We are proud to announce that in the inaugural edition of the Global International Music Competition, we have participants from 31 countries, including Austria, Australia, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Israel, Australia, Canada, USA, Guam, Kazakhstan, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom. 
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​Ezgi Ergin - Composition - Platinum Medalist - Turkey

Ezgi Ergin is a violinist, pianist and composer, was born in Ankara, Turkey. She
strarted to compose melodies in childhood; started to play the violin at 10 years old and piano at 11 years old; composed pieces while she was playing the piano by herself. She graduated as a violinist from Faculty of Music and Performing Arts of Bilkent University at Ankara. During her violin education, she studied piano too. She played at many concert halls in Turkey as a violinist or chamber music player; played in youth orchestras in Turkey and Germany.
She started to work at Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra in 2009; played in
festivals in Turkey and abroad. She studied composition with Bujor Hoinic, who is a conductor of Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra. She has awards in many
competitions in violin, piano and composition categories.

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Chiacheng Sen - Piano - Platinum Medalist (Professional Category) - USA

2021 can be a very good year.  Chiacheng Sen received two first prizes from the “IMKA” International Internet Music  & Dance Competition; herself winning the solo category while her Townsville Piano Duet won the duo category. Besides, her album “Liebesfreud & Liebesleid “ won the bronze medal in the Global Music Awards. She also received the Platinum Medal in the North American International Virtuoso Music Competition. In previous years, she also won the first prize in the Australian Vocal and Concerto Competition, second prize in the International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso in Rome, third prize in the Rising Stars Grand Prix in Berlin, and American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition which led to her Carnegie Hall debut. She also won first prize in United States Open Music Competition, second prize in the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation, Second prize in International Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington DC. When Chiacheng Sen was 12, she won her first competition in the Creative Art Competition hosted by Taiwan Television and Min Sheng Daily. She played Jeux D’eau by Ravel and won a cash prize of 20000 NTD.
 Chiacheng Sen received master degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and doctoral degree in Piano Performance with full scholarship from UC Santa Barbara. She worked in the UCSB music department as a collaborative piano teaching assistant for four years, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. After graduation in 2011, Chiacheng worked at East Los Angeles College, Orange County School of the Arts, and Long Beach City College and other music schools as piano instructor and staff pianist. In 2018, Chiacheng collaborated with renowned violinist/ composer Jeremy Cohen from Quartet San Francisco in a memorial concert of Raymond Scott at Colony Theatre. Besides her career as an extraordinary pianist with wide interests, she also plays with the Orchestra Collective of Orange County as a violinist.

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​Hyejeong Seo  - Piano - Platinum Medalist - South Korea

Hyejeong Seo studied at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul and she studied with Prof. Detlef Kaiser at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden Germany for a Master's degree. She won the grand prize overall at the competition hosted by the Korea Music Education Association, and 2nd place at the Korea-Russia International School Competition. While attending Sungshin Women's University, she performed 'Piano Night' and performed with the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra.
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She also received international attention, winning 3rd place in the WPTA Finland International Piano Competition and 2nd place in the 8th "Città di San Donà di Piave" International Piano Competition.

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Dan Qiao - Violin - Platinum Medalist - China

Dan Qiao has enjoyed a vibrant career as a concert violinist and chamber musician performing in concerts around the world, including in China, Germany, France, Poland, and the USA. After starting violin at age 4, She won first place for the master of music degree at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and also won the Chinese National Scholarship for graduate students. In 2015 she moved to the USA to pursue a second Master and Doctor degree at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.

Ms. Qiao has performed as a solo and chamber musician at such prestigious festivals as the Beijing International Harp Music Festival (Beijing, China), Beijing Modern Music Festival( Beijing, China), Baroque Summer Festival (Cincinnati, OH), Mostly Modern music festival (Saratoga Springs, NY), Euro Music Festival (Halle, Germany), Rencontres Musicales Internationales des Graves (Bordeaux, France), and the 30th Jubilee International Music Course (Opole, Poland), Lunigiana International Music Festival (Italy), Brevard Music Festival (NC, USA). She played chamber music recital with legendary violinist Maxim Vengerov at Rencontres Musicales Internationales des Graves in 2019.

Dan has received many honors and awards for her work as a solo and chamber musician, including 1st prize in chamber music at the Beijing International Harp Music Festival, 1st place and top scholarship at Three Arts Scholarship Competition, and is a multi-time winner of the CCM concerto competition. She is also the honorable Mention Winner of a Doug Davis Endowment Performance Award in 2020.  She won the Platinum Medal of 2021 Quebec International Music Competition in 2021, FIRST PRIZE Winner of 2021 International Music Competition "Bonn and Salzburg" Grand Prize Virtuoso, Third Prize Winner of Professional Category of 2021 Medici International Music Competition, LIMF Concerto Competition Special Prize And Full Scholarship of LIMF 2022, First Prize winner of 2021 Charleston international competition Summer Music Competition.
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Dan is also a new music promoter. She is the violinist of a violin-cello duo “Mirror 2 Mirror”  that values passionate performances, collaborations, and making modern music more approachable for today’s audiences. M2M strives to represent living composers and to advocate for their music through dramatic performances and electrifying stage presence. M2M has given several world premieres in New York City featuring original music.

