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


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