2018-2019 Contemporary Festival
December 9, 2018 at Los Angeles Valley College
Chair: Lacy Bowen
Winners
Ranya Stover
Keren Lee
Emma Tio
David Hadi
Mihilo Kato
Lina Hisada
Ayushi Banerjee
Celine Chen
Honorable Mentions
Summer Yang
Ariel and Maya Rbibo
Ethan Lee
Diannah Zass
Samantha Pham
Sunny Cai
Olivia Wang
Galileo Skye Chrisman Caro
Bethany Lai
Mila Lanin
Sammy Elkhunovich
Quincy Lai
Repertoire Awards (Each judge had their own list–this is a compilation)
Ranya Stover (Mark Richman): Sonatina in G major, I. Allegretto by Carlos Gaastarino
Haneeboy Barlis (Sharon Shaheed): Paganini Jazz Variation I (Presto), Variation II (Meno Mosso), Variation III (Rumbo) by Fazil Say
Keren Lee (Sharon Shaheed): Etude No. 3 (based on George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” by Earl Wild
Emma Tio (Nobuyo Nshixaka): Prelude no.8 Un reflet dans le vent by Olivier Messiaen
Milo Hong (Sharon Shaheed): Silencio de Parc Guell (Moderato) by Joe Hisaishi
Graysen Carlsen (Sharon Shaheed): River Waltz by Ah Doe
Ethan Lee (Sharon Shaheed): Chrysanthemum Flower Bed (Moderato) by Jay Chou
David Hadi (Gideon Rubin): Stormy Monday by Gideon Rubin
Kyle Hong (Sharon Shaheed): Energy Flow by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Mihilo Kato (Nobuyo Nshixaka): The Dew Fairy by Frank Bridge
Lina Hisada (Nobuyo Nshixaka): Sonata No. 2 (Toccata) by Grazyna Bacewicz
Celine Chen (Nobuyo Nshixaka): Prelude no.8 Un reflet dans le vent by Olivier Messiaen
Solomon Skvirsky (Regina Verteym): Piano Concerto Op. 44 for Student and Teacher: I, II. Andante con moto, III. Allegro assai by Isaak Berkovich
Amy Tanaka (Sharon Shaheed): Green Tea Farm by Hiromi Uehara
Diannah Zass (Valeria Danielyan): Sonatina in C, Op. 100 by Nikolai Kapustin
Mila Lanin (Gideon Rubin): Willows by Jeanine Yeager
Olivia Wang (Sharon Shaheed): Humoresque in Db Major (Allegro) by Rodion Shchedrin
Ayushi Banerjee (Francine Pancost): Sonata, 3rd Movement by Otar Taktakishvili
Roselyn Nguyen (Ivana Malo): Metamorphosis Three by Philip Glass
Summer Yang (Sharon Shaheed): Humming Bird by William Gillock
Ariel and Maya Rbibo (Valeria Danielyan): Shmateh Rag by Rami Bat-Niv
Noah Chen (Mark Richman): Toccata (Allegro marcatissimo) by Aram Khachaturian
Samantha Pham (Francine Pancost): March of the Jolly Fellows by Henry Gagnebin
Mia Erikson (Nicole Nale): “Many Glacier Arioso” from The Great Northwest Suite by Dennis Alexander