2025 Piano Distinction

The Piano Department would like to congratulate the following students for achieving Distinction in the 2025 Spring Juries. 

Certificate Jury

Level 1
Anisha Ravindran Student of Andrea Sagripanti
Cyrus Ma Student of Luis Gonzalez
Level 2
Charlotte Hong Student of Gloria Youn
Eitan Zingerman Student of Anna Soukiassian
Eudora Deal Student of Gloria Youn
Flora Emmet Stewart Student of Cecilia Cho 
Livy Grummig Student of Gloria Youn
Mirei Araki Student of Sayaka Jordan
Ulysses Shen Student of Katerina Zaitseva
Level 3
Anika Abhyankar Student of Sayaka Jordan
Dinith Jayasekara Student of Gloria Youn
Madison Tseng Student of David Davenport
Matilde Monte Student of Amanda Halstead
Maya Nikolich Student of Darya Gabay
Mila Postman Student of Topher Ruggiero
Paz Andrade Student of Gloria Youn
Rumi Grimmig Student of Gloria Youn
Sam Lieberman Student of Ariel Nathanson Bolinja
Level 4
Anthony Peng Student of Gina Hong
Benedict Chen-Bianchetti Student of Artur Aksenov
Carys Winder Student of Jamila Tekalli
Esme Yang Student of Deborah Lloyd
Felicity Zhang Student of Gloria Youn
Kantaro Araki Student of Sayaka Jordan
Michelle Niu Student of Grace Liu
Riley Ding
Student of Darya Gabay
Level 5
Arsen Santighian Student of Gloria Youn
Dougukan Koc Student of David Davenport
Emma Waterman Student of Gloria Youn
Eva Sledge Student of Gloria Youn
Grace Kim Student of Gloria Youn
Gwyneth Nakata Student of Andrea Sagripanti
Kasra Tavakoli Dastjerdi Student of Kim Yi
Malachi Winder Student of Jamila Tekalli
Max Slage Student of Deborah Lloyd
Level 6
Anna Lundman Student of Cecilia Cho 
Level 7
Jenna Franke Student of Amanda Halstead 
Level 8
Jason Ding Student of Darya Gabay 
Level 9
David Yang-Watkin Student of Deborah Lloyd
Grace Lai Student of Deborah Lloyd
Maggie Deng Student of Luke Ratcliffe
Uma Das Student of Martin Labazevitch
Level 10
Adam Perry Student of Andrea Sagripanti
Anne Valerie Ter Student of Darya Gabay 
Palden Kim Student of Melinda Baird
Pamina Burton Student of Cecilia Cho 
Sam Brose Student of Jamila Tekalli

 

