First Place
Christopher Atzinger (tied) Piano
Orlay Alonso (tied) Piano Joyce Dutka accompanied by Orlay Alonso Chris Atzinger in the background
Sooyun Kim	Flute
Tali Kravitz	Viola
Second Place
Krystian Tkaczewski (tied)	Piano
Amir Khosrowpour (tied)	Piano
Ester Park (tied)	Piano
Amy Gustafson (tied) Piano   2nd Place 2007
Elissa Cassini Violin
Zodiac Trio Ensemble   Kliment Krylovskiy   Vanessa Mollard   Riko Higuma	Clarinet Violin Piano
Third Place
Akimi Fukuhara	Piano
Mikyung Kim	Violin
Honorable Mention
Kristie Janczyk	Piano
Maria Pikoula	Piano
Jonghwa Park	Piano
Yueh-Cheng Wang	Piano
Special Award
Fumito Nunoya	Marimba
Finalists
Nicole Biggs	Piano
Brenton Caldwell	Viola
Xinyu Chen	Piano
Young Ah Ha	Piano
Arielle Hanson	Flute
Heather Holden	Flute
Jeong Hyun Kim	Flute
Valeriya Kotok	Piano
Rachel Kudo	Piano
Hyun Jung Lee	Piano
Maria No	Violin
Sun A Park	Piano
Young Park	Piano
Karlos Rodriguez	Cello
Enrico Sartori	Flute
Chloe Trevor	Piano
Laura Villafranca	Piano
Yuliaya Zhukova	Cello
Dobrochna Zubek	Cello

Opera
Melody Alesi	Soprano Lirico Spinto
Julie Baron	Mezzo Soprano
Eve Gigliotti	Soprano Spinto
Othalie Graham	Dramatic Soprano
Yonghoon Lee	Tenor
Jordan Shanahan	Baritone
Hyun Hee Son	Lyric Soprano
Megan Weston	Coloratura Soprano
Art Songs
Benjamin Sosland	Tenor
Elisabeth Stevens	Soprano

Second Place

Opera
Rosa D'Imperio	Dramatic Soprano
Dillon McCartney	Tenor
Wendy Reynolds	Lyric Soprano
Donna Smith	Lyric Soprano
Art Songs
Karim Sulayman	PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS VISUAL ARTS: Works on Paper First Place JUDY ARONOW Drawing: Botanicals KIM BECKMANN Ink Drawing: Abstracts SARA LIN Pastel Second Place SCOTT ARONOW Pencil Drawing KARL NATHAN BLACK Pencil Drawing: Portraits CARLA FALB Charcoal Drawing YING FENG Pastel: Portraits MARTHA HAYDEN Watercolor: Landscapes Third Place JACK JONES Watercolor: Landscapes STAN MOSKOWITZ Watercolor: Cityscapes ELISSA PRYSTAUK Pastel: Florals/Landscapes YUEH-CHIAO LIN TING Pastel: Still Lifes Lenore Segan Student Award DEARIESHA MACK Drawing Honorable Mention for Creativity HALLIE COHEN Creativity LYN C. HANDLER Skilled Use of Materials VOCALISTS First Place OPERA Inna Dukach, Lyric Soprano 1st Place 2004 NYC Opera Lorraine Hinds, Dramatic Soprano Jimi James, Bass Baritone Ihn-Kyu (Daniel) Lee, Lyric Baritone Daniel Okulitch, Baritone, Modern American Opera Jennifer Rivera, Mezzo-Soprano Gaston Rivero, Lyric Tenor Dongwon Shin, Dramatic Tenor OPERETTA Elly Erickson, Coloratura Soprano ART SONGS Tara Venditti, Mezzo-Soprano Jesse Blumberg, Baritone 1st Place Art Songs 2004 Second Place OPERA Emily Longford Johnson, Mezzo-Soprano 2nd Place 2004 Gotham Opera ART SONGS Melanie Mitrano, Soprano Third Place OPERA Tamara Mumford, Mezzo-Soprano 3rd Place 2004 Metropolitan Opera Honorable Mention CABARET Margaret Curry JAZZ Laurie Krauz PLAYWRITING First Place ALAN DAVID PERKINS for F2F (stands for Face to Face), a hi-tech futuristic battle of the sexes between a computer nerd and a hard hat. Finalists DAVID D'AGOSTINO for The Bed, an existential duologue between a father and son. BRIAN DRADER for Liar, a con artist befuddles a guilt-ridden couple. LISA MOLINARO for Billy Moon, a family deals with an autistic child. DONALD MOLNAR for Sara's Cave, a good German can't live in his Holocaust world. VISUAL ARTS Grand Prize Winner STEVEN KENNY of Washington, VA (Oils) Oils CHRISTOPHER PELLEY of New York, NY LEONID GERVITS of Jersey City, NJ DAVID JAY of New York, NY Acrylics SUSAN PYZOW of New York, NY TOVA SNYDER of Rye, NY Watercolors LINDA HUTCHINSON of Kent, OH TORDIA RADISH of Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Mixed Media ALEKSANDR RAZIN of Hewlett, NY Solomon Dutka Memorial Student Award RYAN SHULTZ of Libertyville, IL MUSIC Seven instrumentalists and two vocalists performed at the JDAF inaugural concert on May 8, 2000 at Merkin Concert Hall and received a total of $13,000 in prize money. Albert Tiu, Piano 1st Place 2000 With Merryll Ashley, NYC Ballet presenting 2000 piano award In the back judge Julius Baker, flautist NY Phillarmonic Shelly Watson, Soprano Yuri Namkung, Violin Abel Motsoadi, Baritone Robert V. Gupta, Violin Na Kyung Choi, Flute William Bomar, Flute Grainne Hope & Olga Redkina, Cello Duet Four composers received prizes totaling $4,000. Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Orchestra Anthony Iannaccone, Chamber Ari Frankel, Electro-acoustic Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Ethnic-infused Two composers received Honorable Mention: Laurence Bitensky Robert Carl CHOREOGRAPHY A total of $5,000 was awarded at our Gala Concert at the Theater of the Riverside Church on May 6, 2001 to: Chamecki/Lerner Dance Company Cherylyn Lavagnino Joan Stone Two choreographers received Honorable Mention: Kennet Oberly Leigh Witchel

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