Congratulations to Daniel Qi, winner of the 2025 Christine Kim Young Artist Award!

Daniel will perform Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 1 at the April 10 Jasper Chamber Concerts Season Finale.

Daniel Qi studies violin with Charles Parker at Temple Music Prep’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians. He made his orchestral debut at age 11 and has since performed as a soloist with Ocean City Pops, Newark Symphony Orchestra, Temple Music Prep Youth Chamber Orchestra, and Wilmington Community Orchestra. In 2025, he won national first place in the MTNA Senior String Competition. A semifinalist of the 2025 Cooper International Violin Competition and a finalist of the 2020 Philadelphia Orchestra Albert M. Greenfield Competition, Daniel has earned numerous awards and scholarships. He has played in masterclasses with distinguished violinists and ensembles. An avid chamber and orchestral musician, Daniel was a member of Carnegie Hall’s NYO2 in 2023 and has served as concertmaster of the Delaware All-State Orchestra. His piano trio has twice reached the quarterfinals of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He has attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival and Boston University Tanglewood Institute and will join the Heifetz International Music Institute senior division this summer. Passionate about community outreach, he performs regularly at local retirement homes. Beyond music, Daniel excels academically as a Math League member, USNCO National Exam qualifier, and captain of his school’s varsity Mock Trial team. In 2024, he was named Delaware’s first “Student of the Week”; through an online poll. He also enjoys soccer and painting, earning regional Gold Key awards in the Scholastic Art Competition.

2025 Judge

Sibbi Bernhardsson
Professor of Violin, Oberlin Conservatory
Director, Cooper International Competition for violin

2025 Christine Kim
Young Artist Award

The application for 2025 is closed. Please check back in January 2026 for information about the 2026 Award.

Established in 2024 by Jasper Chamber Concerts, the Christine Kim Young Artist Award, is an annual award given to a string player or string chamber ensemble displaying extraordinary artistry performing an 8-15 minute work written after 1980. The winner receives a prize of $500 and an invitation to perform on the Jasper Chamber Concerts Series Finale.

Award: $500 and performance at the Season Finale of Jasper Chamber Concerts on April 10, 2025 at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia, PA

Eligibility: String players under the age of 22 as of May 1, 2025. Open to solo instrumentalists and string ensembles up to four (4) players. All members of ensembles must meet the age requirement and be available to perform on April 10, 2025 at Jasper Chamber Concerts. Please note, ensembles with piano are not eligible at this time.

Repertoire: A piece for solo string or string ensemble written in or after 1980 with a duration of 8-15 minutes. Works with piano are not eligible. The winning repertoire from the previous competition year will not be eligible for one year (2024: SEVEN for solo cello by Andrea Casarrubios).

Christine Kim Young Artist Award Winners

2025: Daniel Qi, violin (Rhapsody No. 1 by Jessie Montgomery)

2024: Aaron Liu, cello (SEVEN for solo cello by Andrea Casarrubios)