Student
Performances and Competitions

Yukiko Akagi 2006

With Philippine piano student Rowena Arrieta, 5th prize winner of Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow

Alexandra Beliakovich with her daughter in front of a poster announcing a recital in Minsk, Belorussia, 2012
Ukrainian Pianist Inesa Sinkevych, 1st prize winner of Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, Spain
Jenny Q Chai pairs John Cage and Nils Vigeland Dear Friends, I welcome to watch this special feature, made by WWFM Classical Music Station, where I talk about pairing music and stories of Nils Vigeland and John Cage, with my performances of their pieces at my last LPR performance. Happy Holidays! Jenny Q Chai
Nov 4: Jenny Q Chai's Poisson Rouge Debut Following her recent, critically acclaimed New York Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Jenny Q Chai (LISTEN TO HER SOUNDCLOUD SAMPLER), has been selected to appear at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge. The concert will take place on Sunday, November 4 at 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm). Ms. Chai will perform works by Satie, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Scarlatti, Stroppa, and more. Le Poisson Rougea is located at 158 Bleecker Street in New York City. And yes, LPR is hoping to have power restored before this Sunday, so help us celebrate with this performance MORE.
Philippino pianist Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz (prize winner Iturbi, Canals, Bayona, Jaén, Monza and Mazara del Vallo competitions) at the University of La Laguna Auditorium in Tenerife, Spain

With conductor Philippe Entremont and student Wael Farouk, following a performance of the Rachmaninoff Concerto #3 at MSM, 2008
American Music Teacher August/September 2001:

Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein 1st Prize (Gold Medal) winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master competition in Tel-Aviv
Chinese magazine containing an article about Xu Han and Yuan Sheng

Chinese student Bing Han with conductor Kurt Mazur after a performance of Ravel's L.H. Concerto
Kookhee Hong and Yu Zhang with Maestro David Gilbert after a performance of the Gershwin Concerto in F and the Bartok Concerto No. 3 with the Tenerife Symphony, Spain

Bolarm Kim performing the Mozart Concerto No. 10 in E Flat Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra with the MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Philippe Entremont, March 2011. Second pianist, Grace Han, is not shown.
Van Cliburn (left) and Alexis Weissenberg (right), among other pianists, with 10-year-old Mikowsky student Albert Kim, who substituted for Vladimir Horowitz at the 135th Anniversary of STEINWAY at Carnegie Hall (photo by Steve J. Sherman)
With Lang Lang and students and colleagues at Manhattan School of Music.





Alexandre Moutouzkine's recital in Shenzhen, China, September 2012




Alexander Moutouzkine (Russia) and Kookhee Hong (Korea) share the 2nd prize at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, Spain
Edward Neeman wins First Prize in the 2008 Joaquín Rodrigo International Competition, Madrid

Ana Queirós as pianist of the Doppio Ensemble (Portugal)
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Musica di Pianoforte (Korea), May 1997 Article about Yuan Sheng and Gustavo Díaz, two top prize winners at the Jaén International Competition, Spain


Chinese pianist Yuan Sheng, 1st prize winner of the Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Competition after a performance of the Chopin Concerto No. 1 with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Havana, Cuba
SIMA Trio Sami Merdinian, violin Ani Kalayjian, cello Sofya Melikyan, piano "...Sima thrilled the audience with its artistry, sensitivity, phrasing and versatility. The performers received a spontaneous standing ovation..." Armenian reporter newspaper "One of the greatest trios of their generation" Andres Diaz "...The Sima Trio's reading of Mozart's G minor Piano Quartet, with illustrious violist Kim Kashkashian, was wonderfully sonorous and surpassingly lyrical, even in the dramatic opening Allegro..." James Leonard, Ann Arbor Observer "The Sima Trio is a wonderfully energetic, intensely musical group of young musicians that define the words "Play from your hearts". They do that and more!" Ani Kavafian Sima Trio performs Josef Haydn's 'gypsy' trio mov3 at Festival Monteleon Sima Trio plays A. Babadjanian: Trio in f# minor mov III allegro vivace (newly posted video)
(left to right) Solomon Mikowsky, Yungwook Yoo (1st Prize Santander Competition), Eva Rubinstein (daughter of Arthur Rubinstein), Sergiu Comissiona (Romanian Conductor), after the performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concert with the Manhattan Symphony, 2004
Weiwei Zhai performing at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Weiwei Zhai performing The Scriabin Piano Concerto with The MSM Symphony conducted by Phillip Entremont, 2012

Student Performances and Competitions

Jenny Q Chai pairs John Cage and Nils Vigeland

Nov 4: Jenny Q Chai's Poisson Rouge Debut

SIMA Trio

Student
Performances and Competitions