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