Competition Results
The second edition of Open Sonority International instrumental Competition is officially in the books!
The event took place on May 11th & 12th, 2024 at the Kawai Piano Gallery in Houston, TX and was an absolute success. There were fifty participants, ages five to eighteen, competing in their age categories for the exciting cash prizes. The judges Eliza Ching (Doctor of Musical Arts and active pianist) and Charlie Tauber (Master of Music and active pianist) listened to the contestants and selected the thirty one award-winners. The next year’s Open Sonority International Instrumental Competition will be an even more exciting, satisfying, and fulfilling experience for the students, parents, and teachers.
Continue scrolling down to see the results and photos from the competition.
Group A Category
I Place – Miloslava Tomina
II Place – Lothian Liu
III Place – George Doucakis
Group B Category
I Place – Guwei Chen
II Place – Alexandria Wu
III Place – Lucas Xue
III Place – Hiram Zhou
Honorable Mention – Bryce Chen
Honorable Mention – Maryam Kharisova
Honorable Mention – Alexander Lu
Honorable Mention – Andrea Tan
Group C Category
I Place – Yiwen Li
III Place – Emily Fu
III Place – Kean Truong
Honorable Mention – Ethan Bui
Honorable Mention – Reis Sarikaya
Honorable Mention – Elsa Velamuri
Honorable Mention – Caitlyn Wu
Honorable Mention – Sonia Zhang
Group D Category
I Place – Ellen Dai
I Place – Efran Zhao
II Place – Kayan Sharma
Honorable Mention – Riesajen De Gracia
Group E Category (ensembles)
I Place – Dominique & Sebastien Dietlein
II Place – Lana Shotashvili & Maria Nadvoretskaya
III Place – George & Sophia Doucakis
Special Category Awards
Youngest Contestant – Alexander Tomin
Youngest Contestant – BaoThi Tran
Youngest Contestant – Aiden Tso
Youngest Contestant – Madeline Yu
Best Baroque Performance – Guwei Chen
Best Classical Performance – Yiwen Li
Best Romantic Performance – Efran Zhao
Best 20th Century Performance – Alexandria Wu
Best Living Composer Performance – Hanxi Owen Zhang
Past Competitions
Group A Category
I Place – Alexandria Wu
II Place – YangYang Zhan
III Place – Andrea Tan
Honorable Mention – Sophie Doucakis
Honorable Mention – Evangeline Jeuch
Group B Category
I Place – William Li
II Place – Lucas Xue
III Place – Joshua Hong
III Place – Winston Tornberg
Honorable Mention – Guwei Chen
Honorable Mention – Luke Li
Group C Category
I Place – Kaytlyn Xiao
I Place – Kayan Sharma
II Place – Minya Tang
III Place – Grace Chen
Group D Category
I Place – Jacob Yan
II Place – Matthew Pan
III Place – Eva Ngu
Honorable Mention – Andrea Blanco
Special Category Awards
Youngest Contestant – Madeline Yu
Youngest Contestant – Sophia Doucakis
Best Baroque Performance – Morgan Luan
Best Classical Performance – Jacob Yan
Best Romantic Performance – Matthew Pan
Best Living Composer Performance – Sebastien Dietlein
Best Orchestral Performance – Kaitlin Waak