concerto competition.
2024 Competition Instructions
Our annual concerto competition aims to promote, encourage, and reward a high standard of performance among undergraduate students at Cornell University. The competition is open to all undergraduate students at Cornell University in the categories of piano, voice, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Three winners will be chosen to perform with one of the large ensembles at Cornell University (Cornell Symphony Orchestra, Cornell Chamber Orchestra, or Cornell Wind Symphony) in the semester immediately following the competition.
To learn more about this year’s competition, please review the Rules and Guidelines document below.
Past Results
2023–2024
Jonathan Indajang, piano
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Mvts. 1 and 2
2022–2023
Brian Wang, piano
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
2021–2022
Nanor Seraydarian, violin
CHAUSSON Poème
2020–2021
First Annual Festival of Solo Repertoire by Underrepresented Composers
2019–2020
Joy Zhang, flute
HÜE Fantaisie for Flute and Piano
2018–2019
Aditya Deshpande, piano
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
2017–2018
Andy Sheng, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 1
2016–2017
Irene Jeong, cello
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1, Mvts. 1 and 2
2015–2016
Yujin Stacy Joo, piano
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26, Mvt. 1
2014–2015
Paul Huang, violin
EDUARDO LALO Symphonie Espagnole, 1st Movement
2013–2014
Ji Min Yang, violin; Daniel Cho, cello
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
DVORAK Cello Concerto
2012–2013
Vikram Potdar, piano
BARBER Piano Concerto
2011–2012
Eric Tan, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
2010–2011
Emily Choi, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto
2009–2010
Aaron Wexler, violin
SARASATE Zigeunerweisen
2008–2009
Adrianne Ngam, cello
GINASTERA Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra
2007–2008
Jian Liu, violin
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
2006–2007
Charlene Kluegel, violin
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
2005–2006
Sarah Rice, cello
LALO Cello Concerto
2004-2005
Julie Moon, piano
GRIEG Piano Concerto