2008 Winners
FIRST PRIZE
Allen Yueh, Age 16
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Cash Award of $5,000
Concert and Recital Appearances
SECOND PRIZE
Vivian Cheng, Age 18
Apex, North Carolina
Cash Award of $3,000
Concert and Recital Appearances
THIRD PRIZE
Patricio Molina, Age 18
West Paterson, New Jersey
Cash Award of $2,500
Concert and Recital Appearances
FOURTH PRIZE
Michael Stewart, Age 18
West Valley City, Utah
Cash Award of $2,000
Concert and Recital Appearances
FIRST PRIZE ENSEMBLE
Emiko Edwards, Age 16, West Windsor, New Jersey
Xiaopei Xu, Age 17, Lititz, Pennsylvania
Cash Award of $3,250
Divided between the winning team
SECOND PRIZE ENSEMBLE
Vivian Cheng, Age 18, Apex, North Carolina
T.J. Tario, Age 14, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cash Award of $2,750
Divided between the winning team
BEST PERFORMANCE OF COMMISSIONED WORK
Eva Belmont, Age 18
Acton, Massachusetts
Cash Award of $1,500
FINALIST AWARD
A Finalist award of $1,000 was presented to each of the remaining contestants.
Heejin An (South Korea)
Ariel Borensztein (United States)
Maile Cha (United States)
Yoon Sung Emily Choi (South Korea)
Andrew Chou (United States)
Risa Kaneko (Japan)
Christine Kim (United States)
Eloise Kim (South Korea)
Yesse Kim (South Korea)
Connie Kim-Sheng (United States)
Leann Osterkamp (United States)
Alan Woo (United States)
Fifi Zhang (United States)
Xuan Zhang (China)