Prior Winners - US

May 25, 2025, at 1:00PM ET

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Carnegie Hall | New York, NY

Guitar
Level 6, Jack Wooten
Level 8, Gerard Petrella
 
Piano
Level 5, Elliana Chong
Level 6, Mason Xiang
Level 7, Hannah Huang
Level 8, Henry Huang
Level 9, Alexandre Hus-Shao
Level 10, Daniel Wang
 
Strings
Cello
Level 5, Kayla Chong
Level 6, Claire Fohrer

Violin
Level 8, Alba Gil
 
Voice
Level 5, Diya Koul
Level 7, Sunehri Verma
Level 8, Anika Radhakrishnan
 
Winds
Clarinet
Level 7, Mihir Nandy

Flute
Level 6, Prabhtej Singh
Level 8, Victoria Zong
Level 9, Erica Chan
 
Teachers
Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios
Caitlin Boruch
Chu Luna Chu
Jeremy Collins
Jean DeMart
Dr. Linda Govel
Ikumi Hiraiwa
Trina Hodgson
Victoria Holland
Eleanor V. McLaughlin
Jane Park
Stephen Pierce
Beth Sterling
Kathleen Suss
Frances Taylor

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tateuchi Hall | Mountainview, CA

Brass
Trumpet
Level 2, Kairav Shah
Level 4, David McDougall
 
Guitar
Preparatory, Alan Ding
Preparatory, Arshdeep Malik
Preparatory, Andrew Smith
Level 1, Siddha Gummadi 
Level 2, Ellie Coulter
Level 3, Eben Gunadi
Level 4, Lina Hellberg
Level 5, Colin Cooke

Harp
Level 2, Nanea Barton
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Henri Ela
Preparatory B, Ezra Yague
Level 1, Tessa Chong
Level 2, Zara Biswas
Level 2, Mason Lee
Level 2, Caiyou Peng
Level 3, Joji Noguchi
Level 4, Kayla Chong
Level 5, Elliana Chong
Level 6, Luke Hsu
Level 7, Hannah Huang
Level 8, Henry Huang
Level 9, Yingkai Shao
Level 10, Daniel Wang
ARCT Performers, Timothy Yang 

Strings
Cello
Preparatory, Jack Chen Yeh
Level 1, Ashley Chen
Level 2, Logan Cook
Level 3, Kayla Chong
Level 5, Kayla Chong
Level 6, Claire Fohrer

Violin
Level 4, Magdalen Bond
Level 4, Elliana Chong
Level 8, Indigo Sky Gatto
  
Voice
Preparatory, Mila Hueber
Preparatory, Claire Smith
Level 1, Emma Guzman
Level 2, Emma Guzman
Level 3, Sophie Jackman
Level 4, Winston Robey
 
Winds
Clarinet
Preparatory, Daniel Song
 
Flute
Preparatory, Anika Ravi
Level 1, Sunna Kang
Level 2, Yoshane Lo
Level 3, Ellie Mui
Level 6, Prabhtej Singh
Level 8, Victoria Zong
Level 9, Erica Chan

Oboe
Level 4, Delal Zilan Sen
 
Teachers
Bryan Andrews
Sarah Benton
Caitlin Boruch
Felix Bullock
Daphny Chen
Gloria Chu
Jean DeMart
Allison Gessner
Dustin Gledhill
Marysia Gonzalez
Dr. Linda Govel
Trina Hodgson
Yoko Hoshihara
Vahid Imani
Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein
WePlay Music
Ai Noguchi
Kris Palmer
Jane Park
Stephen Pierce
Patrycja Poluchowicz
Shadi Pourkashef
Rebecca Ramirez
Victoria Razumov
Alan Serrano
Tamriko Siprashvili
Wendy Waggener
Jude Weirmeir

State Award Winners can be found here

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Chicago Symphony Center | Chicago, IL

Brass
Trumpet
Preparatory, Thomas D'sa
Level 2, Noah Martin
 
Guitar
Preparatory, Scott Banwart
Level 1, Sathvikan Kirubakaran
Level 1, Louise Lambert
Level 2, Sathvikan Kirubakaran
Level 3, Anamitra Gotike
Level 4, Carlo Costanzo
 
Harp
Level 2, Naomi Javier 
Level 4, Abe McGowan
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Kenzo Wildenhaus 
Preparatory B, Eleanor Cordes
Level 1, Owen Dunn
Level 1, Antonio Maddalena - Gill
Level 2, Shreyanshi Singh
Level 3, George Barnidge
Level 4, Kaitlyn Im
Level 5, Sachet Abeysinghe
Level 6, Anvitha Kakarlapudi
Level 7, Muyang Wang
Level 8, Billy Vaughn
Level 10, Emma Yu
 
Strings
Viola
Level 4, Sarayu Kalavagunta
 
Violin
Level 1, Padmaja Raghavan
Level 2, Avadhoot Dhole
Level 3, Diya Senthil
 
Voice
Preparatory, Tessa Merseth Cook
Level 1, Abigail OConnor
Level 2, Noah Martin
Level 3, Ella Sweeney
Level 4, Clare Augustyn
Level 8, Anika Radhakrishnan
 
