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Lucas Tam, 14

at the Ten Grands Top ten competition, Portland, Oregon

Ruohan Huang, 11

Performing in the ICS Masterworks Recital All-Bach program, Bellevue WA

Jimmy Huang,8

Performing in the Pacific International Piano Competition, Seattle, WA


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AWARDS

  

  • ICS, Inc is now an ALL-STEINWAY SCHOOL!

  • Dr.Balabanova has been awarded TOP TEACHER in SEATTLE in 2021, 2022, 2023!
  • Dr.Balabanova received STEINWAY TEACHER HALL OF FAME AWARD !

2025

FRENCH INTERNATIONAL

GRAND PRIX-  OWEN and BRIAN WU

GOLD-BRIAN WU, COURTEMY TAM

SILVER-ELIANA CHO, MIYAKO BERMAN, JOYCE YE

BRONZE- YUXIN SUN, BRANDON YANG


CHOPIN COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX CONCERTO-JOYCE YE


SIMON_FISET COMPETITION

1st PLACE STATE RECITALIST- JIMMY HUANG

BEST FIRSTTIMER-YUXIN SUN


SCMTA SONATA FESTIVAL

GOLD MEDALS: PERRIE LAM-DOUBLE GOLD,

BRANDON YANG, SUNNEY SHI, ELLA CHUNG, ELIANA CHO, GAVIN XI

SILVER MEDALS: CLAIRE SHAN,FARAH BEYDOUN, AISHA BEYDOUN, KEVIN FAN


SCMTA SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

1st PLACE-6th GRADE-BRANDON YANG

1st PLACE-7TH GRADE_YILING SUN

1st PLACE-9TH GRADE-RADMILA SABIROVA

1st PLACE 10TH GRADE-KEVIN FAN


KMA COMPETITION

GOLD MEDAL-JIMMY HUANG

SILVER-COURTNEY TAM


SYAMFA CONCERTO FINALS

MIYAKO BERMAN-ALTERNATE WINNER PERFORMS with PHILHARMONIA NORTHWEST!


SYAMFA GOLD SEALS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

MIYAKO BERMAN_SOLO and CONCERTO

JOYCE YE-SOLO and CONCERTO

ALLISON LIN-SOLO and XCONCERTO

RADMILA SABIROVA-SOLO and CONCERTO

COURTNEY TAM-CONCERTO


CLARA WELLS NATONAL SCHOLARSHIP

COURTNEY TAM


SEATTLE PIANO INSTITUTE

YILING SUN, BRANDON YOUNG


ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF CANADA SUMMER INTENSIVE

YILING SUN


CHICAFGO MUSIC INSTITUTE SUMMER IMTENSIVE

BRIAN WU



2024:

In the 2024 September-December our class has won:

10 STUDENTS won BEST of FESTIVAL in the EMTA MUSIC ERA and JAZZ  - 


13 STUDENTS won Gold Medals in Time Era, Pacific Northwest, Bellevue Symphony concerto,  German International


8 STUDENTS won Silver Medals in German International, Bellevue Symphony Concerto, Russian, 


3 STUDENTS performed in Carnegie Hall as Protege/Virtuoso WInners


2 STUDENTS performed Concerti with Pacifica Chamber orchestra and Mukilteo Orchestra


Jimmy Huang won Alernate in the Junior MTNA 

Courtney Tam won HM in the Senior MTNA


10 students won Gold, Silver and HM in Concerto competitions




CONGRATULATUIONS TO ALLSION ON WINNING THE FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND THE MATTHAY CONFERENCE AT PEPPERDINE 

UNIVERSITY

JIMMY ON WINNING THE SPOT TO ATTEND OBERLIN SUMMER PROGRAM

JOYCE ON WINNING ONE OF THE 24 SPOTS TO ATTEND CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC SUMMER SEMINAR

 AND

SEATTLE PIANO INSTITUTE


CONGRATULATIONS to Winners of

EXCELLENCE IN MUSiC AWARDS!

Courtney Tam  1st Place

Kevin Fan   1st Place


Pacific Northwest International Competition


Brandon-Most Memorable Performance Award

Gold medals

Allison

Brandon

Brian

Silver Medal

Miyako

Courtney

Radmila

Bronze medal

Yiling


Sanford WErtight Chamber Music Competition

Gold Medals:

Aisha and Farah, 

Aisha and Miyako, 

Eliana and Olivia, 

Jaden and Claire,  

Yiling and Yuxin, 

Ella and Elijah,

 Jaden and Lucas

 Joyce and Elijah!  


