Gaby Sipen
Gaby is a top prizewinner of many regional and state competitions, including the Glendale Piano Competition, SYMF Solo and Young Musician Competitions, MTAC State Solo Competition, and CAMPT State Honor Auditions. She was awarded Fifth Place at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and received a special award for the best performance of any concert etude. She has performed in Poland, France, and United States in venues including Colburn Hall, Skirball Center, Richard Nixon Library, and Żelazowa Wola (Chopin’s birthplace).
Gaby made her orchestral debut at the age of 12 with the Southwest Youth Festival Orchestra. She has performed with the Los Angeles Bach Festival Orchestra, Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra, and International Music Festival Orchestra in Zamość, Poland.
Gaby has participated in master classes with Edward Wolanin, Pavel Nersessian, Eteri Andjaparidze, Vitaly Margulis, Natalia Troull, Dina Joffe, Dmitry Rachmanov, and Wojciech Kocyan.
In addition to her piano studies, Gaby is interested in neuroscience, having earned a B.S. in Psychobiology with highest distinction from UCLA.
Adrien Ramos
Accepted by Peabody Conservatory, the Mannes College of Music, and UCLA, and Adrien will attend the USC Thornton School of Music to study with Bernadene Blaha.
Adrien has been awarded First Prize in many city, regional, and state competitions, and received Third Prize in the Los Angeles Liszt International Piano Competition and the Lansum International Piano Competition.
He has given solo performances in Poland and performed in chamber music recitals in Zipper Hall of the Colburn School of Music, and has participated in master classes with Edward Wolanin, David Garrett, Martin Beaver, Che-Yen Chen, and Baruch Meir. Prior to USC, Adrien studied piano with Larissa Rachmanova and Róża Kostrzewska Yoder.
Dominik Yoder
Dominik directed unusual passion and determination toward music from a very young age, beginning piano studies at the age of two on his own initiative. His playing has been described as “authoritative and lyrical, a powerful technique spiced with an impish sense of humor.”
He received the Gold Medal in the 2018 Kosciuszko Foundation Competition for Young Pianists in Washington, D.C. and he was awarded First Prize in many local, regional, and state competitions. Recently he won the Grand Prize in the Redlands Competiton.
Dominik has performed in Żelazowa Wola (the birthplace of Frederic Chopin) and elsewhere in Poland, Puerto Rico, Germany, and the United States in solo recital, and he has performed with the Culver City Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Youth Chamber Music Festival Orchestra, and the Hollywood Orchestra in Redlands Bowl. He has performed on Polish television and radio, and has participated in master classes with Dina Joffe, Eteri Andjaparidze, Edward Wolanin, Alexander Korsantoa, Boris Berman, Dmitry Rachmanov, Wojciech Kocjan, Jura Margolis, and Antoinette Perry. He will be competing in the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competiton.
Dominik will be in twelfth grade and enjoys surfing, rock climbing, and astrophysics. He studies piano with Róża Kostrzewska Yoder.