2025 winners!!!
GRAND PRIX WINNER: CHANHEE JIN, TEEN STRINGS
Audience Favorite: Chanhee Jin, Teen Strings
International Conductor, Manual Campos,
offered a solo appearance with the Orchestra Philharmonic Guayaquil in Ecuador
to Chanhee Jin, Violin
The Chinese Musicians Association of North America offered a concert appearance to Salon Trio
AIMS in Graz offered a scholarship to Luisa Tarnawski
The Berlin Opera Academy offered scholarships to Yisheng Lin and Haley Sicking
The Interlochen Summer Program has offered scholarships to all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
winners in the Youth and Teen Categories
Youth Classical Voice
1st Place Talem Sosa
2nd Place Adelina Michel
3rd Place Megan Wang
Teen Classical Voice
1st Place Mariela Palencia
2nd Place Zhaohong “Niu Niu” Zhang
3rd Place Cole Bellorgey
Adult Classical Voice
1st Place Julia LoRusso
2nd Place Haley Sicking
3rd Place Emily Quartermont
Youth Popular Voice
1st Place Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
2nd Place Rene Takahashi
3rd Place Ava Hammaker
Teen Popular Voice
1st Place Elizabeth Sahakyants
2nd Place Keegan Owen
3rd Place Cole Bellorgey
Adult Popular Voice
1st Place Amanda Marie
Youth Piano
1st Place Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
2nd Place Sophia Zhong
3rd Place Anthony Avram
Teen Piano
1st Place Amalia Zampa
2nd Place Anna Margherita Zampa
3rd Place Polina Strela
Adult Piano
1st Place Mijeong Lee
2nd Place Zhixin Qi
3rd Place Yan Chao
Teen Strings
1st Place Chanhee Jin
2nd Place Katherine Jung
3rd Place Darren Cai
Adult Strings
1st Place Alex Tuan
2nd Place Runqi Weng
3rd Place Joas Erasmus
Teen Winds & Brass
1st Place Xifan Mao
2nd Place Jayden Lee
3rd Place George Crowe
Adult Winds & Brass
1st Place: Benno Alderink
Youth Composition
1st Place Tiger Shen
Teen Composition
1st Place Cynthia Liu
2nd Place Richard Shao
3rd Place Guru Sashank Aroul
Adult Composition
1st Place Olga Amelkina-Vera
2nd Place Joseph Davila
3rd Place Bradley Robin
Youth World Music
1st Place Justin Yan
2nd Place Ellie Bao
3rd Place Alexandra Zhong
Teen World Music
1st Place Tianyue (Joyce) Yan
2nd Place Yijia Bao
3rd Place Shipeng Qi
Adult World Music
1st Place Beitong Liu
2nd Place Hiu Man Chan
3rd Place Ji-Sian Chen
Ensemble
1st Place Echoes of China
2nd Place Salon Trio
3rd Place Trio Astera
2025 finalists
Names are listed in alphabetical order:
Youth Classical Voice
Adelina Michel
Talem Sosa
Rene Takahashi
Megan Wang
Youth Popular Voice
Emily Chun
Ava Hammaker
Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
Srijit Raghuram
Irene Su
Rene Takahashi
Teen Classical Voice
Camilo Ayadi
Cole Bellorgey
Nathan Lee
Mariela Palencia
Callie Chae Pyken
Marissa Williams
Zhaohong “Niu Niu” Zhang
Teen Popular Voice
Laurel Aronian
Cole Bellorgey
Zhouyou Chen
Lehan Gong
Izzy Krems
Jinghui Li
Keegan Owen
Callie Chae Pyken
Elizabeth Sahakyants
Adult Classical Voice
Yisheng Lin
Julia LoRusso
Rebecca Manseau
