2020 Sejong Music Competition Winners
| Violin Senior Division |
Violin Junior Division |
Violin Elementary Division |
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| First | Esme Arias-Kim Hoffman Estates, IL Almita Vamos |
Joshua Wolford Chicago, IL Stacia Spencer |
William Maeda Schaumburg, IL Taka Matsunaga |
| Eliana Song Vernon Hills, IL Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
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| Second | Abigail Park Northbrook, IL Almita Vamos |
Neal Eisfeldt Lake Zurich, IL Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
None |
| Third | Ayaan Ahmad Sharon, MA Jan Sloman & Ryan Meehan |
Lucas Yeh Frisco, TX SongYoung Kim & Philip Lewis |
Xiruo Wang Chicago, IL Davis King |
| HM | John Lee Vernon Hills, IL Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
Sarah Park Jacksonville, FL Philip Pan |
Claire Moon Palatine, IL Hye-Sun Lee |
| Lauren Kim Hoffman Estates, IL Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
Evangeline Wang Chicago, IL Emilia Blaszak |
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| Int* | Ayaan Ahmad Sharon, MA Jan Sloman & Ryan Meehan |
Joshua Wolford Chicago, IL Stacia Spencerr |
Eliana Song Vernon Hills, IL Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
| Anais Feller San Diego, CA Martin Beaver |
*Best interpretation of Korean piece
| Piano Senior Division |
Piano Junior Division |
Piano Elementary Division |
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| First | Noah Kim Indian Creek, IL Marta Aznavoorian |
Matthew Hahn Lake Forest, IL Christina Tio & Winston Choi |
Kaiden Lee Chandler, AZ Fei Xu |
| Second | Zachary Lam Little Rock, AR Naoki Hakutani |
Shixun Song Buffalo Grove, IL Elaine Felder |
Evangeline Wang Chicago, IL Brenda Huang |
| Third | Shivshankar Prasad Elk Grove Village, IL Soyoung Kee |
Ariel Lyanda-Geller West Lafayette, IN Galina Kogan |
William Maeda Schaumburg, IL Yuriko Tanaka |
| HM | Zachary Guo Deerfield, IL Soo Lee |
Yuha Kim Tucson, AZ Ji-Young Kim |
Chloe Ma Naperville, IL Jue He |
| Daniel Kang Laveen, AZ Snezana Krstic |
Andrew Lee Carmel, IN Svetlana Soleimani |
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| Sreedevi Prasad Elk Grove Village, IL Soyoung Kee |
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| Int* | Noah Kim Indian Creek, IL Marta Aznavoorian |
Shixun Song Buffalo Grove, IL Elaine Felder |
Kaiden Lee Chandler, AZ Fei Xu |
| Sreedevi Prasad Elk Grove Village, IL Soyoung Kee |
Jayden Kim Chicago, IL Yumy Kim |
*Best interpretation of Korean piece
2020 Violin Category Finalists
SENIOR DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Ayaan Ahmad | Sharon | MA | Jan Sloman & Ryan Meehan |
| Esme Arias-Kim | Hoffman Estates | IL | Almita Vamos |
| Anais Feller | SAN DIEGO | CA | Martin Beaver |
| Amy Han | Valencia | CA | Llinda Rose |
| Allison Jiang | Groton | MA | Desiree Ruhstrat |
| Sonya Jones | Chicago | IL | Almita Vamos |
| Kelly Kim | Northbrook | IL | Almita Vamos |
| Ruth Kim | Vernon Hills | IL | Desiree Ruhstart |
| John Lee | Vernon hills | IL | Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
| Abigail Park | Northbrook | IL | Almita Vamos |
| Beatrice Park | Chicago | IL | Desiree Ruhstrat |
| Ella Saputra | Schaumburg | IL | Desiree Ruhstrat |
| Sarah Son | Davis | CA | Christine Choi |
