Participation in a Winner’s Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Concert Dates: June 6, 2026 at 8 pm

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert.

Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures.

The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/per person.

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Category 1

Mia Reichenau, TX

Valerie Luxieo, MA   

Category 2

Olivia Lambert, TX

Zayden Demler, TX

Coda McCardel, TX

Maddie Lopez, TX

Participation in a Winner’s Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Concert Dates: June 6, 2026 at 8 PM

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert.

Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures.

The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/per person

Category 2

Sidney Padilla, TX

Grace Xie, MA

Participation in a Winner’s Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Concert Dates: June 6, 2026 at 8 PM

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert.

Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures.

The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/per person.

Category 1

Ellie Paek, CA

Category 2

Alexa Haviland, NJ

Our Teachers

Michael Nguyen

Victoria Avetisyan

Bora Hwang

Jessica Loren

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on June 6, 2026 at 8 PM

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is March 4, 2026

A. 7-13 years of age

Kate Lee, piano, VA

Teacher: Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya

Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, mvt. 1

B. 14-18 years of age

Eileen Lee, flute, CA

Teacher Isabelle Chapuis

Mozart Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314, mvt. 1.

Andrew Song, clarinet, CA

Teacher: Hye Min Yun

Mozart Concerto in A major, mvt. 1

Alice Zhu, piano, MA

Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

Haydn Concerto in D major

Lachlan Wong, cello, CA

Teacher: Jihee Kim

Elgar Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, mvt. 4

Claire Li-Chang, violin

Teacher: Olga Khroulevitch

Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, mvt, 1

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on June 6, 2026 at 8 PM.

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is March 4, 2026.

B. 14-18 years of age

Isabella Xu, piano, MA

Teacher: Yu Wang

Bach Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, mvt. 1

C. college students

Jingya Bi, piano, China

Teacher: Reiko Uchida

Beethoven Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, mvt. 3

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on June 6, 2026 at 8 PM.

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is March 4, 2026.

A. 7-13 years of age

Kyle Lu, oboe, NY

Teacher: Yousun Chung

Cimarosa Concerto No. 1 in C minor

Sophia Yang, voice, MA

Loch Lomond (Scottish Folksong; arr. Brian Dean)

Teacher: Victoria Avetisyan

A, 6-10 years of age.

Leo, Ren, piano, OH

Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

B. 11-14 years of age

Rebecca Wang, piano, NJ

Teacher: Natalya Agilina

C. 15-18 years of age

Andrew Son, clarinet, CA

Teacher: Hye Min Yun

Lynna Xu, piano, CA

Teacher: Jenny Xia

Nathaniel Gettman, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

Angela Wang, piano, CA

Teacher: Ting Qi

Olivia Zeng, piano, OH

Teacher: Xiaoling Anderson

Sophia Kim, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

Angela Bryan, piano, TX

Teacher: Julia Hsiao

James Yi, piano, MD

Teacher: Irina Koulikova

Jason Xie, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova 

D. Ensembles

Grace Zhang / Jayden Lin, piano duet

Teacher:Irina Koulikova

A. 6-10 years of age

Dayne Shen, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

B. 11-14 years of age

Peiran Li, piano, VA

Teacher: Irina Koulikova

Subin Kim, clarinet, South Korea

Teacher: Katie Ryu

Johanna Heller, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

David Moshkovich, piano, NY

Teacher: Leon Livshin

Arslan Cui, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

C. 15-18 years of age

Leanna Lo, piano, CA

Teacher: Jennifer Fung

Annie Sun, piano, MA

Teacher: Yu Wang

Ahana Joshi, piano, NJ

Teacher: Grace Dunn

Lydia Lo, piano, CA

Teacher: Jennifer Fung

B. 11-14 years of age

Albert Song, piano, MA

Teacher: Yu Wang

Rui Liang, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarorva

Phoebe Li, piano, MA

Teacher: April Wang

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – June 8, 2025 at12 PM Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher. 