Winds
Flute
Level 4, Lisa Vilatte
 
Oboe
Level 1, Hannah Rosete
Level 2, Rebecca Kirk
 
Teachers
Marie Alatalo
Raluca Boac
Donald Broerman
Kyu Butler
Yuking Chou Brandenburgh
Jeremy Collins
Victoria Holland
Tatiana Kats
Jaesung Kim
Janelle Lake
Michele Mustert
Elisabeth Pluth
Marva Rasmussen
Ceren Su Sahin
Sarah Schroeder 
Heidi Van De Voort 
Mira Walker
Eve Warner
Mari Wildenhaus
Anna B. Wirz-Ellsworth
Robin Wohlfeil
Mingshu Zhang

State Award Winners can be found here

Saturday, January 11, 2025

DiMenna Center | New York, NY

Brass
Trumpet
Preparatory, Paolo Gliozzo

Guitar
Preparatory, Candice Alderfer 
Preparatory, April Martin
Level 1, Ester Hlavna
Level 1, Eden Wong
Level 2, Ester Hlavna
Level 3, Talia Fan
Level 4, Talia Fan
Level 6, Jack Wooten
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Antonios Arvelakis
Preparatory B, Jiyon Banerjee
Preparatory B, Cassis Becker
Level 1, Emma Lee
Level 1, Gabriel Shi
Level 2, Aman Siddiqui
Level 3, Sahana Mahadevan 
Level 4, Rayan Ahmad
Level 5, Shourya Mogulothu
Level 6, Mason Xiang
Level 7, Ankush Karmakar
Level 8, Edward Neems
Level 9, Alexandre Hus-Shao
Level 10, Andrei Mitchell
 
Strings
Cello
Preparatory, Rachel Jimenez
Level 3, Aiden Lee
Level 4, Aiden Lee
Level 5, Izuro Shirai da Costa

Violin
Level 1, David Stovbyr
Level 2, Jude Al-qudah
  
Voice
Preparatory, Alice Val
Level 1, Ananya Sharma
Level 2, Audrey Schuch
Level 3, Kashika Sinha
Level 4, Ella Zhang
Level 5, Diya Koul
Level 6, Rishita Phanse
Level 7, Sunehri Verma
 
Winds
Clarinet
Level 7, Mihir Nandy
 
Flute
Level 2, April Martin
Level 2, Eric Zhang
Level 4, Sandra Mohler
 
Teachers
Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios
Nino Arabuli
Raley Beggs
Bonnie Black
Mary Campbell
Timothy Cole
Pietro Gioia
Ikumi Hiraiwa
Elena Kartavov
Mate Marcina
Eleanor V. McLaughlin
Michael Murray
My An Jennifer Nguyen
Kelsey Robertson
Elaine Silbereis
Jessica Smith
Lucille Snell
Evan Stenzel
Beth Sterling
Kathleen Suss
Frances Taylor
Emily White
Deborah Kay Zagorin


State Award Winners can be found here

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Seattle Public Library | Seattle, WA

Brass
Horn
Level 4, Sofie Elmieh

Guitar
Level 2, Insha Ardron
Level 4, Jack Foster
Level 6, Wyatt Foster
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Isabella Zhang
Preparatory B, Anmol Prashanth
Level 1, Senadi Peiris
Level 2, Keyan Shah
Level 3, Eliot Amalo
Level 4, Yiming Zheng
Level 5, Elias Zhang
Level 6, Suri Yan
Level 7, Calvin To
Level 8, Changan Zhu
Level 10, Wesley WaiJun Wong
 
Strings
Viola
Level 7, Miles Huang

Violin
Preparatory, Sebastien Ryan
Level 2, Taliya Coley
 
Voice
Level 1, Sachi Khopkar
Level 1, Clara Owyang
Level 3, Olivia Owyang
Level 4, Victoria Cruz
Level 5, Vika Aleynikov
 
Teachers
Isabella Abbonizio
Carrie Campbell
Sarah Elizabeth Coley
Richard Cox
Forrest Hopkins
Linda Kappus
Iryna Klimenko
Raluca Marinescu
Laurie Miller
Tanya Otto
Christina Po
Jeong-ah Ryu
Theresa Sauvage
Sarah Schroeder 
Tatiana Sharapova
Sasha Starcevich
Lillian Yang


State Award Winners can be found here

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth, TX 

Guitar
Preparatory, Dylan Desai
Level 2, Dakoli Seib
Level 3, Gokul Hari
Level 4, Gokul Hari
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Ravindra Javadekar
Preparatory A, Rishaan Raghuram
Preparatory A, Aavya Saha
Preparatory B, Verity Lombard
Level 1, Xander Marpaung
Level 2, Avik Dash
Level 2, Oliver Qin
Level 3, Caroline Guo
Level 3, Silas Stenson
Level 3, Charlotte Tee
Level 4, Jennifer Lee
Level 5, Silas Stenson
Level 8, Dhruv Hari Prasad
Level 8, Purush Srivats
Level 9, Joelle C Chung
 
