Eliya Pariente
  • 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)

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Alex Xu
  • Winner of the 15th Annual Concerto Competition 2025 held by the American Chamber Orchestra (ACO) in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Consequently he will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the ACO on June 14th, 2025

  • presented his Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on June 23rd, 2024 (at age 12) - featuring music by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev

  • First Prize Winner of Category B (ages 10-12) at the 2024 International Grande Music Live Competition (IGMC)

  • First Prize Winner at the 2022 International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso (Vienna & London) - resulting in a performance of J.S. Bach’s Italian Concerto at London’s Albert Hall on April 20, 2022

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Noah Xia
  • First Place Winner at the American Protege International Concerto Competition 2025 (APIC) - playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1

  • presented her Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on June 4th, 2023 (at age 11) - featuring music by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Moszkowski

  • First Prize Winner of category A (ages 7-9) at the 2022 International Grande Music YouTube Competition (IGMC)

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Yanbo Pei
  • First Prize Winner at the 2023 International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso (Salzburg)

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

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Bryce Yedidia
  • First Place Winner of the Virtuoso Senior category at the 2023 NEMTA Competition

  • First Place Winner of the Virtuoso Junior category at the 2022 NEMTA Competition

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Aiden Yedidia (Cello)
  • Silver Medal Winner at the 2023 National Young Maestro Competition (Late Intermediate category)

  • First Place Winner of the Strings’ Open Elementary category at the 2022 NEMTA Competition

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Bowen An
  • Gold Medal Winner at both the 2022 & 2023 National Young Maestro Competitions (Early Intermediate Category)

  • Grand Prix Winner at the 2022 New York Concert Festival Competition

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Adrian Rivera
  • Gold Medal Winner at the Schubert Class of the 2025 Northern Lights International Piano Festival & Competition

  • Gold Medal Winner at the 2025 National Young Maestro Virtual Competition (Early Intermediate Category)

  • First Prize & Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner at the 2024 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition

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

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George Socolow (Piano and Composition)
  • presented his Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on October 27th, 2024 - featuring music by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy & Franck, as well as newly composed works by himself (Soliloquy) and his teacher Ronn Yedidia (4 Preludes of Dusk and Dawn)

  • New York Philharmonic Debut of his orchestral work “Rush Hour” as part of the Young People’s Concert Celebration - on May 4th, 2024 @ 1:00 p.m. - at Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

  • Winner of the Nord Anglia Education Global Campus Musician of the Year 2021 Award in Composition - for his original Paganini Variations for solo violin

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Sophia Chen
  • Grand Prix Winner at the 2021 New York Concert Festival Competition

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

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

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

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Alex Dong
  • Grand Prize Winner at the 2022 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition

  • Gold Prize Winner at the 2020 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition

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Elizabeth Li

First Prize Winner of the Piano Virtuoso Solo category at the 2020 MAMTG Competition (Highest award of the entire competition)

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

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Emre Alptuna

Admitted to the coveted Boston University Tanglewood Institute for the summers of 2018 & 2019

First Prize Winner of the Virtuoso Solo Senior category at the 2019 MAMTG Competition in New Jersey (Highest award of the entire competition)

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Jacob Katz

Gold Prize Winner at the 2017 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition – and a performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall

Second Prize Winner at the 2017 Rondo Young Artist Festival

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