Contemporary Festival Results 2018-2019

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