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2024 Composition Competition Results
Congratulations to all 130+ talented participants from many countries on your hard work! We are thrilled to announce the competition results.
The winner(s) of each age category will be awarded the honor of having their composition performed by the esteemed Sempre Musick Orchestra during the 2025 season. We will communicate performance schedules at a later date.
Composition for Orchestra Category:
Winner:
Winston Schneider (Nebraska, USA) – Shortchanged Scherzo: a Fleeced Fandango
Honorable Mentions:
Urszula Janiszewska (Olawa, Poland) – Syncopation
Yang Jing (Zhengzhou, China) – Travelers in the Dark Night
Kaori Nakano (Osaka, Japan) – The Girl’s Blue and Yellow Pendant
Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 19+
Winners:
Dohyun Kim (Massachusetts, USA) – Invitation to my planet
Cristina Maria Noli (Milan, Italy) – Dreams can change ideas – (Sogni che tramutano i pensieri)
Honorable Mentions:
Iman Khajehzadeh (Texas, USA) – Lines, Shapes, and Shadows
Ugo Raimondi (Caserta, Italy) – Il culto del dio Fujin
Li Zhuoming (Guandong, China) – Rondo Expedition for string quartet; II：Battle
Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 15-18
Winners:
Edith Tamarkin Goble (California, USA) – Capriccio for Piano Quintet
Zhuocheng (Tony) Li (Guandong, China) – Growth
Honorable Mentions:
Yuhao Jin (Guandong, China) – “Track Back II” for Violoncello Solo
Grace Wang (California, USA) – Forpuck
Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 10-14
Winner:
Keerat Sharma (California, USA) – Nocturne for Piano
Honorable Mentions:
Rose Liu (Guandong, China) -《困在时间里的蝴蝶》(Butterfly Trapped in Time)
Yiyi Chen (Shanghai, China) -《Home》
2024 Concerto Competition Results
80 students ages 5-20 performed with the Sempre Musick Orchestra in 2024!
Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Awards
2024 Grand Prix Winner
Taige Wang, New York
Student of Yoheved Kaplinsky
Performance with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2024-2025 season
Solo Appearance with the Nashua Chamber Orchestra in 2024-2025:
Khaos Kook, Washington State, student of Nancy Zhou
Omni Mount Washington Award for Outstanding Solo Performance:
Eunha Basu, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Special Awards
Best Performance of a Baroque Concerto:
Max Kremsenko, 17, New York, student of Olga Rudnik
Best Performance of a Classical Concerto:
Perry Moskowitz, 20, Massachusetts, student of Bonnie Anderson
Best Performance of a Romantic Concerto:
Nina Iorik, 13, Washington State, student of Nino Merabishvili
Best Performance by Adult Amateur Pianist
Paskinel Thomas, New York, student of Alla Eliseeva
Young Virtuoso – Piano:
Sophie Luo, 10, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Young Virtuoso – Violin:
James Zhou, 7, Massachusetts, student of Liubomyr Senyshyn
Best Performer of a Composition by Timothy Brown:
Brayden Wilyono, 13, Texas, student of Timothy Brown
Best Woodwind Soloist:
Advika Govindaraju, 15, New Hampshire, student of Aubrie Dionne
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Maria Barsegov, 12, Massachusetts, student of Shamil Nevretdinov
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Ethan Leung, 5, Massachusetts, student of Isabella Li
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Teddy Mulligan, 7, Massachusetts, student of Erin Tellier
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Enoch Shen, 5, Massachusetts, student of Jia Shi
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Radha Biswas, 13, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Bach Two-Part Invention Competition Special Awards
Best performance of J. S. Bach Two-Part Invention:
William Chang, 13, Massachusetts, student of Yu Wang
Best performance of J. S. Bach Two-Part Invention:
Iris Zhou, 9, Massachusetts, student of Anna Avetisyan
Announcing our Spring 2024 Concert Series
Sempre Musick is delighted to announce our Winners’ Recital Concerts for our 2024 season!
Concerts are open to the public.
All concerts will be held at the West Parish Church, located at 129 Reservation Road, Andover, Massachusetts. Parking is available in front of the church. Additional parking is available behind the main church building (off Shawsheen Road).
Concert Schedule
- Saturday, May 25
- 3:00pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition.
- 5:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition.
- Sunday, May 26
- 4:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition.
- 6:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition.
- Monday, May 27
- 1:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra.
- 3:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra.
- 7:00pm: Bach Two-Part Inventions with Sempre Musick Baroque Ensemble, and solo performers.
- Saturday, June 8
- 1:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and solo performers.
- 4:00pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and solo performers.
Tickets:
- Each concert will feature different programs and soloists.
- Doors will open 30 minutes prior to performance time.
