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Chamber Music Competition Past Finalists

2024

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

Amara Trio
New York, NY
Nagyeom Jang, Kevin Jansson, Christina Nam

SILVER PRIZE (TIE)

Hesper Quartet
Stony Brook, NY
Connor Kim, Sojeong Kim, Ye Jin Yoon, SoHui Yun

SILVER PRIZE (TIE)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

PULSE
East Lansing, MI
Zachery Costello, Spencer Cox, Michael Ethier, Owen Robinson

FINALIST

Kodak Quartet
New York, NY
Edgar Donati, Blake Kitayama, Martin Noh, Daniel Spink

FINALIST

Trio Menil
Houston, TX
Jeongwon An, David Dietz, Jonathan Ma

2022

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Trio Colores
Austria, Switzerland
Matthias Kessler, Luca Stafffelbach, Fabian Ziegler

SILVER PRIZE

Abeo Quartet
Newark, DE
Brian Gadbow, Njioma Grevious, Rebecca Benjamin, James Kang

FINALIST

Aero Quartet
Ann Arbor, MI
Salvador Flores, Walt Puyear, Matthew Koester, Brian Kachur

FINALIST

Elles Quartet
Cleveland, OH
Emera Gurath, Megan Lin, Marcus Stevenson, Cecelia Swanson

FINALIST

Terra String Quartet
New York, NY
Harriet Langley, Amelia Dietrich, Ramón Carrero Martínez, Geirthrudur Gudmundsdottir

2021

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

Zelter String Quartet
Los Angeles, CA
Kyle Gilner, Allan Hon, Gallia Kastner, Nao Kubota

SILVER PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Dior Quartet
Israel, Canada, St. Lucia, USA
Joanne Yesol Choi, Tobias Elser, Caleb Georges, Noa Sarid

FINALIST

AYA Piano Trio
Philadelphia, PA
Angela Chan, Ying Li and Andres Sanchez

FINALIST

Soma Quartet
Bloomington, IN
David Bayard, Paul Lorenz, Sean Bradley, and Arthur Liang

2018

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE (TIE)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Merz Trio
New York, NY
Brigid Coleridge, Lee Dionne, Julia Yang

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE (TIE)

Trio St. Bernard
Taos, NM
Brandon Garbot, Sahun Hong, Zachary Mowitz

FINALIST

District 5
Washington, DC
Laura Kaufman Mowry, Alison Lowell, Zachary Gauvain, Laura Crook Brisson, Eddie Rumzis

FINALIST

Ajax Quartet
Boulder, CO
Mario Rivera, Eric Haugen, Renee Hemsing Patten, Tom Yaron

FINALIST

Sapphirus Quartet
Ann Arbor, MI
Connor O’Toole, Liam Dilenschneider, Emmet Rapaport, Charles Lilley

2016

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

BLOCK 4
London, England
Emily Bannister, Katie Cowling, Rosie Land, Lucy Carr

SILVER PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Olympus Piano Trio
New York, NY
Regi Papa, Ben Capps, Konstantine Valiantos

FINALIST

Daraja Ensemble
College Park, MD
Michele Von Haugg, Sam Fraser, Grace Ju-Yeon Wang, Michael Homme, Joshua Blumenthal

FINALIST

Cerulean Trio
Tallahassee, FL
Ivan Ugorich, Jackie Glazier, Galen Dean Peiskee

FINALIST

East End Quartet
Rochester, NY
Jonathan Wintringham, Myles Boothroyd, Matthew Amedio, Tyler Wiessner

2014

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Wasmuth String Quartet
(now Verona String Quartet)
Bloomington, IN
Jon Ong, Abigail Rojansky, Brendan Shea, Warren Hagerty

SILVER PRIZE

Kenari Saxophone Quartet
Bloomington, IN
Robert Eason, Durand Jones, Corey Dundee, Steven Banks

FINALIST

Aizuri Quartet
New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA
Karen Ouzounian, Zoe Martin-Doike, Ayane Kozasa, Miho Saegusa

FINALIST

Trio Kanon
Duino, Italy
Lena Yokoyama, Diego Maccagnola, Alessandro Copia

FINALIST

Trio Cleonice
Boston, MA
Gwen Krosnick, Emely Phelps, Ari Isaacman-Beck

2012

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

Calidore String Quartet
Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, Jeremy Berry, Estelle Choi

SILVER PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Russian Trio
Baltimore, MD
Katherine Harris Rick, Nikita Borisevich, Dmitry Volkov

FINALIST

Sun Silverstein Lyon Trio
Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY
Elicia Silverstein, Hannah Sun, Elizabeth Lyon

FINALIST

Quartet La Mi
Los Angeles, CA
Eriko Tsuji, Ambroise Aubrun, Din Hann Sung, Hillary Smith

FINALIST

Axiom Brass Quintet
Chicago, IL
Dorival Puccini, Jr, Kris Hammond, Matthew Oliphant, Kevin Harrison, Orin Larson

2010

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

Red Line Sax Quartet
Rochester, NY
Brandon Kies, Doug O’Connor, Gai Qun, Quinn Lewis

SILVER PRIZE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Harlem Quartet
New York, NY
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Melissa White, Desmond Neysmith, Ilmar Gavilan

FINALIST

Jasper Quartet
New Haven, CT
Sae Niwa, Rachel Henderson Freivogel, J Freivogel, Sam Quintal

FINALIST

Klimt Trio
Boston, MA
Kyu-Yeon Kim, Robin Scott, Ahrim Kim

FINALIST

Sima Trio
New York, NY
Sami Merdinian, Ani Kalayjian, Sofya Melikyan

2008

SILVER PRIZE

Attacca Quartet
New York, NY
Andrew Yee, Gillian Gallagher, Keiko Tokunaga, Amy Schroeder

FINALIST

Gracieux Trio
New York, NY
Ryoko Arai, Yuiko Arai, Gloria Shih

FINALIST

N-E-W Trio
New York, NY
Gal Nyska, Julio Elizalde, Andrew Wan

FINALIST

ViM Quartet
Rochester, NY
Dimitrios Kostaras, Michael Matlock, Richard Miserindino, Kristin Rarick

2006

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

David Trio
Milan, Italy
Giovanni Gnocchi, Daniele Pascoletti, Claudio Trovajoli

FINALIST

California Quartet
Los Angeles, CA
Christine Grossman, Bridget Dalkas, Erin Breene, Maia Jaspar

FINALIST

Intrada Winds
New Haven, CT
Adam Ward, Karisa Wendon, Jeremy Eig, Stephanie Corwin, Conor Nelson

FINALIST

Manhattan Piano Trio
New York, NY
Dmitry Lukin, Milana Bahl, Dmitry Kouzov

FINALIST

Vinca Quartet
New Haven, CT
Sophie Heaton, Tina Lee, An-lin Bardin, Michelle Lee.

2004

LERMAN GOLD PRIZE

Exit 9 Percussion Group
New Jersey
Grant Braddock, Edward Choi, Mike Ramsey, Kenneth Richman, Kevin Romanski

FINALIST

Bulldog Brass
Athens, GA
Christopher DiMeglio, Colin Jones, David Nelson, Ian McIrose, Heidi Lucas

FINALIST

Moriac Trio
Bloomington, IN
Cordelia Hagmann, Robin Ryczek, Wen-Ting Huang

FINALIST

Hyacinth Quartet
Chicago, IL
Geoffrey Deibel, Jeff Loeffert, Johnny Salinas, Jared Ziegler

FINALIST

Fountain Ensemble
New York, NY
Anna Elashvili, Yonah Zur, Michael Angelo Larco, Alistair MacRae, Gilad Harrel

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