24th KMA Youth Music Scholarship Competition

The 24th KMA Youth Music Scholarship Competition (2025)

Awards/Medals/Certificates are now available for pickup at Classic Pianos in Bellevue between April 1st to May 15th.


Competition Results

Grand Prize: Alvin Lee (Teacher: SH Youn)


Division A (Piano): Junior (5th - 8th)

Platinum: Siwon Park (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili)

Gold: Jimmy Huang (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Silver: Jiaze Yang (Teacher: Ke Lao)

Silver: Chloe Nari Wang (Teacher: Adam Aleksander)

Bronze: Arthur Zhang (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili)

Bronze: Stephanie Cheng (Teacher: Ni Liu)

Bronze: Brandon Yang (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Bronze: Claire Kang & Ian Kang (Teacher: SH Youn)

Bronze: Caiden Kim (Teacher: SH Youn)

Bronze: Hannah Li (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili)

Bronze: August Zhou (Teacher: Nino Merabishvili)

Bronze: Harry Zhang (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)

Bronze: Shashwat Srinivasan (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)


Division A (Piano): Senior (9th - 12th)

Platinum: Ashley Zong (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)

Gold: Minjae Kim (Teacher: SH Youn)

Silver: Courtney Tam (Teacher: Yelena Balabanova)

Silver: Alexander Vollmer (Teacher: SH Youn)

Bronze: Mingyue Yang (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)

Bronze: Angelina Mitrianu (Teacher: Ekaterina Melkamini)


Division B: Junior (5th - 8th)

Platinum: Nathaniel Kim - Cello (Teacher: Sungmee Lee)

Gold: Reina Kim - Violin (Teacher: Jan Coleman)

Silver: Esmee Lee - Cello (Teacher: Efe Baltacigli)

Bronze: Braden Hong - Violin (Teacher: Jiyeon Kim)

Bronze: Evelyn Yi - Violin (Teacher: Katrin St. Clair)

Bronze: Anthony Kim - Voice (Teacher: Megan Parker)


Division B: Senior (9th - 12th)

Platinum: Yuna Shin - Flute (Teacher: Jeong Lee)

Gold: Jeanne Park - Violin (Teacher: Simon James)

Silver: Ethan Lee - Flute (Teacher: Zart Dombourian-Eby)

Bronze: Ellie Chung - Cello (Teacher: Sungmee Lee)

Bronze: Luke Lee - Violin (Teacher: Gloria Guo)


The KMA presents the 24th Youth Music Competition on Saturday, March 1st, 2025, 9 AM to 5 PM. This event is open to ALL students from 5th to 12th grade.