Ellie Jo, flute, South Korea

Julian Ryu, piano, CA

Swara Sawant, piano, CA

Kaycee Kim, voice, UT

Roi Song, flute, TX

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – June 8, 2025 at12 PM Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher. 

Emme Catanzano, piano, CA

Dahae Kim, flute, South Korea

Riya Malshe, piano, CA

Kevin Guo, piano, CA

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – June 8, 2025 at12 PM Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher. 

Oliver Lee, piano, CA

Yena Lee, flute, CA

Yuna Kim

Swara Sawant

Helen Lee

Jennifer Li

Lisa Krause 

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

*Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

• Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary seats, 4 digital pictures.

• Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five complimentary seats, 4 digital pictures.

• The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

B. 11-14 years of age

Ellen Fang, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong-Hwa Kim

Daniil Demin, piano, NY Teacher: Alla Bell

Angela Xiao, piano, OH Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

Elina Zhu, piano, NJ Teacher: Tara Hofmeister Sheng

Daniel Klayman, piano, PA Teacher: Larissa Korkina

Claire Pang, piano. NJ Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya

Serena Wang, piano, NJ Teacher: Tara Hofmeister Sheng

C. 15-18 years of age

Jason Lee, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

Juliana Ren, piano, CA Teacher: Yin Yin Huang

James Plhak, piano, NY Teacher: Leon Livshin

Amber Lin, piano, CA Teacher: Judy Huang

Yildiz Orens, piano, CA Teacher: Klara Frei

Wenzhe Shi, piano, China Teacher: Xiaoling Anderson

Andrew Sokolov, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

Kaycee Kim, voice, UT Teacher: Brad Hayashi

D. Ensembles

Aviva Klopouh / SophiaFeldman,piano duet Teacher:Alexandra Suhoy

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

*Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

B. 11-14 years of age

Peiwen Gong, piano, MA Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

Tsai-Hsin Tien, violin, Taiwan Teacher: Tina Minn

Anne Takagi, cello, Japan Teacher: Zhou Long

Mikhael Vainer, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

C. 15-18 years of age

Albert Kuo, piano, CA Teacher: Temirzhan Yerzhanov

Claire Guo, piano, VA Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

Jason Chien, cello, CA Teacher: Kyeong-Hwa Kim

Gianna Thiede, violin, VA Teacher: Olga Khroulevitch

Alice Zhu, piano, MA Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

Yijin Chong, clarinet, CA Teacher: Hye Min Yun

Julie Sung, piano, IL Teacher: Jihyun Lee

D. Ensembles

Julie Anne Dela Rosa, cello, MD / Anthony Rossikhin, piano, MD Teacher: Yelena Feldman

E. Amateur adults

Elli Ishihara. voice, German Teacher: Chiho Mitaylor

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – November 2 and 9, 2024 at 1 PM

*Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

The Recital fee for ensembles is $350/person.

B. 11-14 years of age

Emily Liu, piano, VA Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

Kevin Bao, piano, CA

Teacher: Jenny Shin

C. 15-18 years of age

Ethan Moon, violin, MI Teacher: Tina Renshaw

Xiuhui Liu, voice, China

Teacher: Na Su

D. Ensembles

loig Mailhe Wang, cello, NJ / ZoeMailhe Wang, piano, NJ Teacher: Galina Prilutskaya

Rebecca Ding, piano, CA

Aiden Yang, piano, MA

Ga Eun Nam, piano, CA

Jiawei Sun, piano, MA

Caden Metz, piano, IL

Benjamin Knaster, piano, NY

Julian Ryu, piano, CA

Kaycee Kim, voice, UT

Timothy Wu, piano, MA

Nistha G. Nath, voice, CA

Emme Catanzano, piano, CA

Kevin Guo, piano, CA

Jiakai Joshua Xu, piano, CA

Ahana Joshi, piano, NJ

Pranshi Mehta, piano, TX

Kevin Ma, piano, CA

Oliver Lee, piano, CA

Muza Mdzinarishvili

Leon Livshin

Lin Lin

Jaclyn Kim

Yu Wang

Julia Hsiao

Sueanne Metz

Simona Snitkovskaya

Dun Yin Liu

Minako Horimura Han

Grace Dunn

Andrew Banks

Yujin Kang

Joanne Zhang, piano, MA

Haochen Ma, piano, MA

Alexandra Aronis, piano, NY

Dora Dulge, piano, NY

Annie Sun, piano, MA

Evyenia Zaharopoulos, piano, NY

Leonardo Caruso, piano, NY

Jocelyn Chou, piano, MA

Andrew Yang, voice, MA

Jiawei Sun, piano, MA

Anya Sen, marimba, NY

Sameera Jangala, voice, MA

Zoe Ong-Hulin, piano, NY

Lizzy Kao, piano, MA

Omar Kannachankudy, piano, MA

Sureela Jangala, voice, MA

Matthew Gusev, piano, NY

Loig Mailhe Wang, cello, NJ / Zoe Mailhe Wang, piano, NJ

Maximillian Chen, voice, MA

Anthony Jiang, piano, MA

Ethan Liu, voice, MA

Lucas Xu, piano, MA

Victor Kim, piano, CA

Matthew Xu, piano, MA

Anthony Liu, voice, MA

Helen Fu, piano, MA

Richard Smith-Faniants, voice, MA

Cosette Basa, viola, NJ

Phoebe Li, piano, MA

Yu Wang

Ruzanna Akopjan

Julia Zilberquit

Judy Hsu

Lleon Livshin

Victoria Avetisyan

Galina Prilutskaya

Yijun Wu

Felicia Campbell

Michael Bomwell

Yeghishe Manucharyan

Nadin Rich

Romanna Kalyoncu

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

A. 7-13 years of age

Jinwoo Lee, clarinet, South Korea

Teacher: Hyemin Yun

Stamitz Concerto in B-flat major, mvt. 1.

Harry Chen, piano, VA

Teacher: Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya

Kabalevsky Concerto No. 3 in D major, mvt. 2.

Subin Kim, clarinet, South Korea

Teacher: Katie Ryu

Krommer Concerto Op. 36 in E-flat major, mvt. 1

Steven Chen, alto saxophone, CA

Teacher: Vladimir Goltsman

Ibert Concertino da Camera, mvt. 1

B. 14-18 years of age

Jayden Choi, clarinet, CA

Teacher Hyemin Yun

Weber Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73, mvt. 1.

Olivia Oh, violin, NY

Teacher: I-Hao Lee

Barber Concerto Op. 14, mvt. 1

Vidur Sanghi, alto saxophone, CA

Teacher: Jonathan Hostottle

Milhaud Scaramouche Movements 1, 2

Hanz Baek, violin, CA

Teacher: Byoungwoo Kim

Lalo Simphonie Espagnole, Op. 21, mvt. 1..

Joel Chen, piano, VA

Teacher: Anna Ouspenskaya

Mozart Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482, mvt. 1

Ryan Lee, cello, CA

Teacher: Brady Anderson

Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C major, mvt. 1

Lisa Jin, viola, NY

Teacher: Carol Rodland

Weber, Andante e Rondo Ungarese

Queenie Dai, flute, China

Teacher: Bart Feller

Chaminade, Concertino

C. College students

Chun-Syuan Wei, piano, Taiwan

Teacher: Gustavo Romero

Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, mvt. 1

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM.

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

A. 7-13 years of age

Gabriela Chao, piano, (b. 2009), CA

Teacher: Andrew Zador

Chopin Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, mvt. 2

Curtis Wong, piano, CA

Teacher: Klara Frei

Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, mvt. 3.

Emily Amidon, piano, VA

Teacher: Faith Zuniga

Peskanov Concerto No.1.

Emma Sophie Luo, violin, (b 2010), NY

Teachers: Keita Fukushima, Yang Xu

Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, mvt. 1

Claire Li-Chang, violin, VA

Teacher: Olga Khroulevitch.

Vieuxtemps Ballade et Polonaise Op. 38.

B. 14-18 years of age

Carolyn Pyun, violin, ( b. 2005), CA

Teacher: Tina Minn

Bruch Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, mvt. 2

Christopher Tillen, piano, (b. 2004), MA

Teacher: Erin Lindsey

Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, mvt.

Pei-Shiuan, violin, (b. 2006), MA

Teacher: Fudeko Cohler

Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major, Op. 35, mvt. 1

Carina Wang, cello, (b. 2006), CA

Teacher: Ben Hong

Lalo Concerto in D minor, mvt. 1

Qi Feng Wu, flute, Canada

Teacher: Mary Boone

Mozart Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313, mvt. 1

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM

Recital Fee: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five guest tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

Please make checks payable to Art & Music Unlimited, and send it to the American Fine Arts Festival, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

The Deadline is January 30, 2024.

A. 7-13 years of age

David Wong, oboe, CA

Teachers: Kathy Oh

Telemann Concerto in F minor, mvt. 1

Chuling Liang, cello, NY

Teachers: Nan-Cheng Chen

Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan

B. 14-18 years of age

Ellie Kim, viola, CA

Teacher: Yunsun Kim

Bach Concerto mvt.1

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on November 4, 2023 at 1 pm.

*Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

$300 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2024.

A. 6-10 years of age

Aiden Shim, piano, CA

Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

Sean Ishikawa, violin, Japan/USA

Teacher: Mio Unosawa Herzog

B. 11-14 years of age

Zijia Cao, piano, OH

Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

Serena Wu, piano, OH

Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

Amber Lin, piano, CA

Teacher: Dr. Judy Huang

Ryan Lee, cello, CA

Teacher: Brady Anderson

Arslan Cui, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

C. 15-18 years of age

Sabrina Liu, piano, CA

Teacher: Lilit Babayan

Aditya Das, piano, MD

Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

Phoebe Shi, piano, OH

Teacher: Xiao-Ling Anderson

Lucas Choi, cello, CA

Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

David Xiong, piano, MA

Teacher: Max Levinson

Steven Yoon, cello, CA

Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

Junseo Lee, clarinet, South Korea

Teacher: Hye Min Yun

Jeffrey Luo, piano, CA

Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

Emma Yao, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

Garrett Cai, piano, CA

Teacher: Sujeeva Hapugalle

Erin Chen, piano, DC

Teacher: Anna Ouspenskaya

Participation in a Winners’ Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall – on November 4, 2023 at 1pm.

*Recital Fee*: $450. This fee includes participation in the concert, five tickets, 4 digital pictures, Certificate of Excellence and Diploma of Recognition for the teacher.

$200 scholarship for the AFAF Summer Music Courses in Europe 2023.

A. 6-10 years of age

Peiran Li, piano, VA

Teacher: Dr. Irina Koulikova

Norah Duan, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

B. 11-14 years of age

Gahyeon (Alice) Yoon, clarinet, CA

Teacher: Katie Ryu

Brandon Ha, cello, CA

Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

Alice Zhu, piano, MA

Teacher: Xiaoning Cheng

Sofie Fang, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

C. 15-18 years of age

Andrew Haviland, piano, NJ

Teacher: Luba Galkina

Meera Dullur, piano, IL

Teacher: Jihyun Lee

Sihyeon (Melody) Yoon, cello, CA

Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim

Peter Yoon, violin, CA

Teacher: Byung Woo Kim

Otto Montgomery, piano, CA

Teacher: Arkady Serper

Emily Yeh, piano, CA

Teacher: Miranda Wu

Sophia Tatar, piano, MA

Teacher: Margarita Kotlyarova

Francesca Cho, piano, USA/Germany

Teacher: Anastassia Ivanova

Alyssa Kuang, piano, TX

Teacher: Yan Shensal