Artem Kopylov has been playing piano since he was 4.
Artem is a fellow at the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein, a class headed by
Professor Dmitri Bashkirov. He was a scholar at the Eppan Music Academy, Italy; the Educational Centre for gifted kids (SIRIUS), Russia; Transsiberian Music
Academy, Russia; International Orford Academy, Canada; Peter de Grote Summer
Academy, Netherlands; and at music academies in Uelzen, Buckeberg, Staade, in Germany.
Artem is a laureat of more than 30 National and International Competitions across Canada,
Italy, USA, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands. He has
performed with several orchestras debuting at age 9. As a prize winner of the prestigious
Nutcracker Competition, the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation invited Artem to perform at the
Moscow Meets Friends Festival in Russia. Artem has performed on several famous stages, including Carnegie Hall, New
York; Steinway and Sons Performance Centre, New York; Tchaikovsky Concert Hall,
Moscow; and others. He has participated in the CBC Piano Talent Show in Montreal and in CBC Piano Hero in
Toronto. He has been interviewed by local and national newspapers in Canada, Italy and Russia. Artem sees his future in performance, composition and conducting.
Ben Xu
Benjamin Xu started learning the at age ten. He achieved his ARCT Performers Diploma at 15. Ben participated in many music festivals annually and won numerous prizes and scholarships. Among them, he placed 1st in American Protege's International Music Competition, the Grand Virtuoso International Music Competition in London and 3rd place in the Canadian Music Competition in 2018. Ben currently studies at Carnegie Mellon University, double majoring in Materials Science Engineering and Physics, with a minor in music.
Sarah Ning
Sarah Ning started playing the piano at the age of 6 and has been studying for almost 9 years. Now 16, she continues to enjoy performing and sharing her love of music with others. She has been a national finalist in the Canadian Music Competition from 2012 to 2015 and has performed at Carnegie Hall twice, once earning a Judge’s Distinction Award. As a first prize winner of the Young Artist Competition in Burlington, she performed Mozart Concerto No. 24 with the Burlington Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Sarah and her duet partner Oliver Zhou have won numerous prizes together, including 2nd place at the Canadian Music Competition in 2017. She and Oliver also performed at the Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria in September 2016.
Sarah is currently a grade 11 student at Appleby College in Oakville.
Daniel Krouguerski started practicing piano since he was 5 years old and has accumulated over 20 musical awards. These include scholarships from local festivals such as Burlington, Peel, Milton and Kiwanis. He is also a four time participant at the Provincial competition (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) and has won two second places and one third place. He has received the highest mark at the Milton festival in 2016, which lead him to receive a scholarship at the gala concert. He was also one of four pianists to receive an award from the 2019 Kiwanis festival, which was given to him at a Gala dinner at the Casa Loma Castle.
Jerry Tian
Xihang (Jerry) Tian began his piano studies at age 5. Jerry received numerous first place awards at regional competitions such as the Peel music festival, Rotary Burlington Music Festival, North York Music Festival and Kiwanis Music Festivals. In 2017, he won first place and in 2018, he was placed second in the OMFA provincial competition. Jerry also attended the Canadian Music Competition 2018 and was awarded the third place under age 13 group. He has been invited to perform at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Art, Mississauga Living Arts Center and Brampton Rose Theater in recent years. He was awarded in 2018 3rd Place Canadian Music Competition, 2nd Place OMFA provincial competition, 1st Place Peel Music Festival & Scholarship and 1st Place Rotary Burlington Music Festival & Scholarship.
In 2017, he won 1st Place in the OMFA provincial competition. Notable performances have been in 2018 at the Mississauga Living Arts Center, Brampton Rose Theatre and the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts in 2017 and 2018.
Polina Kachournikova
Polina Kachournikova began studying piano at the age of four. She was a Provincial Finalist at the Canadian Music Competition at the ages of eight and nine. She participated in various competitions and completed her Royal Conservatory of Music exams to very high standards. Polina has competed at the Peel Music Festival, Rotary Burlington Music Festival, Kiwanis Music Festival and the CCC Music Festival, where she has acquired a multitude of first, second and third place awards and scholarships in all song genres. In 2014, Polina was selected to compete at the Ontario Music Festival's Provincial-level competition, where she performed a multitude of pieces and received an award. By the age of sixteen, Polina has completed all the practical and theoretical levels of RCM, including ARCT, and is currently studying to complete the LRCM level.Â
Ryan Yin
Ryan Yin, age 9, started to learn private piano when he was 6 years old. Ryan has a great passion for music and enjoys performing and sharing his love of music with others. In 2019, Ryan won 3rd place in the 7-year age category at the Canadian Music Competition in Calgary. He performed at the Burlington Art Centre and has won awards and scholarships in the Burlington Music Festival, Peel Music Festival, Milton Music Festival and Toronto Kiwanis Festival. He enjoys playing cello as well as piano and plays in the Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Mike Gao
Mike started learning music since age 7. He won top prices in multitude competitions, PEEL Music Festival, Burlington Music Festival, North York Music Festival. He became a provincial finalist for the OMFA. From 2016, Mike attended Peel music festival every year, he got 1st place every year. In 2018, he got three gold medals at ARCT.
In level 10 RCM piano exam in 2017, he achieved mark of 98 which let him win another precious gold medal for level 10’s highest mark of the year in Ontario. In June 2019, he got 95 at ARCT exam. He is currently studying to complete the LRCM level.
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Competitions students placed First top Prizes in the last 5 years
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Canadian National Music Competition (CMC)
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Ontario Music festival Association (OMFA)
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Steinway Junion Piano Competition
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American Protege International Competition
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North York Music Festival
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