Young Musicians Contest 2021

Ages 15-18: Sadie Goodman and Celine Hong

Sadie Goodman, age 16, is a high school sophomore in Westchester, NY. She was recently named a laureate of the 2020 Sound Espressivo International Competition, and, at age 13, was the 2018 winner of the Alexander and Buono International Flute Competition, for which she debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Goodman has won numerous competitions and concerto appearances, including the NYFC’s Young Musicians Contest (2016), Musical Club of Hartford, Norwalk Symphony, and the American Chamber Orchestra. She has been principal flutist with the Norwalk Youth Symphony for three years, the youngest to hold this position. Sadie also plays first flute in NY Youth Symphony’s chamber music program. She has performed in masterclasses with Carol Wincenc, Marina Piccinini, Alice Dade, Nina Assimakopoulos, Gergely Ittzes, Cobus du Toit, and Elise Shope Henry, and is a graduate of Burkart Academy. She studies with Adrianne Greenbaum.

Celine Hong, age 15, started playing the flute at age eight. She is currently attending the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, NJ, and the Manhattan School of Music’s pre-college division, where she studies with Soo-Kyung Park. In 2019, she received an honorable mention in the MSM Pre-College Concerto Competition for Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion, first place in the Elite International Music Competition, and first prize in the New York International Music Concours. She was also chosen as soloist winner of the New Sussex Symphony Karen Pinoci Young Artist Competition. Her private studies have been with Myung-Joo Ahn, Zara Lawler, and Yoobin Son.