Sonafest:

Gold: Yuxin, Aisha, Brian, Yiling

Siver: Eliana, Miyako, Brandon, Jimmy, Courtney

Bronze: Perrie, Claire

Honorable Mention: Sunney, Jaden


Ana Rollins Scholarship

Allison 1st Place

Jaden 1st Place

Gavin 2nd Place


SYAMFA   CONCERTO PLAY-OFFS

JIMMY-WINNER

BRANDON-WINNER

Peformance with PHIHARMONIA NORTHWEST symphony orchestra



International French Competition

Outstanding Performance:  Gold medalss plus performance at the Meydenbauer Center

Aisha

Miyako

Joyce

Brian



CHOPIN COMPETITION 2024

CONCERTO-GOLD MEDAL Courtney

GOLD MEDALS:

Jimmy

Joyce

Radmila

SILVER -Miyako

Bronze-Courtney

Honorable mention Allison


SCMTA SONATA?SONATINA

16 GOLD  MEDALS!


SYAMFA

GOLD SEALS:

Joyce, Brandon, Courtney, Jimmy, Radmila

CONCERTO WINNERS:

JIMMY, BRANDON


American Protege

1st place Brian Wu


SUMMER PROGRAMS:

OBERLIN-JIMMY

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC-JOYCE

CLARA WELLS FULL SCHOLARSHIP -ALLISON


ROYAL CONSERVATORY of CANADA Exams

ARCT COUNTERPOINT JImmy

ARCT HARMONY JIMMY

ARCT ANALYSIS JIMMY

LEVEL 10 PERFORMANCE KEVIN


Fall 2023:

EMTA TIME ERA BAROQUE FESTIVAL

15 GOLD MEDALS!

BEST of FESTIVAL

Yuxin, Joyce, Radmila, Gavin


EMTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

13 GOLD MEDALS!

BEST OF FESTIVAL

Brandon, Radmila, Joyce, Miyako, Owen G., Jaden


BELLEVUE SYMPHONY CONCERTO COMPETITION

Platinum Award  -Jimmy

Bronze-Radmila, Allison


SCMTA CONCERTO COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX Courtney

WINNERS 

Joyce, Yiling, Brandon


PERFORMANCE with MUKILTEO ORCHESTRA

Brandon, Joyce, Yiling


PERFORMANCE WITH EVERETT PHYLHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Courtney


PERFORMANCE with THE CASCADE SYMPHONY

COMPLETE CONCERTO

Jimmy


Charleston International Competition 

2nd place Miyako

1st place Brian

2nd place Owen Wu


AMERICAN VIRTUOSO COMPETITION

1st place Brian Wu

!st place Owen WU

Carnegie Hall performance






Dr.Balabanova has been names TEACHER OF THE MONTH TWO YEARS in a row by the CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION!


SANFORD WRIGHT CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

DOUBLE GOLD MEDALISTS in Classical and Non Classical

AIsha Beydoun and Miyako Berman

Yiling and Yuxin Sun

SANFORD WRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Yiling and Yuxin Sun

Silver Medals

Jaden and Claire Shan

Owen and Jesse Greene


AMERICAN VIRTUOSO WINNERS

PERFORMANCE at CARNEGIE HALL

Allison Lin

Brian Wu

Courtney Tam


NORTHERN LIGHTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

GOLD MEDAL IMPRESSINISTIC CATEGORY

COURTNEY TAM

SIlVER MEDAL CONTEMPORARY

COURTNEY TAM


LONDON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

GOLD MEDALS

Brian Wu

Owen Wu



CONGRATULATIONS to JImmy Huang on making the prestigious SYAMFA Concerto play-offs on his first try!


SONAFEST Competition Bellevue:


GOLD Medals: 

Yuxin, Brandon, Jimmy, Yiling, Kevin, Allison

Silver: Courtney

Bronze: Julian, Miyako, Joyce

Honorable Mention: Perrie, Sunney. Harper, Jesse, Shan Wey



SCMTA SONATA/SONATINA festival results:


GOLD Medals-Yixin, Aisha, Kevin, Gavin, Courtney, Jimmy, Joyce, Perrie, Allison, Yiling, Brandon, Julian


Silver Medals: Miyako, Sunney, Harper,

Bronze: Jesse


CONGRATULATIONS TO COURTNEY TAM, FInalist in the SEATTLE SYMPHONY Young Artists auditions!


Chopin NORTHWEST Festival and Competition:

GRAND PRIX CONCERTO WINNER-JIMMY HUANG!