- Tickets are available for purchase ahead of time. Tickets will also be available at the door.
- Each ticket grants you entry to any single concert of your choice.
- Your tickets will be held for you at the entrance. Upon arrival, please tell us your email address to pick up your tickets.
Announcing Taige Wang as the Recipient of the 2024 Sempre Musick Rising Artist Award
Taige Wang will perform as a soloist with the Sempre Musick Orchestra on May 25 at 3:00 pm.
Taige is also a winner of the 2023 Sempre Musick Composition Competition. His piano trio, Chopin vs Chopin 2.0, will also be performed on May 25.
TAIGE WANG, 13, studies piano at The Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky. He is a young scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation.
In 2023, as the youngest competitor, Taige made the quarterfinals at The Cliburn Junior Competition, and was one of the three finalists at Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition, where he performed with the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra.
Taige appeared on the show From the Top in 2021 and at From The Top’s 2022 Gala, in which he was the youngest of three nationally-selected musicians. He has played at various prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium, Nixon Presidential Library Museum, Lincoln Center, Severance Hall, and Henan Grand Theater (China).
Taige studies composition with Bruce Adolphe. As a prize-winning composer, his piano trio Chopin vs Chopin 2.0 was commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and he performed its debut at Alice Tully Hall on April 16, 2023.
Taige received the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award in 2022.
2023 Composition Competition Results
Congratulations to all 200+ talented participants from 18 countries on your hard work! We are thrilled to announce the competition results.
Each age category winner will be awarded a cash prize and the honor of having their composition performed by the esteemed Sempre Musick Orchestra during the 2024 season. We will communicate performance schedules at a later date.
All entrants will receive their personalized judges’ comments and certificates of participation by December 31, 2023. Given the impressive turnout, we will be dispatching these documents gradually over the upcoming weeks.
Adult (25 and older)
Winner:
Noam Faingold – Open Wide the Doors for All
Honorable Mentions:
Sobhan Afsarian – Piano Sonata, Movement III
Jingyan Chen – Invisible Waves
Anna Crestani – Hágoónee
Yi-de Li – In Search of Jasmine
Yu-Shiuan Mei – Ambivalence
Yuanyi Wang – Float
Chih-Yun Wang – Liminality
Collegiate (19-24)
Winner:
Miho Ikeda – Temptation of that Jade Vine
Honorable Mentions:
Sihoo Ahn – Mook Wa
Jennie Hu – Toccata for Woodwind Quintet
Seo Yoon Jang – Fest
Ethan Resnik – A Lakeside View with You
Senior (15-18)
Winners:
Yiheng Li – Album Leaf
Winston Schneider – Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Quintet; I: Allegro con Brio
Honorable Mentions:
Carter Smith – Sunset Fades to Night
Xiao Wen – Search
Ruoyao Wu – Q
Junior (11-14)
Winners:
Mona Mod – “Gretchen” (Faust)
Taige Wang – Chopin vs. Chopin 2.0 Piano Trio
Honorable Mention:
Yiyi Chen – Mother’s Ballade
Elementary (10 and younger)
Winner:
Zoey Feng – Lost in Thunder
Honorable Mention:
Yuchen Liu – The Day Dr. Squeaks Won the Nobel Prize
2023 Concerto Competition Results
67 students ages 5-20 performed with the Sempre Musick Orchestra in 2023!
Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Awards
2023 Grand Prix Winners
Aurelia Faidley-Solars
13, New York
Student of Natasha Brofsky
Will perform with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra
May 11 and 12, 2024
at Ste. Marie Roman Catholic Church, Manchester, NH
Roxane Park
15, New Hampshire
Student of Alexander Korsantia
Will perform with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra
May 18 and 19, 2024
at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA
Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Special Awards
Best Performance of a Baroque Concerto:
Myla Larmond, 10, New York, student of Elizabeth Faidley
Best Performance of a Classical Concerto:
Yunseo Chang, 20, Minnesota, student of Timothy Lovelace
Best Performance of a Concerto by W. A. Mozart:
Eunha Basu, 13, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Rising Star Award:
Aria Zhao, 9, Massachusetts, student of Jia Shi
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Frederick Luo, 6, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:
Mason Goddard, 8, New York, student of Patricia Robinson
Best Performer of a Composition by Timothy Brown:
Austin Xu, 11, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Young Virtuoso Award:
Isabelle Bao, 9, New Jersey, Student of Choah Kim
Performance Competition Special Awards
Best Performance of a Composition by Catherine Rollin:
Jay Greer, 8, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova
Best Performance of a Composition by Frederic Chopin:
Katherine Chen, 13, Massachusetts, student of Eleanor McLaughlin
Best Performer of a Composition by Romeo Melloni:
Melinda Hu, 15, New Hampshire, student of Mila Filatova
