Home Winners

New York

Category I: Ages 4-6

• Nitara Neeraj – Second Place winner – Piano
• Matthew Santoso – Third Place winner – Piano

New York

Category II: Ages 7-9

• Katsiaryna Kaloshych – First Place winner –Vocal
• Lynette Chun – First Place winner – Piano
• Juniper Conrad – Second Place winner – Piano
• Lana Ghadimian  – Second Place winner – Piano
• Sage Wouden – Second Place winner – Piano
• Aahan Gandhi – Third Place winner – Flute
• Aria Omar – Third Place winner –Piano

New York

Category III: Ages 10-12

• Vania Dutta – Grand Prix Winner Piano
• Emilie Deng – First Place winner –Violin

New York

Category V: Ages 15-17

• Jenna Amadie – First Place winner –Vocal
• Julia Amadie – First Place winner –Vocal
• Yashica Uppuganti – Second Place winner – Vocal
• Mihir Thatti – Third Place winner –Piano
• Zoee Tao – Third Place winner –Piano
• Pretham Raghav Balaji – Third Place winner –Piano

New York

Category VI: Ages 18-25+

• Anamaria Tafur  – Second Place winner – Piano
• Adrienne Matossian  – Third Place winner – Piano

San Francisco

Category I: Ages 4-6

• Esther Chistol – First Place winner – Piano
• Nitara Neeraj – Second Place winner – Piano
• Alik Berberian Baram – Third Place winner – Piano

San Francisco

Category II: Ages 7-9

• Lynette Chun – First Place winner – Piano
• Jolene Min and Brandon Tran – First Place winners – Piano Duet
• Brandon Tran – Second Place winner – Piano
• East Reyes – Second Place winner – Piano
• Allen Lin – Second Place winner – Piano
• Joohyuk Yim – Second Place winner – Composer
• Ryan Chen – Third Place winner – Piano
• Lana Ghadimian – Third Place winner – Piano
• Harleen Khara – Third Place winner – Violin
• Marcus Chistol – Third Place winner – Piano
• Ryan Kuang – Third Place winner – Piano

San Francisco

Category III: Ages 10-12

• Jaylen Wei – First Place winner – Piano
• Zhen Yu Lai – First Place winner – Piano
• Valerie Cheng – Second Place winner – Piano
• Ethan Hung – Second Place winner – Piano
• Cailey Chong – Second Place winner – Piano
• Violet Jin – Second Place winner – Piano
• Misha / Mina Uberoy – Third Place winners – Piano Duo
• Rishik Samaddar – Third Place winner – Piano
• Emily Wang – Third Place winner – Piano

San Francisco

Category IV: Ages 13-14

• Naomi Chou – First Place winner – Piano
• Shreyas Sathe – Second Place winner – Piano
• Anna Tran – Second Place winner – Piano
• Lucas Wu – Second Place winner – Piano
• Neleen May Zarrabi – Second Place winner – Piano
• Nelson Ma – Third Place winner – Piano
• Sultona Payman – Third Place winner – Piano
• Reyna Li – Third Place winner – Piano
• Rayan Wasif – Third Place winner – Piano

San Francisco

Category V: Ages 15-17

• Felix Zhang – First Place winner – Piano
• Vivian Nguyen & Felix Zhang – First Place winners – Piano Duo
• Calvin Ho – Second Place winner – Piano
• Vaishnavi Akella – Second Place winner – Piano
• Yash Durga – Second Place winner – Guitar
• Ethan Li – Second Place winner – Piano
• Ryan Wong – Second Place winner – Piano Duet
• Tselmeg Orgilmunkh – Third Place winner – Piano
• Hiromi Aramaki – Third Place winner – Piano
• Arjan Walia – Third Place winner – Piano
• Rohan Patt – Third Place winner – Violin

San Francisco

Category VI: Ages 18-25+

• Matthew Leung & Lydia Lo – Third Place winner – Violin and Piano

Category I: Ages 4 – 6

• Joowon Yim Second Place Winner – piano (USA)

