2015 - 2016 VIVO International Music Competition
Official Winners
We would like to extend our hearty congratulations to the following top three performers who won the prizes at the First Place Winners' Concert on January 9, 2016:
Gold: Lee-Tong Duo
Jeong Hyoun Lee (cello), Tong Tong (piano)
Silver: Gayoung Cho (violin)
Bronze: Matthew Cohen (viola)
1st Prize Winners
Group A
Jessica Jeon, Violin
Group B
Joseph Dong, Piano
Runa Matsushita, Violin
Iris Hur, Viola
Group C
Chelsea Xia, Violin
2020 String Quartet (Leah Mitchell, Zoe Fong, Anna Shin, Piper Suk)
Group D
Chelsea Ahn, Piano
Minori Aoki, Piano
Rodrigo Garcia, Piano
Vivian Xu, Piano
Carolyn Wong, Violin
Bellavoce String Quartet (Annabelle Song, Eleanor Shen, Cindy Song, Jenna Wang)
Goncharova Trio (June Won Jang, Piano, Sebastian Ortega, Cello, Laura Clapp, Violin)
Group E
Anni Cao, Piano
Gayoung Cho, Violin
Matthew Cohen, Viola
Thomas Mesa, Cello
Lisa Choi, Flute
Ivan Mutuzkin, Flute
Duet (Joseph Van Doran, Guitar, Allison Hughes, Flute)
Lee - Tong Duo (JeongHyoun Lee, Cello, Tong Tong, Piano)
2nd Prize Winners
Group A
Kacie Jung, Violin
Group B
Eliza Podvalny, Piano
Jennifer Jang, Piano
Matthew Kim, Cello
Group C
Annabel Park, Piano
Elliot Kim, Piano
Isaac Blackburn, Piano
Group D
Jifang Lu, Piano
Soyoung Park, Piano
Luca Sakon, Violin
Sophia Steger, Violin
Lauren Ross, Violin
Quintet (Tech Paul Yoon, Scott Yi, Angela Youn, Aaron Jinsoo Rhee, Joseph T. Lee)
Piano four hands (Aimee Beattie, Emily Beattie)
Group E
Georgi Nedelinov Lekov, Piano
Yeyoung Yoon, Violin
Songyee Han, Flute
3rd Prize Winners
Group A
Jonathan Wang, Piano
Katie Jeong, Piano
Brian Lim, Violin
Group B
Katya Vanloo, Piano
Leena Zhu, Piano
Lauren Ugarte, Piano
Erenei Ligh, Piano
Minji Kim, Violin
Isaac Jin, Violin
Catherine Shin, Violin
Four Violins (Soo Min Yim, Joy Kim, Michelle Kim, Ashley Gil)
Duo (Zoe Lonsinger, Violin, Claire Shang, Piano)
Duo (Alan Whitman, Violin, Harrison Benford, Piano)
Group C
Alexander Klapowitz, Piano
Arin Siriamontep, Piano
Jack Szymanski, Piano
Peter Jin, Piano
Asia Hickman, Piano
Emre Alptuna, Piano
Grace Wang, Piano
Nya Angel, Violin
Marina Wong, Violin
Ryan Shim, Cello
Hannah Park, Violin
Jeremy Chen, Oboe
Group D
Brendan Lee, Piano
Ethan Shan, Piano
Judy Zhang, Piano
Noah Kim, Piano
Lawrence Lan, Piano
Javen C. Lara, Viola
Group E
Kilee Park, Piano
Mintra Rungruengsorakarn, Piano
Jocelyn Zhu, Violin
Strauss Shi, Violin
Yigit Karatas, Violin
Sinae Hwang, Piano