2025 MTNA -NJ Performance Competitions Results

Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding performances and to all participants for their hard work, dedication, and musicianship!

Amy I-Yun Tu, Chairperson, Junior and Young Artist Coordinator
Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Senior Coordinator


JUNIOR LEVEL

PIANO

Winner: Bowen Liang            Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Claire Li                                       Teacher: Michael Thomopolous
Honorable Mention: Lexi Cui                                        Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin
                                                Jaden Lin                               
Teacher: Grace Yang
Bryan Wu
Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

STRING

Winner: Claire Lee, violin                                   Teacher: Sheryl Staples
Alternate: Max Lu, cello                                   Teacher: Seojin Yang
Honorable Mention: Catherine Yu, cello                 Teacher: Hyojin Lee

WOODWIND

Winner: Katherine Lee, flute                                 Teacher: Amy I-Yun Tu
Alternate: Mukund Venkatesan, flute                            Teacher: Sandy Olson
Honorable Mention: Sophia Kim, flute          Teacher: Christine Kang
                                  Katelyn Park, clarinet                  
Teacher: Bryan Rudderow                               

SENIOR LEVEL

PIANO

Winner : Hudson Dong                                             Teacher: Stella Xu
Alternate: Edward Ojard                                          Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Honorable Mention: Tony Rosario Bello                     Teacher: Ingrid Clarfield
                                                Eric Feng          
Teacher: Gloria Chu
                                                Alice Wan      
Teacher: Stella Xu
Alexander Wang
Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

PIANO DUET

Winner : Conan Yang & Samuel Cronk                           Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Alternate: Amy Chu & Natalie Qian                           Teacher: Chiu-Tze Lin

STRING

Winner: Alice Xinyue Hu, violin                                 Teacher: Brittany Sklar                                            
Alternate: Darren Lee, cello                                      Teacher: Hyojin Lee
Honorable Mention: Elie Kuan, cello                            Teacher: Hyojin Lee

WOODWIND

Winner: Eric Sigalov, saxophone                                   Teacher: Valentin Kovalev
Alternate: Jayjune Shin, saxophone                                Teacher: Gi Lee
Honorable Mention: Cherie Tong Xu, clarinet             Teacher: Kenneth Ellison                                    
Jonathan Lin, saxophone              
Teacher: Wonki Lee

                                                   

YOUNG ARTIST LEVEL

PIANO SOLO

Winner: Vitalii Khairutdinov                                        Teacher: Veda Zuponcic
Alternate: Alexander DeStefano Teacher: Veda Zuponcic

STRING SOLO

            State Representative: Bethany Bobbs, cello                  Teacher: Catherine Bobbs

WOODWIND SOLO:

            State Representative: Hong Cheng, clarinet                 Teacher: Maureen Hurd Hause