Strings
Cello
Preparatory, Ayla Torgul

Violin
Level 1, Anaisha Komanduri
Level 2, Drik Banerjee
Level 3, Purush Srivats
Level 4, Akhil Rajarathnam
Level 4, Aman Wairkar
Level 8, Alba Gil
 
Voice
Level 1, Keren Anand
Level 2, Andrea Renee Perez
Level 3, Aarav Aggarwal
Level 4, Shreya Philips

Winds
Flute
Level 1, Aniketh Muktevi

 
Teachers
Bree Ahern
Gregory Brookes
ShihYuan Chang
Chu Luna Chu
Mia Detwiler
Maria Guenette
Bora Kim
Renee Liu
Allen Long
Nadya Maltseva
Tristan McKay
Elisabeth Pluth
Shaunna Shandro
Sarah Smythe
Irene Tan
Vadim Timinsky
Lane White
Anna Shuk-Fong Yung-Tang
Joseph Zamora
Yibing Zhang

State Award Winners can be found here

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth, TX 

Guitar
Preparatory, Charlotte Swannack
Preparatory, Dardan Vrajolli
Level 1, Mason Zhao
Level 2, Mason Zhao
Level 3, Anthony Liguori
Level 4, Anthony Liguori
Level 5, Tanmai Darbha
Level 5, Benjamin Kass
Level 6, Guglielmo Petrella
Level 8, Gerard Petrella
 
Piano
Preparatory A, Katheryn Swanson
Preparatory B, Lily Bejerano
Level 1, Lilly Deyton
Level 1, Caitlyn Poon
Level 1, Nishka Talaulicar
Level 1, Robyn Weedmark
Level 2, Ryan Chandy
Level 3, Timothy Chen
Level 4, Inaara Datta
Level 5, Anjali Annamraju
Level 6, Helena Horowitz
Level 7, Bridgette Yang
Level 8, Shubhrangshu DebSarkar
Level 8, Patrick Du
Level 9, Nicolas Kraay
ARCT Performers, Candace Cleary
 
Strings
Cello
Level 1, Eileen Chun
Level 6, Pushpit Maggo

Violin
Preparatory, Cynthia Kesty
Level 1, Nishant Kulkarni
Level 2, Vihaan Senthil
Level 3, Gnanashree Somashekar
Level 4, Isabella Villacreses Armas
 
Voice
Preparatory, Aurelia Wenger
Level 1, Abigail Loflin
Level 2, Grace Jordan
Level 3, Anna Helton
Level 3, Christopher Reeser
Level 4, Sana Mukalel
 
Winds
Clarinet
Level 3, Norman Frantz

Flute
Level 3, Ishaan Sai Kancharla
Level 4, Lucy Kessler
 
Saxophone
Preparatory, Aiden Thomas
 
Teachers
Rebekah Agin
Timothy Blunk
Linda Brady
Regnarene Brown
Rebecca Carlson
Jeremy Collins
Amber Nicole Dilger
Wanda Drozdovitch
Carol Fifield
Inesa Gegprifti
Craig Hilton
Andrew Horowitz
LiPing Chen Hudson
Sonya Ivanova
Kathleen Jacobi
Yasas Jayawardena
Vickie Kraay
Redi Llupa
Janet Mahoney
Nancy Merino
Afroditi Mitsopoulou
Dusty Sanoon
Sarah Schroeder 
Valerie Tan
Kathleen White
Clara Yang
Faith Zuniga

State Award Winners can be found here

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth, TX 

Guitar
Level 4, London Lien

Piano
Preparatory A, Rebeakh Andrade
Preparatory A, Ashvik Deepan
Preparatory A, Marc Salfiti
Preparatory B, Ellen Yu
Level 1, Eve Taylor
Level 2, Iris Zhou
Level 3, Amber Han
Level 4, Matthew Xiang
Level 5, Vania Ma
Level 5, Crissie Palmer
Level 6, Ben Christensen
Level 7, Oliver Soulek
Level 8, Sowmya Sankaran
Level 9, Sophia Shi
 
Strings
Cello
Level 4, Katherine Yoder

Violin
Preparatory, Decklan Williamson
Level 1, Ansel Raymond
Level 2, Agnes Koroma
Level 3, Brianna Merson
 
Voice
Level 4, Sophie Noren

Teachers
Lawrence Blind
Becky Brouwer
Heather Erickson
Silvana Ferrarin
Adam Haas
MIN JEONG KIM
Patricia Lee
Ivory Masching
Miroslava Mintcheva
Margaret Reitz
Cindy Rogers
Kayla Schoeny
Nina Shoenfeld
Heather Smith
Karlyen Tan

State Award Winners can be found here