2026 Virtuoso Artists Festival International Prizewinners
Thank you for all of your hard work preparing and presenting your for this year’s Virtuoso Artists Festival!
As a reminder, all results are final and cannot be appealed.
We are grateful for the expertise and energy of our jurors, Alexander Tutunov, Fanya Lin, Isaac Berglind, Dani Shraibman, and Minji Noh.
Further instructions, as well as medal and comment sheet distribution will be published in the coming days. (Please watch your junk mail, as well as your inboxes).
Note that some participants who did not receive a prize are not listed below but will receive participation certificates.
Congratulations to the performers, families, and many talented instructors that made this event possible.
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Chamber Music Ages 14-18
Gold Medal: Allison Hwang, Sara Kim, Nathan Wong, and Thomas Jin (Teacher: John Kim)
Silver Medal: Ayne Kim and Cailyn Oh (Teacher: Emily Cho), Nathan Choy and Amber Chang (Teacher: Mark Salman)
Bronze Medal: Fourtissimo Quartet (Nathaniel Chung, Chanseop Yoon, Aiden Carl, Hayoon Kang) (Teacher: John Kim)
Honorable Mention: Samuel Kuropatkin, Melissa Zberea, Emma Yurkin, and Naomi Savchenko (Teacher: Lidiya Levchenko)
Instrumental Concerto Ages 13 and under
Silver Medal: Junseok Han (Teacher: Jenny Kim)
Instrumental Concerto Ages 14-18
Gold Medal: Ethan Li (Teacher: Debra Zadinsky)
Silver Medal: Chris Jin (Teacher: Meng Cui)
Bronze Medal: Vincent Hong (Teacher: John Kim)
Honorable Mention: Carolyn Ji (Teacher: Meng Cui)
Instrumental Solo Ages 8 and under
Gold Medal: Amy Tang (Teacher: Meng Cui)
Silver Medal: Aarav Nair (Teacher: Miodrag Veselinovic)
Instrumental Solo Ages 9 and 10
Gold Medal: Lily Mi (Teacher: Meng Cui)
Silver Medal: Gisele Xu (Teacher: Meng Cui) , Jinyu Zhou (Teacher: Meng Cui)
Bronze Medal: Austin Wu (Teacher: John Kim)
Honorable Mention: Christine Jose (Teacher: Miodrag Veselinovic)
Instrumental Solo Ages 11 and 12
Gold Medal: Ann Chen (Teacher: John Kim)
Silver Medal: Luna Feng (Teacher: Miodrag Veselinovic)
Instrumental Solo Ages 13 and 14
Gold Medal: Alex Lin (Teacher: Jenny Kim)
Silver Medal: Maira Rana (Teacher: Miodrag Veselinovic)
Bronze Medal: Kavya Arewar (Teacher: Dr Junheng Chen)
Instrumental Solo Ages 15 and 16
Gold Medal: Rachel Ren (Teacher: Hyekyung Seo)
Silver Medal: Aiden Ng (Teacher: Christie Chen)
Bronze Medal: Sienna Chung (Teacher: Jenny Kim)
Piano Concerto Ages 13 and under
Gold Medal: Caleb Casper (Teacher: Nancy Jang)
Silver Medal: Nicole Li (Teacher: Vivian Su), Enoch Chow (Teacher: Vivian Su)
Bronze Medal: Anthony Cao (Teacher: Vivian Su), Cindy Zhang (Teacher: Vivian Su)
Honorable Mention: Tina Wu (Teacher: Vivian Su)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 8 and under
Gold Medal: Enzo Yamhure (Teacher: Dr. Zeru Wang), HALLIE LYU (Teacher: Sharon Kim), Elaine Gao (Teacher: Dr Qian Yin)
Silver Medal: Celeste Chen (Teacher: Zoe Ma), Ian Zhang (Teacher: Sharon Kim), Adrien Bergeron (Teacher: Sharon Kim)
Bronze Medal: Ethan Li (Teacher: Tong Liu), Aria Li (Teacher: Sharon Kim), Daniel Lee (Teacher: Ms.Sharon Kim)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 9 and 10
Gold Medal: Celine Cheng (Teacher: Maria Khavin), Alyssa Ma (Teacher: Qian Yin), Cassandra Mae Ramos (Teacher: Peter Mack Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos)
Silver Medal: Chloe Kim (Teacher: Kim, Kyungsin), Chloe Zhang (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kamniska), Irene Gao (Teacher: Dr Qian Yin)
