2022 Sejong Music Competition Winners

2022 Sejong Music Competition Winners

violin | piano

  Violin
Senior Division
Violin
Junior Division
Violin
Elementary Division
First John Lee
Vernon Hills, IL
(Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi)
Neal K Eisfeldt
Lake Zurich, IL
(Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi)
Alexander Moon
Vienna, VA
(Ji Hyun Bae)
Second Christy Kim
Mason, OH
(Desiree Ruhstrat)
Aiden Yu
Chicago, IL
(Davis King)
Harin Lee
Gainseville, FL
(Sonja Foster)
Third Lauren Kim
Hoffman Estates, IL
(Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi)
Noëlle Streuber-Eden
Wynnewood, PA
(Guillaume Combet)
George Wang
Chicago, IL
(Davis King)
HM Julia Kim
Chicago, IL
(Sang Mee Lee)
Xiruo Wang
Chicago, IL
(Davis King)
Daniel Won
Potomac, MD
(Najin Kim)

Annalise Song
Vernon Hills, IL
(Davis King)

Sylvia Pine
Chicago, IL
(Davis King)
Int*

Christy Kim
Mason, OH
(Desiree Ruhstrat)

Neal K Eisfeldt
Lake Zurich, IL
(Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi)
Harin Lee
Gainseville, FL
(Sonja Foster)

Julia Kim
Chicago, IL
(Sang Mee Lee)

*Best interpretation of Korean piece
(Teacher's name)

 

 

  Piano
Senior Division
Piano
Junior Division
Piano
Elementary Division
First Kenneth Gallwas
Elmhurst, IL
(Mary Sauer, Jeff Panko)
Ryan Lee
Johns Creek, GA
(Gina Myung)
Sophie Li
Chicago, IL
(Sueanne Metz)
Second Rachel Zhu
Dublin, OH
(Sally Sansbury)
Freya Pang
Darien, IL
(Sueanne Metz)
Kento Ishikawa
Hawthorne, CA
(Micah Yui)
Third  Shixun Song
Andover, MA
(Alexander Korsantia)
Bella Li
Chicago, IL
(Sueanne Metz)
Ethan Hu
Sudbury, MA
(Cyndie Caruth)
HM Jeremy Liu
Naperville, IL
(Sueanne Metz)
David Hitchcock
Efland, NC
(Tanya Smirnov) 
Will Sun
Hinsdale, IL
(Christina Tio)
William Maeda
Schaumburg, IL
(Yuriko Tanaka) 
Int* Ethan Zheng
Lake Zurich, IL
(Marta Aznavoorian)
Brandon Shin
Birmingham, AL
(Tatiana Kasman) 

Sophie Li
Chicago, IL
(Sueanne Metz)

*Best interpretation of Korean piece
(Teacher's name)

 

 

2022 Violin Category Finalists

SENIOR DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

Mina Chang

Naperville

IL

Julie Bickel

Javier Irizarry

Highland Park

IL

Desirée Ruhstrat

Edmund Keister

Momence

IL

Desirée Ruhstrat

Christy Kim

Mason

OH

Desirée Ruhstrat

Julia Kim

Chicago

IL

Sang Mee Lee

Lauren Kim

Hoffman Estates

IL

Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi

Ruth Kim

Vernon Hills

IL

Desirée Ruhstrat

John Lee

Vernon Hills

IL

Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi

Joshua Tate Wolford

Chicago

IL

Stacia Spencer

JUNIOR DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

Neal Eisfeldt

Lake Zurich

IL

Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi

Joshua Gwon

Fairfax

VA

Olga Khroulevitch

Eli Ho

Glencoe

IL

Desiree Ruhstrat

Sanjit Konda

Plano

TX

Orit Beder

Annalise Song

Vernon Hills

IL

Davis King

Noëlle Streuber-Eden

Wynnewood

PA

Guilaume Combet

Xiruo Wang

Chicago

IL

Davis King

Austen Wu

Chicago

IL

Addison Teng

Aiden Yu

Chicago

IL

Davis King

ELEMENTARY DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

Hannah Chen

Concord

MA

Fudeko Takahashi

Harin Lee

Gainseville

FL

Sonja Foster

Alexander Moon

Vienna

VA

Ji Hyun Bae

Sylvia Pine

Chicago

IL

Davis King

George Wang

Chicago

IL

Davis King

Daniel Won

Potomac

MD

Najin Kim

 

 

2022 Piano Category Finalists

SENIOR DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

Celeste Flores Baltimore MD Daneil Lau
Joseph Gallwas Elmhurst IL Mary Sauer , Jeff Panko
Kenneth Gallwas Elmhurst IL Mary Sauer , Jeff Panko
Rachel He Bellevue WA Anaida Nagdyan
Amica Lansigan Hanover NH Elizabeth Borowsky
Jeremy Liu Naperville IL Suenne Metz
Shixun Song Andover MA Alexander Korsantia
Sarah Youn Sammamish WA Nancy Jang
Ethan Zheng Lake Zurich IL Marta Aznavoorian
Rachel Zhu Dublin OH Sally Sansbury

JUNIOR DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

David Hitchcock Efland NC Tanya Smirnov
Andrew Lee Carmel IN Elena Nesterenko
Ryan Lee Johns Creek GA Gina Myung
Bella Li Chicago IL Sueanne Metz
William Maeda Schaumburg IL Yuriko Tanaka
Freya Pang Darien IL Sueanne Metz
Brandon Shin Birmingham AL Tatiana Kasman
Dana Zhang River Forest IL Sueanne Metz

ELEMENTARY DIVISION

Student’s name

City

State

Teacher’s name

Lucas Cho Potomac MD Jengseon Choi
Ethan Hu Sudbury MA Cyndie Caruth
Kento Ishikawa Hawthorne CA Micah Yui
Anthony Kim Chicago IL Chris Goldston
Hayne Kim Poolesville MD Vivian Kwok
Siyoon Michaella Lee Richmond Hill GA Cameron Fuhrman
Alex Li Clyde Hill WA Kristine Yang
Sophie Li Chicago IL Sueanne Metz
Anthony Phan Alpharetta GA Sanghie Lee
Will Sun Hinsdale IL Christina Tio

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency