Semi-Finalists: PIANO SOLOISTS, 2021

The American Prize wishes all our laureates, contestants, judges and friends safety and health during this extraordinarily difficult time.

The American Prize is delighted to announce SEMI-FINALIST piano soloists for 2021. Congratulations! (Be sure to check all divisions. The American Prize may have moved an audition to a more appropriate category.) As the contests unfold, finalists, runners-up and winners will be selected from these lists. To know the exact date when finalists will be announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first. 

We invite semi-finalists to make the most of their selection by announcing it on social media, and including a link to this announcement on their website or blog. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.

All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com

The American Prize in Piano Performance, 2021, professional solo division:

Elina Christova  

Norwalk  CT  

   

Christine Ifen Chuang

FriscoTX  

   

Ezra Donner

Ypsilanti  MI  

   

Ann DuHamel    

Morris MN  

   

Leah Kang

Urbana. IL  

   

Dongyul Lee 

Los Angeles. CA  

   

Bruce Leto Jr.   

North Hampton  NH  

   

Liana Paniyeva   

Quincy  MA  

   

Yoon-Wha Roh 

Pullman  WA  

   

Alexandra A. Saraceno   

Brooklyn  NY  

   

Helga Scheibert  

Pittsburgh  PA  

   

Rosemarie Suniga

Potsdam  NY  

   

Kristin Jonina Taylor

Omaha  NE  

   

Alexander Tchobanov  

Abu Dhabi UAE 

   

Muen Wei 

Tampa  FL  

    

Heidi Louise Williams   

Tallahassee. FL  

   

Chi-Chen Wu  

Laramie  WY  

    

Susan Yang

Nashville  TN   

   

Jonathan Young 

Fort Wayne  IN  

 


The American Prize in Piano Performance, 2021, college/university solo division:

Lanjiabao Ge  

Gainesville  FL       

        

Brandon K. Hamilton        

Plano TX       

        

Claudia Hu  

Raritan NJ       

        

Yunhee Kim 

Cambridge  MA       

        

Yera Kim 

State College  PA       

Bogyeong Lee 

Iowa City  IA       

        

Changhee Lee 

Montreal  QC       

        

Yang Li  

Rochester NY       

        

Junwen Liang           

State College  PA       

        

Haoyue Liang           

Denton TX       

         

Bora Ryu 

Kildeer  IL       

         

Yun Tang

Changchun China   

        

Shuk Ki Wong

Madison  WI       

        

Jen-Hao Yeh 

New York  NY       

        

Jing Shu Zhao

Denton  TX  

  

The American Prize in Piano Performance, 2021, community solo division:

Karen Salicath Jamali                     

Winter Park FL       

Luisa Kay Reyes                      

Tuscaloosa. AL       

Michael Shui                       

Tempe  AZ

The American Prize in Piano Performance, 2021, high school solo division:

Christian Brann         

Amherst  NY       

      

Jeslyn Zhu Cai           

Spokane  WA       

      

Jasper Casamento     

Ada   MI       

      

Ayushman Choudhury     

Ellington  CT       

       

Natalie Chow          

Livingston  NJ       

      

Amy Liu           

Setauket  NY       

      

Zizheng William Liu           

Sugar Land  TX       

      

Meredith Nam           

Bothell  WA        

      

Ethan Shi           

Ada  MI       

        

Marc Soong         

Alhambra  CA        

      

Esther Tang          

Gaithersburg  MD       

      

Angela Gigi Tsang         

San Jose  CA

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Semi-finalists: make the most of your selection by announcing it on your facebook page, tweet the news, and include a link to this announcement on your website or blog. 

Here is a sample announcement:

"Great News! I've just been selected as a SEMI-FINALIST in the (blank) division of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the performing arts. Here's the link: (copy link here). The American Prize will be announcing FINALISTS in my division soon. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition here: www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Prize-celebrating-American-excellence-in-the-arts/214320622728 or Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanprize "

Please feel free to modify or expand this announcement to suit your needs.

Congratulations to all semi-finalists!