Category II: Ages 7 – 9

• Vivea Zhdanov  First Place Winner – piano (Germany)
• Lynette Chun  First Place Winner – piano (USA)
• Felicitas Zolg Second Place Winner – trumpet (Germany)
• East Reyes Second Place Winner – piano (USA)
• Albert Dam Third Place Winner – piano (USA)
Joohyuk Yim Third Place Winner – piano (USA)

Category III: Ages 10 -12

• Vania Dutta First Place Winner – piano (USA)
• Nicholas Stefanus Second Place Winner – Violin (USA)
• Paul Mufan Yang Third Place Winner – Piano (Germany)
• Anisha Padhy Third Place Winner – vocal (USA)

Category IV: Ages 13 – 14

• Natalie Himmelseher First Place Winner – piano (Germany)
• Mary Hovakimyan Second Place Winner – piano (USA)
Tobias Jauslin Second Place Winner – piano (Switzerland)
• Yash Durga Third Place Winner – guitar (USA)
Cassia Lott Third Place Winner – Piano (Germany)
• Sophia Lott Third Place Winner – Violin (Germany)

Category V: Ages 15-17

• Momo Okubo First Place Winner – piano (USA)
• Hannah Crabb Second Place Winner – piano (Poland)

Category VI: Ages 18-25+

• Mark Kovalchuk First Place Winner – Composer (Russia)
• Taras Pytliuk Second Place Winner – piano (Ukraine)
• Silvio Segarich Third Place Winner – Piano (Germany)

Category II: Ages 7-9

• Sofia Trofim, piano (Cyprus) First Place Winner
• Carolyn Xie, piano (USA) Second Place Winner
• Julia Tafel, piano (Germany) Third Place Winner

Category III: Ages 10-14

• Anna Plotkina, piano (Germany) Grand Prix Winner
• Julian Fritz, piano (Germany) First Place Winner
• Emily Wang, piano (USA) Second Place Winner
• Cassia Lott, piano (Germany) Third Place Winner

Category IV: Ages 15-25

• Dan Blank, piano (Germany) First Place Winner
• Evdokia Kosareva, violin ( Russia) First Place Winner
• Kseniya Yanchuk, piano (Germany) Second Place Winner
• Charlie Thollander, violin (USA) Third Place Winner
• Paul Bornhauser, composition (Germany)
• received the Monetary Prize for Best Composition.

Monetary prize received

• Vivian Nguyen, piano (USA)
• Vivian Nguyen, piano (USA)
• Sofia Trofimova, piano (Germany)
• Lucy Kagan, piano (Israel)
• Derek Wang, piano (USA)

Grand Prix Winner

• Vivian Nguyen, piano (USA)

First Place Winner Category I

• Yuchen Liu, piano (USA)
• Brandon Tran, piano (USA)

First Place Winner Category II

• Samantha Pan, piano (USA)
• Lian Marco-Kotler, piano (Israel)
• Ethan Dudson, piano (USA)
• Ann Yu, piano (USA)
• Alia Pathak, piano (USA)

First Place Winner Category III

• Rutvik Rajesh, guitar (USA)
• Mingzhu Zheng, piano (USA)
• Jovanny Shek, piano (USA)
• Francesca Alsua, piano (USA)
• Felix Zhang, piano (USA)
• Dennis Matthew Deva Pitchai, piano (USA)
• Calista Tjandra, piano (USA)
• Avni Sriram, piano (USA)
• Anna Tran, piano (USA)

First Place Winner Category IV

• Derek Wang, piano (USA)

Second Place Winner Category II

• Emily Wang, piano (USA)
• Sofia Trofimova, piano (Germany)
• Sarah Pan, piano (USA)
• Rishik Samaddar, piano (USA)
• Lucy Kagan, piano (Israel)
• Elizabeth Lee, piano (USA)
• Bella Zhang, piano (USA)

