INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPETITION PIANO VIOLIN STRINGS OPERA WOODWINDS BRASS
2024 Fall Competition Winners - Woodwinds
1- Samantha Ni, USA Clarinet Group C
1- Martyna, Magdalena Kruk, POLAND Flute Group D
1- Martyna, Magdalena Kruk, POLAND Flute Group D
Samantha Ni is an 8th grader at Stratford Preparatory and has been playing Clarinet for 2 years. She is currently a member of California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Besides music, Samantha's interests include competing in track and field, drawing, and hanging out with her friends.
1- Martyna, Magdalena Kruk, POLAND Flute Group D
1- Martyna, Magdalena Kruk, POLAND Flute Group D
1- Martyna, Magdalena Kruk, POLAND Flute Group D
Martyna Kruk - 15-year-old flutist, student of the Mieczyslaw Karlowicz State Music School of the First and Second Degree in Katowice in Kornelia Nowak's flute class. She has won Grand Prix and main prizes at 30 national and international competitions, including those in Finland, Croatia, the USA and Poland. Her artistic achievements include solo and chamber music performances. She began learning to play the flute at the age of six at the Tadeusz Szeligowski High School of Music in Poznań in Justyna Pikulska's flute class. Martyna deepened her skills at the Tampere Flute Fest International Music Courses in Tampere, Finland, the Winter Music Academy in Luslawice, the International Master Classes in Bydgoszcz and the B. Halska International Music Interpretation Course in Nowy Sacz, under the guidance of outstanding professors, including: Karin Bonelli, Matvey Demin, Berten D'Hollander, Urszula Janik Lipinski and Agata Igras. Martyna is a several-time winner of the Prize of the City of Poznań, a scholarship holder of the Talent Bank. Since 2023, she has been a Scholarship Holder of the Able Program of the National Fund for Children. This year she was the winner of the 21st edition of the “Young Poland” Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
1- Andrew Wi, USA Clarinet Group D
1- Andrew Wi, USA Clarinet Group D
1- Andrew Wi, USA Clarinet Group D
Andrew Wi is a Sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School. He began playing clarinet in 7th grade and currently plays for his school’s Wind Ensemble and Pep Band. In middle school, Andrew was principal clarinet in both his junior high concert and jazz band. Andrew participated in CASMEC All-State Honor Band in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Outside of music, he is a member of his school’s speech and debate team. Andrew also plays tennis on his school’s Men’s Varsity Tennis Team and enjoys playing with his former junior high teammates as well.
1- Lydia Kang, USA Clarinet Group D
1- Andrew Wi, USA Clarinet Group D
1- Andrew Wi, USA Clarinet Group D
Lydia Kang is 16 years old and has been playing clarinet for five years. She has attended various competitions, and recently, she has won awards in Southwestern Youth Music Festival (SYMF), American Protégé Music Competitions, Concordia, Enkor Competition and more. She has been selected CASMEC All-State Band for 2023 and 2024 and the principal clarinetist in the South Coast Youth Symphony Orchestra. She also performed in the Junior Chamber Music Program and recently, her chamber group won the first prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition and traveled to perform at the Beethoven House in Germany.