Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 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 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
David Liam Alexander
9 years old - Illinois, USA
2nd Prize of Category 1
Yoav Kremer
9 years old - Israel
3rd Prize of Category 1
Andrew Peng
7 years old - California, USA
Meet the Winners of Category 2
10-13 Years Old
Grand Prize of Category 2
Satoru Yahata
12 years old - Hyogo, Japan
1st Prize of Category 2 - Violin and Viola
Rosha Ipakchi
11 years old - Virginia, USA
2nd prize of Category 2 - Violin and Viola
Ruby Hu
11 years old - Washington, USA
3rd Prize of Category 2 - Violin and Viola
JunAn Su
12 years old - Shanghai, China
Meet the Winners of Category 3
14-17 Years Old
Grand prize of Category 3
Louis Staton
17 years old - Texas, USA
1st Prize of Category 3 - Violin and Viola
Jeremy Jahng
17 years old - New York, USA
1st prize of category 3 -
Cello and Bass
Jesse Krentz
14 years old - Washington, USA
2nd prize of Category 3 - Violin and Viola
Stella Braliou
17 years old - Athens, Greece
2nd Prize of Category 3 - Cello and Bass
Alexander Fiszer
16 years old - New Jersey, USA
Tied 3rd Prize of Category 3 - Violin and Viola
Olivia Cai
17 years old - Maryland, USA
Tied 3rd Prize of Category 3 - Violin and Viola
Lena Kim
15 years old - California, USA
3rd Prize of Category 3 - Cello and Bass
Abigail Su Jean Chia
17 years old - Johor, Malaysia
Meet the Winners of Category 4
18-30 Years Old
1st Prize of Category 4 - Violin and Viola
Morning Szu-Chen Huang
30 years old - New York, USA
1st Prize of Category 4 - Cello and Bass
Luis Almeida
26 years old - Québec, Canada
2nd Prize of Category 4 - Violin and Viola
Yunxi Peng
23 years old - Val-de-Marne, France
2nd Prize of Category 4 - Cello and Bass
Juliette Leclerc
24 years old - Québec, Canada
3rd Prize of Category 3 - Cello and Bass
Tyler James
27 years old - Massachusetts, USA
The Jurors
Danielle Belen
Minna Rose Chung
Youyang Qu
The Reviewers
Nikki Naghavi
Julian Langford
Kathryn Hilger
Zoltán Csikós
Karim Ayala Pool
Andrew Cody Williams
*Important Note: Thank you to all participants for their hard work on their performances. Our esteemed panel of jurors evaluates each performance against rigorous criteria. After careful consideration, it has been determined that certain awards will not be presented this year as the criteria for these particular recognitions were not met. We value the effort and passion each participant has poured into their performances, and we commend everyone for their dedication.*