American Charity YoungArts Announces 2023 Winners

The competition awards between $100 and $10,000 to hundreds of young artists across multiple disciplines

Based in Miami, Florida, YoungArts is an American charity established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists.

YoungArts recently announced the winners of its National Competition for 2023. The awards are given in three tiers: Merit ($100 prize), Honorable Mention ($250 prize), and Finalists (anywhere between $1,000 and $10,000, depending on quality).

The Finalists in Classical Music are as follows:

• Calvin Alexander (violin)
• Preston Atkins (bassoon)
• Hannah Cho (oboe)
• Daniel Colaner (organ)
• Nikka Gershman-Pepper (flute)
• Iris Hur (viola)
• Amy Jong (cello)
• Evelyn Joung (cello)
• Jackson Kaiser (composition)
• Joel Kim (cello)
• Mira Kim (clarinet)
• Yuri Lee (composition)
• Elena Medic (flute)
• Christopher Shin (piano)
• Ezekiel Solokoff (violin)
• Moshi Tang (violin)
• Laurentia Woo (violin)
• Christian Yom (composition)
• Nathaniel Zhang (piano)
• Harmony Zhu (piano)
• Aja Zou (piano)

"Every year we are inspired anew by the talent, dedication and creativity of extraordinary early career artists," said YoungArts Artistic Director Lauren Snelling.

"YoungArts is proud to support artists at critical junctures throughout their lives, and we look forward to providing community and professional and creative development opportunities that will empower the 2023 award winners as they embark on exciting careers in the arts. Now more than ever, it is essential to support artists so that their voices can be heard long into the future."