2026 winner list

Young Artist Award

Piano

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Sarah Li
2nd Place Daniel Choi
2nd Place Clarisse Chong
3rd Place Aisling Xue

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Amelia Ma
2nd Place Maggie Wu
3rd Place Andrew Zou
Honorable Mention Rynshall Chen

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Jessi Lin
2nd Place Alexander Zhang
2nd Place Cynthia Lu
2nd Place Austin Tu
3rd Place Kei Horie
3rd Place Emily Fang
3rd Place Shua Cheon
Honorable Mention Phabian Parra
Honorable Mention Adelyn Park
Honorable Mention Irene Xu
Honorable Mention Caroline Chen

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Claire Guo
1st Place Tristen Chen
2nd Place Andy Ping
3rd Place Zixuan Qin
3rd Place Russell Wang
Honorable Mention Isaac Choi
Honorable Mention Anqi Pan
Honorable Mention Emma Dong

Piano Concerto

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Elena Chen
2nd Place Madison Tedja

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Emily Fang

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Elijah Chang

Piano Duet

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Callia Wang
2nd Place Christina Yang

Violin Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Ayoun Jung

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Evelyn Yi
1st Place Sandra Wang
Honorable Mention Jeffery Song

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Angie Zou
1st Place Mizlki Lee
2nd Place Jihoon Ahn
3rd Place Chloe Jeon

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Dylan Chua
2nd Place Nishanth Viswanathan
3rd Place Braden Wang
3rd Place Zavier Chen

Viola Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Junsu Park
1st Place Yuchan Cho
2nd Place Irene Kim

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Olivia Park
1st Place Taelin Kim
3rd Place Hannah Kim

Cello Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Victoria Zheng
1st Place Kaitlyn Chang

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Alex Tang
2nd Place Chloe Lee
3rd Place Haoxuan Mi
Honorable Mention Justin Kim
Honorable Mention Sejin Cho
Honorable Mention Isaac Bertin

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Cara Wang
2nd Place Ansel Huang
3rd Place Isaac Ho

Vocal Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Cindy Peng
2nd Place Jaslin Wang
3rd Place Avila Pan
Honorable Mention Ella Zhang
Honorable Mention Ocean Deng

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Diya Sairam
2nd Place Yolanda Cui
3rd Place Sunny Zhao
Honorable Mention Wesley Liu
Honorable Mention Adam Tu
Honorable Mention Michael Xu

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Rainier Wang
1st Place Zoe Cruz
2nd Place Krystal Li
3rd Hanyuan Henry Liu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Siqi Zhang
2nd Place Andrea Yang
3rd Place Anastasia Miin
Honorable Mention Yunfei Wang
Honorable Mention Ava Cruz
Honorable Mention Kitty Chen

Group E

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Brooks Liang

Woodwinds Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Richard Chen
3rd Place Haeyoul An

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place ChiehHsin Chao
2nd Place Iris Liu
3rd Place Ivy Liang
Honorable Mention Joseph Sung

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Andy Ping
2nd Place Tsaiyu Chiang
3rd Place Jessica Cao

Celtic Harp Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Shourya Sodhani
2nd Place Emmy Whyte
3rd Place Helen Schelle

Harp Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Sofia Lui
2nd Place Sunnie Yan
3rd Place Swara Divyaprithvi
Honorable Mention Yothie Lo
Honorable Mention Jane Liu

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Liliana Abraham
2nd Place Brielle Tan
3rd Place Aaditya Amin
Honorable Mention Yofei Lo
Honorable Mention Kaylin Tsai

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
3rd Place Caroline Zhou

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Jiarui Wei

Bowed Strings & Woodwinds — Chinese Traditional Instrument

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Clara Miller
2nd Place Matthew Yu
3rd Place Nicholas Lam
Honorable Mention Sarah Chen
Honorable Mention Jiayue Gu

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Audrey Tam
2nd Place Kaden Liu
3rd Place Genevieve Lam

Plucked String — Chinese Traditional Instrument

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Sophia Gao
2nd Place Bojun Yang
3rd Place Kandace Ho

Classical Chamber

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Elsa Wang
Sandra Wang
Kaitlyn Chang

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Luna Kung
Mina Kung
Annie Li
3rd Place Sarah Li
Faylinn (Sunny) Cai (Li)
Hanyi Zhou
Honorable Mention Lucas Chang
Yueran Jiang

Vocal Ensemble

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Avila Pan
Jaslin Wang
Jennifer Yu
2nd Place Michael Xu
Sunny Zhao
3rd Place Olivia Deng
Elize Gao
Jaslin Wang
Yolanda Cui
3rd Place Stella Xiang
Annie Zhang
Angela Chen
Nyra Gupta

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Pernella Wang
Ella Shi
Olivia Deng Wang
Alyssa Zhu
Krystal li
2nd Place Yunfei Wang
Rainifer Wang
3rd Place Effie Yin
Dhanika Yuan

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Brooks Liang
Anastasia Miin

Chinese Award

Piano Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Jemma Jin
3rd Place Lynthia Chen

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Alexander Zhang
2nd Place Sophia Wang
3rd Place Catherlyn Yu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Jerry Li
1st Place Mason Shu
3rd Place Nicholas Chang

Violin Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Evelyn Yi

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Nathan Sun
2nd Place Sophie Ng

Cello Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Ella Zhang

Vocal Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Avila Pan
2nd Place Ella Zhang
2nd Place Ocean Deng
3rd Place Miles Wang

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Michael Xu
2nd Place Yolanda Cui
3rd Place Nyra Gupta

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Krystal Li
2nd Place Adam Tu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Yunfei Wang
2nd Place Demi Zheng
3rd Place Braydon Lu

Group E

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Yitao Lin

Woodwinds Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
3rd Place Caleb Chuo

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Ivy Liang
2nd Place Jennifer Chen
3rd Place Betty Dong

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Tsaiyu Chiang

Special Theme Award – J . S . Bach

Piano Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
3rd Place Sarah Li

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Andrew Zou
3rd Place Amelia Ma

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Caroline Chen
2nd Place Emily Liao
3rd Place Irene Xu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Isabella Xue

Special Theme – Bach

Violin Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Sandra Wang

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Dylan Chua

Vocal Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Riley Chung

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Andrea Yang
2nd Place Annabelle Chi
3rd Place Demi Zheng

Woodwinds Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Caleb Chuo

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place ChiehHsin Chao
2nd Place Ivy Liang

Cello Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Kaitlyn Chang
2nd Place Ella Zhang
3rd Place Nilay Dixit

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Isaac Bertin
2nd Place Steven Ji

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Sophie Kou
2nd Place Jaden Hsu

Special Theme Award – L . V . Beethoven

Piano Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
3rd Place Sarah Li

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Rynshall Chen
2nd Place Angela Gong
3rd Place Amelia Ma

Group C

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Emily Fang
2nd Place Valerie Cheng
2nd Place Austin Tu
3rd Place Lucas Xu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Nathan Wang

Violin Solo

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Sarah Kumayama

Cello Solo

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Lyra Song

Special Theme – Schubert

Vocal Solo

Group A

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Avila Pan

Group B

Place First Name Last Name
2nd Place Nyra Gupta
3rd Place Sean Zhang
3rd Place Andy Endi Liu

Group D

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Yunfei Wang
2nd Place Siqi Zhang
3rd Place Matthew Deng

Group E

Place First Name Last Name
1st Place Yitao Lin