Virginia Waring International Piano Competition (Formerly the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition)

2009 Contestants »

The 2009 Contestants are, in alphabetical order:

ID

Name

Place of Birth

Current Residence

Schools Attended


15

Chan, Wenyin

Taiwan

McLean, Virginia

Curtis Institute of Music; Yale University


44

Cho, Young-Hyun

Korea

Arlington, Texas

 Seoul National University, Peabody Conservatory;





 Eastman School of Music,








18

Clark, Eric

USA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon


33

Gallagher, Kimball

USA

New York, New York

Shepherd School of Music, Rice University;






The Juilliard School


31

Hagino, Yoko

Japan

Somerville, Massachusetts

Tokyo National University; Longy School of Music;





Boston University








66

Hou, Miao

China

New York, New York

Shanghai Conservatory of Music;






Curtis Institute of Music; The Juilliard School


41

Jung, Hye-Yeon

Korea

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Cleveland Institute of Music


30

Karyagina, Tanya

Kazakhstan

Los Angeles, California

USC Thornton School of Music


12

Khristenko, Stanislav

Russia

Oberlin, Ohio

Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory;






Cleveland Institute of Music


16

Kim, Mihyun

Korea

Eugene, Oregon

Peabody Conservatory; University of Oregon


17

Lim, Jihae

Korea

New York, New York

Manhattan School of Music; NYU


51

Morozov, Serhii

Ukraine

College Park, Maryland

Dnepropetrovsk State Music College;






Moscow State Conservatory; University of Maryland

50

Nakayama, Yuka

Japan

Muncie, Indiana

Tokyo Gakugei University; Ball State University


65

Park, Hye-Yeon

Korea

Baltimore, Maryland

Yale School of Music; Peabody Conservatory of Music


23

Seo, Ji Soo

Korea

Rochester, New York

Seoul National University; Eastman School of Music





The Juilliard School

















36

Watanabe, Chie

Japan

Denton, Texas

Tokyo School of Music; Manhattan School of Music;





University of North Texas


46

Liza Stepanova

Belarus

Germany

The Juilliard School; Hanns Eisler Academy of Music