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2006 Winners

Alexey Koltakov - Ukraine/Australia

Gold Medal: $15,000
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work | $1,000
Best Performance of a Romantic Work | $1,000
St. Marks Episcopal Church
(San Antonio) Music Series Performance

Grace Fong - USA

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Bronze Medal: $5,000
Best Performance of a Classical Work | $1,000

Michael Mizrahi - USA

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Bronze Medal: $5,000

Finalists

Vicky Chow - Chinese Canadian
Svetlana Smolina - Russia/USA

Judges

Daniel Pollack, Chairman | website
Robin McCabe | website
William Wolfram | website
Timothy Woolsey (preliminary)
Andrea Sokol-Albert (preliminary)
Kiyoshi Tamagawa (preliminary)

Semifinalists

Christopher Guzman - USA
Judy Huang - Taiwan
Esther Park - Korea/USA
Yukiko Sekino - Japan
Rui Shi - China

Coordinator of Judges

Elisenda Fabregas | website

Commissioned Composer

Ronn Yedidia | website

2003 Winners

Roger Wright - USA

Gold Medal: $15,000
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work | $1,000
Best Performance of a Romantic Work | $1,000
St. Marks Episcopal Church
(San Antonio) Music Series Performance

Young-Ah Tak - Korea

Silver Medal: $10,000
Best Performance of a Classical Work | $1,000

Judges

Ralph Votapek, Chairman
Ann Schein
Daniel Pollack
Timothy Woolsey (preliminary)
Andrea Sokol-Albert (preliminary)
Kiyoshi Tamagawa (preliminary)

Boris Feiner - Ukraine/Israel

Bronze Medal: $5,000

Charisse Baldoria - The Phillipines

Fourth Prize: $1,500

Dahye Choi - Korea

Fifth Prize: $1,000

Coordinator of Judges

Moreland Kortkamp Roller

Commissioned Composer

Judith Zaimont

2000 Winners

Naoko Takao - Japan

Gold Medal: $10,000

Michael Schneider - USA

Silver Medal: $5,000
Audience Choice Award: $1,000

Judges

Dr. Maurice Hinson, Chairman
Ann Schein
Ralph Votapek
Ruth C. Friedberg (preliminary)
Andrew Mihalso (preliminary), Chairman
John Moore (preliminary)

Gloria Chen - Taiwan

Bronze Medal: $2,500
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: $1,000

Yoshikazu Nahai - Japan

Fourth Prize: $1,000

Ganadi Zagor - Irael

Fifth Prize: $1,000

Coordinator of Judges

Moreland Kortkamp Roller

Commissioned Composer

Henry Martin

Former Winners

Sixth Competition | 1997

Mi-Jung Im (Korea) Gold Medal
Roger Wright (USA) Silver Medal
Molly Kiser (USA/Japan) Bronze Medal

Third Competition | 1988

Boris Slutsky (Russia) Gold Medal
Thomas Tirino (USA) Silver Medal

Fifth Competition | 1994

Audrey Andrist (Canada) Gold Medal
Wei-Yi Yang (Taiwan) Gold Medal
(No Silver Medal awarded)

Second Competition | 1986

Kathryn Brown (USA) Gold Medal
Alan Chow (USA) Silver Medal

Fourth Competition | 1994

Richard Dowling (USA) Gold Medal
Bernadette Balkus (Australia) Silver Medal

First Competition | 1984

William Koehler, (USA) Gold Medal
Ilan Rechtman, (Israel) Silver Medal