2020 IMPACT Young Artists Competition Result

IMPACT is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 2020 Young Artists Competition. Congratulations to all of the winners. The COVID-19 pandemic has made running such a competition more challenging than ever. We sincerely thank all of the teachers and students from multiple different states including NJ, NY, CA and AZ for their flexibility and overwhelming support. We also thank our judges, who overcame unexpected technical issues during the competition and who dedicated their time to provide valuable feedback on the competitors. We hope you enjoy the concerts and we wish you all a lovely holiday.

Bravo to all the teachers:

Sophia Agranovitch, Bing Bing Chang, Yulien Chen, Seungho Choi, Gloria Chu, Ingred Clarfield,

Joe Eggebeen, Tomoko Harada, Gerall Hieser, Christine Hong, Hannah Johnson, Ellison Kenneth,

Yousun Kim, Grace Kuo, Hyojin Lee, Joseph Lee, Chiu-Ling Lin, Chiu-Tze Lin, Wangchen Long,

Beatrice Long, Agnes Mah, Siliang Meng, Noriko Muraoka-Novo, Todd Simmons, Ingrid Tang,
Michael Thomopoulos, Yining Wang, Lishan Wu, Wendy Wu, Amy Wulfman,

Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Stella Xu.

Special thanks to this year's judging panel:

Helen Huang, Michael Brown, Orion Weiss, Peter Toth, Andy Lin, Sophia Shao.

Judges' Bios

Gold Virtual Program

Silver Virtual Program

Gold Award

Piano:

William Chen*

Janet Luo*

Patrick Sun*

Justin Zhong*

Eunice Choi

Annabelle Chow

Hana Fang

Olivia Hua

Dennis Ji

Katherine Lee

Claire Li

Eric Li

Carissa Liu

Michelle Ng

Sarah Ouyang

Andy Pei

Christine Peng

Heather Qin

Christina Wang

Yuying Wang

Rosemary Wu

Kenneth Yan

Sophia Yang

Angela Zhang

Violin:

Nora Lee*

Anthony Zhai

Cello:

Tessa Chow

Jessica Hong

Trombone:

Jordan Guzzi

Ensemble:

Piano Quintet*

Michael Shen

Verna Chen

Grace Wang

Katrina Lee

Apollo Lee

Piano Quintet

Sydney Yan

Nora Lee

Edwin Chao

Sarayu Kodali

Michelle Ng

* Outstanding Performance Award

Silver Award

Piano:

Alexandra Cahill

Kristie Chao

Aiden Cheng

Amy Chu

Catherine Chu

Zoey Crisan

Charlotte Xing-er Ji Dressel

Emily Gan

Parth Gupta

Gracelynne Hao

Emily Mu

Sophia Mu

Christopher Pan

Anya Pei

Cynthia Shen

Pranav Sitaraman

Isabella Sung

Erin Tam

Grace Tan

Anya Wang

Jennie Wang

Yunxi Lucy Wang

Timothy Wei

Thomas Wong

Ellie Wu

Tracy Xiao

Elaine Xu

Raymond Xu

Emma Yeon

Alice Yu

Skyler Zhang

Sophie Zhang

Amanda Zhong

Violin:

Leon Crisan

Chloe Ruoyi Wang

Claire Wang

Cello:

Katrina Lee

Sarah Ouyang

Caleb Park

Clarinet:

Anita Liu

Ensemble:

Piano Duet

Albert He

Cody Jiang

String Quartet

Kara Lui

Aaron Xi

Angelina Xi

Chiung-Hsiang Chen

Violin Quartet

Daniel Xie

Jun Gesterland

Kevin Lui

Stanley Liu

Bronze Award

Piano:

Andrew Chan

Advay Chavan

Jordan Guo

Jordan Guzzi

Angelina Jiang

Alexander Li

Sharvil Limaye

Dawson Lin

Nathan Lyubarsky

Isabella Mele

Jiya Narayanan

Lauren Scimeca

Vaibhav Sitaraman

Derek Wang

Runqing Wang

Zeyang Wang

Coco Xiao

Travis Xue

Yen-Jeun Yan

Olivia Zhang

Ryan Zhao

Anna Zheng

Violin:

Claire Chen

Anoushka Khatri

Kelly Mai

Hanlin Ren

Clarinet:

Hadrian Lynn

Ensemble:

Piano Duet

Kevin Lyu

William Lyu

String Quartet

Albert Ming

Will Sun

Emily Zhu

Hellen Jing