API Alumni News
March 2023 Edition

2022 October

2022 American String Teachers Association- Arizona State Solo Competition
https://astaaz.org/event/solo-competition/

Junior Division - Second prize: Justin Kang (cello)

Senior Division - Honorable Mention: Abraham Kim (cello)

2022 November

Arizona Musicfest’s 2022 Fall Piano Competition
https://azmusicfest.org/piano-competition-results/

Division I (7th & 8th Grades)

Second Prize: Luke Wagner

Third Prize: Sean Wagner

Division II (9th & 10th Grades)

Second Prize: Brayden Wagner

Division III (11th & 12th Grades)

Second Prize: Stephanie Lobodanescu

Third Prize: Asuka Firdaus

2022 December

2022 MTNA Arizona State Piano Competition
https://www.asmta.org/events/state-competitions/2022-arizona-state-winners/

Junior Piano - Winner: William Shan  

Senior Piano - Honorable Mention: Anagh Pandya

2023 January

2023 Angelo and Micheline Addona Arizona Young Artist Piano Competition
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zspdko4FbjakRZ_LaL2AYtAxt4U-ignW/view?usp=share_link

Advanced Elementary (age 10-12)

Second prize - Luke Wagner

Third prize - William You

Junior Artist (age 13-15)

First prize - Justin Kang

Honorable mention - Kyle Gu

Senior Artist (age 16-18)

First prize - Daniel Kang

Senior Concerto (age 14-18)

First prize - Lily Potter

2023 AMERICAN PROTÉGÉ International String and Piano Competition https://americanprotege.com/piano-and-strings-competition-2023/

Intermediate (15-18)

First Prize - Daniel Kang

First prize - Lawrence Wen

2023 Phoenix Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
https://pysorchestras.org/ymc/competition-awards/

Junior Division - Winner: Justin Kang (cello)

Senior Division - Grand Prize Winner: Abraham Kim (cello)

*Abraham is a featured performer at the Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestra’s side-by-side concert.

2023 February

2023 AMEA High School Solo & Ensemble Competition

Tier 2 Best in Class Nomination

Daniel Kang (piano solo)

Stephanie Lobodanescu (piano solo)

Abraham Kim (cello solo)

 Tier 3 Honors from all instrumental categories

Daniel Kang (piano solo)

*Daniel is a featured performer in the 2023 AMEA All-State Festival Honor Recital at ASU Gammage.

2023 Steinway/Avanti Piano Competition
https://www.avantistudents.org/past-competitions

Junior Division (10-14)    

Second Prize - Justin Kang

Senior Division (15-18)    

Second Prize - Daniel Kang

Third Prize - Brayden Wagner

AZ Musicfest’s 2023 String Competition
https://azmusicfest.org/shg-competition-results-23/

Division I (7th & 8th Grades)

Third Prize - Justin Kang (cello)

Division II (9th & 10th Grades)

Second Prize - Abraham Kim (cello)

2023 March

AZ Musicfest’s 2023 Chamber Ensemble Competition
https://azmusicfest.org/chamber-results/

Second Prize: Jade Piano Trio (Daniel Kang, piano & Abraham Kim, cello)

2023 East Valley Music Teachers Association Nancy Spitzer Scholarship

Recipient: Milton Lin