2025 APPS STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS and upcoming concerts

2025 SYAMFA (Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association)
WINNER: Alvin Lee
The Young Artists Concerto Concert
7:30 PM, Saturday, May 10, 2025
Open to the Public
The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle
The Festival has only one competitive section: the Concerto Division. Students accepted in this division are eligible to be selected for concerto playoffs. Each year, up to six outstanding finalists are presented with a professional orchestra in the Young Artists Concerto Concert. The sights and sounds of this stellar event are guaranteed to inspire young and old alike.
2025 EMTA STATE RECITALIST COMPETITION
WINNER: Alexander Vollmer
WINNER: Inez Ko
2025 SCMTA SONATINA SONATA FESTIVAL
GOLD MEDAL: Sky Suh, Aiden Yang, Alina Kim, Leia Pak, Alvin Lee, Junhao Fang
GOLD MEDAL (duets): Lucas Popescu & Alvin Lee, Isabel Yang & Hannah Kwon, Eden & Isaac Kim, 
SILVER MEDAL: Lucas Popescu, Vanessa Luong
SILVER MEDAL (duets): Claire & Ian Kang (duet)
BRONZE MEDAL: Hillary Huynh
2025 INTERNATIONAL MOZART COMPETITION, VIENNA
The «International Mozart Vienna Grand Prize» will be awarded to the winners who obtain a total score of 99 points, with a cash prize of € 500 per person for individual participants, € 1000 per group (2 to 4 people) and € 2000/group (group of more than 5 people) for group contestants. There were TWO ROUNDS. 
  • Alvin Lee (99 points) wins 1st Place in his age category and will perform at the Gala Concert in Vienna, Austria. Congratulations!
2025 NORTHWEST INTERNATIONAL PIANO ENSEMBLE COMPETITION
International Competition for Piano Ensembles (4,6,8 hands on one or two pianos)​. Held every two years in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

(Pictured below with adjudicators: Clare and Scott Meek
The Meek Duo:  https://www.themeeksduo.com/)
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  • 1ST PLACE, JUNIOR DIVISION: Eden and Isaac Kim
  • 2ND PLACE, JUNIOR DIVISION: Claire and Ian Kang​
2025 KMA YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
  • GRAND PRIZE: Alvin Lee
  • GOLD: Minjae Kim
  • SILVER: Alexander Vollmer 
  • BRONZE: Claire and Ian Kang
  • BRONZE: Caiden Kim
2025 CONVENTION RECITAL COMPETITION (CRC)
  • WINNER/STATE REP: Lucas Popescu
  • WINNER/STATE REP: Isabel Yang
  • ALTERNATE 1st Place WINNER: Brandon Osckar
  • ALTERNATE 3rd Place WINNER: Hannah Kwon
2025 FRANZ LISZT CENTER PIANO COMPETITION (Division B)
Alvin Lee (99 points) wins:
  • ABSOLUTE FIRST PRIZE
  • CONCERT PRIZE IN SPAIN AND HUNGARY
  • SCHOLARSHIP 
  • FRANZ LISZT CENTER YOUNG PRODIGY AWARD​​
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2025 CHOPIN NW FESTIVAL (15 MEDALISTS)
GRAND PRIX GOLD: Alvin Lee, Alexander Vollmer
GOLD: Lucas Popescu, Jane Kwon, Isabel Yang
SILVER: Simone Chai, Caiden Kim, Caleb Wie, Junhao Fang, Hannah Kwon, Godwin Hong, Alexander Vollmer (concerto)
BRONZE: Aiden Yang, Lilian Flowers, Claire Kang
UTAH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONCERTO COMPETITION, Salt Lake City, Utah
Alexander wins Concerto Competition and will perform with Utah Philharmonic Orchestra on May 10, 2025
EASTSIDE SYMPHONY

​Lucas Popescu is invited to perform at the Eastside Symphony March Concert:

PROGRAM:
Sands, Schubert, and Star Wars
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 7:30 pm

Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466, 1st mvt, with Lucas Popescu, piano
Taylor Shifting Sands for English Horn and Orchestra *world premiere*, with 
Maureen Stone, English horn
Schubert Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
Williams Star Wars Suite
GRAND PRIX (solo) Alvin Lee
GRAND PRIX (concerto) Alvin Lee
GRAND PRIX (duet) Jane Kwon and Jason Kwon

GOLD (solo) Alexander Vollmer 
GOLD (solo) Godwin Hong
GOLD (concerto) Jane Kwon

SILVER (solo) Simone Chai
SILVER (duet) Eden Kim and Isaac Kim
SILVER (duet) Ian Kang and Claire Kang
SILVER (duet) Isabel Yang and Hannah Kwon
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BRONZE (solo) Hannah Kwon
BRONZE (solo) Vince Lee