Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Radda Rise International Piano 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 young musicians can enhance their musical careers. Within our competitions, each applicant receives a free Radda video review of their competition recordings prior to the judging round along with the option to resubmit new recordings for the judges based on the feedback from their 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.
Meet the Winners of Category 1
9 Years Old and Under
1st Prize of Category 1
Natchanok Chonlacoop
9 years old - Bangkok, Thailand
2nd Prize of Category 1
Charlotte Li
8 years old - Pennsylvania, USA
3rd Prize of Category 1
Anastasia Wade
9 years old - Tennessee, USA
HOnorable Mention of Category 1
Evelio Theodore Hadeli
7 years old - Aargau, Switzerland
Meet the Winners of Category 2
10-13 Years Old
1st prize of Category 2
Christina Sung
13 years old - Utah, USA
2nd prize of Category 2
Sesili Sivsivadze
10 years old - Georgia
3rd Prize of Category 2
Baohan Hou
13 years old - Ohio, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 2
Benjamin LeSuer
11 years old - Texas, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 2
Melanie Klapper
13 years old - Ohio, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 2
Kyle Zhu
12 years old - New Jersey, USA
Meet the Winners of Category 3
14-17 Years Old
First Prize of Category 3
Samantha Wuo
17 years old -California, USA
2nd Prize of Category 3
Jarmin Weng
16 years old - Ontario, Canada
3rd Prize of Category 3
Sarah Li
16 years old - New Jersey, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Henry Tushman
17 years old - Massachusetts, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Jasmine Lai
16 years old - Australia
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Jadon Wu
17 years old - California, USA
Meet the Winners of Category 4
18-30 Years Old
1st Prize of Category 4
Zhengyi Huang
25 years old - Texas, USA
2nd Prize of Category 4
James Wilson
22 years old - Utah, USA
3rd prize of Category 4
Xinyue Yang
26 years old - New York, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Dezheng Kong
22 years old - Germany
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Iryna Kudielina
25 years old - Oregon, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Maxence Tessier
29 years old - Quebec, Canada
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Carmen Lemos-Gonzalez
22 years old - Tennessee, USA
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Csanád Barbarics
23 years old - Veszprém, Hungary
2023 Radda Rise Piano Achievement Festival
Congratulations to the pianists of our Achievement Festival who were awarded Superior and Superior+ evaluations!
Lucy Galik Superior+
Eliza Ann Galik Superior
Blaine Dawson Superior
Mekaely Francois Superior
Ella Stump Superior
Naomi Galik Superior
Not pictured: Bailey Henson - Superior+
The Jurors
Cathal Breslin
Éva Polgár
Kirill Gliadkovsky
The Reviewers
Konstanca Dyulgerova
Nuno Ventura De Sousa
Darío LLanos Javierre
Selene Wu
Katherine Benson