Piano students at Carnegie Mellon University's Music Preparatory School won two grand prizes and eight medals at the 2005 World Piano Competition. The competition, held in early July in Cincinnati, awards cash prizes and the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall, the United Nations and Moscow this fall. The students from Carnegie Mellon competed in the Young Artist Division. Its winners were: Joy Hou, Venetia, and Tara Lee, Murrysville (gold medal and grand prize); Angela Zhang, Mars (gold); Meiqin Zhou, Pittsburgh, Michelle Lee, Wexford and Jessica Lin, Pittsburgh (silver); Stephanie Guo, Pittsburgh, and Jingnan Hou, Venetia (bronze).

-- Andrew Druckenbrod, Post-Gazette classical music critic