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​Markus Siedenberg - Piano - Platinum Medalist - Germany
 
Born in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany). 1986-1988: Piano lessons with Vladimir Horowitz (New York). 1987-1988: Composition lessons with Pierre Boulez (Baden-Baden). Numerous First Prizes at international music competitions (professionals) in America, Asia and Europe, most recently: Quebec International Music Competition (Canada), Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition Salzburg (Austria), Music and Stars Awards (Spain, two Gold Medals), Canadian International Music Competition (Platinum Medal), "Winner of the Golden Key of Vienna Music Festival 2021", IMKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Brilliant Talent Discovery Awards (Singapore), International Piano Competition Smederevo (Serbia), International Music Competition Kolomna/Moscow (Russia), International Hong Kong Music Talent Award (China), for the latter see results on facebook, Global International Music Competition (Canada, Platinum Medal). 1993-2000 Piano studies (Folkwang Academy of the Arts, Germany). PhD in musicology with a monograph on Beethoven‘s Opus 111, European University Press, Berlin, London, Paris.„Mehr lesen“ for Zurich University musicologist Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen‘s evaluation of the book as an outstanding international scientific achievement.

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​Nurkanifa Kadyrzhanova - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Kazakhstan

Nurkanifa is a student of the Kazakh Music School named after A. Zhubanov in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She has been playing violin for 10 years now. Her first performance brought her the Grand Prix at the 48th republican competition of young musicians when she was only 6 years old. Furthermore, Nurkanifa is a winner of such competitions as the Eurasian musical games in Astana, Kazakhstan, International competition "New Soloist" and the Laureate of the Grand Prix at the International Competition for Young Performers named after A. Zhubanov and etc. 
She regularly performs with the Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra and the State Chamber Orchestra “Camerata Kazakhstan”. Nurkanifa participated in Summer School of the Charitable Foundation "New Names" in Suzdal, Russia in 2021. She commonly takes part in masterclasses given by leading professors from all over the world.

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​Soochul Park - Flute - Platinum Medalist (Professional Category) - South Korea

Soochul Park studied at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) with Professors Roswitha Staege and Christina Fassbender. He did not stop learning and also studied with Professor Hans-Jörg Wegner at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold Germany. He solidified his position by winning 3rd place at the International Music Competition Opus 2021 and 2nd place at the International Music Award Vienna FSK.

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Ethan D. Yu - Piano - Platinum Medalist - USA / Taiwan

Ethan D. Yu is a rising junior in high school from California, USA. He began learning piano at age 6, with Professor Anna Poklewski. As the two times First Prize + Exceptional Young Talent Award winner  from the Grand Virtuoso International Music Competition, Ethan was invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London and  Wiener Saal, Mozarteum in Salzburg. He also won the Platinum Award from the Global International Competition, the First Place from the Quebec Music Competition, the Great Composers Competition, the Korean Times Music Competition and the 2nd Place from the US New Star Competition, the American Protege Competition, and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. 

Other awards include the KAMSA Competition, the Enkor International Music Competition, the United States International Music Competition, the East Bay Music Festival, the United States Open Music Competition, the San Francisco Chopin Competition. Ethan also has experience in chamber music as a pianist and in school orchestra as a cellist. 

When not playing piano, Ethan enjoys playing water polo, biking, archery, writing, reading literature, and watching comedy.

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Leander Hennes Resch - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Germany

Leander Hennes Resch began to learn to play the violin at the age of five. He is instructed on the violin by Ms. Susanne Reiner and has coaching lessons from Mr. Dennis Kozarov. At the age of seven he appeared for the first time as a soloist with the Wissembourg Chamber Orchestra and made his debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of eight. In the meantime he has given concerts at such renowned locations as the Mozarteum Salzburg, Bozar Brussels, the Beethoven House in Bonn and open-air concerts in Italy. He has won several prizes and grand prizes at international competitions and has attended master classes with Prof. Viviane Hagner, Mr. Hrachya Avanesyan and the Notos Quartet, among others.

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​​Gisela Dekort Mesalles - Saxophone - Platinum Medalist - Spain

Gisela Dekort Mesalles, born in Barcelona, in 2004, started her musical studies at the Escola de Música de Valldoreix in 2009, playing the saxophone under the instructions of Professor Manel Cerdà. She has participated in various concerts, contests and some TV programs. She continued her studies at the Conservatori de Terrassa as a student of Professor Albert Julià i Torné. In 2020, at the age of 16, she was granted a scholarship by the Fundació de Música Ferrer-Salat to study the four years of Bachelor’s Degree of superior musical studies at the Fundació Conservatori del Liceu, in Barcelona. Her teacher of superior degree continued to be Albert Julià.  She has received master classes from Pawel Gusnar, David Salleras, Xelo Giner and Vincent David.