Second Place Winner Category III

• Zoe Colla, piano (USA)
• Sophia Ho, piano (USA)
• Shreeja Gowda, piano (USA)
• Chelsea Li, piano (USA)
• Kelly Erdenesaikkhan, piano (USA)
• Jiya Pathak, piano (USA)
• Hoang Mai Anh Le, piano (USA)
• Angela Guo, piano (USA)
• Aiden Li, piano (USA)

Third Place Winner Category II

• Alyssa Colla, piano (USA)

Third Place Winner Category III

• Bingyuan Wen, piano (USA)
• Avij Asarawala, piano (USA)

The Best American Composer Performance

• Sofia Trofimova, piano (Germany)

The Best Romantic Composer Performance

• Yuchen Liu, piano (USA)

The Best Classical Composer Performance

• Lucy Kagan, piano (Israel)

The Best Guitar Performance

• Rutvik Rajesh, guitar (USA)

The Best F. Chopin Performance

• Derek Wang, piano (USA)

Monetary prize received

• Derek Wang, piano (USA)
• Adrian Lee, violin (USA)
• Elisabeth Heid, piano (Germany)
• Vivian Nguyen, piano (USA)
• Momo Okubo, piano (USA)

Grand Prix Winner

• Vivian Nguyen, piano (USA)
• Momo Okubo, piano (USA)

First Place Winner

Category II

• Angela Guo, piano (USA)

First Place Winner

Category III

• Juliette Allyson, voice (USA)
• Jovanny Shek, piano (USA)
• Joshua Lam, piano (USA)
• Avni Sriram, piano (USA)
• Alexander Xie, piano (USA)

First Place Winner

Category IV

• Derek Wang, piano (USA)

Second Place Winner

Category I

• Maria Treadwell-Golovko, piano (USA)
• Sofia Balatsun, voice (USA)
• Claire Ma, piano (USA)
• Ahaan Kapoor, guitar (USA)

Second Place Winner

Category II

• Vihaan Sriram, piano (USA)
• Sophia Tan, piano (USA)
• Sofia Trofimova, piano (Germany)
• Aleksandr Tokarev, piano (USA)
• Selena Zhang, piano (USA)
• Samantha Pan, piano (USA)
• Oleg Karpenko, piano (USA)
• Kylie Liu, piano (USA)
• Evan Shen, piano (USA)
• Cuong Tran, piano (USA)

Second Place Winner

Category III

• Zoe Colla, piano (USA)
• Sophia Ho, piano (USA)
• Rachel Zhou, piano (USA)
• Lucas Zhang, piano (USA)
• Harshitha Prasanna Venkatesh, piano (USA)
• Felix Zhang, piano (USA)
• Elisabeth Heid, piano (Germany)
• Arunachalam Kasi, Guitar (USA)
• Adrian Lee, violin (USA)
• Aaron Zhang, piano (USA)

Second Place Winner

Category IV

• Vivian Ji, piano (USA)
• Jake Xiao, piano (USA)
• Annabelle Overholt, piano (USA)

Third Place Winner

Category II

• Sasha Arbo, voice (USA)
• Nithyasi Voleti, piano (USA)
• Muen Dai, piano (USA)
• Madeline Tran, piano (USA)
• Jiya Pathak, piano (USA)
• Anika Kaushik, violin (USA)
• Alyssa Colla, piano (USA)

Third Place Winner

Category III

• Nilanjan Poddar, violin (USA)
• Nicoleta Rusu, piano (USA)
• Pranav Kavandal, violin (USA)
• Mihir Thatti, piano (USA)
• Kelly Erdenesaikkhan, piano (USA)
• Jaden Chan, piano (USA)
• Isabelle Wang, piano (USA)
• Ethan Li, piano (USA)
• Dennis Matthew Deva, piano (USA)
• Courtney Lee, piano (USA)
• Chloe Hu, piano (USA)
• Ayaan Kapoor, guitar (USA)
• Calista Tjandra, piano (USA)
• Arnav Kavandal, violin (USA)
• Annika Wong, piano (USA)
• Amily Li, piano (USA)