12/15/2025
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle would like to thank all the adjudicators, board members, volunteers, parents and musicians for their 2025 Participation! We had a record number of 237 musicians this year. Medals will be available for pick up shortly after January 15th at Classic Pianos in Bellevue.
2025 Results
PIANO DIVISION: Ages 5 and younger
GOLD: Ruixue Ouyang (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
SILVER: Grayson Wang (Teacher: Allan Park)
BRONZE: Youran Peng (Teacher: Ni Liu)
HM: Adalaide Sadilek, David Sadilek
PIANO DIVISION: Age 6
GOLD: Leonna Li (Teacher: Ni Liu)
SILVER: Rui Qi (Teacher: Grace Huang)
BRONZE: Alisa Lie (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 7
GOLD: Aiden Yang (Teacher: Allan Park)
GOLD: Aria Li (Teacher: Sharon Kim)
SILVER: Charlotte Wu (Teacher: Ni Liu)
SILVER: Simone Chai (Teacher: Allan Park)
BRONZE: Hannah He (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
BRONZE: Ivy Ai (Teacher: Grace Huang)
BRONZE: Leonard Bach Hoang (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 8
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Jeffrey Lou (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER: Claire Yuen (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER: Elena Nien (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
SILVER: James Hu (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
SILVER: Kate Yuen (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Ava He (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Cadeon Lo (Teacher: John Lee)
BRONZE: Celine Liu (Teacher: Emily Cho)
BRONZE: Hallie Lyu (Teacher: Sharon Kim)
BRONZE: Hannah Pan (Teacher: Ni Liu/Yang Wang)
BRONZE: Juno Wang (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Michael Yang (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 9
GOLD: Cassandra Mae Ramos (Teachers: Peter Mack/Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos)
GOLD: Daniel Y. Wang (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
SILVER: Aurora Ngo (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
SILVER: Liam Tan (Teacher: Emily Cho)
SILVER: Yiwen Apple Zheng (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
BRONZE: Andrew Cen (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
BRONZE: Eric Liang (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 10
GOLD: Crystal Jiao (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
GOLD: Isabella Nien (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER: Abbie Long (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
SILVER: Caroline Zhang (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
SILVER: Raymond Zhou (Teacher: Tatiana Sharapova)
BRONZE: Kandice Chen (Teacher: Ni Liu)
BRONZE: Rusong An (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 11
GOLD: Molly Wu (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina)
GOLD: Aiden D**g (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
SILVER: Evan Wang (Teacher: Peter Mack)
SILVER: Kyle Tan (Teacher: Emily Cho)
BRONZE: Aimee He (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
BRONZE: Gillian Liu (Teacher: Emily Cho)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 12
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Alvin Lee (Teacher: Allan Park)
GOLD: Steve (Ziqing) Zhao (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER: Emily Lu (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
SILVER: Ethan Xu (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
SILVER: Roy Wei (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Austin Miao (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
BRONZE: Lucas Popescu (Teacher: Allan Park)
BRONZE: Ru-Shan An (Teacher: Hanna Cyba)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 13
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Victoria Marie Ramos (Teacher: Peter Mack / Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos)
GOLD: Charlotte Hayes (Teacher: Peter Mack)
SILVER: Christopher Mou (Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan)
SILVER: Scott Shen (Teacher: Peter Mack)
BRONZE: Ivy Zheng (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Joyce Wang (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Owen Greene (Teacher: Allan Park)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 14
GOLD: Aaron Jin (Teacher: Randall Jackson)
GOLD: Connor Wang (Teacher: Martin Labazevitch)
SILVER: Evan Sumanaseni (Teacher: Donna Bender)
SILVER: Simon Zhu (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
SILVER: Zhuoxi Liu (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Brandon Li (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
BRONZE: Eli Long (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
BRONZE: Jonathan Yang (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 15
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Andrew Jacob Lee (Teachers: Peter Mack / Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby)
GOLD: Leonardo Zhou (Teacher: Oksana Ejokina)
SILVER: Chris Jin (Teacher: Chen Liang)
SILVER: Connor Wang (Teacher: Leslie Lao)
SILVER: Jonathan Xie (Teacher: Ni Liu)
BRONZE: Kevin Xiao (Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan)
PIANO DIVISION: Age 16
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Enzo Zhao (Teacher: Oksana Ezhokina)
SILVER: Emma Huang (Teacher: Olga Solomatina)
BRONZE: Anastasiya Netchaeva (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya)
BRONZE: Lars Bensen (Teacher: Thomas Lee)
PIANO DIVISION: Ages 17 and 18
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Jeffrey Zhao (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
SILVER: Dana Goodwin (Teacher: Irene Bowling)
BRONZE: Angelina Mitrianu (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
PIANO DIVISION: Ages 19 and up (working professionals, non-music majors)
GOLD: Tatiana Moore (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
SILVER: Godwin Hong (Teacher: Allan Park)
PIANO DUET A (average age 13 or younger)
GOLD: Michael Yang and Zhixuan Lyu (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)
GOLD: Yiming Zheng and Raymond Zhou (Teacher: Tatiana Charapova)
BRONZE: Ian Kang and Claire Kang (Teacher: Allan Park)
HM: Gianna and Leia Pak, Isaac Kim and Eden Kim
PIANO DUET B (average age 14 or older)
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Chloe Kim and Caiden Kim (Teacher: Allan Park)
GOLD: Hannah Kwon and Isabel Yang (Teacher: Allan Park)
STRINGS DIVISION A (ages 13 and younger)
GOLD: Joy Zhan (Teacher: Helen Kim)
SILVER: Catherine Zhu (Teacher: Olga Ruvinov)
SILVER: Liam Tan (Teacher: Yang Lu)
BRONZE: Dylan Shea (Teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
BRONZE: Vivienne Shea (Teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
STRINGS DIVISION B (ages 14 to 18)
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Gunhee Kim (Teacher: Olga Ruvinov)
SILVER: Bell Jiang (Teacher: Olga Ruvinov)
SILVER: Hayoon Kang (Teacher: Sungmee Lee)
BRONZE: Evangeline Zhang (Teacher: Olga Ruvinov)
WOODWINDS DIVISION B (ages 14 to 18)
SILVER: Kerui Xu (Teacher: Jia Lu)
ENSEMBLE DIVISION B
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Maximilian James, Ella Lee, Florence Qiang, Ayar Newman, Bowen Leung
SILVER: Winston Yu, Tiger Yan, Asher Roberge (Teacher: Marta Lambert)
BRONZE: Evangeline Zhang, Zuzu Albush (Teacher: Olga Rubinov)
HM: Fourtissimo Quartet: Nathaniel Chung, Chanseop Yoon, Aiden Carl, Hayoon Kang (Teacher: John Kim)
CONCERTO DIVISION A (ages 13 and younger)
GRAND PRIX (will perform with orchestra): Alvin Lee (Teacher: Allan Park)
GOLD: Alex Chen (Alternate Winner. Teacher: Leslie Marckx)
SILVER: Kyle Tan (Teacher: Emily Cho)
BRONZE: Royden Lo (Teacher: John Lee)
CONCERTO DIVISION B (ages 14 to 18)
GRAND PRIX (will perform with orchestra): William Wang (Teacher: Peter Mack)
GOLD: Jimmy Huang (Alternate Winner. Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
SILVER: Radmila Sabirova (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)
BRONZE: Aaron Jin (Teacher: Randall Jackson)
