2010 Junior Division Category

1st Laureate
Marie Rossano of the USA - 1st Laureate in 2010 Competition

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Sixteen-year-old violinist Marié Rossano has appeared numerous times on the concert stage.  She has appeared as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Bellevue Philharmonic, Ottawa Chamber Symphony, and the Bainbridge, Coeur d'Alene, Federal Way, and Sammamish Symphony Orchestras.  In addition to the traditional concert hall setting, Marié performed with the Seattle Symphony at their December 2007 Holiday Musical Salute benefit concert, and with the Bellevue Philharmonic at the 2008 Symetra Bellevue Family July 4th event at Bellevue Downtown Park. 

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2nd Laureate
Andi Zhang of China - 2nd Laureate in 2010 Competition

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Andi Zhang was born in 1992 in Liaoning Province, China. She learned violin under Hao Tie of the Dandong Song and Dance Troupe between 1996-2004.  During those years, she won the first place at the Dandong City Junior Instrumental Competition, and second place at the Liaoning Province Junior Instrumental Competition.  In 2004, she studied with the world famous violin master, professor Yao-ji Lin, and entered the Music School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in 2005. 


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3rd Laureate
Stephen Kim of the USA - 3rd Laureate in 2010 Competition

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Violinist Stephen Kim’s solo performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor at San Francisco’s prestigious Davies Symphony Hall drew praise from the critics. The San Francisco Classical Voice exclaimed that Stephen’s phenomenal performance “left many of the audience in Davies Symphony Hall in a roaring state of astonishment. Stephen’s maturity of phrasing, not unlike Yehudi Menuhin’s, was the very soul of Romantic tastefulness."


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FOURTH LAUREATE:  Kristie Su, USA
FIFTH LAUREATE:  Yu-Ting Chen, Taiwan

2010 Utah Division Category

1st Prize: David Price

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1st Prize:  David Price
2nd Prize:  Aubrey Oliverson
3rd Prize:  Emily Nelson

3rd Place, Upper Division:  Samantha Anderson
2nd Place, Lower Division:  Margaret Ivory
3rd Place, Lower Division:  Shenae Anderson