Visiting Presenter
GOCAA Music Competition
Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association (GOCAA) presents
The 10th Annual International Music Competition
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM
The Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association (GOCAA) is a Non-profit Arts Association recognized by the U.S. Federal Government ( Approval Number: 47-45494244 ). As a comprehensive artistic organization, GOCAA members are active in many forms of arts including musical arts, visual arts, dance, and other art forms.
The San Diego Preliminary will be held on April 22, 2023 at Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. More than one hundred contestants will compete in piano, string and vocal categories and the first and second prize of each division goes to the final in New York and Boston.
The awards and performance concert invites well-known musicians from local, Orange and Los Angeles, featuring Yuko Maruyama, Yingying Zhang, Yihan Chen, Justin Hansen, Dan Yu, Wei Feng, Paul Tseng, Rob Watson, Xuefeng Wang, Meixuan Li and many others.
GOCAA International Music Competition San Diego 2023
Award Ceremony & Performing Concert Opening & Program List Rundown
Opening Act 1: Sonatina Op.36, No.2, Muzio Clementi (1752 – 1832)
Piano: Ethan Dang
Opening Act 2: Sonata No.8, Op.13, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano: Haocheng Wang GOCAA Guest San Francisco
Opening Act 3: Waltz in C# minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Piano: Ada Zhang GOCAA Guest San Francisco
Opening Act 4: Caprice No. 13 Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840)
Violin: Mewa Liao
Opening Act 5: Sonata No.19, Op.49 No.1 2nd Movement, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano: Winnie Zhang GOCAA Guest San Francisco
Opening Act 6: Sonatina Op. 36, No.6, 1st movement Muzio Clementi (1752 – 1832)
Piano: John Zhang GOCAA Guest San Francisco
Awarding 3rd Prize
1 Violin Ensemble: Bourree, J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
Hope Violin Ensemble: Vivian Guo, Claire Muyang Ren, Kathy Yang, Parker Ai
2 Duo in D Major, Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)
Cello: Lining Sun, Cello: Yuxin Li
3 Guzheng Ensemble: Battling the Typhoon, Changyuan Wang (1946 – )
Chinese Zither Ensemble: Ethan Guo, Lily Guo, Sarah Wu, Grace Ma
4 Piano Solo: “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit, Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Piano: Wendy Wang
5 Taking Wine, Meixuan Li
Soprano: Hualing Zhong, Piano: Meixuan Li
6 You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel), Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979)
Soprano: Wei Feng, Piano: Dan Yu
7 On Wings of Song, Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Violin: Stanley Xuefeng Wang, Piano: Dan Yu
8 Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) IV. Allegro mosso
Cello: Paul Tseng, Piano: Justin Hansen
9 My Funny Valentine, Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979), Lorenz Hart (1895 – 1943) Jazz Piano
Solo: Yuko Maruyama
10 Concert Polonaise, David Popper (1843 – 1913)
Cello: YingYing Zhang, Piano: Yin Lin
Awarding 2nd Prize
11 Liuyang River, Jianzhong Wang (1933 – 2016)
Flute and Drums at Sunset, Yinghai Li (1927 – 2007)
Piano Solo: Dan Yu
12 Tune of Rainbow Cloud, Zhou Yuguo
Guzheng Solo: Haowei Cheng, Piano: Nuojun Wang
13 King Chu Doffs His Armour, Traditional
Pipa Solo: Yihan Chen
14 Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
I. Molto Allegro ed Agitato
Violin: Qinyu Zhong, Cello: YingYing Zhang, Piano: Meixuan Li
Awarding 1st Prize