2024 Simon-Fiset Piano Results
SMTA presented another successful Simon-Fiset Piano Competition February 10 and 11. The event was hosted again this year by Seattle Chamber Music Society Center in their beautiful downtown Center for Chamber Music. Seattle Chamber Music Society and Classic Pianos in Bellevue co-sponsored the event.
Thank you to both our wonderful supporting organizations and sponsors!
Thirteen local instructors registered approximately fifty young pianists from around the Seattle and Puget Sound region. Special shout out to all the wonderful students, teachers, families, and SMTA volunteers! We could not do this without you.
SMTA volunteers at this year’s event were:
Ericka Thielke NCTM, Joan Schoepflin NCTM, Suzanne Grant, Josie Zocco, Ann Simonson, Eliza Vysotsky, and Pam Chang! Thank you all for helping to make this another great S-F Piano event.
Our 2024 adjudicators, Professors Rufus Choi and Kenneth Christensen, continued the ongoing lament of past adjudicators noting the talent and level of playing made the deliberations and decisions very difficult!
Congratulations to students and teachers! We hope to see you again next year!
Final Results – Simon-Fiset Piano 2024
DIVISION I (through Age 7) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Charlotte Wu Ni Liu
Second Place Rose Huang Ni Liu
Third Place Athena Li Peter Mack NCTM
Honorable Mention Blake Kang Ya Liu
Honorable Mention Riley Shen Ni Liu
Adjudicators’ Choice – Performance of a Baroque Period Composition
Maxine Huang Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance by a First-Time Simon-Fiset Piano Participant
Cassandra Mae-Ramos Peter Mack NCTM/Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos
Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award
Julien Wang Ni Liu
Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award
Brielle Liu Joan Schoepflin NCTM
DIVISION II (Ages 8 - 9) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Amelia Fu Ni Liu
Second Place Grace Lin Ni Liu
Third Place Not Awarded
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance of a Baroque Period Composition
Kandice Chen Ni Liu
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance by a First-Time Simon-Fiset Piano Participant
Yiten Kueh Ni Liu
Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award
Landon Wang Peter Mack NCTM
Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award
Celine Huang Ni Liu
DIVISION III (Ages 10 - 11) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Yiling Sun Yelena Balabanova NCTM
Second Place Dana Wang Ni Liu
Third Place Nicole Wang Peter Mack NCTM
Honorable Mention Charlotte Li Lena Jiang
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance of a Baroque Period Composition
Not Awarded
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance by a First-Time Simon-Fiset Piano Participant
Konstantinos Starkie Luke Raffanti
Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award
Ian Fung Ni Liu
Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award
Melini Sehn Thom Stuart
DIVISION IV (Ages 12 - 13) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Joyce Ye Yelena Balabanova NCTM
Second Place Arabelle Grote Ni Liu/Peter Mack NCTM
Third Place Stephanie Cheng Ni Liu
Honorable Mention Claire Huang Michelle Huang NCTM
Honorable Mention Isla Oh Elizaveta Vysotsky
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance of a Baroque Period Composition
Jonathan Xie Ni Liu
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance by a First-Time Simon-Fiset Piano Participant
Derek Fei Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award
Louis Liang Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award
Paolo Moreni Joan Schoepflin NCTM
DIVISION V (Ages 14 - 16) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Emily Qi Peter Mack NCTM
Second Place Nicholas Grote Ni Liu/Peter Mack NCTM
Third Place Paloma Oh Elizaveta Vysotsky
Honorable Mention Hadassah Ho Peter Mack NCTM
Honorable Mention Amber Peng Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance of a Baroque Period Composition
Bernice Liu Thom Stuart
Adjudicators’ Choice - Performance by a First-Time Simon-Fiset Piano Participant
Hongchen Duan Ni Liu
Dorothy Woodcock Recognition Award
William Wang Peter Mack NCTM
Emma K.S. Loo Recognition Award
Phil Yao Ni Liu
DIVISION VI (Ages 17 - 18) PERFORMER INSTRUCTOR(S)
First Place Freya Frahm Erin Chung
Second Place Estelle Kim Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Third Place Not Awarded
In addition, the following young musicians (required to be students of current SMTA members) were selected by our adjudicators to represent SMTA as honors recitalists and alternates at the WSMTA State Convention in June.
RECITALISTS INSTRUCTOR(S)
Emily Qi Peter Mack NCTM
Nicholas Grote Ni Liu/Peter Mack NCTM
Paloma Oh Elizaveta Vysotsky
ALTERNATES INSTRUCTOR(S)
Joyce Ye Yelena Balabanova NCTM
Freya Frahm Erin Chung
Estelle Kim Joan Schoepflin NCTM
Again, congratulations to all! Thank you for helping to make this year’s Simon-Fiset Piano Competition a huge success. We look forward to seeing you again in 2025.