A big congratulations to Alyssa Gabrilovich, who was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s “From the Top”, a longstanding broadcast showcase for extraordinary young musicians, on October 26, 2020. Alyssa studies with Dr. Igor Resnianski.

Congratulations as well to Alyssa Gabrilovich, who was named Alternate, and Nathan Jiang and Emma Lo, were were awarded Honorable Mention in the 2020 Pennsylvania Music Teachers’ National Association Performance Competition. Alyssa, Nathan, and Emma study with Dr. Igor Resnianski.

Congratulations to Emma Lo, who received a Merit Award as one of the winners of the National YoungArts Foundation. Emma studies piano with Dr. Igor Resnianski and violin with Sylvia Ahramjian.

Congratulations to Torsten Fras, who won 3rd prize at Canadian International Music Competition and Honorable Mention at the Musicale Beethoven Festival. Torsten studies harpsichord with Dr. Anna Kislitsyna

Torsten Fras

Congratulations to Sasha Murray, who was named as a Finalist – one of just ten in an international field of competitors – in the Online Classics Competition. Sasha studies with Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya and Ronaldo Rolim.

Sasha Murray

Congratulations to Anastasia Kudin, who was awarded 2nd Place in the 13-year-old age category in the 2020 New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA) Young Musicians Competition. Anastasia is taught of Dr. Igor Resnianski.

Congratulations to Ryan Zhang, who was awarded Third Prize in the 14-16 Age Group at the King’s Peak International Music Competition and First Prize at the Triumph Music Festival! Ryan studies piano with Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya and Olga Mogilevsky.

Congratulations to Michelle Dou, who was awarded 1st Place in the Junior Category of the Crescendo International Music Competition! Michelle studies piano with Elena Berman.

Michelle Dou

Congratulations to the following students, who all received “Superior” ratings at the Main Line Music Teacher’s Association’s Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival and will be advancing to the state level:

  • Michelle Dou
  • Eric He
  • Kelly Lao
  • Andrew Li
  • Caleb Uy
  • Neo Wang
  • George Zhang

Michelle, Andrew, Caleb, and George study with Elena Berman. Kelly studies with Elena Berman and Faina Lushtak. Eric and Neo study with James Anemone.

Emma Lo

Congratulations to Emma Lo, who successfully auditioned for the violin I section of the 2020 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-National Symphony Orchestra! Congratulations as well to Claire De Donder on her successful first audition for an orchestra – and her acceptance into Philadelphia Youth Orchestra’s PRYSM – and to Botong Li, who successfully auditioned for Philadelphia Sinfonia. Emma studies violin with Sylvia Ahramjian, Claire studies violin with Lorenzo Mazzamuto and Botong studies clarinet with Julian Milkis and Joe Dvorak.

To read about our students’ accomplishments over the summer & in the spring of 2020, please click here.