JUNIOR DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Hansel Cho | Park Ridge | IL | Almita Vamos |
| Alison Chung | Northbrook | IL | Yonghee Hong-Park & Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
| Momo Fredrickson | Madison | WI | Janet Sung |
| Landon Kim | Hoffman Estates | IL | Injoo Choi |
| Lauren Kim | Hoffman Estates | IL | Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
| Neal Eisfeldt | Lake Zurich | IL | Almita Vamos & Injoo Choi |
| Lucas Yeh | Frisco | TX | SongYoung Kim & Philip Lewis |
| Riko Pang | Inverness | IL | Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
| Sarah Park | Jacksonville | FL | Philip Pan |
| Joshua Wolford | Chicago | IL | Stacia Spencer |
| Aiden Yu | Chicago | IL | Davis King |
ELEMENTARY DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Ella Kim | Boca Raton | FL | Injoo Choi |
| Madeleine Kim | Chicago | IL | Stacia Spencer |
| Matthew Kim | Palatine | IL | Injoo Choi |
| Rebekah Kim | Vernon Hills | IL | Desiree Ruhstrat |
| William Maeda | Schaumburg | IL | Taka Matsunaga |
| Claire Moon | Palatine | IL | Hye-Sun Lee |
| Ako Pang | Inverness | IL | Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
| Sylvia Pine | Chicago | IL | Davis King |
| Eliana Song | Vernon Hills | IL | Betty Haag-Kuhnke |
| Evangeline Wang | Chicago | IL | Emilia Blaszak |
| Xiruo Wang | Chicago | IL | Davis King |
2020 Piano Category Finalists
SENIOR DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Caleb Empig | Irvine | CA | Valentina Gottlieb |
| Zachary Guo | Deerfield | IL | Soo Lee |
| Raymond Hou | Montgomery | AL | Ronald Shinn |
| Yoojin Jo | Fullerton | CA | Kookhee Hong |
| Elliott Kim | Westmont> | IL | Sung Hoon Mo |
| Noah Kim | Indian Creek | IL | Marta Aznavoorian |
| Zachary Lam | Little Rock | AR | Naoki Hakutani |
| Shivshankar Prasad | Elk Grove Village | IL | Soyoung Kee |
| Sreedevi Prasad | Elk Grove Village | IL | Soyoung Kee |
| Angelika Wang | Chicago | IL | Brenda Huang |
| Tyler Wang | Wilmette | IL | Katherine Lee |
JUNIOR DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Ariel Lyanda-Geller | West Lafayette | IN | Galina Kogan |
| Bruce Gershenhorn | Lake Forest | IL | Francisco Ybarra |
| Matthew Hahn | Lake Forest | IL | Christina Tio & Winston Choi |
| Daniel Kang | Laveen | AZ | Snezana Krstic |
| Ella Kim | Herndon | VA | Ieva Jokubaviciute |
| Jayden Kim | Chicago> | IL | Yumy Kim |
| Yuha Kim | Tucson | AZ | Ji-Young Kim |
| Sophia Lin | Falls Church | VA | Marjorie Lee |
| Henry Shao | Sylvania | OH | Esther Chiu |
| Chloe Song | Tumwater | WA | Ramona Allen |
| Shixun Song | Buffalo Grove | IL | Elaine Felder |
| Lerchen Zhong | Austin | TX | Kiyoshi Tamagawa |
ELEMENTARY DIVISION |
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Student’s name |
City |
State |
Teacher’s name |
| Olivia Baek | Leesburg | VA | Ja-Hye Koo |
| Amelie Cacuci | Las Vegas | NV | Patricia Lee |
| Andrew Lee | Carmel | IN | Svetlana Soleimani |
| Kaiden Lee | Chandler | AZ | Fei Xu |
| Alina Liu | Winnetka | IL | Yumy Kim |
| Chloe Ma | Naperville | IL | Jue He |
| William Maeda | Schaumburg | IL | Yuriko Tanaka |
| Kailin Shen | Naperville | IL | Jue He |
| Helena Sprajcer | Wheeling | IL | Elaine Felder |
| Eric Wang | WILMETTE | IL | Soo Lee |
| Evangeline Wang | Chicago | IL | Brenda Huang |
| Isabella Wang | Sylvania | OH | Esther Chiu |
“This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency”
