At the age of nine, Zhongshu Joshua Chen won twenty five Grand Prix, Absolute First Prizes and First Prizes at international competitions worldwide. Zhongshu studies piano with Teguh Sukaryo at Teguh Sukaryo International Music School (TSIMS) Jakarta, Indonesia. Twice invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall NYC and the Salzburg Mozarteum Zaal at the age of eight, Zhongshu has since won the heart of the jury and the audience alike. The following are the list of Zhongshu's achievement in the last two years (inexhaustive list):
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- The Grand Prix Winner at Art Rogaska VI International Art Competition Slovenia-Austria, 2021.
- Absolute First Prize winner 100/100 at International Piano Competition Mozart, Europe, 2021.
- First Prize winner and Best Performance Classical Piece Special Award recipient at Nordic International Piano Competition, Sweden, 2021.
- Absolute Award winner at The 3rd WPTA International Piano Competition Finland 2021 Category C
- Grand Prize winner (Absolute First Prize with 100 points) in A3 Category and Robert Muczynski Special Prize at the Elite Musicians International Competitions, Romania, 2021.
- Absolute First Prize winner 100/100 at VII Slobomir International Music Competition, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021 in Category I.
- Absolute First Prize winner 100/100 at VI Amigdala School Competition, Sicily, Italy, 2021
- Grand Prix winner at Wonder Keys International Piano Competition, Germany, 2021
- Grand Prize winner at International Youth Music Competition, Atlanta, USA, 2021
- First Prize winner at Piccolo Piano Talents International Competition for Young Pianists, Serbia, 2021
- First Prize winner at 1st International Piano Competition Music Phenomena, Poland, 2020
- First Prize winner at VI Odin International Music Competition, European Academic Artists Association, January 2021
- First Prize winner and Special Prize winner of Best Performance of Classical Period at The 2nd World Piano E-Competition "Napolinova" Italy, 2021
- First Prize winner at Constantine The Great International Competition, Faculty of Arts Nis, Serbia 2021
- First Prize winner at 3° Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Cita' di Oleggio", Italy 2021, Category A
- First Prize winner at Golden Classical Music Award International Competition, NYC, USA, January 2021
- Gold Star winner at Music and Stars Awards International Competition, Spain, 2021
- Laureate Gold Award winner with Perfect Score 100/100 at Sergei Rachmaninoff International Online Piano Competition, Category A, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021
- First Prize winner and Special Prize "Nouvelles Etoiles" winner at The 4th Edition of Nouvelles Etoiles International Online Competition, Paris, 2021, category B.
- First Prize winner at International Music Competition Opus 21, Krakow, Poland, 2021
- 1st Prize winner at the Gustav Mahler Prize Piano Competition, Prague, Czech Republic, 2021, category 1 and Special Prize for interpretation of composition by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- First Prize winner at Piano Competition Online International Competition For Pianists, Poland, 2021. III Category-Top Prize
- Scholarship winner with highest mark at Iscart International Music Competition, Lugano, Switzerland, 2021
- First Prize winner and the Exceptional Young Talent Award winner at Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition, Austria, July 2020
- First Prize winner at Golden Classical Music Award International Competition, NYC, USA, January 2020
- Second Prize winner at Singapore International Piano Competition, January 2020
- An invitee to perform at the Cargenie Hall, NYC. Two times, 2020 and 2021
- An invitee to perform at Mozarteum Zaal, Salzburg, Austria, 2020

Andrew Yin, 9, began studying piano at age of 5 and currently studies with Professor Hans Boepple. He is a 3rd grader at Valley Christian School in San Jose, USA. Andrew was the first prize winner at Spotlight National Youth Music Competition, KAMSA Piano Competition 2021, honorable mention in the 2021 Music Teachers' Association of California State Concerto Solo Competition Regional Audition. Andrew also performed and received various awards at USOMC, USIMC, New Star, Youth Focus. Besides piano, Andrew enjoys violin, reading, chess, swimming. Andrew is also an impact soccer player at the LFC academy team at Los Gatos.

