AWARD RECIPIENTS
2025 Miclot International Music Competition Awards
Grand Prize Winner
Hana Suzuki (15) / MA, USA / Student of Hitomi Koyama
Best Performance Award Division IV
Sophie Deng (18) / OK, USA / Student of Richard Aaron
Best Performance Award Division III
Justin Lee (13) / VA, USA / Student of Clara Minhye Kim
Best Performance Award Division III
Brendan Ra (14) / NY, USA / Student of Yoonah Kim
Best Performance Award Division II
Hoichi Cadence Ma (11) / MA, USA / Student of Yinfei Wang
Best Performance Award Division I
Daniel Lee (9) / AL, USA / Student of So Jeong Kim
Best Performance Award Division II
Isaiah Shin (11) / NY, USA / Student of Jungwon Yoon
2025 Virtual Winners by Division:
Division IV: Mason Jay Lee, Viola (age17) / NY, USA / Student of Sheila Browne &
Katherine Jung, Violin (age 17) / NJ, USA/ Student of Masao Kawasaki
Division I: Andrew Peng, Violin (age 9) / CA, USA / Student of Aimee Kreston
(Other Divisions: No winners)
2024 Miclot International Music Competition Awards
Grand Prize Winner
Eliot Arolovitch (16) / USA / Student of Ian Lindsey
Best Performance Award Division IV
Perry Moskowitz (17) / USA / Student of Bonnie Anderson
Best Performance Award Division III
Emily Bennett (15) / USA / Student of Heather Rogers Riley
Best Performance Award Division II
Yueqi Lao (11) / USA / Student of Simon Xu
Best Performance Award Division I
Espen Walker (9) / USA / Student of Haeyoon Shin Krentz
Best Performance Award Division I
Freya Chen (7) / USA / Student of Elizabeth Chang and Ellen
2024 Virtual Winners by Division:
Division IV: Katherine Song (17) / USA / Student of Carol Rodland & Clara Chi (16) / USA / Student of Ann Setzer
Division III: Felix Wang (15) / USA / Student of Ann Setzer
Division II: Ella Cho (12) / USA / Student of Jinyoung Susanna Paik
Division I: No Winner
2023 Miclot International Music Competition Awards
Grand Prize Winner
Grace Chen (14) / USA / Student of Huimin Wang
Best Performance Award Division IV
Bohyun Sean Han (16) / South Korea / Student of Hyunjin Jang
Best Performance Award Division IV
Richard Liu (16) / USA / Student of Valerie Henkin
Best Performance Award Division III
Yining Tang (15) / USA / Student of Niva Fried
Best Performance Award Division II
Yifei Tang (11) / USA / Student of Niva Fried
Best Performance Award Division I
Emily Tianru Jin (8) / USA / Student of Motti Fang-Bentov and Xu Guo
2023 Virtual Winners by Division:
Division I: Jiwon Byeon (7) / South Korea / Student of Baeyeon Kim
Division II: Daon Kim (10) / South Korea / Student of Eunjung Yeo
Division III: Jihyo Lee (14) / South Korea / Student of Ara Lee
Division IV: Darian Tabesh Estrada (16) / USA / Student of Heeyeon Chi
