Achievements

Congratulations to our student Matthieu Foresi who won the First Prize (Intermediate division) in Vancouver Steinway Piano Competition 2018.

Congratulations to our student Matthieu Foresi for his outstanding achievements in Vancouver Kiwanis and Fraser Valley Kiwanis competitions.

Fraser Valley Kiwanis
Kiwanis Fraser Valley Music Festivals Provincial Delegate Award – Junior B Piano Class (14 Years & Under): $200.00

– Ed Janus Outstanding Performance Award: $150.00 to a Senior Piano Student
– 13 Years or Younger

– Kiwanis Fraser Valley Music Festivals Awards: $100.00 for an Outstanding Performance of a Piano Concerto

Invited to perform at the Fraser Valley Kiwanis Honours Concert

Vancouver Kiwanis
The Nancy Paisley Benn Scholarship – $25

Tom Lee Music Award – Most Promising Senior Pianist – $200 Tom Lee Music gift card

VKMFS Senior Piano Concert Group Scholarship – $25

VKMFS Senior Piano Beethoven Medallion for Classes 707A to C
Marjorie Gardiner Scholarship – Beethoven – $100

The G. Nan & Jennie Y. Quon Memorial Medallion for Concerto Class 01B

Invited to perform at the Vancouver Kiwanis Gala Concert.

Congratulations to our student Wellesley Kerr who
won the Crescendo competition with the highest mark among all candidates and performed in Carnegie Hall, New York.

Congratulations to our student Daniel Lin who
Received the ARCT Diploma with First Class Honor mark 92

AUGUST 2016

William Lu Licentiate Artistic Diploma
1st Class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Licentiate Category

Judy Li ARCT Piano
1st Class Honors
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Gr. ARCT Category

JUNE 2016

Bonnie Zhai Grade 9 Piano
1st Class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Gr. 9 Category

APRIL 2016

Daniel Lin Grade 10
1st class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA medal for the Highest Mark in Gr. 10 Category

AUGUST 2015

Grant Pan Grade 10
1st class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA medal for the Highest Mark in Gr. 10 Category

JANUARY 2015

Annie Cao
Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

AUGUST 2014

Chloe Zhu
Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Grade 10 category

AUGUST 2013

William Lu – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

Annie Cao – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Grade 10 category

JUNE 2013

Jeremy Shu – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

JANUARY 2013

Claire Liu – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction

Vera Lu – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

Jessie Zhu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Grade 10 category

Daniel Lin – Grade 8 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Grade 8 category

AUGUST 2012

Angeni Wang – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

Arthur Wang – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors

Samantha Li – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors

Chris Chu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction

Michael Lau – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction

Nicole Rzhemovskiy – Grade 8 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction

JUNE 2012

Amy Yu– Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors

JANUARY 2012

Roger Wang – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in ARCT category

William Lu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with distinction
BCRMTA Medal for the Highest mark in Grade 10 category
Winner of the 2012 Winifred Proud Scholarship for Grade 10 Piano

JANUARY 2011

Vera Lu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Award for the Highest mark in Grade 10 category

Steven Gong – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Award for the Highest mark in ARCT category

Angeni Wang – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with Distinction

Arthur Wang – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors

Samantha Li – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors

AUGUST 2011

Claire Liu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Award for the Highest mark)

Clarabel Luk – Licentiate Diploma
1-st class Honors

Dan Siminov – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors

Jeremy Shu – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors

Laura Tang – Grade 9 Piano
1-st class Honors

JUNE 2011

Joshua Shen – Grade 10 Piano
1-st class Honors

Cici Guan – Grade 8 Piano
1-st class Honors

Victor Sun – Grade 3 Piano
1-st class Honors

Jenny Zheng – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st Class Honors
BCRMTA Award for the Highest mark (June 2010)

Claire Wen – Grade ARCT Piano
1-st Class Honors

Amy Guan – Gr. 4 Piano
1-st Class Honors with Distinction
BCRMTA Award for the Highest mark (June 2010)

Congratulations to our student Kiryll Parfyonov who is nominated by Vancouver Kiwanis Festival for the Senior Piano category for the 2016 Provincial Performing Arts BC Festival!

