Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas: Piano Competitions

Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas

Competitions

32nd Annual International Chopin Piano Competition

This Year's Competition

The 32nd Annual International Chopin Competition Finals were held in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Yuan Wang of Chicago, Illinois was recognized by the jury for his performance with an award of First Prize. Yuan Wang is a student of Professor Winston Choi and Professor Michal Drewnowski at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Details of his awards will be made later.

See the Rules for the 32nd Competition for other details

PREVIOUS WINNERS

31st Competition Winner: Spyros Karavias (First Prize)

30th Competition Winner: Azalea Kelley (First Prize)

29th Competition Winner: Eliza Folkert, USA (First Prize)

28th Competition Winner: Jiana Peng, China (First Prize); Marek Kakol, Poland and Sherry Kim, Korean American (tied for Second Prize)

27th Competition Winner: Jin Ah Kwon, South Korea (First Prize)

25th Competition Winners:
Konrad Binienda, Poland/USA (First Prize) and Dzmitry Ulasiuk, Belarus (First Prize)

22nd Competition Winners: Kevin Pallapati, USA (First Prize) and Johnny Rice, USA (First Prize)

21st Competition Winners: Aleksander Krukowski, Poland (First Prize) and Chris Rice, USA (First Prize)

20th Competition Winners:Marcin Parys, Poland (First Prize) and Priscila Navarro, Peru (First Prize)

19th Competition Winner:Slava Spiridonov, Belarus (First Prize)

18th Competition Winner:Dudana Mazmanishvili, Georgia (First Prize)

17th Competition Winners: Kris Becker, USA (First Prize) and Chen Xiaodan, China (Second Prize)

XVI Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Piano Competition

Was Held at
Ara's Seafood and Steaks, 6917 South Staples St, Corpus Christi, TX on April 20-21, 2024
The Honorable Jurists were
Nina Drath, Chairman of the Jury, Concert Pianist and Piano Professor

Mikhail Berestnev, Concert Pianist

Manuela Shull, Piano Professor

Maestro Hector Guzman , Symphonic Conductor

With Extraordinary Assistance from

BieniekDorota , Competition Coordinator Winners of Special Honors and Higher:

The Grand Prix Winners

Winner	Level	Teacher
Saya Takahashi	II	Ekaterina Loudermilk
Maria Loudermilk	V	Matthew Loudermilk
Andrew Liu	X	Grace Long

First Prize with Special Honors Triple Plus

Winner	Level	Teacher
Nora Feld	VI	Ekaterina Loudermilk
Kellen Trice	X	Grace Long
Ellen Dai	XI	Zoia Golofeeva

First Prize With Special Honors Double Plus

Winner	Level	Teacher
Cecilia Chen	II	Amanda Lu
Katelyn Tseng	II	Alina Uddin
Clark Yang	II	Alina Uddin
Hiram Zhou	III	Zoia Golofeeva
Guwei Chen	IV	Roksana Savitski
Amber Li	IV	Jin Ah Kwon
Chloe Luo	IV	Alina Uddin
Ivy Zhang	IV	Alina Uddin
Ricardo Cardillo	V	Saida Kafarova
Rebecca Li	V	Alina Uddin
Richard Cui	VI	Matthew Loudermilk
Jonathan Yang	VII	Zoia Golofeeva
Nathan Chiu	VIII	Zoia Golofeeva
Sohan Shah	VIII	Anton Mordasov
Audrey Huang	X	Ekaterina Loudermilk
Tamara Nahapetyan	XI	Nina Drath
Matthew Pan	XI	Zoia Golofeeva
Audrey Wang	XI	Matthew Loudermilk
Fiona Wang	XI	Violetta Zharkova
Joshua Wu	XI	Eelyn Cowden
Aidan Xu	XI	Matthew Loudermilk
Jennifer Yu	XI	Ekaterina Loudermilk
Gabrielle Vidal	XII	Manuela Shull