Musicians

Aditya Subramanian is a rising senior at Stratford Preparatory Blackford in San Jose, California. As a junior, he cofounded this organization with Arjun Surendar in December 2024. He has studied the piano since the age of 5. In 2023, he received second place at the US Open Music Competition – Treasury of Romantic Composers category and received first prize at the Great Composer Series Art Piano Competition. In 2024 he won 2nd prize in the American Protege International and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. In 2025 he received fourth place at the US Open Music Competition – Treasury of Romantic Composers category. His favorite composers are Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Scriabin. Outside of piano, Aditya likes computer science, playing and watching basketball

Arjun Surendar is a sophomore at Cupertino High School, in Cupertino, California. As a freshman in high school, he cofounded this organization with Aditya Subramanian in December 2024. He has studied the flute since the age of 7. He played in California Youth Symphony for 5 year in their Wind Symphony ensemble. His favorite composers are Bach and Andersen. Outside of flute, Arjun likes mathematics, computer science and nature.

Naveen Somani is a junior at Cupertino High School, in Cupertino. He had been playing the guitar on and off since the age of 9 and enjoys playing more modern and recent pieces. He joined Chord for Good in September 2025 and looks forward to meeting everyone and sharing the beautiful love of instruments with the world.

Marcus Wong is a junior at Cupertino High school, in Cupertino, California. He joined Chords for Good in September of 2025. He plays both piano and violin, playing piano since the age of 6 and the violin since freshman year of high school. Marcus has participated and placed in many competitions including for piano including: 1st prize in the Elite International Music Competition, and 2nd prize in the American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) for Golden Era of Romantic Music. From his second prize in AFAF, Marcus was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York in March 2024. Outside if music Marcus enjoys fencing.

John Wang is a sophomore at Cupertino High School, in Cupertino. He plays violin and joined Chords for Good in September 2025.

Maxson Wong is a freshman at Cupertino High School in Cupertino. He play violin and joined Chords for Good in December 2025.