2026 Chicago International Music Competition Finalists

Professional Category

Solo Division

Young Musician II

  • Natha-Jin Sun (Piano)
  • Lydia Xu (Piano)

Young Musician III

  • Shuxian Ding (Piano)
  • Natalie Sun (Piano)
  • Hana Dormer (Piano)
  • Olivia Ye (Piano)
  • Belinda Zhu (Piano)
  • Dylan Zhang (Piano)

Young Artist I

  • Philip Du (Piano)
  • Simon Yao (Piano)
  • Dana Zhang (Piano)
  • Tomoki Imamura (Cello)

Young Artist II

  • Theadora Koski (Piano)
  • Eric Wang (Piano)
  • Hanen Guo (Piano)

Concert Artist

  • Xinyu Jiang (Piano)
  • Julian Pujols Quall (Piano)
  • Vitalii Khairutdinov (Piano)
  • Zerui Pan (Piano)
  • Mengfei Xue (Piano)
  • Connor Roham (Piano)
  • Antonio Ajero (Piano)
  • Daniel Nass (Piano)
  • Joseph Vaz (Piano)
  • EunYoung Lee (Piano)
  • Anthony Gray (Piano)
  • Ke Wang (Piano)
  • Maggie Johns (Piano)
  • Rachel Richards (Marimba)
  • Aidan Ramirez (Percussion)
  • Weiyu Zhang (Vocal)
  • Kathryn Riopel (Vocal)
  • So Hee Kim (Vocal)
  • Brandon Gibson (Vocal)

Ensemble Division

Young Artist

  • Sunny Duo (Piano Duo)
  • Yuxin Sun & Yiling Sun

Rising Star Category

Solo Division

Young Musician II

  • Audrey Xia (Violin)
  • Yuxin Sun (Piano)
  • Lydia Xu (Piano)
  • Victoria Myers (Piano)
  • Loren Pei (Piano)
  • U Nhã Ân (Piano)

Young Musician III

  • Olivia Zheng (Piano)
  • Olivia Wen (Piano)
  • Christopher Gao (Piano)
  • (Jonathan) Nguyen Truong (Piano)
  • Lillian Meng (Piano)
  • Alvin Gao (Piano)
  • Vivienne Law (Piano)
  • Miyako Berman (Piano)
  • Kevin Li (Piano)
  • Erika Xing (Piano)
  • Mila Tanaka (Piano)
  • Robert Vasiliauskas (Piano)
  • Nguyễn Bảo Hân (Piano)
  • Emily Wagner (Vocal)
  • Nguyễn Linh Đan (Vocal)
  • Vu Giri Kim (Piano)
  • Trần Ngọc Thống (Piano)

Young Artist I

  • Noah Park (Clarinet)
  • Gabriella Joew (Flute)
  • ChiehHsin Chao (Clarinet)
  • Tomoki Imamura (Cello)
  • Charlotte Meng (Violin)
  • Dylan Zheng (Piano)
  • Haoyu Fang (Piano)
  • Yiling Sun (Piano)
  • Dylan Ma (Piano)
  • Zhixuan Zhu (Piano)
  • Sophia Zhan (Piano)
  • Mihajlo Stojanović (Piano)
  • Vincent Liu (Piano)
  • Jackson He (Piano)
  • Kyle Tanaka (Piano)

Young Artist II

  • Mariia Stavytska (Flute)
  • Leo Shilo (Marimba)
  • Er Yue (Vocal)
  • Ella Wimbiscus (Cello)
  • Adrian Gonzalez (Piano)
  • Harold Fang (Piano)
  • Karson Garnett (Piano)
  • Olivia Fang (Piano)
  • Dylan Huang (Piano)
  • Matthew Zhu (Piano)
  • Dylan Fan (Piano)
  • Tong Nguyen Thai Son (Piano)
  • Vũ Ngọc Thanh Thảo (Piano)
  • Hoàng Mỹ Phi Linh (Piano)
  • Sok Martin (Piano)

Concert Artist

  • Efan Trias Prakoso Wagiran (Vocal)
  • Allison Britzius (Violin)
  • Phạm Thị Minh Hồng (Vocal)
  • Parris Eve Soledad M. Geiser (Vocal)
  • HaEun Kim (Piano)
  • Ye-Eun Hyun (Piano)
  • Mee Ji Kim (Piano)
  • Dabin Ha (Piano)
  • Meagan Lee (Piano)
  • Joonhyoung Kim (Piano)
  • Erik Jacoby (Piano)
  • Yuriy Rogachev (Piano)

Ensemble Division

Young Artist

  • The Phantom (Piano Duo) - Farah Beydoun (Primo) & Aisha Beydoun (Secondo)
  • Aisha & Miyako (Piano Duo) - Aisha Beydoun (12) & Miyako Berman (11)

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