Katelyn Tran
Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on January 25, 2012 – performing major works by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Moussorgsky & Liszt. A glowing review by Rorianne Schrade of the New York Concert Review magazine stated: ” Her playing itself, as heard in this debut recital, confirmed that she has a musical grasp far beyond her years… should she choose to pursue the musical life beyond this point, there seems to be no limit to how far she might go.”
Second Prize Winner at the Senior Virtuoso Category of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
First Prize Winner of the 2011 Crescendo International Music Competition – resulting in a trip and solo performances in St. Petersburg, Russia – summer, 2011
Third Prize Winner at the Junior Category of the 2011 Chopin International Piano Competition, Hartford, Connecticut
Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Crescendo International Music Competition – resulting in performances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and in Montreal, Canada
Winner of the 2010 National Young Virtuosi Solo Recital Competition at the National League of Performing Arts, New Jersey
Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Young Artists Bravura Concerto Competition – resulting in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra on May 23, 2010
Second Prize Winner of the 2010 New Jersey Music Teachers’ Association Competition
First Prize Winner of the Virtuoso Category (“Virtuoso Champion”) at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
First Prize Winner of the Intermediate Solo Piano Category at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
Second Prize Winner of the Senior Performance Category at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
First Prize Winner at the 2009 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
Recipient of the Pauline Styler Memorial Scholarship Award for the best performance at the advanced categories of the 2009 PTC Competition
Third Prize Winner at the 2009 New Jersey Music Teachers’ Association Competition
Winner of the 2009 Masterclass Audition held at the New Jersey Music Teachers’ Association Convention (Balakirev: Islamey)
Silver Medalist at the 2008 Bravura Concerto Competition of New Jersey (Tchaikovsky, No. 1)
Second Prize Winner at the 2008 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
First Prize Winner in the Chinese Composition category at the 23rd International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington DC (2008)
First Prize Winner at the 2008 NJTYMA Russian Music Festival – resulting in a performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall
Second Prize Winner at the 2008 New Jersey Music Teachers’ Association Competition
Second Prize Winner (Alternate) at the 2008 MTNA Competition (New Jersey)
Selected to perform at the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2008-2009 Master Class Series with live Internet2 videoconferencing – representing the New York Piano Academy & performing Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Sonata
Winner of the Marsha Kanarek Award at the 2007 Friday Woodmere Club Young Artist Competition in Long Island, New York
Second Prize Winner at the 2007 Connecticut International Young Artist Competition
First Prize Winner at the 2006 International Musica Classica Festival Competition, Puigcerda, Spain
The Westfield Leader newspaper (New Jersey) has written in review of Katelyn’s concerto appearance with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra (April, 2006): ” Eleven-year-old Katelyn Tran was absolutely mesmerizing. She performed the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with a musicianship far beyond her young years. From fluid arpeggios to intense chordal outbursts, she captured the spirit of the prolific composer – at turns tortured, at turns tender – with passion and grace. During her stunning cadenza, Mr. Wroe (the conductor) and the WSO members watched reverently, looking as captivated as the audience.”