WAMSO—Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association

Young Artist Competition Past Winners

1956          Kathryn Simpson             Piano 1957          James Bonn                      Piano 1958          James D. Johnson            Piano 1959          Sanford Margolis               Piano 1960          Mary Helen Schmidt          Piano 1961          Mary Almjeld                    Piano 1962          Peter Basquin                Piano 1963          Elsie Campbell Cadieux     Piano 1964          Daniel Chorzempa              Piano 1965          Won Mo Kim                   Violin Hal Blegen                      Trumpet 1966          Mary Kay Belanger           Piano 1967          Yuko Ninomiya                Violin 1968          James Taylor                  Trombone 1969          Nancy Pierce                  Cello 1970          Anne Leek                      Oboe 1971          Chan Hee Kim                Piano 1972          Rita Knuesel                   Saxophone 1973          Diane Lim                       Piano 1974          Mark Ulmer                     French Horn 1975          Cara Mia Antonello           Violin 1976          Neal Bolter                      French Horn 1977          John Mugge                    Piano 1978          Ick Choo Moon*                Piano 1979          William Preucil                Violin 1980          Frank Lee                       Violin 1981          Theresa Patton                Flute 1982          Jo Anne Fosselman         Oboe 1983          Pamela Arnstein               Violin 1984          Joan DeVee Dixon*           Piano 1985          Valerie Williams                Percussion 1986          Karen Lee                        Violin 1987          Rowena Hammill               Cello 1988          Sarah Kwak                     Violin 1989          Michael Strauss                Viola 1990-91    Jon Gjesme                Violin 1992          James Ehnes         Violin 1993          Nicholas Cords                Viola 1994          Mark Kosower*                Cello 1995          Lara Saint John                Violin 1996          Jeffrey Smith                  Percussion 1997          Scott Dasovich                Clarinet 1998          Angela Fuller                   Violin 1999          Matilda Kaul                    Violin 2000          Adriana LaRosa Ramson    Cello Ori Friedman                        Piano 2001          Wonny Song*                   Piano 2002          DaXun Zhang*                   Double Bass 2003          Lydia Hong*                       Violin 2004          Susie Kim                         Violin 2005          Nuiko Wadden                 Harp

* Indicates a Grand Award

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