Bronze Medal: Eric Liang (Teacher: Maria Khavin), Sophie Zhang (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kamniska), William Shi (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 11 and 12
Gold Medal: Adalyn Ng (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kaminska Bowlby)
Silver Medal: Dylan Kim (Teacher: Julia MiJung Kim)
Bronze Medal: Shakthi Ravi (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 13 and 14
Gold Medal: Victoria Marie Ramos (Teacher: Peter Mack Marissa Rebadulla-Ramos)
Silver Medal: Katelyn Denq (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya)
Bronze Medal: Akshaj Saravanakumar (Teacher: Reid Wolch)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 15 and 16
Gold Medal: Kai Watt (Teacher: Momoko Muramatsu), Steven Xu (Teacher: Shumskaya, Renata)
Silver Medal: Sizhe Zheng (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Brad Yick (Teacher: Mark Salman), Lucas Lee (Teacher: Ivona Kaminska), Alicia Feng (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya)
Bronze Medal: Bolin Zhang (Teacher: Ricardo De La Torre)
Honorable Mention: Sabeha Shaikot (Teacher: Bonnie Debu)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Ages 17 and 18
Gold Medal: Lawrence Yeh (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya)
Silver Medal: Megan Liu (Teacher: Vivian Su)
Piano Solo (Multiple Works) Adult Amateur
Gold Medal: Yuki Kitayama (No Teacher)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Ages 8 and under
Gold Medal: Jisung Lim (Teacher: Sharon Kim), Preetha Paul (Teacher: Bonnie Debu), Aiden Zhu (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Silver Medal: Thomas Nguyen (Teacher: Maxwell Adkisson), Luca Wan (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Luna Hu (Teacher: Lina Jiang), Renée Ko (Teacher: Rosa Lee)
Bronze Medal: Claire Tu (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel), Alice Feng (Teacher: Lina Jiang), Alexia Gantukh (Teacher: Lidiya Levchenko)
Honorable Mention: Youyuan Chen (Teacher: Natalya Ageyeva), Isabella Fu (Teacher: Anahit Nagdyan)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 9 only
Gold Medal: Patrick Yang (Teacher: Kiwa Mizutani), Nolan Xie (Teacher: Liang Chen)
Silver Medal: Dannika Olson (Teacher: Allyson Muzychenko), Isabella Zhang (Teacher: Tanya Otto), William Wang (Teacher: Tatiana Lanford)
Bronze Medal: Isaiah Casper (Teacher: Nancy Jang), Brian Li (Teacher: Kristine Yang), Clei Meng (Teacher: Irena Kirova)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 10 only
Gold Medal: Weibo Gao (Teacher: Chen Liang), Leonard Mai (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby), Daisy Wang (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Zoey Zhao (Teacher: Xin Chang)
Silver Medal: Tony Xu (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Ethan Zheng (Teacher: Elena Hsie), Emilia Demko (Teacher: Lidiya Levchenko), Emilia Burcheci (Teacher: Bonnie Debu)
Bronze Medal: Vivian Leung (Teacher: Marissa Ramos), Iris Abbasi (Teacher: Carol Hartoon), Elliott Johnson (Teacher: Benjamin Johnson), Alicia Pan (Teacher: Ye Zheng)
Honorable Mention: Kaden Nguyen (Teacher: Elaine Chung), William Eng (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 11 only
Gold Medal: Ciaran O’Sullivan (Teacher: Tanya Otto), Zhiqi (Mia) Shi (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg), Troy Tosukhowong (Teacher: Maxwell C. Adkisson), Farrah Lee (Teacher: Ivona Kaminska)
