Carmel Klavier Awards 2021
Elementary A1
1st place – Claire Kang Xie
2nd place – Nina Zhang
3rd place – Aarón Leiner Pincay
Honorable Mention – Rachel Chan
Elementary A2
1st place – Suppakrit Payackso
2nd place – Rebecca Li
3rd place – Jelica Angelline Zecy Yang
Honorable Mention – Joanna Tu
Honorable Mention – Sophia Liu
Honorable Mention – Thaliana Niño Ahumada
Elementary B1
1st place – Anna Kalugin
2nd place – Grace Wen Zhang
3rd place – Felicia Xie
3rd place – Sara Canal
Honorable Mention – Jade Chen
Honorable Mention – Angela Yutong Xiao
Honorable Mention – Aleksey Kiryanov
Honorable Mention – Erin Liu
Honorable Mention – Juan Miguel Saboya Soto
Elementary B2
1st place – Zoe Jisoo Cha
2nd place – Leo Chen
3rd place – Reese Zhao
Honorable Mention – Katelyn Wai Yan Du
Honorable Mention – Audrey Zhang
Honorable Mention – Angelina Nguyen
Honorable Mention – Katherine Wanchen Bai
Honorable Mention – Olivia Tebaldi
Solo Intermediate
Intermediate A1
1st place – Mandi Sun
2nd place – Gabriel Francisco Cruz Lozano
2nd place – Edward Neems
Honorable Mention – Sana Torii
Honorable Mention – Eric Yiyan Wang
Honorable Mention – Olivia Zhou
Intermediate A2
1st place – Raditya Ekaputra Muljadi
2nd place – Alexander Bao Chen
3rd place – Andrew Eun-Kyu Lee
3rd place – Emily Wang
Honorable Mention – Kangqi Hong
Honorable Mention – Mariana Gomez-Casses
Honorable Mention – Mikayla Scottovna Natzkaya
Intermediate B1
1st place – Kenneth Liu
2nd place – Chayapon Chanporn
3rd place – Mark RunQi Li
3rd place – Emily Wen Zhang
Honorable Mention – Estevão Medeiros Gomes
Honorable Mention – JeFauna Zhu
Honorable Mention – Alisa Zhgenti
Honorable Mention – Daniel Chen
Honorable Mention – Valentina Luna
Intermediate B2
1st place – Ella Kim
2nd place – Adrian Lin
3rd place – Lavinia Bonvini
Honorable Mention – Zhenghua Xia
Honorable Mention – David Garcia
Honorable Mention – Matthew Garvin-Díaz
Honorable Mention – Evan Park
Honorable Mention – Michelle Wang
Solo Advanced
Advanced A1
1st place – Madison Suh
2nd place – Juan Pablo Cardona Jaramillo
3rd place – Ariel Lyanda-Geller
Honorable Mention – Andrew Jiang
Honorable Mention – Daniel Sequeira
Honorable Mention – Andrew Li
Honorable Mention – Alexander Chen
Advanced A2
1st place – Lucie Kim
2nd place – Felix Yi-Chen Zhang
3rd place – Yechong (Eric) Shan
Honorable Mention – Advaith Iyengar
Honorable Mention – Nathan Y Zhong
Advanced B1
1st place – Julia Huang
2nd place – Riley Kong
3rd place – Hannah Zhang
Honorable Mention – Johnathan Lu Sun
Honorable Mention – Rose R. Wen
Honorable Mention – James Jungkwon Kim
Advanced B2
1st place – Adrian Anton King
2nd place – Marco Reyes
2nd place – Harry Zhang
3rd place – David Fu
Honorable Mention – Katherine Kelly Jolliff
Honorable Mention – Jane Wei
Ensemble
Intermediate
1st place – Raditya Muljadi & Sebastian Maa
2nd place – Katelyn Vo & Tramy Nguyen
Advanced
1st place – Madison Suh & Anne Wang
2nd place – Jack Ma & Ariel Lyanda-Geller
3rd place – Peter Jakiche, Evan Chang, & Jack Shengboyin Yu
Duet
Elementary
1st place – Katherine Wanchen Bai & Zoe Cha
2nd place – Mia Rothschild & Ari Rothschild
3rd place – Sophia Liu & Angela Xiao
Honorable Mention – Joanna Chan & Evelyn Chih
Intermediate A
1st place – Matthew Nguyen & Angelina Nguyen
2nd place – Hannah Leng & William Leng
3rd place – Jessica Xie & Felicia Xie
3rd place – Grace Zhang & Emily Zhang
Honorable Mention – James Si & Jennifer Si
Honorable Mention – David Tsyrulnik & Simone Tsyrulnik
