My students' achievements
It had taken me several years to bring my Berkeley, CA, students to the level at which they started winning competitions. After I moved to Oregon in 2006, I had to start all over again. In 2009, my Portland students got their first medals, we got even more medals in 2010, and in 2011 we returned to the US Open!
Awards at Oregon State Sonata-Sonatina Festival
2011: Lisa Myachina, Flora Hamilton, Yuto Yokoyama, Suyash Sharma (first places), Polina Verkhovodova (second place), Anna Myachina and Aman Sharma (Honorable mentions)
2010: Kayla Durand (second place)
Awards at Portland Ensemble festival
2011: Bella Shepsis, Anna Myachina, Tiffany Toh, Hannah Ma, Jared Chen, Katrina Hermoso, Flora Hamilton (in 2 categories), Lindsey Gillespie, Jonathan McGruer, Andrew McGruer (winners), Immanuel Harianto, Gabriel Harianto, Suyash Sharma, Aman Sharma, Alison Sharma, Mary Nguyen (Honorable Mentions)
2010: Tiffany Toh, Hannah Ma, Kayla Durand, Tiffany Chen, Eric Fan, Danny Luo, Kenny Jay Park, Jonathan McGruer, Andrew McGruer, Flora Hamilton, Lindsey Gillespie (winners), Ramya Susarla, Pushkar Shinde, Eric Fan, Artur Drobot, Pasha Kraft, Polina Verkhovodova, Yelizaveta Myachina (Honorable Mentions)
2009: Lisa Myachina, Polina Verkhovodova (winners), Rachael Nedrow, Elizabeth Darmohray (Honorable Mentions).
Awards at Portland Romantic Festival
2010: Yelizaveta Myachina, Hannah Ma, Tiffany Toh, Andrew McGruer, Polina Verkhovodova, Flora Hamilton, Eric Fan, Lindsey Gillespie, Katrina Hermoso (winners), Pushkar Shinde, Mary Nguyen, Kenneth Jay Park, Pasha kraft, Kayla Durand, Danny Luo, Richard Zhang, Ana Kraft, Jonathan McGruer (honorable mentions)
2009: Katrina Hermoso, Ana Kraft, Pasha Kraft, Danny Luo, Hannah Ma, Tiffany Toh, Polina Verkhovodova (winners), Eric Fan, Yuto Yokoyama (honorable mentions)
Awards at Portland Classical Festival
2009: Katrina Hermoso, Ana Kraft, Yuto Yokoyama (winners)
Awards at Young Artists Award Competition (sponsored by Rose City Music Festival)
2010: Andrew and Jonathan McGruer (finalists)
Awards at the US Open International Piano Competition
2011: Kayla Durand (4 medals), Lindsey Gillespie, Flora Hamilton (3 medals), Katrina Hermoso (4 medals)
2006: Zoya Chakoursky, Anastasia Istratova, Anton Kreimer, Marina Zakharevich (2 medals), Jason Won
2005: Marina Zakharevich (2 medals), Chris Oh (2 medals), Grace Chai, Mayumi Pierce, Toos Kabir, Silvio Dixon
2004: Toos Kabir
2003: Silvio Dixon
Awards at the Memorial Scholarship Foundation Festival Music Competition:
2006: Christopher Oh, Jason Won