The youngest winners of the solo elementary category included, from left, Samantha Ke, Erica Lai, Rachel Zhor, Aksana Adilet-Sultan and Aisalkyn Adilet-Sultan. They stand with judges Irina Mints, from Germany, and Tanya Kozlova, from Israel. (Submitted photo)
Local students who participated in the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition received 40 top prizes in the competition June 22-26.
First place
Solo category
- Aisalkyn Adilet-Sultan $100
- Jessica Flowers $125
- Phillip Shou $250
Duet category
- Grace Yang/ Katerina Folkin $80 each
- Jessica Flowers/Erica Lai $50 each
- Aksedep Adilet-Sultan/Justin Tang $50 each
- Gracie/ Ian Tubbs $80 each
Concerto category
- Jessica Flowers $100
- Phillip Shou $250
Second place
Solo category
- Aksana Adilet-Sultan $75
- Abigail Ye $125
Duet category
- Aksana/Aisalkyn $40 each
- Matthew Du/ Zoe Tu $40 each
- Connor/Aidan Lee $40 each
Concerto gategory
- Amberly Xie $150
Third place
Solo category
- Rachel Zhou $50
- Connor Lee $75
- Aksedep Adilet-Sultan $75
- Allen Jiang $100
- Grace Yang $100
- Chendi Liu $150
Duet category
- William Si/ Rachel Zhou $30 each
- Aidan/Connor Lee $30 each
- Adhitya Ramkumar/Christina Yang $60 each
Concerto category
- Zouning Liao $100
Honorable mentions
- Erica Lai $25
- Grant Mu $25
- Aidan Lee $75
- Gracie Tubbs $75
- Edward Shou $100
- Grant Mu $25
- Smantha Ke $25
- Matthew Du $50
- Victor Perez $7