Intermediate B
1st place – Sean Choi & Daniel Choi
2nd place – Lilly Denis & Marc Iliev
3rd place – Anlan Zhang & Austine Zhang
Honorable Mention – Andrew Li & Angelina Li
Honorable Mention – Kate Shao & Sophia Zhang
Honorable Mention – Daniel Chen & Andrew Lee
Advanced
1st place – Sean Cheng & Nathan Zhong
2nd place – James Kim & Sean Kim
3rd place – Jane Wei & David Fu
Honorable Mention – Ammy Yuan & Annie Yuan
Contemporary Composers
Elementary A1
1st place – Jacob Timothy Louis Kordus
2nd place – Chloe Schriever
3rd place – Annabel Maria Teppo
Honorable Mention – Evelyn Feng Chih
Elementary A2
1st place – Leticia Landa
2nd place – Sophia Liu
3rd place – Melody LaDiamond Kim
Honorable Mention – Arantza Mendoza
Honorable Mention – Mckayla Abby Cuanda
Elementary B1
1st place – Ariel Chen
2nd place – Anna Kalugin
3rd place – Gael Sequeira
3rd place – Felicia Xie
Honorable Mention – Olivia Xie
Honorable Mention – Angela Yutong Xiao
Honorable Mention – Gabriela Chavez
Honorable Mention – Morgan Lobo
Honorable Mention – Ethan Chen
Elementary B2
1st place – Zoe Jisoo Cha
2nd place – Sophia Naomi Aldaco Murayama
2nd place – Audrey Zhang
3rd place – Katherine Wanchen Bai
Honorable Mention – Sofía Ortiz
Intermediate A1
1st place – Anlan Zhang
2nd place – Olivia Zhou
3rd place – Simone Tsyrulnik
3rd place – Maxine Lobo
Honorable Mention – David Tsyrulnik
Honorable Mention – Siyu Emily Bo
Honorable Mention – Julia Valentina Herstein
Honorable Mention – Maria Alejandra Chavez
Honorable Mention – Annalisse Fernandez
Intermediate A2
1st place – Aditya Bhandari
2nd place – Nicole LeBaron
3rd place – Andrew Eun-Kyu Lee
Honorable Mention – Jessica Xie
Honorable Mention – Amy Yutong Xu
Honorable Mention – Maria Alejandra Orjuela
Honorable Mention – Laura Prada
Intermediate B1
1st place – Annie Yuan
2nd place – JeFauna Zhu
2nd place – Estevão Medeiros Gomes
3rd place – Josephine Yeh
Honorable Mention – Daniel Chen
Honorable Mention – Maria Blanco Iglesias
Honorable Mention – Tomas Baena Zuluaga
Intermediate B2
1st place – Isaac Qian
2nd place – Alice R. Maple
3rd place – Noelia Sequeira
Honorable Mention – Sara Ortiz
Advanced A
1st place – Daniel Sequeira
2nd place – Leona Chen
3rd place – Zoe Angela Tu
Honorable Mention – Micah Young
Honorable Mention – Richard Gao
Honorable Mention – Arthur Yeh
Honorable Mention – Mariana Gutiérrez
Honorable Mention – Juan Pablo Fonseca
Advanced B
1st place – Jason Lu
2nd place – Ammy Yuan
3rd place – Eleanor Park
Honorable Mention – Grace Wenyi Yang
Honorable Mention – Riley Kong
Concerto
Elementary B
1st place – Angelina Minh Nguyen
2nd place – Audrey Zhang
Honorable Mention – Roni Lyanda-Geller
Honorable Mention – Nathan Haochu Liu
Intermediate A
1st place – Gabriel Francisco Cruz Lozano
2nd place – Emily Wang
3rd place – Felicia Huang
Honorable Mention – Nicole LeBaron
Honorable Mention – Mariana Gomez-Casses
Intermediate B
1st place – Jefauna Zhu
2nd place – David Garcia
2nd place – Josiah Jie Min Chan
3rd place – Daniel Chen
Advanced A
1st place – Madison Suh
1st place – Micah Young
2nd place – Jack Tianao Ma
Honorable Mention – Andrés Gabriel Cruz Lozano
Advanced B
1st place – Angelina Ning
2nd place – Adrian Anton King
3rd place – Gabriela Mendoza López
Honorable Mention – Xuanxuan Karen Dong
Honorable Mention – Katherine Kelly Jolliff
Honorable Mention – Riley Kong
Judges Recognition
Ella Kim
Raditya Ekaputra Muljadi
Angelina Ning
Suppakrit Payackso
Sean Choi / Daniel Choi (duet)