Congratulations to the Winners of the Third Radda Rise International Piano Competition!
Keep scrolling to check out the live winners announcement, the winners recitals, and the winners’ biographies.
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.
The Third Radda Rise International Piano Competition took place in 2022-2023.
Category 1: Up to 9 years old
Category 2: 10-13 years old
Category 3: 14-17 years old
Category 4: 18 years old and up
Live Winners Announcement
March 4th, 2023
Winners Recitals
Category 4
March 12th, 2023 at 2pm EST
Categories 1-3
March 11th, 2023 at 2pm EST
Meet the Winners of Category 1
1st Prize of Category 1
Benjamin LeSuer
9 years old - Texas, USA
Learn more about Benjamin and see his performances of Liszt and MacDowell
2nd Prize of Category 1
Katy Sun
9 years old - California, USA
Learn more about Katy and see her performances of Bach and Debussy
3rd Prize of Category 1
Marianne Rose Scott
9 years old - Iowa, USA
Learn more about Marianne and see her performances of Amy Beach and Grieg
Honorable Mention of Category 1
Faith Eugenia Scott
7 years old - Iowa, USA
Learn more about Faith and see her performances of Dussek and Bach
Meet the Winners of Category 2
1st prize of Category 2
Timothy Yang
13 years old - California, USA
Learn more about Timothy and see his performances of Scarlatti and Glinka/Balakirev
2nd Prize of Category 2
Yu Yeung Zhao
13 years old - China
Learn more about Yu Yeung and see his performances of Chopin and Scriabin
3rd prize of Category 2
Chloe Ding
13 years old - California, USA
Learn more about Chloe and see her performances of Haydn and Ginastera
Honorable Mention of Category 2
Kailash Brumwell
11 years old - California, USA
Learn more about Kailash and see his performances of Chopin and Khachaturian
Meet the Winners of Category 3
1st prize of Category 3
Norman Lu
14 years old - Massachusetts, USA
Learn more about Norman and see his performances of Liszt and Chopin
2nd Prize of Category 3
Lucie Kim
16 years old - California, USA
Learn more about Lucie and see her performances of Beethoven and McIntyre
3rd prize of category 3
Micah Chan
14 years old - Illinois, USA
Learn more about Micah and see his performances of Beethoven and Peterson
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Yuqiao Chen
15 years old - Thailand
Learn more about Yuqiao and see his performances of Rachmaninov and Clementi
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Conrad Flake
15 years old - Utah, USA
Learn more about Conrad and see his performances of Ravel and Mozart
Honorable Mention of Category 3
Henry Tushman
16 years old - Massachusetts, USA
Learn more about Henry and see his performances of Chopin and Beethoven
Meet the Winners of Category 4
1st Prize of Category 4
Qiao Liu
32 years old - New York, USA
Learn more about Qiao and see her performances of Barber and Beethoven
2nd Prize of Category 4
Hyeongji Choi
26 years old - Arizona, USA
Learn more bout Hyeongji and see her performances of Schumann and Schubert
3rd Prize of Category 4
Tyler Ramos
28 years old - Hawaii, USA
Learn more about Tyler and see his performances of Haydn and Schumann
Honorable Mention of Category 4
Pietro Freiburger
25 years old - Quebec, Canada
Learn more about Pietro and see his performances of Medtner and Ravel
Radda Rise Achievement Festival
Recipients of Superior and Superior+ Evaluations
Domingo Peñaloza - Superior+
Wenjun Wang - Superior+
Cecily Tillotson - Superior+
Leah Nelson - Superior+
Charlotte Tillotson - Superior
Naomi Nelson - Superior
Karigan Haws - Superior
Eashaan Patel - Superior
Joshua Epling - Superior
Sophia Widga - Superior
Elijah Nix - Superior
Bailey Henson - Superior
Charlie Van Cott - Superior
Éva Nekvasil - Superior
Jillian Keene - Superior
The Judges
Congyu Wang
Vasco Dantas
Chih-Long Hu
The Reviewers
Katherine Benson
Konstanca Dyulgerova
Darío Llanos Javierre
Nuno Ventura de Sousa
Selene Wu