Eliya Pariente

  • Admitted as the only new 8th grade student at the Special Music School @ Kaufman Center in New York City - as of September, 2023

  • Second Prize Winner (Lucy Boyan Balakian Award) at the Junior B category of the 2023 NYYPP Competition governed by AMTL (Associated Music Teachers League)

  • Finalist at the 2023 National Young Maestro Competition

  • Third Place Winner at the Young Artist’s Group B of the 2023 American Virtuoso International Music Competition (AVIMC - Music in the Classical Period)

  • First Prize Winner (Lucy Boyan Balakian Award) at the Junior B category of the 2022 NYYPP Competition governed by AMTL (Associated Music Teachers League)

  • Second Prize Medalist at the 5th George Gershwin International Music Competition (2022)

  • Special Award Winner for “Excellence in Performance of Baroque Style” - at the virtual 2022 National Young Maestro Competition

  • Bronze Prize Winner at the 2022 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition

  • First Prize Winner at the 2022 International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso (Vienna & London)

  • Silver Prize Winner of the Piano Mozart Class at the 2021 Northern Lights International Piano Festival (The Nordic Piano Competition)

  • First Place Winner at the Little Mozarts Competition of the 2021 Crescendo International Competition & Festival

  • Silver Medal Winner at the 2021 National Young Maestro Competition

  • Silver Prize Winner at the 2021 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition

  • First Prize Winner of the Solo Elementary B category at the 2020 MAMTG Competition

  • Second Place Winner of the Open Elementary Group 2 category at the 2020 NEMTA Competition

  • First Place Winner at the Little Mozarts Competition of the 2020 Crescendo International Competition & Festival

Nate Festinger