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​Rozalia Bryła - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Poland 

​Rozalia Bryła, born in Poland in 2008. She is a student of the State School of Music Mieczysława Karłowicz names in Katowice in the class of Monika Szweda. As a 10-year-old, she made her debut in the Silesian Philharmonic orchestra of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and in the Silesian Theatre of Stanisław Wyspiański in Katowice. She is a winner of GRAND PRIX awards: 1st National Competition "What a young man in the soul plays; in Ruda Śląska & Rocky Mountain 20-21st Century Music Festival" in Toronto, 1st Swiss International Competition Tizizano Rosseti Music Akademy. In addition, she is a laureate of more than 20 international and national music competitions incl. I places in the "International Young Music Competition NOUVELLES ETOILES 4th edition in Paris, the 4th National Competition "Young Artists at the Suski Castle in Sucha Beskidzka, International Music Association Gloria Artis in Vienna, Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Musicale Citta di Sarzana".
In 2021, she received scholarships from Canada and Switzerland and invitations to perform in Vienna, Toronto, Zurrich, Lugano, Ottawa, Novo Mesto.
She has participated in many workshops, lessons and music festivals in violin classes incl. Prof. Łukasz Błaszczyk, PhD Agata Szymczewska, Caroline Campbell, Prof. Bartłomiej Nizioł, Prof. Cornelius Chiu.
She is performed among others the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland.

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​Jaein (Jae) Park - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Korea / Canada
 
Jaein(Jae) Park was born in South Korea, 2009. He moved to Vancouver, Canada, at age 5. He is currently in Grade 6 of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School. He loves playing the violin and piano. He started to play the violin at age 6. His violin teacher is Lawrie Hill, the department co-head in the Vancouver Academy of Music(VAM). He was a concertmaster in the intermediate orchestra at VAM with conductor Joseph Elworthy. He won the Platinum award in Quebec International Music Competition, Wieniawski special award in String Avenue International String Competition, and Grand prize in Vienna Jugend Musik Wettbewerb in 2021.

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​Nicolia Garoufalidou - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Greece 

Born on the 5th November 2009 in Athens.
Coming from a musical family, it was a matter of time that a small violin would end up in the ands of Nicolia at the age of four and a half.She started her studies at the Athens College conservatoire (class of Mr. Panagiotopoulos) and has appeared on many professional concerts at the college since the age of 8. Since April 2020 she is studying with Professor Kirill Troussov. She has played many concerts in Greece and has performed regularly in France at “Academie de Jeunes Solists”Mezin-Toulouse. Recognizing her exceptional talent, Athens College has awarded her the very prestigious “Scholarship of Special Interest” which covers all school fees over the period the next six years. She is a first prize winner of “Grand Prize Virtuoso” 2021 competition and she is Platinum medalist of “Global International Music Competition”.Future performances include Bohn, “Beethoven House” and Salzburg, “Solitär Mozarteum”. She plays on a half-size violin and bow.

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Po-Yao Liang - Violin - Platinum Medalist - Taiwan 

Hello, my name is Po-Yao (Ethan) Liang, I was born at 2008 March 20 and now study at junior high school of NTNU Taiwan, my major is violin, sub-major is piano, I also love to sing, act in music opera, be a voice actor in movies sometime. I have a brother named Ray-Heng Liang, he now studies in National University of Singapore YST, major in piano, we had lot of wonderful time while we performed together.
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I learned violin for 9 years, I want to thank all the teachers in the past, especially the teacher J.P. Lin. she teaches me a lot of violin knowledge. NTNU professor Chinn-Horng Nanette Chen is my teacher now, she makes me a very big progress in violin, I do thank her patient and generous instructions. I also like to share the happiness that I just got the silver medal of 2021 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF)/violin, I will keep learning violin with my heart.

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​Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis - Gold Medalist - Flute - Hungary 

Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis received her diploma with honours at the University of Szeged, Faculty of Music (Prof. Zoltán Lass) in 2006 and received his doctorate degree (DLA) ”summa cum laude” at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 2013. She has participated in the masterclasses of András Adorján, János Bálint, Csalog Benedek, Sir James Galway, Gergely Ittzés, Lóránt Kovács, Barthold Kuijken, István Matuz, Emmanuel Pahud. Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis won the 1st prize in the Zoltán Jeney
Hungarian National Flute Competition in Kaposvár in 2000, and in the Prosper Amtmann Flute Competition in Sellye in 2010. She was the winner of the International Flute Competition in Timisoara in 2005 and of the International Flute-Harp Chamber Competition in Arles in 1999 with Anastasia Razvaljaeva. She was the flute professor of the István Vántus Music High School in Szeged from 2004 to 2018. Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis is the first flutist of the Szeged Symphony Orchestra from 2007.

