Sunday, July 30, 2017

Riley Kong | 3rd Prize | Piano 2017 | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition


Riley Kong, 12, currently studies with Lena Grozman. Riley has won 2nd place in 2017 San Francisco Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (age 10-12); 2nd California state final for 2017 CAPMT contemporary competition; 1st, alternate 1st and 3rd place on Contemporary, Honors Competition, Concerto in 2015-17 CAPMT district2; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in USOMC on various categories; best Chinese performance in 2016 USIMC; first prize on Best Chopin and Bach performance in 2017 Great Composers Competitions.

Besides playing piano, Riley also enjoys reading books, competing in math, robotics, geography bees, and volunteering.