49^th Annual Edith Knox
Performance Competition

First Prize $1600

Second Prize $850

Results from 2020

Results from 2019

Results from 2018

Results from 2017

Results from 2016

Results from 2015

Results from 2014

Results from 2013

Results from 2012

• 2014: Erick Chong (Dvorak Cello Concerto ) will attend USC where he will study cello.Watch him at Spotlight 2014 and in a trio (can you believe these kids!) Leonard Chong and Isabella Ma (Knox 2012 Honorable Mention).
• 2014 2^nd: Howard Chen (Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3) is a piano performance and composition student at UCLA. See him in rehearsal at UCLA
• 2013: Hao Zhou, 16 (Wienaiwski Violin Concerto #1 in F# minor) is at the Colburn School and continues to show well in competitions. Colburn Honors String Quartet
• 2012: Michelle Tseng, 20 (Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major) is at USC studying violin. A Jazz Violin video. Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Joseph Morris (Knox 2013 2nd Place).
• 2011 (co-winner): Stephanie Ng, 21 )Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) For her YouTube page.
• 2011 (co-winner): Mimi Jung, 16 (Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major) Mimi is at Carnegie Mellon. To see her perform.
• 2010: Chloe J. Y. Hong, 13 (Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor) Chloe is a student at the Colburn School.
• 2009: Kristie Su, 14 (Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor) is in Rotterdam studying history and playing the Lebet String Quartet. Click for her bio. Click to see them play.
• Susan Boettger is a professional musician and teacher. She is in Huntington Beach California.
• Jeffery Li is a software engineer by day and professional cellist.
• Kyle Shafiee is a professional musician.
• Derek Polischuk is assistant professor of Piano at Michigan State University College of Music.
• 2008: Kristina Jacinth, 19 (Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3 in C Major) is working as a pianist, teaching piano and as a photographer, some of her work can be found on her photography website, kristinajacinth.com.
• 2007: Yina Tong, 19 (Bloch Schelomo Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello) has a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory.She is working as a cellist. To see her perform.
• 2006: Min Hwan Kim, 18 (Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 in Bb Minor) Please send an update.
• 2005: Sean Lee, 18 (Brahms Violin Concerto) is a concert soloist and teaching at The Juilliard School as a member of the Pre-College Chamber Music Faculty. Click to hear him play.
• 2004: Alice Chen, 17 (Liszt Piano Concerto #1 in Eb Major) has a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and is still winning concerto competitions. Watch her play.
• 2003: Esther Kim, 15 (Ravel Tzigane for Violin) worked as a soloist. She toured Japan and made a CD which is available from Amazon Japan. Click to hear her play. Click for her website.
• 2002: Christine Yu, 22 (Liszt Piano Concerto #1 in Eb Major) is teaching piano in the San Francisco bay area. She has BS in Biology, BA in Piano from Stanford, Master and Doctorate in Piano Performance from USC.
• 2001 co-winner: Joon Sung Jun, 24 (Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello) is teaching at Cal State Long Beach and performing professionally as a soloist and in chamber groups.
• 2001 co-winner: Xin Xin, 23 (Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3 in D Minor) was born in Beijing China, studied piano in Southern Calofornia and is now teaching at Central China Normal University. Watch him play.
• 2000: Grace Fong, 20 (Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor) is currently the Director of Keyboard Studies at Chapman University Conservatory of Music. She has degress from USC and PhD from Cleveland Institute of Music. She still performs and is a judge for music competitions. Listen to her play.
• 1999: Sally Kikuchi, 11 (Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2)Please send an update.
• 1998: Joseph Keel, 15 (Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor) Please send an update.
• 1997: Esther Keel, 11 (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1) is working as a piano soloist. She has Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School. She has performed with over twenty orchestras across the United States including the Jacksonville Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Korean American Symphony, The Juilliard Orchestra, Merrick Symphony, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, Colburn Orchestra, and the San Francisco State Symphony, She is scheduled to play with the Pasadena Symphony on January 17, 2015.
• 1996: Yvonne Lam, 14 (Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor) has performs as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the American Youth Symphony. She is with the Grammy-Award-winning contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird. Visit website or listen her play.
• 1995: Angela Wu, 14 (Schumann Piano Concerto) earned PhD and Master degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan. She has toured as a soloist and taught at Murray State University and Unoversity of Michigan. Click here to watch her play and for her website.
• 1994: Jian Wang, 21 (Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor) Please send an update.
• 1993: Jennifer Bai (Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major) is playing with the Seattle Symphony. She played on recordings by Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews and Alejandro Sanz.
• 1992: Kevin Kumar, 16 (Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor) is a professional soloist and atristic director for Salastina Music Society in Pasadena.Click to to hear him play.
• 1991: Jeremy Justeson, 20 (Ibert Concertino de Camera for Alto Saxophone) has a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Justeson currently serves as the Director of the Wind Ensemble and Professor of Saxophone at Kutztown University. Click to hear him play and here for his website.
• 1989: Linda Wang (Barber Violin Concerto) is teaching at the University of Colorado. She has worked as a soloist with orcheatras around the world. She has 4 CDs, available at iTunes and Amazon. Click here to see her repertoire.
• 1987: Sheryl Staples, 18 (Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major) is with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. She has with more than 40 orchestras nationwide, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles and Louisiana Philharmonic orchestras, and the San Diego Pacific, and Albany symphony orchestras. She made her New York Philharmonic solo debut in 1999 performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. She is on the faculty of The Juilliard School, where she teaches orchestral excerpts. Ms. Staples performs on the “Kartman” Guarnerius del Gesu, c. 1728.
• 1986: Alan Gampel (Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor) is a professional piano soloist. Click here to see his repertoire. He has played with the Chicago Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Ensemble Orchestrale de Paris. Here he is playing "Pictures at an Exhibition"
• 1983: Andrew Pearce (Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in A minor)joined the Boston Symphony in 1997. Has played with Boston Pops and Chris Botti. Taught at Vancouver Academy of Music.
• 1982: Allison Glass (Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1)
• 1981: Brian Bader, 23 (Liszt Totentanz (Dance Macabre)) studied at San Francisco Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Played at Weill Recital Hall in New York.