The Thera Rabinowitch Award Competition

The Rabinowitch Competition was established in memory of piano teacher and Palo Alto Branch president, Thera Rabinowitch, by her family, to reward students of the Palo Alto Branch for both outstanding musical performance as well as community service.

There are two divisions: Junior and Senior.The Junior Division is for students in school grades 5-8; The Senior Division is for students in grades 9-12. There are usually three prizes for each Division.

The 2011 Rabinowitch Competition will take place in the Spring of 2011
Location TBA.

For any other questions regarding the rules, or any aspect of the competition, feel free to contact us:

Natalia Hanukai
Phone (408) 725-0780
E-mail:

Era Lifschitz
Phone (408) 446-3070
E-mail:

The Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition results for 2010

Junior Division

1st Place: Andrew Chan (student of Lena Grozman)
Karen Xia (student of Anna Rozovsky)

2nd Place: Henry Smolen (student of Christie Skousen)
Megan Wang (student of Natalia Hanukai)

3rd Place: Stephanie Sun (student of Era Lifschitz)
Sherry Lin (student of Anna Semyanovsky)

Senior Division

2nd Place: Brian Zeng (student of Haggai Niv)