9-year-old Canadian pianist Chelsea Gu started learning piano at the age of four and has been a student of Dr. Michael Esch since 2019. She is presently preparing for a grade 10 piano examination through the RCM.
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Chelsea has recently won first place in the intermediate level class at the 2021 Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association Greater Toronto Area Zone Competition. In 2020, she won the Top award in her age group at the Steinway Piano Competition, which yielded an opportunity to perform in a masterclass for famed American pianist and pedagogue, Gary Graffman. Chelsea is also a past recipient of the 2019 Royal Conservatory of Music Gold Medal for examination excellence in Canada and was a featured in the provincial showcase concert at Mazzolini Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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Besides her love of piano, Chelsea is also a highly gifted violinist. She has been studying violin under the guidance of TSO violinist Amalia Canzoneri. As the winner of the Play-Along-with-Jonathan Crow (concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony) National All-Star Award, Chelsea will make her debut solo performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in the upcoming 2021-2022 season.
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Chelsea’s dream is to become an artist that can bring joy and love to the world. She maintains an active Instagram page with thousands of followers. https://www.instagram.com/chelsea_piano.violin/

Isabel Feng, a 9-year-old 4th grader from Folsom, California, started learning piano at age four with Ms. Carol Chuang. She is also studying with Ilana Vered.

Isabel was awarded 1st place in CAPMT Honors Competitions State Final and Contemporary Competitions State Final at the age of 6 and 7. She is the Grand Prize winner of Xinghai Cup National Piano Competition in Anhui, China. Isabel is also the 1st prize winners of many other local, national, and international piano competitions including USIMC Young Artist Award, USOMC Showcase Piano Solo, Crescendo International Music Competition, and Auburn Symphony Young Artist Competition. Her recent achievements include winner of Pacific Musical Society & Foundation 2021 Competition, 1st place of CAPMT 2021 Concerto Competition State Final, 1st place of MTAC 2021 Piano Concerto Solo Competition State Final, and 1st place of 2021 San Jose International Piano Competition.

At the age of 7, Isabel made her orchestral debut with Folsom Lake College Youth Chamber Orchestra and was invited to perform in five concerts. In 2019, Isabel opened the Prodigy Concert with Florence Conservatory Orchestra at Music Fest Perugia in Italy. This summer Folsom Lake College Youth Chamber Orchestra is inviting her back to perform Bach Keyboard Concerto No.2 in a special virtual concert.

While not practicing piano, Isabel can be found with her nose in a book, or playing ‘school’ with her sister and 56 stuffed animal students and chaperones in her ‘school’. Her dream is to be a teacher when she grows up.

Nine-year old pianist Tiger Wu began his piano studies in 2017 with Tara Quan and Matthew Ming Li. He made his concerto performance debut with orchestra in 2018 at the age of six. Since then Tiger has participated in the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival and the Steinway Competition where he received first place results and silver medal respectively.Tiger has been studying under the guidance of Dr. Henri-Paul Sicsic since 2018.

Thai-Indonesian,  born  in  2012  in  Bangkok,  Thailand.  Bayla  started  learning piano  at  the  age  of  three  at  local  music  school  in  Bangkok.  She  has  been under  tutelage  of  Ms  Irina  Novikova  since  2016.  At  the  age  of  6,  Bayla performed  her  debut  as  a  Concerto  Soloist  with  Sunrise  String  Orchestra  at Chulalongkorn  University  Music  Hall,  performing  Berkovich  Concerto  Op.  44 No.  2.  She  enjoyed  traveling  and  has  been  participating  in  various  Music Festivals, Competitions and concerts in music halls around the world.

Recently,  Bayla  was  awarded  with  title  Laureate  as  First  Prize  winner  from two  international  competitions:    VII  Slobomir  International  Piano  Competition, Bosnia  &  Herzegovina  and  VIII  International  Piano  Competition  Smeredevo, Serbia.    Her  other  accolades  include:  First  Prize  in  “Best  Sonatina”  -  Division I (11  years  and  under)  at  5th  Steinway  Youth  Piano  Competition  Thailand 2020;  First  Prize  in  Piano  Age  E1  at  The  20th  Osaka  International  Music  Competition;  First  Prize  in Category  Prokofiev  (open  age)  at  2020  Singapore  International  Piano  Competition;  Brilliant  Prize  in Category  Young  Talents  at  2020  Brilliant  Talents  Discovery  Awards  in  Singapore;  Platinum  Prize  in Children  A  at  1st  Bangkok  Classical  Music  Festival;  Special    Young    Talent    Prize  in  Junior  category  (12 and  under)  at  2020    Vladimir    Krainev    Moscow    International    Piano    Competition  in  Moscow,  Russia; Second  Prize  in  Category  A  at    Kawai  ASEAN  Piano  Competition,  Thailand;  Second  Prize  in  Category Pretty  at  The  23rd  Japan  Piara  Piano  Competition,  Hamamatsu,  Japan;  Second  Prize,  2020  Putra International Piano Competition (online), category Junior, Malaysia. 

