2024 - 2025 Scholarship Recipients
Eunha Basu, 14
First Year
Bedford, Massachusetts
The Winsor School &
New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Piano Teacher: HaeSun Paik & Mila Filatova
Cobie Buckmire, 15
First Year
New York, New York
Special Music School
Piano Teacher: Irina Morovoza
Jeremy Cao, 14
First Year
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs Upper School
Piano Teacher: Hung-Kuan Chen and
Tema Blackstone
Michelle Cao, 16
First Year
Bellevue, Washington
Newport High School
Piano Teacher: Dr. Sasha Starcevich
Matthew Chang, 15
Second Year
Bethesda, Maryland
Walt Whitman High School
Piano Teacher: Martin Labazevitch
Eddison Chen, 14
First Year
Overland Park, Kansas
Oxford Middle School
Piano Teacher: Sean Chen
Audrey Cui, 14
First Year
Bellevue, Washington
Shenzhen College of International Education
Piano Teacher: Adam Aleksander
Anwen Deng, 15
First Year
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Conestoga High School
Piano Teacher: Veda Kaplinsky
Jonathan Doh, 14
First Year
Irvine, California
Pacific Academy
Piano Teacher: Rufus Choi
Lewis Fang, 17
Second Year
Hopewell, New Jersey
The Hun School of Princeton
Piano Teacher: Hung-Kuan Chen and
Tema Blackstone
William Ge, 17
Fourth Year
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Phillips Academy Andover &
New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Piano Teachers: Jonathan Bass and Dang Thai Son
Roger Guo, 14
First Year
Exeter, New Hampshire
Phillips Exeter Academy
Piano Teacher: Jung Mi Lee & John McCarthy
May Hachiya, 14
First Year
New York, New York
Hunter College High School
Piano Teacher: Miyoko Lotto
Antoni Kleczek, 17
Second Year
Vienna, Virginia
Home-Schooled
Piano Teacher: Martin Labazevitch
Evelina Kleczek, 15
Second Year
Vienna, Virginia
Home-Schooled
Piano Teacher: Martin Labazevitch
Nini Lei, 14
First Year
Irvine, California
Excel Academy Charter School
Piano Teacher: Ning An
Jiajing Liang, 14
First Year
Cupertino, California
Kennedy Middle School
Piano Teacher: Hans Boepple
Brian Lin, 17
Third Year
Fremont, California
Mission San Jose High School
Piano Teacher: Hans Boepple
Matthew Liu, 17
Third Year
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence Virtual School
Piano Teacher: Jack H. Winerock
Ryan Lu, 15
First Year
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Trinity School
Piano Teacher: Stella Xu
Raditya Muljadi, 14
First Year
Parker, Colorado
The Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Victory Classical Catholic School
Piano Teacher: Jasmine Steadman
Xinran Shi, 14
First Year
San Jose, California
Stanford Online High School
Piano Teacher: Hans Boepple
Celicia Thendean, 16
First Year
Pleasanton, California
Amador Valley High School
Piano Teacher: Ilana Vered
Meining Wu, 14
First Year
San Jose, California
Valley Christian High School
Piano Teacher: Hans Boepple
Keliang Yao, 17
Second Year
Lebanon, Ohio
Seven Hills School
Piano Teacher: Logan Skelton
Kyle Yeung, 16
Second Year
Irvine, California
Pacific Academy
Piano Teacher: Sasha Starcevich
Nathaniel Zhang, 17
First Year
Folsom, California
Curtis Institute of Music
Piano Teacher: Sasha Starcevich
Philina Zhang, 17
Third Year
New York, New York
Special Music School
Piano Teacher: Irina Morozova
The Chopin Foundation maintains a special fund to support scholarships, and we depend on our valued donors to help us continue this important program that inspires so many young artists. With your help, we can continue to offer even more scholarships next year.