Announcing the WINNERS of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions
We are thrilled to announce the four winners of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions.
Winners of the YCA International Auditions represent the future of classical music, and we invest in their careers so they may spend a lifetime bringing the gift of music to audiences around the world. Throughout their tenure, emerging artists benefit from YCA’s connections with the industry’s managers, concert presenters, conductors of major orchestras, and financial supporters, as well as its long-standing reputation for discovering and furthering the careers of extraordinary young artists.
Chelsea Guo, piano & soprano
Chaeyoung Park, piano
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone
Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano
Warmest thanks to these distinguished musicians who served on the juries of the Preliminary, Semi-Final, and Final Auditions:
Ethan Bensdorf, trumpet
Tema Blackstone, piano
Steven Blier, pianist & vocal coach
Courtenay Budd, soprano
Colin Carr, cello
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
Alon Goldstein, piano
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
Koichiro Harada, violin
Chu-Fang Huang, piano
Benedicte Jourdois, pianist & vocal coach
Ani Kavafian, violin
Olga Kern, piano
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Karen Lindquist, harp
Marya Martin, flute
Demarre McGill, flute
Bradley Moore, conductor & vocal coach
Makoto Nakura, marimba
Ken Noda, pianist & vocal coach
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, violin
Todd Phillips, violin
Jose Serebrier, conductor
Sophie Shao, cello
Fred Sherry, cello
Barry Shiffman, violin
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
Shai Wosner, piano
DaXun Zhang, double bass
Carmit Zori, violin
*YCA alumnus/alumna
Get to know the winners
YCA introduces the 4 winners of the 2021 Auditions in an exciting evening of music and conversation. Each artist will perform selections from their winning audition, and engage the audience with a short interview.