During  this  covid-19  pandemic  period,  Bayla  keeps  her  passion  and  progress  in  piano  by  participating in  various  international  online  piano  competitions  and  received  outstanding  awards.  She  attained  the following  awards:     First  Prize  And  Winner,  12th  Asia  Pacific  Open  Youth  Piano  Competition  2021, Category  Children  Intermediate;  First  Absolute  Prize,  X  International  Competition  for  Young  Musicians “Citta  di  Massa”,  category  7-9  years  old,  Italy;  Platinum  Award,  2021  Quatre  Music  Youth  Piano Competition,  category  Junior,  Singapore;  First  Prize,  VI  Odin  International  Online  Music  Competition 2021  category  Piano  Solo  (7-8years  old),    European  Academic  Artists  Association  (EAAA);  First  Prize and  Winner,  2021  Singapore  International  Piano  Competition,  Category  Composer  -  Tchaikovsky  (open age);  First  Prize,  2021  Singapore  International  Piano  Competition,  Category  Piano  Study  -  ABRSM Grade  8  (open  age);  First    Prize    and    Special    Prize  in  Category  Junior    at  On    Stage    Classical    Music  Competition    2020  (Italy);  First  Prize  in  Category  A  at  both  Music  Alive    1st    International    Piano Competition  2020  (Poland)  and  Opus    International    Music    Competition  (Poland);  First    Prize  in Category    Young    Talents    (9  and  under)  at  2020    Quebec    International    Music    Competition  (Canada);   First    Prize  at  “Association  Culture  Melos”  VII    Rome    International    Music    Competition;       Second  Prize  in  category    Young    Talents  (10  and  under)  at  V    Paderewski    International    Piano    Competition  (Connecticut, USA).
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Bayla’s  passion  for  music  expands  beyond  just  the  piano,  but  also  violin  and  vocal.  Bayla  is  an  active member  of  string  orchestra  in  her  school.  She  enjoys  sharing  her  loves  for  music  with  others.  She  is also  a  capable  young  mathematician  and  takes  a  curious  interest  in  English  literature.  Her  passion  for music,  arts  and  literature  bolsters  her  confidence  in  achieving  higher  excellence  in  her  social  life  and academia.

Taige Wang (piano), 10, is from Irvine, California, and in the fifth grade at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School. He studies piano with Ariel Yang at Opus 119 The School of Music. He also studies composition with Vera Ivanova. Taige already has many musical accomplishments under his belt. Most recently, he received 1st place in the Los Angeles Liszt International Competition and two Best Performance Awards of Concert Etude and Hungarian Rhapsody, winning amongst all age categories.
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His first public performance was at the age of 4, and at the age of 5 he was performing in a live show broadcast on China Central Television. At the age of 7, he gave his solo concert by invitation of Steinway & Son, Dalian, CN. In 2020, Steinway & Sons shared Taige’s performance of Liszt’s Gnomenreigen on their global social media, and it received 87,000 views by the end of the year. Taige was on the American NPR’s From the Top show this may, and Steinway global social media again shared his List’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.11.Outside of music, Taige enjoys math and is an expert at solving the Rubik’s Cube.

Chanya Methaprayoon (11), a rising 7th grader from Beckendorff Junior High School, began studying piano at the age of five and currently studies under the guidance of Mr. John Weems.  Her past achievements include 1st place in the Bangkok Young Pianists’ Piano Concerto Competition in 2018, 1st place in the Steinway Piano Competition in 2019, 1st place in the Houston Forum Young Artist Piano Competition in 2019 and 2021, 1st place in the Blinn College Young Pianist Competition in 2020 and 2021, 1st place in Texas State University’s Young Pianist Piano Competition in 2020, the title of Houston Young Artist in 2019 and 2020, and 1st place in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in 2021. She also received 2nd place in the Rochelle Liebling Kahan Competition for Child Piano Prodigies in 2019, 2nd place in the Symphony North of Houston Young Artist Competition in 2019, 2nd place in Texas at the Music Teachers National Association Competition in 2020, and the Jury Discretionary Award in the Weatherford College International Piano Competition in 2021.  Chanya is also accomplished academically, receiving the President’s Award of Outstanding Academic Excellence in 2020.  She has voluntarily performed at senior facilities around the Houston area and enjoys drawing, reading and math in her free time.

