2022 Simon-Fiset Strings Competition Winners

The 2022 Simon-Fiset Strings Competition was held March 7 and 11 at Queen Anne Presbyterian Church for students up through age 18 on August 15, 2021 who had not yet graduated from high school. The adjudicator was Rachel Lee Priday, Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Washington. There were 47 entrants (32 violin, 15 cello) from 12 teachers (9 violin, 3 cello).

All results are final. The winners of the 2022 Simon-Fiset Strings Competition are as follows:
Division I – Through Age 7*
First Place (tie): Eleanor Liu, violin Student of Jan Coleman
First Place (tie): Midori Sokolik, violin Student of Ludmila Henderson
Second Place: Daniel Chiang, cello Student of Kevin Krentz
Third Place: Michael Xin, violin Student of Yi Zhou
Honorable Mention: Adeline Gao, violin Student of Jan Coleman
Honorable Mention: Valentina Starkie, cello Student of Haeyoon Krentz
Honorable Mention: Eric Sun, violin Student of Jan Coleman
Honorable Mention: Espen Walker, cello Student of Haeyoon Krentz

Division II – Ages 8 and 9*
First Place: Lin Tokura, violin Student of Jan Coleman
Second Place: Ling-Xi Ma, violin Student of Simon James
Third Place (tie): Rito Imaoka, violin Student of Jan Coleman
Third Place (tie): Anthony Kim, cello Student of Kevin Krentz
Honorable Mention: Winston Yu, cello Student of Haeyoon Krentz

Division III – Ages 10 and 11*
First Place: Mako Nishimura, cello Student of Haeyoon Krentz (Jean Kantner Memorial Trophy Winner)
Second Place: Angela Xiao, violin Student of Yi Zhou

Division IV – Ages 12 and 13*
First Place (tie): Rachel Jung, violin Student of Simon James
First Place (tie): Jaewon Lee, cello Student of Sounglim Lee
Second Place (tie): Jesse Krentz, cello Student of Kevin Krentz
Second Place (tie): Lily Richards, violin Student of Jan Coleman
Third Place: Hana Gottesman, violin Student of Simon James

Division V – Ages 14 and 15*
First Place: Uihyun Oh, cello Student of Sounglim Lee (Verna Powell Award Winner)
Second Place: Julia Yi, violin Student of Ron Patterson

Division VI – Ages 16-18*
First Place: Kaia Selden, violin Student of Simon James (Kent Coleman Memorial Trophy Winner)
Second Place: Lisa An, violin Student of Simon James
Third Place (tie): Kyuhong Lee, cello Student of Sounglim Lee
Third Place (tie): Eric Schindler, cello Student of Kevin Krentz
Honorable Mention: Eleanor O’Brien, violin Student of Simon James

*Age on August 15, 2021