Grant Winners
Since 1995 we have fulfilled a vital dream by awarding Career Grants to the most deserving of our uniquely gifted international emerging talents. Up to this point, Salon de Virtuosi (SDV) has endowed these young artists with over $600,000 in Grants. Each winner received $5,000.
2023
Renée Murphy, harp - BLANKSTEEN FAMILY FOUNDATION CAREER GRANT
Daniel Hodos, violin - ARTHUR W. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Merz Trio - KASHPER FAMILY FOUNDATION CAREER GRANT
Keila Wakao, violin - FUMI ONOYAMA CAREER GRANT
Ivalas Quartet - MONIQUE WARSHAW CAREER GRANT
2022
Miray Ito, violin - FUMI ONOYAMA CAREER GRANT
Derek Louie, cello - MONIQUE SCHOEN WARSHAW CAREER GRANT
Evren Ozel, piano - NOAH & RHODA BERLEY CAREER GRANT
Nikka Gershman-Pepper, flute - KASHPER FAMILY FOUNDATION CAREER GRANT
Daniel Rafimayeri, violin - ARTHUR W. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Ismael Guerrero, cello - KASHPER FAMILY FOUNDATION CAREER GRANT
Amira and Mariam Abouzahra, violin and viola - BLANKSTEEN FAMILY FOUNDATION CAREER GRANT
2021
Sterling Elliott, cello - NOAH & RHODA BERLEY CAREER GRANT
Randall Goosby, violin - KASHPER FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT
Quartet Amabile - JCCI CAREER GRANT
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano - FUMI ONOYAMA CAREER GRANT
Ulysses Quartet - DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN FOUNDATION GRANT
Elliot Wuu, piano - PRIOR FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT in Memory of Seymour Lipkin
Kevin Zhu, violin - MONIQUE SCHOEN WARSHAW GRANT
2020
Albert Cano Smit, piano - PRIOR FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT
Rémi Geniet, piano - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Moné Hattori, violin - JCCI GRANT
Alexander Hersh, cello - DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN FOUNDATION GRANT
Sooah Jeon, flute - MIRIAM & ARTHUR DIAMOND CHARITABLE TRUST GRANT
Hina and Fiona Khuong-Huu, violin - KASHPER FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT
Nathan Meltzer, violin - MONIQUE SCHOEN WARSHAW GRANT
Zac Zinger, composer and multi-instrumentalist - FUMI ONOYAMA GRANT
2019
Zlatomir Fung, cello – MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
Minami Yoshida, violin – JCCI GRANT
Yi-Nuo Wang, piano – DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Yesong Sophie Lee, violin – ARTHUR W. DIAMOND FOUNDATION GRANT
Madeline Olso, harp – HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Anna Han, piano – PRIOR FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT In Memory of Seymour Lipkin
2018
Argus Quartet – MARA & ARIK KASHPER GRANT
Janice Carissa, piano – MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
Ririko Takagi, violin – JCCI GRANT
Reed Tetzloff, piano – DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Danbi Um, violin – ARTHUR W. DIAMOND GRANT
William Wei, violin – HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
2017
The Aizuri Quartet – JCCI GRANT
Ania and Piotr Filowchowski, Violin Duo – BARBARA BROOKES/ARTHUR W. DIAMOND GRANT
Ariel Horowitz. Violin – GRANT IN HONOR OF MARA KASHPER
Asi Matathias – DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Indrayuddh Majumder, Sarod, and Dibyarka Chatterjee, Tabla – ERIKA WHITE GRANT IN HONOR OF CHARLOTTE WHITE
Drew Petersen, Piano – MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
Olivier Stankiewicz, Oboe – MARA & ARIK KASHPER GRANT
Yun-Chin Zhou – HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
2016
Chang Pan, cellist & Ronaldo Rolim, pianist - DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Rieko Tsuchida, pianist - SONY - USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Josef Spacek, violinist & Miroslav Sekera, pianist - MARA AND ARIK KASHPER GRANT
Wei Luo, pianist - BARBARA BROOKES/ARTHUR W. DIAMOND FOUNDATION GRANT
The Aeolus String Quartet - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
2015
Bridget Kibbey, harpist - SONY - USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Sara Daneshpour, pianist - BARBARA BROOKES/ARTHUR W. DIAMOND FOUNDATION GRANT
Sean Lee, violinist - DAVID & GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Baron Fenwick, pianist - MONIQUE SCHOEN - WARSHAW GRANT
Nathan Chan, cellist - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Gabor Bretz, bass - MARA AND ARIK KASHPER GRANT
2014
Emi Ferguson, flutist - DAVID&GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Kensho Watanabe, violinist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Gideon Whitehead, guitarist - MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
Bela Horvath, violinist - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Balazs Fulei, pianist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
2013
Avi Avital, mandolinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Paul Huang, violinist - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Naomi Kudo, pianist - ERICA JONG Grant in honor of the late Seymour Mann
