Thursday | June 23 2022 | 2 pm
FREE
The winners of the 2022 Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition perform in Merkin Hall. The Final Rounds of the competition on June 21 and 22 are also free and open to the public. View the Finals schedule.
Congratulations to the 2022 Winners!
Senior Division
First Prize (shared): Xuanyuan Jessie Gong & Tom Liu
Third Prize (shared): Xuanxiang Wu & Jude Giddens
Steinway and Sons Special Award for Best Performance of a Romantic Piece: Kevin Wang
Junior II Division
First Prize (shared): Xinran Shi & Sophia Shao
Second Prize (shared): Brian Li & Jerry Chang
Third Prize: Cobie Buckmire
Steinway and Sons Special Award for Best Performance of a Post-Romantic Piece: Yufei Chen
Best Performance of a Piece by an Underrepresented Composer: Daniel Haiduc
Junior I Division
First Prize (shared): Yuzhe Chen & Letao Li
Second Prize: Yidi Ding
Third Prize: Sophie Meng
Steinway and Sons Special Award: Best Performance of a Romantic Piece: Yuzhe Chen
Best Performance of a Classical Piece: Sophie Meng
Best Performance of a Piece by an Underrepresented Composer: Isabel Feng