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Zhang Yifan

Gifted Young Pianists Course

To date, Zhang Yifan, age 16, has clinched many significant
awards; his recent achievements include Senior Category
Winner and Overall Grand Winner at the Young Talents
Project 2017; Gold Prize in the Junior C category, as well as
Top Prize in the Open category, at the Singapore-Asia Youth
Piano Competition 2017; Second Prize in the Young Talents
category at the 1 Singapore International Festival of Music
st
Competition 2017; First Prize in Youth (Junior) Class D and
First Prize in the Debussy Class at the 2018 Singapore
International Piano Elite Invitational Competition; and Third
Prize in the Piano Intermediate category at the National
Piano & Violin Competition 2017. He is also a finalist of the
nd
22 Japan PIARA Piano Competition.

Tay Wan Ni

Gifted Young Pianists Course

Tay Wan Ni, age 16, has many significant awards
under her belt, which most recently include First
Prize in the Piano Intermediate category at the
National Piano & Violin Competition 2017; Gold
Prize in the Junior C category, as well as Top Prize
in the Open category, at the Singapore-Asia Youth
Piano Competition 2017; and First Distinction in
the Young Talents category at the 1 Singapore
st
International Festival of Music Competition 2017.
She also recently won a place in the finals of the
22 Japan PIARA Piano Competition.
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Sarah Lim Li En

Junior Art

Sarah Lim Li En was awarded First Prize at the
My Army Idol Art Competition, organised by the
Singapore Discovery Centre. Her artwork was
exhibited at the Army Open House in May 2017.
In October 2017, she also won the First Prize in
Category C (10 – 12 years old ) at the Octoburst!
Drawing Competition organised by the Esplanade.

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