Sivan Magen, harpist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
The Claremont Piano Trio - DAVID&GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
2012
Vassily Primakov, pianist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
James Kim, cellist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
The Amphion String Quartet - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Noemi Gyori, flutist - DAVID&GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Erika Mitsui, violinist - MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
2011
Tanya Gabrielian, pianist - CAREER GRANT
Hans Kristian Goldstein, cellist - CAREER GRANT
Eldar Djangirov, pianist - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Elena Urioste, violinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Conrad Tao, pianist-composer - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
2010
Yves Dharamraj, cellist - DAVID&GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Claire Huangci, pianist - CAREER GRANT
Moran Katz, clarinetist - GREENBERG GRANT
Jason Vieaux, guitarist - CAREER GRANT
Ryo Yanagitani, pianist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Di Wu, pianist - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
Maron Khouri, flutist - MONIQUE SCHOEN-WARSHAW GRANT
in honor of CHARLOTTE WHITE
2009
Tiffany Poon, pianist - DAVID&GOLDIE BLANKSTEEN GRANT
Istvan Vardi, cellist - HELEN ROOSEVELT GRANT
Roman Rabinovich, pianist - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
The Soyulla Duo, violinist & cellist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
2008
Mayuko Kamio, violinist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Varshavsky&Shapiro, piano duo - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
Ashu, saxophonist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Erno Feher, pianist - CONSULATE OF HUNGARY'S CAREER GRANT
Matei Varga, pianist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Allesio Bax, pianist - SONY - USA FOUNDATION GRANT
2007
Erno Kallai, violinist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Bella Hristova, violinist - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
2006
Kyung Jun Kim, violinist - CAREER GRANT
Mihai Marica, cellist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Chen Reiss, soprano - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Amit Peled, cellist - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
Yevgeny Kutik , violinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
2005
Mark Kosower, cellist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitarist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Andrea Lam, pianist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Tengstrand-Sun, piano duo - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
Amy & Ray Iwazumi, violin duo - ALICE STRAUS GRANT
2004
Alex Fiterstein, clarinetist - JUDGE SCHWARTZ GRANT
Alon Goldstein, pianist - MARGALIT MEIDAR GRANT
James Lent, pianist - HARPERS GRANT
Arnaud Sussman, violinist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Jesus Castro Balbi, cellist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Kenneithia Mitchell, soprano - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
2003
Francisco Finck, violinist - ALICE STRAUS GRANT
Carolina Singer, cellist - SONY-USA GRANT
Saleem Aboud Ashkar & Shai Wosner, piano duo - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
2002
Shota Nakano, pianist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Kristin Lee, violinist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Catrin Finch, harpist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
2001
Dmitri Berlinski, violinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Sarah & Susan Wang, piano duo - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
Dmitri Shteinberg, pianist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
2000
Mikhail Simonyan, violinist - ZIPKIN GRANT
Alban Gerhardt, cellist - CAREER GRANT
Ori Friedman, pianist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Stefan Milankovich, violinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Daria Robotkina, pianist - VALERIE B. SCHWARTZ GRANT
1999
David Bodemann, "Music Education For the Young” -
ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Joyce Yang, pianist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Jerusalem Piano Trio, trio - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Chuan Yun Li, violinist - CAREER GRANT
Igor Begelman, clarinetist - CAREER GRANT
1998
Igor Leshishin, oboist - CAREER GRANT
Monique McDonald, soprano - CAREER GRANT
Shunsuke Sato, violinist - SONY-USA FOUNDATION GRANT
Borislav Strulev, cellist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
Daniel Gortler, pianist - CAREER GRANT
1997
Zvi Plesser, cellist - CAREER GRANT
Philip Quint, violinist - ARTHUR B. DIAMOND CAREER GRANT
1996
Ole Akahoshi, cellist - CAREER GRANT
Alejandro Vela, pianist - CAREER GRANT
Karen Gomyo, violinist - CAREER GRANT
1995
Terrence Wilson, pianist - CAREER GRANT