April 10, 2025

Here are the MSM students who are winners of the Artur Balsam Competition that took place in March at MSM. The competition, which is held biennially at MSM, challenges duos to perform at their highest level.

The winners’ concert was held on March 28 in Greenfield Hall.

Pictured above: Second-place winners Wenqi Ke (DMA candidate), violin, and Yinan Wu (MM ’26), piano.

1st Place Winner

Sohyun Ko (BM ’27), violin
Yadi Liang (MM ’16, MM ’18, DMA Candidate), piano

Sohyun is a student of Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec 
Yadi is a student of Haesook Rhee 

2nd Place Winner

Wenqi Ke (DMA Candidate), violin
Yinan Wu (MM ’26), piano

Wenqi is a student of Todd Phillips and Nicholas Mann 
Yinan is a student of Marc Silverman 

3rd Place Winner

Jonah Murphy (BM ’22, MM ’24, PS ’25), flute
Ching-Chia Lin (DMA Candidate), piano

Jonah is a student of Michael Parloff
Ching-Chia is a student of Heasook Rhee

Honorable Mention

Sakira Fujimoto (MM ’25), clarinet
Yuantong Bai (MM ’21, DMA Candidate), piano

Sakira is a student of Charles Neidich
Yuantong is a student of Heasook Rhee