Gold Medal-Brandon Yang

Silver Medal-Joyce Ye

Silver Medal-Kevin Fan

Bronze Medal-Yiling Sun

Bronze Medal Concerto-Courtney Tam


French Music Inaguaral Piano Competition

Gold Medal-Brandon Yang

Silver Medal-Courtney Tam

Silver Medal-Jaden Shan

Silver Medal-Miyako Berman

Silver Medal-Yuxin Sun

Silver Medal-Aisha Beydoun


AMERICAN VIRTUOSO 1st Prize WINNER in the Young Artist Category-COURTNEY TAM!


Holiday recital at Steinway Gallery Seattle was a huge success!


Congratulations to Jimmy Huang, Ruohan Huang, Allison Lin on winning the highly selective SCMTA Concerto competition!


2022 European International Piano Competition

Brian Wu, 1st Prize


CONGRATULATIONS to RUOHAN HUANG, Seattle Symphony Young Artists Audiitons WINNER! RUOHAN performed Mozart Concerto K.453 with Seatlle Symphony at Benaroya Hall Mark Taper Auditorium!



Pacific Northwest competition 2022:

Gavin-Gold,

Brandon-Gold,

Joyce-Silver,

Brian-Silver,

Jimmy-HM,

Courtney-Gold

Time Era Festival 2022:

Jimmy-Best of Festival

Joyce-Best of Festival

Owen Wu-Best of Festival

Gavin-Medal of excellence

Courtney-Medal of excellence

Andrew-Medal of excellence PLUS

Kevin-Medal of excellence

Jaden-Medal of excellence

Claire-Medal of excellence

Yiling-Medal of excellence

Perrie-Medal of excellence

Miyako-Medal of excellence

Brian-Medal of excellence

Aisha-Medal of excellence



Pacific Concerto Competition 2022

Jimmy Huang-GOLD Medal, will perform on March 5  with Bellevue Chamber Orchestra

Ruohan Huang-Silver Medal

Courtney Tam-Silver Medal

Gavin Xi (10)-performed and recorded Bach Concerto in F Minor

Brandon Yang-(9) performed and recorded Haydn Concerto in D Major

These students worked extra hard during summer and early fall! Congratulations on the work well done!

Seattle Chamber Music Academy Jimmy Huang and Courtney Tam have been accepted into this highly selective program and are studying full time with the best Faculty from UW and principal musicians from Seattle Symphony
Jazz, Rag and Blues Festival
Courtney Tam-Best of Festival in Rags, Senior division 

Gavin Xi-Best of Festival in Rags, Junior Division

Yiling Sun, Alternate Best of Festival in Jazz, Junior Division

Aisha Beydoun, Alternate Best of Festival in Blues, Junior Division

Gold Star recognition for Excellence

Jessie Greene, Harper Chang, Myako Berman, Owen Greene, Claire Shan, Jaden Shan ,Kevin Fan ,Joyce Ye CONGRATULATIONS to ALL!











!ICS students earned OUTSTANDING RECORD-BREAKING 13 MEDALS at the CHOPIN COMPETITION 2021!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES!


Congrats to TILMAN SEIDE on wining the BEST of JAZZ festival 2021!


CONGRATULATIONS to ANDREW JIANG on passing the Royal Conservatory LEVEL 10 Piano Performance test!



OUR HOLIDAY COOKBOOK is here! See section below.


Dr. Yelena Balabanova received the prestigious TEACHER OF DISTINCTION 2020 AWARD from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Canada! 


Dr.Balabanova is recognized by the Recognition Certificate for Outstanding Professionalism and Artistic Mastery by the World Piano Teachers Association!


Six students receive the Best of Festival Awards in EMTA Time Era Festival! Plus, multiple Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.


5 Students are awarded the Best Beethoven Performance in the Pacific Northwest competition!

Plus, Ruohan Huang won Silver and Jimmy Huang won Bronze in the Concerto Division!


Lucas Tam, Courtney Tam, Ruohan Huang and Jimmy Huang, win top Prizes in the Singapore International competition!


Lucas tam and Courtney won Silver and Bronze in the Steinway Virtual Regional Competition! Jimmy Huang won the Gold!


Congratulations to Courtney Tam, 12, on passing with First Honors the level 10 Complete Practical Exam from the Royal Conservatory of Music! This is the most comprehensive and challenging international test for piano students.


Dr, Yelena Balabanova is featured in the Toastmasters International Magazine, June 2020:

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2020/june/music-a-universal-language




 




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