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2007 Woodwind, Piano, String, and Voice International Competition
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The 2007 Woodwind, Piano, String, Voice International Competition was held Saturday, October 27, 2007 at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 7611 Clarendon Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

The winners of the AAMS International Competition were invited to participate in a concert with the winners from all divisions and all instruments. Our Winner's Concert was held on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.  Video of this performance is available on the Kennedy Center's website. To view this video click here.

Winners of the 2007 Competition are as follows:

Strings:
Peewee Division:
     Fedor Ouspanskay (Violin) - First Place
     Helen Jung (Violin) - Second Place
     Emma Sophie Moor (Violin) - Third Place
     Shankar Balasubramanian (Violin) - Honorable Mention
Junior Division:
     Jehshua Karunakaran (Violin) - First Place
     Nathan Kim (Cello) - Second Place
     Zahar Zaharevich (Cello) - Third Place
Senior Division:
     Daniel Getz (Viola) - First Place
     Laura London (Cello) - Second Place
     Ron Shalom (Double Bass) - Second Place
     Madeline Watson (Violin) - Third Place
     Lauren Hunt (Cello) - Third Place
     Chae Young Yeom (Violin) - Honorable Mention

Gu-Zheng:
     Sally Huang (Gu-Zheng) - First Place
     Rujia Teng (Gu-Zheng) - Honorable Mention
     Kira B. Ferguson (Koto) - Honorable Mention

Woodwind:
Peewee Division:
     Chee-Yeon Park (Flute) - Honorable Mention
Junior Division:
     Niles Watson (Flute) - First Place
     HaKyung Kris Shin (Flute) - Second Place
     Ha-Jung Kim (Flute) - Second Place
Senior Division:
     Whitney Chow (Flute) - First Place
     Benjamin Zelinsky (Bassoon) - Second Place
     Sean Gordon (Bassoon) - Third Place
     Min Hae Shim (Oboe) - Third Place
     Raishay J. Lin (Flute) - Honorable Mention
     Nicole Chung (Oboe) - Honorable Mention

Piano
Peewee Division:
     Carmen Knoll - First Place
     Max Hou - Second Place
     Kazuo Jay Osawa - Second Place
     Faith Ellen Lam - Third Place
     Evelyn Mo - Third Place
     Razaak Eniola Alabi Jr. - Honorable Mention
     Michelle Shiu - Honorable Mention
     Justin Kim - Honorable Mention
Junior Division:
     Timothy Tran - First Place
     Ryo Kaneko - Second Place
     Kimberly Hou - Second Place
     Chang-In Timothy Hyon - Third Place
     Virginia Hsu - Third Place
     Ji Young Lee - Third Place
     Kazune Kitani - Honorable Mention
     Nathan Kim - Honorable Mention
Senior Division:
     Frane Rusinovic - First Place
     Risa Kaneko - Second Place
     Hanbo Liu - Third Place
     Sam Barham - Third Place
     Deborah Kim - Honorable Mention
     Simone Baron - Honorable Mention
     Takashi Kitani - Honorable Mention
     Ju Young Lee - Honorable Mention

Voice
Senior Division:
     Stav Livne - First Place
     James Soller - First Place
     Alexander Yin - Third Place
     Kathryn Lang - Third Place
     Sarah Hayashi - Honorable Mention
     Fiona Torres - Honorable Mention
     Maxine L. Cruz-Amn - Honorable Mention
     Lauren Samet - Honorable Mention
     Claire Lyon - Honorable Mention