Congratulations to the Winners of the 2022 Radda Rise International String Competition!


ABOUT Radda Rise Competitions

Radda Rise Competitions are dedicated to fostering the musical growth of rising musicians through unique educational opportunities. Aside from just cash prizes, we’re passionate about providing an experience through which youth musicians can enhance their musical careers. In this competition, each applicant received a Radda review of their competition recordings along with the option to resubmit new recordings based on the feedback from the Radda Reviewer. Additionally, each applicant received a custom biography in English or revisions of their current biography. After the competition, applicants had additional educational opportunities such as personal brand consultations, personalized starter websites, live private lessons, potential ongoing mentorship with the jurors, and discounted Radda Reviews.

The 2022 Radda Rise International String Competition was open to string musicians throughout the world who were 18 years old or under at the time of the competition.

  • Category 1 (Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass): Up to 9 years old

  • Category 2: Between 10-13 years old

    • Category 2 was split into two subcategories: (1) Violin and Violin; (2) Cello and Double Bass

  • Category 3: Between 14-18 years old

    • Category 3 was split into two subcategories: (1) Violin and Violin; (2) Cello and Double Bass


Live Panel Discussion with the Jury

January 24th, 2022


Live Winners Announcement

July 9th, 2022


Winners Recital

July 15th, 2022


Meet the Winners of Category 1

1st Prize, Category 1

Clare Seo

9 Years Old

New York, USA

2nd Prize, Category 1

Atticus Kwok

9 Years Old

California, USA

3rd Prize, Category 1

Lacey Seeley

7 Years Old

Utah, USA


Meet the Winners of Category 2

Grand prize, Category 2

Oriana Wojciechowska

13 Years Old

Poland

1st Prize, Category 2

Violin and Viola Division

Lucas Wang

13 Years Old

California, USA

1st Prize, Category 2

Cello and Bass Division

Ziyang Zhao

13 Years Old

Shanghai, China

2nd Prize, Category 2

Violin and Viola Division

Ellie Malonzo

12 Years Old

Australia

2nd Prize, Category 2

Cello and Bass Division

Ayman Bourar

10 Years Old

Washington, DC, USA

3rd Prize, Category 2

Violin and Viola Division

Tony Wu

11 Years Old

Michigan, USA


Meet the Winners of Category 3

Grand prize, Category 3

Iris Hur

16 Years Old

New Jersey, USA

1st Prize, Category 3

Violin and Viola Division

John Kim

16 Years Old

South Korea

1st prize, category 3

Cello and Bass Division

Joshua Kovac

15 Years Old

Tennessee, USA

2nd Prize, Category 3

Violin and Viola Division

Taian Yan

16 Years Old

China

2nd Prize, Category 3

Cello and Bass Division

Sihan Chen

17 Years Old

Shanghai, China

2nd Prize, Category 3

Cello and Bass Division

Aiyana Rennie

17 Years Old

United Kingdom

3rd Prize, Category 3

Violin and Viola Division

Yena Oh

14 Years Old

California, USA

3rd prize, Category 3

Violin and Viola Division

Gary Han

14 Years Old

New York, USA

3rd Prize, Category 3

Cello and Bass Division

Natalie Kwok

15 Years Old

California, USA


Honorable Mentions

Alice Giang

Category 1

Gisele Jingxi Zhu

Category 1

Guo Ru

Category 2

Violin and Viola Division

Finley Rainey

Category 2

Cello and Bass Division

Claire Wang

Category 2

Cello and Bass Division

Alexandra Derkaloustian

Category 3

Violin and Viola Division

James Lee

Category 3

Cello and Bass Division

Meimei Ai

Category 3

Cello and Bass Division


The JuRY

John-Henry Crawford

Elizabeth Faidley

Giora Schmidt


The Reviewers

Aaron Olguin

Kathryn Hilger

Karim Ayala Pool

 

Zoltán Csikós

Nikki Naghavi