2023 Walgreens National Concerto Competition Results

 
 

The Music @ the Fort: Walgreens Category Winners Recital will take place at the MYAC Center on Sunday, January 28, 2024

The MYAC Winter Orchestra & Choral Concerts are on Saturday, February 24 at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Hall, and will feature the MYAC Junior Division, MYAC Senior Division, and Overall Open Division winners performing their pieces alongside MYAC’s orchestral ensembles!

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MYAC JUNIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Ingrid Updegraff, violin

  • Strings Winner: Ingrid Updegraff, violin

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Rebekah Kim, violin

      • Ryan Lee, violin

      • Evan Mueller, violin (Vieuxtemps and Mozart)

      • Alexandra Paschos, violin

  • Piano Winner: Victoria Garcia-Ruiz, piano

  • Other Instrument Winner: Ariana Thorarinson, bassoon

    • Other Instrument Honorable Mention

      • Davide Andrizzi, trumpet

  • Early Music Winner: Theodore Deters, violin

    • Early Music Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Evan Mueller, violin

      • Jason Stern, violin

MYAC SENIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Kay Ito, viola

  • Strings Winner: Kay Ito, viola

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Momo Frederickson, violin

      • Jocelyn Gao, cello

      • Javier Irizarry, violin

      • Landon Kim, violin

      • Oliver Mah, cello

      • Callia Murray, viola

      • Cecilia O’Malley, cello

      • Elizabeth Romanyuk, violin

      • Vishal Subramanian, violin

      • Kai Werlinksy, violin

      • Bryce Williams, cello

  • Piano Winner: Elizabeth Romanyuk, piano

    • Piano Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Jonah Burton, piano

      • Zachariah Elliott, piano

      • Jocelyn Gao, piano

  • Voice Winner: Faith John, voice

  • Other Instrument Winner: Tabitha Mo, flute (Mozart)

    • Other Instrument Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Anna Edgcomb, oboe

      • Isabel Edgcomb, flute

      • Tanya Ganesh, oboe

      • Tabitha Mo, flute (Nielson)

      • Max Walaszek, bassoon

  • Early Music Winner: Julian Kolthammer, french horn

    • Early Music Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Christine Chah, violin

      • Vishal Subramanian, violin

OVERALL OPEN DIVISION GRAND WINNER: 

  • Amelia Zitoun, cello

*The Overall Open Division Grand Winner is decided between the Open Junior and Open Senior Division winners.

OPEN JUNIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Lin Tokura, violin

  • Strings Winner: Lin Tokura, violin

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Cameron Renshaw, cello

      • Ella Wimbiscus, cello

  • Piano Winner: Christina Sung, piano

    • Piano Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Eric Wang, piano

      • Dylan Zhang, piano

  • Other Instrument Winner: Emily Xu, flute

  • Early Music Winner: Victoria Lyang, piano

OPEN SENIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Amelia Zitoun, cello

  • Strings Winner: Amelia Zitoun, cello

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Christy Kim, violin

      • Clark Snavely, violin (Tchaikovsky)

      • Lucy Wu, cello

      • Aiden Yu, violin

  • Piano Winner: Freya Pang, piano

    • Piano Honorable Mention

      • Zarin Mehta, piano

  • Voice Winner: Audi Ellis, voice

  • Other Instrument Winner: Grace Kim, flute

    • Other Instrument Honorable Mention

      • Hannah Cho, oboe

  • Early Music Winner: Clark Snavely, violin