WINNERS 2026

GRAND PRIZE

Jade Park, trumpet, student of Raymond Mase

TOP PRIZE:

(chosen among first prize winners)

Roshni Balajee, piano, student of Amy Zanrosso
Freya Chen, violin, student of Elizabeth Chang, Ellen DePasquale
Evelyn Choi, oboe, student of Soo Kang
Andrew Lee, piano, student of Chi Ho Han
Jinan Laurentia Woo, violin, student of Itzhak Perlman
Lucas Wu, viola, student of Yuchen Lu
NV FACTORY PRIZE
William Song, bassoon, student of Marc Goldberg

Congratulations! All the winners will receive the information for the Winners' Concert shortly.

LIVE AUDITION

A (Ages 7-9)

Third prize
Whitney Guo Szakacs (NY), student of Eileen Buck

Honorable mention
Anna Minegishi (NY), student of Kanae Koshi

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Alma Zhang (NY), student of Nianyi Huang

Second prize
Gabby Weingard (NY), student of Kate Hyojin Rhim

Third prize
Eric Tang (NY), student of Ronn Yedidia

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Sophia Fulton (NY), student of Golda Vainberg-Tatz

Second prize
Nolan Granros (NY), student of Eileen Buck

Third prize
Ella Wang (NY), student of Stella Xu

Honorable mention
Amanda Garrigan (NY), student of Eve Wolf

D (Ages 16-18)

Third prize
Zaara Katyal (NJ), student of Todd Simmons

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Freya Chen (NJ), student of Elizabeth Chang, Ellen DePasquale 

Second prize
Leah Haejoon Woo (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee

Third prize
Sophia Warhaftig (NY), student of Quan Ge, Jennifer Ahn

B (Ages 10-12)

Second prize
Madison Lee (NJ), student of Jee Sun Lee

Third prize
Christopher Jin (PA), student of Jiwon April Hong

Honorable mention
Jessica Chen (NJ), student of Julia Danitz

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
MeWa Liao (NY), student of Elizabeth Chang

Second prize
Yujin Kang (NJ), student of Ann Setzer, Khullip Jeung

Third prize
Amelia Lee (NJ), student of Stella Chen

Honorable mention
 Alice Hu (NJ), student of Brittany Sklar
Abigail Lee (NJ), student of Bela Horvath

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Cayden Cho (NJ), student of Yi-Fang Huang, Jee Sun Lee

Second prize
Nicole Pae (NJ), student of Yi-fang Huang, Jee Sun Lee

Third prize
Nolan Auyeung (NY), student of Yi-Fang Huang

Honorable mention
Aidan Joohan Kwon (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee
Ryan Ryu (NJ), student of Jiwon Apirl Kim

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Camille Cruz (NY), student of Madeleine Golz

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Emma Sugiyama (NY), student of Alex Croxton

Second prize
Leah Oh (NY), student of Taeguk Moon

Third prize
Jiana Hsu (NJ), student of Cecilia Lee

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Dylan Oh (NY), student of Clara Kim

Third prize
Isabella Yang (NJ), student of Clara Kim

B (Ages 10-12)

Second prize
Abigail Lee (NJ), flute, student of Min Park

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Dana Kim (NJ), oboe, student of Lynne Cohen

Second prize
Kyle Lu (NY), oboe, student of Yousun Chung

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
William Song (NJ), bassoon, student of Marc Goldberg

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Jade Park (NY), trumpet, student of Raymond Mase

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Quartet con Fuoco: Nagyeong Lee, Helen Heeyoon Chang, Benjamin Cha, Kai Kobori-Huang (NJ), students of Jee Sun Lee

YOUTUBE AUDITION

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Kellan Barrett (NY), student of Eileen Buck

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Yuncheng (Bryan) Chen (Canada), student of Daria Fedorova

Second prize
Edwin Cheng (NJ), student of Golda Tatz

Third prize
Conrad Abrahams (NY), student of Sohyun Ahn
Qixun Clement Guo (NY), student of Sohyun Ahn

Honorable mention
Sitara Bethanabhotla (CA), student of Ying Chien Wang
Joseph Lin (NY), student of Yurina shin
Yion Oh (VA), student of Hyun Mi Hwang

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Anastasia Fitenko (MD), student of Martin Labazevitch

Second prize
Denis Bryantsev (GA), student of Anne Sun
Ezra Lewis (MA), student of Jonathan Bass
Yige Zhou (CA), student of Yunfeng Cai

Third prize
Stanley Hyun (NJ), student of Kayoung An
Sohan Shah (TX), student of Anton Mordasov
Lucy Wang (CA), student of Yingwen Lewis

