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ACADEMY STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2023-2024
Hanna won Honorable Mention at the A&M Commerce Sonata/Sonatina Competition. We are so proud of you Hannah. Keep up the great work!
Another shining moment for our very own, Ellen! She was chosen as a FIRST PRIZE WINNER at the 2024 International Music Competition "Vienna" Grand Prize Virtuoso. She has been invited to perform at the Gläserner Saal, Musikverein in April. Congratulations Ellen. You are amazing and we are so proud of you!
We had a successful competition weekend! IMA students received prizes in every category from 7 to 13. Our students are so very talented and we love that they are making it known!
*Zhang and Elias won 1st prize in the 8 and 9 year old category. *Jerry, Maria, Audrey won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the 11 year old category. *Nora won 1st prize in the 12 year old category. *Saya, Heidi and Derry won1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the 7 year old category. *Lydia won 2nd prize in the 6 year old category. *Leah won 1st prize in the 13 year old category
IMA students competed in the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition. Tinting placed 1st in the high school division, Ellen placed 2nd in the high school division, and Nora placed 2nd in the junior division. They will have the opporunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in June. What an exciting accomplisment!! We are so proud of each of you.
Several IMA students participated in the Houston Music Teachers Association Music Festival on Saturday, February 3. Congratulations to Karis, Aarzan, Armaan, Sarina, Celeste, Sophia, Hannah, Vivian, Meske, Julia, Lara, Kavya, Arkady, and Nealan. These students will also be able to participate in the TMTA Convention All Star Festival. We are so proud of each of you!
IMA students competed at the Blinn Young Pianist competition at took home several accolades. Biyun Jia placed 1st for 6th grade and Grand Prize winner runner-up, Olivia He placed 3rd and Wendy Zhou received Honorable Mention.
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Alexandra Wong performed at the 2023 Winners' Recital and Award Ceremony in Toronto, Canada, after winning 2nd Place at Pulsar Music's Rocky Mountain Music Competition, Advanced Keyboard Junior category.
Congratulations to IMA students that participated in the HMTA All Star-Festival!
We recognize silver medalist Vivian Gutierrez and gold medalists Lara Ibrahim, Hannah (Jiayue) Li, Evelyn Meeks, Karis Meeks, & Reis Sarikaya. This earned each student the opportunity to perform at the TMTA Convention in Waco in Summer 2023.
Our young music theorists took home medals as well! Peyton Ho won a silver medal while Mishal Shamsi & Avery Ho each won gold medals!
We are so proud of Audrey Huang who received First Place in the Brilliance in Music Award!
15 of our students competed at the Forum Young Artist Competition and all of them won prizes in various categories.
Please join us in congratulating our students who won first place:
Annie
Riya
Elias
Ricardo
Elizabeth
We couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and dedication.
It was a big day for the International Music Academy this past weekend! 15 of our students competed at the Forum Young Artist Competition and all of them won prizes in various categories. Please join us in congratulating our students who placed in the competition:
- Leah, 2nd place in category 6
- Angelina, 3rd in category 3B
- Emily, 3rd in category 2A
- Ben, 3rd in category 3A
- Matthew, 4th in category 6
- Sophia, 4th in category 5
- Nathan, 4th in category 3B
We couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and dedication.
It was a big day for the International Music Academy this past weekend! 15 of our students competed at the Forum Young Artist Competition and all of them won prizes in various categories. Please join us in congratulating our students who won Honorable Mentions: Noelle, Eesha, and Maria We couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and dedication.
Take a look at the IMA duet team Matthew and Anjali celebrating first prize at the HMTA Ensemble competition.
Congratulations, Matthew and Anjali! 
Nathan Chiu performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a selected Grand Prize Virtuoso winner.
Congratulations, Nathan!
We have a big victory! Elias won First Place at the Kahan Prodigy Competition.
Congratulations, Elias!
IMA students had this incredible victories this past week at the HMTA Piano Contest.
Congratulations, all!! 
Bravo Nathan for a top score at the Forum Auditions at the University of Houston!
A huge congratulations to our duet team, Albert and Benjamin Yang, who will represent Texas for the second year in a row at the MTNA National Convention in the National Piano Duet Competition! What a huge accomplishment! 
Congratulations to Olivia, Biyun, and Elias who performed at the Winners Concert of the Baroque Competition this weekend! Swipe to see how we celebrated afterward with an epic game of sticks!
Congratulations, Jennifer, for getting first place at the Red Maple Music Competition! Based in Toronto, Red Maple Music Competition supports musicians of different ages and expertise and helps them be recognized on an international level by building a worldwide awareness of their accomplishments and providing a live performance platform 
Congratulations to Olivia, Maria, & Biyun for participating in the Baroque Festival with the full Bach Concerto!
Alexandra Wong got 2nd place in the Rocky Mountain Competition in the Advanced Keyboard Division. Congrats, Alexandra!!
Congratulations to Hiram Zhou on winning Second Award at the Artciál International Piano Competition!
Congratulations to Nathan Chiu on winning First Award at the Artciál International Piano Competition!
2023-2024
IMA medal winners from the Thirteenth International Chopin Youth Competition (October 2023) at the Kawai Piano Gallery in Houston:
- Gold Medalists Elias Yuen and Olivia He [Elementary Division]
- Silver Medalist Biyun Jiao [Junior Division]
- Bronze Medalist Leah Hong [Junior Division]
- Honorable mentions go to Matthew Zong and Audrey Huang.