2021 Renee B. Fisher Competition Winners Concert (Virtual)

May 8, 2021

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!

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May 8, 2021
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