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​Margarita Pinkosz - Harpsichord - Gold Medalist - Ukraine

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Margarita Pinkosz is an established classical pianist, harpsichordist and chamber musician.
An accomplished and respected classical musician Margarita Pinkosz has many awards and accolades under her belt as follows, 1st Prize in the Concours Piano Brest, France, 2nd Prize in the Grand Concours de Piano "Madeleine de Valmalete", 1st Prize in the Grand Metropolitan Int'l Music Competition, 1st Prize in the IMKA Music Competition, and finalist in the Int’l Piano Competition in Kosice, Slovakia. What's more invited to the “L’art Hulencourt” Belgium, Cannes festival for recording music to Silentium Dei, recording a CD with Polish music for Belgian association under patronage of European deputy Frederique Ries, inaugurating a concert for Poland joining European Union in Porto, Portugal. Scholarship Winner for Udo Heinemann Int’l Masterclasses, Scholarship Winner to Ecole normale Alfred Cortot Paris, France, Trinity College London scholarship for Alexander Technique masterclasses, invitation to Oxana Yablonskaya’s (Juilliard School) Piano Institut in Lucca, Italy. She also performed for countless festivals including; American Bach Soloists, Jeunes Solistes in Mezin, France, Europalia, Fête de la Musique, Welcome to Belgium in Chateau de Valduchesse and many more.
Currently based in San Francisco, California, the musician was invited to study harpsichord in the studio of the Grammy nominated Corey Jamason. With a keen interest in 21st century neoclassical and electro music, Pinkosz seeks to become a composer for youth on piano, perform new and early music on harpsichord as well as educate the next generation of musicians. She is also passionate about the environment and is looking to connect with like minded artists who want to combine music performance with sustainability. Armed with big dreams and plenty of energy to spare, Margarita Pinkosz is no doubt well on her way to becoming one of the most multidimensional performing artists of her generation.

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​Doğuş Ergin - Cello - Gold Medalist - Turkey

Doğuş Ergin was born in Ankara. He started to study Violoncello in the Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Arts. He continued his studies in the class of Prof. Claus Kanngiesser in the Conservatory of Cologne and in the class of Prof. Gustav Rivinius in the Constervatory of Saar where he has his bachelor's and master's degrees. He was a scholar of DAAD in Germany. He had recitals which were organized by Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now. In 2008, he made his debut with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra.
He won 1st prize in the Mersin State Conservatory National Violoncello Competition in 2008, 3rd prize in the Antonio Janigro International Violoncello Competition in 2010, 2nd prize in the Liezen International Violoncello Competition in 2012. He played in the 2nd Fethiye Classical Music Festival in Fethiye in 2013. He premiered Shanboone Etude for Violoncello in Berlin. Furthermore, he played as soloist with the Bursa Symphony Orchestra, Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Mersin State Conservatory Orchestra, Eskişehir Symphony Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra. He was an academist of NDR Elbphilharmony Orchestra in the season of 2017-18 where he worked with notable conductors such as Thomas Hengelbrock and Krzysztof Urbanski. He is currently an intern of Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara.

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​Naina Jinga - Composition - Gold Medalist - Canada / Romania

Naina Jinga - is a Canadian-Romanian award-winner composer and a classically trained pianist, who lives, teaches and creates in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Naina was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a city with ancient musical traditions. She began playing the piano at the age of four, performed as a soloist with an orchestra at ten and wrote her first compositions at twelve.Naina Jinga graduated from the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music in 1991 (B.Mus), where she was later appointed as an Assistant Professor and, in 1998, as a University lecturer. She also holds a M.Mus degree from the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and a Ph.D. in Composition with a “Magna cum Laudae” from the "G.Dima" Academy of Music (Cluj, Romania).

Naina Jinga has written extensively in instrumental, vocal, choral, chamber music and orchestral genres, using the avant-garde language of the 1980s and 1990s contemporary music, in the style of dodecaphonic, serial, and later, modal music. Her works were performed in Canada, Europe, the U.S., Australia, making her the recipient of many international awards and scholarships, among them, the Romanian Composers’ League Prize and the UNESCO award and scholarship. 

In more recent years, embracing a new style - light classical music - has won her a loyal fanbase and increased worldwide her popularity. In 2019, Naina Jinga produced and published her album, "Piano Dreams", an anthology of 14 solo piano ballads. Her music won its well-deserved place in Top 10 on Radio stations, while platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon or Women of Substance Podcast are featuring her music.

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Eunhyang Choi - Piano - Gold Medalist - Republic of  Korea

Eunhyang Choi studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and New York with Russian pianists( Vladimir poliakoff who studied with Gregory Sokolov) and Nina lelchuk who studied with Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Mihail Pletnev, the best Russian pianists in existence. Her musical roots and identity are heralded by the genealogy of ‘Czerny-Liszt-Zilotti-Igumnov-Polyer-Blysenko-Pletine’: from Beethoven to Western Europe, the representative pianism of
Russia. She has experience in playing in Russia, the United States, and Korea, as well as teaching and playing in Daegu, and she currently holds a degree in New York and is engaged in musical activities. She won a gold medal in the Quebec international music competition, the first price in Grand Prize Virtuoso international competition, Honor mention in Music and stars awards in Spain, Bronze hands at carles and Sophia international piano competition in Spain, the 5th Krystian Tkaczewski International Competition and the V Future Stars. She is currently performing in Russia, the USA and South Korea and will continue her academic and musician careers with Professor Jerome Rose In New York.

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​Zhuoma Jiangyong - Violin - Gold Medalist - China

Zhuoma Jiangyong is currently pursuing her under graduated Of Musical Arts in violin performance at the Minzu University of China and entered the Yangfan violin studio in 2019 professor Zhenguo Pang.She has been participated in violin competitions at home and abroad many times, including being first place The 5th National General Selection Of Chinese Young Musicians，first place The 1st TV Grand Prix Of Piano And Violin In Qinghai Province and attended The First Annual Master Players Festival&School 2018.In senior school,She was the concert master of the school orchestra.