Congratulations to the 2014 Kiwanis Winners!
18 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
William Lu – Three First Prizes
Matthew Foresi – Two First Prizes
Roger Wang – Two First Prizes

For outstanding results Adjudicators recommended William Lu to the Provincial BC Festival of the Arts (Penticton)

Congratulations to the 2013 Kiwanis Winners!
26 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Arthur Wang – Three First Prizes
Chris Chu – Three First Prizes
Steven Gong – Two First Prizes
Annie Cao – Two First Prizes
Rachel Liang – Two First Prizes

For outstanding results Adjudicators recommended Arthur Wang to the Provincial BC Festival of the Arts (Nanaimo)

Congratulations to the 2012 Kiwanis Winners!
24 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Arthur Wang – Three First Prizes
Harmony Zhu – Three First Prizes
Vera Lu – Two First Prizes
Claire Liu – Two First Prizes
Chris Chu – Two First Prizes
Nicole Rzemovskij – Two First Prizes

For outstanding results Adjudicators recommended Angeni Wang and Amy Yu to the Provincial BC Festival of the Arts (Nanaimo)

Congratulations to the 2011 Kiwanis Winners!
19 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Rachel Ding – Three First Prizes
Hai Lun Yu – Two First Prizes
Arthur Wang – Two First Prizes
Jenny Zheng – Two First Prizes
Kyrill Parfyonov – Two First Prizes

Congratulations to the 2010 Kiwanis Winners!
24 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Claire Liu – Four First Prizes
Claire Lee – Three First Prizes
Elizabeth Choi – Two First Prizes
Jennifer Kao – Two First Prizes

Congratulations to the 2016 Richmond Music Festival Winners!

Congratulations to Matthew Foresi and Bruce Chen who were selected by the adjudicators to perform at the Gala Concert.

Matthew Foresi has won a RMFS Gala Award of $200

25 First Places, Medals, Trophies and Scholarships of Vitta piano students!

Highlights

Matthew Foresi: 
4 First Places and 5 Scholarships including
Best Junior Pianist
Best Overall Composer

Julian Wong: 
2 First Places, 2 Scholarships and a Trophy
The Most Promising Pianist 12 years & under

Other winners: 
Bruce Chen, Yirei Zhou, Nicole Zhai, Bonnie Zhai, Catherine Xie, Alan Chen, Edward Gao, Vincent Gao, Laurence Luo, Welsley Kerr, Maggie Yang.

Congratulations to the 2015 Richmond Music Festival Winners!
23 FIRST PRIZES OF VITTA PIANO STUDENTS

Most Notable achievements:
Matthew Foresi – Four First Prizes | Trophy most Promising Composer | Winner of Concerto Challenge class | Scholarship The Most Promising Intermediate Pianist
William Lu – Two First Prizes & a Scholarship
Kiryll Parfyonov – Two First Prizes
Welsley Kerr – Two First Prizes & a Scholarship
Catherine Xie – Two First Prizes & a Scholarship
Edward &Vincent Gao – First Prize & Best Piano ensemble scholarship and Trophy

For outstanding performance Matthew Foresi and Nicole Rzemovskij were selected by Adjudicators to participate in the Richmond Music Festival Gala Concert.

Congratulations to the 2013 Richmond Music Festival Winners!
15 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Matthew Foresi – Two First Prizes
Nicole Rzemovskij – Two First Prizes
Kyrill Parfyonov – Two First Prizes
Claire Liu – Two First Prizes

For outstanding performance Matthew Foresi and Nicole Rzemovskij were selected by Adjudicators to participate in the Richmond Music Festival Gala Concert.

Congratulations to the 2012 Richmond Music Festival Winners!
36 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Claire Liu – Four First Prizes
Angeni Wang – Four First Prizes
William Lu – Three First Prizes
Vera Lu – Two First Prizes
Julie Wu – Three First Prizes
Annika Zhu – Three First Prizes
Roger Wang – Two First Prizes
Amy Yu – Two First Prizes

Trophies
Angeni Wang – Best Overall Performer
William Lu – Best Pianist in all Divisions
Claire Liu – Most Promising Pianist 12 yrs old and under
Julie Wu – Most Promising Pianist 9 yrs old and under

Selected to Perform at Richmond Music Festival 2012 Gala Concert
Vera Lu       Arthur Wang       Julie Wu
Amy Yu       Roger Wang       Angeni Wang

Vera Lu
Won Gala Concert Scholarship and Trophy for the most outstanding performance at the Gala Concert

Roger Wang & Julie Wu
Received Tom Lee Music gift Certificates for outstanding performance at Gala Concert

Congratulations to the 2011 Richmond Music Festival Winners!
27 First Prizes of Vitta Piano students