Beginning her journey through music and piano, Victoria Bi started learning piano at 3 and a half years old under the guidance of Yifan Liu at Studio for Piano Arts. Ten years later, her passion for piano still grows, and every day, she hopes that her music will be able to bring a smile to someone’s face. She fills her free time with reading action and mystery novels, composing small piano pieces, watching movies with her family, listening to varying types of music, and writing short stories. During the course of her piano studies, she has received many awards at various competitions. Most recently, she was awarded second place at the 2021 Houston International Music Competition, first place in the Concerto II Division at the 2021 Baylor-Waco Piano Competition, and third place at the 2021 Dallas Symphonic Festival Competition. She has participated in the Dallas Symphonic Festival Competition and the Dallas Piano Solo Competition for many years with awards. By playing the piano at various nonprofits and charities, she enjoys spreading the joy that music brings and raising money for those who need it.

Zhixuan Wang (11 years old) was born in Xiamen, China. Now studying in the fifth grade of Primary School affiliated to Central Conservatory of Music. Zhixuan started to learn piano at the age of 4 and played on stage at the age of 5. At the age of 6, he was admitted to the Xiamen Music School with the first place in her professional placement, under the tutelage of Mr. Gai Ying, the director of the Music School's Arts Education Department. In 2019, she was admitted to the fourth grade of the Central Conservatory of Music Affiliated Middle and Primary School with excellent achievements, under the tutelage of the famous piano educator Professor Zhang Xinning, the piano director of the Central Conservatory of Music.At the age of 9, she successfully held a personal piano solo concert in Xiamen. She has appeared on stage in Beijing National Grand Theater, Beijing Zhonwhgshan Concert Hall, Hefei Grand Theater, Qingdao Art Museum, Jiageng (Poly) Theater, Hengshui Poly Theater, Xiamen Gulangyu Concert Hall, Xiamen Wuyuan Concert Hall, Xiamen University Art Academy Concert Hall, Xiamen Hongtai Concert Hall and other performances.

I started playing the piano at the age of 4. I am now under the guidance of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa until present. I have won many awards from international competitions, starting from 1st  place “GOLD PRIZE AWARD” from Osaka International Music Competition at the age of 8, BEST PERFORMERS AWARD at The 6th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition in Malaysia, GOLD MEDAL PRIZE at AADGT’s International Young Gifted Musicians Festival 2016, and 1st PLACE WINNER of the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2016, both perform at Carnegie Hall, New York. My most recent success is the 3rd PRIZE WINNERS AWARD of the 2nd International Robert Schumann Competition Düsseldorf for Young Pianists 2019 which I performed Haydn’s piano concerto in D major for the Final Round at Robert Schumann Hall, Museum Kunst Palast. I also won THE ROYAL SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT AWARD from Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati on October 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemics on 2020-21, I also submit to online competitions and won several awards from United States, European countries and South East Asia.

Duru Erdogan was born in Turkey in 2004 and began to play the piano when she was six years old. She began her studies at the Bilkent University Junior Music School with Gamze Kirtil and when she was 11 she won 2nd prize in the Pera International Piano Competition in Istanbul, and also at the Mozart Academy International Piano Competition in Izmir. In 2016 she won 2nd prize at the Bursa Nilufer Piano Competition, and in 2017 she performed as a soloist with the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra.
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In September 2017 Duru was accepted with a generous scholarship at The Yehudi Menuhin School in London, where she is currently studying with Marcel Baudet. In May 2017  she was selected to join a tour of Scotland with a small group from the school, and gave performances in Blair Atholl, New Lanark and Edinburgh. She has also performed in The Menuhin Hall many times, as soloist and accompanist. In October 2017 she was invited to perform at the PianoDuo Festival in Amsterdam with another student from the school, and later in the year she made a further visit to Holland, participating in sonata masterclasses at the Akoesticum Centre for Arts.
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In 2019, Duru won 1st prize and the title “Young Pianist Of The North” in the Young Pianist Of the North International Competition (participants aged under 21) . In 2021 she won 1st prize in Franz Liszt Center Online Competition and an “incentive award” in the Arte Piano e-competition (age 16-25), being the youngest participant of the competition.

New York Concert Review writes Angela Lee “knocked everyone’s socks off and demonstrated the sensitivity, maturity, power and pianism that one often misses in pianists twice her age.” 17 year old Angela, a current highschool Junior at Pacific Academy, is the President, Director, and Producer of the Youth Board of the Opus Music Foundation that runs a masterclass series with world renowned artists. She was privileged to receive the most promising Junior Award at the 2015 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. Since then, she was named the Evgeny Kissin Grand Prize winner at the Fourth Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition. Angela made her radio debut on New York public radio WQXR. She is also the prize winner of numerous awards, including First Prize Winner at 2013 San Jose International Russian Music Piano Competition, Gold medalist at 2013 Seattle International Piano competition, First Prize Winner at 2014 Glendale Piano Competition, Grand Prize and First Prize Winner at 2015 and 2019 MTAC State Solo for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 MTAC State Concerto for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 CAPMT State Concerto for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 Young Artists Concerto Competition, Winner at 2017 Young Stars Of The Future, 2nd prize 2018 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition Longer Works (Youngest contestants for up to age 35), 1st prize at the 2019 The American Liszt Society Music Festival, and Gold Medalist at the 2020 Piano League Piano Star International Competition. Angela has also had the privilege of working under Maestro William Grant Nabore, Ann Schein, Garrick Ohlsson and Menahem Pressler in various masterclasses. Since the age of 7, Angela has been studying piano with Ariel Yang at Opus119 School of Music in Orange County, CA. She also enjoys reading, writing, drawing and doing track and field in her free time.