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Daniel Cheung – Alto Saxophone – Gold Medalist – Australia

Daniel Cheung, is a grade 4 student at Great Ryrie Primary School in Melbourne Australia, who only started playing the Saxophone 2 years ago but has been playing the Piano at the age of 4. It is remarkable what Daniel has achieved in such a short span of time and this is mainly due to his diligence, love of music and instrumental performances. Daniel was awarded the Platinum Medal from the Quebec International Music Competition 2021. He also achieved the 1st Place at the 2021 Ringwood Eisteddfod by playing Solo de Concert Op.74.

​Although Daniel is perceived as being shy and reserved, when in front of a crowd and immersed in his music, he excels. When not playing and performing, Daniel enjoys the creativity of Lego, cycling and playing both board games and electronics. Daniel hopes he can be a great musician in future.

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​Lim Kwan Yee - Piano - Gold Medalist - Malaysia

Born in 2003, Kwan Yee started her piano lessons at the age of five. She has been
actively involved in performing and has performed Medtner Piano Concerto No.1 and Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 with Malaysia Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under
Maestro Naohisa Furusawa. Kwan Yee has won numerous international awards,
including a First Prize in La Pianista Singapore International Piano Competition, First Prize in Malaysian Piano Competition, First Place Winner in Kingsburg International Piano Competition, a silver award in The 1 st WPTA Finland International Piano Competition and First Prize in the Mandeville Music Festival Singapore. Recently, she was being awarded the Platinum First Prize in the Canadian International Music Competition and a 2 nd Prize in the Odin International Music Competition. She has participated in masterclasses with Andrew Ball, Anthony Hewitt, Murray McLachlan, Lluis Rodriguez Salva, Sun Yu Wen, Akiko Danis and Misa Yamamoto, to name a few.

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Selina Lin - Gold Medalist - Piano - USA 

Selina Lin is a 15-year-old piano student from the USA. In addition to winning a Platinum Medal at the 2021 Quebec Music Competition, they have also won 1st Prize at the 2020-2021 Crescendo International Competition, 1st Prize at the 2020 Piano League Piano Star International Competition Finalist Round, and the Trophy award at the 2020 Sierra Fall Festival. Since age 4, they have studied with multiple piano teachers and completed the Certificate of Merit examinations up to the Level 10 Advanced and Panel level. In addition, Selina has participated in masterclasses with Hans Boepple, Alexandre Moutouzkine, and Dr. Sarah Chan. They currently study with Ms. Carol Chuang in Folsom, CA. 

Besides practicing piano, Selina participates in their school marching band, tutors younger kids, and enjoys drawing in their free time. 

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​Yi Ren Lou - Guitar & Voice - Gold Medalist - Malaysia

Yi Ren Lou, 10-year-old, was born in Malaysia, 2011. She started to learn her first instrument, ukulele in 2019 and guitar in December 2020 with a nurturing passionate teacher, Mr. Emmanuel Low Wei En; vocal in June 2020 with Ms Kho Mei Ling, a soprano in Malaysia. Year 2020, She has been achieved a Distinction Award in Ukulele Performance Award Level 5 of University of West London, Champion in Kids Got Talent Malaysia 2020/2021. Year 2021, a 2 nd Prize in Choki Got Talent Malaysia 2021- Guitar and she takes her first step out from Malaysia, she won a Magna Cum Laude Award in Young Artist Music Award 2021-Guitar, Indonesia, a Platinum Award in Quebec Music Competition 2021, a Silver Medal in North American Virtuoso International Music Competition. Yi Ren believes music always bring happiness and positive vibes to everyone beside her, she will continue to fill up everyone life with her music and love.

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Karolina Kuppart - Violin - Gold Medalist - Estonia

Karoliina began her violin studies in 2013. Starting at 6 years old with her teacher Tereza Šmerling she studied by the Suzuki method. In 2016 Karoliina won first place in the Estonian national violin competition "Best young instrumentalist" in the youngest age group. In 2018 Karoliina won individual third place at the international JSFest competition in Finland. 
In January 2019 Karoliina won third place in the individual category and third place with the ensemble "Magic Strings Trio" in the international Gnessin string instrument competition in Moscow. In 2019 Karoliina participated in the 12th Zeus International Music Festival and won third place in her age group in the individual competition. In January of 2021, Karoliina won the 3rd place in the XII Savshinsky Violin Competition in St. Petersburg. Karoliina is currently continuing her studies in the 8th grade of Tallinn Old Town Educational College music school.

