Our Alumni
We’re proud to have known so many incredible, world-changing artists “way-back when” they were starting their careers – to have them come back as screeners, soloists, jury panelists, and even board members.
By The Numbers
32
concertmasters
29
orchestra principals
17
Grammy winners
10
Avery Fisher grantees
Past Competition Winners
2025
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Julia Schilz | 1st | Violin | |
| Noam Ginsparg | 2nd | Cello | |
| Miles Reed | 3rd | Cello | |
| Elizabeth Poppy Song | 4th | Violin | |
| Joshua Kováč | 4th | Cello |
2024
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Pearl de la Motte | 1st | Viola | |
| Amelia Zitoun | 2nd | Cello | |
| Francis Tsai | 3rd | Violin | |
| Yeji Lim | 4th | Violin | |
| Hannah Jeong | 4th | Cello |
2023
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Emad Zolfaghari | 1st | Viola | |
| Audrey Goodner | 2nd | Violin | |
| Ray Ushikubo | 3rd | Violin | |
| Blaire Kim | 4th | Violin | |
| Vincent Garcia-Hettinger | 4th | Cello |
2022
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Gaeun Kim | 1st | Cello | |
| Jaewon Wee | 2nd | Violin | |
| Andromeda Kepecs | 3rd | Violin | |
| Jacques Forestier | 4th | Violin | |
| Hayoung Choi | 4th | Violin |
2021
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Yuchen Lu | 1st | Viola | |
| Grace Huh | 2nd | Violin | |
| William Tan | 3rd | Cello | |
| Ria Honda | 4th | Violin | |
| Serin Park | 4th | Violin |
2020
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Gabrielle Després | 1st | Violin | |
| Jiaxun Yao | 2nd | Cello | |
| Masha Lakisova | 3rd | Violin | |
| Dongyung Shim | 4th | Violin | |
| Caroline Durham | 4th | Violin |
2019
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| James Baik | 1st | Cello | |
| Dakota Cotugno | 2nd | Cello | |
| Julia Mirzoev | 3rd | Violin | |
| Gabriel Polinsky | 4th | Bass | |
| James Hettinga | 5th | Cello |
2018
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Alex Zhou | 1st | Violin | |
| Julian Rhee | 2nd | Violin | |
| Isabelle Ai Durrenberger | 3rd | Violin | |
| Sophia Su | 4th | Violin | |
| Jean Kim | 4th | Cello |
2017 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jeremy Tai | 1st | Cello | |
| Zhanbo Zheng | 2nd | Viola | |
| Kyumin Park | 3rd | Violin | |
| Peter Eom | 4th | Cello | |
| Karisa Chiu | 4th | Violin |
2016
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| William Langlie-Miletich | 1st | Bass | |
| Coleman Itzkoff | 2nd | Cello | |
| Alina Kobialka | 3rd | Violin | |
| Evin Blomberg | 4th | Violin | |
| Sarah Hall | 4th | Violin |
2015
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Oliver Herbert | 1st | Cello | |
| Isabella Perron | 2nd | Violin | |
| Emily Shehi | 3rd | Violin | |
| Erika Gray | 4th | Viola | |
| Ariel Horowitz | 4th | Violin |
2014
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Zlatomir Fung | 1st | Cello | |
| Charles Seo | 2nd | Cello | |
| Angela Wee | 3rd | Violin | |
| Luke Hsu | 4th | Violin | |
| Kyumin Park | 4th | Violin |
2013
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Youjin Lee | 1st | Violin | |
| Wyatt Underhill | 2nd | Violin | |
| Dana Kelley | 3rd | Viola | |
| Brannon Cho | 4th | Cello | |
| Kevin Lin | 4th | Violin |
2012
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Austin Huntington | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Emma Steele | 2nd | Violin | |
| Alexandra Switala | 3rd | Violin | |
| Jean Kim | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Natalie Lin | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2011
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Mayumi Kanagawa | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Matthew Allen | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Ji-Won Song | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Daniel Cho | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Mindy Park | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
2010
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Francesca dePasquale | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Angelo Xiang Yu | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Taeguk Mun | 3rd | Cello | |
| Fabiola Kim | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Philip Kramp | 4th | Viola | Visit site |
2009
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Nikki Chooi | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| So Jin Kim | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Meta Weiss | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Jacqueline Choi | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Sujin Lee | 5th | Cello | Visit site |
2008
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Tessa Lark | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Robin Scott | 2rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Ying Xue | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Emily Deans | 4th | Viola | Pdf bio |
| Char Prescott | 4th | Cello |
2007
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jing Wang | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| David McCarroll | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Madeleine Kabat | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Lydia Hong | 4th | Violin | |
| Alice Yoo | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
2006 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| David Requiro | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Yu Jin | 2nd | Violin | |
| Celeste Golden | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Song-le Do | 4th | Cello | |
| Natalia Szadkowski | 5th | Violin |
2005 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Mihai Marica | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Tee-Khoon Tang | 2nd | Violin | Pdf bio |
| Ilana Setapen | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Kathryn Eberle | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Rachel Harding Klaus | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
2004
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jung-Min Amy Lee | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| David Kim | 2nd | Viola | |
| D. Joshua Roman | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Yves Dharamraj | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Clara Lyon | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
