2023 MTNA State Performance Winners
This year, we had 31 contestants come to Walnut Hill School for the Arts for the state MTNA performance competitions. The judges were incredibly impressed by the immense talent of these young musicians and are happy to announce 6 winners, 6 alternatives, and 6 honorable mentions. Congratulations to the 2023 MTNA State Performance Winners!
Young Artist
Winner: Calvin Kotrba
Student of Gila Goldstein
Alternative: Anthony Lee
Student of Victor Cayres
Senior Piano
Winner: Shixun Song
Student of Li Wang
Alternative: Henry Tushman
Student of Sandra Hebert
Honorable Mention: David Xiong
Student of Max Levinson
Honorable Mention: Sarah Xu
Student of Heeyeon Chi
Honorable Mention: Julia Yin Zhou
Student of Niva Fried
Junior Piano
Winner: Ziling Yin
Student of Niva Fried
Alternative: Luca Ajay Daptardar
Student of Nilly Shilo
Honorable Mention: Ryan Prentice
Student of Helena Vesterman
Woodwind
Winner: Ethan Kasparian Weisman
Student of Armine Karapetian Donato
Alternative: Tian Yu
Student of Eric Goode
Junior String
Winner: Miyara Tokushige
Student of Fudeko Cohler
Alternative: Samuel Joonjae Lee
Student of Fudeko Cohler
Honorable Mention: Emily Yue-Lin Chen
Student of Fudeko Cohler
Honorable Mention: Isabella Kim
Student of Fudeko Cohler
Senior String
Winner: Jiyu Moon
Student of Ronald Lowry
Alternative: Pie Shiuan Lin
Student of Fudeko Cohler
Thank you all the judges: Isabella Li, Aleksandr Polyakov, Victor Cayres, Hengjin Park, Lydia Reed-Guertin, Evan Hirsh, Andrei Sobchenko, Jennifer Elowitch, Hsin Lin Tsai, Hyun Ji Kwon, Yeesun Kim
A special thanks to all the volunteers for their hard work: Valerie Stark, Yulia Potvin Zhuravleva, Yan Zou, Monica Li, Walnut Hill School for the Arts Administration