Emily Quartermont
Haley Sicking
Luisa Tarnawski
Adult Popular Voice
Lisa Barone
Amanda Marie
Youth Strings
Daniel Yoo
Teen Strings
Darren Cai
Chanhee Jin
Katherine Jung
Brooklynn Thatcher
Adult Strings
Rebecca Benjamin
Joas Erasmus
Alex Tuan
Runqi Weng
Youth Piano
Anthony Avram
Lara Elaneed
Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
Marcus Liu
Acadia Tackitt
Austin Zhang
Sophia Zhong
Teen Piano
Owen Smith
Daniel Strebulaev
Polina Strela
Tansy Yu
Amalia Zampa
Anna Margherita Zampa
Adult Piano
Yan Chao
Eunhyang Choi
Mijeong Lee
Zhixin Qi
Mary-Victoria Voutsas
Teen Winds & Brass
George Crowe
Jayden Lee
Xifan Mao
Evangeline Selking
Adult Winds & Brass
Benno Alderink
Jichen Zhang
Youth World Music
Ellie Bao
Julie Yan
Justin Yan
Alexandra Zhong
Teen World Music
Yijia Bao
Heyi Han
Shipeng Qi
Bradley Song
Tianyue (Joyce) Yan
Adult World Music
Hiu Man Chan
Ji-Sian Chen
Kana Funayama
Beitong Liu
Youth Composition
Tiger Shen
Teen Composition
Guru Sashank Aroul
Cynthia Liu
Elaine Liu
Ethan Monberg
Richard Shao
Oliver Zheng
Adult Composition
Olga Amelkina-Vera
Joseph Davila
Andreas Pabst
Bradley Robin
Ensemble
Boston Mongolian Artsong Ensemble
Echos of China
Salon Trio
The Sound of China
Trio Astera
Youth Classical Voice
Adelina Michel
Talem Sosa
Rene Takahashi
Megan Wang
Youth Popular Voice
Emily Chun
Ava Hammaker
Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
Srijit Raghuram
Irene Su
Rene Takahashi
Teen Classical Voice
Camilo Ayadi
Cole Bellorgey
Nathan Lee
Mariela Palencia
Callie Chae Pyken
Marissa Williams
Zhaohong “Niu Niu” Zhang
Teen Popular Voice
Laurel Aronian
Cole Bellorgey
Zhouyou Chen
Lehan Gong
Izzy Krems
Jinghui Li
Keegan Owen
Callie Chae Pyken
Elizabeth Sahakyants
Adult Classical Voice
Yisheng Lin
Julia LoRusso
Rebecca Manseau
Emily Quartermont
Haley Sicking
Luisa Tarnawski
Adult Popular Voice
Lisa Barone
Amanda Marie
Youth Strings
Daniel Yoo
Teen Strings
Darren Cai
Chanhee Jin
Katherine Jung
Brooklynn Thatcher
Adult Strings
Rebecca Benjamin
Joas Erasmus
Alex Tuan
Runqi Weng
Youth Piano
Anthony Avram
Lara Elaneed
Trina Hannah Shihoko Lee
Marcus Liu
Acadia Tackitt
Austin Zhang
Sophia Zhong
Teen Piano
Owen Smith
Daniel Strebulaev
Polina Strela
Tansy Yu
Amalia Zampa
Anna Margherita Zampa
Adult Piano
Yan Chao
Eunhyang Choi
Mijeong Lee
Zhixin Qi
Mary-Victoria Voutsas
Teen Winds & Brass
George Crowe
Jayden Lee
Xifan Mao
Evangeline Selking
Adult Winds & Brass
Benno Alderink
Jichen Zhang
Youth World Music
Ellie Bao
Julie Yan
Justin Yan
Alexandra Zhong
Teen World Music
Yijia Bao
Heyi Han
Shipeng Qi
Bradley Song
Tianyue (Joyce) Yan
Adult World Music
Hiu Man Chan
Ji-Sian Chen
Kana Funayama
Beitong Liu
Youth Composition
Tiger Shen
Teen Composition
Guru Sashank Aroul
Cynthia Liu
Elaine Liu
Ethan Monberg
Richard Shao
Oliver Zheng
Adult Composition
Olga Amelkina-Vera
Joseph Davila
Andreas Pabst
Bradley Robin
Ensemble
Boston Mongolian Artsong Ensemble
Echos of China
Salon Trio
The Sound of China
Trio Astera