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Patrick Azariel Wijaya - Guitar - Gold Medalist - Youth Category - Indonesia

Patrick Azariel Wijaya born in Jakarta 2007, started his guitar lesson since 7 years old with some achievements:
• 1 st runner up in Valerio International Guitar Festival 2018
• Favorite participant in South East Asia Guitar Festival 2019
• Junior category finalist in 2019 National Classical Guitar Competition
• Best performers for Diploma Category in Trinity College London Concert Series 2021
• 1st Place Guitar Idol Jakarta Guitar School 2021
• 3rd place in Bianco Guitar Competition 2021
                                                                        • Gold Medalist in Quebec International Music Competition 2021
Under the tutelage of David Sylvester in Jakarta Guitar School, Patrick has released 3 CDs, performed at the Erasmus Huis Dutch Cultural Center (2018), Goethe Haus (2019), and the charity concert Tribute to Life (2019). Patrick learnt from: Giordano Passini (Italy), Sabrina Vlaskalic and Jorrit Douwess (Dutch Guitar Foundation), Pablo Gonzales (Madrid Guitar Duo), Augustin Pesnon (Paris Guitar Foundation), Ogmundur Por Johannesson (Iceland), Lorenzo Bernardi (Italy), Oliver Pletscher (Swiss).

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Veerindhra Songthaveephol - Piano - Gold Medalist - Thailand

Veerindhra Songthaveephol (Kelly), is a 6 year old, Year 1 student from Shrewsbury International School City Campus Bangkok, Thailand. Kelly dreamed of being a Pianist. She started her first piano lesson at the age of five with Ms.Chirapa Wungkaom assistance to D.M.A. Christopher Janwong McKiggan. In 2020 which was her first time in the Piano Competition, Kelly has been awarded in several international piano competitions. 
 
It was a good start for Kelly this year (in 2021). Kelly has been awarded Gold Prize in the 22nd OSAKA International Music Competition Audition round, Gold Medal in Global International Music Competition, Gold Medal in 2021 QUEBEC Music Competition, First Prize (Classical Music) in International Youth Music Competition Atlanta, USA, Gold Award in Northern Light International Piano Festival, Silver Medal (Piano Classical) in NAVI Music Competition and Bronze Award in World Piano Teachers Association of Finland.  Besides her piano time, Kelly loves singing. She always participates in singing charities and the school choir band.

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Carmen Yee Sing Ying - Voice - Gold Medalist - Malaysia

Carmen was born in 2007, aged 14 years old and originally from Sarawak, Malaysia. She was the Gold Award winner of Asia Pacific International Arts Festival Singing Competition in 2020. She recently won the Top 10 Outstanding Vocalist Award at Asia Pacific International Arts Festival and Top Platinum Award at 2021 Quebec International Music Competition. Besides singing, Carmen enjoys playing piano, guitar and ukulele. 

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​Hii Xiu Qi, Sarah - Voice (Pop) - Gold Medalist 

Hii Xiu Qi, Sarah, 13years old, was born in Sarawak, Malaysia. She has engaged music at a very young age, Sarah participates in many singing competitions actively. She started formal vocal course since Mar 2020. She enjoys playing piano and guitar as her hobbies.
These are some highlight of her achievements:
- In 2019, she was the Champion of NKTS International Youth Artistic Talent which included participants from Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and China.
- In 2019, she won the 2nd Runner Up in Asian Dreamerz Singapore which included participants from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
- In 2019, she won the Champion of Shenzhen Future Star Singing Competition.
- From 2016-2019, Sarah had won the Champion of Sarawak State’s Singing Competition for 4 years continuously Besides that, Sarah also pass her exams with flying colours which leads her to maintain as one of the “Top Students” in academic and co-curricular in her primary and secondary school.

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​Anirudh Baiju - Piano - Gold Medalist - India

Anirudh Baiju, is a 10 year old classical piano student from ‘KM Music Conservatory’, Chennai, India. He is being tutored by Mr. Puneet Sharma Asst to Dr. Surojeet Chatterji, (Alumnus of the Moscow Conservatory and Head of Russian Piano Studio KM Conservatory). Even as a toddler, Anirudh was found to be articulate in music rather than language, till his mother found him to have perfect-pitch at pre-school age. At the age of 6, he was initiated into the unique pianism of virtuoso pianist Surojeet Chatterji. He won Silver medal in “North American Virtuoso Music competition 2021.” He secured a Platinum medal in “Appassionato Quebec Youth Music Festival.” He was a finalist in the advanced category of ‘Casio Pianist competition, 2019.” He aspires to be both a pianist and composer of repute. His acute sense of rhythm stems from his very strong affinity to percussive instruments such as Drums and Mridangam.

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Wong Tsz Kwan Harvey - Gold Medalist - Piano - Hong Kong 

Harvey is 7 year old boy from Hong Kong. He started to learn piano at the age of 4 and completed the Grade Eight piano examination with distinction at the age of 6.  He is a primary one student and also a student of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. 

Harvey has been the Champions in various local and international piano competitions including Vienna Virtuoso Music Competiton, Quebec International Music Competiton, Kyoto International Piano Competiton and Carles & Sofia Piano Competiton etc. Apart from piano, Harvey loves to play violin and double bass too! He always want to share the joy of music with others! 