2003
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Eric Nowlin | 1st | Viola | Visit site |
| Tao Ni | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| D. Joshua Roman | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Katie Hyun | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Ayane Kozasa | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
2002
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Min-Ji Kim | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Teng Li | 2nd | Viola | Visit site |
| Caroline Campbell | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Kathryn Eberle | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Adam Barnett-Hart | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
2001
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Howard Zhang | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Teng Li | 2nd | Viola | Visit site |
| Eunice Keem | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Yvonne Lam | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Adam Barnett-Hart | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
2000
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Angela Fuller | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Yoon-Jung Cho | 2nd | Violin | |
| Jun Jensen | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Yang Xu | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Hannah Jin Cole | 5th | Violin |
1999
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Frank Huang | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Madeline Adkins | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Lucia Micarelli | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Cecilia Sang-Kyung Lee | 4th | Cello | |
| Jon Keigwin | 5th | Bass | Visit site |
1998
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Denise Djokic | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Patrick Jee | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Christina Castelli | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Yon-Joo Lee | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Hee-Guen Song | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
1997
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Kirsten Johnson | 1st | Viola | Visit site |
| Amy Schwartz Moretti | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Vivek Kamath | 3rd | Viola | Visit site |
| Amir Eldan | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Boris Tonkov | 5th | Violin |
1996
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Lisa GiHae Kim | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Lukasz Szyrner | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Alberto Parrini | 3rd | Cello | |
| Jenny Oaks Baker | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos | 5th | Cello | Visit site |
1995
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Cathy Basrak | 1st | Viola | Visit site |
| Pavel Sporcl | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Ani Aznavoorian | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Kirsten Johnson | 4th | Viola | Visit site |
| Esther Noh | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
1994
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Francois Salque | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Nurit Pacht | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Serge Oskotsky | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Ayako Yoshida | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
1993
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jennifer Koh | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Vadim Gluzman | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Julia Tom | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Lara St. John | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Joanna Kurkowicz | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
1992
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Mark Kosower | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Qi-Xin Pu | 2nd | Violin | |
| Lisa Lee | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Owen Lee | 4th | Bass | Visit site |
| Annie Chang Center | 5th | Viola | Visit site |
1991
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jennifer Frautschi | 1st | violin | Visit site |
| Alexis Pia Gerlach | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Brent Samuel | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Carol Ou | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| David Park | 5th | Violin | Visit site |
1990
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Robert deMaine | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Jian-wen Tong | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Joan Kwuon | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Misha Keylin | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
1989
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Alyssa Park | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Wendy Warner | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Alban Gerhardt | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Cornelius Chiu | 4th | violin | Visit site |
1988
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Sang Mee Lee | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Gianna Abondolo | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Richard Hirschl | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Eileen Moon | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Annie Chalex Boyle | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
1987
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Molly Fung-Dumm | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Gloria Justen | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Hai-Ye Ni | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| Robin Sharp | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
1986
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Stephanie Arado | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Sandra Park | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Sara Parkins | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Charles Chandler | 4th | Bass | Visit site |
| Timothy Landauer | 4th | Cello | Visit site |