The 16th annual Young Artist Piano Competition Finalists Achievement Awards Recital was held on Sunday, March 6th at 3:00 p.m.  at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Bower School of Music & the Arts.

Finalists knew they would be performing in the recital but had not been informed of their award.  The recital featured all of the finalists performing one of their competition pieces and concluded with the presentation of awards and prizes.

OVERALL WINNER
Tiana Richter

EARLY ELEMENTARY FINALISTS

1st place Vladimir Bogdanov, student of Larissa Chernogritskaya
2nd place Jordan Gilcher, student of Amy Maneval
3rd place Sawyer Whitemiller, student of Alena Michel

LATE ELEMENTARY FINALISTS

1st place Tiana Richter, student of Elena Bock
2nd place Isabel Liu, student of Irene Gorny
3rd place Rachel Kastner, student of Milana Strezeva

HONORABLE MENTION
Miles Brown, student of Joanne Smith
Brian Goi, student of Joanne Smith

JUNIOR FINALISTS

1st place Elise Brown, student of Joanne Smith
2nd place Kevin Dimaculangan, student of Elena Bock
3rd place Frazer Henry, student of William Noll

SENIOR FINALISTS

1st place Paul Dinan, student of Alexandra Carlson
2nd place David Carlson, student of Elena Bock
3rd place Kyleigh Kimball, student of Elena Bock

HONORABLE MENTION
Frank Sanders, student of Michael Baron

Instructor Elena Bock had four students as finalists in the 2018 competition, including overall winner Tiana Richter. Left to right: Kevin Dimaculangan, David Carlson, Kyleigh Kimball, Tiana Richter, Elena Bock.

The Steinway Piano Society would like to thank all of the finalists, their families and members of our Southwest Florida Community for attending.  We encourage you to become a member of the Steinway Piano Society. Together we can foster a more musical community for the future.

 Thanks to our competition sponsors!

 Jeff and Kim Sutton