PIANO LAUREATES 2026
RISING STAR I
FIRST PRIZE
Prim Wachirakaphan (Thailand)
SECOND PRIZE
Julian Fu (United States)
Justin Lu (United States)
THIRD PRIZE
Chuang Charlotte Hey Lam (Hong Kong)
Ellie Rachel Setiadi (Singapore)
FOURTH PRIZE
Uluç Saka (Turkey)
Venus Kangvanpanich (Thailand)
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
RISING STAR II
FIRST PRIZE
Bryant Lin (United States)
Lauren Park (United States)
Lim Wei Xuan (Singapore)
Naphat Chalokepunrat (Thailand)
SECOND PRIZE
Jion Kim (South Korea)
Mir Gurumurthy (United States)
THIRD PRIZE
Alexandra Silfverskiold (Sweden)
Eun Ji Kim (South Korea)
Maritza Ysabela Goldin (United States)
FOURTH PRIZE
Harper Dylan Chen (United States)
Renee Jiang (United States)
SPECIAL MENTION
Annabelle Garcia (United States)
Joanna Jiang (United States)
Myra Sen-kundu (United States)
HONORARY MENTION
Gavril Minnis (Romania / United States)
Irmak Cimlikaya (Turkey)
PRODIGY
FIRST PRIZE
Not Awarded
SECOND PRIZE
Not Awarded
THIRD PRIZE
Not Awarded
FOURTH PRIZE
Chloe Xia (United States)
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
JUNIOR VIRTUOSO I
FIRST PRIZE
Pharkorn Phophong (Thailand)
SECOND PRIZE
Kevin Liu (United States)
THIRD PRIZE
Elysia Spulber (Romania)
Julius Grigas (Lithuania / United States)
Kingston Zicheng Pu (New Zealand)
FOURTH PRIZE
Philip Lavin Chan (Hong Kong)
Vivaan Sen-kundu (United States)
Yeji Kang (United States)
Emma Kate Mifsud (Malta)
SPECIAL MENTION
Vihaan Ramachandra (India)
HONORARY MENTION
Ivy Song (United States)
Sophia Clement Suradejvibul (Thailand)
JUNIOR VIRTUOSO II
FIRST PRIZE
Derick Wang (United States)
Jayata Tieanworn (Thailand)
Liya Luo (China)
Mark Shi (United States)
Nitchanun Triumph Jaruskulungkul (Thailand)
Ruolan Hao (China)
Pharphum Phophong (Thailand)
SECOND PRIZE
Elizabeth Strebulaev (United States)
Veronica Isabella Perez Cornejo (United States)
THIRD PRIZE
Haoyang Li (China)
FOURTH PRIZE
Greta Grigas (Lithuania / United States)
SPECIAL MENTION
Emilio Rivera-garcia (United States)
Tèa De Masi (United States)
HONORARY MENTION
Shavonne Looi (Singapore)
ASPIRING ARTIST I
FIRST PRIZE
Mher Khachatryan (Armenia)
Sum Yau Lo (Hong Kong)
SECOND PRIZE
Angel Asenov Dandikov (Bulgaria)
Faith Choe (United States)
Sean Yusin (United States)
Sergio Fernandez Ballesteros (Spain)
THIRD PRIZE
Clementine Abbygail Shefory (Indonesia)
Eryk Foksberger (Poland)
Lam Hoang Nguyen (Vietnam / Australia)
Laura Parra (Spain)
Lia Rujipornwasin (United States)
Valeria Gomez Pineda (Mexico)
FOURTH PRIZE
Benjamin Gao (United States)
Emma Wang (United States)
Julia Kulińska (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Liyah Shang (United States)
ASPIRING ARTIST II
FIRST PRIZE
Not Awarded
SECOND PRIZE
Antonia Maria Waliszewska (Poland)
Kathryn Ku (Taiwan)
THIRD PRIZE
Keira Chen (United States)
FOURTH PRIZE
Not Awarded
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
EMERGING TALENT I
FIRST PRIZE
Not Awarded
SECOND PRIZE
Angelo Vaccarello (Italy)
THIRD PRIZE
Adrien Rauline (France)
Suhyeon Lee (South Korea)
FOURTH PRIZE
Andrew Vargas (United States)
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
EMERGING TALENT II
FIRST PRIZE
Rino Nishida (Japan)
SECOND PRIZE
Not Awarded
THIRD PRIZE
Not Awarded
FOURTH PRIZE
Not Awarded
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
ADVANCED PERFORMER I
FIRST PRIZE
Gianluca Piretti (Italy)
SECOND PRIZE
Valeria Burba (Italy)
THIRD PRIZE
Richard Wu (United States)
FOURTH PRIZE
Yik Toong (Malaysia)
SPECIAL MENTION
Jacinda Soh Jia Yi (Singapore)
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
ADVANCED PERFORMER II
FIRST PRIZE
Yiyang Sun (China)
SECOND PRIZE
Not Awarded
THIRD PRIZE
Paengram Chirasavinuprapand (Thailand)
FOURTH PRIZE
Not Awarded
SPECIAL MENTION
Not Awarded
HONORARY MENTION
Not Awarded
PROFESSIONAL
FIRST PRIZE
Jeong Eun Kim (South Korea)
SECOND PRIZE
Jaehyeok Oh (South Korea)
Chihiro Sato (Japan)
Kento Hashimoto (Japan)
Tse-rung Huang (Taiwan)
THIRD PRIZE
Alessandro Conti (Italy)
Eunjin Jung (South Korea)
FOURTH PRIZE
Andrea Corridoni (Italy)
Annachiara Muzzachi (Italy)
Kristian Cvetkovic (Switzerland)
SPECIAL MENTION
Alice Yiu (Hong Kong)
Ingrid Cusido Muntada (Spain)
Lisa Okada (Japan)
HONORARY MENTION
Rhonda Kay Ross (United States)
Rieko Saeki (Japan)
Slade Trammell (United States)