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Jade Cheung – Violin – Silver Medalist - Australia

Jade Cheung is a student in Melbourne Australia who was born in 2007. She demonstrated a fascination with music from a very young age and so it was no surprise to those around her when Jade started playing the Piano at the early age of 6. It was in 2017 that Jade then began playing the Violin and, as recently as last year, also picked up the Oboe and flute. Jade’s passion for music and natural ability and talent have allowed her to participate in competitions and AMEB exams with outstanding results. It is with pride that she will now be commencing the Associate of Music, Australia (AMusA) on the piano. Jade is currently a student at Ringwood Secondary College (RSC) where the wonderful teachers have provided her with unlimited opportunities and support to further her musical aspirations. Jade was
appointed the pianist for the RSC Senior Stage Band where they achieved 2nd place in the Premier Division of Victorian All-State Jazz Competition 2021. She was also awarded the Gold Medal at the Quebec International Music Competition 2021 by playing Lento con gran espressione on the Piano. Jade is inspired by her musical mentors and her genuine love of music. Practicing and playing her instruments gives her endless joy and she would love to pursue a career path that would allow her to continue her musical journey.

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​Aurora Snefrid Nuno Darvann-Hermann - Piano - Silver Medalist - Denmark

2016-current: Piano lessons at Copenhagen Private Piano School, Denmark (Mimi Jin Feng Huang). 2020- current: Student at Gradus Junior College (Martin Lysholm Jepsen). Official concerts: EPTA Rundetaarn 2019, St. Petri piano festival 2020 (1st. prize / qualified for the corona canceled Danish Steinway Piano Festival 2020), and Royal Conservatory of Music, Aarhus, Denmark 2020. 2021: Online music competitions and medals: Northern Lights International Piano Festival (Bronze Nordic Citizens; Bronze Clementi; Silver Bach; Gold Kuhlau; Gold Grieg; Gold in Age Category 9-11), Second prize ODIN International Music Competition (Category 9-10 years), and Global International Music Competition (Silver in Versatile Performer Age Category 9-11). Additional: Has launched two YouTube channels: “Aurora Snefrid” Piano (>200,000 views) and “Aurora Snefrid Film&Movie” presenting her own short movies. Aurora also enjoys singing, dancing classical ballet, alpine skiing, surfing, and swimming.

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Simon Kirjner - Violin - Silver Medalist - USA

Simon, 13, is a rising 8th grader at Harker School in California. He has been playing the violin since age 3. He started his studies in the studio of Elizabeth Faidley in NJ and currently studies with Dr. Elizabeth MacCorquodale in California. He has performed in multiple competitions and played in various venues, including the Weil Hall at Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and Teatro Paco de la Musica in Rome. In 2021, he was the winner of the Canadian International Music Competition Rising Star, Silver Medal winner of AADGT International Young Musicians Festival "PASSION OF MUSIC 2021, Gold Medal Winner of the Grand Metropolitan Music Competition, and 2nd place at the Rondo Young artist competition with a performance scheduled at the Scandinavia House in October 2021, When he is not practicing the violin, Simon enjoys playing video games and soccer.

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​Keshav Gopal - Piano - Silver Medalist - USA

Keshav Gopal started playing the piano when we he was five-years old and now at 11, his passion for the piano has only grown and evolved. His favorite composer is Beethoven and when not practicing he tries his hand at composing and to teach himself his favorite songs. Keshav is obsessed with music and also plays the alto saxophone and is a self-taught guitar-player. 
When not at his piano, Keshav can be found playing a multitude of sports. He is a huge sports fan and plays both soccer and tennis and is a big fan of Liverpool FC and Roger Federer. Keshav’s other interests include reading, travelling and all things Stars Wars. His dog, Yoda is his biggest champion and can often be found singing along to Keshav’s music.
Keshav loves performing and has missed playing during Covid. Having already played once at Carnegie Hall, he wishes to one day return and also play at The Royal Albert Hall. Keshav just started 6th grade and is learning piano under Shari Weisz.

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​Ryan Chu - Silver Medalist - Piano - Canada

Ryan Chu is 12 years old. He has been studying piano with Ms. Inna Shimbaleva for 4 years. He enjoys learning everything about music. From saxophone to piano, music theory to playing in a band, he has had lots of fun. When he is not practicing piano or working on assignments, he enjoys programming with Arduino and building with Lego.

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Sophia Chen - Violin - Silver Medalist - Canada

Sophia Chen is from British Columbia, Canada. Sophia studies with Lawrie Hill at Vancouver Academy of Music. Sophia has received awards from local, national, and international competitions. Sophia’s awards include National Second Place in Canadian Music Competition 2021 in the category of 7 years old strings; First Place at Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival 2021; Gold Medalist in Quebec International Music Competition 2021; Gold Medalist in Appassionato Quebec International Youth Music Festival 2021; Silver Medalist in North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021; Second Place in American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2021. Sophia was awarded as "The Most Promising Junior Strings Player", First Place Winner; and Scholarship Winner in 2019 Richmond Music Festival. Sophia also won Gold Medal and Class Winner in BCCM festival in 2020 and 2019. In addition to playing violin, Sophia enjoys reading, dancing, and skiing.

