Final Round Stage 1

Category A Finalists (Ages of 9 -15)

1. Zhao Yan Cao - Beijing, Hebey, People's Republic of China
 Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, No. 1 - Chopin

2. Shoo Zhem Chen - Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor - Liszt

3. Jun Luke Forster - Merrick, NY, USA
 "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" Schubert - Liszt
 Moment Musicaux in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 - Rachmaninoff
 "Basso Ostinato" - R. Shchedrin

4. Chen Haoguo - Beijing, Hebei, People's Republic of China
 Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52 - Haydn
 Sonata in A major, Op. 82, No. 6, 4 mvt. - Prokofiev

5. Kimberly Hou - Arlington, VA, USA
 Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV. 893, WTC II - Bach
 Toccata, Op. 155 - Bowen
 Sonata in C minor, Op. 29, No. 4, 3 mvt. - Prokofiev

6. Steven Ionov - New York, NY, USA
 Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5 - Scriabin

7. Kevin Jang - Edison, NJ, USA
 Sonata in F major, No. 12, K.332, 1, 2, 3, mvt's - Mozart

8. Austin Kim - Wyckoff, NJ, USA
 "In the Monastery" - Borodin

9. Yang Peng - Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
 Etude in G minor, Op. 72, No. 2 - Moszkowski
 Rondo Capriccioso in E minor, Op. 14 - Mendelssohn

10. Sarina Zhang - Richmond, BC, Canada
 Ballade in A flat minor, No. 3 - Chopin
 Toccata Op. 155 - Bowen

Category B Finalists (Ages 16 - 21)

1. Anirudh Arun - Karur Thamilnadu, India
 Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 - Brahms
 Intermezzo in memory of Brahms in B flat minor - S. Slonimsky

2. Hugo Houg - jer Chang - Irvine, CA, USA
 Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor, BWV 855, WTC I - Bach
 Sonata in G minor, Op. 22, No. 2, 1 mvt. - Schumann

3. Solomon Eichner - Baltimore, MD, USA
 "la Campanella", Etude No. 3 - Paganini - Liszt
 "La Puerta del Vino", Prelude (Book II) - Debussy

4. Han Jing - Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
 Vallee d'Obermann - Liszt

5. Zachary Weiner - Westport, CT, USA
 Sonata in A minor, Op. 42, D 845, 1 mvt. - Schubert
 Rhapsody in E flat major, Op. 119, No. 4 - Brahms