General Jury

Primer
Avery Chen Student of Michael Noble
Pria Temerlin Student of Belle Suwanpotipra 
Quincy Slezak Student of Michael Noble
Level 1
Alastair McKee Student of Ariel Nathanson
Amelia Olver Student of Dawoon Jung
Caroline Useem Student of Dawoon Jung 
Gabriella Lowery Student of Ariel Nathanson Bolinja 
Julia Gordon Student of Dawoon Jung 
Kasra Nouri Student of Rachel Chen 
Lily Deme Student of Natnaree Belle Suwanpotipra 
Makina Tiayon Student of Junghee Son 
Marco Torres Student of Hyeweon Gessner
Mingze Wang Student of Junghee Son 
Nora Cakmak Student of Katerina Zaitseva 
Sebastian Bhabha Student of Gloria Youn 
Stella Hall Student of Katerina Zaitseva 
Sunwoo Chung Student of Sayaka Jordan
Tessa Hildner Student of Katerina Zaitseva 
Toki Matthijs Student of Junghee Son
Tyler Useem  Student of Dawoon Jung
Level 2
Amir Greenhow Student of Artur Aksenov
Astrid Elder Student of Jason Solounias 
Bodhisattwa Sabud Student of Grace Liu
Chloe Stillwagon Student of Deborah Lloyd 
Devik Raman Student of Cecilia Cho 
Diana Kessler Student of Amanda Halstead
Felix Gien Student of Mark Irchai 
Fiona Gien Student of Mark Irchai 
Linnea Hsu Student of Deborah Lloyd 
Margot Finch Student of Natalie Ormbsy 
Macklin Monahan Student of Topher Ruggiero
Phuong Mai Pham Student of Minji Kim
Thomas Nuzum Student of Deborah Lloyd
Yasmeen Haas Student of Grace Liu
Zoe Templo Student of Anna Soukiassian
Level 3
Azadeh Moghimi Student of Melinda Baird
Cyrus Moghimi Student of Melinda Baird 
Ella Sewell Student of Amanda Halstead
Ezra Reese Student of Paul Bratcher
Grady Dorris Student of David Davenport
Jacqueline Smith Student of Darya Gabay
Marley Jordan Student of Ariel Nathanson Bolinja 
Nguyen Bao Dang Student of Gina Hong
Obiora Nnaemeka Fertik Student of Natnaree Belle Suwanpotipra 
Samuel Greene Student of Dawoon Jung 
Shivaj Raman Student of Cecilia Cho 
Level 4
Alex Koay Student of Victor Shklyar  
Daanan Wang Student of Junghee Son 
Eanor Rabineau Student of Melinda Baird 
Enya Stevens Student of Gina Hong 
Isabella Valenzuela Hasen Student of Hyeweon Gessner 
Milo Giordano Student of Katerina Zaitseva 
Miriam Wicentowski Student of Kim Yi 
Joshua Badmus Student of Luke Ratcliffe
Level 5
Bodhi Wang Student of Cecilia Cho
Calvin K’Vong Student of Sean Cavanaugh
David Badmus Student of Andrea Sagripanti
Olivia Stevens Student of Natalia Efremova
Samuel Espinoza Student of Junghee Son
Stella McGuire Student of Luke Ratcliffe
Talia Makris Fonda Student of Andrea Sagripanti
Uli Raney Ferrero Student of Dawoon Jung
Zylan Gellar Student of Andrea Sagripanti  
Level 6
Catherine Dang Student of Topher Ruggiero 
Jonathan Peng Student of Gina Hong 
Level 7
Kien Bui Student of Jason Solounias
Linus Newman Student of Artur Aksenov 
Level 8
Azael Araya Student of Gina Hong
Chloe Robertson
Student of Artur Aksenov 
Level 9
Casey Didden Student of Hyeweon Gessner 
Dalia Azam-Naseeruddin Student of Hyeweon Gessner 
Minjae Jeon Student of Jinha Park 
Level 10
Jessica Wang Student of Sam Post

Jazz Piano Jury

Ellis Kuester-Ha Student of Paul Bratcher 
Jasper Batty Student of Paul Bratcher 
Talia Makris Fonda Student of Paul Bratcher 

Adult Jury

Alan Elsner  Student of Artur Aksenov 
Amanda Foster Student of Naira Babayan 
Atsuko Horiguchi Student of Cecilia Cho
Bill McClellan Student of Melinda Baird 
Chelsea Lee Student of Jason Solounias 
Christopher Mesick Student of Irina Kats 
David Garlock Student of Jason Solounias
Erika Bainbridge Student of Sam Post 
Fern Hunt Student of Rachel Chen 
Geraldine Posner Student of Naira Babayan
Hon Cheong Chan Student of Artur Akseonov 
Jennifer Feldman-Brillembourg Student of Martin Labazevitch
Joanna Phinney Student of Barbro Dahlman 
Julia Vaillant Student of Anna Soukiassian 
Linda Bauch Student of Patrick O’Donnell
McLain Wilkinson Student of Sean Cavanaugh 
Nancy Galib Student of Kim Yi 
Robin Friedman Student of Topher Ruggiero 
Thomas Bossuroy Student of Jamila Tekalli 
Violanda Botet Student of Martin Labazevitch 
Yuko Hashimoto Student of Sayaka Jordan