The 2020 Young Artists’ Showcase would have been presented Saturday, July 25 as part of the Carmel Bach Festival. But due to the cancellation of the Festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Showcase has become a virtual event.
We are proud to present these outstanding performances, all filmed by the students’ parents.
Competition Director Barbara Priest, instrumental music teacher at Pacific Grove Middle School, filmed a special introduction to the program
Young Artist | Age | School | Instrument | Music | Private Teacher |
Fuyu Meyer | 10 | Stevenson | Cello | Bach-Cello Suite No.1 Minuets; Dvorak-Melody from Songs My Mother Taught Me | Aleksy Klyushnik |
Kristen Wong | 10 | Junipero Serra | Piano | Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 49, No. 2 | Ha Yung Rhee |
Hannah Shu | 14 | Carmel | Violin | Haydn, Violin Concerto in G Major, Allegro Moderato | Nigel Armstrong |
Noah Umamoto | 18 | North Salinas | Piano | Fantasie in D min – Mozart | Lyn Bronson |
Elijah (E.B.) Diallo | 17 | Stevenson | Cello | Bach Cello Suite 1 – Allemande and Courante | Margie Dally |
Bryony Crawford | 15 | Georgianna Bruce | Violin | Bach, Sonata No. 1 Adagio-Presto | Anthony Crawford |
Aidan Santa Cruz | 18 | Soquel | Piano | Beethoven, Piano Sonata “Pathetique” Adagio | Kiefer Taylor |
Elizabeth Mendoza | 17 | Ocean Grove | Violin | Bach, Partita No. 2, Chaconne | Arlyn Knapic |
Sophia Schulz | 12 | Pacific Grove | Piano | Chopin, Waltz in C# Minor | Lyn Bronson |
Silas Schulz | 10 | Pacific Grove | Piano | Martha Mier, Persistent Rhythm | Renee Bronson |
Oscar Yanez | 15 | Seaside HS | Double bass | Vaclav Pichl – Bass Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1 | Aleksey Klyushnik |
Siri Panetta | 15 | Carmel | Piano | Chopin, Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 | Lucy Faridany |
David Elyoussoufi | 13 | Homeschool | Cello | Shostakovich, Adagio from Ballet Suite No. 2 | Aleksey Klyushnik |
Christopher Fenstermaker | 15 | Pacific Grove | Piano | Debussy, Clair de Lune | Barbara Ruzicka |
Elena Oh | 15 | Santa Catalina | Violin | Kreisler-Praeludium & Allegro; Novacek-Molto Perpetuo | Rochelle Walton |
Josef Elyoussoufi | 15 | Homeschool | Piano | Rachmaninoff, Etude Tableau, Op. 33 Medtner, Fairy Tale | Barbara Ruzicka |
Nathan Nguyen, Daisy Swanson | 17,17 | York School | Violin | Sarasate, Navarra, Op. 33 | David Dally |
Taite Yard | 16 | Carmel HS | Piano | Chopin, Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 | Eun Ha Chung |