Silver Medal: Julian Tang (Teacher: Dr. Rosa Lee), Alexandra Olson (Teacher: Allyson Muzychenko), Mila Li (Teacher: Miaojun Xu), Micah Vranicar (Teacher: Dr. Ross Salvosa), Kephas Chan (Teacher: Maxwell Adkisson)
Bronze Medal: Yashi Shaktawat (Teacher: Marissa M. Rebadulla-Ramos), STEPHAN SUN (Teacher: Vivian Su), Nolan Gu (Teacher: Xiaoye Wang), Anuradha Lal (Teacher: Carol Hartoon)
Honorable Mention: Shagun Bajpai (Teacher: Maxwell Adkisson), Cayla Surtihadi (Teacher: Xinzhu Ma)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 12 only
Gold Medal: Shashank Srinivasan (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Cindy Shi (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Jasper Wu (Teacher: Christopher Bowlby), James Song (Teacher: Dr. Christopher Bowlby), Yutong(Angela) Xie (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kaminska)
Silver Medal: Caleb Casper (Teacher: Nancy Jang), Lucia Liu (Teacher: Mark Salman), Eason Zhang (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Lyle Prajogi (Teacher: Elizabeth Borowsky), Nathan Da Graca (Teacher: Lydia Andreeva), Tamaki Murase (Teacher: Momoko Muramatsu)
Bronze Medal: Molly Xu (Teacher: Xin Chang), May Xu (Teacher: Tanya Otto), McKenna Jones (Teacher: Ally Muzychenko), Anabelle Lo (Teacher: Elaine Chung), Jessica He (Teacher: Carol Hartoon), Millie Chanbai (Teacher: Maxwell Adkisson)
Honorable Mention: Cynthia Chen (Teacher: Lina Jiang), Chengxin Ma (Teacher: Emily Zheng), Loreen Grace Clemente (Teacher: Dr. Chen Liang), Eric Xia (Teacher: Dr. Xin Chang), Harrison Ha (Teacher: Jane Harty)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 13 only – Group A
Gold Medal: David Samuel (Teacher: Ross Salvosa), Adhiyan Kumaresan (Teacher: Dr. Chen Liang), Milo Johnston (Teacher: Sydney Lee)
Silver Medal: Wesley Wang (Teacher: Dr. Christopher Bowlby), Yuetong Yan (Teacher: Karen Chong), Advay Tharanian (Teacher: Maxwell C. Adkisson)
Bronze Medal: Arihaan Chatterjee (Teacher: Dr Ross Salvosa), Amelia Du (Teacher: Olga Solomatina), Ritvik Singh (Teacher: Maxwell C. Adkisson), Leonart Wang (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Nirvaan Chauhan (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg)
Honorable Mention: Divit Paul Chowdhury (Teacher: Xinxhu Ma)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 13 only – Group B
Gold Medal: Jessica Wang (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Taylor Wu (Teacher: Olga Solomatina), Phil Feng (Teacher: Dr. Christopher Bowlby)
Silver Medal: Emily Xinyi Zhu (Teacher: Xin Chang), Lucas Corcoro (Teacher: Dr. Chen Liang), Fiona Zhan (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
Bronze Medal: Samuel Kuropatkin (Teacher: Lidiya Levchenko), Wanwan Cheng (Teacher: Anaida Nagdyan), Tulsi Niranjan (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg), Nanduoduo Wang (Teacher: Ye Zheng), Levin Zhang (Teacher: Dr. Chen Liang), Rameses Khambatti (Teacher: Maxwell Adkisson)
Honorable Mention: Alex Li (Teacher: Kristine Yang)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 14 only – Group A
Gold Medal: Helene Chen (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel), Shiyun Ding (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Victoria Marie Ramos (Teacher: Peter Mack Marissa M. Rebadulla-Ramos)
Silver Medal: Evan Liu (Teacher: Sydney Lee), Lihan Xiao (Teacher: Natalya Ageyeva), Anmol Prashanth (Teacher: Tanya Otto), Lydia Liu (Teacher: Mark Salman)
Bronze Medal: Advika Ajay (Teacher: Dr.Chen Liang), Aaron Marin (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Kasen Eng (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Nathaniel Lowe-Norris (Teacher: Dr. Christopher Bowlby), Yu Chen Thang (Teacher: Olga Solomatina)