Honorable mention
Olivia Fang (NY), student of Lynn Bradeen
Evangelos Kapur (CA), student of Vivian Fan
Tiger Wu (MD), student of Martin Labazevitch
Alex Yang (TX), student of Irina Bendetsky
Nick Xu (GA), student of Alexander Wasserman

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Roshni Balajee (CA), student of Amy Zanrosso
Andrew Lee (IN), student of Chi Ho Han

Second prize
Rinoha Isetani (NY), student of Irina Nuzova

Third prize
Avery Pun (WA), student of Mark Salman

Honorable mention
Chelsea Chen (CA), student of Miranda Wu
Max Mihov (NY), student of Mina Kusumoto
Hana Nagashima (NY), student of Miyoko Lotto
Brendan Tan (NY), student of Karlo Begiev
Emma Yan (NY), student of Ilinka Manova

A (Ages 7-9)

First prize
Siri Liu (MA), student of Kelly Barr

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Chloe Rong (CA), student of Ting-Ta Ernest Yen

Second prize
Lia Hong (NJ), student of Jungwon Yoon

Third prize
Louis Ueki (Japan), student of Midori Masuda

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Liam Cawley (NY), student of Matthew Reichert

Second prize
Claire Chaewon Lee (NJ), student of Elizabeth Chang

Third prize
Simon Bae (NJ), student of Khullip Jeung

Honorable mention
Serena Shi (NJ), student of Chloe Kiffer
Eliya Wee (CA), student of Robin Sharp

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Jinan Laurentia Woo (NJ), student of Itzhak Perlman

Second prize
Maggie Schneider (MD), student of Ann Setzer

Third prize
Bill Jang (NY), student of Bela Horvath

Honorable mention
Julia Jang (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee
Ye Eun Lee (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee
Zachery Pun (WA), student of Simon James

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Lucas Wu (NY), student of Yuchen Lu

Second prize
Chanelle Zhang (NY), student of Sophie Arbuckle

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Gyuree Kim (NY), student of Andy Park

Second prize
Lui Kim (NJ), student of Jee Sun Lee

Third prize
Jaden Song (Korea), student of Jinyoung Choi

Honorable mention
Jinha Park (NJ), student of Yu Jeong Lee

B (Ages 10-12)

Third prize
Arienne Hong (NY), student of Alex Croxton

Honorable mention
Naomi Zhang (NY), student of Yuha Lee

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Jay Jaewoo Choi (NJ), student of Misung Kang

Second prize
Hyun Lee (OR), student of Hyun-jin Kim

Honorable mention
Ethan Dai (NY), student of Yifei Li
Adelyn Hsu (NJ), student of Mira Kang

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Benjamin Mandigo (NY), student of Clara Kim

Second prize
Jackson Bai (NY), student of Troy Stuart

Third prize
Hawon Song (NJ), student of Wolfram Koessel

Honorable mention
Jonathan Law (CA), student of Kyeong Hwa Kim
Jason Lee (CA), student of Kyeong Hwa Kim

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Eli Liu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Second prize
Eric Chu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Olivia Lee (NY), flute, student of Min Park
Bailey Lim (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim
Michael Sun (NY), clarinet, student of Ayako Neidich

Second prize
Subin Kim (CA), clarinet, student of Steve Sanchez
Yige Zhou (CA), flute, student of Hyesung Choe Park

Third prize
Clara Gerstein (NY), clarinet, student of Jo-Ann Sternberg
Jeremy Liu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Honorable mention
Dev Darji (CA), flute, student of Rebecca Park

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Evelyn Choi (NY), oboe, student of Soo Kang
Ella Liu (TN), flute, student of Myung Kim

Second prize
Shuting William Pan (CA), flute, student of Bolin Pan

Third prize
Spencer Chaisanguanthum (NJ), oboe, student of Setsuko Otake
Harry Gu (NY), oboe, student of Yousun Chung
Tiffany Yuan (CA), flute, student of Cecily Lan

D (Ages 16-18)

Second prize
Aiden Lee (NJ), tuba, student of Gilles Bernard

A (Ages 7-9)

Honorable mention
Siya Khare (CA), musical theatre, student of Nupoora Niphadkar

B (Ages 10-12)

First prize
Sitara Bethanabhotla (CA), classical, student of Ying Chien Wang

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Ethan Monberg (PA), classical, student of Michael Ashby

Second prize
Emi Gogate (CT), classical, student of Nancy Xiong

       D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Junrui Qu (MA), classical, student of Jessica Bloch
Lilianna Rindal (MN), musical theatre, student of Diana Grassielli

Second prize
Alyona Deb (CA), musical theatre, student of Lauren Hayes

C (Ages 13-15)

First prize
Emmeline Liu (CA), student of Linda-Rose Hembreiker

D (Ages 16-18)

First prize
Two Pianos: Eric Shih Koh, Katie Shih Koh (CA), students of Amy Chiu

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