required to perform two selections, one by J.S. Bach and second selection by another Baroque composer. Please see the results!

Superior: Aaron, Zion, Sean, Elsa, Claire, Cameron, Sophia, Evan, William, Libby, Heidi, Elsa, Serena, Jeremy

Third Year Trophy: Cameron and Serena

Second Round Award: Libby, Zion, William, Sean, Elsa and Claire

Honors: Claire and Elsa

Jasmine Mao at Carnegie Hall

 

Jasmine Jingyi Mao had the most magical experience in NY! She is a winner of the Crescendo International Competition and was invited to participated at the Honors Concert at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York. Jasmine performed Prelude in g minor, op.23 #5 by S. Rachmaninov. Congratulations to Jasmine!

Bland Competitions, 2026

 

Congratulations to Kevin Shen and Ly-Ly Ouy on their performances at the Bland Competition. Kevin is the first place winner and received a $200 cash award. He is advancing to next round, District Competition, on March 28 in Alexandria, VA. Kevin performed F. Liszt, Paraphrase on Verdi's Rigoletto. Ly-Ly received Honorable Mention and $100 award. Congratulations to both students!

WMTA Judged Recital

 Ly-Ly Ouy and Elsa Tseng participated in the WMTA Judged Recital. Both young pianists were recognized and awarded honors, congratulations to Ly-Ly and Elsa! They are invited to participate at the WMTA Honors Concert in May. 

 Ly-Ly Ouy-Honors

 Elsa Tseng- Honors

AMMA Metropolitan Online Classical Music Festival

 Piano Chamber Category

Grades K-4

Aaron Yang and Daniel Liu -First Place

Grades 5-8

Elsa Tseng and Thorin Kao- First place

Evan Jing and William Chung- Second Place

 Claire Wang and Xinyu Gong- Third Place

 Grades 9-12

Sophia Y. Wang and Anna Chen- Second place

 Cameron Wang and Sophia Wang- Third Place

Khanh-Vy Nguyen nad Ly-Ly Ouy-Third Place

 Piano Solo Category

Thorin Kao- First Place

 Sophia Wang- First Place

Sophia Y. Wang- First Place

Heidi Hager- Second Place

Jingyi Mao- Third Place

Zion Liu- Third Place

Jeremy Huang- Honorable Mention

AMMA Metropolitan Live Classical Music Competition

Results from the AMMA Metropolitan Live Music Competition!

Ly-Ly Ouy-First Place, Best Performer Award, $100

Chloe You - First Place

Sean Pan- First Place

 Claire Wang- First Place

 Kevin Shen - First Place

 Cameron Wang- First Place

 Evan Jing- Second Place

 Daniel Liu- Second Place

 Elsa Tseng- Second Place

 Aaron Yang- Third Place

 Elizabeth Li- Third Place

 Khanh-Vy Nguyen- Third Place

 Serena Pan- Honorable Mention

 William Chung -Honorable Mention

Xinyu Gong- Honorable Mention