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
42
professors at major programs
35
concertmasters
29
orchestra principals
27
orchestra members
11
Avery Fisher grantees
Past Competition Winners
2026
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Starla Breshears | 1st | Cello | Visit Site |
| James Birch | 2nd | Violin | |
| Jones Lau | 3rd | Viola | |
| Elliot Sloss | 4th | Cello | Visit Site |
| Juyeon Diana Lee | 4th | Violin |
2025
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Julia Schilz | 1st | Violin | Visit Site |
| Noam Ginsparg | 2nd | Cello | Visit Site |
| Miles Reed | 3rd | Cello | |
| Elizabeth Poppy Song | 4th | Violin | Visit Site |
| Joshua Kováč | 4th | Cello | Visit Site |
2024
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Pearl de la Motte | 1st | Viola | Visit Site |
| Amelia Zitoun | 2nd | Cello | Visit Site |
| Francis Tsai | 3rd | Violin | |
| Yeji Lim | 4th | Violin | |
| Hannah Jeong | 4th | Cello |
2023
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Emad Zolfaghari | 1st | Viola | Visit site |
| Audrey Goodner | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Ray Ushikubo | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Blaire Kim | 4th | Violin | |
| Vincent Garcia-Hettinger | 4th | Cello | Visit Site |
2022
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Gaeun Kim | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Jaewon Wee | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Andromeda Kepecs | 3rd | Violin | |
| Jacques Forestier | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Hayoung Choi | 4th | Violin |
2021
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Yuchen Lu | 1st | Viola | Visit site |
| Grace Huh | 2nd | Violin | |
| William Tan | 3rd | Cello | |
| Ria Honda | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Serin Park | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2020
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Gabrielle Després | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Jiaxun Yao | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Masha Lakisova | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Dongyung Shim | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Caroline Durham | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2019
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| James Baik | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Dakota Cotugno | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Julia Mirzoev | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Gabriel Polinsky | 4th | Bass | Visit site |
| James Hettinga | 5th | Cello | Visit site |
2018
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Alex Zhou | 1st | Violin | |
| Julian Rhee | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Isabelle Ai Durrenberger | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Sophia Su | 4th | Violin | |
| Jean Kim | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
2017 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Jeremy Tai | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Zhanbo Zheng | 2nd | Viola | Visit site |
| Kyumin Park | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Peter Eom | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Karisa Chiu | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2016
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| William Langlie-Miletich | 1st | Bass | Visit site |
| Coleman Itzkoff | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Alina Kobialka | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Evin Blomberg | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Sarah Hall | 4th | Violin |
2015
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Oliver Herbert | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Isabella Perron | 2nd | Violin | |
| Emily Shehi | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Erika Gray | 4th | Viola | Visit site |
| Ariel Horowitz | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2014
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Zlatomir Fung | 1st | Cello | Visit Site |
| Charles Seo | 2nd | Cello | Visit site |
| Angela Wee | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Luke Hsu | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Kyumin Park | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
2013
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Youjin Lee | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Wyatt Underhill | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Dana Kelley | 3rd | Viola | Visit site |
| Brannon Cho | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Kevin Lin | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
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 | |
| Ji-Won Song | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Daniel Cho | 4th | Violin | Visit site |
| Mindy Park | 4th | Cello |
2010
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Francesca dePasquale | 1st | Violin | Visit site |
| Angelo Xiang Yu | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Taeguk Mun | 3rd | Cello | Visit site |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Char Prescott | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
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 | Visit site |
| Alice Yoo | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
2006 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| David Requiro | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Yu Jin | 2nd | Violin | Visit site |
| Celeste Golden | 3rd | Violin | Visit site |
| Song-le Do | 4th | Cello | Visit site |
| Natalia Szadkowski | 5th | Violin |
2005 Winners
| Name | Prize | Instrument | Info |
| Mihai Marica | 1st | Cello | Visit site |
| Tee-Khoon Tang | 2nd | Violin | |
| 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 | Visit site |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Visit site |
| 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 | |
| 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 |