2011 Festival of the Romantics Results
Category A (ages 7 and under)
First Place (split): Dora-Ziyan Chen*, Jeremy Lin*
Second Place: Nicole Yang
Third Place: Jaden Zhang
Honorable Mentions: Dylan Denq, Fiona Wang
Category B (ages 8-9)
First Place: Henry Gao*
Second Place (split): Steve Silverberg, Connor Zhang
Third Place: Nile Camai
Special Prizes: Best Performance of a Work by Franz Liszt—Steve Silverberg, Best Performance of a Mazurka by F. Chopin—Henry Gao
Category C (ages 10-11)
First Place: Millicent McFall*
Second Place (with distinction): Daniel Qiang*
Third Place: Alex Camai
Special Prizes: Best Performance of an Etude by F. Chopin—Daniel Qiang, Best Performance of a Work by Edvard Grieg—Andrew Ma
Honorable Mentions: Andrew Ma, Robert Yan
Category D (ages 12-13)
First Place: Jason Dan*
Second Place: Pearl Lam
Third Place: Emma Rubingh
Special Prizes: Best Performance of a Work by Franz Schubert—Pearl Lam, Best Performance of a Work by a Russian Composer—Kristine Kwon, Best Performance of a Nocturne by F. Chopin—Jay Grinols, Best Performance of a Work by Franz Liszt—Emma Rubingh
Honorable Mentions: Serena Xu
Category E (ages 14-15)
First Place: Daniel Snitkovskiy*
Second Place: Ilene Shen
Third Place: Brian Baek
Special Prizes: Best Performance of a Work by Felix Mendelssohn—Ilene Shen, Best Performance of a Work by Edvard Grieg—Daniel Snitkovskiy
Honorable Mentions: Samuel Abramson
Category F (ages 16-19)
First Place: Han Lee*
Second Place (with distinction): Amy Bearman*
Third Place: Erisha Rubingh
Special Prizes: Best Performance of a Nocturne by F. Chopin—Linlin Xing, Best Performance of a Work by Franz Liszt—Cyrus Fiene, Best Performance of an Etude by S. Rachmaninoff—Erisha Rubingh
Honorable Mentions: Laetitia Lehman-Pearsall
Category G (amateur)
First Place (split): Mary Chandler*, Eric Juvet*
*Invited to perform in the winners’ concert at Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall on May 22, 2011 at 3 pm