2022 Sejong Competition Winners Announced
November 2nd, 2022
November 2022
The 19th Annual Sejong Music Competition was held in November 2022. The goals of the Sejong Music Competition are to discover talented young musicians and encourage them in their studies, and to also introduce traditional Korean music expressed through Western media. Through this competition, Sejong hopes to increase the awareness and understanding of Korea’s cultural heritage amongst the younger generations growing up in the United States, to promote harmony among people of various ethnic backgrounds and bridge Asian and Western cultures.
Senior Division - Violin
Third Place: Lauren Kim * , 14, Hoffman Estates, IL,
studies with Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi
Honorable Mention: Julia Kim, 16, Chicago, IL, studies with Sang Mee Lee
Best Interpretation of a Korean Piece: Julia Kim, 16, Chicago, IL,
studies with Sang Mee Lee
Junior Division - Violin
First Place: Neal K. Eisfeldt *, 13 Lake Zurich, IL,
studies with Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi
Second Place: Aiden Yu 13 Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Honorable Mention: Xiruo Wang 10 Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Best Interpretation of a Korean Piece: Neal K. Eisfeldt *, 13, Lake Zurich, IL,
studies with Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi
Elementary Division - Violin
Third Place: George Wang, 9, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Honorable Mention: Sylvia Pine, 11, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Senior Division - Piano
Best Interpretation of a Korean Piece: Ethan Zheng *, 16, Lake Zurich, IL,
studies with Marta Aznavoorian
Elementary Division - Piano
Honorable Mention: Will Sun, 10, Hinsdale, IL, studies with Christina Tio
2022 Violin Category Finalists
Senior Division: Mina Chang, 16, Naperville, IL, studies with Julia Bickel
Senior Division: Julia Kim, 16, Chicago, IL, studies with Sang Mee Lee
Senior Division: Lauren Kim *, 14, Hoffman Estates, IL,
studies with Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi
Junior Division: Neal Eisfeldt *, 13, Lake Zurich, IL,
studies with Almita Vamos, Injoo Choi
Junior Division: Xiruo Wang, 10, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Junior Division: Aiden Yu, 13, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Elementary Division: Sylvia Pine, 11, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
Elementary Division: George Wang, 9, Chicago, IL, studies with Davis King
2022 Piano Category Finalists
Senior Division: Ethan Zheng *, 16, Lake Zurich, IL,
studies with Marta Aznavoorian
Elementary Division: Will Sun, 10, Hinsdale, IL, studies with Christina Tio
* = Academy Student
To watch winners' videos >>
http://www.sejongsociety.org/videos/index2022.htm