Congratulations to Alyssa Gabrilovich, piano student of Dr. Igor Resnianski, who was awarded the prestigious Chopin Foundation Scholarship for 2021-2022. She also won Bronze in the Ages 14-17 category at the 2021 Canada International Piano Competition – its jury included Julian Martin from Juilliard, Pavel Nersessian from Boston University, Eliso Virsaladze from Moscow Conservatory, and others. Alyssa Gabrilovich also received the following prizes: Tri-County Youth Festival (1st Place – Senior Division), and Chopin International Piano Competition (second prize). Alyssa was also selected as a finalist for the prestigious Southeastern Piano Festival’s Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition, and will be competing this summer.
Congratulations to Suri Ahn, violin student of Sylvia Ahramjian, who won Warminster Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition! She will perform with the Warminster Symphony Orchestra in Fall 2021.
Congratulations to Torsten Fras, harpsichord student of Dr. Anna Kislitsyna, who was named as a Finalist on NPR’s “From the Top”! Torsten Fras also received the following prizes: 21st Century Talents Keyboard Competition (first prize), King’s Peak International Music Competition (first prize), Rocky Mountain Talent Competition (first prize), Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition – Online (Gold), and the Charleston International Music Competition (first prize).
Congratulations to Andrew Yu, piano student of Dr. Anna Kislitsyna, who recently won silver prize at Musicale International Competition’s Romantic Style Music Festival, which was adjudicated by Yale School of Music piano professor Boris Berman.
Congratulations to Nathan Jiang, piano student of Dr. Igor Resnianski, who won 3rd Prize at the 6th Paderewski International Piano Competition (CT) and 2nd Place in the Senior Piano Division of the Tri-County Youth Festival.
Congratulations to Caleb Uy, piano student of Elena Berman & Dima Borisovksy, who was awarded Honorable Mention in the Junior Piano Division of the Tri-County Youth Festival.
Congratulations to Ryan Zhang, piano student of Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya, who received 1st Prize at the Triumph Music Festival, 2nd Prize at the Musical Lace International Music Competition (Slovenia), 3rd Prize at King’s Peak International Music Competition, and Honorable Mention at the US New Star Piano Competition.
Congratulations to Sasha Murray, piano student of Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya, who received 1st Prize at the Russian Music Awards and 1st Prize at the ISCART International Music Competition (Switzerland).
Congratulations to Evan Lu, piano student of Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya, who received 1st Prize at the Russian Music Awards.
Earlier this Spring, two of our piano students, Alyssa Gabrilovich and Emma Lo, both students of Dr. Igor Resnianski, were featured in Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church’s Live Concert series.
Congratulations to Andrew Li, piano student of Elena Berman, who won First Prize and the Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize at the 2021 “Golden Classical Music Awards” International Competition! He will perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in the Fall.
Congratulations to Michelle Dou, piano student of Elena Berman, who received a near-perfect score of 29/30 at won First Place at the Little Mozarts International Music Competition!
Congratulations to Isabella Hsue, Ryan Zhang, Jessica Zhong, and Felix Zhu, piano students of Olga Mogilevsky, who all received “Gold” – a score that normally would have qualified them for an opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall – at the Golden Key Festival!
Congratulations to Chris Qu, piano student of Dr. Marianna Prjevalskaya and Andrew Li, piano student of Elena Berman, for receiving “Superior” ratings – the highest ratings – at the MLMTA’s Constance Murray Performance Festival!
Congratulations to Ian Hsu, clarinet student of Joe Dvorak, who successfully auditioned for Philadelphia Sinfonia Players!
Congratulations to Theo Silio, French horn student of Frank Stroble, who successfully auditioned for Delaware County Young Musicians’ Orchestra, PYO: Young Musicians Debut Orchestra (YMDO), and Philadelphia Sinfonia Players! He will be joining DCYMO next fall.
Congratulations to Joseph Zanoni, saxophone student of Dr. Matthew Clayton, who was invited and successfully auditioned for a musical scholarship to Archbishop John Carroll High School! Joseph also is a member of the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Jazz & Honors Bands.