Honorable Mention: Kaylee Hu (Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler), Pranav Balaji (Teacher: Mr Maxwell Adkisson)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 14 only – Group B
Gold Medal: Stanley Hyun (Teacher: Dr Kayoung An), Yunfei Joanna Huang (Teacher: Ivona Kaminska), Lenka Dzunic (Teacher: Mark Salman)
Silver Medal TianHao Xu (Teacher: Anahit Nagdyan), Raymond Guo (Teacher: Carol Hartoon), Naomi Baumann (Teacher: Tanya Otto), Zoey Kasad (Teacher: Mrs. Bonnie Debu)
Bronze Medal: Jude Pakkianathan (Teacher: Allyson Muzychenko), Zoe Quiriconi (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg Junaayd Shaikh (Teacher: Lydia Andreeva), Alisa Yunin (Teacher: Lidiya Levchenko)
Honorable Mention: Kashvi Takrani (Teacher: Zeru Wang), Lily Chen (Teacher: Bonnie Debu), Ryan Ling (Teacher: Maria Khavin)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 15 only
Gold Medal: Antoine Vigneron (Teacher: Chen Liang), Sam Lopez (Teacher: Momoko Muramatsu), Andrew Lee (Teacher: Dr. Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby; Dr. Peter Mack)
Silver Medal: Nora Seide (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel), Alice Xue (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel), Kirk Kang (Teacher: Rose Chen), Aishi Agiwal (Teacher: Maria Maltseva)
Bronze Medal: Om Patki (Teacher: Kevin Goodwin), Keoni Lee (Teacher: Nancy Kim), Enrique Corona Suarez (Teacher: Tanya Otto), Anna Barnes (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
Honorable Mention: Sabaa Esmail (Teacher: Bathsheba Marcus), Kiara Arora (Teacher: Kiwa Mizutani), Mugdha Singh (Teacher: Tanya Otto)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Age 16 only
Gold Medal: Amour Luo (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Chloe Mergler (Teacher: Marie Wollam-Mergler), Eric Shao (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya)
Silver Medal: Charis Chun (Teacher: Sydney Lee), Josephine Hu (Teacher: Carol Hartoon), Diana Lysak (Teacher: Yimo Zhang), Adam Tsai (Teacher: Dr. Ross Salvosa)
Bronze Medal: Skyla Chon (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Yilin Tong (Teacher: Anastasia Solomatina), Caden Chau (Teacher: Li-Cheng Hung), Arnav Bablani (Teacher: Maria Khavin), Vishwa Ravi (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg)
Honorable Mention: Adrian Marin (Teacher: Maria Maltseva), Rachel Wu (Teacher: Li-Cheng Anna Hung), Emma Pakkianathan (Teacher: Allyson Muzychenko)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Ages 17 and 18
Gold Medal: Isa (Yi Chun) Lau (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Ankita Datta (Teacher: Ms Hasmik Avetyan), Nathan Choy (Teacher: Mark Salman)
Silver Medal: Gianna Chau (Teacher: Renata Shumskaya), Sebastian Topf (Teacher: Jane Harty), Julia Pasca (Teacher: Bonnie Debu)
Bronze Medal: Rishi Niranjan (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg), Emma Zheng (Teacher: Carol Hartoon), Janani Satish (Teacher: Chelsea Bloomberg)
Honorable Mention: Abhinav Iyer (Teacher: Tanya Otto), Calvin Zhang (Teacher: Olga Solomatina)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Adult Amateur
Gold Medal: Marina Barnes (Teacher: Alexandra Tsirkel)
Silver Medal: Michael Rosenfield (Teacher: Dr. Rosa Lee), Thuy Hai Nguyen (Teacher: Mia HyeYeon Kim)
Piano Solo (Single Works) Professional
Gold Medal: Matas Jankauskas (No Teacher)
Silver Medal: Greisi Voja (Teacher: Sergio R Gallo)