We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition, which was held earlier today with virtual auditions. We were honored to have a prestigious group of judges: Melvin Chen (read his biography here: https://music.yale.edu/people/melvin-chen), Russell Hirshfield (read his biography here: https://www.wcsu.edu/music/faculty/russell-hirshfield/) and Eric Trudel (read his biography here:https://www.hartford.edu/directory/hartt/trudel-eric.aspx). Also, Kari Cruver Medina and Otto Wanke, composers of this years' commissioned works, served as the judges for the best performances of their own works.

WINNERS -- ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

1st. prize : Lina Elwood (student of Kumiko Imamura)

2nd. prize (tie): Edward Neems (student of Elaine Silbereis)

2nd. prize (tie): Hudson Shi (student of Elaine Silbereis)

3rd. prize (tie): Angelina Yang (student of Anchie Donn)

3rd. prize (tie): Seorin Kim (student of Sylvia Chambless)

best performance of commissioned work: Lina Elwood

commendation from the composer: Seorin Kim & James Liu (student of Thomas Martin)

WINNERS -- HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

1st. prize: Julia Zheng (student of Sima Brodsky)

2nd.prize: Marin Korenaga (student of Joel Wizansky)

3rd. prize (tie): Katherine Tang (student of Marguerita Smith)

3rd. prize (tie): Avery Cotton (student of Yoshie Akimoto)

best performance of commissioned work: Julia Zheng

commendation from the composer: Katherine Tang & Marin Korenaga

2021 will also be the second year that we hold a virtual Winners' Concert currently scheduled for Saturday May 8 at 7:30 PM

Congratulations!