The 2012 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.

2012 time and location TBA

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 three prizes for each Division.

The 2012 Rabinowitch Competition

Rabinowitch Award Application

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 2011

Junior Division:

1st place....Henry Smolen (teacher Christie Skousen)

2nd place....Miranda Shum (teacher Lena Grozman)

3rd place….Karen Xia (Anna Rozovsky) and Prachi Kale (Sofiya Kabansky)

Honorable Mention:
Charlotte Parque (Haggai Niv)
Christine Wey (Kin-Wing Hung)
Nellie Taratorin (Era Lifschitz)
Megan Wang (Natalia Hanukai)
Michael Luo (Haggai Niv)
Mena R. Wang (Sofi Dediashvili)
Jessica Kur (Christie Skousen)
Stephanie Sun (Era Lifschitz)

Senior Division:

1st place........Victoria Zhang (Haggai Niv)

2nd place.......Brian Zeng (Haggai Niv)

3rd place.......Douglas Yao (Lena Grozman) and Gene Wong ( Natalia Hanukai)

Honorable Mention:
Seohyun Sofia Jung (Sofi Dediashvili)
Edward Wang (Anna Rozovsky)
Alexander Tong (Haggai Niv)
Stacey Yi (Haggai Niv)
Alison Ang (Anna Semyanovsky)