Most Notable performance:
Steven Gong – Three First Prizes
William Lu – Three First Prizes
Vera Lu – Two First Prizes
Harmony Zhu – Three First Prizes
Kyrill Parfyonov – Two First Prizes
Arthur Wang – Two First Prizes

Selected to Perform at Richmond Music Festival 2011 Gala Concert
Vera Lu       Harmony Zhu       Kyrill Parfyonov

Kyrill Parfyonov
Won Gala Concert Scholarship and Trophy for the most outstanding performance at the Gala Concert

Harmony Zhu
Was awarded the Second gala Concert Prize

North West International Piano Ensemble Competition 2016
Edward and Vincent Gao were awarded a Second Prize in the Category 16 years and under

2nd Hong Kong International Music Competition 2015
Ariel Wang won First Prize, Gold Medal and a Scholarship in the Piano Senior (16 years old +) Division

Catherine Xie
A Silver Medal Winner of the Northwest Chopin Competition 2016 in Seattle, USA

Maggie Yang – 1st Prizewinner in Crescendo International Competition 2015. Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Catherine Xie – 1st Prize and Gold Medal winner in Crescendo International Competition 2015. Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Rachel Liang – 1st Prizewinner in Crescendo International Competition. Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Victor Sun – 2nd Prizewinner in Crescendo International Competition. Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Maggie Li – 3rd place in American Protégé International Competition.
Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Maggie Li – 1st place in Little Mozart International Piano competition
Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Anderson Gao – 1st place in Little Mozart International Piano competition
Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Lisa Huang – 1st place in Little Mozart International Piano competition. Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Aaron Lu – 2nd place in Little Mozart International Piano competition
Participation in Winners Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Ariel Wang – Gold Medal at the International Young Musicians Festival “Passion of Music 2013”- winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Claire Lee – 2nd Prize in the International Piano Competition of Russian Music in San Jose – Junior category

Julie Wu – Gold Medal at the International Young Musicians Festival “Passion of Music 2013” – winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Arthur & Angeni Wang – 2nd Prize in the International Piano Ensemble Competition in Vancouver

Carolyne Wu – Silver Medal at the International Young Musicians Festival “Protégé” – winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Ariel Wang – First Place and Judges Distinction Award at the International Young Musicians Festival “Protégé” – winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Vera Lu – the Finalist of the International Bach Competition in New York – Goldberg variations Category

Julie Wu – First at the International Young Musicians Festival “Protégé” – winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Vera Lu – the Finalist of the International Waring Competition in Virginia, Junior category

Angela Zhu – Silver Medal at the International Young Musicians Festival “Protégé” – winners concert in Carnegie Hall, New York

Angeni Wang – the Finalist of the International Kaufman Competition in New York, Intermediate category.

Arthur Wang – the Finalist of the International Kaufman Competition in New York, Junior category.

Canadian Music Competition 2016 National Finals in Drummondville Qc
Catherine Xie – First Prize in 7 years old category
Grand Prize for 7 – 10 years old division

Canadian Music Competition 2015 Finals in Vancouver
William Lu – First Prize in 14 years old
Vincent and Edward Gao – First Prize in Piano Duo 11 years old category
Ariel Wang – Third Place in 11years old category
Annie Cao (14 years) – 5th place
Angela Zhu (10 years) – 5th place

2013 CMC National Final in Sherbrooke
William Lu – Second Prize in 12 years old category
Carolyn Yu – Third Prize in 8 years old category

2012 CMC National Final in Toronto
Harmony Zhu – First Prize in 7 years old category
Steven Gong – Third Prize in 13 years old category

2011 CMC National Final in Montreal
Chris Chu – First Prize in 9 years old category
Annika Zhou – Second Prize in 8 years old category

2010 CMC National Final in Edmonton
Annika Zhou – First Prize in 7 years old category
Hailun (Helen) Yu – Second Prize in 7 years old category
Rachel Ding – Second Prize in 8 years old category
Claire Liu – Second Prize in 9 years old category

2009 CMC National Final in Montreal
Vera Lu – First Prize in 9 years old category
Claire Lee – Second Prize in 11 years old category

2008 CMC National Final in Quebec
Claire Liu – Third Prize in7 years old category
Charlie Liu – Fourth Prize in12 years old category
Clarabel Luk – Fourth Prize in 14 years old category

2007 CMC National Final in Sherbrooke
Claire Lee – First Prize in 9 years old category