2016 Steinway/Avanti Future Stars
Piano Competition
Winner's Recital

Sponsored by Caio Pagano and the A vanti Fund,
a nonprofit charitable organization
ASU Katzin Hall
November 5,2016 5 p.m

Program
Sonata in C Hob: XVI/50. L.60
I.
Allegro

Joseph Haydn

Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op.27 n°1
Jessica Zhang

Frederic Chopin

Cameron Williams

Jessica Zhang is a 14-year old freshman at Corona del Sol High School.
She has been studying piano with Mrs. Hong Zhu since age 5. Jessica has
participated in piano concerts and has won multiple prizes in competitions
over the past few years, including first place in the 2016 Steinway A vanti
Future Stars Piano Competition, first prize in the Phoenix Youth Symphony
Young Musicians Competition, third place in the 2015 Arizona MusicFest
Piano Competition, second place in the 2015 Arizona Young Artist Piano
Competition, and first place in the East Valley Music Teachers Association
Piano Competition in the years 2013 and 2015. Jessica has been winner of
the Desert Valley Music Teachers Association Piano Competition in many
years. Jessica also plays violin in her school's chamber orchestra. In the past
few years, she has participated in the Scripps Spelling Bee in her district as
well as math competitions in Arizona. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys
swimming, playing badminton, and oil painting.
Cameron Williams hails from Tucson, Arizona where he is an honor
student at Basis Tucson North. Cameron currently studies piano with Tannis
Gibson and his past teachers include Dr.Kim Hayashi and Kay Couch. He
has received scholarships to attend the Indiana University Piano Academy,
California's Montecito Music Festival, Interlochen Summer Arts Festival
and the International Institute of Young Musicians at the University of
Kansas. Cameron has won numerous honors as a pianist, including a livebroadcast performanceon NPR's "From The Top." He was First Prize
Winner in the MTNA 2015-2016 Arizona Senior Competition and named
Southwest Division Alternate in the subsequent MTNA Competition. He has
received first place awards in several local competitions including the 2014
Tucson Symphony's Young Artist Competition and the Arizona State
MusicTeachers Honors Recital. Cameron has performed with the Tucson
Symphony Orchestra, playing Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No.2.

Gargoyles op.29
Lowell Liebermann
I.
Presto
II.
Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
III.
Allegro moderato
IV.
Presto feroce
Junior Winner

Jessica Zhang
Intermission

Prelude and Fugue in E major, WTC II

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata op.10 n°3
I.
Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven

Apres une lecture de DanteFantasia quasi Sonata
Senior Winner

Cameron Williams

Franz Liszt