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.