Marie Wurtz is a senior at the Hackley School and at the Manhattan School of Music precollege where she is a piano student of Inesa Sinkevych. In the summer of 2018, she participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival in the studio of Peter Serkin. Earlier, she had taken part in the Manhattan in the Mountains festival in 2017 and Kinhaven music camp programs, where she gave both chamber and solo performances. She has performed at Merkin Hall, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Hackley School, and various halls in the Manhattan School of Music. Recently, she and two other students from her school were finalists in the Chamber Music Society Young Musicians’ Chamber Competition. Marie has taken part in masterclasses with Yong-Hi Moon and Shai Wosner.

Sophia Si is a 10th grader at St John’s School in Houston and studies the piano with John Weems. She earned top prizes in competitions that include the Texas Music Teachers Association Performance Contest, Weatherford College International Piano Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition and International Keyboard Odyssiad Competition.

BoKun Liu, born in New Zealand in July of 2004, is a piano student living in Vancouver, Canada. BoKun Liu debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York at the age of 11. Since then, he has gone on to win various international music competitions and festivals in North America, Europe and Australia - including the 2021 Brisbane International Youth Piano Competition (Australia), Wiener Klassiker International Piano Competition (Hungary), the 2nd International D-Competition (Russia), and Kings Peak International Piano Competition (USA). He is also the top prize winner of the 2020 Anton Rubinstein International Youth Competition (Germany), 2020 World Piano E-Competition “Napolinova” (Italy), 2021 Euregio International Piano Competition (Germany), and many others. BoKun Liu is the winner of the 2020 Steinway Piano Competition (Gold Award, Senior Division) and the Canadian Young Artist Standard of Excellence Award. Additionally, he is the recipient of multiple grants and scholarships. BoKun Liu has participated in numerous masterclasses with distinguished artists, such as Gary Graffman, Richard Raymond, Michael Kim, Wu Han, Ilana Vered, Jonathan Biss, Louis Lortie and others. Some of his past piano teachers include Keiko Alexander and LayTuan Tan of VSO School of Music. Since 2018, BoKun Liu has been studying at Fedorova&Takser Piano Studio, under the guidance of pianist Ilya Takser. Besides music, BoKun Liu is also an art lover and proficient skier.

New York Concert Review writes Angela Lee “knocked everyone’s socks off and demonstrated the sensitivity, maturity, power and pianism that one often misses in pianists twice her age.” 17 year old Angela, a current highschool Junior at Pacific Academy, is the President, Director, and Producer of the Youth Board of the Opus Music Foundation that runs a masterclass series with world renowned artists. She was privileged to receive the most promising Junior Award at the 2015 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. Since then, she was named the Evgeny Kissin Grand Prize winner at the Fourth Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition. Angela made her radio debut on New York public radio WQXR. She is also the prize winner of numerous awards, including First Prize Winner at 2013 San Jose International Russian Music Piano Competition, Gold medalist at 2013 Seattle International Piano competition, First Prize Winner at 2014 Glendale Piano Competition, Grand Prize and First Prize Winner at 2015 and 2019 MTAC State Solo for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 MTAC State Concerto for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 CAPMT State Concerto for the State of California Piano Competition, First Prize Winner at 2016 Young Artists Concerto Competition, Winner at 2017 Young Stars Of The Future, 2nd prize 2018 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition Longer Works (Youngest contestants for up to age 35), 1st prize at the 2019 The American Liszt Society Music Festival, and Gold Medalist at the 2020 Piano League Piano Star International Competition. Angela has also had the privilege of working under Maestro William Grant Nabore, Ann Schein, Garrick Ohlsson and Menahem Pressler in various masterclasses. Since the age of 7, Angela has been studying piano with Ariel Yang at Opus119 School of Music in Orange County, CA. She also enjoys reading, writing, drawing and doing track and field in her free time.