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Jian Xu Liew - Voice (Pop) - Silver Medalist - Malaysia
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Jian Xu Liew was born in Penang, Malaysia on 07 Nov 2008. He learns singing with Ms Kho Mei Ling, who is a soprano in Malaysia. He enjoys singing from very young age, he is always motivated with performances and competitions. In 2020, he won a 3rd Class Award in the 8th International Vocal Competition 2020 - Youth Junior Open and 1st Runner-Up in RockFest Malaysia Competition 2020.
During the pandemic period, he never stops learning. In 2021, Jian Xu won his 1st Runner-Up in Solo; Champion in Group and Talent Idol in Kid Got Talent Malaysia 2021; a Platinum Award in Quebec Music Competition, and now he gets a Silver Award in Global International Music Competition, this will be the great motivation for his singing journey in the future.

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​Shreya Ghoshal - Voice - Silver Medalist - Malaysia

Shreya Ghoshal is 14 years old and currently residing in Malaysia . She is taking vocal lessons from Gynger Soh who is known for her mellifluous voice and singing agility at Young Choral Academy for the last 5 years and over the years, she has entered many singing competitions and she has also won prizes in most of them. Some of these achievements include the First prize at Golden Classical Music Award (2021) and getting an opportunity to debut in Carnegie Hall in New York (2022), First Prize winner at the Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso awards (2021), Platinum Award for the Quebec music competition (2021) and many more. Apart from singing she likes to play saxophone and piano. She believes music always brings happiness and positive vibes to everyone beside her. She will continue to fill up everyone's life with music and love. In addition to music, she strives to be an active contributor to community and school.

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​Antoni Bryła - Percussion - Silver Medalist - Poland

Antoni Bryła, born in 2013 in Poland. He is a student of the State School of Music M.  Karłowicza names in Katowice in the class of Mr. Arkadiusz Kuc. At the age of 5 he made his debut with joint performances in the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice alongside his first teacher Mr. Krzysztof Nowakowski and Mr. Marcin Wyrostek & Coloriage. He is a winner of GRAND PRIX awards in the International Youth Music Competitions - Atlanta, USA, Golden Prize and special award for exceptional performance of the song in the International Competition (London),  Young Musican (London). In addition, he is a laureate of more than 10 international music competitions including first places in the International Competition (Rocky Mountain),  20-21st Century Music Festival (Toronto), International Competition 21st Century Talents Competition (Ottawa), North American Virtuoso International Music Competition (Toronto), 1st Swiss International Competition Tizizano Rosseti Music Akademy (Lugano). In 2021, he received invitations to perform in Toronto, Zurrich, Lugano, Ottawa. He is a laureate of competitions in Ukraine, Serbia, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

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​Daisi Guo - Silver Medalist - Piano - Canada

Daisi Guo, 7 years old, has been learning piano for two years with the greatest teacher Chen Li-Benard in Montreal Quebec. This year (2021) Daisi started to participate in various international music competitions, and she has won first place in Crescendo Little Mozart International Music Competition, silver prize in Quebec International Music Competition and silver prize in Global International Music Competition.

Daisi is a very loving and caring girl, who has great passions for music. Starting from Fall 2021, she will start to learn violin, and Daisi is very excited!

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Palak Chauhan - Silver Medalist - Piano -  India

Palak is a 12-year-old classical piano student in the Russian Piano Studio at AR Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory Chennai, India, having studied in total for 4 years under the tutelage of Mr. Niteen Dongare ATCL (assistant to Dr. Surojeet Chatterji - Head of Russian Piano Studio - KMMC and Alumnus of Moscow Conservatory). She was in the Top Ten Junior Pianists at the 1st World Piano Competition 2020 Associazione Napolinova, a Bronze medalist at the 2021 Quebec International Music Competition, a Bronze Medalist at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2021, and a Gold Medalist at the Appassionato Youth Music Festival 2021. She aspires to be a remarkable pianist and wishes to compose music. Other instruments that she is fond of are the Harp and Sarod.

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​Ivette Lai Yu Qian - Voice - Bronze Medalist - Malaysia

Ivette Lai Yu Qian was born in Sarawak, Malaysia on 29 April 2008. Since childhood, she has pursued various artistic endeavours including singing, hosting, public speaking and playing instruments, especially the violin.

Ivette has been actively participating in many competitions and performances. In 2019, she won Gold Award in Malaysia Arts Festival (Arts and Talents Competition). In the same year, she also achieved the Best Innovation Award in Shandong KSD Chinese Youth Singer Contest, which were held in Shanghai, China. In 2020, she was awarded the 3rd Place in Tokyo International Youth Music Competition, under
the category of Vocal Musical Theatre Intermediate Class.

Ivette enjoys her musical journey. She hopes her music will bring happiness and positive vibes to everyone.

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​Prannatee Karnchanapoo - Bronze medalist - Violin - Thailand 

Prannatee (Keene) Karnchanapoo is now studying in year one at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside in Thailand. Keene is very passionate about playing violin, he also loves composing songs and dancing while playing violin. He has continuously been learning and playing violin since he was 4 years and 7 months old. Keene joined junior strings at school as the youngest member when he was 5 years old. He is now 6 years old and has always been enthusiastic and attentive when he is learning violin and watching professional violin performances. He just received the Hope Prize Winner in Sugree Charoensook International Music Competition 2021, Gold Medal from the Quebec International Music Competition and Bronze Medal from the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition.

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