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