October 25, 2020
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Dr. Kalthchev, Head of the Piano Academic Area, is proud to announce a few of our successful alumni:

Kyeongmi Lim, DMA in Piano Performance degree student, became the winner of the 2020 Luciana Montanari Mendola award for excellence in piano performance, awarded by the Italian Cultural Society in Washington, DC. This prestigious award is presented annually to a college student showing promise in piano performance.

Dominick D’Alessandro, BM in Piano Performance degree senior, received the 2020 Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award. He was also  awarded Honorable Mention at the 2020 Lancaster International Piano Festival Competition.

Hanna Shin, DMA in Piano Performance degree student, won the  4th Prize at the 2020 Paderewski Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.